In the warehouse of Baoyan Zhai's rouge shop, Li Daqi looked at the title deed in front of him in disbelief, he slowly picked it up, and put it on the table as if it was hot. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Yanqing, this ..... Is this a real title deed? ”

"I think it should be true, His Royal Highness King Jia gave it to me personally, so he won't give me a fake!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

The shopkeeper Wu next to him picked up the title deed and looked at it for a while, handed the title deed to Li Daqi and said with a smile: "The proprietor, it must be true, there are remarks below, including the transfer of the buildings on the land." ”

"Oh my!"

Li Daqi patted his forehead, and his heart was very excited, did this rouge shop on the royal street really belong to him? He doesn't have to pay a penny.

Although Li Yanqing had already told Li Daqi about this, Li Daqi didn't take it seriously, he knew in his heart that the shops on the royal street were all exclusive to the powerful, and it was not their turn to be ordinary people, even if they had money, they couldn't buy it.

So although he promised his son to save money, he still went to buy a manor and build a workshop, and he didn't expect to get the shops on Yujie at all.

But now, what he always thought was impossible has become a reality, giving him a feeling of being in a dream.

"Yanqing, will there be any trouble if we take the shop on Yujie?" Li Daqi still has no confidence in his heart, and he doesn't have power as a foundation, he always feels that the store is not very reliable.

"My father hung the shop sign above the gate, and the three words Baoyan Zhai written by the Son of Heaven himself, I don't think many people dare to make trouble."

Li Daqi thought of the name of the store in the Son of Heaven's handwriting, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Okay! I'll go to the government office in the afternoon to go through the pick-up procedures, and besides, what about our store here in Xinqiao? ”

"Of course, this side also has to be opened, and it is normal to open two shops."

At this time, the shopkeeper next to him said with a smile: "I also talked to the proprietor yesterday about the price of rouge, I suggest that Baoyan Zhai can be sold at a high price, and then we will make a Li Ji rouge, the price is medium, for the general public to choose, what does the little proprietor think?" ”

"It's a very good plan."

Li Yanqing was very appreciative of the brand awareness of the shopkeeper Wu, and he said with a smile: "But there is one thing to remember, try not to let people know that Li Ji Rouge is made by Bao Yan Zhai, otherwise it will affect the reputation of Bao Yan Zhai." ”

"Don't worry, little proprietor, I know in my heart that I won't make such a low-level mistake."

"How's Jade Grease?" Li Yanqing suddenly remembered the matter of jade fat, and hurriedly asked.

"Don't mention it!"

Li Daqi was very annoyed, "Yesterday, the Zheng family bought 500 yuan at once, and this morning I received more than 20 large orders, all of which cost more than 100 yuan, and there are only ten yuan left in the inventory, and it will take two days to make it at the earliest, I don't know what to do." ”

As soon as the words fell, a clerk at the door shouted: "Shopkeeper, someone wants to buy jade fat!" ”

"I'm coming!"

Shopkeeper Wu hurriedly went out, and at this time, Li Yanqing asked, "How much money does my father have now?" ”

"In the past few months, we have been able to make a net profit of 2,000 guan every month, this is only more than three months, and the profit has exceeded 6,000 guan, when we worked hard to do the grain business for five years, but only made more than 10,000 guan, it really can't be compared, I now have 8,000 guan inside and out, and then the Tang family will invest 1,000 guan and open a branch of the Daimyo Mansion, and it is estimated that it will cost 2,000 guan to open a new store in Yujie, and the remaining 5,000 guan should be enough as a turnover."

"In the future, my father tried to use silver as much as possible to do business, and he tried to exchange his money for gold."

"Why?"

"Now that the imperial court is in financial difficulties, I heard that it will be issued again as five coins, and the copper coins will only depreciate more and more in the future, and silver and gold will be stable."

Li Daqi nodded silently, in fact, he also realized that not only the price of goods has risen, but also the coins on the market are too chaotic, he also has to consider inviting a special person to identify, his son is right, or silver and gold are the most stable.

At this time, the shopkeeper Wu shouted outside the door: "Little proprietor, your brother is here." ”

Wang Gui actually came, Li Yanqing hurriedly walked out, only to see Wang Gui standing alone outside the gate, looking very sad, Li Yanqing secretly felt bad, and hurriedly walked out, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Gui's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he sobbed and said, "Master.... The master went! ”

This news was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, Li Yanqing was stunned, suddenly, his eyes were red, and he quickly turned his head, tears couldn't help but gush out.

At this time, Li Daqi hurriedly walked out, and when he saw his son crying, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Gui was in a slightly better mood, and held back his grief and said, "Uncle Shi, our master has gone." ”

"Ahh Which master is it? Li Daqi asked anxiously.

"Master Zhou!"

I heard that it was not Yao Ding, Li Daqi's heart was a little better, he and Zhou Tong were not familiar with each other, and he had never even met, but he still comforted his son and said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, don't be too sad, hurry up and go to the master's funeral!" ”

Li Yanqing wiped away his tears, choked his voice and asked Wang Gui, "How many of them are?" ”

"They're going to ask for leave, I'll let you know, we'll leave right away."

"I'll go too!"

Li Yanqing didn't even have time to go to Taixue to ask for leave, he ran home to the house and took his father's horse, turned over on the horse, and followed Wang Gui to the direction of martial arts.

A quarter of an hour later, the five of them left Bianjing City, accelerated their horses and galloped towards Zhongmu County.

.........

Zhou Tong did not survive this hurdle in the end, and after he struggled for half a year, the old injuries attacked, and finally ran out of oil and died at his home in Zhongmu County.

In front of the gate of Zhoufu in Zhongmu County, a mourning shed has been erected, and Zhou Dong's family members came from all directions, wearing linen and filial piety, to welcome Zhou Dong's former colleagues and friends to come to pay tribute.

Li Yanqing and the five people came to the mourning shed, and the eldest son Zhou Zhi greeted him, and everyone could not hide the sadness in their hearts, hugging their heads and crying, and the people next to them comforted them, so everyone wiped away their tears and followed Zhou Zhi into the mourning shed to worship.

They are Zhou Dong's apprentices, according to customs, they also put on filial piety, seven days later, Zhou Dong's body will be cremated and brought back to his hometown for burial, this is also no way, the weather is too hot, the body can not be brought back to Shaanxi, and the family is unwilling to be buried on the spot, so they can only return to their hometown with bones.

Li Yanqing and others arrived in Zhongmu on the fourth day, and at this time, Zhou Tong's relatives and friends also rushed to Zhongmu, and even the forbidden army also sent official representatives.

Li Yanqing and Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others sat in the mourning shed wearing linen and filial piety, everyone has been guarding the spirit for two days, tonight is the last night, tomorrow after Zhou Dong's body is cremated, the family will return to Shaanxi hometown for burial, Li Yanqing They will also return to Bianjing.

There are people constantly coming in and out of the spirit shed, most of them are old friends of Zhou Dong for decades, each of them put on a stick of incense, and then leaned down to worship, at this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw a man wearing a Fan Yang hat, he leaned over in front of the spirit and bowed three times, then turned around and hurriedly turned around and left with a hat.

Li Yanqing suddenly stood up, and Yue Fei asked puzzledly, "Lao Li, where are you going?" ”

"I'll go out and I'll be right back!"

Li Yanqing came out of the mourning shed from behind, he searched around, and finally saw the man wearing a fanyang hat, and saw him walking towards an alley across the street, Li Yanqing immediately chased after him.

After chasing hundreds of steps, Li Yanqing finally caught up with the man, and he shouted behind him: "Stop! ”

The man stopped, but did not turn around, and asked lightly, "What are you chasing me for?" ”

"We should know each other!"

"Of course I did!"

The man turned around and took off Fan Yang's hat, revealing a thin face, which was Luan Tingyu who he met in Yanshou Villa.

"You're the second senior brother Luan Tingyu, right?"

Luan Tingyu nodded, his eyes were full of endless sadness, and he sighed lowly, "When the master was alive, I was not allowed to come to see him, I was no longer an apprentice in his heart, but he was always a master in my heart." ”

"Why?" Li Yanqing asked.

"Does the little junior brother know what I do?"

"I know, you are Cai Jing's person now."

Luan Tingyu shook his head, "It's only half right, I do things for Cai Jing, it's just that he paid to hire me, I have done things for many people, including Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and even today, does the little junior brother understand?" ”

Li Yanqing understood that Luan Tingyu was actually a professional killer, and he groaned and said, "But even so, the master will not disown you as an apprentice." ”

"But I did do something wrong."

Luan Tingyu smiled bitterly, he shook his head, he didn't want to say any more, he looked at Li Yanqing again and smiled: "Actually, I deliberately lured you out, I know you will chase after you." ”

"You're looking for me?" Li Yanqing was stunned.

"I do have something I need your help with."

Luan Tingyu pointed ahead, "There is a tavern in this alley, it is relatively quiet, why don't I invite you to have a drink." ”