On the first day of returning, three major events were arranged in one morning, and at noon, Guo Song met his senior brother Zhang Lei, Zhang Lei had obviously lost a lot of weight, and he was so tired that he was haggard, but there was a kind of pride and joy in his words and demeanor that could not be concealed.

"I gave birth to a fat son, and I am satisfied in my life."

Zhang Lei poured Guo Song a full glass of wine and sighed: "Next, I will work hard to earn money and earn a thick family foundation for my son, and the task of my life will be completed." ”

Guo Song picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Then what does senior brother do when he learns martial arts?" ”

Zhang Lei smiled a little embarrassed, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said: "I learn martial arts just to taste it, I can't endure hardship, except for the flying knife that I am interested in, which other thing can pass?" Master said that I was rich and peaceful, and I couldn't do big things. ”

Guo Song nodded, "That's fine, let's just live the life we like for these twenty or thirty years, last time I persuaded my senior brother to go to Chengdu to buy a house, did my senior brother think about it?" ”

"I am a Shu person, of course, I have to consider leaving a way back for myself and my children, and I don't tell my brother that we have bought a ten-acre house in Chengdu, and also bought a shop and rented it to others, in case of war, we will run to Chengdu."

"Then you have to do a few more businesses, you don't care about me, invest your own share, and do some business related to the means of living, such as cloth, grain, oil, tea, etc., these things are always needed."

"I want to too! But I just don't have that much energy. ”

Zhang Lei sighed and said: "Now steaming wine and bartending are my business, your sister-in-law is in confinement again, and the affairs of the store are handed over to the shopkeeper, I still have to listen to the shopkeeper's account, I am as tired as a dog every day, how can I have the heart to think about other things." ”

Guo Song took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "I'll teach you a way, you set up a firm, recruit more account rooms, and hand over the store you bought to the big shopkeeper to be responsible for operation and management, and then each account office is responsible for checking and auditing, and finally the account room reports to my sister-in-law, so that there are special people to manage and manage, and there are special people to audit, and you are also relaxed." ”

Zhang Lei's eyes lit up, this is a good way, why didn't he think of it.

"Senior brother, you're right, specialized people do special things, I'll go back and discuss with your sister-in-law, do you want me to help your part vote together, and half of our brothers."

"It's okay, senior brother, let's do it!"

Guo Song smiled again and asked, "Senior brother, do you know the garden house on the bank of Qujiang Lake?" I might have one too. ”

'Poof-'

Zhang Lei squirted out a mouthful of wine, his eyes were as big as eggs, "Senior brother, you didn't scare me!" Will you have Qujiang Garden House? ”

"The Son of Heaven rewarded me with one, and I can also choose a house in Chongwenfang, but I don't know which one to choose, senior brother teach me?"

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Lei looked at the table with a heavy smile, "The mansion in the city can be bought with money, and the garden house in Qujiang can't be bought with money, they are all powerful mansions, ordinary people dare not think about it, of course they want a garden house, I am happy and can take your sister-in-law and nephews and nieces to live for a few months." ”

"No problem! When I got the key, I handed it to my brother, who took care of it for me. ”

Zhang Lei heard what Guo Song said, and asked in surprise: "Why do you want me to take care of the house?" Aren't you in Chang'an? ”

Guo Song nodded, "I may have to be sent abroad, but I don't know where to go yet?" But certainly not in Chang'an. ”

After saying this, Guo Song took out two gems from his arms, one red and one blue, and put them on the table and pushed them to Zhang Lei, "Ruby for nephew, sapphire for niece, let the jade craftsman of the Treasure Pavilion make a beautiful jewelry." ”

"This gem ......"

Zhang Lei is the big proprietor of the Treasure Pavilion, and he studies gems when he has nothing to do, Guo Song's two gems make him breathtaking, and the best gems in the Treasure Pavilion are not comparable, he is not polite, he put it away directly, and said with a smile: "If this kind of good thing is missed, God will not spare me!" ”

.........

Li Wenyu was still in confinement, and the child stayed by her side, which was inconvenient for Guo Song to visit, and the two broke up after drinking.

Guo Song returned to the Qingxu Palace, and his men were still stationed in the open space behind the Qingxu Palace, but the treatment was much better, they refused to move to the military camp of Xiuwenfang, and the military department also sent them a team of logistics soldiers, including cooks, grooms and cangtou, and sent a lot of fruits, vegetables and meat.

Guo Song returned to his big tent, but saw that Xiao Yuniang was busy packing his clothes, Guo Song smiled: "I'll ask them to set up a tent for you when you go back." ”

Xiao Yuniang was startled, turned around and patted her chest and said, "Scared me, when did the son come back?" ”

"I just came back, if you can't get used to living in the big tent, or you can live directly in the Taoist temple, this is my senior brother's Taoist temple."

Xiao Yuniang shook her head, "I like to live in a tent, and it feels weird to live in a Taoist temple." ”

"Whatever you want!"

Guo Song took out a bag of silver and put it on the table and said, "You take these silvers, see what you need, and buy them yourself." ”

Xiao Yuniang was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, Childe is letting himself take care of the money! She happily took the silver, "Childe's shoes are a little broken, I'll go buy a pair of shoes for Childe." ”

Guo Song hurriedly shook his head, "I don't need it, the army has special leather boots, so you don't need to buy them outside." ”

Xiao Yuniang tilted her head and thought about it and said with a smile: "I'll go and see it tomorrow, and buy two more shirts for my son, a hat and a flat towel, these are all needed, as well as the four treasures of the study." ”

Guo Song couldn't help her, so he went with her........

In the evening, Guo Song changed into a blue shirt, wore a gauze hat, tied a leather belt around his waist, and hung two pieces of jade on the leather belt, and rode to the Vermilion Bird Restaurant in Chongshanfang.

Vermilion Bird Restaurant is actually Li Shi's asset, ranking seventh among the top ten restaurants in Chang'an, and one of the top restaurants in Chang'an.

Guo Song just walked to the door of the restaurant, Li Shi's entourage was already waiting at the gate, he saw Guo Song coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Guo Yuanjun, Your Highness has been waiting for a long time, please come with me!" ”

Guo Song handed over the horse to the bartender and followed his entourage to the backyard.

The courtyard where Li Shi invited guests was still the Qingyutang before, Guo Song had been here, which made him suddenly think of Guo Chongqing who died in Anxi, and Guo Song's heart was gloomy.

"Guo Yuanjun, please!"

Guo Song nodded, walked into the room quickly, there were five people sitting in the room, the middle one was Li Shi, the king of Lu, and the other four guests were all old men, to Guo Song's surprise, three of them he was very familiar with, one was Xiangguo Liu Yan, one was Xiangguo Han Rong, and the other was Yan Zhenqing, and the last one he didn't know, but he was also a clear and dignified old man, and he was a well-educated person at a glance.

Guo Song immediately realized that Li Shi did not invite himself specifically tonight, and tonight's banquet had already been arranged, but he was just temporarily adding himself.

"I'm sorry, I thought the time hadn't come, but I didn't expect it to be late."

Li Shi smiled slightly, "Guo Yuanjun arrived on time, not late, let me introduce it!" ”

He introduced Guo Song: "The two Xiangguo must know Guo Yuanjun, and the newly appointed Yan Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Yuanjun should also know each other." ”

Two of the three have seen it at the banquet of King Zhao, but everyone is calm and calm, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about, everyone is a person who has been rolling in the officialdom for decades, of course, they all know how to conform to the general trend, since King Zhao is out, it is normal to turn to work for Li Shi.

Guo Song admired Li Shi's mind, he did not regard these three people as dissident blows, but rather encircled them, and Yan Zhenqing was also appointed as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, which is also an extremely important official position.

Guo Song hurriedly greeted the three of them, and Li Shi introduced the fourth person to Guo Song, "This is my master, the prince of the country to sacrifice wine Zhao Envoyjun." ”

The old man nodded to Guo Song and said with a smile: "Old man Zhao Kuan, I have long heard of Guo Yuanjun's name. ”

Guo Song smiled: "I'm afraid I'm notorious!" ”

"That's the matter of the benevolent and the wise, at least in my opinion, Guo Yuanjun dares to do it, which is worthy of appreciation."

"Come on! Come! Come! Please be seated. ”

Li Shi beckoned everyone to sit down, and at this time, several musicians from the Western Regions came in, beating fierce and rhythmic drums, and a Hu woman in a long skirt began to spin around the lobby.

She danced the famous Hu Xuan Dance, stepping on the rhythm of the drums, the long skirt flying, very graceful and moving, Hu Xuan Dance can still see a little shadow in Spanish dance today.

A group of maids came in with food and drink, and began to pour them food and wine.

Everyone was talking and laughing while drinking, and Guo Song smiled and asked, "Your Highness, I heard that the imperial examination will be resumed next year, is it true?" ”

Li Shi nodded, "It has been confirmed, the government and the opposition have reached a consensus to resume the imperial examination next spring." ”

Han Yun drank a glass of wine and said, "I am completely in favor of reinstating the imperial examination and the prefectural hall, but what about the autumn examination in each state?" Isn't it too rushed. ”

Li Shi smiled slowly: "This is going to ask our national eunuch Zhao Saijiu, see what his opinion is?" ”