Gao Yu is also using his own methods to stand in line, he is low-key on the surface, secretly serving the prince, and even he can see that Zhao Ji will not reign for too long.

Li Yanqing took the sword and said with a smile: "Instead of icing on the cake, it is better to send charcoal in the snow, the prince is anxious about the poor defense of the city, and the prince should have a lot to do in this matter." ”

Gao Yu pondered for a long time, sighed and said: "I have no way in terms of the army, the official family has a very strict control over the army, especially for the prince, if I give the military power to the prince, the official family will immediately clean me up, other than that, it is easy to say in other aspects." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "When I say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is anxious, I don't mean military power, of course I won't let the Crown Lieutenant do something difficult." ”

Gao Yu suddenly became interested, and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "Tell me, how can I solve the problem for the prince?" ”

"How many forbidden troops are there in the capital now?"

"Now there are 300,000 forbidden troops in the capital in name, but in fact there are only more than 100,000, of which 30,000 are the Tianlong forbidden army, they must follow the Son of Heaven, do not participate in any battles, and I personally command them, in fact, there are only more than 70,000 troops that can be used."

Li Yanqing is not surprised, although the Song Dynasty is known as a million forbidden army, but the imperial court does not have so much money to raise the army, in fact, there are only five or six hundred thousand, plus the forbidden army has suffered heavy losses in recent years, the battle of Song Xia, the battle of Song Liao, and the battle of Song and Jin, at least more than 400,000 have been lost, so it is reasonable that there are still 100,000 forbidden troops left in the capital.

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "The key now is to train the defending army, the current 30,000 garrison troops are too weak, it is a little late to train them, they can only do logistics assistance at most, or they have to rely on the forbidden army, please ask the captain to pick 30,000 forbidden troops out, I will arrange for my subordinates to train them, and strive to make them reborn within a month or two and become a real elite army." ”

Gao Yu hesitated, this matter is a bit risky, if the official family knows, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to explain, but now is the critical time to stand in line, as Li Yanqing said, instead of icing on the cake, it is better to send charcoal in the snow, he was heartbroken, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay!" I will arrange this tomorrow, in addition, Xu Ning, Dong Ping and Zhang Qing are all talents in the forbidden army, and they have a high prestige in the forbidden army, you can use the two of them, but ..... Brother is Kaifeng Mansion Yin, you won't train them yourself! ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's not enough to train in person, but it's understandable to go and see it every day, Kaifeng Mansion Yin is nothing to do, and my Jingzhao Mansion Tongzhi hasn't stepped down yet, so it's reasonable to appear in the military camp!" ”

Gao Yu was stunned, "This is strange, you are still the same person of Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

"Actually, it's not surprising at all, although the shuai is in charge of Jingzhao Mansion, but the official family doesn't want him to take up a real position, if he appoints someone else to be the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Mansion, he will form a power struggle with Chongshuai, which is not conducive to fighting against Western Xia, so he can only maintain the status quo and continue to let me concurrently serve as the fictitious position of Tongzhi of Jingzhao Mansion, so that everyone has no opinion."

Gao Yu smiled and nodded, "It sounds unbelievable, but if you think about it, it is reasonable, only by letting you continue to hold this position can you maintain the balance of Jingzhao Mansion, and anyone else will break this balance." ”

As the two were talking, the maid outside the door reported; "Our new big shopkeeper wants to come to toast guests with a glass of wine, I don't know if it's convenient?"

Gao Yu smiled, "Please come in!" ”

At this time, a gorgeous woman walked in quickly from the outside, brought in a burst of fragrant wind, and said with a smile like a flower: "I'm disturbing the two distinguished guests." ”

Gao Yu smiled in surprise: "It's actually a female shopkeeper?" ”

Li Yanqing was even more surprised, "Big lady, why are you?" ”

The female shopkeeper Li Yanqing who came in was very familiar, and it turned out to be Baoyan Zhai's Mrs. Sun, and Mrs. Sun was also stunned, "Little proprietor, why are you here?" ”

"Wait!"

Li Yanqing was a little confused, and hurriedly pulled Mrs. Sun to the outside, "Lady, when did you leave Baoyanzhai?" ”

Mrs. Sun smiled charmingly, "Don't the little proprietors know that half of the alum building already belongs to Baoyan Zhai." ”

"Ahh When did it happen? ”

"Two and a half months ago! The master and the Xiang family signed an agreement, half of the alum building was given to Bao Yan Zhai, and then the two partners to build the new alum building in Hangzhou, and then I will be the big shopkeeper of the new alum building, and I will temporarily serve as the big shopkeeper here in the past few months. ”

Li Yanqing understood the cause and effect, and smiled happily: "Since this is the case, then I will congratulate the eldest lady." ”

"Go! What is there to congratulate, I have been working in Alum Tower for a year at most, and I still want to go back to Baoyan Zhai, by the way, the master has returned to the capital today. ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, "When did you come back?" ”

"He just arrived at noon today, and he asked about you."

"I see, I'll see him later."

Li Yanqing came back and explained a few words to Gao Yu, Gao Yu didn't ask much, and drank a glass of wine with Mrs. Sun, and he immediately took the first step.

Li Yanqing originally wanted to go back to Kaifeng Mansion, but since his father had returned from Jiangxia, he was also anxious to know the situation of his wife and children, so he changed his mind, found a few subordinates downstairs and went to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai.

Li Yanqing hadn't seen his father for two years, and the last time he was still full of black hair, but when he saw his father this time, he found that his left sideburns were gray, and his face was full of exhaustion.

"Daddy, let's train more subordinates!"

Li Yanqing said to his father with some complaints: "If there is anything for your subordinates to do, don't do everything yourself, you are really too busy!" ”

"I'm letting my subordinates do it, and there are already twenty or thirty stewards I trust, but this is an extraordinary time, it's normal for me to be busy, and you don't mess with me."

"What?" Li Yanqing was stunned.

"Relief for refugees!"

Li Daqi said to his son with some dissatisfaction: "I have set up three disaster relief points in the south of Tangyin County, and all the people have been sent out, and you have made a little bit for me on the south bank of the Yellow River, and you have also put on the sign of Baoyanzhai, do you think I can ignore it?" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "Anyway, my subordinates are just helping temporarily, either my father hires someone to do it, or it will be disbanded in a few days." ”

"Forget it, I've already asked Hong Dazhi to take over, and he will hire someone himself."

"How's Jiang Xia?" Li Yanqing turned back to the topic and asked.

"They have been settled, and they are all arranged in Jiangkou Town, together with your family, there has become a small Tangyin over there, gathering one or two hundred thousand people, basically all of them are Tangyin people, but ..... Don't you really plan to let Yun Niang and them go to Hangzhou? ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "They are only temporarily living in Jiangxia, because it is inconvenient for Bashu, and when I stabilize, I will arrange for them." ”

"It's up to you, and I hope they'd better be with you."

Speaking of this, Li Daqi took out a thick stack of letters and handed them to Li Yanqing, "One of them is yours, and the others are your family letters, by the way, when I came back, I met Tang Zhengzong and Brother Yue'er's mother and brother in Jiangxia County." ”

"How are they?"

"Fortunately, Brother Yue'er's mother asked you to help spread a message, saying that they are all safe and have settled down."

"I know, I'll ask Zhou Chun to bring him a message when I go back."

Zhou Chun was promoted to Xiangzhou last year and is still in Xiangzhou.

Li Yanqing learned the news of his wife and children, and he let go of his heart, he took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "When did Daddy buy Alum Tower?" ”

"I didn't buy the whole alum building, but I only got half of the shares, mainly because Xiang Jia wanted to buy 500 acres of land by the West Lake, and the cooperation of the alum building was just an additional condition for me to transfer the land to them."

"Is the price of housing in Hangzhou very expensive now?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

Speaking of the house, Li Daqi was suddenly full of interest, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you for persuading me to go to Hangzhou, in fact, the price of Hangzhou is good, mainly in Qiantang County, the price of the house is simply crazy, a five-acre house can be sold for 100,000 yuan, and the land by the West Lake can not be bought at all, I occupy an area of 40 acres in the Baoyanzhai main store in Beiguanmen, and as a result, Empress Zheng's brother offered 100,000 taels of silver to buy my land, and found me several times, I had to sell the old house in Old Clothes Lane to him, 20 acres of land, 80,000 taels of silver, Now I will make a fortune even if I resell the land, and when I met Wang Wanhao in Jiangkou Town, he regretted the land thing a lot! ”

"The Wang family also bought a lot!"

"The Wang family bought more than a dozen small houses in Qiantang County, about 100 acres, they only kept one, the others were all sold, I don't know how much they sold, but Wang Wanhao said when he saw me that he regretted buying less land, and it is estimated that he also made a fortune, and magpies, two years ago, I listened to my persuasion and bought a 20-acre house by the West Lake with 1,000 yuan, this house I pulled the line for her not long ago and sold it to Queen Liu's nephew, 100,000 taels of silver, but only you know about this matter, don't say it, she repeatedly asked me to keep it secret."

"How are the magpies doing?" Li Yanqing asked.

Li Daqi shook his head, "She is the same as before, she is still a top-brand pharmacist in Baoyan Zhai, this girl admits death, and her temper is more stubborn than ten cows, you have time to go and see her!" She's been thinking about you. ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, of course he knew that the magpie had a deep affection for him, but he still hoped that the magpie would have a good home, and hoped that his father could marry the magpie like a daughter.

At this time, a steward ran in and said, "There is a carriage outside, saying that it is here to find the little proprietor." ”