Before going back for the Chinese New Year, Li Hu and Yang Di went to see the old jade craftsman he knew. Although he had a shop in Baojun and planned to put Yang Ti here, Li Hu still gave priority to sending him to the old jade craftsman to learn to work, and the old jade craftsman agreed to come down, and the matter was settled.

Coming out of the old jade craftsman's house, Li Hu wanted to reconsider who to send to partner with Hu Xiaohuan.

He was not very happy to see Yang Ti, knowing that he and Hu Xiaohuan were here to manage the scenery of the shop and learn to work, so he was a few levels lower, so he negotiated with him, but Yang Linggang also supported him to come to learn work first, and said with a smile: "Yang Tui, you are a fool, the stone field is opened by our own family, you come to learn engineering, and after you finish your studies, you will take the girder for Li Hu, you should go to the shop to earn some money?" Not taking money from your own home? How much do you want, brother for you? ”

Since they met, Yang Linggang has been extremely satisfied with Li Hu, not that Li Hu gave him a high hat as soon as he met, nor that Li Hu suddenly had an uncle with money in his hands, not to mention that Li Hu had just married a brother with a big store, or that he couldn't say a kind of trust and appreciation. Fourteen years old, almost as tall as himself, shoulders, arms, and chest are all ribbed flesh, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is born with divine power, and in his appearance, there is also an indescribable strangeness, even the two eyebrows are carrying a ball of youth.

Before and at home through letters.

His mother asked her to write some information about Li Hu in the letter, he knew a little about it, but he didn't expect it to be so handsome, both civil and military, he could listen to him and know everything, and he didn't necessarily win if he fought with him. He is not the kind of person who is suspicious, he didn't interrogate too much, he looked good, he was already a family member, only when he avoided Li Hu, he would be like Yang Yanyan, he opened his mouth and asked: "I've heard that there are Wenqu stars descending to earth, but I haven't heard of any stars who can write and martial arts." What the hell did you give birth to? For this reason, he also took out some charts for Li Hu to see, wondering if Li Hu could understand it.

Li Hu was stunned when he saw it.

It turned out that the charts used by Yang Linggang were all from the Eastern Xia spectrum.

Li Hu also tried to ask Yang Linggang: "Brother." Cangjun goes to sea, are they using these charts? Yang Linggang raised his hand and said with a smile: "What do you want?" How did your brother's name come about? That's by tinkering with these things, and the sea is full of poor people who make a living, can they know how to use charts? They don't even have a compass, and they rely on the old sailor's belt to go to sea. Who is your brother? I have been to the territory of the Dongxia people and asked their docks, do you know that our ships are different from theirs? Turn around and take you to Cangjun, you will know, our ship, that is a new ship, made in Qinhuangdao in Eastern Xia, the hull is all made of iron bone wood from the northern dense forest, the keel is hard, the ship is hard, when encountering pirates, he will be hit by a collision, they also use the blessing boat, and they can't run away from us, the rudder plate and sail used by the rudder station, we use a thousand wave leaves, how do you want to adjust...... Brother likes the sea, boundless, there are no government bullies, he relies on his own ability to speak, if he has money, he will smash it in, and if he has money, he will smash it in, let's be the same as those who just go to eat and eat? ”

Yang Di couldn't help but ask, "What about my brother?" ”

Yang Linggang sneered and said: "He is a master who picks the door, the sea, the sea is not good, money?" I don't want to spend the money, do you know why I came back late? There is an ice floe on the sea, I don't hurry home, it's not that he made trouble, this year's guys who followed him, except for our side, didn't share the money, he threw others and ran home, I came back, everyone was in the port to fight with the port owner, to sell his ship for a penny. I gave him the money, and then waited there until I got a few sums of money, and after counting, counting, and clearing them one by one, I came back. ”

Seeing that Yang was not convinced, he said: "I made the compass and rudder on his ship for him, and even the helmsman is my buddy, you go back and ask Ling Zi, is he convinced?" How far does it take to run Dongxia, you ask him if he dares to run, it is the northern ship that comes, he goes south, passes the Daimyo's mansion, and comes back when he arrives at Lianzi Port, and then pulls the northern goods to the south, and says every day, you see that the Dongxia people can give it, and the Dongxia ship orders water and food on Cangjun, and dares to run south. He doesn't think about it, he just sits and waits for food, I dare to say, I can also run the sea that the Dongxia people can run. Where the people of Dongxia don't dare to run, I dare to run, but I don't have the financial resources. ”

Yang Yanyan was the happiest.

Li Hu could hear it, some men and women in the same village, and the young men and women on the Dongxia arrow could also hear it......

Then, Yang Linggang said sadly: "It is said that people are making money this year, but next year, it is difficult to say." ”

Li Hu asked, "Why is that?" Will the fields reopen one by one? ”

Yang Linggang sighed and said: "Not only because of the field, the dock in Dongxia will be sold to Gao Xian, I am afraid that Gao Xian will dominate the sea in the future." Gao Xianren is a bandit on the sea, not good at trade, they can trade less things, and it is rough, they will not go to the north in Cangjun, but to the south farther away, the exchange of leather is cheaper than the nearest exchange, so ah, next year I am afraid that the sea will not work...... I have some friends from Dongxia, but I don't know if I don't say it. ”

A young man on an arrow asked, "Brother." Why did our dock in Dongxia be sold to Gao Xian? ”

Li Hu said: "Before we gave Gao Xian a trade route, but we can still rely on ourselves over there, and we can also reach Huangxi along the Huangshui, after the North Plain is lost, the dock and dock by the sea are lonely, and can only be sold to Gao Xian and Jingkang, rather than giving Jingkang, it is naturally better to sell to Gao Xian." ”

Yang Linggang said with a smile: "Fortunately, the family has opened a stone quarry, otherwise, tomorrow's business will be poor, and it is difficult to say how bad it will be." I came back with the money, originally intending to buy land. Li Hu, since you have opened a stone quarry, it is better to give it to you. ”

Li Hu refused: "I'm not short of money, I still want to buy some land, I always feel that there is a problem with the money in the government, only if we have a lot of land, we can eat food." ”

Yang Linggang nodded.

Li Hu suddenly said excitedly: "I have been reading the book of farming, we have no shortage of craftsmen, why not change the way of farming, buy livestock, ploughs, breed seeds, according to the methods of Dongxia to increase the yield." ”

He was so excited that he couldn't hold it, so he said: "My father said that grazing and farming are the foundation of the country. I learned to farm, choose seeds, but I haven't planted much, and when I come back, I just want to buy a dozen acres of land and plant it myself. ”

Heiser couldn't help but ask him: "Does your family have no land in Dongxia?" ”

Li Hu said: "Yes. I don't go often, it's all my dad who is planting, and the school is on vacation, so it's only the next time or two, and I'm playing with my younger brothers and sisters, the neighbor's eldest brother and sister, Yanyan. ”

Yang Yanyan's mouth was already open, and she quickly closed it, not questioning him.

Haissel questioned him again, saying: "The school is busy with spring and autumn harvests, and it is necessary to go to the county flag and township flag to help, and all of them have to go to the field, and they are not allowed to ask for leave, why do you never go?" She boasted, "I can earn money every year for school fees and buy new shoes." ”

Only then did Li Hu know that he was so forgetful. He also knew why he got so carried away, nothing more than to influence Yang Linggang's decision, he wanted to try farming, his father had planted on his own farm, planted purple rice with his own hands, and took it out for the minister to eat, no one had ever eaten it, no one had ever seen it, he also followed the mixed breeding when he went to school, raised cucumbers in the greenhouse, and opened a seed shop, people don't learn and are not good at it, naturally they don't want to, people have really learned, and now they are still studying the book of farming, how can they not be aggrieved if they don't have a place to experiment, so they can't hold this farming?

Often, these are the times when he really looks like a fourteen-year-old boy.

Everyone despises him because they suddenly think that he is the same age, and no one will investigate why he doesn't help farmers.

Since Li Hu said that he was not short of money, Yang Linggang agreed to buy the land.

They are not small in Baojun, and they still have to go home as soon as possible.

They all left, and Liu Chang sent someone to catch up with them, and sent dozens of brocades, 100 cotton cloths, and dozens of boxes of large and small pastries by car.

These are far from worth the fur clothes that Li Hu gave him, and the person who came said apologetically: "Our son really doesn't know what to send back to Xiao Langjun, as soon as he heard that you were on the road, he simply made up a mess, he asked me to bring the words, be sure to ask Xiao Langjun not to feel shabby, be sure to accept it...... After a year, he came to visit the elders again, and he also wanted his son to come to the house, after all, they are righteous brothers, if they don't move around each other, then they don't count, right? ”

Li Hu responded.

He knew that Liu Chang was old, and although he was squishy and loved to spend money, he was a good person.

Liu Chang doesn't have anything else to send?

Why do you send these worthless things to the car, and say that it is shabby, that is, in this way, you can't help but accept it.

Yang Linggang hurriedly thanked him.

Li Hu was afraid of stammering, thinking of that Shi Jingsun, with something in his heart, the same as in his stomach, and when the time came, he would have to meet against his will.

Back to Baihe, buy New Year's goods, catch up with a lot of markets, some of the older people know Yang Linggang, and they talk when they come up, but when they see them walking together with the Dongxia people and going to catch up with the Baojun Daji, their eyes can't help but be weird.

And they are not to blame for it.

Rushing to the distance together, often from a village, or a colluded family. This Yangjia Village and the people on the Dongxia Arrow rushed to the market together, so it seemed that the relationship was too good. After the Dongxia people came, although they had a good relationship with the local government, in other places, it was not so good, and even the Dongxia people invited them, and the villages still refused a lot...... Because I haven't been with it much, I'm not familiar with it, and I'm wary.

Yang Linggang does not have any prejudice against the Dongxia people, he has been traveling to the north all the year round, and has been in contact with it a lot, and he feels that the Dongxia people can, everything is different, there is a kind of respect in it, even if people remind him, he also smiles faintly.

When I got closer to home, people greeted me, and they changed again, shouting: "Dumb man, do you know?" Do you have a quarry? ”

In addition to the people who worked in the stone field, there were still few people who had seen Li Hu, and Li Hu was inside, and they didn't know each other, but they were still telling Yang Linggang these things.

Another person said: "The son-in-law your sister-in-law is not bad, then Li Hu, how long has he been here, and the neighbors will know him." ”

Yang Linggang looked at Li Hu and Yan Yan from time to time, and smiled.

Yan Yan blushed and hid her head.

Li Hu also felt weird and embarrassed.

Back at the stone field, the stone field has not stopped work to give leave, everyone took people back, let Yang Ling just rest, talk to Yanyan and her mother, her sister-in-law, and hurry to cook at noon, so they urged him to go to the stone field with Li Hu to have a look.

Li Hu also wanted to know if he would herd sheep in the stone yard when he went to Baojun, and there happened to be a lot of cotton cloth, ready to be sent down for the New Year, or find some tailors to make new clothes for the masonry.

As soon as they approached, the shouts of the stone field felt more consistent than usual.

There was a notice of "Lixin" posted on the old chestnut tree outside the valley, and Li Hu felt that Li Mandarin Duck was too, who knew about it, but seeing Yang Linggang's expression, he took a closer look together.

The notice was simple: "If no one misses work in the morning, meat will be eaten at noon." ”

Yang Linggang couldn't help laughing.