When they arrived outside Ye City, the number of commoners following Chen Xiao had already reached 30,000.
Even so, they were still properly arranged.
Ye City was the governing city of Jizhou. The Zhen family had a huge business layout here. Although they did not secretly purchase nearly half of the city's businesses like Fanyang City, they still had a deep foundation.
Once all of them were released, Jia Cong and Ju Shou would definitely be shocked.
There was also a manager of the Zhen family's gold chips here.
"Young Master, Madam!"
This steward was called Zhen Yu, and he had already brought people to welcome them outside the city. After seeing Chen Xiao, he bowed respectfully,""Leave the matter of settling the people to us. Young Master and Madam are tired from the journey. Why don't you enter the city to rest first?”
Chen Xiao was the son-in-law, so logically speaking, he should not be called a young master.
However, from the day he took control of the Zhen family's business, all the managers and servants of the Zhen family changed their titles.
Lady Zhen and Second Young Master Zhen Yao also tacitly agreed.
Chen Xiao's voice came from the carriage,""Thank you for your hard work. After this matter, the salary of the people in the various cities of Jizhou will increase by 30%.”
The so-called bonus was the seasonal bonus.
Of course, it was Chen Xiao's creation.
This action greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of all the managers and members of the Zhen family.
As a manager, Zhen Yu did not care about that small amount of money.
However, the Zhen family members behind him were all delighted."Thank you, Young Master!"
"Provincial Governor Jia has sent a message. Today at noon, a banquet will be held in the Provincial Governor's Office to entertain Young Master and Councilor Cai!”
Zhen Yu moved aside and said in a calm and experienced manner without any nonsense.
"Got it."
As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, the carriage entered Ye City.
In the carriage, Cai Yong's face was filled with anticipation: "I've long heard that Jia Mengjian (Jia Cong's handwriting) is honest and upright. When he was the governor of Jiaozhou, he reduced taxes, recruited refugees, punished corrupt officials, and selected good officials. In just a year, he made Jiaozhou stable and the people happy. I didn't expect to have the honor of meeting him today!”
"Teacher must be joking."
Chen Xiao smiled." With your reputation, no matter when you come to Ye City, Governor Jia will sweep the tatami and wait for you!"”
"That might not be the case. Although this person has a good official reputation, he is a eunuch. He might not pay attention to a clean person like me.”
Cai Yong shook his head.
"It's just a means to submit to eunuchs."
Chen Xiao smiled." In today's world, there are very few people who don't care about their reputation in order to be an official and benefit a region.”
"You seem to have a high opinion of Jia Mengjian?" Cai Yong was a little surprised.”
"This person has the ability and the means. However, he hasn't been in Jizhou for long and there are many shortcomings accumulated over the years, so his achievements are not outstanding.”
In front of Cai Yong, Chen Xiao didn't avoid it and said,""Jizhou is different from Jiaozhou. The problems here can't be solved by the imperial court replacing a provincial governor. Only by destroying and rebuilding can we rebuild the people's livelihood!”
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiaozhou was a barren land that no scholar-bureaucrat wanted to go to.
Otherwise, when the world was in chaos, Shi Xie wouldn't have been so lucky to be the local emperor for decades.
Therefore, governing Jiaozhou and governing Jizhou were two completely different things.
Jia Cong had only been the governor of Jizhou for a few months, and he had encountered the rebellion of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju. His achievements were completely incomparable to when he was the governor of Jiaozhou, which was very normal.
Cai Yong was silent.
Along the way, the more he interacted with Chen Xiao, the more shocked he became.
This new student of his had an inhumane understanding of the Great Han Dynasty's shortcomings and the world's situation!
"Break and then stand…Break and then stand…"
Cai Yong muttered these words, his eyes filled with worry.
He didn't dare to continue thinking about it.
" No matter what," he quickly changed the topic." Since Jia Mengjian has set up a banquet to welcome us, we still have to make some preparations. You have to give him an explanation for what happened to Zhang He, right?"”
"Naturally."
Chen Xiao nodded.
However, he was secretly laughing in his heart.
What he wanted to give Jia Cong was not just an explanation.
……
The luncheon soon began.
Jia Cong was honest and thrifty, so it was said that he was welcoming Chen Xiao and Cai Yong. In fact, there were only a few people at the banquet.
On the side of Jizhou, only the Biejia Jishou accompanied them.
Zhang He was specially called over because he had escorted Chen Xiao.
Thus, in the huge hall, Jia Cong sat in the main seat, with Chen Xiao, Cai Yong, Ju Shou, and Zhang He on his left and right.
After a round of greetings.
Jia Cong raised his wine cup and gestured to Cai Yong,"Brother Bo Pi is a great scholar of the world, and his reputation is spread throughout the world.”
He was about the same age as Cai Yong and was also a well-read person.
As for how scholars addressed him.
"Brother Meng Jian is too polite!"
Cai Yong returned the greeting and drank a cup of wine with a smile."Although this old man has a superficial reputation, I have no official position and only know how to study. I can't compare to Brother Meng Jian being an official and bringing benefits to the region!”
Cai Yong was familiar with the business between scholar-bureaucrats.
Jia Cong laughed.
"What are you talking about, Brother Bo Nai? Although you have no official position now, you have a good student. This time, you will go to Youzhou to serve as the school's Chancellor.”
As expected of a scholar who could hook up with eunuchs, he spoke flattery without blushing or jumping.
Then, he looked at Chen Xiao and sighed deeply."" The last time we met, this old man only addressed you as Young Master Chen. I didn't expect that in less than a month, we would have to address each other as lowly officials. There is nothing more strange than this in the world…"
The provincial governor's salary was six hundred dan, while the prefecture overseer was an official of two thousand dan.
Even though the current situation in Great Han meant that the provincial governor's power was no less than the Prefecture Overseer's.
But in terms of official rank, they were indeed not on the same level.
After Jia Cong sighed, he raised the wine cup in his hand and toasted Chen Xiao.
No matter what he thought in his heart, on the surface, he, as the governor of Jizhou, had given enough face to Chen Xiao, the governor of Youzhou.
Chen Xiao smiled and raised the wine cup.
But immediately after, he frowned and put down his brows.
"Provincial Governor Jia doesn't know that a disaster is coming. This cup of wine is really tasteless for me.”
As soon as he said this, the whole hall was shocked.
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