Coming back from the teahouse, Li Yanqing rushed directly to the Baoyanzhai head office outside the city, the head office of Bao Yanzhai is located in the south of Hongqiao, only 100 steps away from Hongqiao, covering an area of about ten acres, Li Daqi spent 6,000 yuan to buy it the year before last.

Li Daqi then invested thousands of dollars to build more than a dozen buildings and a wharf, and at present, there are ten Baoyanzhai fleets moored on the Bianhe wharf behind it, consisting of two passenger ships and eight cargo ships.

It is now the thirteenth day of the first month, according to the solar calendar of later generations, it is already the end of February, although the Yellow River has not completely thawed, but Bianjing is close to the Huai River, the current Bianhe River ice has gradually melted, the big boats can not go, but some small boats have quietly appeared in the Bianhe River.

In June last year, Bao Yan Zhai rented about five shops in front of the row, changed the original rice shop into a rouge shop, specializing in Bao Yan Zhai Rouge and Li Ji Rouge, and obtained the approval of the government, erected a wooden pillar three feet high, on which a large flag was picked, with black edges and red background, and the three big characters of 'Bao Yan Zhai' were written on it, and the passenger ships coming from south to north were clearly visible, becoming the largest signboard outside the west city of Bianjing.

Li Yanqing entered the main store and met his father Li Daqi accompanied by two guests, one was Tang Zhengzong, and the other was Wang Gui's father Wang Baoju, Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Yanqing, see the two uncles!"

Although the tragedy of Tangyin occurred, Tang Lian was unfortunately killed by the rebels, but after consultation within the Tang family, it was decided to immediately implement the plan to move south, Tang Zhengzong could not keep filial piety to his father and hurried to Bianjing, Wang Baoju also followed him, both of them carried a large number of friends, ready to meet Li Daqi, and went to Jiangxia to buy a manor together.

"Yanqing, in a few days, my family Agui and Tang Huai will participate in the martial arts, you will support each other in the future, you are more active than them, and you have a wide range of contacts, please help me more!"

"The two uncles can rest assured that the little nephew will definitely help them wholeheartedly."

Li Daqi smiled on the side: "Yanqing, I plan to go to Jiangxia with the two Shibo tomorrow, do you want to go together?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The child is on official business, and he really can't be separated!" ”

"You've been sent again?"

"Exactly, there's something I want to ask my father for."

"Then wait a while, I'll send the two Shibo to Tang Ji Inn to rest first, and then I'll talk to you when I come back."

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Hearing that his son had been sent again, Li Daqi did not dare to stay outside for a long time, and soon returned to the main store.

However, Li Yanqing's new dispatch made Li Daqi extremely disappointed, he thought that his son could be a civil official for a few years with peace of mind, and become a county magistrate or a general judge or something, but he still went to war, so that his Li family was always in danger.

"I don't approve of it! I don't approve of it, why do you want to go to war again, can't you be like County Lieutenant Zhou, and give me peace of mind to be a county official for a few years? ”

"But his county lieutenant was almost beheaded."

"Then you can't be a county official, you can be a court official, like Zheng Fatzi, he is a real power official, now he is in charge of the incense pharmacy, we have to buy incense medicine through him, he scrapes a lot more oil and water than those on his body, but..... You're going to war, and I'm going to discuss with you about bringing my master back, so you can at least let me have a grandson!" And then whatever you want. ”

Speaking of Shishi, Li Yanqing's heart was full of apologies, he was originally going to go to Jiangning Mansion this year, but he didn't expect the Liangshan Army to massacre the city, which interrupted his plan, so that his whole mind was on Liangshan, and Shishi could only write a letter to comfort her.

Seeing that his son didn't say anything, Li Daqi thought that he had given in, "How about it, go find Mrs. Liang again and ask him to help put you in the state and county." ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, knowing that his father had been a businessman for so many years, he had developed a businessman's mind, and he was very calculating, and if he wanted to convince him, he had to start from this aspect.

"Daddy doesn't know, military merit promotion is the fastest, don't look at qualifications, don't look at the background, as long as there are military merits, the Son of Heaven is absolutely generous, such as a kind of handsome, before he was a five-rank official, after a Western Expedition campaign, he was promoted from the second rank, and even promoted several levels, I was admitted to Tanhua from the eighth grade, and now it is from the seventh grade, and the champion is only the eighth grade....."

"Don't mention any military merits to me, when it comes to military merits, I am angry, just now Wang Yuanwai told me that his son Wang Gui was promoted to the captain of Zhengjiupin Renyong because of his military exploits in Western Xia, you said that you have made great contributions in Western Xia, so where is your promotion? Or from the seventh grade! How high I thought I could go, but it turned out to be standing still, how could I support you to go to war? ”

"Daddy, Mrs. Liang promised me personally!"

Li Yanqing raised his voice and said: "If I go to suppress the bandits this time, and the two military merits before and after are counted together, he will ask the prince to ask the Son of Heaven for credit." ”

Li Daqi also raised his voice, "I don't know what your military exploits are, I'm only worried about your life!" ”

"I'm sorry, I've already promised to be handsome."

There was silence in the room for a long time, and after a long time, Li Daqi finally sighed and said: "I don't want to persuade you anymore, you have made your own decisions for so many years, so this time is the same, Daddy only wants you to be safe, you promise me!" ”

"I promise Daddy!"

Li Daqi nodded, "Okay! What do you need me to help you with? ”

"I hope my dad will go to Sucheng to open a Baoyanzhai branch, it's urgent, I'm going to leave tomorrow!"

Li Daqi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "You can rent the shop first." ”

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In the afternoon, the obese Zheng Rongtai walked into the East Palace under the guidance of a eunuch, although the Song Dynasty was a little lax in restricting the prince than the Tang system, but the crown prince could not meet the court officials at will, interfered in the government affairs of the court, and the court officials could not easily go to the East Palace to meet the prince, but the regulations were regulations, and many things always had loopholes to drill.

For example, the prince's relatives can accidentally enter the East Palace to visit the crown princess or other partial concubines, Zheng Rongtai is here to see his partial concubine's sister, not to see the prince, so it is not a violation, and he is just a small court official from the eighth grade, which is really insignificant, and he can't lead to what is wrong.

Zheng Rongtai was nominally coming to see his sister, but he was eventually led into the prince's study.

Prince Zhao Huan also took special care of his brother-in-law, and was promoted to a level in less than a year, from the nine-grade Rulin Lang to the eight-grade Chengfeng Lang, in charge of the incense medicine bureau, although the official position is small, but the power is very great, the incense medicine belongs to the imperial court monopoly, and all the incense pharmacies in the world must get the goods of the incense pharmacy bureau, it is a very oily and fertilizing department, Zheng Rongtai made a fortune in just one year, but no one knows how much money he made.

Zheng Rongtai walked into the study and saw his brother-in-law standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Rongtai see brother-in-law!" ”

Zhao Huan glanced back at him and said with a faint smile: "San Lang seems to have lost weight!" ”

"Back to my brother-in-law, I have had a lot less entertainment in the past two months, and my parents didn't allow me to eat more, so I lost weight."

"It's a good thing to have less entertainment, you are now a court official, you have to pay attention to your words and deeds, if you do too much in some things, I'm afraid even I can't protect you."

"Rongtai understands that Rongtai is very measured."

Zhao Huan nodded, and said: "I came to you today, there is something I want to ask you, I remember you once told me that you and Li Yanqing are friends, right?" ”

Zheng Rongtai was taken aback, how could his brother-in-law mention Li Yanqing, he hurriedly said: "He is my good friend, but after he went to Western Xia, I never saw him again, but I often dealt with his father." ”

Zhao Huan was silent for a moment and said: "I want to meet him, tomorrow you book a private room in the Alum Tower, and I will invite him to have a glass of wine." ”

Zheng Rongtai was secretly surprised in his heart, his brother-in-law rarely values a person like this, what has Li Yanqing done this year?

"I know, I'm going to find him!"

"Go ahead! Don't tell anyone about this. ”

"Please rest assured, brother-in-law, I have a very tight mouth."

Zhao Huan laughed, although his brother-in-law is uneducated, but the officialdom is very handy, although he is not very capable, but he is indeed a helper of himself, at least many things that are inconvenient for him can be entrusted to do, and he can be entrusted to pass the word, so that he can bypass Liang Shicheng.

Although Liang Shicheng fully supported him, Zhao Huan didn't want to bet everything on Liang Shicheng.

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As soon as Zheng Rongtai arrived at Li Daqi's mansion on Freezer Street, he saw Li Yanqing coming out of the mansion and seemed to be about to get into an ox cart, Zheng Rongtai was so anxious that he shouted: "Old Li, wait a minute!" ”

Li Yanqing stopped at once, got on the ox cart, and looked back, only to see a horse-drawn carriage speeding dozens of steps away, and a fat face appeared from the window, waving desperately to him.

Li Yanqing laughed, and took out a handful of money to give to the coachman, "I don't need it!" ”

The coachman thanked him again and again, and drove the ox cart away, when the carriage 'quack! Stopping in front of Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing looked at the carriage and said with a smile: "This car is quite magnificent, is it yours or yours?" ”

"Of course it's from my family!"

Zheng Rongtai smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a year, let's go!" Let's have a drink and go. ”

"I'm going out to eat too."

"Then get in the car! Let's go to Alum Tower, I have something important to tell you. ”

Li Yanqing got into the carriage, the carriage started, and drove in the direction of Alum Tower.

Inside the carriage, Zheng Rongtai said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to invite you to a glass of wine, what do you think?" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, "Is it just today?" ”

"Nope! No! Tomorrow afternoon, it's still alum building. ”

Li Yanqing's face was embarrassed, the marshal arranged my military affairs, and I will leave Bianjing before dawn tomorrow, I am afraid that I will disappoint His Royal Highness the Prince.

Zheng Rongtai's face was full of distress, scratching his head and saying, "What should I do now?" How can I explain to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Please tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that I am very much looking forward to going to the appointment, but the military affairs are urgent, and I have no choice, or I will meet again after I come back." ”

"And when are you coming back?"

"Ten days at most, and I'll come to you when I get back."

Zheng Rongtai was helpless, so he had to nod, "Okay!" I'll tell His Highness the Crown Prince in the evening. ”