Chapter 850: The Bearded Guest's Letter
"Eleventh brother?" Seeing this person from the Zhang family, Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Shiyi to come back, but then he thought that Li Yuan had gone to the south, it was said that Zhang Shiyi should arrange for him to go to the Americas, how could he come back at this time, could something wrong with Li Yuan?
Thinking of Li Yuan, Li Xiu's heart couldn't help but sink, and he immediately jumped out of the carriage, and didn't let the guards follow, and then stepped forward and walked two steps to Zhang Shiyi and whispered: "Brother Eleven, why are you back, is there something wrong in the south?" ”
"Don't worry, the people have been sent away!" Zhang Shiyi looked at Li Xiu with a wry smile at this time, there seemed to be a little resentment in his eyes, he had offered sweet potatoes and corn to Li Yuan with Li Xiu, so he naturally recognized Li Yuan, but when he saw Li Yuan, who was already dead, in the south, he almost scared him to death, until he saw the letter that Li Yuan forwarded to him, and then he understood what was going on.
"But Brother Li, you are too bold, I thought that I had been on the sea for half my life, and my courage was already very comparable, but compared to you, it was too much worse!" Zhang Shiyi complained again at this time, and as he spoke, he also led Li Xiu to the Yellow Canal, and the guards followed from a distance to ensure that no one could hear their conversation.
"People in the rivers and lakes, some things are also involuntary, but I can guarantee that this is definitely the last time!" Li Xiu first said apologetically, and then patted his chest and promised.
"Nonsense, Datang is just a emperor, you don't want to get the current majesty to the Americas in the future, right?" Zhang Shiyi heard Li Xiu's last assurance, but he gave him a blank look and said, Li Yuan's sudden arrival not only scared him half to death, but also disrupted his plan, and even arranged a ship to send Li Yuan to Liuqiu Island overnight, and then replenished the materials needed by the American fleet as quickly as possible, and immediately let them leave with Li Yuan.
"Huh? This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little speechless when he heard this, and finally could only laugh dryly twice to relieve his embarrassment.
"Forget it, I've already sent the person away anyway, but seriously, don't look for this kind of thing for me in the future, you don't know that the emperor didn't leave the time, I couldn't eat during the day, I couldn't sleep at night, and a lot of hair fell out, Qu Yidu said that I was like a living dead, until I sent people away, I didn't feel that the whole person was alive!" Although Zhang Shiyi was angry, since the matter had passed, he did not pursue it further.
"Thank you Brother Zhang for your understanding, this time it was my fault, if there is a chance in the future, I will definitely make amends!" Li Xiu saw that Zhang Shiyi didn't blame himself anymore, and he was relieved at the moment, the news that Li Yuan was alive was equivalent to a nuclear bomb in the future, if it broke out, I am afraid I don't know how many people would be implicated, and Zhang Shiyi would have to bear considerable pressure with this secret.
"By the way, Brother Eleven, why did you choose to come back at this time, is there something important?" Li Xiu suddenly spoke again at this time, if Zhang Shiyi was just to complain to himself, there was no need to run in person, so he had such a guess.
"This ......" Zhang Shiyi seemed a little hesitant at this time, and only after a moment did he speak, "That's right, the fleet from America brought two letters from my father, one of which was for me and the other for you, and specially told me to hand it over to you personally!" ”
"Uncle's letter?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel even more strange when he heard Zhang Shiyi's words, because he couldn't figure out what kind of letter to let Zhang Shiyi hand over to himself?
"Yes, that's my father's letter to you!" I saw Zhang Shiyi take out a letter from his arms at this time, and then handed it to Li Xiudao with both hands.
Li Xiu was also very curious at this time, and immediately took the letter and looked at it, which said "Virtuous Nephew and Enlightenment", which was written in the handwriting of the bearded guest, speaking of which the bearded guest's words are very distinctive, every stroke is like a knife and an axe chisel, it looks murderous, even if ordinary people can imitate the glyph, they will definitely not be able to imitate the charm in the word.
"Didn't Qu Yi's mother and daughter come back with you?" Li Xiu saw that the fire paint on the letter was still intact, and asked Zhang Shiyi while preparing to open the letter.
"Wait a minute, don't look at it yet, and talk about it when you get home!" But at this moment, I saw that Zhang Shiyi suddenly stopped Li Xiu, and then replied, "Qu Yi is also pregnant now, and the month is not big, so I will go back as soon as I send you the letter, after all, I don't worry about leaving her alone in the south!" ”
"Qu Yi is pregnant?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhang Shiyi's words, and then said very happily, speaking of which Zhang Shiyi was also very hard, he seduced Qu Yi in the Americas, but the result was a hit, and this is the daughter of Zhang Maya, but later after the two got married, they did not have children for many years, so the two sought medical treatment in many ways, but did not find any problems, even Sun Simiao said that their bodies were very healthy, but they just couldn't conceive a child, but they didn't expect Zhang Shiyi to bring such a good news this time.
"It's true that you're pregnant, don't you and the princess also have a second child, Qu Yi and I can't lag behind, of course, it's best for Qu Yi to have a son, so that I can pass on the family business to him in the future!" Zhang Shiyi also showed a warm smile at this time and said, he and Qu Yi looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally waited for this child, so he also pinned great hopes.
"Haha~, I guess Qu Yi definitely doesn't care about her son and daughter, anyway, for her, whether it is a son or a daughter, she can inherit the family business!" Li Xiu couldn't help laughing at this time, Qu Yi is a Mayan, and both men and women in their clan have the right to inherit, so they shouldn't care much about the gender of the child.
"That was before, Qu Yi lived in the Central Plains for so many years, and her thoughts became more and more like a Han woman, so since she first found out that she was pregnant, she burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in the hope that she was a son, but I heard that you are now destroying the Buddha Gate, as your friend, it is estimated that it is useless for us to ask for anything!" When Zhang Shiyi said the end, he couldn't help but joke.
Li Xiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and then asked about Zhang Shiyi's situation in the south, but soon he thought of Zhang Shiyi stopping him just now and preventing him from reading the letter, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Eleven, why don't you let me read the letter now, do you know the content of the letter?" ”
"This ...... It's also inconvenient for me to say, it's better for you to see for yourself, and my dad has always been eclectic, and I can't guess what he wants to do, so you better go back and watch it slowly, I will stay in Chang'an for three days, and by the way, I will also buy some things for Qu Yi to protect the fetus, after all, there are some things in the south that really can't be bought. Zhang Shiyi said goodbye in the end, Li Xiu couldn't stop him, and finally could only watch the other party leave.
Seeing Zhang Shiyi leaving in a hurry, Li Xiu couldn't help but be more curious about the content of the letter, and at this time he also found out that the letter was very thick, it seemed that the bearded guest had written a lot of content, and this was not a place to read the letter, and his house was a few hundred steps away, so he didn't bother to get in the car, and walked directly to his home, ready to go home and read it again.
However, as soon as Li Xiu came home, Princess Pingyang, Yi Niang, and Yuechan were also surprised that he came back so early today, and dinner was almost ready at this time.
After dinner, Li Xiu accompanied Princess Pingyang and them to talk, especially concerned about Princess Pingyang, after all, her delivery period was only a few days, so he was worried about Princess Pingyang's body, but Princess Pingyang told him not to worry, she felt much better these days, and even became appetizing for eating.
It was only after the lamp was in charge that Li Xiu had time to return to the study, and after closing the door, he sat behind the desk, and then took out the letter from the bearded guest in his arms, and after tearing off the fire paint on it, he reached out and took out the letter from inside, only to find that there were more than a dozen pieces of stationery inside.
At that moment, Li Xiu gently opened the folded letterhead, and then read it carefully page by page, at first the content written by the bearded guest was very normal, first greeted Li Xiu and his family, and then introduced his situation in the Americas, and now the bearded guest has emigrated tens of thousands of people to the Americas, most of these people are his former subordinates and families, in addition to the displaced people recruited from the southeast coast.
With these Han Chinese as a team, the bearded guest not only completely annexed Quyi's father's city-state in the Americas, but also expanded some territory outward, but the bearded guest may have aged and acted more cautiously, and now he is focusing on internal construction and has not expanded into foreign trade, which is in stark contrast to Li Chengdao's side.
However, the bearded man also has his own troubles, that is, he can't find a person among his children and grandchildren who is capable enough to inherit the power of the Americas, even Zhang Shiyi is not qualified in his eyes, and even he directly told Li Xiu in the letter that Zhang Shiyi is only suitable for being a businessman, but not enough to be a hero, if the power of the Americas is passed on to him, I am afraid that it will only slowly decline in the future.
In fact, this is not the first time that the bearded guest has complained that he has no successor, but this is the bearded guest's family matter, and Li Xiu can't make any good suggestions. And after introducing his own situation, I saw that the bearded guest turned his pen, and then wrote about Li Chengdao's side, but when Li Xiu saw the back, he suddenly stood up, and his face also showed an anxious look!