"Young Master, you're back!" Li Zhang returned home in the carriage in the palace, and as soon as he got off the car, he saw that the old enemy immediately ran forward to greet him.

"How are you guys today, are you okay with the errand in the Jingcang Grassland?" Li Zhang also asked with a smile at the moment, after coming back from the palace, he went to the store again, and now Huozi is in charge of the braised meat shop, and Ugly Niang and Xiuxiu are in charge of the early shop, although they are a little busy because of Li Zhang's departure, but at least they can support it.

"Young master, please persuade the master, he just took office today, but he has broken the rules of officialdom, I am worried that the master will not be able to sit in this position for long!" I saw that the old enemy was bitter at this time.

"Oh? Why did you break the rules of officialdom? Li Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this and asked.

Li Zhang's footsteps did not stop when he spoke, and at this time he also entered the house, and Lao Qiu also followed quickly and said: "It's also my fault, maybe I didn't make it clear to the master, the grassland needs to buy forage, bean feed, etc., so you need to deal with some businessmen, according to the unwritten rules of the grassland, whenever the chief official takes office, these businessmen will give a certain amount of filial piety money, this money is not only to be collected, but also to take out half of it to the subordinates, so that the businessmen outside can rest assured, the subordinates also have benefits, and everyone is happy." ”

"Understood, it can't be that my father received the benefits, but didn't share them with his subordinates, right?" Li Zhang immediately understood when he heard this, he had encountered this kind of thing in his previous life, it was nothing more than a transaction of money and power, Li Yonghe collected the money from the merchants, and then gave them the order for the pasture, and the subordinates took the money, and they would try their best to do things, and everyone took advantage of the public together.

"It would be nice if the master was willing to accept the money, even if he swallowed it alone, it was only that the subordinates were not satisfied, but ......" Lao Qiu said in the end with a helpless face, he also persuaded Li Yonghe for a long time for this matter, but the other party didn't listen at all, and in desperation, he came to Li Zhang, hoping that the young master who was really in charge of the family could persuade him.

"He confiscated?" Li Zhang was even more surprised when he heard this, and his footsteps stopped, this is not like Li Yonghe's person, after all, as a gambler, there is no one who is not greedy for money.

"confiscated, and drove out all the merchants who sent filial piety, I wanted to persuade the master, but he didn't listen at all!" Old Qiu said again with a bitter face at this time.

Li Zhang stood in the courtyard with a surprised face for a while at this time, and Lao Qiu didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't dare to disturb him, but in the end, he saw Li Zhang suddenly smile and said: "Interesting, what do you mean, Lao Qiu, do you want me to persuade my father to him?" ”

"Yes, those businessmen have some background, otherwise they can't take the list of grasslands, and the subordinates of the grassland are also used to taking the filial piety of those merchants, if the master doesn't accept it, the subordinates don't dare to take it, although they won't say anything, but it will be difficult to make them obedient in the future." At this time, Lao Qiu talked about the disadvantages of not taking filial piety.

However, Li Zhang didn't say anything after listening to it, and after a while, he smiled calmly and said, "Old Qiu, do you know why our father and son were awarded official positions?" ”

"Huh? This ......" Lao Qiu didn't expect Li Zhang to suddenly ask about it, and he was a little hesitant at the moment, of course he knew that Li Zhang's father and son were relatives, but this kind of status as an official by relationship was not honorable, and some relatives were more taboo about this, so he didn't know how to answer for a while?

"Hehe, you don't have to have any scruples, our father and son are officials who rely on the identity of relatives, and you also know what the attitude of our Great Song Dynasty is towards relatives, God knows how many pairs of eyes are staring at our father and son, so it may be nothing for other people to accept the filial piety of businessmen, but our father and son must not let others seize any handles!" Li Zhang smiled again at this time.

"This ...... What the young master said is that I was negligent! Lao Qiu hurriedly laughed when he heard this, but although he said so, he didn't think so in his heart.

In fact, in Lao Qiu's opinion, although Li Zhang's father and son are related to the queen, this relationship is not close, and there are so many concubines in the palace, and I don't know how many relatives like Li Zhang's relationship are, I'm afraid not many people will notice their father and son.

Li Zhang also saw through the thoughts in the old enemy's heart at a glance, but he also smiled calmly and didn't say anything, on the surface, their father and son are indeed inconspicuous relatives, at most it is a little special because it is related to Liu E, but it is not worth paying too much attention, but who knows that their Li family is the first relative of the Great Song Dynasty, if Zhao Zhen ascends the throne in the future, then Li Yonghe is the real uncle, of course, no one dares to disclose this identity in a short time.

"Since my father has rejected filial piety, then don't accept it in the future, if the forage and bean feed of those merchants are good and the price is reasonable, you can continue to collect them, but if it is just a relationship, then directly replace people, as for the subordinates of the pasture have complaints, it depends on your ability, I heard that your son is not young, and he has not made any fame, if he is willing, I will help you talk about it, let him also go to the pasture to be a scribe!" When Li Zhang said the end, he also patted Lao Qiu's shoulder and said.

"Subordinate...... The subordinates thanked the young master! As soon as Lao Qiu heard Li Zhang's words, he immediately trembled with excitement and said, his age is not young, and he has no extravagant hopes for officialdom, but his sons are all adults, and like him, they are all unsuccessful in the imperial examination, and now it is also a way to start as a young official, especially now that he is climbing up to Li Zhang's father and son, if the other party is willing to help, maybe he can change from an official to an official in the future, this is the biggest wish of his life!

"Hehe, you don't have to thank me, as long as you do your best to help our father and son in the future, you will definitely be indispensable!" Li Zhang smiled again at this time.

Sent away the old feud, Li Zhang returned home, at this time Xiuxiu had already made dinner, she took care of the breakfast shop in the morning, and she would come to Li Zhang when the shop was closed in the afternoon, mainly to help cook, after all, although there are many people on Li Zhang's side, but there is no woman in charge, although she is young, she is proficient in cooking and housework, so now Xiuxiu has become the big housekeeper of the family.

Lu Wu was also at home, and when he saw Li Zhang coming in, he immediately asked him what happened in the palace today, and Li Zhang also told him about the matter, but he didn't say anything about the conflict between himself and Lint, mainly because he was afraid that they would worry, and he also saw through a villain like Lint, as long as Liu E was there, he would never dare to do anything to himself.

After dinner, Li Zhang went back to his room to rest, and now he finally has a separate room, but he thought of promising Zhao Zhen to bring him something fun, so Li Zhang thought about it for a while, and finally decided to make a deck of cards and a deck of flying chess, mainly because he didn't have any materials at hand, otherwise he wanted to make a football or basketball.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang took the carriage to Zishantang again, and Zhao Zhen also liked the cards and flying chess he brought, but he was caught by Li Di when he was playing in the afternoon, and was immediately reprimanded by him, but although Li Di was strict, he was also open-minded, and after Zhao Zhen repeatedly promised that he would never delay his studies, Li Di did not take things away, but Li Zhang was hit by three hands.

Although he was discovered by Li Di for the first time, Li Zhang still brought some interesting things to Zhao Zhen from time to time, and the two got along more and more harmoniously, and at this time Li Zhang also found that Zhao Zhen was indeed a bad person, and he didn't have the slightest pressure to get along with him, but the more this was the case, the more worried Li Zhang became, because although Zhao Zhen's character can be a good person, he is very good emperor.

"Cousin, good news, my father is going to have a banquet for you and your uncle tonight!" Early this morning, Li Zhang had just come to Zishantang, and he saw Zhao Zhen excitedly stepping forward and grabbing him and shouting.

"Huh? Isn't Your Majesty sick, how can you entertain us? Li Zhang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhao Zhen's words.

"Father's health is much better now, but sometimes he is confused, and some can't recognize people clearly, but yesterday he was sober for a long time, and the eldest lady also mentioned you in front of him, but the father was very happy, saying that the eldest lady has no relatives, and it is really not easy to find you, so I decided to feast you in the palace tonight!" Zhao Zhen said again excitedly.

"That's great, I've wanted to see Your Majesty, but it's the first time we've attended a banquet in the palace, do we need to do anything to prepare?" Li Zhang is also very interested in Zhao Heng, the emperor, and he has always wanted to see the plane, if he can have a good relationship with Zhao Heng, maybe he can find an opportunity to get the other party to agree to him to go to the plane.

The reason why Li Zhang wanted to see the plane so much was mainly to go to the useful things on the plane, not to mention the medicine, the most important thing is that he remembered that there was a luggage compartment under the plane, except for the luggage carried by the guests, most of the luggage was placed there, and no one knew what was in these luggage, and for Li Zhang, these luggage were like a big treasure, waiting for him to dig up.

"There is no need to prepare, this time my father is preparing a private banquet, in addition to my father, there are only you and me, and there are uncles, there are only four people in total, and in the afternoon my father will send someone to pick up my uncle, and then we will go to the banquet together, and just gather for a meal!" Zhao Zhen laughed again.

Li Zhang was also relieved when he heard that only Zhao Zhen's father and son and his own father and son participated, and then he asked Zhao Zhen about Zhao Heng's preferences, so as not to say the wrong thing when he saw each other, but Zhao Zhen smiled and let him relax, because according to him, Zhao Heng is actually a very easy-going and very easy person to get along with.

However, Li Zhang couldn't believe it, after all, Zhao Heng's evaluation in history is not very high, and he insisted on starting the Tianshu Movement, such a person is only one step away from the faint king, and the person who can be called the faint monarch will really get along very well?