Since the Mid-Autumn Festival birthday banquet, Li Qing has visited Zhang Qiu and Qiong twice, although he has to be received, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong only talk about the cool weather and a good autumn, and he will take care of him, and the gifts he sent will also be sent back afterwards, and he will not answer Li Qing's request to be attached to him.

But with Liu Ye's death, Zhang Qiu and Qiong seemed to have a sudden change in attitude towards Li Qing, not only exerting pressure on the local authorities to order the case to be solved, but also agreeing to Li Qing's request to send a group of soldiers to be stationed at the Deyue Inn to protect the safety of other personnel, and now he took the initiative to find Li Qing, Li Qing suddenly had a strong premonition that his relationship with him would definitely make a breakthrough today.

In only a quarter of an hour, Li Qing rushed to the Jiedu Embassy, just up the steps, but saw a person walking out of front of him, about fifty years old, this person walked vigorously, although the figure is not tall but very strong, with light yellow hair, eagle hook nose, gray and blue eyes, this person is the famous Western Regions merchant Shi Pojun in Chengdu, the head of the Shi family, legend has it that this person's ancestors are slaves, his father inadvertently saved a big tea merchant, gained freedom, and then brought him to Chengdu to sell tea along the street, the father and son are diligent and thrifty, and gradually opened a shop in the East Market, Decades later, Shi Pojun's tea shop actually monopolized the tea market in Jiannan Province, and almost all tea shops had to go to him to batch goods.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival birthday feast, Zhang Qiu and Qiong introduced him to Li Qing.

"It's been a long time, congratulations to Li Dongzhu for making a fortune!"

Shi Pojun stepped forward with a smile, held Li Qing's hand tightly, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Wangjiang Restaurant's business is booming, but Li Dongzhu's body has not followed the fortune, strange!" ”

"Li Qing is a hard worker, naturally he can't get fat, unlike Shi Dongzhu's children, the business is done by juniors, and there are dozens of beautiful girls to serve, which is enviable!"

"If you are envious, how about I divide you?"

After saying that, the two laughed, and Shi Pojun patted him on the shoulder again and smiled: "Go quickly!" The festival envoy is waiting for you! ”

At the birthday banquet, he still had a cold attitude, but in a blink of an eye, it seemed to be a different person, and the enthusiasm was unbearable, and thinking of the changes in Zhang Qiu and Qiong, Li Qing's heart faintly gave birth to a trace of uneasiness, "Is there anything big that can't be done today?" ”

It is true that something big happened in the court, and things have to start from the pattern of the court, Li Longji has not set up a queen since the death of the queen, he only favored Concubine Wu Hui, and the son of Concubine Wu Hui was also loved by Li Longji, and the mother and son were favored, which naturally attracted the attention of the powerful minister Li Linfu, he was loyal to Concubine Wu Hui in private, and was willing to help King Shou as the emperor, but soon after Concubine Wu Hui died of illness, Li Longji gradually faded his weight on King Shou, but at this time, Li Longji took a fancy to Princess Shou Yang Yuhuan, forced King Shou to rest, and let Yang Yuhuan enter the palace and become a monk. deepened the estrangement between Li Longji and King Shou, seeing that King Shou lost power, the people attached to him found another way, or the prince or the king of Tan, Li Linfu naturally would not hang himself on a dead tree, and his eyes were set on Li Cong, the king of Tan who wanted to overthrow the prince, the two had a common enemy, and each had its own advantages, so they hit it off, and the two anti-prince forces gradually twisted together, and when today's son Li Longji wanted to contain the prince, he acquiesced to their alliance.

This news was soon known to the crown prince Li Heng, in order to protect himself, but also to warn the two, Li Heng sent a secret letter to the loyalists everywhere, asking all places to suppress the forces of King Tan and Li Linfu, Zhang Qiu and Qiong also received a secret letter, in the list given to him, the Hai family is also impressively listed, it is a huge wealth in Shu, providing a lot of money to King Tan every year, and it is rated as three levels in importance.

With the support of King Tan and Yizhou Thorn Shi Li Daofu, Zhang Qiu and Qiong couldn't catch the handle of the Hai family for a while, but it was not good to do it directly, after thinking about it, he decided to use the power of the business world to bring down the Hai family, which belonged to normal competition in the shopping mall, and he could also get rid of it in front of Li Linfu.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong first considered using the Shi family, which ranked fourth in the business community in Chengdu, and he himself was the big backstage of the Shi family, but the Shi family was worried that his family was weak and could not bring down the Hai family, hoping to increase a few partner alliances, so Zhang Qiu and Qiong thought of Xian Yu Zhongtong again, but Xian Yu Zhongtong replied from Nanzhao, pointing out that the Hai family's century-old foundation could not be shaken for a while, persuaded him not to be in a hurry, and recommended Li Qing to him, Zhang Qiu and Qiong then set his sights on Li Qing's body, although his strength was still weaker, But his recent performance has been remarkable, and he has faintly become a hidden enemy of the Hai family, and it was only then that he officially began to consider Li Qing's request to attach himself to him.

There was a slight knock on the door, interrupting his train of thought, and the housekeeper whispered from outside the door: "Master, the proprietor of Wangjiang Restaurant is here." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Qing walked into the study and saw Zhang Qiu and Qiong with his back on his back, staring at a picture of the two tigers fighting mountains on the wall, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Xiaomin Li Qing has seen the festival envoy!" ”

"Sit down!"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong slowly returned to his seat, glanced at Li Qing, and suddenly smiled slightly: "Lord Xian Yu recommended Yang Zhao to me from a letter from Nanzhao, and I am ready to appoint him as the county lieutenant of Chengdu, do you think it is good?" ”

Li Qing was overjoyed, stood up and said, "In this way, I have thanked Yang Zhao for my lord." ”

This must be Xian Yu Zhongtong was afraid that he would stay in Nanzhao for too long, so he recommended Yang Zhao to Zhang Qiu and Qiong in advance, it seems that history is not wrong, Zhang Qiu and Qiong also saw Yang Zhao's huge investment value, Li Qing's brain turned quickly, and immediately thought of the down-and-out Yang family, he can think of it, others can also think of it, if he doesn't go earlier, it will be too late to regret it if he is attacked by others first.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong didn't know that Li Qing had already thought further, and said with a smile: "Your friends and elders have a future, have you thought about it for yourself?" ”

"I'm just a businessman, doing some small business, opening the door in the morning and checking out the bill at night, just eating with a mouthful of food, how can I think of any future?"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong came to him, it must not be for Yang Zhao's trivial matter, he didn't know the meaning of the other party's words, but he didn't dare to accept it indiscriminately.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong changed his words and went straight to the point: "A little slush was actually tasted by you, it can be seen that Xian Yu's evaluation of you is not too much, Xian Yu asked me to help you again in the letter, okay!" Would you like to be my protégé? The implication is that he agreed to Li Qing's attachment.

With such an obvious meaning, how could Li Qing not hear it, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to Zhang Qiu and Qiong: "Student Li Qing, meet the teacher!" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong laughed, hurriedly helped Li Qing up, looked at him carefully, and then smiled: "My protégés are quite a lot, but they all have fame, and you are a businessman, it is the first time, it is really interesting, come!" Sit down, I have something to say. ”

The two sat down, Zhang Qiu and Qiong pondered for a moment and said: "Although the businessman is not upstream, but it also affects the lives of the people and the wealth of the country, it should be based on honesty and careful management, but although the Hai family is also a businessman, it colludes with the underworld, bribes the government, is arrogant in the downtown area, regards human life as a mustard, and regards my Datang law as waste paper, such a bad businessman, how can I indulge his arrogance for a long time, although I can easily extinguish him, but I can't catch it, so I hope you can stand up for me and take the road of the business world, The Hai family was defeated. ”

Seeing that Li Qing was eager to speak, he waved his hand to stop him and continued: "I know that your strength is still very weak now, and I won't let you stand out alone, you will be closer to the Shi family in the future, and the two of you can join forces to deal with the Hai family, and I don't demand you in terms of time, you can take your time, two or three years." However, the Hai family has been too rampant recently, so you have to frustrate his prestige first and let it restrain a little. ”

For a long time, Li Qing was silent, he had gradually heard what Zhang Qiu and Qiong meant, he was actually going to use himself to bring down the Hai family, accepting him as a protégé was just a bait, he suddenly thought of Zhang Qiu and Qiong and Li Daofu's conversation in front of the restaurant, which may involve the struggle between the two of them, and letting the Shi family come should also be the same purpose, the Shi family may have the capital to fight with the Hai family, but what capital do they have, but this is indeed another opportunity, if they have Zhang Qiu and Qiong as a backer, then where can Jiannan Road go? Li Qing thought about it repeatedly in his heart, but he didn't make a clear statement to Zhang Qiu and Qiong for a while.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong saw him pondering, knowing that he still had concerns in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Li Lin and Xian Yu have both recommended you to me, and I think you must be outstanding, so I chose you, let it go, don't live up to my expectations." ”

"I'm just a small people, but adults are so gracious, accept me as a protégé, how can I not know what to do, the recent slush incident, presumably the teacher should have heard of it, and I am also ready to make a fuss from this point on and punish the Hai family, but I have some difficulties, and I still need the support of the teacher."

"What's the difficulty, you say!"

Li Qing sighed and said: "Since I came to Chengdu, I have formed the enemy of the Hai family, and I have been attacked by him several times and three times, but I have been lucky to get through, but as the saying goes: often walk on the shore, how can I not get my feet wet, I can get away with it for a while, I can't get away with it for a lifetime, but I am weak now, and I have no ability to protect myself, the reason why the Hai family has not moved me is that they still have doubts about my identity, but sooner or later the identity will be exposed,

My buddy was killed the other day, which is a dangerous sign, and I hope that my mentor will keep me and my men safe. ”

"You are right, if you violate the vital interests of the Hai family, it will definitely not let you go, in this way, there is an idle military camp near the Horse Bridge, very close to your restaurant, I simply send troops to garrison it, and at the same time send additional personnel to the place where you live, and I will send someone to protect your personal safety, you see this is good!"

Li Qing was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and thanked: "The teacher's love and protection, Li Qing remembers it in his heart!" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled slightly, clapped his hands lightly, and a figure appeared in the corner of the wall, and disappeared in an instant, as if like a ghost, Li Qing's eyes flickered, and he was secretly speechless.

"This man's name is Zhandao, he is one of my three personal guards, he will protect you in the shadows in the future, if you have something to do with him, just light a stick of incense in front of the window, and he will come."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong said: "In this way, you can let go of the Hai family, I will give you five days, let me see the effect of your lesson to the Hai family, you dare to agree!" ”

Li Qing smiled lightly: "Please wait and see, within five days, there will be changes on the streets of Chengdu." ”