"I'm sorry for the pain, thank you."

Li Xi only felt that there were too many things to say, but in the end, only these few words came out.

"In the future, you tell me clearly, when you have to abide by military law, and when you don't have to. Your terms and conditions, even how people groom, how they eat and drink, how they walk, how they greet each other, I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life. ”

Yan Sanniang muttered in a low voice, and Li Xian also smiled when she heard it.

"You have to keep it when you are in the camp and when you go out, but you don't have to keep it at home."

Yan Sanniang's breathing was a little hot, and her family ...... This is to say...... "Actually, you don't have to be a guard to follow me, wouldn't it be nice to continue to be a coach?" If something happens in the future, do you want me to kill my wife...... Law? ”

Li Xi continued to make Yan Sanniang withdraw from the guard.

"I'm ...... I won't let you get your wish! ”

The girl finally "walked away in shame", turned around and sneered, not knowing whether she meant that she would not violate military law, would not be his wife, or would not let him kill...... The hand was pulled up, and the strange thing was in his hands, and when he turned to look, Yan Sanniang was so happy that she almost screamed, the short gun, not the kind before, but the same moon thunder gun as Li Xian's waist.

"There is another branch, make a pair, this is an apology for you."

Li Xi looked at the finger marks on the girl's cheeks that were still vaguely left, plus the scars that were still clear although they had faded away, but they were still clear when they looked closely, and said in his heart that this was all his own sin, but who made this girl so stubborn and ...... What about rebellion?

"That's it? If you really want to compensate me, you should let me join the special attack team! The incident in Shaozhou, but I planned it single-handedly! ”

The girl's heart recovered, and she began to double her claim against Li Shi. The "special attack group" she mentioned was Li Xian's next big reward. Luo Tangyuan was appointed as the leader of the newly created special attack team because of his meritorious assassination, and currently only focuses on assassination, whether it is a battlefield sniper or a covert assassination, it is included.

Yan Sanniang is most dissatisfied with this, it is clear that she is the mastermind, she is the punishment, but she is not the reward.

"I said before that Sanniang you are doing things, but now I admit that I was wrong, Sanniang, you can still think about things, Shaozhou's affairs, you can think so thoroughly. Right now, I'm preparing a special task force to plan this kind of operation, and the team leader is ......?"

Li Shi threw out the incense bait, Yan Sanniang's eyes suddenly lit up, and she raised her head with her chest straight, "I! ”

After nodding, looking at the joy of the starry eyes of the girl, Li Xi secretly said that only in this way can she no longer be an assassin in person...... As for her plan, there are really a lot of loopholes. The lines and gun holes on the wooden board of the toilet, and the suona waist drum class hired on the second floor of the restaurant, are all fatal clues. Fortunately, in this era, the Manchu government has neither CSI nor Sherlock Holmes, and it is even more difficult to imagine that someone is secretly sniping with a musket seventy or eighty steps away, and even Chen Tongtai's death is what the Shaozhou Mansion wants, but he will not make efforts to investigate strictly, so he is very lucky this time.

"Why are you punishing me to stay on this mountain for a month!?"

"You don't have to be here all night, just go down the mountain and go home in the afternoon."

"What...... What a home ......"

"The house has been cleaned up in the yard, Guan Xuan has deliberately arranged it, okay, okay, then I will clean up another set of yards for you to live in, anyway, don't live in that guest room."

"I'm not a god, you let me toss back and forth like this all day......"

"It's okay to camp, I'll be in camp for a month anyway. In addition, the gold panning thing, just mean it, I have prepared a lot of things, and you will retreat and study hard this month. ”

"That'...... Is this still called a punishment? You're also breaking the rules! ”

The two spoke in a low voice, and the warm breath also connected the two from the inside out.

"By the way, I was busy going to Shaozhou for a night raid before, and I forgot to ask you for a reward, didn't I say that I would get a reward if I shipped rice? Where? ”

Looking at the girl's cherry lips, thinking of the girl's promise before, Li Xian's heart itched.

"Okay, I'll ...... it"

The girl sighed into the palm of her hand and raised it, ready to take revenge. Seeing Li Shi's smile, his palm fell, but it was gently caressed on his face, and his whole face was flushed.

Pointing to his face, Li Xi said, "Just come to Guan Xuan's regular reward." ”

The girl said angrily: "You guys, one big and one small are always not ashamed or boring!" ”

Having said that, she mustered up her courage, Sakura's lips trembled slightly, and she touched Li Xian's face.

Li Shi was not so polite, and shouted in his heart, "Go to second base!" Go to second base! He bowed his head and kissed the girl's cherry lips.

"Total ...... ...... Division"

The shout sounded just right, Yan Sanniang was startled, and subconsciously turned her head, Li Xian's wolf kiss only rested on her slippery and delicate face.

Yan Sanniang let out a soft cry, her figure floated away like a butterfly, and she dropped Li Xian's nostrils and looked at the mountain with fire, which bastard was so uninteresting? Even second base has to come and cut a bar...... Li Shi had nowhere to vent his anger, and Duan Hongshi was in a hurry to find him.

"When you become famous, trouble comes."

Duan Hongshi had deep worries between his eyebrows, and he received the news that the governor of Guangdong was discussing one thing, that is, to issue an official license to the Beijiang Shipping Company, which was the legal operation recognition issued by the government to the shipping company. But...... The silver is brought in, the bottom is fine, and the activity must be under the nose of the government at any time.

This is the consistent style of the Qing court, which has existed in all dynasties, but the Qing court has done it the most thoroughly. Once any industrial and commercial activities reach a certain scale, it must intervene in it, not to support, not to guide, in the name of supervision, but in fact, to choke the neck, suck blood and squeeze the marrow. Li Shi showed this ship, although he did not arouse the suspicion of the government and checked his details, but he was still treated like this. Ridiculous such behavior, in their opinion, is still a "reward" for Li Shi, because in this way, Li Shi jumped into an official businessman.

"The silver is easy to say, and the details are easy to make up, but you can't stand the specific officials in charge to toss poorly, and if you change someone with vision and scheming, it is easy to get to the back of the ship, our Qingtian company."

Duan Hongshi was worried about this, Li Xian pondered for a moment, feeling that the matter would not be too serious, and he still had cards in his hand.

"Use the trick of the Hun Pass? It has some effect, but the boat line is in Guangzhou, but it is just an ordinary tooth person, and the relationship between the gods and goddesses cannot be straightened out, so it is better to ......"

Duan Hongshi's old saying is repeated.

"Remove your name from this ship, and hurry up to earn a serious official position, this time the governor will most likely give you an official rank according to the righteous donation rules, and you have to resign."

This is two things in one, Li Xi nodded, seeing that the time was approaching, he also had to take the Xiucai exam. With the fame of showing talent, donating officials to the top and seeking a real shortage is not the same thing as the kind of businessman who gets the official. The foreign merchants of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong all have the rank of provincial government, but the government all regard them as cash cows kneaded at will.

"Let's ...... Uncle Guan took over the nominal proprietor of the ship, and then transferred Xiao Xie to help Peng Xianzhong, and without waiting for the government to press it down, he first set up a protective layer to prevent them from really inserting their hands in. Xiang Zhengxiang's desk in Xunhuanguan was promoted to deacon, and he also went to Guangzhou to step up the operation of accounts. Teacher, you have to worry more about Li Zhushou's arrangement. ”

Li Shi made a big arrangement in a few words, and Duan Hongshi nodded, this is a safe move and preparation in advance. Zhao Hongcan and Man Pi worked together, and it was easy to pull the ship into an official businessman. Although it can be blocked in the court through Duan Hongshi's relationship, it is difficult to avoid such a thing when the ship grows. It's better to take care of the interior first, and at the same time bring Li Zhushou as a protective umbrella.

Li wantonly rebelled, naturally he didn't want to engage in any "in-system" line, and he couldn't stand the surname to climb to the position of governor and then work. But he must really step on the Manchu system, no matter how low the level is, he must be able to see clearly and feel the flow of this system, so that he can swing the scalpel and cut open a blood vessel and tendon.

"Studying, ......"

Then this incident made Li Shi very annoyed, and the thought of having to gnaw on those eight-strand texts made his brain hurt for a while.

Of course, Li Shi doesn't have to learn from others to read the Four Books and Five Classics honestly, with Li Zhushou here, and then by the matter of rice prices, he can also get in touch with the Shaozhou prefect, and the county and government examinations for Xiucai are just going through the motions, but the final college examination is in charge of Guangdong Xuezheng. It is said that Xuezheng, who arrived last year, was a cold-faced Hanlin, and the cheating was too obvious to overturn in Xuezheng's hands, so Li Shi could only memorize the answers and articles alive according to the "examination syllabus" that Duan Hongshi asked for from Xuezheng Yamen, and at the same time had to practice calligraphy with a fake appearance.

To the northwest of Lizhuang is a small barren mountain, which was originally not well cooked, but now it has been fenced and a small brick wall has been built. Several two-storey small buildings rise up around the mountainside, blue bricks and gray tiles, eaves and heavy beams, it took a lot of work, I don't know that this is a Taoist temple or a Buddhist temple, or the yamen of the government.

This is the newly built Zhuangxue, Li Zhuang is gradually prosperous, Zhuangxue is also growing rapidly, and the small building in the inner castle has long been insufficient. Li Xian boldly threw out 5,000 taels of silver and built a new Zhuang school in this barren mountain, and the building in the inner castle was only reserved for the female school. For this reason, Li Zhushou also came to give a plaque of "sincere respect for learning".

In the new Zhuang School, Mongolian School, Business School, and Supplementary School all have their own teaching buildings, and even a separate study building has been built. Of course, they will not teach any specific process technology, but teach Li Xi the basic knowledge of craftsmen such as weights and measures, material identification, drawing drawing and mechanical principles, etc., which are sorted out with them, and the medicine titled by Cai Langzhong is also in preparation.

"Deacon Fan, he's been in the library all this time."

Li Shi came to this new Zhuang to find Fan Jin, some answers and articles Duan Hong did not, Fan Jin should have, when he asked about this guy's movements, he actually buried his head in the book, what is this going to do?

"Or thanks to the fourth brother, the disaster in my family has disappeared, this year is the Enke Township test, seeing that the autumn is approaching, I also want to try again......"

Fan Jin explained with some embarrassment, Li Shi sighed, this guy has earned enough money in the past year, it is time to pay off the debts of the family, and he has begun to think about earning a greater future.

Fan Jin has only been buried in Mengxue for more than a year, although he has been imperceptibly influenced by him in many things, but the tendons of the court fame in the root are thick and tough, and Li Shi did not think of turning him into his own use, so now, although Fan Jin has the position of deacon, he is still outside the system of Qingtian Company, and he has not been pulled into gold shares by Li Shi.

That's okay, if this guy can be lifted, let Duan Hongshi move, and drag him to the periphery of his career as a protective umbrella, it can be regarded as a residual heat. Li Shi thought so, just full of encouragement, without a trace of resentment, Fan Jin wanted to take the exam, so naturally he had to leave Li Zhuang.

Seeing Li Xi so generous, Fan Jin was also hot, and the corners of his eyes were slightly wet, this is a fairy character, relying on Li Shi, a great nobleman, his fate turned around, I really don't know how to repay it. Well...... When you are promoted and become an official, you have to help more in the officialdom.

Then Li Shi talked about the examination of Xiucai, and seeing that Li Xi was like-minded with him, Fan Jin was even more overjoyed, not only finding relevant books for Li Shi, but also explaining them endlessly. Duan Hongshi is an old talent, and the annual examination every three years is a formality, and even people can't get it, and the county government has to respectfully send the qualification certification to the door, so he can't remember the details of the exam clearly. And Fan Jin was impressed, Li Shi listened carefully, after all, he also had to pass this level.

The two of them were walking and talking in this Zhuang school.

"Because the new ink is full, I am afraid that the scroll will move and press the volume, and the name is filled in first, which is easy to deface, so everyone generally fills in the name last, which must not be ......forgotten."

While Fan Jinzheng was talking, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a few horsemen and horses entered Zhuangxue in a moment, Li Xian raised his eyebrows, who is this? is bold enough, not to mention that people in Li Zhuang know that even if they are outsiders, Zhuang specially erected a stone tablet before learning, and he didn't recognize the big words "the government and the people are one and they are respecting and learning to walk"?

"What the hell is the place!? is still blocking people from entering, could it be that there are anti-thieves hiding!? ”

A crisp voice shouted loudly, making Li Shi's hairs stand on end.

(To be continued)