There was no one else in the living room, Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi sat opposite each other, but when the other party asked Li Xiu if he wanted to reply to the letter of the bearded guest, Li Xiu couldn't help but be silent, and after a while, he said slowly: "Brother Eleven, if it were me, what would you do?" ”

Li Xiu can't make up his mind about what was revealed in the bearded guest's letter, Zhang Shiyi is not only his friend, but also the person who knows this matter best, so Li Xiu wants to ask his opinion, of course, he is also sure that Zhang Shiyi must know the content of the bearded guest's letter, otherwise he will not let himself go back and read the letter again that day.

"This ......" Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression when he heard Li Xiu's words, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Brother Li, in fact, sometimes I envy you and Qi Niang." ”

"Envy us? Why? Li Xiu didn't expect Zhang Shiyi to not answer him directly, but instead said such a sentence without a beginning or an end, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise at the moment.

"Of course I envy your brothers and sisters, you see that there are so many brothers and sisters in my family, although there are good feelings, but they have never been as deep as you and Qi Niang, and the reason why you are so troubled now is precisely because of this deep brother and sister relationship!" Zhang Shiyi hit the nail on the head in the end, if it weren't for Li Xiu caring too much about Qi Niang's sister, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so troubled at all.

"This ...... It seems to make some sense! Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile, "But the situation between me and Qi Niang is special, after all, I took her out of the house, and our mother died early, the so-called eldest brother is like a father, and I, as an elder brother, naturally have to think more about her." ”

"No matter what the reason, the relationship between your brothers and sisters makes me feel envious, so I can also understand the entanglement in your heart now, and now you ask me for my opinion, in fact, to be honest, if you put me in your position, maybe I will be reluctant to let my sister who I love so much leave!" Zhang Shiyi finally expressed his opinion.

"Thank you for your understanding, but ......" Li Xiu first felt relieved when he heard this, and then hesitated with a wry smile, "But Qi Niang has made up her mind, if I don't let her go, maybe she won't be happy for the rest of her life, and she may even hate me because of it." ”

"Alas, Brother Li, you just think too much, I also know Qi Niang's thoughts, but I think she is still young after all, and her current ideas are not very mature, maybe when she is a little older, her thoughts will change, and I will be grateful to you for this." Zhang Shiyi said again at this time.

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't expect Zhang Shiyi to persuade himself to stay Qiniang, which is contrary to what the bearded guest said in the letter, it seems that Zhang Shiyi does not agree with the bearded guest's opinion, but in this way, it makes Li Xiu even more entangled, and he doesn't know how to choose for a while?

After a long while, Li Xiu suddenly thought of something, and immediately raised his head and asked Zhang Shiyi: "Brother Eleven, hasn't the fleet from America left this year, even if I write a reply to my uncle, I'm afraid you won't be able to send it to America for the time being, right?" ”

"That's right, but this year's fleet told me that my father and Chengdao are ready to add more fleets to the Central Plains to strengthen the exchanges between the Americas and the Central Plains, especially my father found a big gold mine, with a lot of output every year, and this year even recruited a group of people from the southeast coast to pan for gold, these gold can't be eaten or worn in the Americas, so it will naturally be sent to the Central Plains for supplies, so the number of the fleet will definitely increase, and next year's fleet may come earlier!" Zhang Shiyi nodded first, and then spoke again.

"In that case, why don't you give me a little more time, let me think about it more, and when the fleet comes next year, I will definitely write a letter to my uncle to reply to him!" Li Xiu was also relieved when he heard this, since he couldn't make a decision for the time being, he could only use this method to delay.

"Okay, I can understand you, and this matter is related to Qi Niang's lifelong event, you should be cautious, but I won't go back to Chang'an this year, so if you write a letter, I'm afraid you will have to send someone to me." Zhang Shiyi immediately nodded and said, Qu Yi has just become pregnant, and she will definitely not be able to give birth a year ago, so their husband and wife can only spend the New Year in the south.

"No problem, maybe I will also go to the south next year, I guess you have also heard about the financial supervisor, and several big cities in the south also need to set up banks!" Li Xiu nodded immediately.

Datang's territory is too big, which also has an adverse impact on the development of the banking industry, for example, just the transmission of information is a big problem, a businessman has deposited money in a bank in Chang'an, if he wants to withdraw money in a bank in other places, then his deposit information in Chang'an must be sent to a bank in various places, and these need Li Xiu to worry about, and sometimes he has to run in person, otherwise he is worried that others will not be able to solve these problems.

"I heard about the bank, when I went to the West Market that day, I saw the bank you were building at first sight, and the scale of the imperial court really made a profit, and the news of the bank has spread among the merchants, and now almost everyone is talking about the bank, but can you really let the merchants deposit and withdraw money in other places?" Zhang Shiyi also showed a very interested expression at this time.

Although the bank is still under construction, and the manpower is not ready, Li Xiu knows the role of advertising, so he has spread the news of the bank in advance, and even used the power of Feinusi for this purpose, and Chang'an is the commercial center of the world, and many businessmen have brought the news of the bank to various places, so now businessmen everywhere have also heard of the bank.

"You can rest assured about this, the biggest problem of the bank now is the lack of manpower, but I have recruited a batch, and seize the time to cultivate, and wait until the bank is built, the bank in Chang'an will start operating immediately, and the next is to build a bank in Luoyang, Taiyuan and other places, but as for the south, it may be later, and only a few big cities such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou will open a bank in the next two years." Li Xiu assured with a smile at this time, even Zhang Shiyi, who had just come back, had heard about the bank, and it seemed that the publicity effect he had made people before was not bad.

Zhang Shiyi was quite interested in the bank, after all, he was also a businessman, so he also asked some things about the bank, and Li Xiu also answered them one by one, and finally the two chatted until it was getting late, and Li Xiu sent Zhang Shiyi away.

"Farewell!" Zhang Shiyi turned over and got on the horse, then hugged Li Xiu with a fist, and then slapped the horse and left here, but the moment he turned around, Li Xiu didn't see Zhang Shiyi showing a smug smile on his face, and after walking away, Zhang Shiyi whispered to himself, "Jiang is still old and spicy, and my father really understands Brother Li's character!" ”