In Shen Xi's opinion, the reunion of the Shen family is a happy thing.

But as Xie Yuner, Zhou and others mentioned the matters between Lu Xier and Yin Wen one after another, Chen Xi was not in such a good mood.

A few days later, Zhou came to Chen Xi and talked several times about Na Yinwen and Lu Xier's entry. The Shen family seemed to think it was natural, but Chen Xi didn't do it for a long time, which made the family anxious.

As the person beside Chen Xi, Xie Yuner could probably understand Chen Xi's mood, so she didn't mention this matter again. Zhou was the kind of woman who would never give up until she achieved her goal. Once when Chen Xi said that Chen Xi did not listen, she felt that her face was damaged, so she came to Chen Xi to talk to him for the second time, and repeatedly talked to Chen Xi, for fear that this matter would not be possible.

In this way, Chen Xi was too disturbed, so he could only avoid it for the time being and try to stay in the Governor's Mansion as little as possible. He spent time in the industrial park in the south of the city during the day to engage in scientific research and inventions. Occasionally, he would spend the night at Hui Niang and Li Jin at night.

Hui Niang saw that Chen Xi was a little absent-minded every time she came over. She knew what was going on after a little indirectly. She knew Chen Xi’s difficulties and felt even more sorry for her daughter, but she could only pretend to be an ostrich and pretend to be in front of Shen Xi.

In the end, Chen Xi saw what Hui Niang was thinking and didn't want to make Hui Niang embarrassed. When Chen Xi came over that night, he specially sent Li Jin away and prepared to talk to Hui Niang about Lu Xier.

Chen Xidao: "Hui Niang, you probably know what happened these days. Xier is not young now. Her family talked to me about bringing her in, but I will not make a decision on this matter without authorization... What do you think?"

Hui Niang was extremely intelligent. She saw that Chen Xi was embarrassed and said, "What the master meant is to bring her into the door?"

Chen Xi sighed lightly: "If it is responsible for you, marry her out, this is my explanation to you. But Xier and I have always been childhood sweethearts. If we send someone away, she will live a happy life, and I will feel very sad..."

When Chen Xi spoke, he silently observed Hui Niang's reaction, and he naturally saw Hui Niang's hesitation... At this time, Hui Niang didn't understand how to deal with her relationship with her daughter. She didn't want Lu Xier to marry Chen Xi, and she knew that Lu Xier had nowhere to go except the Shen family.

"... In the eyes of the Shen family, you are no longer here. Staying in Wuchang Prefecture may cause you torture. If you want to go back to Guangdong, to Nanchang, or to the capital, it is up to you, and this matter is up to you!"

Hui Niang looked at Chen Xi and asked, "Master, are you going to send me away? For Xier, I obey the master's arrangements, and I can do whatever I want. I will never recognize Xier in my life. I see that she is lonely and helpless, so I can just take her by my side. I don't want her to be lonely and happy all my life, and I will die in depression..."

Chen Xidao: "You must be curious about what I thought. Actually, I never thought of sending that girl away, but now I don't know how to deal with this relationship."

"But please rest assured, I will not make you mother and daughter embarrassed. Even if I really take her into the door in the future, I will not let you mother and daughter meet. Even if I let you enter the Shen family, I will use another way... Many things seem so cruel now, alas!"

Hui Niang seemed so lonely that after Li Jin came back, she was still in a state of despair. Chen Xi did not care too much about Hui Niang's mood. He knew Hui Niang would adjust herself.

Perhaps for an ordinary woman in this era, she would seek death if she encountered such a big blow to life, but he knew Hui Niang would not do this. Sometimes he felt that this woman was more like a woman from later generations, independent and strong inside, and could always overcome difficulties and give people surprises.

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Except for Lu Xier's affairs, Chen Xi's life in Wuchang Prefecture was roughly quiet.

Shortly after the three armies returned to Wuchang Prefecture, the imperial court issued rewards one after another. This time, the soldiers who followed Chen Xi to fight were rewarded to varying degrees, and Chen Xi himself also gained a lot.

On the second day of June, the yamen of the General Administration Office sent people to contact Chenxi for specific rewards, mainly involving money, grain and land issues. The Huguang area will reward as much as 7,000 acres of land, mainly around Wuchang Prefecture. There are many wastelands that need to be reclaimed, and a small part is ready-made mature land. The specific situation must be negotiated with the local government.

"Mr. Shen, really congratulations. I heard that Your Majesty has prepared 100 acres of good land for you in the capital. This is a generous reward! You have made such a great contribution and are you about to be named a marquis? Congratulations!"

"Shangshu Chen is now in Huguang and has a very high reputation. The gentry wants to get close to you, but I don't know if the Shangshu admires you!"

"Mr. Shen, I don't respect you. They are all local specialties in some places. They are not good things. Please accept them with a smile!"

...There are many people coming to congratulate you, but more people don’t come in person but find someone to give gifts to Chenxi.

As Chenxi's status in the six southwestern provinces was stable, everyone looked for excuses to curry favor with him, and the gifts he gave filled the front yard of the Governor's yamen.

Unlike before, Chen Xi did not send someone back the gift this time. He planned to calculate the gift as a reward to the soldiers who were successful in the army, otherwise he would not be able to make up so much money for the time being.

Chen Xi was a little depressed: "When the war was fought, I asked me to raise food, grass and military pay by myself. Now that the war was over, in addition to the official title and the rewarded land, I also wanted me to raise rewards by myself. It was so fucking tiring to be a governor!"

When Su Jingyang learned that the court's reward documents had been delivered, he went to the Governor's Office to ask questions that day, and at the same time "congratulations" to Chen Xi.

When Su Jingyang saw the gifts all over the yard, his eyes straightened and said, "Sir, you have received a lot of gifts here. Although I was sent some at the place when I came back, compared with you... ahem, how can I compare with you?"

Chen Xi looked at Su Jingyang and shook his head and said, "Don't be envious. Just take all these gifts back and give the soldiers below a point..."

"The court gave a lot of military merits, but the money and food involved are all handed over to the official to raise. Do you think it is easy to be a governor? I didn't want to accept gifts in the past, but now I can't accept them, otherwise I will not even be able to collect the money for the soldiers. Is there any trust from General Wang? Has he returned to Nanchang Prefecture?"

Su Jingyang smiled and said, "People should go back. Isn't they going to Nanchang Mansion again in the future, right?"

Chenxi Road: "You have to go there once, but you should wait for midsummer to pass. This flood season will come. Huguang, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, and the embankments on both sides of the river need to be reinforced. Next, you will be in charge of a group of people from the jail of the commander-in-chief. Don't blame me when you are in charge!"

Su Jingyang smiled and said, "What did you say? I will naturally obey your orders. I may not know that I will come back from fighting with you. The bastards below have already gotten crazy. They all want to continue to make achievements with you. Now even if you fart them, those bastards will be considered fragrant..."

"Hehe, kidding, don't get angry. As long as you're about to talk to the people below, let alone recruiting a few bastards to the dam, you're happy even if you don't give them money to do coolies!"

Chen Xi said helplessly: "There is no war in the Ming Dynasty for the time being. Even if they want to fight, there is no place to fight them. The northwest troubles have been said to have subsided, but the Tatars are not very stable. Everything depends on this autumn. The task given to you this time is to find three thousand soldiers, recruit another five thousand civilians, follow me to the embankment, and may not come down for a month from west to east!"

Su Jingyang was timid when he heard this and said with a bitter face: "Sir, aren't you kidding? You've transferred 8,000 people at once. This... it's hard to manage rations, and there is also the problem of wages..."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Didn't you say before that you can find someone if you don't give money?"

Su Jingyang was a little embarrassed and smiled bitterly: "Sir, that's the case, but sometimes... I don't give you a little money, which is a bit unreasonable! This year, the rainfall is normal, and the river water looks calm. Logically speaking, there should be no major disasters. Otherwise... recruit less people or send errands to the prefectures and counties below. Why do you have to go to the dam yourself? Now the people of the six southwest provinces rely on you!"

Su Jingyang was very complimenting to Chen Xi, but Chen Xi said: "It is better to catch some things yourself. Before you did a hundred things that you have made contributions, maybe you will be caught by others if you don't do it well."

"The south has been in trouble almost every year over the years. This year, the embankments along the two lakes and the river will be reinforced to lay the foundation for a bumper grain harvest in the next few years. If the official has something to deal with in the future or has a battle to fight, it seems like last year, how can I have time to take care of this? Don't you want to watch the people in Huguang and Jiangxi be ravaged by the river, do you?"

Su Jingyang nodded with a smile, but he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Chen Xi looked at the river defense drawings and was muttering alone: ​​"... It's been pretty good these days. The vegetation on both sides of the river has not been damaged much. The floods are mainly concentrated in the Yellow River in the north. Who said that the two sides of the river are hanging there but the fertile fields are thousands of miles away? But the quality of the dams these days is really not very good... If Wuchang Prefecture is flooded, I might suffer myself!"

Su Jingyang asked curiously: "Sir, what did you say?"

Chen Xi glanced at Su Jingyang, turned his head and said, "If I didn't say anything...you go back first, and call some people to carry these large boxes of small boxes to the commander-in-chief. As for the mobilization of soldiers and civilians, you can handle it. You can prepare the manpower within two days and raise all the tools. Let me tell you that if you spend five cents of silver a month, I will not treat them badly!"
Chapter completed!