The thirtieth month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Xiao Han, the release of the cold is freezing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is still some time left before the day of Qiqi after the death of the Li family's grandfather, but the trip to Fucheng is urgent. Since Li Qi was seriously ill at the beginning of the year, the Fushun Li family never went to Yibin to deal with the old men of the salt road, and in the middle of the year, Li Qi's illness was slightly relieved.

Although Wang Huanzhi set a trip for the owner on the sixteenth day of the winter month, but first, Li Qi's bones were not cold, and secondly, Li Yongzhong had just taken over the Li Mansion, and he had never married, and the inner courtyard should have been presided over by Li Yongbo's wife, and now that the two brothers have separated, it is not good to let the sister-in-law manage him to his yard, although there is a big steward Li Sanzhong, but after all, he is just a servant, and he can't be Li Yongzhong's master in many things, Li Yongzhong has to take care of it himself.

After dragging on for another half a month, Li Yongzhong barely sorted things out, and couldn't wait for Li Qiqiqi to leave, so he was about to leave for Xuzhou Prefecture. Although he knew that this move was criticized, the salt department yamen had never been easy to get along with - Li Yongzhong followed the salt gang to sell salt everywhere when he was a teenager, and he knew very well how difficult the salt department was for them to be a salt merchant. This time Li Qi died, the brothers separated, the Li family was in turmoil, and he had to deal with those moth-eaters to keep the Li family firmly.

For the convenience of travel, Li Yongzhong and the salt master Wang Huanzhi discussed, only four tung oil green tent carriages, and then selected twenty sturdy and vigorous guards, and other burdens such as sedan chair porters were not used. Nearly a year later, he had to get things done before the government sealed, otherwise he would have to visit his father-in-law's house.

Xuzhou Mansion is in Yibin County, more than 100 miles away from Fushun, if it is a single fast horse, three or two days can go back and forth, but Li Yongzhong and his entourage with a few cars of gifts, and it is a cold winter trip, for the sake of safety, they have to slow down the trip, fortunately, although it is more than half a month later than the original time, but Wang Huanzhi has heard that this year's government seal is after the cold, according to their footsteps, no matter what.

In winter, it dawns late. Soon after the beginning of Mao, Li Yongzhong got up and finished freshening up, and after breakfast, the next person came to tell him that everything was ready, but at this time, the sky was still dark, and the chief steward Li Sanzhong left the two people with lanterns outside the door, and he personally entered the door to report to Li Yongzhong, he was a person who did old things, and at this time he said carefully and methodically: "Owner, everything is ready, because of the cold weather, ginger soup is specially prepared, and it is placed in the warm nest; In case of rain, he prepared additional clothes, and He Tai from the outer courtyard talked back and forth, saying that he could go. ”

Wang Huan rested in the Li Mansion the day before, and at this time he was also among the people who saw him off. He wanted to stay in Fushun to take care of a few newly opened salt wells, and he had to work with Li Sanzhong to take care of the Li family for Li Yongzhong, and by the way, he kept an eye on a few key households, so he also had a full heart for Li Yongzhong's trip to Fuzhou.

After tossing and turning for half a night, Wang Huanzhi couldn't hold back in the end, found a vacancy that no one paid attention to, and whispered to Li Yongzhong: "Dongjia, you must be careful when you go here!" You've never dealt with that salt class, so remember to be careful! If there is disharmony, you can also go to Shunanwei! ”

Li Yongzhong smiled and said yes like to. The master of the heart nodded, and reassured him: "Don't worry, I will never be reckless, this trip is important, it is related to the future of the Li family, and there is no room for failure." ”

The baggage family of the state capital knows it clearly, and even the subordinates know whether the Li family can continue to run the rich and shun salt merchant Niu Er, to a large extent, it depends on whether Li Yongzhong goes smoothly this time, if the salt department has a suspicion of the Li family, it may not be able to recover the water grinding work that has been spent hundreds and ten times in the future. The whole family attached great importance to it, but Li Yongbo's courtyard was silent from beginning to end, and in a quiet darkness, only the light points of three or two lanterns swayed in the cold morning breeze.

Li Sanzhong retracted his gaze to Boguan'er's courtyard, and Wang Huanzhi, who was standing behind him, sneered: "So far, I don't know that you still have expectations for that idiot. ”

The chief steward sighed, he had always known that his old friend had a poisonous tongue, but he really didn't expect that he would still be extremely prejudiced against the eldest young master of the Li family when the dust had settled - of course, Li Sanzhong also felt privately that this prejudice was not unreasonable.

He glanced at the direction that was still silent, and said with a wry smile: "After all, he is the grandson of the old lady, and my family has been favored by the Li family for several generations. There are only two brothers in the Li family's generation, and there is nothing to say. ”

Wang Huanzhi glanced at him strangely in a dark color, and finally worried that this was not the place to speak, and Li Yongzhong had obviously packed up and was ready to go, he thought about the temperament of this old friend, sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and didn't say anything more.

The sky, which was originally as black as ink, gradually lit up from the horizon. The glimmer of light was not very distinct, but it spread towards the dome, like flowing water, slowly diluting the thick ink. One moment you could barely see your fingers, but the next moment, the sky lit up, and the highest apex was still dark, but the place below it gradually became darker and darker, until a line of fish belly white appeared in the east, that is, the sky was broken.

Li Yongbo got up slowly and methodically under the service of the concubine at this time. The salt merchant is extravagant, and he is one of the best, although he does not dare to say that he is first-class with the princes, but compared with ordinary families, he is not even up and down. This little concubine Yihong, who spent a thousand taels of silver to carry back from the drunken golden lotus in Chengdu, is charming and colorful, and she has been very liked by Li Yongbo recently, and she has almost stayed here these days.

A girl ring dressed in ochre armor brought a basin of hot water at just the right temperature from outside the door, Yihong waved her hand, and her henchman Ah Chun took half a step back, and the third aunt and grandmother personally twisted the handkerchief to serve Li Yongbo, and waited for him to wash his face comfortably. Li Yongbo sighed comfortably, patted the concubine's soft and boneless hand, and said with a smile: "You are a sensible person." ”

Yi Hongjiao laughed, helped him sit down on the edge of the Ebony Eight Immortals table, and personally set up a small white porcelain bowl and a pair of silver chopsticks for him. Won't I serve my own men with all my heart? The lord pulled me out of the kiln, I have been a man of the lord in this life and this life, and now I am just serving some internal affairs, and I should not be praised by the lord. ”

These words simply went to Li Yongbo's heart. He smiled, sat down proudly, pointed to his head again, and said, "You also sit and enjoy the blessings of grandma." ”

Yi Hongjiao snorted: "The master is really confused, who is grandma, and it is also the master's joke?" She was helped to the seat by Ah Chun, and said as if unintentionally: "I, my hope now is to be able to give birth to a son and a half daughter for my master, but I don't dare to think about anything else." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Li Yongbo rarely put away the frivolity on his face, and sighed sincerely. He is close to standing, his wife in the main room, the concubine in the third room, but the knees are very desolate, only the eldest son born to his wife, Brother Zhang, but unfortunately the child is like him, he is frail and sick at a young age, and he has started to get hot again in the past few days, he does not go to his wife Chen's room, there is also this reason, Chen is busy taking care of his son, and he really can't tell the heart.

Thinking of this, his heart was darkened, and he suddenly reached out and pulled Yihong into his arms and kissed her fiercely, staring at her word by word: "If you really give birth to a son for my lord, Jinshan Yinhai, you choose!" ”

The convoy has come to an end. Twenty family members, both guards and husbands, they are born as water porters, with a handful of strength in their hands, they bundled their luggage and things early, and after breakfast, the chief steward gave each of them a gourd to burn the spring - the weather is cold and the dew is heavy, they have to walk dozens of miles, in case of cold, even the iron man can not survive, this gourd wine is the use of invigorating blood and relieving cold and fatigue.

Li Yongzhong only brought his personal servant Wutong and the head of the guard, He Tai, and left the chief steward Li Sanzhong and the salt master Wang Huanzhi, Li Sanzhong repeatedly told Li Yongzhong to be careful, and Wang Huanzhi said that when he arrived at the state capital, he acted carefully, and the two of them didn't say anything, and they were really worried in their hearts. Li Yongzhong didn't say anything, and listened to a few words of nagging with a smile, and He Tai came to ask for instructions: "Master, the time has come, let's go?" ”

He nodded at He Tai: "Okay." He turned over his Dian horse - he was really impatient to sit in this carriage without suspension or shock absorption - and said to Li Sanzhong in a deep voice: "Guard the door," thinking about it and adding: "If there is something on the eldest brother's side, Uncle Li will send me a message." ”

hugged Wang Huanyi again, and said: "Leave everything to Uncle Wang, when I am away, the Li family will please." ”

Although Li Yongzhong is young, he was born calm, and now he is in charge of the Li family, and his majesty is getting heavier.

The guard who specialized in the number coughed, gasped, and the breath burst out of the dantian, rushing all the way to the throat, and the long tone of the opening sound startled the crows: "The Li family is salt, and the idlers are avoided!" ”

The coachman threw a whip in the air, and the three carts, the team of twenty people heard only the sound of the wheels and wheels, the sound of the horses' hooves on the bluestone slab, and the occasional cough or two. Twenty majestic men were calm in complexion, and all dressed in the same way—dark indigo shorts, thick-soled boots decorated with cowhide, and covered with waterproof tarpaulin; There was a bamboo hat on their heads, a three-foot waist knife, half of them brought short guns, because they were in the city, they went to the head of the spear first, and the other half carried a long strip of cowhide wrapped on their backs, and they didn't know what was inside.

These twenty people are so strong, not to mention the fast shift officials in the county government, even the archers of the inspection department are not as good! Wang Huanzhi had seen the world, and silently recited in his heart: "The guards of the Li Mansion are much stronger than the battalion soldiers......

As soon as this thought was born, Wang Huan's heart suddenly burst, and when he forced himself to suppress it, the group had already gone far, mixing with the black tile and green wall in the morning fog that was permeating everywhere in winter, and they could no longer see clearly.