In the blink of an eye, it was time for the wheat to be harvested. This year's wheat grew well, although it was also dry and rainless, but Li Yan and they made the pond in the small river of great use. Although the water level of the creek has been lowered again, it is still flowing, and with this pond, farmers are carrying water to water the land. Although it is a little farther away, but seventy percent of the wheat can be left in the hand, what is the value of this little hard work?

Li Yan asked the soldiers to take turns to suspend training, and let them go to the fields in teams to help harvest wheat. He rode around to see his harvest this year.

When Li Yan went to Qili Village to rest, he met the new steward of the Zhou Wangfu Grange who came over. Li Yan met the steward in the council room.

"The contemptible man's surname is Wang, and he is the new steward of the Grange." Steward Wang arched his hand and said: "Actually, I have long wanted to come to visit General Li, but the recent handover, all kinds of affairs are busy, and now I have time to visit, please General Li don't blame." These are gifts from contemptible people to the general, please smile at the general. As he spoke, he handed the gift slip with both hands.

Li Yan was a little surprised, feeling that this was not the steward of the Wangfu Grange, but a businessman who did business. He took the gift slip and placed it on the table.

But Steward Wang sang his name loudly: "Ten taels of gold, one hundred taels of silver, ten horses of duan, ten sheep ......." At the same time, his attendants brought in gold and silver.

Li Yan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Steward Wang, stop for a while." After Steward Wang stopped, Li Yan arched his hand and said: "Li is a little frightened, I don't know that Steward Wang is~"

Steward Wang explained with a smile: "Please don't be confused General Li, it's normal for us to live next to each other and move around each other." And when the contemptible person was sent, the prince personally instructed that the contemptible person must come in person to compensate the general. The prince said that the people in the palace were unclear, which made the general suspicious and damaged the general's prestige, and these things could be regarded as an apology to the general. ”

Li Yan was really moved at that moment, and the prince apologized to him for being a little general, and he was really a corporal of Lixian. But immediately he came to his senses again, and the palace's low posture must have some kind of scheme. So he immediately bred up and prepared to deal with it carefully.

"The prince is polite." Li Yan arched his hand and said, "It's just a misunderstanding." Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, there is naturally no need to be so polite. Li really didn't dare to accept these things. ”

Steward Wang said: "General Li just accepts it, you don't have to be polite." The contemptible people are here, and they still have something to ask General Li for. ”

Li Yanxin said: "Sure enough, it's here." So he said with a smile: "Steward Wang said that as long as Li can do it, he will definitely do it for you." If a certain person is a lowly person and can't help the palace, please also ask Steward Wang to forgive me. ”

Steward Wang smiled: "General Li will definitely be able to do it." Recently, there have been thieves and bandits, and even the surroundings of Kaifeng are not peaceful. General Li has just repelled tens of thousands of thieves and preserved most of the fertile land in the county. The contemptible people came here to ask General Li to spare a little energy, and he could also protect the integrity of the Wangfu Grange. ”

When Li Yan heard this, he was relieved. It's simple, it's just incidental. However, he didn't want to contribute in vain, so he said, "This is no problem. But~"

As soon as Li Yan stopped like this, Steward Wang knew what it meant, so he said, "Don't worry, the general's thank you gift will be sent later." ”

Li Yan waved his hand and said, "Steward Wang misunderstood, it's not that Li himself wants some goods." After all, it was Li's brothers who came to kill the enemy desperately, and Li had to be worthy of them. Therefore, Li wanted one percent of the harvest of the Wangfu Grange to allow his brothers to eat and the brothers' families to eat their stomachs. ”

"This~" Steward Wang frowned and glanced at Li Yan. But soon, Steward Wang stretched his brows and said with a smile: "Although the contemptible person is the steward of this grange, the contemptible person still can't call the shots for such a major matter." Therefore, please General Li wait a while, and the contemptible people will go to Kaifeng to report to the prince. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "This is what it should mean." It's not that Li is greedy, it's really a natural and man-made disaster, and it's not easy to support these brothers and family members under him. ”

"Contemptible people understand." Steward Wang nodded and said

Li Yan pointed to the gifts that had been put into the council hall and said, "Li didn't dare to accept these gifts, and asked Steward Wang to bring them back." ”

"Eh," Steward Wang immediately said with a straight face: "These are things to apologize to General Li, if the general doesn't accept them, then he will still hold a grudge against the palace, right?" ”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, and then had to smile and arch his hand: "Steward Wang is angry, Li didn't mean that." Li has never had any resentment against the palace, and Li is really ashamed of these things. ”

Although General Li accepted it, the prince still admired a brave general like General Li. The prince has an explanation, if General Li can't release his suspicions about the palace, then the contemptible people don't have to eat the palace's food anymore. Please be sure to accept it. Steward Wang continued to plead.

Li Yan glanced at this Wang steward a little strangely, if in normal times, they could take the things back and put them away by themselves, and then report to the palace to solve the problem. Why does he have to accept the one who is on the pole now?

"Then Li is disrespectful." Li Yan finally said.

Steward Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

When he came, the prince really explained to him, and he must let Li Yan remember the good of the palace. And Li Yan is just one of the generals that the palace has recently befriended, and the palace is now very polite to the generals, especially to Chen Yongfu, the deputy general stationed in Kaifeng. However, when the palace does things, it will not be explicit, but everything is done without traces, but every piece makes the generals feel the goodwill of the palace.

Li Yan was still waiting for Steward Wang to continue to talk about Wu Niang, he had already made up his mind, and he would never admit that Wu Niang was with him. He's still waiting for Master Niu to come here.

"Then the despicable man took his leave." Steward Wang didn't ask about Wu Niang, but said goodbye directly.

Since the other party didn't know that Wu Niang was here, Li Yan was even happier, and he could save some explanation. So he got up and said, "Okay, I'll send Steward Wang." ”

Waiting for Li Yan to send Steward Wang away, Li Mu asked, "The people of the palace have sent so many things, what do they want us to do?" ”

Li Yan explained the intention of Steward Wang, and also said his request.

Li Mu laughed and said, "Fourth brother, pull it." You still dare to ask for the protection fee of the palace, I don't think you can do it for long, let's pull the flag and rebel. ”

Li Yan also said suspiciously: "But looking at the way he looks, he really wants to go back and ask, I don't know what kind of fame he wants to make." ”

"We have to be careful, it's not normal." Li Mu reminded.

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, it's not normal." ”