It was still early, Li Qing'an left the mansion, he planned to go to the field to see the power of the Han and Tang Dynasties in Beiting, and when he walked to the front of the mansion, he saw that the picturesque stalls had been collected, and the women who bought things had dispersed, Ruhua, Xiaolian and Yunu were sorting out the goods, and several male servants were helping them carry the goods and copper coins.

It could be seen that although they were very tired and could not speak, the excitement of making money made their faces glow red with joy.

"Picturesque!"

Li Qingan stopped, beckoned to her, ran up with a picture, and said with a smile: "Is there something wrong with Brother looking for me?" ”

"I'm going to see a few shops, would you be interested in coming with me?"

"Okay!" Picturesque clapped her hands with joy, "Wait a minute, I'll tell them." ”

She turned around and ran back, only to see her say a few words to Xiaolian and Yunu, then turned around and ran back, holding Li Qingan's arm and laughing, "Let's go!" ”

Li Qingan turned around and smiled at more than a dozen pro-soldiers: "Let's get on the horse!" ”

Everyone turned over on their horses, and they also rode a red horse and headed towards Chang'an Street, the most prosperous street in Jinman County.

"Picturesque, when will you ride a horse?"

"It's been a long time ago, in Anxi, Wu Niang taught us, Rushi and Xiaolian will too, and we can ride horses at home in addition to dance clothes."

"Huh! Is Wu Niang married? It's been a long time since I've heard from her. ”

Ruhua pouted and said: "It is said that men are ruthless, this is not bad at all, Gao Wu has been waiting for you, but you asked if someone is married, if she knows, wouldn't it be very sad." ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly and did not respond, but he refused to let go of the topic, and continued: "Brother, you are also twenty-eight years old this year!" It's time to marry a wife and start a family, I think Wu Niang is good, bold and straightforward, sincere to others, and Gao Xianzhi's daughter, and you are a good match, brother, go to Anxi! ”

Marrying Gao Wu as his wife, I am afraid that Li Longji will not agree to be the first one, he shook his head and smiled: "Why don't you mention the dance clothes?" Can't she be my wife? There is also Rushi and you, you can all be wives, why do you have to mention Wu Niang. ”

When Ruhua heard that Li Qing'an had replaced herself, she couldn't help blushing and said: "My sister and I don't have this blessing, and it's impossible to dance clothes." ”

"Why? Is it because her marriage contract with the Cui family is unresolved? ”

"I don't care about the marriage contract of the dead, but my sister said, you are not an ordinary civilian, if you marry a dancer, the world's scholars will not tolerate you, and your official will not be able to be an official, so after all, the woman next to you is only Wu Niang is the most suitable, she has a deep love for you, and she has come to Beiting to find you."

"Came to me?" Li Qingan was surprised, "When, why don't I know at all?" ”

"Just over a month ago! When you went to the north to fight, Wu Niang came once, and said that she came to see us, but in fact we all knew that she was actually here to find you, but unfortunately you were not there, she went back disappointed, and repeatedly told us not to tell you, hey, poor woman! ”

The news that Gao Wu had come to Beiting made Li Qingan's heart a little confused, Gao Wu was the first woman he met when he came to Datang, in his impression, she was a little rude, and a boyish girl, he also knew that Gao Wu was a little interesting to him, but he never really took Gao Wu to heart, in his opinion, Gao Wu was just a girl who was pregnant with spring for a while, and he would forget about him after a period of separation, and he would like a real hard-core man like Li Siye, but he didn't expect that three years later, Gao Wu was still obsessed with him, She is eighteen years old this year, if she continues to delay like this......

Li Qingan sighed secretly, and couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt in his heart for Gao Wu, he should have told her clearly.

Li Qingan was silent, and seeing that he was not in a good mood, he didn't say anything more.

Soon, they came to the end of Chang'an Street, Chang'an Street is the widest of the four streets in Jinman County, and it is also the most prosperous one, where merchants from all over Beiting, and even merchants from Anxi, Hexi, Lingxi and the Central Plains of Chang'an gather.

Due to the long distance from Sogdia to Chang'an, the road was very unsafe, so many merchants stopped at Beiting, where they sold their goods from Sogdia and bought goods from Chang'an.

In this way, Beiting became a huge commodity exchange center, among which Jinman County, where Beiting Jiedu Mansion is located, is the most prosperous.

Between May and October, the golden season of the year for trade, a caravan of camels walked slowly through the streets, and several Sogdians from the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu were asking passers-by about their shops.

Li Qing'an took Ru Picturesque and a dozen soldiers all the way to the end of the street, which is close to the East City Gate, there are several famous big shops, dealing in jewelry, tea, silk, silverware, porcelain and other goods. In front of the big store of Lingxi Tea House, the proprietor is from Broken Leaves, this is the shop of Li Huichun, the leader of the Han and Tang Dynasties, in the list of Yan Zhuang, the Lingxi Tea House is ranked first, it is the central stronghold of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the North Garden, Lingxi Tea House is also the largest tea merchant in the entire Western Regions, there are branches in many towns and cities in the Western Regions, the head office is located in Broken Leaves, it monopolizes nearly eighty percent of the tea trade in the Western Regions, and the huge profits are amazing, and the Han and Tang Dynasties will have strong financial resources, which is largely due to the huge profits of this tea house.

The Lingxi Tea House in Jinman County is just a branch of it, but despite this, the Lingxi Tea House still covers a huge area, 50 acres, with a large shop in front and a huge warehouse in the back.

"Guest, do you want to buy tea?"

A guy greeted him, he saw more than a dozen soldiers coming, he didn't dare to slack off, he ran close to recognize it was Li Qing'an, the guy couldn't help but be stunned, for a while, stammered: "General Li, you.... Is there something wrong with you? ”

Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, and said lightly: "Can't I come to buy some tea?" ”

"Where is the need for the general to come in person, if you need tea, tell us, and we will send you to the house."

"I'll take a look first."

Li Qing'an threw the reins to the soldiers and walked directly into the tea house, the tea house lobby is unusually wide, and the basket is full of baskets against the wall, and the baskets contain all kinds of tea, most of which are tea cakes, and there are also some good tea leaves packed in the porcelain jar for large families to drink, here is just a sample, after the transaction is reached, go to the back warehouse to pick up the goods.

From the outside, there don't seem to be many people in the store, but when you enter the door, you find that the crowd in the lobby is surging, most of them are small merchants and hawkers, merchants from Tingzhou, Yizhou, and Xizhou counties come here to buy goods, not only Han people, but also Hu people, local Hu people and Gelulu people near Beiting, Tuqishi people, Shatuo people have, most of them are driving horses to come, the horses are in the backyard stables, they buy dozens of catties, hundreds of catties, most of them directly exchange horses for tea.

More than a dozen Sogdians from Kangguo were bargaining with the second shopkeeper, they wanted to buy 4,000 catties of tea, and the lobby was full of people and business.

The arrival of the envoy of the Beiting Festival alarmed the big shopkeeper of the tea shop, the big shopkeeper surnamed Song, is also a Han man with broken leaves, he hurriedly invited Li Qing'an to the guest room next door, poured a cup of tea with his own hands, and offered it with both hands: "This is the new tea from Qimen that just arrived yesterday, so that you can taste it, if it feels good, I will send someone to send ten catties to the house." ”

Li Qingan took a sip of tea, squinted and smiled: "I heard that Qimen tea is always one or two, but the big shopkeeper gave me ten catties, I deserve it!" ”

"Where! Where! A little heart makes you too humble. ”

Shopkeeper Song hurriedly laughed and said: "I often hear the proprietor talk about the envoy, and he is an old friend in Chang'an. ”

"Have you been here recently?"

"I came here last month, and I went to break the leaves again, he is too old to bear the pain of the journey, and he may be succeeded by the young proprietor in the future."

"Oh! When will you young proprietors come? ”

"It's impossible to say, June and August are possible, the key is that the old owner is willing to let them do things."

Li Qingan smiled, and the topic turned to today's intention, "I came here today because I wanted to discuss something with the tea house." ”

Shopkeeper Song arched his hand and said: "Although the envoy commands, he can't afford the word 'consultation'." ”

"That's the case, Beiting has a batch of military rations ready to be sent to Yibohai in the castle under construction, but Beiting's capacity is insufficient for a while, and Guichazhuang has been transporting large quantities of goods between Beiting and Broken Leaves for many years, so I want to entrust this batch of military rations to you for transportation, and pay a certain reward, I will send troops to escort it at that time, I don't know if you are willing?"

Li Qing'an's suggestion made the shopkeeper Song excited, these two months they drilled the bit to find a crack in the north court just wanted to break into the affairs of the North Court, but they couldn't find the opportunity, today, the opportunity actually fell from the sky, so that he was overjoyed, he hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Since the envoy can afford our Lingxi Tea House, how can I refuse, I am willing to serve the envoy." ”

"Well, this matter is very urgent, the day after tomorrow the grain will be set off, a total of 10,000 stones, in addition, I will buy 2,000 catties of tea from your store, and send it to the construction site together, I hope to complete it within half a month at the latest."

"Rest assured, we are very familiar with the road, and we can reach Yibohai in thirteen days at most."

"Okay, I'll hear your good news, you will go to Beiting City tomorrow to go through the formalities."

Li Qingan stood up, arched his hand and said goodbye, he walked to the door, Ruhua also ran up, and said in a low voice: "It's just a huge profit." ”

"What did you find?"

Picturesque said angrily: "I just turned around, their price is frighteningly high, I remember that a pound of tea cakes in Chang'an is 800 Wen, but when I get here, it has become a consistent 300 Wen per catty, doubled, even if the transportation is difficult, each catty of tea will earn at least 300 Wen, they have to sell thousands of catties a day, and they will earn at least 100,000 yuan a year, and they sell horses to the Central Plains to sell, and they have to make a profit, this is still Beiting store, if you add other stores, then they will not earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a year, or even millions." ”

Li Qing'an saw that she had a flexible mind, so he smiled and said: "It is impossible to have millions of yuan, although they make a lot of money, but the expenses are also large, don't envy them, if you want, you can also do a tea business." ”

Ruhua was stunned, "Brother, you're not wrong!" Let me do the tea business, I just set up a stall to sell a few extra dresses. ”

"Actually! It's what I want to do, but I can't find the right person, today I see you selling skirts, your mind is very flexible, I think I can let you give it a try, and I don't want you to run to Chang'an, you just need to sit in the north courtyard and coordinate all the links for me. ”

Ruhua couldn't help scratching her head, and frowned: "But I think there are still a lot of things that are missing, such as capital, stores, transportation, sources, and who do I sell to in the end?" It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, what do you ask me to do? ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "If you can think of this, it means that you have this ability, don't worry!" I have the capital, and soon I will send an army to escort the tribute wine into Beijing, and when they come back, they will bring a batch of tea, you will prepare the store, recruit guys, and recruit all the women's soldiers, and when the tea comes back, you will be able to make a fortune, it's as simple as that. ”

"But who will buy our tea?" This is what Picturesque is most worried about, with Lingxi Tea House here, can she get a piece of the pie?

Li Qingan smiled dumbly and said, "You stupid girl, you have to figure out, I'm selling tea, what are you worried about?" ”

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After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms, Li Qing'an read the book in the study for a while, then put down the book, and slowly scattered in the inner house, after a while, he came to the courtyard where the dance clothes lived, the courtyard was not far from his study, an old locust tree in the courtyard was like a cover, covering half of the five or six rooms, he stepped into the courtyard, and he heard a dingdong piano sound, the sound of the piano was slightly jerky, not played by the dance clothes, he suddenly remembered that this was the dance clothes teaching students.

There are five students in Wuyi, in addition to Yang Fengche and Yan Zhuang's daughters, there are also two other daughters of high-ranking officials in Beiting, the five female students are not very old, and they have to come to Wuyi here to learn the piano for half an hour almost every night.

Li Qingan suddenly hesitated, it seemed a little inappropriate to disturb at this time, at this time the jade slave happened to come out of the room, and saw Li Qingan at a glance, she was surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Childe, the girl said, if you come, please wait for her in the outhouse, it will be over soon." ”

"Okay, go get busy! I'll wait for her. ”

Li Qing'an walked into the west wing, the west wing is also the piano room of the dance clothes, which consists of two rooms, one inside plays the piano, and the other outside rests, he sat down, and Yunu gave him a cup of tea, and said in a low voice: "Childe, please use tea." ”

"Thank you!"

Yunu seemed to want to say something, but she didn't dare to say more, so she retreated, Li Qing'an drank two sips of tea, then stood up and came to the door, the room was brightly lit, and you could see the situation inside through the door curtain, the room was like a classroom, five little girls sat on the couch, their waists were straight, and there was a piano in front of everyone, Yan Xiaomei, the eldest daughter of Yan Zhuang who sat at the end, was playing the piano, and the other little ladies were playing with their fingers, and the dance clothes stood next to Yan Xiaomei, listening attentively to the sound of the piano, and correcting her fingering in a low voice from time to time.

The dance dress is the same as usual, wearing a plain white gauze skirt, draped in a red brocade silk, her hair is tied in a bun, and a green feather hairpin is inserted obliquely, revealing her white neck like a swan, her face is not a trace of powder, elegant and refined, as bright as the autumn moon, beautiful and pretty, like the snow of the wind under the light, and the light clouds are covered.

Li Qing'an couldn't help but think of the scene when he saw her in the Liyuan Courtyard, when she walked from the water, like a Lingbo fairy descending to earth, that kind of incomparable beauty made people take their breath away and made countless people obsessed with it.

And Mrs. Yang Shenjin broke through the bleak life experience behind her beauty, nearly two years have passed like flowing water, Qinxian has become a memory of Chang'an, but the dance clothes came to the north court with him, Li Qingan actually had a dream-like feeling.

Wuyi felt something, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Li Qing'an standing behind the curtain, he came to teach herself to play the piano, and after Yan Xiaomei finished playing a song, she smiled at the five little girls and said: "Okay, let's play here today, let's go back!" Remember to practice what I taught you a few more times. ”

The five female students bowed together and thanked them: "Thank you, sir!" ”

They packed up the piano and left one by one, the room was quiet, the dance clothes cleaned up the room slightly, and sat back in their seats, 'Zheng! He played the piano and said with a smile: "Distinguished guests outside the house, do you want me to go out and invite?" ”

"Without the invitation of the master, where do I dare to come in!"

Li Qingan walked in with a smile, bowed and saluted: "See the girl in the dancing clothes!" ”

Mai smirked, "Mistaken!" I am a student, you are a gentleman, if the student does not move, how can there be a gentleman to salute? ”

"Oh! It turns out that I am the gentleman. ”

The dance clothes gave him a blank look, stood up and said, "Little girl, see sir." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Qing'an sat down in a big way, waved his hand and said, "Virtuous apprentice, play a song for the teacher first." ”

"You!" The dance dress was angry and funny, she took off the six-stringed piano from the wall, held the piano in her arms according to the posture taught by Li Qing'an, and twisted it slowly with her slender hand, and a song "Sad Spain" popped out of her hand like a flowing cloud, sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes like a low chant and shallow singing, with a touch of sadness, the charm of this piece was vividly swayed.

Li Qingan couldn't help but admire, although she taught her this piece by herself, the charm she played far exceeded herself, and it was not inferior to the first-class guitar masters in later generations.

After playing the song, the dance clothes saw that Li Qingan was still intoxicated in the song, she was happy in her heart, so she smiled lightly and said: "After the dance clothes are played, Mr. will give you some advice?" ”

Li Qingan came to his senses at this time, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You play better than everyone else, I am ashamed of myself." ”

Wuyi handed him the piano, pursed her lips and smiled, "Moon River!" ”

Li Qing'an took the piano and smiled, extinguished the candle, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the room, sprinkled on his face full of manly charm.

He contemplated the quiet and romantic "Moon River", and his fingers plucked the strings, like a quiet river flowing in front of them.

It was a quiet autumn night, a small boat was quietly drifting with the waves on the river, a bright moon was reflected in the water, the river water flowed into the woods, the boat seemed to be walking in the woods, he paddled the pulp, brushed aside a vine, and suddenly the boat came to a mirror lake, the moonlight on the lake was like silver, a white dress was like snow, and a fairy who was not stained with a trace of dust was quietly combing her long hair like a waterfall in the lake.

Li Qing'an's affectionate eyes fell on the dance clothes, the dance clothes held the snow cheeks, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at him intoxicated, as if she was sitting on a small boat and he quietly drifted with the waves in the moon river, her eyes were covered with a layer of misty mist, revealing a kind of infatuated love, for this beautiful song, but also for the person who played this song.

At this moment, her heart was conquered by this song.

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(To be continued)