In the second half of the month, a light rain fell in Chang'an. By the pond, Li Angli, looking at the picture of rain hitting lotus flowers on the white paper spread out, smiled with satisfaction, after the Chinese Valentine's Day, he has been staying in the house, getting up in the morning to practice, writing and painting during the day, and playing chess with Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang at night, and the days are extremely leisurely.

In the plain, Li Ang gradually understood a sentence that he had seen in the book before, called 'life is as happy as fun', those who are interested know it but don't know why, whether it is qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, they all care about the magic of the brain, if they deliberately ask for it, they will fall into the cage. In life, you can be dashing out of the group, quietly observe the life of the universe, in order to know its interest and taste, write and paint, in order to get the true soul.

"Childe's painting, the artistic conception is getting more and more clever!" Seeing Li Ang put down his pen, Trist stepped forward to see the white lotus on the paper, which seemed to bloom and close, swaying and swaying in the wind and rain, and couldn't help but indulge in it.

"Trei, you can paint one too!" Looking at Trist beside him, Li Ang said with a smile, he, a housekeeper with Roman blood, has a deep foundation in Sinology, and his calligraphy and painting are actually very good.

"Okay." Trist smiled, lifted the pen, on the newly laid rice paper, drew the bamboo forest in the distance, his brushwork just folded vigorously, in one go, but in a moment, a picture of the wind sweeping the bamboo forest jumped on the paper, extremely bamboo forest with the wind bending unyielding interest.

"What did you draw today?" A clear voice like a clear spring sounded, and Lin Fengshuang, who was wearing a light goose yellow skirt, held a turquoise oil-paper umbrella. Holding Qing Zhi, who was dressed in emerald green embroidered clothes, walked over from outside the hospital.

Step into the kiosk. Putting away the oil-paper umbrella, Lin Fengshuang looked at the painting on the stone table in the pavilion, and couldn't help laughing, "The rain hits the lotus, the artistic conception of this painting is much better than yesterday's painting, and it is estimated that it can be sold for a good price again." "Between words. She took out a red seal from her arms, took a light breath, and covered the picture, and the four words in the red seal were 'Liuru Gongzi'.

After stamping the red seal, Lin Fengshuang folded it lightly, rolled up the painting, and smiled at Li Ang, "I took this painting to Sister Feng, and I estimate that it can be sold for a good price!" ”

Li Ang shook his head, this is more than half a month. He painted more than two dozen pictures, good or bad. was taken by Feng Siniang and stamped the 'Liuru Gongzi' seal that she had found someone to engrave, and asked Li Mowen to take it and sell it, and the income was afraid that there would be fifty or sixty thousand gold baht.

"Ah Cui, how much money do we have in our house now?" Looking at the wind and frost that led Qing Zhi away to the forest, Li Ang turned to look at Trist and asked.

"Childe still has 100,000 gold baht left from the horse thief, plus 50,000 gold baht from the last military hall and Miss Feng's Tanabata gambling and recent painting sales. I'm afraid it's around 300,000 gold baht. Trist replied after the calculation, and then added, "If you count the 200,000 gold baht on Miss Lin's body, it will be 500,000 gold baht." ”

"500,000 gold baht?" Leon listened to Trist's calculations, his brows tightened, he couldn't imagine that he actually had so much money, after thinking about it, he looked at Trist and asked, "What do you think it's better to use this money for business?" ”

"Childe, this is the most profitable business. Naturally, it is the most profitable to take the Silk Road or sell porcelain, tea and silk by sea to Haixi Europe, and this is a trip. At least ten times more profitable. "Trist used to run on the Silk Road, and he knew the situation best.

"What about other businesses?" Li Ang pondered for a while and asked, these days, he has thought a lot, he is no longer the Li Ang who has no family and no fetters in the past, he can not care about his own life, he lives well, for the people he loves.

"Other businesses, such as running workshops or opening restaurants and restaurants, are not easy to do in Chang'an!" Trist replied, "And the money is coming slowly, in fact, with Childe..."

Looking at Trist, who was a little confused, Leon smiled and asked, "Actually, how?" ”

"I think Childe has the best dart game." Trist gritted his teeth and said, "Although the imperial dynasty has built more military forts along the Silk Road, but there are still many bandits, those businessmen still have to ask the dart bureau to help press the dart escort, the most important thing is for the son, after running the dart bureau, there is a force in his hand that can be called at any time, and if he opens a mansion in the future, there will be ready-made manpower." ”

Li Ang glanced at Trist and understood the meaning of his words, if he wanted to make a difference in Chang'an, he would definitely need money and manpower in the future, and if he ran a dart game, he could take care of it at the same time, so as not to be biased.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple to run this dart game, right?" Looking at the look on Trist's face, Leon asked with a frown.

"Childe, although the imperial dynasty supports merchants, it also does not allow merchants to raise private soldiers, so even big chambers of commerce like Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce and Chang'an Chamber of Commerce have to ask the dart bureau to escort the goods." Trist glanced at Li Ang and said, "There are two kinds of dart games in Chang'an City, one is a private dart game with no more than three hundred people, and the other is a big dart game with more than three hundred people and less than one thousand and five thousand. ”

"In the past 30 years, the cabinet has cut military spending, and many of the soldiers who have been laid off have entered the big dart bureau, so those big dart bureaus are basically no different from the army, and usually big businessmen will go to these big dart bureaus to escort goods."

"Then how do those little dart games eat together?" Leon looked at Trist and asked.

"Alliance." Trist met Leon's inquiring gaze and replied quietly, "Relying on the alliance, those small dart games can also grab food under the big dart board." ”

"If Childe runs a dart game, we will be the leader of those small dart games, otherwise we won't make much money." Trist looked at Leon one last time.

"Dart game!" Li Ang laughed in a low voice, it sounded quite a bit of a charlatan, it seemed that the Baidao forces mentioned in the market were referring to these little dart games.

"Ah Cui, won't those merchants run their own dart bureaus, like those big businessmen, if they open ten dart bureaus by themselves, not only can they escort their own goods, but they can..."

"Childe, the imperial dynasty doesn't even allow those merchants to raise private soldiers. How could they be allowed to run a dart game privately, Daqin Law. Merchants who raise private soldiers, set up a dart bureau or a martial arts gang are all considered rebellions, and once they are found, they will be punished with raiding their homes or capital crimes. A few dared to take that risk to open a dart game. Trist shook his head.

"How much gold baht does it cost to open a dart game?" Leon looked at Trist, and had already made a decision in his heart, he decided to start a dart game,

A team of elite dart masters for future use.

"The dart board can buy land outside the city to build, but there must also be a place to do things in the city." Trist groaned and calculated, "Childe, this is not a recruitment of troops, just the money to buy land." It costs at least 200,000 gold baht. ”

"Two hundred thousand gold baht." Leon just frowned as he listened to Trist's report. "I'll give you 250,000 gold baht, and try to buy as much as possible for the dart bureau outside the city, and you don't have to worry about him for the time being."

"Got it, Childe." Trisette nodded, put away the paper, inkstone, pen and ink on the table, and turned to leave. So that Leon can think about something quietly by himself.

The rain gradually became heavier, Li Ang stood under the eaves in front of the pavilion, looking at the reflection on the ground, he was only nineteen years old in this life, at this age, he shouldn't have thought about so many things, but maybe it was because of habit, he was always not used to that kind of comfortable life, this more than a month of leisurely days, although it was dull and fulfilling. But his heart was still empty as if something was missing. It made him a little stunned.

'The stirring of iron and blood, the battlefield full of flames, hovering between life and death. Li Ang didn't understand if this was the residual longing of his previous self, but he did miss the past a little, but his feelings for Feng Siniang, Lin Fengshuang, and Qingzhi made him suppress the fierce beast in his heart that longed for 'blood and battlefield'.

Li Ang clenched his fists, and suddenly stepped into the rain, the cold raindrops hit his face, making him seem to be burning his body to calm down, he is a man with a family, and everything in the past should not affect his will, Li Ang let go of his fist, opened his hands, and bathed in the rain, like a child.

After the rain, Li Mowen walked on the somewhat wet stone steps, looking at the two black charcoal-like Kunlun slaves in front of the dark door, it was always a little funny, there are so many families in Chang'an, and there are many families who raise Kunlun slaves, but it seems that Li Ang is the only one who uses them to receive guests at the door.

"Li Daguan is here!" Hei Mo and Hei Luo looked at Li Mowen who came over, and hurriedly put on a smile, this pair of Kunlun Nu brothers, who were originally honest Muna, were trained by Feng Siniang, and now the smiles on their faces are no worse than those of the major gold medal shops in Chang'an.

As Hei Mo and Hei Luo entered the study, Li Mowen drank the tea brewed by Yuan Luoshen, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Luoshen, your tea-making skills have improved a lot recently." ”

"Li Daguan praised it!" Yuan Luoshen smiled, hugged the tea tray, said quietly, and exited the study.

"Why am I not so lucky!" Li Mowen looked at the figure of the girl who disappeared at the door, took a sip of the tea in the cup, shook his head and sighed.

Li Ang walked into the study and saw Li Mowen quietly drinking tea, frowning, "Lord Li, what kind of wind blew you here today?" ”

"Brother Li, do you know that the girl and the children of the family who are looking for you in Chang'an City have been turning the sky upside down recently." Glancing at Li Ang, who was dressed in plain white clothes, Li Mowen put down the tea cup in his hand and said.

"Six like a son, both civil and military." Li Mowen chuckled, "In the past half a month, all the paintings you painted were bought by me, do you want to know who bought your paintings?" ”

"I don't want to know." Leon shook his head and replied, "It's also a trouble to know. ”

"Now many girls in Chang'an want to see you again." Li Mowen smiled, took out a gilded post, and handed it to Li Ang, "This is the invitation given to you by Jile Lou, please go and talk about it tonight!" ”

"Bliss?" Li Ang looked at the gilded post, and couldn't help but say to Li Mowen, "I can let you Lord Li personally send this invitation, I don't know what the origin of this Bliss Building is?" ”

"If you want to talk about the beginning, it is just a restaurant run by several nobles together, although it is not famous in Chang'an, but the people who can go are not small." Li Mowen replied with a smile, "Brother Li, you have been in the limelight the most recently, the four great talents of Wenbi, the son of the Wuguan family, the big boss of the Bliss Building, invited you to go and talk about it." ”

"Listening to Master Li say this, it looks like I can't go anymore." Li Ang took the greeting post and put it on the bookcase, so that the deputy commander of Jinyiwei could run this trip in person, and the big boss of the Bliss Building didn't look simple.

"By the way, Brother Li, the first day of August the day after tomorrow is the day of the Taixue Autumn Exam, but don't forget." Li Mowen picked up the teacup, took a sip and said, "The princes and Prince An Changsheng have already arrived, and they live in the natural residence, and they will also participate in the autumn test." ”

"It's coming so fast!" Li Ang frowned slightly, and then asked, "Are they also going to take the autumn exam?" ”

"The identity of several princes and Prince An Changsheng who came to Chang'an this time is a study tour student from various countries, so they naturally want to participate in the autumn examination." Li Mowen looked at Li Ang and said, "And even my Great Qin Prince has to take the exam when he enters Taixue, how can these foreign princes be exempted." ”

"Does the prince also want to enter Taixue?" When Li Ang heard the second half of Li Mowen's words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother Li doesn't know?" Seeing the puzzled look on Li Ang's face, Li Mowen frowned and asked, "Brother Li, do you know about the Longyuan Pavilion Scholar?" ”

"The scholar of Longyuan Pavilion is a confidant of His Majesty, and he can join the cabinet to participate in politics." Li Ang replied, but he still didn't understand the connection between the scholar of Longyuan Pavilion and the prince's study in Taixue.

"Longyuan Pavilion scholars, the rank is transcendent, although there is no real power, but in the cabinet, they can balance the forces of all parties, in other words, those who can become Longyuan Pavilion scholars are His Majesty's real henchmen." Li Mowen replied with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not so much studying as studying, but looking for henchmen who can be of great use in the future. ”

"Master Li, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also studying in Taixue?" Li Ang listened to Li Mowen's words, his eyes flashed, the current crown prince Cao Yi is twenty-three years old, counting, he has already passed the age of entering Taixue, but he always feels that there is another mystery in what Li Mowen said.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has finished Taixue two years ago, but he will still go to Taixue for a walk." Li Mowen looked at Li Ang, took out a portrait from his sleeve and said, "This is the portrait of the crown prince, Brother Li will burn it after reading it, don't let others know." ”

Taking the portrait, Li Ang swept it, wrote down the appearance of the prince, put the portrait into the incense burner, and after a while, curling green smoke rose and burned cleanly.

"This is a gift from Master Wei to Brother Li." Li Mowen looked at the portrait that had turned to ashes, stood up and smiled, and retreated.