Li Xiu lived in Yangzhou for two days, and then set off to Chang'an again, and Li Ke almost jumped up with joy when he learned that the bank had been selected in Yangzhou, especially when he learned that the reason why the bank was chosen in Yangzhou, the most important thing was that Li Xiu wanted to combine the trading company with the bank, which also made him even more happy, and pulled Li Xiu to talk a lot about this matter, which made Li Xiu live in Yangzhou for two more days.

After saying goodbye to Li Ke, Li Xiu also sped up and rushed to Chang'an, along the way he also sent someone to inquire about the situation in the court, although he didn't hear much, but he could also feel the tense atmosphere in the court, it is said that now as long as he goes to the court, the court will be noisy, and even normal government affairs can not be discussed.

Because of the matter of the clan chronicles, Li Shimin was put on the imperial examination by those families, which made him feel embarrassed, so he also retaliated against the family during this time, and there were constantly officials from the family who were demoted out of Beijing, especially the chief examiners of the previous imperial examinations, and he found a reason to be demoted to Leizhou or Yazhou and other places, in fact, it was the Hainan area of the later generations, where the Song Dynasty was a barbaric land hundreds of years later, not to mention the early Tang Dynasty, after those officials were exiled here, they almost didn't want to go back for the rest of their lives.

However, Li Shimin's approach also aroused a strong resistance from the family, and for a time several big families united and mobilized all the ministers who could influence them to put pressure on Li Shimin, but Li Shimin also committed a donkey temper this time, and refused to bow to the family, but demoted several ministers who were more troublesome, and the result was that the contradiction between the family and the royal family broke out completely.

The family controls public opinion, more than half of the ministers in the court are from the family, and the rest are more or less related to the family, and Li Shimin holds the military and political power of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time can also decide the promotion and use of the courtiers, now the contradictions between the two sides have erupted, and the battle in the court is endless, it is said that even the eldest grandson Wuji has been involved, it may be that the family feels that Li Shimin cannot be moved, so the target turns to Li Shimin's most important arm, and the result is that the eldest grandson Wuji was impeached by countless people, if it were not for Li Shimin's hard protection, I'm afraid that the eldest grandson Wuji will have to be dismissed.

"Ke'er persuaded me that it is not appropriate to return to Chang'an now, and it is indeed for my own good!" After knowing the above situation, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh secretly, but he was not afraid at all, and instead accelerated towards Chang'an.

At the same time, on the Liuqiu Island in the southeast corner of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengdao is urging the people on the dock to transfer the goods on one boat to another, and now it is summer, and it is near the sea again, and the momentum of the sky is amazing, even if Li Chengdao did not work in person, but it is also hot and sweaty, and the people who work are pouring cold water on their bodies from time to time, otherwise they will not be able to withstand such a poisonous sun.

Li Chengdao saw that the guys who were moving things were working so hard, and some of them even began to slack off, so he signaled to one of his subordinates next to him, and the other party immediately understood, and stepped forward and said loudly. "Brothers, work harder, today's salary is double, and there will be meat to eat at night!"

As soon as he heard that the main family had increased the money and could eat meat at night, the people who worked immediately lifted their spirits, shouted to express their gratitude to Li Chengdao, and then accelerated to start transporting.

Seeing this, Li Chengdao was also relieved, and was about to turn around to drink some water, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, he saw Qi Niang playing oil paper and carrying a food box in his hand.

"Qi Niang, why are you here?" Seeing his wife coming, Li Chengdao also showed a warm smile on his face and stepped forward, after getting married, the relationship between them has become deeper, and it may be because of being a wife, Qi Niang has become more womanly, not as big as usual like a tomboy.

"Seeing that you are working so hard, I personally made sour plum soup for you to relieve the heat, and the big bucket in the back is also, it has been added with ice, let the people who work also come to drink, don't heat it!" Qi Niang raised the food box in her hand at this time, and then pointed to the big bucket behind her.

"It's still Qi Niang, you think thoughtfully, I was hot just now, these people who work are also very hard, it's great to be able to drink sour plum soup!" Li Chengdao also showed a bright smile when he heard his wife's words, and then took the food box in Qi Niang's hand, and then asked people to push the big bucket with sour plum soup behind it to the dock and let the people who worked take it themselves.

Li Chengdao took Qi Niang to a big tree next to the pier, and then took out the sour plum soup in the food box, and took a bite of it was cold and sour, which made people feel that the heat was gone, which made him praise him: "Qi Niang, your cooking skills are getting better and better, this bowl of sour plum soup is moderately sweet and sour, and it feels no different from what Mr. made himself." ”

"Giggle~, I know how to say good things, in my brother's words, anything you eat when you're hungry is delicious, just like now that you're thirsty and hot, you naturally feel that the chilled sour plum soup is delicious, in fact, my cooking skills are far worse than my eldest brother." Qi Niang couldn't help but joke when she heard Li Chengdao's praise, she is not the kind of woman who is easily overwhelmed by sweet words.

was exposed to the lie by Qi Niang, Li Chengdao just smiled cheekily and said: "Hehe, what Mr. makes is delicious, but you don't do it badly, and I have often cooked for myself in the past few years, although my cooking skills are not as good as Mr., but they are also quite good, how about letting you try my cooking skills tonight?" ”

"Okay, then how about I try your craft!" Qi Niang immediately nodded and said, maybe for other women, they will never let their husbands cook by themselves, but Qi Niang is different, she grew up eating Li Xiu's own food since she was a child, and naturally she has no prejudice against men cooking.

But when she said this, Qi Niang suddenly glanced at Li Chengdao with some suspicion and said, "But do you have time, don't we still have a lot of goods to move to the ship?" ”

"Haha, you don't have to worry about this, today is the last batch, this batch of goods should have arrived a long time ago, as long as it is loaded on the ship, we can set off, but this batch of goods has something wrong in Quanzhou Port, and was even detained by the government, fortunately, Brother Eleven has a lot of relationships in Quanzhou, for his sake, the Quanzhou government only released this batch of goods a few days ago, otherwise I may have to give up this batch of goods!" Li Chengdao spoke again at this time, if it weren't for waiting for this batch of goods, I am afraid that they would have already gone to sea to the Japanese country by now.

"What kind of goods were detained by the government?" Qi Niang couldn't help but ask curiously when she heard Li Chengdao's words.