Steward Mo nodded and said, "Yes, and the shop he is currently renting out only accounts for less than one-tenth of the entire restaurant, if he separates all the rooms inside and rents them out, it should be okay for another tens of thousands of taels a year!"

Lingyangjun turned his head to look at Steward Mo, tilted his head and said: "This is the business he wants to do?" I rent the house to him, and he rents it to others, and then he eats the big head, but I eat the small head instead, and now it sounds like a small head, isn't it just like calling Huazi now, just give some money and send it away?"

Steward Mo said, "Young Master regrets it?"

Lingyang Jun said angrily: "I'm not stupid, of course I regret it, I won't rent it myself? I have to bother him to help with the rental? And this thing is very embarrassing, if you let outsiders know that I rent it to him for 10,000 taels, he will rent tens of thousands of taels, or even 100,000 taels, and you can't laugh off other people's big teeth?"

Steward Mo said: "Since the young master regrets it, he can break the contract!"

Ling Yangjun glared at him and said, "How can you break the contract in black and white? If this matter is big, my face will be even greater, after all, I am also a celebrity in the Seven Kingdoms, and I can't do anything nonsense!"

Steward Mo said, "Then the young master is willing to take 10,000 taels of rent a year?"

Lingyang Jun said: "What can you do if you are unwilling? You have to keep this matter secret from me, don't let anyone know that I rented 10,000 taels to that Qin State proton, I guess that Qin State Proton is secretly laughing at me now! Now think about it, a restaurant was deceived by him in a few words, it is really a great shame." ”

Steward Mo said, "Then the young master won't ask anymore?"

Lingyang Jun said: "Continue to pay attention to me, I'll see what good moves he has under him?"

Steward Mo said, "What if he still divides the rest of the rooms below and rents them out?"

Lingyang Jun said: "Then I will definitely be angry with him!"

As he was talking, someone outside the house came to report: "Lord Qiqi, there is a decree from the palace, please enter the palace now!"

Lingyang Jun was stunned and said, "What is the king looking for me now?"

Outside the door, he replied: "My subordinates don't know!"

Steward Mo said: "I heard that the Qin State sent an envoy over today, it should be related to this matter!"

Lingyangjun took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "It should be about the same!" and said to the door: "Prepare the horse!"

There was an answer from outside the door.

After all, Lingyang Jun was a ninth-order master, and he didn't even bring a guard, so he rode a horse alone and went to the palace.

Lingyang Jun has a noble status in the Qi country, and he did not get off the horse at the palace gate, and rode directly into the palace, and only dismounted in front of the Xuande Palace, and then walked to the imperial study, and the father-in-law who passed the decree said that the king of Qi was waiting for him in the imperial study.

It was just dark now, and although Linzi City was still noisy, the palace was unusually quiet, and the sound of footsteps had to be heard far away. After all, Lingyangjun grew up in the palace, so he was familiar with the road, and he didn't need someone to lead the way, so he went directly to the imperial study.

King Qi was sitting at the desk watching the folding, and when he heard that Lingyang Jun had arrived outside the door, he hurriedly asked the eunuch to come in.

Lingyang Jun entered the door and made a courtesy, and the king of Qi asked him to sit down on the chair next to him.

Lingyang Jun asked, "I don't know why Brother Wang summoned me late at night?"

Although King Qi is also a ninth-order master, and he is a brother, but from the outside, the temperament of the two is not the same at all, King Qi looks a little older, and has a thick beard on his chin that is a few inches long, because he has lived on people for a long time, he is not angry and arrogant, and ordinary people dare not look directly when they see it.

King Qi put down the fold at this time, looked at Lingyang Jun and said, "Although the widow lives deep in the palace, he can still see the sky, is it late at night now?"

Lingyang Jun smiled and said, "It's the minister's brother who used the wrong words! Brother Wang forgive me!"

King Qi said: "Today, the Qin State sent an envoy over, do you know?"

Lingyang Jun said: "I have heard a little! I don't know what happened to the Qin State Mission?"

King Qi said: "Ask for a kiss!"

Lingyang Jun was stunned and said: "Asking for marriage, which prince of Qin State has taken a fancy to which princess of our country?"

King Qi said: "It's the prince of Qin who wants to marry Changming!"

Lingyang Jun thought in his heart, could it be that this prince of the Qin State is blind, and even Changming dares to marry, is the woman in the world dead?

King Qi said: "The widow is asking you!"

Lingyang Jun thought for a while and said: "Marriage is an alliance, my Qi country has no precedent for forming an alliance with the Qin state, it has always been a hostile state, although there has been no war for a few years, but the border is still tense, if you form an alliance with the Qin country at this time, I am afraid it will hurt the hearts of the five countries of Shandong!"

King Qi said: "The widow is also worried, but have you thought about it, after all, Qin is the country of tigers and wolves, although six years ago to cede land and seek peace, but never put my Shandong Six Kingdoms in his eyes, and it can be regarded as the most powerful enemy of my Qi State, every year in order to prevent Qin State from making chaos, my Qi State also consumes a lot of financial resources, material resources and manpower, for my Qi State, it is also a big burden, now it is rare for Qin State to show goodwill, if we marry Qin State, will the situation be better?"

Lingyangjun shook his head and said, "It won't be better, it's even worse." This is a divisive plan of the Qin State, which is to disintegrate our six-nation alliance, if I marry the Qi State and the Qin State, the other five countries will definitely be troubled, and for my Qi State, there will be no harm but no benefit!"

King Qi said: "How can a widow not know the thoughts of the Qin State? Although my Qi State is now the overlord of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, but for so many years, the overlords of the Six Kingdoms have all taken turns in feng shui, can you guarantee that after I die, the Qi State will still be able to rule the world?"

Lingyang Jun hesitated: "What does Brother Wang mean by taking this opportunity to make peace with the Qin State, and then free up his hands to destroy the Five Kingdoms of Shandong?"

King Qi pondered for a moment before he said: "It's still too early to talk about destroying the country, but if the Qi State wants to go further and open up territory, it must make peace with the Qin State, otherwise the Qi State will be trapped in this acre and three points of land for generations." As the saying goes, if you don't break it, you can't break the current rules, you can never create a new pattern, the widow can't satisfy a small overlord, and the widow wants to lay the foundation of the Qi country! Now that the Qin State is getting stronger and stronger, if the Qi State is complacent and does not want to forge ahead, sooner or later, when the iron hooves of the Qin State go eastward, even if the six countries of Shandong join forces, they may not be the opponents of the Qin State, after all, we are a rabble, each with a ghost, and can never really be twisted into a rope, only by truly unifying the six countries of Shandong, can we fight with the Qin State in the future. ”

Lingyang Jun thought for a while and said: "Brother Wang has great ambitions and far-sightedness, and the younger brother sighs to himself, but this matter can't be rushed, if the five countries of Shandong are forced to rebel, it will be to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot!"

King Qi nodded and said: "So the widow plans to test the reaction of the five kingdoms of Shandong first, if the reaction is not too intense, the widow will make peace with the Qin country, if the reaction is too intense, and then think about it in the long run!"

Lingyang Jun nodded and said, "This is as it should be, how do the envoys of the Qin State plan to deal with it? Can't let them wait for our news in the Qi State all the time?"

King Qi said: "After all, this is not a trivial matter, just let them wait in the Liuhua Pavilion for a while, they will wait!"

Lingyang Jun said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Wang already has a countermeasure in his heart, and it is redundant to call me over!"

King Qi waved his hand and said: "That's different, one person counts short, two people count long, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have different opinions, and it is difficult for the widow to decide, since you have not said the serious drawbacks, the widow's heart is much more steady." ”

Ling Yangjun rolled his eyes in his heart.

Liuhuaguan is located in the west of the palace, not far from Shuohua Street, mainly used to receive envoys from various countries, so the Qin delegation lived here.

In a small two-story building, in one of the rooms, Qin Guozheng's envoy He Min was standing in front of the window, silently looking at the bustling night scene of Linzi.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Hermione didn't reply, and said, "Come in!"

Deputy envoy Yuan Singxiao pushed the door in, closed the door again, walked to He Min's side, and watched the night scene with him for a while before saying, "Why hasn't Brother He slept yet?"

Hermione sighed, "Where can I sleep under the weight of the burden?"

Yuan Singxiao said with a smile: "Brother He doesn't have to worry too much, since the King of Qi did not refuse at that time, it means that the King of Qi is still tempted, not to mention that my King also wrote a secret letter to the King of Qi, although I don't know what the content is, it is estimated that it has promised a lot of benefits, and the King of Qi is estimated to be tossing and turning now, and it is difficult to sleep!"

Hermione said: "You can't have too much hope, after all, the pressure on Qi Guo to marry in unison is not small, and they don't dare to agree rashly." ”

Yuan Singxiao said: "King Qi asked us to wait, probably just to test the reaction of the other five countries!"

Hermione said, "I guess it's about the same!"

Yuan Singxiao put his hands on the windowsill at this time, turned his head to look at He Min and said: "Brother He, but I don't know something, I haven't figured it out after thinking about it for a day today, and I hope Brother He will solve my doubts!"

Hermione said, "What can make you wonder?"

Yuan Singxiao smiled and said: "I saw my country's Proton Qu Nian on the street today, according to Brother He's past temperament, he should have turned a blind eye, why did he get off the horse and salute today?"

Hermione sneered and said, "Don't you know that the mission of our trip is to assassinate Qu Nian?"

Yuan Sing said in a daze: "It is precisely because I know that I am puzzled! Since we are already planning to assassinate him, it is no different from the enemy, why are we so polite to him?"

He Min said: "This is for Qi to see, let Qi know that our Qin State still cares about this son, if Qu Nian dies, no one will suspect that we did it!"

Yuan Singxiao nodded, thoughtfully, and said, "Brother He is still thoughtful!" After a pause, he said, "Then when does Brother He plan to do it?"

He Min said: "Looking at Qi Guo's reaction, if Qi Guo agrees to make peace, this matter will be over perfectly, and we don't have to assassinate Gongzi anymore, and I don't want to make trouble!"