Although he was away from home for 20 days, Li Yanqing was not so happy when he returned home, and the results of this inspection made him a little depressed.

"Husband's mood doesn't seem to be good?" While eating, Concubine Sisi asked with concern.

"It's nothing, maybe it's a little tired, just rest for a day or two." Li Yanqing smiled reluctantly, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Hu Qing'er got up and poured him a glass of wine and said, "I know, it's Lu Fang's bastard, if I see him, I will never spare him." ”

"Are Qing'er and Lu Fang very familiar?"

"Of course I know him very well, my father also taught him martial arts, but he has a better relationship with Lu Junyi, I thought I accepted Zhao'an, but I didn't expect him to go to Taihang Mountain and fall into the grass."

"By the way, what's going on with Song Jiang?" Li Yanqing suddenly remembered this important matter.

Hu Qing'er covered her mouth and smiled, "I thought my eldest brother had forgotten!" ”

"How could I forget, I just can't remember it for a while, let's talk about the situation."

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard that he gathered more than 1,000 old troops in Yuncheng County and wanted to rebel again, but he was defeated by Zhizhou Zongze and his army, and he led dozens of remnants to escape, and then I don't know the situation."

Li Yanqing took another sip of wine, Song Jiang must have been dismissed before he wanted to rebel again, but this escape, things were a little troublesome.

Hu Qing'er smiled and said: "To be honest, I was so happy to hear the news that he was dismissed, I was so happy that I almost got drunk, although he didn't die, but this kind of disgrace is worse than killing him." ”

"Hey! You two! ”

Sisi pretended to be unhappy and said: "If there are more happy things to talk about, you will be happy if you have to fight and kill and kill, and you will be happy to leave me out in the cold." ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly apologized and said: "It's me who is not good, I snubbed Sisi, tell me, what is more pleasing to me?" ”

Sisi and Hu Qing'er glanced at each other, and the two said in unison: "The Li family has already proposed to the Cao family!" ”

Li Yanqing: 'Ah! After a while, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Why did you propose?" ”

"Husband seems to be unhappy?" Sisi asked with a smile.

"I'm not upset, it's just that it came too suddenly, and this thing ..... What should I say? ”

Li Yanqing didn't know how to explain, he hadn't had time to tell Sisi about this matter, he just asked his father to visit Cao Mansion, but he didn't expect his father to be more anxious than himself.

"Sisi, I'll tell you about this later."

Sisi smiled and groaned: "It turns out that my husband is worried about me, but in fact, this is a good thing!" It's much better to marry Yun Niang and go home than to marry a beauty like Pan Qianyun! ”

Li Yanqing looked a little uneasy, "How do you know about Pan Qianyun?" ”

Hu Qing'er next to her smiled: "The afternoon before yesterday, Yun Niang sat in the seat where the eldest brother is now sitting and had dinner with us, how do you say we will know?" ”

"Ahh She's been here. Li Yanqing was even more surprised, and his mouth was almost closed.

Sisi smiled and said: "I just want to have a good relationship with her, so I invited her to come to the house as a guest, and the husband won't blame me for making decisions without permission!" ”

"This ..... I'm in a mess right now, and we'll talk about it later. ”

........

At night, Li Yanqing and Sisi finished their love deeds, Sisi wrapped her arms around her husband's neck and said coquettishly in his ear: "My husband has a bride, so he won't snub me from now on, right?" ”

"How so! People say that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and I will only feel more sorry for you. ”

"You just said it nicely, Yun Niang's appearance is no less than mine, you dare to say that you don't covet her beauty?"

Li Yanqing hurriedly comforted her, "Back then, I was still a penniless poor boy, but Master Li, who was famous all over the world, abandoned the rich and rich to follow me, how could I forget this kindness?" I swear to God that I will never fail you in this life. ”

Sisi was moved in his heart, and put his face on his chest and whispered: "I don't like to listen to swearing, as long as you have a heart, I will be satisfied." ”

Speaking of this, she sighed again, "To be honest, I can't have children, I've always felt guilty about you, I really hope that you will marry a wife as soon as possible, but I'm afraid that Hedong women will get started, fortunately, Yunniang is kind and generous, and she doesn't look down on my background, if you marry that Pan Qianyun home, I don't know how I will die in the future." ”

Li Yanqing also knew that not having a child was Sisi's heartache, and at this time, he suddenly remembered Yue Fei, so he smiled and said: "If you really can't give birth, Sisi can adopt a child in the future, and I like it too." ”

Sisi became interested, and hurriedly smiled: "If I want to adopt, I want to adopt a little lady, and I will dress her up like a princess." ”

"There is no urgency in this matter, let's work hard again to give birth to one of our own."

After saying that, he turned over and pressed Sisi under him, Sisi punched him in the shoulder with disgust, "I'm going to die, it's been twice, you still want it!" ”

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Early the next morning, Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai, during the New Year, it is the off-season for bookstores and other stores, but for Baoyanzhai stores that sell cosmetics is the peak season, and the sales are twice as good as usual, it is no wonder that women also have to treat themselves for a year's hard work during the New Year, and buying a high-end jewelry or cosmetics has become their first choice.

This year's New Year is also the busiest time for Bao Yan Zhai, one is the opening of Bao Yan Zhai in Guangzhou and Chengdu at the same time, followed by the opening of Bao Yan Zhai in the capital, the first three are in Yujie, Daxiangguo Temple and Hongqiao, and on the first day of the first lunar month, the fourth Bao Yan Zhai is grandly opened in Panlou Street, another commercial center in Beijing.

Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai and met Hong Dazhi in the courtyard, Hong Dazhi is now the father of two children, this year the proprietor gave him a salary increase, and relied on him very much, let him be in charge of the general account room of Baoyanzhai, Hong Dazhi was grateful, and worked harder for Baoyanzhai.

"The little proprietor is here to find the proprietor! He went to Panlou Street early this morning, and he might come later. ”

"Dazhi, how did Baoyanzhai do last year?"

"Last year, Bao Yan Zhai was almost the same as the year before, but it developed rapidly in other aspects, especially shipping, and the number of inland cargo ships increased to eighty, and the little proprietor probably didn't know! We already have an ocean-going fleet. ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, "When did this happen?" ”

"It was in the summer of last year that the proprietor and the Zheng family co-founded, a total of twenty big ships, all of which are 5,000 stone ships, we and the Zheng family each account for half, we bought the exchange in the incense pharmacy, and went directly to Nanyang and Japan to buy spices, and even if we cut the tax, it is two or three times cheaper than the price of ready-made spices, so that our Baoyan Zhai's profits are higher."

"What spices are there in Japan?"

"Japan's nail incense and ambergris are of excellent quality, and it is dozens of times more profitable to ship to the Central Plains, and we grind the sea pearl into powder and mix it in rouge to make pearl rouge, and the result is very popular, so we have to go to Japan to buy some low-quality sea pearl."

At this time, someone at the door said, "The proprietor has returned!" ”

Li Yanqing turned around, only to see his father and a middle-aged fat man walked in, this fat man is the original Wu shopkeeper of Baoyanzhai, and was later transferred to Hangzhou Baoyanzhai as a steward, after the Fang Lajun captured Hangzhou, the Wu shopkeeper returned to the capital, and worked as a shopkeeper in Daxiangguo Temple.

"When did Yanqing come back?" When Li Daqi saw his son coming back, he couldn't help but ask happily.

"I came back yesterday afternoon, if my father is busy, then I'll come back another day."

"Don't go, I'm looking for you."

Li Daqi turned around and instructed the shopkeeper Wu, "You go and tell the Qi family, I won't add a penny to the rent, if he wants to take back the house, then all the losses of Baoyanzhai will be borne by him, in black and white, I am not afraid of a lawsuit with him." ”

"I understand, I'll go to the Qi family today, this matter will definitely be done."

Shopkeeper Wu nodded to Li Yanqing again, turned around and left, Hong Dazhi also saluted the proprietor and went back to the account room, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Where is the problem with the house?" ”

Li Daqi snorted and said: "It's the new store on Panlou Street, we are a grocery store, the store lease has three years to expire, and as a result, we have opened everything, the landlord surnamed Qi came to say yesterday, he won't rent this store, or he will increase the rent, will I ignore him?" ”

"Are there any restrictions on the rental agreement for the grocery store? For example, you can only open a grocery store and so on. ”

"Nothing, just a five-year lease and annual rent, it is estimated that the landlord will want to slaughter when he sees that Baoyanzhai can make money."

"Isn't my father going to give in at all?"

"In the end, the concession must be a little concede, but you can't take the initiative to compromise in business, the attitude must be tough, and finally wait for the government to mediate, otherwise these people will see you so deceitful, and the rent will rise next year, I have learned it."

The father and son walked while talking, entered the guest hall and sat down, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "I heard Hong Dazhi say that my father and the Zheng family jointly founded an ocean-going fleet?" ”

"This kid's mouth is running fast!"

"Daddy won't even hide it from me!"

"How could I hide my son, I only started running boats last fall, and I'm going to tell you when the fleet comes back from Japan."

"How did my father come up with the idea of buying a sea boat?"

Li Dazhi sighed, "In fact, they were also forced out by Fang La's rebellion, their army continued to harass the port of Mingzhou, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of Nanyang incense medicine landing, just when the Zheng family had an accident and needed a lot of money to make connections, Zheng Yin found me and wanted to sell me half of the Zheng family's fleet, that is, ten 5,000 stone sea ships, a total of 60,000 yuan, including experienced seafarers and the Zheng family's spice supply in Nanyang, and you can also dock at the Zheng family's dock in Mingzhou Dinghai Port for free." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "This deal is indeed very cost-effective." ”

"This is actually what I have long thought, I know that the spices from Nanyang to the Great Song Dynasty is ten times the profit, the Xiang Pharmacy will take half of the coupon just by selling it, and the other five times the profit from the shipping merchants to the second-hand spice merchants to the spice shops around the country, layer by layer, the last two agarwood will be sold for 20 yuan, more expensive than gold, I calculated the account, I went to Nanyang, Siam, Japan to buy spices, Bao Yan Zhai's profit will at least double, this year I also plan to go to Guizhou to buy a lead mine, so that the cost of lead powder will also come down......”

Li Yanqing had to admire his father's business acumen, and he couldn't even compare to himself, no wonder Bao Yanzhai could do so big.

At this time, Li Daqi suddenly slapped his head, "What are you doing with this, I almost forgot about the business, Yanqing, tomorrow the matchmaker will go to Cao's house to officially propose marriage." ”

"Is the seed marshal back?"

"He came back the day before yesterday, it seems that Old Man Cao wrote to him, and he rushed back in advance for this matter, so you'd better go with Chong Shuai."

"I don't think I need to go!"

"What are you doing with such formality? You and the matchmaker come to the door together to show more sincerity, and you refuse to go to then I will go. Li Daqi was a little angry.

Li Yanqing saw that his father was angry, so he had no choice but to say, "Okay! I'll just go. ”

"That's right, Cao Yun is very good, worthy of being everyone's girlfriend, is your good match, I heard the magpie say, Sisi also invited her to be a guest at home, this is the best, family harmony is the first important, and you will suffer from the discord between wives and concubines in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Daqi handed him a piece of jade pei, "This is a token given to you by the Cao family, and you will wear it on your body tomorrow." ”

Li Yanqing took Yu Pei and got up to leave, and Li Daqi told him to leave tomorrow and sent him out of the gate all the time.