Although Li Ke is Li Xiu's student, in terms of generation, Qi Niang should be regarded as his elder, but Qi Niang is not only Li Xiu's sister, but also Li Xiu's student, so she can only be regarded as Li Ke's senior sister, plus Qi Niang is not a few years older than them, and she has always liked to mingle with the children, and there is no slightness of elders, so Li Xiu's students have always called her "Sister Qi Niang".

Of course, Li Ke and these students are naturally no problem with calling Sister Qi Niang, but not like Li Jin and Ping An Lang, such as Li Jin, when he was young, he refused to call Aunt Qi Niang, but he was cleaned up so miserably, and he has been honest since then.

"If my eldest brother can come, I can't come?" Qi Niang heard Li Ke's words, but she asked with an unreasonable expression.

"Of course you can come, Sister Qi Niang, you can come to the cold house, it really makes the little brother feel puffy!" Li Ke hurriedly admitted his mistake at the moment, although he didn't have much contact with Qi Niang when he was in Chang'an, he also knew the temper of this sister.

"Hehe~, this is not the place to speak, let's go in and talk!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time, and deliberately did not mention the reason why Qi Niang came to the south, with Li Ke's shrewdness, he also did not ask again.

Li Ke's title has changed from the King of Shu to the King of Wu, speaking of which is still thanks to Li Tai's blessing, the last time Li Tai lived in the Wude Palace, and finally under the opposition of the ministers, Li Shimin had to advance and retreat, and changed the title to Li Tai, and at the same time rewarded the mansion, which allowed Li Tai to move out of the palace.

However, Li Shimin still has a little conscience, and feels that it is not good to just change the title of Li Tai's son, so he simply changed the titles of the other sons, Li Ke is in Yangzhou, which belongs to Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, so he was given the title of King Wu.

At that moment, Li Ke invited Li Xiu and Qi Niang to go into his Wu Wang's Mansion to drink tea and rest, and at the same time let people prepare a dinner, and after the three of them sat down, Li Ke asked impatiently again: "Sir, why did you come to Yangzhou this time?" ”

"This time it's because of official business, you should have heard about the bank, right?" Li Xiu took a sip of tea at this time, and then said with a smile.

"I heard, at first I saw the bank from the official document issued by the imperial court, but I didn't know that it was Mr. who raised it at the time, and then some businessmen from the north often mentioned the bank, so I specially asked people to inquire about it, and then I learned about the bank and the financial supervisor, and I have been paying attention to the bank during this time, I heard that not only Chang'an has, but also Luoyang is going to open a bank, I don't know when it will be our turn to Yangzhou?" Li Ke asked with a very interested expression at the moment.

"Haha~, the news you got has fallen behind, the bank in Luoyang has been opened, and even the bank in Taiyuan is already under construction, and I came to the south this time to choose a city in the south to open a bank, so that the north and south can be more closely linked economically!" Li Xiu also laughed when he heard this.

"That's great, but what else do you choose, sir, just build it directly in our Yangzhou, not to mention anything else, I will definitely fully cooperate with Mr., and our Yangzhou has become more and more prosperous in recent years, although it is worse than Chang'an Luoyang, but at least it is a famous city in our Tang Dynasty!" Li Ke's eyes lit up when he heard Li Xiu's answer, and then he said eagerly.

"You are a good calculation, but although your Yangzhou is good, but the Suzhou and Hangzhou next door are not bad, and there are Quanzhou, Guangzhou, etc., which are a little farther away, and they are extremely famous port cities. Li Xiu said with a smile at this time.

"Hehe, uncle, we are all a family, and the family naturally has to help each other a little, don't you say?" In order to grab the bank, Li Ke also threw his face aside, and even called out the title of uncle, but as long as he could let the bank fall to Yangzhou, he was willing to do whatever he wanted.

In fact, it is not to blame the relationship between Li Ke and Li Xiula, because the bank is too important for the southern city, the economic, political and cultural center of the Tang Dynasty is in the Guanzhong region in the north, although the business in the south is prosperous, but most of the goods are to be transported to the north, it can be said that the economy of the south is very dependent on the consumption of the north, so that the economic exchanges between the two places are also very frequent, and the bank is a very important part of the economic exchange.

For example, businessmen in the south want to go to the north to do business, the money they carry with them must be essential, they can only bring money with them before, if the amount is too large, even to ask a special dart bureau to escort, not only the cost is large, but also unsafe, but if there is a bank in the south, they can directly deposit the money in the bank, to the north and then take it out, if the bank is located in Yangzhou, then it will attract a large number of businessmen to pour in, which will also bring a lot of business opportunities to Yangzhou, as long as the government slightly guides, It will promote Yangzhou's business to a higher level.

Regarding Li Kela's relationship, Li Xiu smiled calmly and said: "The location of the bank is not up to me alone, but to combine the characteristics of each city, but your Yangzhou is indeed a very good alternative location, of course, Suzhou and Hangzhou are also good, as for Quanzhou and Guangzhou, it is too far away, you can give up for the time being, so if you Yangzhou want to get this opportunity, you have to beat Suzhou and Hangzhou!" ”

"Sir, Suzhou and Hangzhou are good, but we Yangzhou has a key advantage, that is, they are closer to Guanzhong, and after the bank is established, someone also needs to cooperate with the bank, and I, as a student of Mr., can best understand Mr.'s ideas, so if the bank is built in Yangzhou, the future development will definitely be stronger than Suzhou and Hangzhou!" Li Ke was very confident at this time to list the advantages of the two Yangzhou, since Mr. refused to go through the back door, then he could only rely on strength, which he was also quite confident in.

"This is indeed the advantage of your Yangzhou, but Suzhou and Hangzhou also have their own advantages, which requires me to personally take a turn in your three states, combined with your advantages and disadvantages to make a decision, so you don't have to be too anxious!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Li Ke had no choice but to nod, at this time the dinner was also ready, and he hurriedly invited Li Xiu and Qi Niang to the banquet, because Qi Niang was there, so he did not invite others to accompany him, which was also convenient for them to talk between teachers and students, for example, Li Ke complained to Li Xiu again during the meal, his mother Concubine Yang was domineering in the matter of choosing a concubine, and Li Xiu had no choice but to try to let him relax.

Li Xiu wanted to stay in Yangzhou for a few days, and then go to Suzhou to find Zhang Shiyi and ask him about the American Fleet.