"When the blood and qi are cleared, just wait for the pulse."

When Li Xi came back, he was full of energy and high spirits, the matter of the Beijiang Boat Gang had been settled, and now he gave an order, at least three or five hundred river boats could be used by him, of course, not to rebel, but to listen to his "rules".

Why can you achieve success in half a month, the key lies in Bai Daolong's cooperation. Bai Daolong, who was in Shaozhou City, also gradually tasted Li Shi's energy, and tentatively pulled Li Shi onto his big ship to help buy and sell. He could also earn a lot of silver by pulling iron, sugar, and salt from the south with the town's pacesetter boat, and by pulling rice, tea, and raw silk from the north. But he didn't dare to act too publicly, he only dared to go to Qingyuan at the southern wharf, and he had to make up all kinds of official reasons so as not to be targeted by the governor, governor and even the admiral, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why the warships marked by Shaozhou Town frequently went out of bounds. Therefore, Bai Daolong's business is not big, and the profits are not large.

Bai Daolong has always wanted to find "people" to act as his agent for his goods, but other businessmen either come to the big place and don't pay attention to him at all, or the relationship is not close enough, and it is easy to cause trouble. And it is impossible for him to personally organize the ships to help carry goods, after all, this is an inland river, not a coastal area, and the local civil officials are watching it all the way.

Now that Li Shi has risen, not only is his family rich, but according to Bai Daolong's speculation, Li Shi is also "someone in the court", everyone has cooperated for so long, and the small business in Yingde has also made feelings, so Bai Daolong came to pull Li Shi on the boat. For Li Shi, it wasn't him who pulled Bai Daolong into the water.

Since it is a business, it is better to pull more people, so his old partner Li Zhushou also followed. In this half month, Li Xian took the lead, Bai Dao exerted his strength, Li Zhushou attached to him, and Shaozhou Zhenbiao and Beijiang Yingde Section launched a vigorous "Qingjiang Movement". Under the pretext of checking the bandits, he stopped the river boat with no background, and made another Beijiang boat book to trace the three generations of ancestors. If you don't explain any point clearly, you will be accused of being a bandit, and let the shipowner and shipwright choose whether to go to Shaozhou Zhenbiao Prison or stay in the Yingde Banfang.

Not only did the Shaozhou Mansion have nothing to say about this action, but even the governor Zhao Hongcan and the governor Man Pi nodded in approval, and the Yingde remnants attacked Shakou by boat a while ago.

The scattered boat owners who were stopped had a third option, that is, to have others as a guarantee and set a contract for the Beijiang boat. As for the guarantor...... That's Li Shi.

The Beijiang boat contract listed by Li Shi for these boat owners was a mutual guarantee for the bandits, but in essence it was a re-establishment of the Beijiang boat rules. All the owners of the ships who are guaranteed by him are not allowed to change his rules without permission, otherwise they will have to be released from insurance, and the end of the insurance will be to be arbitrarily detained by the town standard and the Yingde water patrol.

Li Shi's rules were very simple, to disrupt their previous rules of the boat gang, and to appoint a new bow to distribute the business, and the new heads of the ships were all distributed by him.

Why does Li Xi have the identity of making rules? Because he was speaking in the name of Lianjiang Boat Company, through various nominal turns, he also controlled sixty or seventy Lianjiang boats under his command.

In the past half a month, the bow of the ship was selected, the structure of the ship line was sorted out, and the members of the ship line were expanded, and finally Li Shi reported to Bai Daolong and Li Zhushou that there were thirty or forty ship owners, all of whom were solid households with large sand boats, and seven or eight households were selected as mutual insurance captains, which made the two very satisfied.

But Bai and Li didn't know that there were ten times as many small and medium-sized boat owners as they were also included in the ship's contract, constituting the so-called "collateral", and they were guaranteed by large ship owners, which was purely Li Shi taking advantage of the momentum set off by Bai and Li to make profits for himself.

The main and supplementary ships, plus the twenty or thirty boats that were persuaded to transfer the business from Lianjiang to Beijiang, Li Xian's boat line began to see scale in half a month. It's just that there is no way to completely pinch together now, and the owners of the insured ships have to continue to sail according to the previous rules to make a living, but when Li Xi has enough commercial goods to circulate, he can rely on this ship to pull them over.

As the core of this Beijiang boat contract, the seven or eight heads of the ship were originally very unhappy, thinking that they would be exploited by the government again, but they didn't expect that Li Shi was here to give them an explanation. With the pressure of the government and the guidance of Li Xian, he didn't dare to insist on the rules of the Beijiang Boat Gang before, and it was a good thing to make money, not to mention ...... After careful consideration by these bows, they have actually become the largest "gang" in Beijiang, and the rivers and lakes have changed.

"To deal with the people of the rivers and lakes, I will release the government. To deal with the government, I will release businessmen, and if necessary, if necessary, when dealing with businessmen, I will also release Jianghu people. ”

Li Shi said this to Duan Hongshi, and the old man also laughed heartily: "You have also become a monster now, spanning black and white, holding the army of the three worlds of rivers and lakes, government and business. ”

Strictly speaking, the reason why it was so smooth was not only that he deliberately avoided those big businesses and the shipowners who had considerable power behind them, but also because of the current situation in the Kangxi year. Whether it is a business field or a river and lake, it has been crushed by the government, and it has not yet risen completely. It really takes another hundred years, and the rivers and lakes at that time are a place of great power, and his actions have already been approached by a big man.

"The people from the An family are here and have been waiting for you for two days."

Then Duan Hongshi made a report, and now Duan Hongshi's identity in Li Zhuang is not just Li Shi's teacher, when Li Shi is not there, he is the agent. The top management of Qingtian Company has no objection to this, after all, he is Li Shi's teacher, and he has a reputation far and wide earlier.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xian felt that the old man's tone was a little strange.

"There are women, and another ...... Woman. ”

Duan Hongshi looked at Li Shi's expression playfully, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything abnormal about Li Shi.

"Why do you say again?"

Li Shi asked rhetorically.

"Because I'm strange about your attitude towards women."

Duan Hongshi smashed Huanglong directly.

"It's still early, you should be ...... this year Eighteen years old, it's already the age of marrying a wife and taking a concubine, so you don't have any ideas? Do you know that if you really want to rebel, the people around you must also plan in advance. ”

Duan Hongshi's words were too advanced, and he faintly aimed at the words "heir".

"The girl of the Pan family, she is tenacious, her surname is Shuliang, and her good name has also spread, and she is outside your network of interests, and she is the ...... of the big house."

Seeing that the old man seemed to be already arranging his harem, Li Xian interrupted him with a cough.

"If there is a woman who is outstanding, virtuous and gentle, dedicated to the family, broad-minded, and has no interests with me, you can introduce the teacher to me."

Dropping such a sentence, Li Xi left.

"Original...... It's not that you don't want to, but you think too much......"

Duan Hongshi muttered to himself.

"Although there are some differences, but for the intention behind your conditions, my niece and granddaughter are the most suitable, but it's a pity that she ...... Well, no, I'm still going to have to fight for it. ”

Then he groaned, apparently with some idea.

Listening to the VIP room of Taolou, Li Shi met the people from the An family, including the woman.

"According to General Secretary Li's explanation, our Anjia has selected these eleven people who know how to tell, and the other ......"

It was An Liu again, and he pointed to a figure at the back of the crowd.

"This is my tenth lady, her name is Xiaofeng, she also understands Lu Haixing's accounts, and even knows some foreign languages, this time our two families will work together, and she will be responsible for the transfer of funds."

He lowered his voice.

"I heard that Mr. Li does not have a main house yet, if ...... Mr. Li also saw it, and the An family did not hesitate to contact the friendship between the two families with Miss Ten. ”

Li Xian raised his eyebrows and sighed.

"Hello Miss An."

He greeted politely, and the crowd in front of him stepped away, revealing a girl of seventeen or eighteen. The fox fur blue skirt is full of makeup, and a beautiful face is lined with gold and jade jewelry on the top of the head and ears. It is precisely because of this that Li Xian didn't even pay attention to whether her nose was upturned or not, and whether her eyes were big or not.

This An Xiaofeng also returned the salute lightly, looking at the knee just slightly, and the upper body almost didn't move, Li Xianhe chuckled, and replied to An Liu: "I didn't ask for a daughter-in-law, I just wanted a hand." ”

Waiting for the An family to be led down to settle down, Li Xian sneered, the An family only thinks that they are a rich man in the countryside, what is this Miss Ten, with Li Xian's countless vicious eyes, it can be seen at a glance that An Liu's tone when he introduced her was not as humble as that of the young lady at home, and her own bearing was not like Miss Jiao from a rich family, most of them were pulled out of the tent maid, thinking about throwing it to herself, so as to marry each other.

The method of settling down is the same as that of the Peng family, but the available heart is completely different. The Peng family didn't have a suitable girl, so they had to desperately probe and speculate about his preferences, looking for a girl everywhere to stuff it for him, and he didn't ask for the title of the main house. This settled family, just wanted to rely on a maid to exchange for his glass craftsmanship, and even wanted to get the title of the main house and control his accounts, which was too wishful thinking. Even Miss Na An Shi didn't give herself much face. should feel that as a senior maid of the An family, being thrown into this remote home in northern Guangdong is not a glamorous way out.

"Since you like to stretch out your hands and take care of the accounts, let's work hard."

Li Shi has no intention of worrying about the An family, what he cares about is this group of skilled people who know domestic and foreign trade accounts, as for that Miss An Shi, hmm...... Put it off.

"The shelf is really big, I came in the name of Miss An Jia, and he didn't even give him enough eyes!"

Li Zhuang's guest room is not in the inner fort, but it is also the courtyard of Reading Power, and the An family is placed here, which is not a light treatment. At this moment, in the guest room, An Xiaofeng was scratching.

"This Li Shi is not an ordinary person, don't be an ordinary young man, if you don't fall into his eyes, this young lady's name will not be erased after you go back, but the career of the head of the family in Fujian has to rely on you to support."

An Liu said lightly, An Xiaofeng was speechless suddenly, and his face was faintly flushed. Speaking of young man, although this Li Shi is not Pan An Song Yu, he is also handsome, and he still has a popularity between Gu Pan, and the half-old man over there in Fujian can't compare with him.

"He may have a very high vision, so don't try to move him by color, take out your wrist in the tent, and let him see the skills of our An family. If I'm not mistaken, he prefers to measure people by their talents. ”

An Liu said in a deep voice, An Xiaofeng nodded, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a trace of confidence.

There was a knock on the door, and a servant woman came in, laid down the jug and cup, and poured the tea for them. The steaming boiling water was poured into the crystal glass cup, and An Liu and An Xiaofeng both stared at the cup tightly, but there was no cracking sound they expected for a long time, and their pupils tightened slightly. 【1】

"You have to be careful, otherwise Miss Nine will ...... I won't spare you. ”

An Liu gritted his teeth, and his tone was sluggish.

(To be continued)