After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

"Commander, let's go back to the palace first." Everyone who followed Zhao Huaixin was afraid of taking responsibility. Whether Zhao Huaixin or the young master was missing, they would be half dead.

Xie Zhiyan said in a tantrum, "I'm not going home. I'm going to Xiaobai's house and asking my father to go with me."

"Young Master." Seeing that the quarrel was about to break out again, Ye Xunqing hurriedly said, "My house is too small to accommodate so many people, so you should go home first. Besides, if you don't go home, your father will be worried."

Xie Zhiyan looked at Ye Xunbai, "But, Xiaobai wants to go home with me."

"No, he doesn't want to." Ye Xunqing wanted to beat up this naughty kid. Doesn't this kid understand what people say?

Ye Xunbai nodded, "I don't want to go to your house."

Xie Zhiyan looked unconvinced, "Everyone wants to go to my house, why don't you want to?"

"Because I have my own family." Ye Xunbai told him clearly: "I don't want to go to your house now, but when I grow up, I can go to play with you."

Xie Zhiyan thought for a moment and said, "Then can you tell me where your home is? I'll go home and tell my father, and then I'll come to play with you."

"Okay." Ye Xunbai said, "My home is in Yejia Village, Yutong Town. Just come to the village to find me when the time comes."

Xie Zhiyan took note and said, "Yeah, I will definitely come find you."

The soldiers who followed Zhao Huaixin finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the young master didn't make a fuss, Commander Zhao would still listen to their advice.

"Commander Zhao, do you think we should send the young master back first?"

Zhao Huaixin actually didn't want to go back to the palace, but since they said they wanted to send the young master back, he might as well send him back first.

The banquet at the Zheng Mansion was about to end, but it continued because of the arrival of Zhao Huaixin. Everyone here knew who Zhao Huaixin was, and they would never miss this opportunity to please the Annan Palace.

Lord Wang came up first to greet him: "Commander Zhao, is today's meal to your liking?"

Mr. Zheng glared at him and said, "You are using my words!"

Lord Wang ignored Mr. Zheng, he only wanted to listen to what Zhao Huaixin had to say.

"It's delicious." Zhao Huaixin put down his chopsticks and said, "It's not enough. Bring a few more dishes. Also, after you finish eating, you can go back to your shifts. Don't you have to stand here? Don't you have to handle cases in the government office?"

Lord Wang and other officials learned their lesson and immediately apologized, saying, "Commander Zhao was right."

Lord Wang took his people away. If other guests had nothing to do and wanted to stay and get close to Zhao Huaixin, they could stay and keep him company. If there were no conflicts of interest, they could eat and leave.

Mr. Zheng definitely had to sit down and entertain the guests. Not only that, he also called his second daughter over.

Zheng Wei toasted Zhao Huaixin, but Zhao Huaixin didn't drink it. He said drinking would cause trouble, so there was no need to toast him. Just give him a bowl of soup.

As the wife of a town magistrate, she is served by others at home, but in front of Zhao Huaixin, her status is not enough. Not to mention asking her to serve soup for Zhao Huaixin, even if she asks Lord Wang's wife to come and serve the soup, Mrs. Wang has to serve her respectfully.

But Zhao Huaixin did not mean to humiliate Zheng Wei. It was just that the soup was too far away from him, and he was busy eating and had no hands to scoop it up.

"This is my daughter, Zheng Wei." Old Master Zheng deliberately introduced his daughter. "She married the mayor of Yutong Town. She brought the chef for this birthday banquet."

After hearing this, Zhao Huaixin paused to recall, "Yutong Town? It sounded familiar to me just now. Liu Jiao, the mayor of Yutong Town, right?"

Zheng Wei chuckled, "Yes, it's my husband."

"I remember that last year, when Wu County was hit by a flood, His Majesty went out to raise funds, and Lord Liu contributed both money and effort. His Majesty remembers it all." Zhao Huaixin nodded. "You are his wife, right? I've made a note of it. I'll tell His Majesty about it when I get back."

Zheng Wei was overjoyed, but also very reserved, "Officials should do more for the people."

Zhao Huaixin was very satisfied with her answer, "Well, Lord Liu is a good official."

With this sentence, Zheng Wei's goal was achieved. Since Zhao Huaixin took the initiative to bring it up, it meant that the matter was a done deal.

Zhao Huaixin added, "Master Zheng also made considerable efforts in last year's flood disaster, and the prince remembers it all."

Mr. Zheng now understood why the Annan Palace had sent gifts. It turned out they were remembering the merits of the previous year. Last year, when Wu County was devastated by floods and the imperial court hadn't provided disaster relief, the Annan Palace took the lead in appealing to all prefectures and counties for donations of money and grain. They'd finally gotten the job done before the imperial relief grain arrived, and the court generously rewarded the Annan King.

Mr. Zheng didn't take it seriously. After all, they donated money frequently, and there were so many people donating that the King of Annan probably didn't know who was who. Unexpectedly, the King of Annan remembered everything, even the little Yutong Town Magistrate.

"It's just a small favor, Your Highness, don't worry about it." Old Master Zheng said with a smile, "Wei'er, quickly serve the commander another bowl of soup."

Zheng Wei immediately served the soup and added fish balls because Commander Zhao seemed to like fish balls.

"Is this a fish ball?" Commander Zhao didn't recognize it at first, but after taking a bite, his childhood memories came flooding back.

"Yes." Ye Xunqing replied, "It's fish balls made from grass carp."

Zhao Huaixin looked at the white and tender fish balls and was silent for a long time before saying, "I haven't eaten such authentic fish balls in almost 30 years."

Ye Xunqing asked him, "Is Commander Zhao from the south?"

Commander Zhao said, "I'm from Taizhou. My family used to be escorts, but we encountered pirates and our whole family was killed. Oh, not all of them died, I have a younger brother."

Ye Xunqing looked at his expression and he didn't seem sad at all.

"The fish balls I used to eat were mostly made from sea fish, but the taste was pretty much the same." Commander Zhao said, "Little brother, what's your name?"

Ye Xunqing replied: "I am Ye Xunqing."

"Yejia Village, Yutong Town, right? I remember it." Commander Zhao smiled. This was the first time he smiled since he entered the door.

"Yes." Ye Xunqing answered respectfully.

"Make me some fish balls to take away." Commander Zhao took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket, which looked to be no less than five taels. "Take it."

Yuanzhou City is actually very far away from Taizhou, and Pingzhou City, where the Annan Palace is located, is also very far away from Taizhou. People here do not like to eat fish, are not good at eating fish, and naturally do not know how to cook fish, let alone make fish balls.

Ye Xunqing didn't rush to accept it, but said: "If the commander likes it, I can make more fish balls, but this money..."

Zhao Huaixin was very stubborn. "Just take it if I tell you to. Stop talking nonsense and go make fish balls."

Ye Xunqing had no choice but to accept it "reluctantly" and said, "Thank you, Commander."

Then Ye Xunqing dragged Feng Jingheng back to the kitchen to kill the fish.

"As expected of the Princess of Annan, you are so generous." Ye Xunqing was very happy. He stuffed the silver into Feng Jingheng's arms and said, "Ah Heng, keep it well. Let's go shopping tomorrow."

Feng Jingheng was also happy. He smiled and said, "Okay, we'll buy more of your favorite food."