When parting, Li Xiu handed Qi Niang's hand into Li Chengdao's hands, which also meant entrusting his sister to him, and Li Chengdao also nodded heavily, and then Li Xiu boarded the boat and said goodbye to Qi Niang and others in tears, but he stood at the stern of the boat for a long time, and he still refused to go back to the cabin to rest when Qi Niang and others on the dock disappeared under the sea level.

"People can't see it, we have to drift on the sea for a few days, you don't plan to just stand there forever, do you?" At this time, I saw Zhang Shiyi come over and persuade him that he also wanted to go back to Suzhou to do business, and he had already settled his home in Suzhou, although his business was mainly concentrated in Quanzhou, but he and Qu Yi both preferred the life in Suzhou, so they could only let Zhang Shiyi run away.

"Alas, Qi Niang's marriage is obviously a happy event, but why am I so uncomfortable? Especially when I think that when I first came out, there were still two people, and now I am the only one left to go back, and my heart is even more empty. Li Xiu sighed at this time and said, when comforting others, he can tell a series of big truths, but when things fall on him, they are two different things.

"It's normal, I can understand your mood, for example, Maya in our family has grown up slowly, sometimes I also think, if Maya is seduced by a muddy boy and runs away, and she can't beat or scold, and she has to obediently prepare to send her daughter over with a rich dowry, do you say this is angry?" When Zhang Shiyi said the end, he seemed to really see the scene when his daughter got married, and he also showed a little angry look on his face.

"Hehe, yes, every father may have such a feeling, although Qi Niang is only my sister, but in fact it is similar to my daughter, and I have several other daughters, when I think of them getting married in the future, I have to go through such pain every time, it feels really uncomfortable!" Li Xiu also smiled bitterly when he heard Zhang Shiyi's words.

"It's uncomfortable, but it also depends on who your daughter marries, such as Maya in our family, if I marry your son, I won't feel uncomfortable at all, what's the matter, the children are older, do we want to get engaged?" Zhang Shiyi suddenly changed his words at this time, and even mentioned kissing for his daughter.

Zhang Shiyi's daughter is named Maya, one year older than Ping An Lang, she was dark and fat when she was a child, but now she has grown up, not only is she thin, but she has also become beautiful, although she is not yet an adult, but she already has a bit of a beautiful girl's appearance, and Zhang Shiyi and Maya have always wanted to marry Li Xiu's family, first, the two families are world friends, and they know each other's roots, if Maya really marries, she will not be bullied by her in-laws, and secondly, Li Xiu's tutor is good, whether it is Ping An Lang or Li Jin, they are not ordinary children.

"It's nothing to get married, but I want to know, do you have a crush on Ping An Lang or Jin'er?" Li Xiu also smiled when he heard this, Maya also grew up with him, when Qu Yi lived in Chang'an in the past, Maya often went to him to listen to classes, and he was half of his student, but later Zhang Shiyi moved his family to Suzhou, so there was less contact.

"Hehe, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I really discussed this matter with Qu Yi, speaking of which, your Ping'an Lang and my Qu Yi are close in age, and they are generous and generous, Qu Yi has always liked him, but I think Jin'er has a flexible brain, and he likes to socialize, and his achievements in the future will definitely not be low, so I think Jin'er is better!" Zhang Shiyi smiled cheekily at this time, the couple had been thinking about the two sons of Li Xiu's family for more than a day or two, after all, they didn't want to let go of such a good son-in-law candidate.

"You two are too greedy, one daughter wants my two sons, I think it's still like this, anyway, you will go back to Chang'an for the Chinese New Year this year, and let Ping An Lang and Jin'er take Maya to play and see what their opinions are, as long as they are happy, I will never object!" Li Xiu laughed at this time and said, it is okay to get engaged, but it must be the children's willingness, otherwise he doesn't want to force the children to get married.

"Marriage has always been the order of parents, how can you listen to those children, you just think too much, my Maya has also taught you badly, as soon as it comes to letting her marry, she said that she wants to marry someone she likes, and Qu Yi and I can't do anything about her!" Zhang Shiyi thought that he could directly set the marriage, but he didn't expect Li Xiu to give him such a move, and he didn't have any anger at the moment.

"Marriage is not just a matter of two people, but they need to live together for the rest of their lives, and if they face someone who hates each other all the time, wouldn't it be painful for both of them? And our children are not afraid of not finding the right person, in that case, why not let them find someone they like? Li Xiu smiled open-mindedly at this time.

"Forget it, I can't talk about you, but my Maya is so beautiful, I don't believe that your son is not tempted, I have to instigate Maya when I go back this time, I have to hook your son home!" Zhang Shiyi was unwilling to say at this time, he would give up so easily, and he also had confidence in his daughter.

"Haha, if you can let Maya take one, I will save a lot of worry, at least I don't have to worry about finding him a daughter-in-law in the future!" Li Xiu also laughed when he heard this, and the sadness brought by the parting before seemed to have been diluted a lot.

After chatting about the women for a while, Li Xiu's mood gradually improved, and then he suddenly realized that the boat he was riding on was extremely fast, and the hull was also very special, which made him can't help asking: "Eleventh brother, is this boat a catamaran designed by Qi Niang?" ”

"That's right, Qi Niang said that this kind of boat was taught to her by you, but I didn't expect that just splitting the hull into two would increase the speed so much!" Zhang Shiyi also nodded immediately.

"And how is this kind of boat sold, and is it popular with people?" Li Xiu was also quite interested at this time, after all, this kind of catamaran was proposed by him and then designed by Qi Niang, so he was also very curious about the subsequent development of this kind of boat.

"This ......" I saw that Zhang Shiyi showed a somewhat tangled look at this time, as if he had a bad evaluation of this kind of ship, and only after a while did he speak, "This kind of catamaran has many advantages, such as the most important thing is that it is fast, even faster than ordinary ships, or even several times, and it has good stability and can withstand greater wind and waves, so it can be said to be a very good sea boat." ”

When he said this, he saw Zhang Shiyi pause for a moment, and then said, "However, the disadvantages of the catamaran are also obvious, because the hull is divided into two, and a strong hull connection is also needed in the middle, so that the ship can carry limited cargo, and the cost of this catamaran is very high, the cost of the catamaran is three or four percent higher than that of ordinary ships for ships of the same size, so many people dare not place orders after hearing about the cost of the ship."

"I see, that is, the role of such a ship is limited, so few people want to buy it?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this.

"It's not that no one wants to buy, although it's a bit of a loss to use a catamaran to transport general goods, but it's still good to carry people, especially some people who do business, they would rather spend a little more money, but also spend a little less time, and there are some very valuable, and anxious to transport goods to the destination, can also be transported by catamaran, so this kind of ship is still sold some, but generally people who don't have a little money really don't dare to buy this kind of ship." Zhang Shiyi opened his mouth again to explain.

"As long as someone uses it!" Li Xiu was also relieved when he heard Zhang Shiyi's answer, he also knew that the advantages and disadvantages of the catamaran were obvious, so his expectations for it were not very high.

"Of course there are people who are willing to use it, not to mention anything else, just Qi Niang went to the Americas this time, and ordered several catamarans, and she also recruited some craftsmen, although most of the craftsmen are unwilling to leave their hometowns, but there are still people who can't resist the temptation to follow Qi Niang, and Qi Niang goes, the shipbuilding workshop will have one less pillar, and it is estimated that the shipbuilding business will not be good in the future!" When Zhang Shiyi said the end, his face also showed a sad expression.

The reason why the business of the shipbuilding workshop is good is mainly because the ships designed by Qi Niang have excellent performance, and they are compared with the ships built by other workshops, but now that Qi Niang is gone, I am afraid that the business of the shipbuilding workshop will slowly fall, which makes Zhang Shiyi also very distressed.

"Isn't it just a shipbuilding workshop, your current business doesn't point to this workshop, it's better, and it won't have much impact on you if you don't have it, not to mention anything else, the business in the Americas alone is enough for you to be rich!" Li Xiu glanced at Zhang Shiyi at this time and said, he is called greedy, after all, the goods shipped from the Americas are handed over to Zhang Shiyi to act as an agent, although they are all a family, but Zhang Shiyi has a lot of room to make profits from it.

"Hehe, who is afraid of a lot of money in this world, I heard that your bank is also very profitable, can you let private people also run a bank?" Zhang Shiyi finally revealed his true purpose at this time, and asked Li Xiu with a smile at the moment.

"Don't think about it in the past two years, the relationship between banks is very important, and it is impossible for the imperial court to let private banks open for the time being, and ordinary people do not have the strength to open banks, as for whether the restrictions on private banks will be relaxed in the future, I dare not guarantee it, but even if the restrictions are relaxed, private banks will definitely be supervised by the imperial court, just like iron mines in various places." Li Xiu explained to Zhang Shiyi at the moment that these things didn't need to be kept secret, so it didn't hurt to tell him.

Hearing that there was no play in opening a bank, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but be very disappointed, after all, since he knew about the bank that Li Xiu had created, he had been paying attention to it for a long time, and he had always felt that this was a good way to make money, but unfortunately it didn't seem to work now.

"It may not be possible to open a bank, but I have another profitable business here, I wonder if you would like to do it?" At this moment, I saw Li Xiu suddenly smile mysteriously.