Kaifeng is continuing to have a lively festival, while Li Mansion is in a low-key sad atmosphere, although there is no Manfu Sumin, but all the entertainment activities that were allowed in the past are consciously or asked to stop, and there is no festival atmosphere in the house.

In the oppressive atmosphere, time passed very slowly, but it was still unstoppable that the first seven were over, and Yuan Bin was about to be transported to Huaiqing's hometown for burial.

"You don't have to go back," Li Chunyu said in the court: "You still have a lawsuit, but it's troublesome to go." ”

Li Yan also knew that it would not be good for him to go, so he nodded silently and said, "Got it, father." ”

Li Chunyu pondered for a while before he spoke: "Son, although it is said that Yuan Bin just died young, it is not good to say this to you, but I still have to say it for my father." Our branch can't be without an heir, you have a son of Yuanbin, and now he has died again, so~"

Li Yan said weakly: "Father, son knows. But please give the son some time, the son is still young, the father should not be in a hurry. ”

Li Chunyu nodded and said slowly: "Okay, you take your time." I don't think Kong's family is very good, you can unravel her more. If you really can't do it, let's marry another room. ”

"The child knows," Li Xin replied in a low voice: "Please take care of your body, don't worry about these trivial matters, the child will take care of it." ”

"What are these words?!" Li Chunyu slapped the table dissatisfiedly and reprimanded loudly: "The survival of the family and the spread of branches and leaves, this is the top priority!" Why can't I take care of it?! ”

Li Yan had no choice but to kneel down and admit his mistake to Li Chunyu: "The child knows that he is wrong, please calm his anger, don't be angry, and let his son face the ancestors and ancestors without shame." ”

This is the first conflict between the father and son after the succession, that is, when Li Yan was arrested by the government because of Chen Zuoting's involvement, the father and son did not understand each other as they did this time.

Li Chunyu still kept his face calm, didn't let Li Yan get up, and asked, "What have you been doing all these days?!" Zhang Baofu came back and said, you are not at home. What are you doing out there in the New Year?! ”

"Child, child~" Li Yan didn't know whether to tell Li Chunyu the truth, so he could only swallow and spit out, intending to fool the past.

"The manager of the grain bank, Lu from the store, wrote that the grain bank has suffered serious losses, and the grain you have withdrawn accounts for more than 30% of the amount of the warehouse." Li Chunyu continued to shake out the materials he had in his hands.

Li Yan was speechless, so he had to plead guiltily: "The child knows that he is wrong, so the child will resign from the account office and make up for the loss of the grain bank as soon as possible." ”

Li Chunyu looked at Li Yan for a long time before he whispered: "You are my son!" I'll take care of you, of course. I will let the shopkeeper Lu go back to Kaifeng, and you will be fully responsible for the grain store in Qixian County, and whether you lose or earn is up to you. ”

Li Yan raised his head and looked at Li Chunyu in surprise, not knowing what his heir father meant.

Li Chunyu explained: "Now the grain and oil trade is not easy to do, those who have money will not buy grain, and those who need to buy grain every day have no money to buy grain. In the past two years, seeing that our Henan is getting more and more drought, and the famine is coming, the big families are even more reluctant to sell the grain in their hands early, and our supply is tight, and we can't last long. You go for it, young people, you always have to fight, especially when the world is in chaos like this. ”

Li Yan, who was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowed to Li Chunyu and thanked him: "The child thanks his father for his support, the child must redouble his efforts and shine on the lintel." ”

"Get up!" Li Chunyu finally asked Li Yan not to kneel anymore, and instructed: "There is no need to mention these things of the Guangzong and the ancestors, as long as you do things safely and don't harm the family, it will be a great luck." ”

Li Yan hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Yes, the child must be cautious and cautious if he obeys his father's teachings. ”

"The bloodline of the heirs is also a big deal!" Li Chunyu said: "I'll give you two years, if you can't handle it yourself, I'll take care of it for you." ”

Li Yan was speechless, so he had to bow down and be taught.

"You go and rest first, don't have too much pressure, the road has to go step by step, don't be in a hurry."

Li Yan took the opportunity to return: "Yes, please also ask my father to rest early." ”

"Well, go ahead." Li Chunyu waved his hand and let Li Yan go down.

Li Yan just took two steps, came back again, bowed and said, "Father, I don't know if you can get the seeds of the taro (potato), if you can find someone who teaches the planting method, it will be better." ”

"'Soil taro'?" Li Chunyu was a little confused and asked puzzled.

Li Yan explained: "It's the 'soil taro' recorded in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", as well as corn and sweet potatoes, which are also good, and they don't seem to need much water, if they can be planted in Henan, then they can solve a big problem." ”

"Oh, 'soil potato', I know, I've heard of that sweet potato, but it's all grown along the coast of Fujian, I don't know if we can grow it here. Corn seems to be grown in western Henan, and I can't really remember it. When this section is over, I will let people pay attention to these things, and you can wait patiently for the letter. Li Chunyu said while thinking.

Li Yan was very happy in his heart, with the help of Li Chunyu, an old grain merchant, the seeds of taro, sweet potato, corn, and even those who could plant them were relatively easy to find than if he came to find them himself. He thanked happily: "The child thanked his father." ”

Li Chunyu waved his hand and said, "Go and rest, you can also go out and walk around, don't be bored at home." ”

Li Yan agreed, said goodbye, and went to see the concubine Kong first. Now Kong is becoming more and more nervous, and suddenly he will regard a person as his son Yuanbin, who has died, but fortunately, he will be able to recover on his own after a while. He didn't have much to do, and he could only prescribe some calming medicine when he invited a doctor, and in the end, he had to rely on Kong himself to get out of the grief of losing his son.

Li Yan returned to his room, in addition to being influenced by the Kong family and carrying some sadness about his son's early death, he was planning the future development of his small team. As long as he can gain a firm foothold and expand his team this year, with the current number of wastelands, he will be able to build an army of tens of thousands of people.

The problem now is to balance attracting more people to his ranks and avoiding attracting the attention of the officers and soldiers. Although the Qing army has attracted almost all the attention of the imperial court so far, the Qing army will eventually withdraw from Beijing and Shandong, and by that time, the imperial court will begin to carry out a large-scale purge of the rebel army. Therefore, how to survive the upcoming crisis still needs to be well planned.