Since the New Year was fast approaching, although collective New Year celebrations were no longer a thing, the military parade the day after tomorrow had to be held no matter what. Those performances were also indispensable and had to be done with a strong sense of ceremony. Actually, everyone was pretty tired by the end of the year, and as it happened, the preceding and following half-months were completely free of major matters.
Because the return trip had been so hurried, there was no time to inspect each department one by one. Upon arriving at my own City Lord's Mansion, I rested for a day, roughly inquired into affairs, and simply let it go at that. Since I was back, the military parade naturally had to be hosted by me.
On the other side, after Prime Minister Zhang arrived, he was truly like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, finding novelty everywhere. He looked all around, and it truly opened his eyes. Ninety-nine percent of the things there he had never seen before. What he found most incredible was that the peasants here were all growing in strength, without any restrictions. After following me to the City Lord's Mansion and staying for the night, early the next morning he said he wanted to see his eldest granddaughter. Evidently, he still had some affection for this granddaughter.
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