On the morning of the second day, Zhou Cheng accompanied Lou Yuzhu to breakfast, and called a few servants to rush to Lou Yuzhu and said: "Fucheng is not as good as Huya Town, and there are many places to use people. These men have been following you on errands for a while, and if you have anything to tell them. ”

Lou Yuzhu looked at it. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old slave brother, an elderly slave, and a coachman and a messenger, four plus yellow shadows, he needs to keep up with five people as soon as he travels! Lou Yuzhu couldn't help but hold her forehead, but she didn't refuse after thinking about it. "Brother Zhou thinks thoughtfully, then I will thank you."

"Since I took you over, I should protect you, you don't need to think about it." Fucheng is no better than Huya Town, the population is complex and there are many people coming and going, and a yellow shadow with that evil heart can't protect people. "Brother Yu needs to remember that you have to keep people around you at all times, you can't send them all out on errands, and you yourself must be vigilant."

Lou Yuzhu smiled and nodded, and then asked the coachman to drive the carriage to Li Shang's mahjong leisure hall.

Li Shang's leisure hall was not opened in the most lively Shunyan North Street, but in the opposite direction of South Street, which is recognized as the most lively street in Nanyang City, and South Street is slightly inferior because it is newly built. However, Lou Yuzhu saw a little different, South Street was more atmospheric than North Street in terms of planning and carriage and horse roadways on both sides, and the specifications of the shops on both sides of the street were also richer than North Street.

Li Shang was directing the person to sign a plaque in front of the shop, and when he heard the sound of the carriage, he turned around and wondered who it was, only to look at the little face that Lou Yuzhu drilled, and immediately greeted him happily. "Brother Yu, you're here! If you don't come again, I'll send someone to invite you! ”

Lou Yuzhu held Huang Ying's hand and landed on the foot set by the coachman, and couldn't help but smile when she heard Li Shang's words. "Second Brother Li said this, I was panicked when I heard it."

"What's the panic? You are one of the initiators of mahjong, and the idea of a leisure hall is also what you want, if you don't come to my mahjong leisure hall, you don't dare to open it! ”

Sun Jin, who was looking for someone, heard this, and laughed loudly: "Brother Yu'er, don't listen to your second brother Li's nonsense, he invited you to the town!" ”

was pierced, Li Shangpo was a little annoyed and choked angrily: "Sun San! Your ice cellar method is what Brother Yu thought, why don't you hurry up and give the idea fee, why do you still want to repay the debt? ”

Sun Jin was speechless.

Look at the lively Liu Qi, Zhao You covered his mouth and smiled.

Lou Yuzhu also smiled.

Sun Jin touched his head and leaned up to Lou Yuzhu and said, "Zhou Cheng told you about not giving a pip fee and giving dividends, right?" ”

"That's it. Third Brother Sun is too polite, in fact, it was not worth it on my whim, and there was no need to give any dividends. "Selling ice for a living has always been an explosive profit, but the initial investment is also astronomical, he just draws a drawing and adds some ideas, and the empty talk is naturally incomparable with the huge amount of money they have invested.

didn't wait for Sun Jin to return, but Liu Qi made up a joke and said: "If you want to say that, when will Brother Yu give you Fourth Brother Liu, I and your Fifth Brother Zhao will also have a whim?" You don't have to vote for tens of thousands of taels like your third brother Sun, just hit the kind of five thousand taels in half! ”

Lou Yuzhu was choked and had nothing to say, and that appearance made Sun Jin, Li Shangyi and others burst out laughing.

Li Yue hit the horse, and the legs were lifted and he fell off the horse, and handed the whip and rope to the servant who met him.

Li Shang grinned and shouted, "Big brother." ”

Sun Jin and the others also gave their hands one after another: "Brother Li." ”

Li Yue bowed his head, and after scanning the circle, his gaze fixed on Lou Yuzhu: "This is Brother Yu'er?" ”

As the eldest son of the prefect, Li Yue lived up to his status as a powerful person, not to mention that his appearance and posture were superior, and he was raised at the age of fifteen, and he received an errand in the government office in the second year, and now he has acted more calmly and calmly in the past three years. Thinking about Pei Guanying's evaluation of Li Yue, Lou Yuzhu bent her knees and saluted: "I've seen Master Li." ”

"If you don't dislike it, just call me Brother Li like them."

Lou Yuzhu's jaw should be.

The group entered the inside, led by Li Shang, and the group visited the leisure hall, and then they couldn't wait for the servants to prepare the best private room to put the mahjong on the table.

Lou Yuzhu is not Wan'er.

"Brother Yu, don't laugh, it's not me who wants to fight this time, it's my eldest brother who wants to fight." Li Shang said to Li Yuenunu: "Big brother doesn't want to know what a mahjong master is?" Let's see it today. After speaking, Chong Lou Yuzhu squeezed his eyebrows and made his eyes, meaning that he should not show mercy to his subordinates.

Lou Yuzhu blinked: "Why don't we pay for it?" ”

Li Shangzheng ordered Liu Qi to sit on the building and start with Yuzhu, Zhao You sat down, and said angrily when he heard the words: "What are you going to do if you don't pay for it?" Fight mosquitoes? ”

Li Yue glanced at his younger brother, and saw that Li Shang had closed his mouth, and then he smiled faintly at Lou Yuzhu: "Brother Yu'er doesn't need to be polite, you can play how you want, so that I can see what a mahjong master is." ”

"Since Brother Li said so, then it would be hypocritical for me to shirk it. Brother Li said that you can fight as much as you want. ”

Li Yue nodded, and said to Li Shangsun Jin with a smile: "You two are staring at Brother Yu'er's cards, if he wants to release water, we will punish him for one to ten!" ”

"This is good!" Hearing this, Li Shang immediately moved a stool and sat behind Lou Yuzhu with great interest, posing as a dead star.

Lou Yuzhu was speechless and held her forehead.

The rules said that the four began to shuffle the cards, there were previous words in Lou Yuzhu had to dispel the idea of doing cards, and the identity of the mahjong master was brought into full play, and a card won thousands of taels! Everyone here is the son of the son, and the money is not so bad, although there are thousands of taels of wins and losses in a game, there is no bad face.

Lou Yuzhu didn't say anything about returning the money when she saw it, and only beckoned Huang Ying to Xinyi Lou to order a table of new dishes that had not yet begun to be listed, and the right to return the gift.

After dinner, Li Yue went back to the yamen to be busy with official business, Li Shang was still busy with the opening of the leisure hall, Sun Jin was going to work on the ice cellar, Liu Qi and Zhao You went to visit friends, and Lou Yuzhu went home. Within two days, the mahjong leisure hall opened, Lou Yuzhu sat in the name of a mahjong master, and there is often only one ending to the challenge of not admitting defeat, that is, defeat. As soon as the title of master is settled, no one dares to challenge it anymore.

Lou Yuzhu is also happy, drinking tea, eating delicious food, reading books every day, and waiting for Pei Guanying to turn around. More than ten days passed, and Pei Guanying's carriage finally drove into Nanyang City.

Zhou Cheng and Lou Yuzhu, who had already received the news, were waiting at the door, and greeted them as soon as they saw the carriage stop.

Pei Guanying got out of the carriage, and then helped out an elegant middle-aged man in a white robe. "This is my mentor, Mu Lao." Mu Lao is a great Confucian in the world, studied under the old court of the first dynasty, strictly speaking, he is the same brother as the current emperor, because of temperament problems, he did not enter the court as an official, but he taught countless disciples in his life, and sent a lot of talents from all walks of life to the court, not to mention his status in the literary world. Pei Guanying was about to introduce the two parties, but Mu Lao guessed. "This is the jade brother you talked about all the way, right?" He smiled and looked at the jade beads of the eye, touched the beautiful beard under his chin and said, "It's a good look." ”

Lou Yuzhu bent his knees: "I've seen Mr. Mu." ”

Mu Lao bowed his head and asked, "Let me ask you, what did you think of mahjong?" ”

"How about I came up with it? What if I didn't come up with it? Lou Yuzhu pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes did not dodge or dodge, and continued: "As long as you can entertain others and add fun to life, who came up with it?" ”

"Then do you know that mahjong is gambling, which can cost you your life and money, and ruin your family, and the sin of this is borne by your little brother?"

Mu Lao has taught all his life, and this face is still like that, but Lou Yuzhu has specially read his masterpiece before, and he really doesn't realize that the other party is a stubborn and rigid person. Instead of being afraid, he smiled and said: "Mahjong itself is not at fault, it is the person who plays mahjong who is wrong." You need to know that the brand depends on the character, and you don't even have the determination to resist this little temptation in your life, so how can you talk about it? Self-cultivation, family building, country control, and peace in the world, how can you talk about learning and talk about the way of being an official? ”

Mu Lao couldn't help but smile: "You little brother is so cunning, obviously you didn't answer if I asked you, but when I turned around, I asked me." ”

Lou Yuzhu covered her mouth and was happy.

The group laughed and entered the room, Pei Guanying sent Mu Lao back to the room to rest first, and then turned back to Chonglou Yuzhu and said: "Brother Yu'er, you are bold, you can still laugh at today's Confucianism, the funny thing is that those students in Beijing who think they are talented often stutter when they see my teacher!" ”

Lou Yuzhu smiled: "That's because I am too respectful and too nervous, and my little brother, one does not study and the other does not pay attention to learning, why are you nervous?" Besides, Mu Lao is generous and informal, even if I say something inappropriate, he won't care about me. ”

"You said it lightly, that's because you didn't see the time when your teacher scolded people." Pei Guanying shook his head to stop talking, beckoned Hu Er to take the package with him, and then took out an envelope from it and handed it to Lou Yuzhu.

Lou Yuzhu didn't know it, so he took it and opened it to see that there were 1,200 taels of silver tickets inside. "What is this?"

"I sold the drawings of your shock absorber to a friend of mine in Shangjing, which is just the initial income, and then you should be able to receive dividends for about a year."

Lou Yuzhu was dumbfounded: "Since the second brother of the drawings has been taken for independent use, how can he talk about dividends?" ”

"What should be given must be given, this is a matter of principle. Besides, there are other reasons for this matter, so Brother Yu doesn't need to be polite. Pei Guanying said this, it is irrefutable, Lou Yuzhu had no choice but to answer, and then took out a letter and handed it over: "This is a letter sent back by Wei Qian, because ordinary soldiers can't write family letters at will, so they were sent to Beijing together in my cousin's letter." I'll bring it back for you when I go back to Beijing this time. ”

Wei Qian has not heard from him for half a year, and it is really an unexpected joy to receive a letter from home! It's just that when I think of the fact that ordinary soldiers can't write to their families at will, I can't help but be a little worried: "It won't cause trouble to the second brother's cousin, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Pei Guanying remembered the letter his cousin gave him, and said with a smile: "My cousin also wants to thank me for finding him a fierce general." As soon as Wei Qian entered the camp, there was a border war, and then he made a miraculous feat by mistake, and because of his hard training, he was outstanding, and now he is promoted to squad leader. ”

Ten people are a small team, and being able to be promoted to captain as a recruit shows that Wei Gan is outstanding.

"For my Uncle Nalan family, whether my cousin can make meritorious service is secondary, and the main thing is the safety of people."

Next to him, Zhou Cheng interjected: "As soon as people go to the battlefield, they live with their heads on their heads, so why is it safe or unsafe?" ”