Li Hongyu also did not go ashore when passing through Huai'an, and invited the Caoyun governor, the Caoyun general, and the Huai'an prefect who met him at the dock to the ship and drank a cup of tea. Chinese??? (a)

Compared with Li Hongyu when he first came to Huai'an, the attitude of the officials in Huai'an naturally changed from perfunctory to respectful, no one could have imagined that Li Hongyu had become a member of the court for just one year, and he also influenced the change of dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, which was really like a dream.

According to Li Hongyu's current situation, as long as he doesn't make those big mistakes that anger and resentment, then sooner or later he will become the Taishi of one of the most noble "Three Princes" in the court.

In addition to the officials in Huai'an, Li Hongyu also summoned Yang Xiaotian, the gang leader of the Cao Gang, and he saw Yang Xiaotian naturally not because Yang Xiaotian was the leader of the Cao Gang, Yang Xiaotian's gang leader was very famous among the people but could not be on the stage, Li Hongyu saw Yang Xiaotian because Yang Xiaotian was one of the twenty businessmen who had obtained the right to license overseas trade.

In addition to helping him consolidate his position in the Cao Gang, it also made the outside world think that he had found a reliable backer in the imperial court, and spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to catch Li Hongyu's line through overseas trade.

Judging from the current situation, people are not very optimistic about the prospects of overseas trade, and you must know that the matter of maritime smuggling has been banned by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, but it has achieved little success, but it has become more and more intense.

The local smuggling syndicates are powerful, and if Li Hongyu, the dragon who crosses the river, can't fight those local snakes, overseas trade will become a joke.

In fact, for Yang Xiaotian, the success or failure of overseas trade is not important, he is more concerned about the relationship between Yang Lier and Li Hongyu, as an outsider, he can see that Li Hongyu is very fond of Yang Lier, Yang Lier is also obsessed with Li Hongyu now, if Yang Lier can marry Li Hongyu as a concubine, then everyone will be happy.

Today, with the promotion of Li Hongyu's official position, Yang Xiaotian no longer thinks that Yang Li'er will be wronged if she marries Li Hongyu, you must know how many men in the world can become the second-class members of the imperial court before the weak crown?

The key is that Li Hongyu's love for Yang Li'er will definitely not make her feel wronged, and her status in front of Li Hongyu's noble status is insignificant.

From Yang Xiaotian, Li Hongyu learned that Yang Li'er was sulking almost every day after he didn't say goodbye, and sent someone to Huguang to find his clues, but Yang Xiaotian secretly stopped him, and as a result, Yang Li'er didn't find any useful news.

In fact, Yang Li'er is not so much jealous of Li Hongyu's sudden disappearance, but worried about Li Hongyu's situation, Li Hongyu's farewell, and there is no news during the period, it is easy for Yang Li'er to have bad associations, girls like her who are trapped by love are especially easy to drill the horns, and the more she thinks about it, the more worried she becomes.

Li Hongyu actually wanted to write a letter to Yang Li'er to report his safety, but as soon as he returned to the capital, he was very busy, where did he have the time and energy to write a letter.

Yang Xiaotian and his wife knew that Li Hongyu was having a thrilling time in the capital, and it was understandable that they didn't have time to write a letter to Yang Li'er, so they naturally couldn't tell Yang Li'er, otherwise there would be an invisible barrier between Yang Li'er and Li Hongyu, so let her show Li Hongyu's true identity.

Yang Li'er was not in Huai'an, she stayed in Yangzhou to wait for Li Hongyu's news, and by the way, she learned about overseas trade in the Customs Department and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

In order to find Li Hongyu, Yang Li'er had already issued an order to let the people of the Cao Gang pay attention to a young Huguang businessman named "Li Sheng", and report it as soon as there was news.

At the same time, Yang Li'er also asked businessmen from Huguang about Li Hongyu's whereabouts in Yangzhou, but unfortunately no one knew who Yang Li'er was looking for "Li Sheng", which made Yang Li'er feel very disappointed.

When Li Hongyu's boat stopped at the wharf of Yangzhou, all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of Yangzhou City arrived, and under the leadership of the horse Ran Xingrang, they greeted him on the wharf.

Ran Xing let him know that Li Hongyu wanted to hide his identity, so he not only let people directly park the carriage that picked up Li Hongyu on the dock, but also arranged a lot of entourage around the carriage to block the view.

After Li Hongyu got off the boat, he exchanged a few words with Ran Xingrang and other high-ranking officials in Yangzhou City and then got into the carriage, and Ran Xingrang had already prepared a reception banquet for Li Hongyu.

Different from the last reception banquet, this time only the civil and military officials above the fourth rank in Yangzhou City could see Li Hongyu, and the rest of the officials and gentry could only leave with regret, after all, Li Hongyu's identity and status were different, and there were naturally fewer people who could see him, and everyone understood these rules.

Li Hongyu did not stay in Yangzhou City for a long time, and after visiting the personnel of the Customs Department and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, he set off for Shanghai County to check the progress of the establishment of the Customs Department's branch office, and it was said that he would stay there for a while.

This made the civil and military officials of Yangzhou City couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Li Hongyu's arrival hung over their heads like a sharp sword, which made the atmosphere in Yangzhou City a lot more depressing, after all, the vast majority of officials in the city were within the range of Li Hongyu's Shang Fang Ming Dragon Sword, and no one wanted to give Li Hongyu a sacrificial sword.

Li Hongyu's trip to Shanghai is naturally just a pretext to attract the attention of others, his identity is too ostentatious, so it is inconvenient to do anything, so the only way to do it is to make a private visit, only in this way can he get the news and intelligence he wants, and his actions are more free.

At noon on the third day after Li Hongyu's guard of honor left Yangzhou, Li Hongyu, dressed in civilian clothes, appeared in a restaurant in Yangzhou City, entered a private room on the second floor, and sat on the window seat, sipping tea while looking at the bustling crowd on the street, frowning slightly as if he had something on his mind.

Yangzhou City is worthy of being the most prosperous and wealthy place in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it is also the most prosperous place in the world, every place is filled with the atmosphere of wealth, but it is a pity that Yangzhou City will experience a bloody massacre more than 20 years later, he seems to be able to see Yangzhou blood flowing into a river, the miserable scene of corpses all over the field.

Li Hongyu didn't know if he would be able to stop the Qing army from moving south more than 20 years later, and the only thing he could do now was to strengthen the strength of the Customs Department to protect himself.

Just when Li Hongyu fell into deep thought, the door was pushed open with a creak, and a delicate woman in a red dress walked in panting, with fine beads of sweat oozing on her forehead as if she had gone through a hurry, and after seeing Li Hongyu, he was slightly stunned at first, and his eyes showed a look of surprise, and his expression was extremely excited.

Then, the girl in the red dress stomped her foot, bit her lip and turned her head and ran away, her eyes turned red the moment she turned around.

"Alas!" Seeing this situation, Li Hongyu shook his head helplessly, and then got up and chased after him, he naturally knew that the girl in the red dress was angry that he said goodbye, and there was no news during the period.

Obviously, this girl in the red dress is Yang Li'er, and after receiving Li Hongyu's news, she immediately came to the restaurant to see Li Hongyu, and she was not uncommon to worry about Li Hongyu in this short time.

Seeing that Li Hongyu was safe and sound, Yang Li'er breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Li Hongyu's "unkindness" and suddenly became angry in her heart, so she chose to leave, she thought that Li Hongyu didn't take her to heart at all.

There were several strong men standing in the corridor outside the door, it was Yang Li'er's entourage, seeing Yang Li'er retreat after entering the door, they looked at each other suspiciously, and then followed with a few quick steps, and they didn't understand Yang Li'er's strange behavior just now.

Yang Li'er wiped the tears on her cheeks while walking quickly, feeling extremely aggrieved in her heart, she was worried about it this year, but Li Hongyu was leisurely sipping tea there like a person who had nothing to do, which made her worry about it for so long, and she hated Li Hongyu to death in her heart.

Li Hongyu knew that Yang Li'er was sulking in her heart, and if she didn't leak it, this matter would definitely not be over, so he followed behind Yang Li'er surrounded by the guards.

"My lord, the matter has been done." At the entrance of the hall on the first floor of the restaurant, Ma Xianglin, who was guarding the door, bowed to Li Hongyu who came out and said in a low voice.

Since Man Gui and the others now have important things to do, Li Hongyu only left Ma Xianglin, a general, as the captain of his guard.

"Hmm!" Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, as the saying goes, he has never eaten pork and always watched pigs run, and after watching too many idol TV series and movies in later generations, he can think of ways to please girls with his eyes closed.

The reason why Li Hongyu wanted to make amends to Yang Li'er this time was that he really did something wrong in this matter, and secondly, he also asked Yang Li'er for help.

There are many things to do about overseas trade, and the most important of them is naturally those local smuggling gangs, and if Li Hongyu wants to investigate them, he must first penetrate them.

Li Hongyu was actually not willing to risk his life, but those smuggling syndicates maintained a high degree of vigilance, and although the people he sent had penetrated into the smuggling syndicate, their level was very low, and they could not get in touch with the core content at all.

In order to grasp the situation within the smuggling syndicate as soon as possible, Li Hongyu had no choice but to personally go out and sweep away the smuggling syndicate to ensure the smooth progress of overseas trade.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, Yang Li'er is undoubtedly the most suitable person to cover him, and Yang Li'er's identity as the little princess of the Cao Gang alone will not make the people of the smuggling group suspect his identity, and it can ensure his safety.

Li Hongyu had already discussed this matter with Yang Xiaotian, and of course Yang Xiaotian agreed to let Yang Li'er help Li Hongyu, and having a court member like Li Hongyu to accompany Yang Li'er on an adventure was also a rare blessing and valuable wealth for Yang Li'er.

Besides, Yang Xiaotian didn't believe that those people in the smuggling group dared to be unfavorable to Li Hongyu and Yang Li'er, otherwise don't blame the Cao Gang for being polite, the Cao Gang's reputation on the rivers and lakes is not blown, although they are not the opponent of those smugglers at sea, but it is not a problem to cut off their supply of goods on the 6th, and they must weigh the consequences.

"Dead Li Sheng, stinky Li Sheng, there is a kind of you don't come back, you leave quietly, and when you come back, if you have nothing to do, treat me like something, it's really angry with me......"

Yang Li'er walked forward angrily, muttering as she walked, the reason why she was so angry was that she felt that Li Hongyu didn't take her to heart at all, and she was afraid here in vain.

As she walked, a burst of music suddenly sounded in Yang Li'er's ears, which made her sulking a little stunned and raised her head curiously.

Not only Yang Li'er, but also the pedestrians on the street were attracted by the sudden sound of music, only to see a group of musicians and singers and dancers pouring out of the rooms on both sides of the street, the musicians lined up on the side of the road in an orderly manner to play, and those singers and dancers ran to Yang Li'er, surrounding her in the middle and dancing, which made the surrounding pedestrians subconsciously retreat and make way for a field to come out.

Faced with the sudden scene in front of them, the strong men who followed Yang Li'er did not step forward to stop those singing and dancing girls, but retreated to the side in a funny way, they had already received Yang Xiaotian's notice in advance, not to meddle in the affairs of those musicians and singing and dancing girls.

"This tune ......"

After the initial stunned, Yang Li'er couldn't help but be stunned, her eyes showed a look of surprise, the tune of the tune ringing in her ears was very weird, and the style was very similar to the one she had heard before, that song was played and sung by Li Hongyu when he was playing and singing with Green Sleeves last year.

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