Xiao Zan and Tang Yi returned to Beijing to report on their work, after all, the whaling team had been preliminarily set up, and the task could be regarded as completed.

Along the canal, the eight whaling ships are imposing, especially the trebuchets and pedal crossbows placed side by side on both sides of the boats, which make people look very lethal.

Xiao Zan was very proud, standing on the bow of the first whaling ship, waving frequently to the people on both sides of the canal.

This really made Xiao Zan earn enough face.

Li Gang, as the county magistrate of Dongyang County, naturally came to the canal in person to see him off, accompanied by the scribes Lu Desheng, Li Shuang and Chen Zheng.

And Feng Xueyong, the governor of Hongjiang Mansion, took his daughter Qin Ning and got on Xiao Zan's whaling ship and went to Hongjiang Mansion by the way.

Li Shuang looked at the whaling team in the distance, a little stunned.

Of course, this is not because of the separation from Xiao Zan, the real reason, everyone else knows, is because of Qin Ning's departure.

Feng Xueyong seems to have finally known that the dog of Dongyang County wants to "plot against his daughter", and he has been watching it very closely in Dongyang County these days.

This made Li Shuang very distressed, and sometimes he wanted to be a little courteous, but Feng Xueyong regarded it as ill-intentioned, and he didn't give him a lot of face.

In this way, Li Shuang and Qin Ning got along secretly for a few days, and they still had to separate.

Looking at Li Shuang's long-awaited look, Chen Zheng poked him with his elbow next to him, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, since you like Miss Qin Ning so much, it is better to propose it directly." ”

Li Shuang turned his head to stare at Chen Zheng, and after looking at it for a long time, he suddenly realized: "Yes, why didn't I think of it." ”

So Li Shuang took two steps, came to his father Li Gang's side, and said, "Father, my son has a request, and I hope my father will answer it." ”

Li Gang turned around and asked, "What's the matter with you?" Let's hear it. ”

Li Shuang coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said, "Can my father go to Governor Feng's house to propose marriage, and fulfill his son's wish?" ”

Li Gang was stunned for a moment, obviously Li Shuang's words were a little unexpected, and after a long while, he spoke: "You have taken a fancy to Feng Xueyong's daughter?" ”

Li Shuang nodded and said, "I fell in love with Qin Ning at first sight, and I asked my father to fulfill it." ”

Chen Zheng in the back listened, rolled his eyes, and secretly scolded Li Shuang for being a little shameless, but he clearly remembered that when Li Shuang and Qin Ning first met, there was absolutely no love at first sight.

At that time, in order to listen to the storytelling of the pot and smashing the cylinder in the teahouse, Li Shuang forgot about Qin Ning and Yin Yin on the street, which led to the plot of Chen Zheng's heroic rescue of the United States and the two of them met.

So if you want to talk about love at first sight or something, this is absolutely nothing, as for whether the two have been in love for a long time later, it is not what Chen Zheng knows.

After being silent for a moment, Li Gang laughed, laughing so much that Li Shuang's heart was a little unsteady.

"Father, why are you laughing, am I not worthy of Qin Ning?" Li Shuang asked.

Li Gang stopped laughing and said to himself: "Then Feng Xueyong did better than me in the imperial examination, he did more than me as an official, and his articles were more beautiful than me, so what?" Now that I have a woman, don't you want to marry my son? Ha ha! ”

Chen Zheng and Li Shuang listened to it, a little inexplicable, isn't this funny?

Li Gang stretched out his hand, patted Li Shuang's shoulder, and nodded: "My son is still promising, you wait, after your father goes back, he will prepare gifts and send someone to Hongjiang Mansion to propose marriage." ”

Li Shuang was overjoyed after hearing this, and said, "Thank you father for your success!" ”

"Okay, if you can really marry that Feng Xueyong's daughter to the family, it can be regarded as a voice for your father." Li Gang Road.

Subsequently, Li Gang went back to the county government with the scribe Lu Desheng and others, after all, there were still a lot of affairs in the county government, and he needed to deal with it as the county order.

After Li Gang left, Li Shuang was obviously still a little excited, and said to Chen Zheng: "Brother Chen, did you hear that?" Father agreed to propose, haha! ”

Chen Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Look at your unpromising appearance, isn't it just a marriage proposal?" It's still too early to get married. ”

"Brother Chen is right." Li Shuang nodded and said, "Brother Chen, after all, you are from here, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Chen Zheng glanced at Li Shuang and said in his heart: He is indeed a person from the past, but he married Yue Xiaorong and was completely passive, how can he have any experience?

Not even a lesson.

However, it would be too timidal to say that he has no experience.

Coughing lightly twice, Chen Zheng pretended to say: "Brother Li, let me ask you, what is the most important thing for two people to live together?" ”

The two walked along the bank of the canal, chatting while walking, Chen Zheng's question made Li Shuang think for a while.

Subsequently, Li Shuang tried to answer: "I think that when two people are together, the relationship is the most important." ”

Chen Zheng listened and raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Li Shuang to be a very interested young man, and he didn't match his unreliable personality at all.

"Of course not." Chen Zheng denied.

Li Shuang was a little stunned, obviously he didn't expect that his well-thought-out answer turned out to be wrong.

"Why not feelings?" Li Shuang asked.

Chen Zheng smiled and said: "These two people live and live together, it's not like going to a magic shop, as long as they look at the right eye and fall in love, they can have a good night." ”

"Although I didn't understand the meaning of what Brother Chen said, I heard it, Brother Chen has a lot of experience in visiting the shop." Li Shuang teased.

Chen Zheng hurriedly patted Li Shuang and said, "What are you talking about?" How can there be such a person down there, there are many people here, don't talk nonsense. ”

Li Shuang smiled and said, "Brother Chen is afraid that this word will reach the ears of your lady." ”

"Where's the word? Those who are below are not afraid of the inside. "Chen Zhengdao," it's just that Brother Li said these words out of nothing, so that Zaixia had to refute them. ”

Li Shuang waved his hand and said, "Come on, I won't talk about you anymore, Brother Chen, tell me quickly, what is the most important thing for two people to live together?" ”

Chen Zheng put his hands behind his back and said, "Of course it's money." ”

"Money?" Li Shuang felt a little incredible.

What is the importance of money, he is not short of money, he wants to spend as much as he wants, and he can't feel how important money is.

Chen Zheng glanced at Li Shuang's reaction, and said in his heart: Sure enough, rich people just can't understand the role of money.

"You have money, but most of the money is borrowed from your family, and the largest property under your name is Juquande Restaurant, which is nothing in Dongyang County." Chen Zhengdao.

Li Shuang nodded and said, "Brother Chen, what you said is also right, what should I do?" ”

"Make money, work hard to make money, how can you be one of the richest people in Dongyang County, so as to be worthy of Miss Qinning, right?" Chen Zhengdao.

Li Shuang felt that Chen Zheng's words were reasonable, he was obviously not a student material, and it was impossible to become an official through the imperial examination, so he could only succeed in other aspects.

Qin Ning is the daughter of the prefect, according to the family, if Li Shuang can enter the imperial examination, it is also said in the past, but now Li Shuang has no hope of entering the office, which makes him a little unworthy of Qin Ning.

"But there's no way to make money now?" Li Shuang said with a sad face.

Chen Zheng patted Li Shuang's shoulder and said with a smile: "You said that it was a coincidence, I happen to have a way to make money here, and now there is a shortage of people to join the shares, is Brother Li interested?" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, speak up quickly, let's do it together." Li Shuang said anxiously.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Aren't you worried that my method won't make money?" ”

"Brother Chen, if your method doesn't make money, then if I think about it myself, I will lose money." Li Shuang said, "Follow Brother Chen, even if you can't make money, you won't lose money." ”

"Brother Li is really witty, such a profound question, he thinks so thoroughly, I really admire it." Chen Zheng laughed.

Li Shuang's heart was itching, and he urged again: "Brother Chen, what is your method of making money?" ”

Chen Zheng turned to look at the scenery on the canal, and did not answer Li Shuang's question immediately.

"Brother Chen?" Li Shuang couldn't help but shout.

"Hmm." Chen Zheng responded, signaling that he had heard.

After a while, Chen Zheng spoke: "Let's go eat barbecue and talk while eating." ”

The two came to Juquande Restaurant, and after saying hello to Meng Chujiu, they came to their private room.

Subsequently, Chen Zheng called his buddies and asked him to call the shopkeeper Xu of Haidaiyuan, Bi Yuan in the north of the city, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy in the west of the city, and invite them to eat barbecue together.

"Brother Chen, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? Can you tell me about it in advance? "Li Shuang is really itchy.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, let's let these people take some money as start-up capital." ”

"I don't understand." Li Shuang shook his head directly.

"When they come in a while, Brother Li, you will understand." Chen Zhengdao.

Li Shuang listened, so he had to wait patiently.

It didn't take long for the three of them to arrive one after another, and when they saw a table of barbecue, they all smiled from ear to ear.

"Master Chen, it's been a while since we've eaten together." Shopkeeper Xu sighed.

Chengbei Bi Yuanwai also sighed and said, "Yes, it's an eventful time now, and it's really not easy to eat a meal quietly." ”

"Fortunately, we have Master Chen in Dongyang County, otherwise just the last time the Fusang bandits came to attack, now that I think about it, I would have woken up in the middle of the night." The shopkeeper of the pharmacy also agreed.

"Shopkeeper Wang is right."

"Master Chen's great achievements!"

"Li Gongzi is also good."

……

Chen Zheng smiled, picked up the wine glass, and said, "You have won the award, and you are just doing your part of the responsibility." ”

Each of them raised his glass and drank it all.

While eating the barbecue, Bi Yuanwai glanced at it and couldn't help but say, "Master Chen called a few of us here today, I'm afraid it's not just to invite us to eat barbecue, right?" ”

Chen Zheng put down a piece of meat and bone in his hand, and said with a smile: "Bi Yuanwai is really as wise as a torch, as you said, I invite you to come today, one is to reminisce about the past, and the other is to have a business, and I want to cooperate with you." ”

As soon as they heard that there was a business cooperation, several people put down the meat in their hands.

The previous cooperation with Chen Zheng made them a lot of money, and they invested in Jiuquwan Port and could pay dividends every month; During the disaster, they made a lot of fame.

Therefore, they are very interested in cooperating with Chen Zheng.

"Master Chen, please speak." Shopkeeper Xu said.

Chen Zheng nodded and said, "Everyone is also clear, now that the harbor has been completed and put into use, coupled with the passage of the canal, our Dongyang county has become prosperous all of a sudden." ”

"The streets and alleys, the merchants who come and go, there are too many to mention, and they are like cow's hair." Chen Zheng continued, "What are these? These are money, money that moves one by one! Can we watch this money dangle in front of us, but it can't fit in our pockets? ”

"No, absolutely not!" The shopkeeper said.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Therefore, while preparing to establish public transportation in Dongyang County, we will also make some money while making it convenient for the people and merchants in the city." ”

After a short silence, Bi Yuanwai asked, "Master Chen, what is public transportation in the county?" ”

"Dare to ask how Bi Yuanwai came to Juquande Restaurant this time?" Chen Zheng asked.

Bi Yuanwai didn't think about it, and said directly: "I came here on foot, I walked here from the north of the city, I was quite tired, if it wasn't for this barbecue, I wouldn't have come." ”

"Why don't you choose to take a car?" Chen Zheng continued to ask.

Bi Yuanwai waved his hand and said, "It's too troublesome to take the car, and when the carriage is ready, it is estimated that this barbecue will be eaten up by a few of you." ”

"Haha!"

Several other people laughed, only Shopkeeper Xu asked, "Master Chen, what do you mean by suddenly saying this?" ”

Chen Zheng glanced at the shopkeeper Xu, and continued to ask Bi Yuanwai: "Then if it is not far from the entrance of your house, there is a carriage waiting, as long as you get on the bus, you will be sent directly to Juquande Restaurant, will you take the car or walk?" ”

"Do you need to ask? By car, of course. Bi Yuanwai replied directly.

Chen Zheng nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is what I call public transportation in the county. ”

"Is that the carriage that listens outside the door?" Shopkeeper Xu asked, "Is there any difference between this and car dealership car rental?" ”

"Of course there is a difference, this carriage is fixed, the location is at the door of Bi Yuanwai, or it can be at the entrance of Haidai Garden, you don't need to call a car in advance, you can sit at the door when you come out, isn't it very convenient?" Chen Zheng explained.

"Can you only go to Juquande Restaurant?" The shopkeeper asked again.

Chen Zheng shook his head and said: "Between Bi Yuanwai's Mansion and Juquande Restaurant, multiple stations can be set up, such as the entrance of Haidaiyuan Restaurant, and then the entrance of the pharmacy of the shopkeeper of the king in the west of the city. ”

"And what if the carriage is just gone?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"Shopkeeper Wang's question is a good question." Chen Zheng praised without a trace, "In the preliminary setting, it is impossible for there to be only one carriage on this route, but there are many, and the time interval between the two carriages is not more than a quarter of an hour. In this way, even if you miss the previous one, you only have to wait less than a quarter of an hour for the next carriage to arrive, without any delay. ”

Bi Yuanwai listened, nodded, and said, "This sounds good!" ”