Li Xiu stayed on the bearded guest's ship for one night, because he basically didn't sleep last night, so he didn't get up until the afternoon, and then chatted with Li Yuan and the bearded guest for a while, and then suddenly remembered that Li Ke was there, he didn't go back for a day and a night, and the other party might be worried, if he came over again, he would find Li Yuan and Pei Lin in trouble.

Considering the above, Li Xiu also hurriedly said goodbye to the bearded guests, no matter what, he had to go back first to dispel Li Ke's worries, and although Li Yuan also wanted to see Li Ke, a grandson he hadn't seen for many years, but it was really inconvenient to show up, and in the end he could only dispel this idea.

When the sun was setting in the west, Li Xiu and Qi Niang returned to Wu Wangfu in a carriage, and sure enough, as soon as he came back, Li Ke immediately ran to ask for a meeting, and as soon as he saw him, he immediately said: "Sir, where did you go, why didn't you come back for a day and a night?" ”

"It's nothing, I just met a few old friends from my youth, so I got together with them, but I didn't expect to have a happy chat, and I didn't come back until now." Li Xiu smiled at this time and said, the bearded guest and Li Yuan were indeed friends he had known since he was young, so he didn't lie.

However, when Li Ke heard Li Xiu's explanation, he glanced at Qi Niang next to him strangely, because if it was just Li Xiu's friend, then why did he take a woman like Qi Niang? However, he also considered that Qi Niang's personality was different from ordinary women, so he didn't ask any more.

"By the way, sir, are you free for the past two days?" At this moment, I saw that Li Ke suddenly thought of something, and asked Li Xiu with joy below.

"This ...... I plan to leave Yangzhou in the next two days and go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and even Quanzhou and Guangzhou if possible, because these two cities are far away, but sooner or later the banks will have to expand there! Li Xiu hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and replied, Li Yuan's stay in Yangzhou is also a great hidden danger, so he also plans to leave in the next two days, it is best to take Li Yuan and Pei Lin to Liuqiu Island, which is Zhang Shiyi's territory, but he doesn't have to worry about being discovered by outsiders.

"Are you going to leave in two days?" Li Ke couldn't help but show a disappointed expression when he heard Li Xiu's words, because he still had an important matter that he wanted to invite Li Xiu to participate in.

"What, what's the matter with you?" Li Xiu also saw Li Ke's thoughts at this time, and couldn't help but ask at the moment, although Li Ke is a special student, Li Xiu doesn't want to disappoint the other party too much.

"There is indeed a very important matter, I want to invite my husband to join me, and it will be tomorrow morning, of course, if my husband really can't spare time, then forget it." Li Ke forced himself to make an open-minded expression at this time, but the loss on his face couldn't be hidden no matter what.

"Tomorrow morning?" Li Xiu looked at the loss on Li Ke's face at this time, then thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I happen to be free tomorrow morning, I'll accompany you if there's anything!" ”

"Great, thank you, sir, you won't be disappointed!" Li Ke saw Li Xiu agree, and shouted in ecstasy at the moment, it seems that he is looking forward to tomorrow's events, and maybe he has been preparing for many days, after all, he is often too busy to see people these days.

"By the way, Qi Niangniang will go tomorrow, it's a very lively place!" Li Ke suddenly thought of Qi Niang next to him at this time, and invited him again.

"Okay, I like to join in the fun!" Qi Niang saw that even her eldest brother agreed, of course she didn't have any scruples, she nodded and agreed immediately, but her curiosity was very heavy, and she asked again at the moment, "But I really want to know what will happen tomorrow, looking at your appearance, it seems very important?" ”

"Hehe, this matter is kept secret for the time being, but I have been preparing for this matter for a long time, and I will find out when you and Mr. go tomorrow!" I saw Li Ke smile mysteriously. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Qi Niang couldn't help but glance at him, but she didn't ask any further, because she was now thinking about the news that Li Chengdao was coming in a few days.

Early the next morning, Li Ke came early to invite Li Xiu and Qi Niang to have breakfast together, and then asked people to prepare a carriage, and after breakfast, the three of them immediately left Wu Wangfu in a carriage.

At first, Li Xiu didn't care, and chatted with Li Ke casually as he walked, but when the carriage drove out of Yangzhou City, he was suddenly stunned, because he found that the carriage was actually heading in the direction of Jiangbei Wharf.

"Ke'er, are we going to Jiangbei Wharf?" Li Xiu carefully looked at the direction of travel, and then asked Li Ke, and at the same time couldn't help but worry in his heart, because Li Yuan and the bearded guest's boat was parked on the Jiangbei wharf, and he stayed on the ship for a day and a night the night before, in case Li Ke went there and happened to meet Li Yuan, it would be really a big trouble.

"Yes, what we're going to is Jiangbei Wharf, during this time, Mr. often walks around Yangzhou City, I don't know if you've been here? Jiangbei Wharf is the largest and most prosperous wharf in Yangzhou, more than half of the goods in and out of Yangzhou have to pass through here, and at the same time it is also the tax center of the government, Yangzhou City has such a sentence, if Jiangbei Wharf is suddenly gone, I am afraid that Yangzhou Thorn History has to go to the street to eat, although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, but it also shows the importance of this wharf to Yangzhou City! Li Ke replied with a smile at this time, and by the way, he also introduced the role of Jiangbei Wharf in Yangzhou.

"This ...... I came here a few days ago to see, it is indeed a very prosperous wharf, and it is close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is very suitable for the docking and rest of sea ships, and the wharf draft is deep, and the scale of the wharf can be expanded in the future, making it a large port that is not weaker than Quanzhou and Guangzhou. Li Xiu also praised at this time.

However, when talking about the above, Li Xiu was secretly a little anxious, he knew that Li Ke was coming to Jiangbei Wharf, so he should have sent someone to inform the bearded guest and Li Yuan as soon as possible, so that they could avoid it, and now I only hope that they can be careful and stay in the cabin and not come out, after all, there are so many ships on the wharf, Li Ke should not see them.

Jiangbei Wharf is not far from the south of Yangzhou City, the carriage has walked for about half an hour, only to see that this place is still crowded as usual, and the wharf is full of coolies who carry and unload goods, and it looks like a group of worker ants at home from a distance.

Originally, Li Xiu was worried that Li Ke's carriage would enter the wharf, but what he didn't expect was that just when the carriage was about to walk on the wharf, it suddenly turned around, and then came to the middle of the wharf, in front of a fairly large building, only to see that it covers a vast area, and there are several roads that communicate with the wharf, which can make it very convenient for people to enter and exit the wharf, but this building is just outside the wharf, and under the noise on the wharf, it seems a little quiet here.

"Here...... What is it? Li Xiu followed Li Ke out of the carriage at this time, and then looked at the building in front of him, only to see that this building is not surprising except for the large area, there are many people in and out of the door, looking at their clothes, they should all be people from the government, which makes Li Xiu feel that the building in front of him is a little similar to the bank, could it be that Li Ke actually built a bank for himself in advance in order to let the bank fall in Yangzhou?

"Sir, I don't know, this is the trading company I prepared, and it will open at noon today!" Li Ke said very excitedly at this time, and then led Li Xiu and Qi Niang into it, and when the people in the trading company saw Li Ke, they all saluted.

"A trading company?" Li Xiu was also a little surprised when he heard this name, and when he entered the inside, he saw that many people in the trading company were busy preparing something, although the trading company has not yet opened, but it can be seen that the entire trading company is divided into several areas, and each area has a special person in charge, which looks more like a bank.

At that moment, Li Xiu walked to an area, only to see a sign standing next to it, with the three big characters "Silk District" written on it, which made him can't help but glance at Li Ke next to him, and his eyes were full of doubts, because he couldn't understand what this silk area was for?

"Sir, you also know that I Yangzhou here, since ancient times are the origin of silk, so in this Jiangbei wharf, the largest shipment is silk, many foreign merchants come here not far away, just to buy Yangzhou silk, but they are not familiar with Yangzhou people, sometimes it is difficult to find suitable silk, so I built this trading company, the silk merchants in Yangzhou need to sell the silk information gathered here, so that it is more convenient for those foreign merchants to purchase." Li Ke explained with great interest at this time.

"Isn't this what those tooth people on the dock did, you are a prince, how can you rob those tooth people of food?" As soon as Li Ke's words fell, before Li Xiu could speak, he saw Qi Niang speak first.

"Sister Qi Niang is right, in the past, those merchants from other places wanted to buy silk, they had to go to those tooth people who were eating at the dock, but those tooth people were not good people, most of them were some idle people, and even local scoundrels at all, with a very bad character, and often joined forces with some illegal businessmen to defraud foreign merchants."

When he said this, he saw Li Ke pause for a moment and then said: "It is precisely because of the poor conduct of those tooth people that the Yangzhou government receives such cases almost every day, and they can't manage it if they want to, and even some tooth people take advantage of the loopholes of the government to help businessmen evade taxes, so that the government suffers a lot of losses, I have long wanted to crack down on these people, so I thought of the method of this trading company, and the government came forward to organize the merchant's cargo information, and gathered it to facilitate the merchants who came and went." ”