King's Landing [Rebirth]

Wang Cheng has always handled major matters such as the replacement of the city lord in a timely manner, and Liang Jian got a reply in less than half a month.

Today, the son expressed his heartache over the Hongye City epidemic. In order to show that he loves the people like a son, he reduced Hongye City's tax revenue by [-]% this year.Knowing that Sun Sheng was seriously ill and could not continue to serve as the city lord, he abdicated Liang Jian, and the emperor had no objection.By the way, he also generously stated that Hongye City and Wangcheng are too far apart, and it takes a long time to go back and forth. Liang Jian was allowed to enter the palace to present the sapphire seal to verify his identity during the winter court meeting.

"It really made you guess right. The emperor never mentioned that you served as the commander of Jiangcheng." Song Yuan took the appointment order of Wangcheng and looked at it for a while in the warm pavilion where the matter was being discussed, and said twice: "He Don't you even wonder why the commander of Jiangcheng came to Hongye City to be the city lord?"

"I'm afraid this appointment order was written by someone else. What do you expect him to say?" Liang Jian sneered disdainfully. He had seen the emperor's handwriting, and it was not ugly, but it was definitely not as vigorous as the appointment order.

Song Yuan smashed his mouth and wanted to complain, but he couldn't speak when he thought that the other party was the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, so he held back his words and returned the appointment order to Liang Jian.

After busy these days, the epidemic in Hongye City has been completely cleared, all the refugees who should be resettled have been resettled, and the daily work is on the right track. The officials are not as busy as they were at the beginning, and even if they occasionally ask Liang Jian for instructions, it will not delay much time.Liang Jian is different from Sun Sheng, he is decisive, well-founded, and very appropriate in his handling of things.After getting along for a period of time, the officials were all docile by him.

Liang Jian is also solving the issue of the military attache in the city, because he has not found a suitable person to be the commander-in-chief, so he first promotes two deputy commanders, three guard generals, and three feather generals, and asks them to discuss matters with each other. Just ask him.He still has some experience in leading the army and managing the army, and he doesn't hide any secrets from his subordinates. Several generals admire him very much.

Mei Zhenghan and Jiang Shengxue are obviously Liang Jian's younger siblings, so everyone in the city treats them as young masters and young ladies of the City Lord's Mansion.Jiang Shengxue didn't care, and took advantage of Liang Jian's opportunity to run free clinics in the city for a few days, which was considered to be a boost for Liang Jian.

Since Mei Zhenghan talked with Liang Jian that day, he has no objection to Liang Jian's arrangement.He didn't worry about the future for the time being, and he was the second son of his own city lord's mansion with peace of mind. He took a few soldiers that Liang Jian gave him to resettle the victims of the epidemic, and helped the neighbors repair their houses.

Compared with the three brothers and sisters who have been on the rise all the way, the former city lord Sun Sheng and the rebels are not so lucky.Liang Jian found time to recruit twelve silver armored soldiers, and divided them into two groups under the two deputy commanders, leaving aside the matter of the hidden guards for the time being.Sun Sheng's treatment was the same as usual, but there was no doubt about his situation and house arrest. Liang Jian didn't kill him, but he didn't save him either.

As for the rebellious military officers and civil servants who neglected their duties, Liang Jian selected a few serious ones to beheaded for public display, and the rest were tattooed and exiled.The fact that the people expected that changing the city lord would dye the land red didn't happen, and Liang Jian's popularity was boosted invisibly.

After Liang Jian was busy with the work at hand, he took out a roll of bamboo slips from the bookshelf to read. Song Yuan glanced curiously and saw that it was written "Zongting Law".

"Why does this man look up to the law so well?" Song Yuan murmured curiously in his heart. Apart from the appointment order, he came to Liang Jian, and there were a few things he needed to decide.But now that Liang Jian looked at the law seriously, Song Yuan didn't know whether he should talk to him or not.Tangled for a while, Song Changli pulled a stool and sat down, ready to wait for Liang Jian to finish reading.

Liang Jian flipped through the law in his hand, and after looking at it for a while, he suddenly remembered that there were still people in the Nuan Pavilion. He looked up at Song Yuan who was sitting idly by, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes," Song Yuan replied, "I'll talk about the important things first. I have already sent people to notify the county officials from all over the country to discuss matters in the city. I have also invited the embroiderer to make clothes for you. They may arrive at one o'clock in the evening. It is almost winter. , Mei Zhenghan and Jiang Shengxue should also add winter clothes, don't forget to tell them to let Xiu Niang measure for them."

Tailoring these trivial matters should have been done by the steward, but because the steward was beheaded by Liang Jian, and the gang of grandsons who followed the steward each had a case, Liang Jian sent them out of the mansion after asking about the whereabouts of the real account book, causing the city lord's mansion to be overwhelmed with trivial matters. Song Yuan came to do the work.Song Yuan felt that as a senior official, he had done a miserable job. He had done more things than anyone else, and his salary had not increased.

Knowing that the magistrate was about to enter the city, Liang Jian looked away from the law, looked up at Song Yuan, and asked in a wrong way: "You said that if you put the canary in a cage, he will be happy." ?"

"Huh?" Song Yuan looked at Liang Jian in bewilderment, not knowing how his words would go in the direction of Canary. He looked at Liang Jian with a strange look, and said, are you stupid? Turning back, he replied quite seriously: "Everyone wants to put a precious bird in a cage, and can enjoy it anytime and anywhere, and listen to its singing. But a bird has wings, and the sky is its home. It should be free. Soaring instead of curling up in a small space to satisfy someone else's twisted love."

No one wants to be a caged bird kidnapped in the name of love.

Liang Jian recollected Song Yuan's distorted words of love and remained silent for a while, frowning in deep thought, and then stretched his eyebrows after a while, trying to understand many things in an instant.He closed the law in his hand, smiled lightly and said, "That's true."

Song Yuan frowned in confusion, not knowing what Liang Jian said in the incoherent preamble.After much deliberation, he couldn't think of the corresponding thing, so he stopped worrying about it and talked about another thing: "Are you still planning to move out of my house? Keeping the City Lord's Mansion empty is not a solution."

Liang Jian and others are still living in Song Yuan's house, not because there is no appointment order, but because Liang Jian thinks that Mei Zhenghan and Jiang Shengxue can't accept the atmosphere of the city lord's mansion for a while.But they did bother Song Yuan for too long, and Liang Jian also felt that it was inappropriate to stay here.

"I'll let someone do it later, it's time to return your cleanliness."

"What? Do you need my help?"

As soon as Liang Jian finished speaking, Mei Zhenghan's voice sounded outside the door.It was the end of autumn now, the cold air was blowing along the northwest wind, and the temperature dropped again and again, but Mei Zhenghan was only wearing a not-so-thick dress, and the neckline was pulled a little because of the heat, revealing a thin collarbone.He had a smile on his face, and his blue eyes seemed to be shattered with starlight, they were so beautiful.

Seeing his body, Song Yuan bared his teeth like a toothache and said, "Where did you just come back from?"

"Haha, you can't guess it. I met Mrs. Du on the way. The wooden ladder in her house was broken. I went to help her repair it. The wine she made herself can be unsealed. She gave me a small jar to try the taste. Do you want to try it?" Try it?" Mei Zhenghan raised the wine jar in his hand, and walked to the table in a few steps.

His clothes were narrow-sleeved, tied at the front with ribbons to facilitate work.It is estimated that he was caught by sawdust when he was helping Mrs. Du repair the ladder. He didn't notice one of them scattered at the moment, but was excited to open the wine jar.

Song Yuan is not good at drinking, so he can see that Mei Zhenghan can't wait to come back and share with Liang Jian.Even if Song Yuan didn't know the tricks between these two people, he still felt that it was inappropriate for him to stay here at this time.

"I don't want to disturb you if I have something else to do. You can talk." Song Yuan stood up and said goodbye. Mei Zhenghan was a little disappointed, but Liang Jian was very happy.

The person who was in the way was finally willing to leave, Liang Jian thought silently in his heart, Song Yuan, who had gone a long way, sneezed three times in a row, wrapped his clothes tightly, and sniffed to wonder if he had caught a cold.

Nuan Pavilion had a ready-made wine glass. After Mei Zhenghan simply washed it with clean water, he poured Liang Jianman a glass first, and said, "Congratulations on the first glass, bro, for being the lord of Hongye City."

Liang Jian accepted his blessing with a smile, raised her hand to press his wrist, and tied the hanging ribbon for him again.

Mei Zhenghan obediently put down the wine jar and waited for Liang Jian to tidy up his sleeves, then smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't even notice that it fell apart."

"Are you too serious about helping Mrs. Du, are you tired?"

"I'm not tired. The family that Mrs. Du bought is pretty good. It's not far from Song Yuan's house. Xiaodouzi grew up and wanted to come with me, but Mrs. Du took her back. By the way, brother, we can buy some Du Madam's wine?"

Aunt Du is a woman with a child. Although she has skills, it is still too difficult to start in the early stage.Mei Zhenghan couldn't bear it, thinking that he could help a little.With so many people in the City Lord's Mansion, placing an order for Aunt Du is enough for her to subsidize her family.

"Buy more if you like it." Liang Jian said: "You don't have to worry too much about Mrs. Du's business, her house is in a good location, let her take out some wine for the neighbors to taste, it tastes good, everyone will help her accumulate word of mouth .”

"This is a good idea. The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys." Mei Zhenghan nodded in agreement, poured himself a glass of wine, raised the glass and clinked glasses with Liang Jian.

The baijiu brewed by Mrs. Du has a pure taste, but the taste is a bit strange.The first sip was a bit bitter, Mei Zhenghan frowned, and the feeling of sweetness came up before he could open his mouth, suppressing the bitter taste.If he had to find something to describe it, it would probably be seeing a rainbow after the storm, the end of all hardships.

Liang Jian was stunned after taking a sip. This taste...was a kind of wine that Mei Zhenghan liked very much in his previous life. It was only sold in a small wine shop. He remembered that the name of the wine was Shutu.The wine seller was not Mrs. Du, but an elderly man who once said that this was the wine recipe left by his wife, who died in the war when Sun Sheng abandoned the city.

Could it be that the lady said by that person is Mrs. Du? How could there be such a coincidence in the world?

Liang Jian was very surprised. He never expected that he would have a good relationship with this wine in this life.