Wang Gui and Tang Huai were also found home by their families, after all, they hadn't been home for nearly two years, and their parents and families had been worried about them for a long time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Saying goodbye to Yue Fei, Li Yanqing rode alone and slowly walked towards Li Wenzhuang.

Since leaving his hometown at the beginning of last year, Li Yanqing has not returned for almost two years, this familiar road is still the same as before, but there are a lot fewer pedestrians, and by chance I saw a group of business travelers hurrying by, in stark contrast to the endless scene before, on the one hand, this has something to do with the end of the year, but more importantly, the situation in Liao is worrying, and it has begun to affect the civil trade between Song and Liao.

After passing through Li Wen Village, Li Yanqing did not enter the village, but continued to go in the direction of Xiaohonglin, at this time the wheat had been harvested, the wheat field was empty, there were piles of untreated wheat straw everywhere, and there were many children carrying baskets to pick up ears of wheat in the wheat field.

The 1,000 acres of land on this side of Xiaohonglin is the family's farmland, and since last spring, wheat is no longer planted, but under the advice of Li Daqi, it is full of red and blue flowers, which are the most basic raw materials for making rouge.

Planting an acre of wheat is only 500 yuan at most, and planting an acre of red and blue flowers can earn four dollars, the huge interest rate difference makes the people decide to plant red and blue flowers instead, although planting red and blue flowers is much harder than planting wheat, and someone needs to take care of it in the field every day, but thinking that each family can get more than 100 yuan at the end of the year, no matter how hard everyone is willing.

A one-man high earthen wall was built around the 1,000 acres of land to prevent all kinds of small animals from entering and destroying, and a wooden tower was built at the edge of the field, but now the red and blue flowers have been harvested and dried, and shipped to the capital, and the fields are empty, and a new season of red and blue flowers will be planted until tomorrow spring.

"Little official!"

Someone by the wall suddenly waved and shouted to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, it turned out to be Li Dongdong, Li Dongdong was very excited, jumped over the wall, and ran towards Li Yanqing.

Li Dongdong took his wife and children to Nanjing to open a store after breaking up with his father last year, Li Yanqing only knew that he did a good job with perfume distillation technology, why did he come back to farm? Looking at him covered in dirt, he was obviously cultivating the land.

"Brother Dong, why are you here?" Li Yanqing asked strangely.

"Huh! I came back half a year ago, and it's hard to put it into words, so let's go sit over there. ”

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, led the horse into a small wooden house on the ground, which was a temporary resting place for the night watchman, Li Yanqing tied the horse to the wooden stake at the door, walked into the wooden house and sat down, Li Dongdong poured him a bowl of hot water.

"I heard my father say that you did a good job in Nanjing, why did you go back to Tangyin again, and you also came to buy raw materials?"

"Don't mention it!"

Li Dongdong said angrily: "It was a good job, but it was miserable by the Liu family, their mosquito coils were a mess, several nephews of the Liu family came to me, crying and begging, I was soft-hearted, so I promised them to stay as a buddy, a few months later, I went out to buy raw materials, but when I came back, I found that my shop was gone, all the goods, formulas and technologies, and more than a thousand yuan of money were gone, and I still owed a lot of debts outside, and across the street, Liu's rouge shop was opened, and I was angry and divorced my mother-in-law, Take the two children back to their hometown to farm, or your father does not forget the old feelings, let me buy raw materials for him, I only sent the red and blue flowers into Beijing a few days ago, and tomorrow I will go to Zhending Mansion to buy tallow from the Liao people, hey! I'm just a toiler, and I can't do great things. ”

"You really put the Hun family on leave?"

"My whole life will be ruined at the hands of this woman, since she wants to give everything to her mother's family, then I will return her too, leaving her as a bane, and sooner or later I will be killed!"

Li Yanqing saw that Li Dongdong was getting more and more excited, so he persuaded him: "Manly man, just get up again if you fall, it's no big deal." ”

"Hey! I am also thirty-five years old now, and my ambition has long been worn out, and the fundamental reason is that I am illiterate, not the material for doing great things, but also because your father is benevolent, and I can only try to work as hard as possible to repay his kindness. ”

At this time, someone outside the door smiled and said, "It's really a little official who is back!" ”

Li Yanqing turned around, but it was Li Dayin and several clansmen, he quickly stood up, "Third uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"I haven't seen you for almost two years, and the little official has grown so tall!"

Li Dayin tiptoed, Li Yanqing was a head taller than him, and another clansman Li Changzhi came in behind him and said with a smile: "When the little official passed by Li Wen Village just now, several people saw it, the patriarch didn't believe it, let's come over and take a look, it is really a small official." ”

Li Dayin pushed Li Dongdong, "Go get busy!" The petty officials don't talk to you anymore. ”

Li Dongdong was helpless, so he had to give up his hand and say: "Little official, I will go to Zhending Mansion tomorrow, I will go back tonight to prepare, and I will talk to you again when I go back to the capital." ”

"Good! Help me inquire more about the situation in Liao. ”

"No problem, I'll ask more."

Li Dongdong walked quickly, and Li Dayin said with a smile: "Little official, go back with us!" Everyone wants to meet the little officials. ”

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "Let's go!" ”

Li Changzhi took the lead for Li Yanqing, and the three of them walked quickly towards Li Wencun.

"I guess the village is not as lively as it used to be." Li Yanqing said with a smile.

"Of course, most of the young people followed your father to the capital, and the rest are us old arms and legs, but everyone didn't expect that planting flowers could make a fortune, and many families are ready to build new houses."

"Is the third uncle going to build a new house?"

"I don't build, Yan Biao saved a sum of money in the capital, I plan to go to the county to buy a house, I specially went to see it, a house on five acres of land can be bought for 400 yuan, a small official, Yan Biao earned thousands of dollars last year, it is enough to buy a house, but I want to go to Anyang County to buy."

"My father is going to Hangzhou to buy a house, why don't you go to the fourth uncle too! If you buy it with your father, you will definitely make a fortune. ”

Li Yanqing lowered his voice and said: "At that time in the week after tomorrow, a five-acre house in Bianjing was only 2,000 yuan, but now it will be sold for 50,000 yuan, and I will follow my father to Qiantang County to buy a house, maybe in a few decades, Yan Biao will make it." ”

Li Dayin was a little tempted, he didn't believe other people's words, but he believed Li Yanqing's words very much, and he himself had a deep experience, "Little official, are you telling the truth?" ”

"It's right to follow my father to buy a house, otherwise how could he become the world's No. 1 Baoyanzhai in two years?"

Li Dayin's heart was horizontal, "Okay! After the New Year, I will go to Hangzhou to have a look. ”

The three of them soon returned to Li Wen Village, the entrance of Li Wen Village was already crowded with villagers, and almost the whole village ran out to welcome Li Yanqing's return, not only the Li clan, but also the villagers, and everyone hugged their fists and saluted Li Yanqing.

"The little official is back!"

"The archery of the petty officials is so powerful that even we have heard of it."

"Let's stay a few more days when the little official comes back!"

Everyone was gossiping, and the tone was full of reverence and love, Li Yanqing was moved in his heart, and he smiled and said to everyone: "When I come back this time, I may stay for a while, about a month or two, to prepare for the imperial examination next spring, during this period, it may trouble everyone, Yanqing thank you first!" ”

Everyone said: "The little official is so polite, we are grateful!" ”

At this time, Li Zhen walked in and said to everyone: "The little official is rushing day and night, he didn't sleep all night last night, he is already very tired, let's go back first!" I know everyone's thoughts, and there will be time to talk about it in the future. ”

Everyone also saw the tiredness between Li Yanqing's eyebrows, so they didn't say anything more, and left one after another.

Li Zhen said with a smile: "The little official will go back to rest first, Uncle Zhong knew yesterday that the little official came back, and everything was packed up." ”

"Second uncle, what do you have in mind?"

"Actually, there's nothing, let's talk about it later!"

Li Yanqing didn't like to be hung up, so he smiled and said, "I'm not sleepy now, the second uncle said it." ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "The 1,000 acres of clan land are planted with red and blue flowers, and everyone has a lot of income, but the problem is that our Li Wen Village is not only from the Li clan, but also more than half of the other surnames, and they are also itchy, and several elders of Qianshan Village have found me, I hope we can help, you see ......."

Li Yanqing immediately understood what he meant, everyone wants to plant red and blue flowers, and one acre of land can earn four yuan, who is not blushing with such an income.

He groaned, "Did the second uncle tell my father about this?" ”

"I wrote to you, and your father said yes, but only with your consent."

"I agree?"

Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood that his father was still a little worried that the impact would be too great, and if he planted flowers on a small scale, the government might turn a blind eye, but if he abandoned grain and planted flowers on a large scale, I am afraid that the government would interfere.

He pondered for a moment and said, "So be it! My father's largest Baihua Villa in Ezhou is 3,000 mu, then we also take 3,000 mu as the upper limit, deduct 1,000 mu of clan land, and leave 2,000 mu to distribute. ”

Li Zhen didn't expect Li Yanqing to agree so happily, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry!" I'll arrange it, and I'll do it according to the requirements of the petty officials. ”

Li Zhen left in a hurry, Li Yanqing walked quickly towards his home, he saw the old mansion from a distance, and an unusually familiar feeling suddenly flowed into his heart, his heart was hot, and he walked quickly towards the old mansion.