Although Bao Yanzhai is still facing various difficulties, such as insufficient inventory, such as insufficient manpower, etc., but this is a necessary process to do any business, just like a child grows up to go through all kinds of ups and downs, Li Yanqing didn't care too much, and soon he devoted himself to reading and practicing archery. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There are still three months to go before the triennial archery competition, and if Li Yanqing wants to achieve good results in the competition, he must take his understanding of mounted archery to a new level.

It's August, and there's still a month to go.

On this morning, Li Yanqing practiced archery with Niu Gao in the field outside the city, and experienced a hot summer, Li Yanqing's skin became darker, and his body became more vigorous and strong, and he almost returned to the life of the county school era, practicing riding and archery hard during the day and reading at night.

The sweat was not in vain, and after several months of hard training, his archery skills improved by leaps and bounds again, and his proud riding and archery talent was beyond the reach of all those who knew him, and even Li Yanqing himself did not know what level his archery skills had reached.

Li Yanqing urged the horse to gallop in the field, the weather was still very hot, and after more than two hours of hard training, both the people and the horses were so hot that they were sweating, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his cheeks.

"Old man, practice one last time."

Li Yanqing boosted the morale of his beloved horse, Xue Jian seemed to understand his words, and once again cheered up his spirits and galloped in the wilderness, Li Yanqing's eyes were fierce looking for the target, whether it was a field mouse running on the ground, or a swimming fish in the water, or a bird flying in the sky was the target of his archery.

At this moment, a lark flew out of the woods, swept across the sky, rose and fell, and turned into a small black dot in the blink of an eye.

But at the moment when the lark came out of the woods, Li Yanqing was already full of bows like the moon, the long arrow was about to be launched, and an armor-piercing arrow shot out like lightning, he didn't chase the tail of the lark, so he couldn't shoot at all, he had to calculate the trajectory of the lark's flight in an instant, intercept it first, one hundred and fifty steps away, and just listen to 'Bang! With a bang, the feathers splashed and the small black dots disappeared in the air.

"Good archery!" Niu Gao caught up from behind and cheered loudly.

Li Yanqing smiled: "Tell me, why can this arrow hit the lark?" ”

Niu Gao with the help of Li Yanqing, archery has also improved very fast, although Li Yanqing has only taught him for a few months, but he has been able to run an arrow to shoot a target fifty steps away, which marks the official introduction of mounted archery, and the next step by step to improve the riding archery skills by his own efforts.

Niu Gao scratched his head and said: "I also think it's very strange, you are chasing after you, and you actually know that the bird will fly downwards and hit your arrow, how do you know?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Last year, I was able to shoot birds flying within 100 steps, but it was prey prepared in advance, and if I was asked to shoot this kind of wild finch flying in the air, I couldn't do it, because it was too fast, it came and went without a trace, and my arrow speed in the past few months has at least doubled compared to last year, as long as I can judge its flight trajectory, then this arrow will definitely hit." ”

"But how can I tell the direction of a bird's flight? And how is it so coincidental, the speed of the arrow is not fast or slow, just touch it, a little faster is over, a little slower is too late, how to grasp this subtlety? Niu Gao still asked puzzled.

"This is the profundity of riding and shooting, and I can't say any specific experience, but I just rely on a feeling, and the moment I shoot, I naturally control the power."

"This ..... That's talent! Brother Yue'er, they told me that your archery talent has been very powerful since you were a child. ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Maybe it's because of a little talent, but if you don't practice hard, you can't tap your talent, if you don't practice hard, how do you know if you have talent?" ”

Niu Gao nodded silently, he felt that he also had talent, otherwise how could he get started in just a few months? Only by practicing hard can you discover more talents.

Li Yanqing wiped the beads of sweat on his face with his sleeve and said with a smile: "I'll practice here this morning, let's find a place to rest and drink tea, and then continue practicing in the afternoon." ”

The two led the horse through a forest and walked on the official road, which is still more than ten miles away from Bianjing City, but the official road is very lively, people come and go, Li Yanqing pointed to a tea shed in the distance and smiled: "Let's go there to rest!" ”

At this moment, a man on a donkey in the distance galloped towards this direction, shouting from afar: "Little official! ”

This voice is a little familiar, Li Yanqing urged the horse to catch up, but it was Yang Xin, I saw that his face was full of anxiety, which made Li Yanqing have a bad feeling in his heart.

"Second Uncle Yang, what's going on?"

Yang Xin rushed to Li Yanqing and panted: "Your father is sick!" ”

Li Yanqing was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Are you seriously ill?" ”

"It's still quite serious, I've been lying down for five days, and I haven't seen any improvement after taking medicine."

Li Yanqing was suddenly anxious, and he was sick for five days before telling himself, and he said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? ”

"Your father doesn't allow everyone to tell you that my sister saw that his condition was getting worse and worse, so she secretly asked me to come to you."

Li Yanqing was anxious, turned back to Niu Gao and said, "I'll go back first, and you can continue to practice by yourself in the afternoon." ”

"I'll go back too, I can go to the school to practice."

Li Yanqing nodded, urging the horse to follow Yang Xin towards the city.

"Why is my dad sick, is it raining some time ago?"

Ten days ago, it rained a few heavy rains, and many students fell ill, and Li Yanqing naturally thought of his father.

Yang Xin smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid the proprietor is sick of the heart." ”

"Heart disease!"

Li Yanqing grabbed the reins suddenly, turned his head to glare at Yang Xin and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Hey! Can the person in front of him go? Li Yanqing blocked the city gate bridge, and some people who were in a hurry to enter the city behind urged loudly.

Li Yanqing took Yang Xin aside and asked Yang Xindao: "Tell me quickly, why is my father sick?" ”

Yang Xin hesitated: "The proprietor does not allow us to tell the little official, but he can't solve the matter, and if it drags on, we are all worried that Baoyanzhai may not be able to do it." ”

Li Yanqing frowned, it actually reached the point where Baoyanzhai was about to go out of business, and his father still refused to tell him, he became anxious in his heart, and glared at Yang Xin angrily, "Do you say it?" ”

"Alright! I say. ”

Yang Xin didn't care whether the proprietor would be angry, and whispered to Li Yanqing: "It happened a month and a half ago, the palace ordered 3,000 sets of treasure boxes to us, and asked for delivery within ten days, at that time we were all overjoyed, this is not only the income of 30,000 yuan, but also the order in the palace, it is the recognition of Baoyan Zhai, everyone worked day and night, and finally handed over 3,000 sets of treasure boxes to the palace in ten days."

According to the agreement, the inner treasury should also be paid in full within ten days, but after ten days the proprietor went to ask for money, they said to wait for another ten days, after waiting for ten days, they had to wait for another ten days, the proprietor had no choice but to wait for another ten days, as a result, the person in charge changed, he denied that he had bought any rouge, said that the rouge in the palace was homemade, never purchased, and said that the branch was fake, and it was burned in the past, the proprietor was angry, and desperately reasoned with them, they moved the account out, one by one, that is, there was no record of 3,000 treasure boxes, The proprietor fell ill in a fit of rage, 30,000 yuan! was relied on by the palace in this way. ”

Li Yanqing was furious in his heart, and asked coldly, "Who was in the palace to handle this matter at that time?" ”

"It seems to be a father-in-law surnamed Li, he is very good at talking, desperately close to the proprietor, and looks treacherous, at that time, the shopkeeper Wu felt that they should be asked to pay a deposit, but the proprietor wanted to get the palace as a big customer, so he didn't let them pay the deposit, and the result was ......."

At this time, Li Yanqing had already realized that things were not so simple, he forced himself to calm down, and asked again: "Is there any other trouble in the store now besides not being able to get 30,000 guan back?" ”

"I can't get 30,000 guan back, all the troubles are coming, the Zheng family urges us to ask for 5,000 guan spice money, this is the big head, we have urged us several times, and a few butchers urge us to ask for oil money, and 2,000 boxes of carpenter money, Zhang Gu's 1,000 guan oil money, in addition to wages, in order to protect Bao Yan Zhai, Xinqiao's Li Ji rouge shop had to be temporarily closed."

"How much money do you owe to the outside right now?"

"It's about 10,000 yuan!"

"And how much money is left in the store now?"

"Now there are only 800 yuan left in the store."

"Why is it only 800 yuan?" Li Yanqing was extremely surprised, last time his father told him that he had a turnover of 8,000 yuan, what was going on?

Yang Xin sighed, "The main thing is that in the past two months, five branches have been opened, and a hundred flowers manor has been bought, each family has invested at least one or two thousand yuan, and the money is almost exhausted...... Ay! The 800 yuan can only be used to pay wages, but the inventory is almost gone, and the shopkeeper Wu is so anxious that his hair is gray. ”

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Li Yanqing said angrily.

"The proprietor doesn't allow anyone to tell the little official, even the magpie is hiding this matter, and now seeing that Baoyan Zhai can't hold on, my sister is in charge and let me tell you."

Li Yanqing didn't say a word, and urged the horse to run towards the royal street, he had already vaguely guessed that this was a blow from Liang Shicheng to himself at a critical time.