After paying homage to his master in Lushan Town, Li Yanqing rode to Tangwang Village, and he still had a letter from Wang Gui's family in his arms, which he wanted to hand over to Wang Gui's grandfather.

Wang Gui's grandfather Wang Wanhao still has the same demeanor, although he is almost seventy years old, but his body is strong, his face is full of red, and when he heard that Li Yanqing is coming, he personally led the whole family out to greet him.

Wang Wanhao is shrewd and has extremely rich life experience, Li Yanqing is the first Tanhua in Tangyin County, he has already achieved it from a seven-grade official at a young age, and his future is limitless, and the future of the Wang family depends on him a lot, isn't his grandson the best example?

"Brother Qing'er, is my family Agui okay?" Wang Gui's mother was anxious, and when she saw Li Yanqing, she couldn't help but ask.

Wang Wanhao's face sank suddenly, and he reprimanded his daughter-in-law unhappily: "How can you call Brother Qing, you should be called Li Guancai!" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, "It's better to ask Brother Qing to be kind, my aunt is an elder, although it is casual." ”

At this time, Wang Gui's father next to him smiled and said: "I think it's better to call the little official, it's kind and not rude, the little official here, please!" ”

Everyone surrounded Li Yanqing into the lobby, Wang Wanhao sat in the main seat, insisted on giving up the guest seat next to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing couldn't resign, so he had to sit down, Wang Wanhao's sons and grandsons and daughters-in-law all sat on both sides and bowed their heads.

Li Yanqing took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Wanhao, "This is Agui's letter to my grandfather, he has made great contributions in this battle of Western Xia, and he should have the opportunity to be promoted again!" ”

Wang Wanhao suddenly smiled and asked, "How many levels do you think my family can be promoted?" ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "He is now from the ninth rank, I estimate that he can be promoted to the eighth rank, but even if he has passed the martial arts examination, he is also from the eighth rank, which is very likely." ”

Wang Gui's second uncle next to him was surprised: "Jiang Zhixian is only from the eighth grade, and the county lieutenant of Zhou, who just took the Jinshi exam today, is only from the ninth grade, which is not as good as our Agui!" ”

Everyone was amazed, but Wang Wanhao understood the matter, he waved his hand and said: "It is not easy for military generals to be promoted, they are all exchanged for their lives, and the status of the court is not as good as that of civil officials, so don't compare this with Jinshi." ”

Li Yanqing groaned and said: "Now the situation in the north is unstable, bandits are everywhere, and people are panicking, I don't know if Mr. Wang has any plans?" ”

didn't wait for Wang Wanhao to respond, only to hear a family member report in the hall: "Master Tang is here!" ”

Wang Wanhao hurriedly got up, "Hurry up, please!" ”

Several ladies of the Wang family hurriedly got up and avoided it, and after a while, Tang Huai's grandfather Tang Lian and uncle Tang Zhengzong hurriedly walked in, greeted Wang Wanhao, and came directly to Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and saluted, Tang Lian was not in good health, with a sickly face, he sighed and said to Li Yanqing: "My biggest mistake is that I didn't let Tang Huai follow the junior official, otherwise Tang Huai would be at least a nine-rank official." ”

Hearing that Wang Gui already had official products, Tang Lian's eyes were red, and when he saw Wang Wanhao, he was also lacking in confidence, and he was always remorseful in his heart.

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted him: "As long as Ah Tang has passed the martial arts examination, at least from the ninth grade, I have confidence in him and will definitely be able to pass the examination." ”

"It's just a blessing from the mouth of the petty official."

Wang Wanhao invited the Tang family and his son to sit down, the maid came in and served tea, and Li Yanqing continued the topic just now, but it was not only for the Wang family, since Tang Lian was also there, he was ready to consider the two families together.

He asked the two of them: "I heard that the Liangshan bandits have attacked the Daimyo's Mansion, I wonder if the business of the Mansion outside the two old men has been affected?" ”

Wang Wanhao and Tang Lian glanced at each other, and Wang Wanhao said: "The Wang family is okay, but the business has been affected a little, and there is no loss, I heard that the Tang family has a small loss." ”

Tang Lian shook his head and said, "The Tang family's Tang Ji Inn outside the county town of Daimyo County was burned down by Liangshan thieves, and they lost thousands of dollars. ”

"What about Bao Yan Zhai?"

Li Yanqing continued to ask, "Has it been affected?" “

The Daimyo Mansion Baoyan Zhai Rouge Shop is Li Yanqing's face to Tang Huai, which was opened by the Tang family's investment, Li Daqi only accounted for two percent of the inside, and the Tang family accounted for eighty percent, and Tang Zhengzong himself was in charge.

Tang Zhengzong smiled bitterly and said: "The rouge shop is in the county seat, and the Liangshan thieves did not break through the county seat, and there was no loss, but during this time, the people of the Daimyo Mansion were panicked, I temporarily closed the store, and the goods were transported back to Tangyin, and I will reopen the store when the situation over there stabilizes." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I also think it's better to be cautious." ”

Wang Wanhao sighed, "Bandits are everywhere, wars are continuous, the world is beginning to be chaotic, and the most unlucky thing is that we are big families with a bit of a family business, and we live in fear all day long!" Even if the bandits come one day and loot our property, we won't be able to save our lives! ”

The lobby suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little solemn, at this time, Li Yanqing saw that the time was ripe, so he said slowly: "The two veterans are both ancestors, and they both know much more than me, but there is a sentence, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

Wang Wanhao and Tang Lian said in unison: "It's okay for a petty official!" ”

"Don't hide it from the two veterans, our Li Wenzhuang family has been buying land in the south since last year, not only the Li family, but also the neighbors and friends around for many years, they also followed my father to buy land and build houses in the Jiangxia area, we are already moving to the south, and less than half of Li Wenzhuang is left."

Tang Lian was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, this is the real reason why I came to find the little official today, your father also told me about this last year, saying that you insisted on everyone moving south a few years ago, I am very strange, a few years ago, there was no bandit trouble on the two roads in Hebei, how did the little official know that the world would be chaotic today?" ”

Tang Zhengzong couldn't help but say: "Father, people are Tanhua, of course, they are more prescient than us!" ”

Tang Lian waved his hand, "Don't interject, listen to the little officials!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said: "The two old members may have misunderstood, I didn't let my family and friends move south because of banditry, but because of the Jurchens!" ”

"Jurchen!" There was an exclamation in the lobby.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Maybe you don't know yet, the Jurchens have broken through the Liao State to Beijing, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State have been annihilated, the general trend has gone, and the destruction of the country has been in a few years, the reason why the Western Xia asked for peace is also because of the fear that the Jurchens will march west after destroying the Liao, so they must prepare for war in advance, once the Liao State is destroyed, the Jurchens will inevitably invade the Great Song Dynasty in the south, and then Hebei will be ruined, Tangyin County is a place that must pass through the south, and it must not be able to avoid the iron hooves of the Jurchens, so I ask the clansmen and the village to move south, At least there will be a foothold in the future to flee to the south. ”

Wang Wanhao and Tang Lian's faces were extremely serious, and Wang Wanhao asked, "The imperial court also thinks so?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The imperial court didn't realize the power of the Jurchens at all, only our soldiers who fought with the Tangut people on the frontier knew the power of the Jurchens, the Xixia army was very afraid of the Liao army, but the Liao army was not the opponent of the Jurchens at all, and our hundreds of thousands of Song troops were completely annihilated by 40,000 Xixia cavalry in one battle, you can imagine how the Song army will resist the Jurchens in the future?" The kind of marshal told me that the court despises the Jurchens, and there will be great trouble in the future. ”

"Does the petty official mean that the two of us should also move to the south?" Tang Zhengzong asked.

Li Yanqing still shook his head, "I didn't persuade you, because no one believes what I say now, and no one in the court believes that the Jurchen barbarians will invade the south, and even our people don't believe it, because of the relationship of interests, they followed my father to buy Baihua Manor in the south, but I want to tell the two old men that the Western Xia people believe that the Jurchens will go west, and they are like a great enemy throughout the country." ”

Wang Wanhao glanced at Tang Lian, "Brother Xian, what do you say?" ”

Tang Lian pondered for a long time and said slowly: "My family Tang Huai also wrote to me about this matter, and repeatedly advised me to buy land in the south, I think that no matter whether the Jurchens invade the south or not, but now the bandits are serious and the world is restless, we should be cunning and prepared." ”

Wang Wanhao also nodded, "That's right, we should leave a way out for ourselves, and I think we should listen to the opinions of the petty officials in this matter." ”

Wang Wanhao asked Li Yanqing again, "Where do the petty officials think we should go to buy land?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "You can go to Jiangxia to buy a manor, and we will still be together in the future, but if the two grandfathers want to make a lot of money, I advise you to go to Qiantang County, Hangzhou to buy land, and now there are also bandits, land and houses are extremely cheap, I have written to my father to buy a large amount, if you are interested, you can also give it a try." ”

Wang Wanhao thought for a while and said: "I need to think about it again when I go to Hangzhou to buy land, but I decided to listen to the advice of the petty officials and go to Jiangxia to buy a manor after the Chinese New Year." ”

"So do we!"

Tang Lian said in a firm tone: "In fact, we have decided to buy land in the south, but the direction has not been determined, since everyone goes to Jiangxia, then we will also go to Jiangxia to buy land, so that we can take care of each other, and then wait and see the situation, and if the situation is not good, we will move south immediately." ”

Li Yanqing saw that they had no intention of going to Hangzhou to buy land, so he no longer persuaded them, and they were willing to go to the south to buy land and leave a way out, which was already a great realization.