A one-year-old gray pony was eating beans in Alexandra's palm, which seemed to him to be a rare delicacy, and the pony even licked Alexandra's hand with his tongue in satisfaction, making Alexandra laugh happily. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Lie couldn't help but want to join in when he saw the harmonious scene of one person and one horse, when he approached, the gray pony looked at Zhao Lie with its cute eyes, and hurriedly threw off his hooves to dodge a few steps, Zhao Lie stopped helplessly, who let our five big and three rough affinity be poor, Alexandra smiled coquettishly.

Seeing that Zhao Lie did not come forward, the gray pony was attracted by the food and returned to Alexandra's side, and ate the beans again, which made Alexandra laugh from time to time.

Alexandra expressed her helplessness to Zhao Lie, who secretly attached herself to the beauty and charm of the invincible, even the pony could not be spared.

Zhao Lie looked at the blue sky in the north, and said in his heart that this was the last tranquility before the war.

On the way back to Jeju City, Alexandra was silent, and Zhao Lie saw that she had something on her mind, "Yali, it's okay." Zhao Lie asked with concern.

"It's okay, I just think about what my father looked like when he taught me to ride a horse." Alexandra smiled.

Zhao Lie understands the pain of missing her relatives, her parents are dead, and she is far away from her relatives in the motherland.

"Yali, soon the fleet will go south, and I hope you can go with me at that time, you can go back to Macao to visit your relatives, and your relatives can also come back here with you to see the environment in which you live, and in addition, they can also prepare for our wedding."

"Really, really." Alexandra's blue eyes glowed with surprise, and then her face turned slightly red, after all, it was about a wedding.

"Of course, we should have the wedding with the blessing of our loved ones." Zhao Lie replied with a smile.

"Oh God. Thank you, Lie. Alexandra happily urged her horse to gallop.

Zhao Lie urged the horse to chase after him, and a large group of guards hurriedly caught up, and for a while the dust on the road was loud, and the sound was like thunder.

Li Qiusheng walked towards the house with bricks on his back, and the cold of early winter did not stop his enthusiasm for work. Li Qiusheng handed the brown bricks and tiles to the second son, and the second son handed them to the eldest son on the roof, Li Qiusheng handed the bricks and tiles, and then turned back to the house, and the mother-in-law put the bricks and tiles on his back, and Li Qiusheng cycled again.

This year is another bumper harvest year, 30 acres of sloping land planted 20 acres of white sweet potatoes, 10 acres of corn, a total of 104 stone of white sweet potatoes harvested. Fifteen stone of corn, the granary at home can't hold it at all.

Fortunately, the Thousand Households purchased 70 stone sweet potatoes, 3 coins of silver and 1 stone, so the family had more than 20 taels of silver, plus the balance of more than 10 taels of silver last year, a total of 35 taels of silver.

Li Qiusheng and his mother-in-law discussed and decided to build an east and west wing room for their two sons, the children are older, and it is time to get married. It can't be delayed any longer.

So Li Qiusheng summoned Hu Yun and several other neighbors to discuss the construction of houses, and more than 30 households in the village had to build new houses except for one outside. As for the order of building houses, of course, it was to draw lots, and as a result of drawing lots, Li Qiusheng's family was sadly urged to build a house in the end.

Several decided to be headed by Guo Laosan, a bricklayer in the village, who went to Shidao to work in his spare time in winter, where he learned new building materials and methods such as cement. Several Yanji grocery stores, which had arrived at the Thousand Households Place, bargained for cement, iron bars, bricks and tiles, and went to the nearby mountains to cut wood, prepare some stones, and start work.

By the time Li Qiusheng's house was about to end, he had been busy for more than a month. Today, Li Qiusheng's house will be capped, everyone is full of energy, the sky is almost dawning, and they can take a good rest, after all, they have been busy for more than half a year.

In the evening, Li Qiusheng's family spread out the banquet, and several families got together to have a good meal, stewed tofu with herring fish, stewed vermicelli with pork, fried sweet potatoes, cold sweet potatoes, corn rice in a large basin, small soju tube enough, everyone had a warm atmosphere, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and even the mother-in-law poured a bowl of small roast to accompany him.

"This year is another bumper year, today with the help of the neighbors, the Li family has built a new house, and I am here to thank the big guys." Li Qiusheng raised his bowl with emotion and said.

Several people touched the bowl one after another, drank a sip, and ate a few mouthfuls of food,

"That is, in the past, there was not even enough food, how could there be money to build a house, as long as it didn't leak, it would make do with it, and make up for the leakage." Guo Laosan, who blushed as soon as he drank it, smashed his mouth and said.

"That is, the day before yesterday, my mother-in-law sent five stones of sweet potatoes to my brother in the neighboring Zhongqian household, and they still lived there in the past, and they had to break for three or four months a year, hanging with wild vegetable rice soup, my mother-in-law sent it this time, but she was served by her brother like a moon with stars, and her brother also said that when they would also stand up to a good official like Lord Zhao." Hu Yun said with emotion.

"However, what life we lived in the past, what kind of days we live now, this is all the credit of Lord Zhao, no taxes, but also divided the fields, give seeds, Lord Zhao is sent by God to help me and other poor people." Li Qiusheng said with a flushed face with excitement.

The crowd chimed in.

"The two of us fled from Gaizhouwei to the Dongjiang River, the three children in the family were sick and starved to death on the road, and the two of us were left to beg in the Dongjiang River to live, if it wasn't for Lord Zhao to transport us here, divide the fields and divide the land, I am afraid we would have died in the Dongjiang River long ago, no, the mother-in-law has it again, this hard life has finally come out." Han Liu, a new 30-year-old Liao Min who arrived last year, said with tears in his eyes. There are only two people in their family, so there is no need to build a new house, and they are the only family in the village who does not build a new house.

"Look, it's no wonder that the Liao people in Shidao praise Lord Zhao, kill the Tartars, save the Liao people, and divide the acres of land, the people of our thousand households are really blessed to have a Shangguan like Lord Zhao who has cultivated for several lifetimes." Guo Laosan roared with red eyes.

"I'm waiting for Lord Zhao to get promoted and make a fortune, and everything will go smoothly." Hu Yun proposed.

Several people drank with a bang.

"Well, that's not right, if Lord Zhao is promoted and makes a fortune, what will we do?" Guo Laosan said angrily.

Everyone was silent for a while, this is indeed a problem, everyone unanimously painted the soul.

"Phew, it's nonsense." Hu Yun slapped himself.

However, the atmosphere can't go back. The banquet ended hastily in the end, and everyone was suspicious, Lord Zhao, don't leave suddenly, this good day has just begun.

Li Mingyu also feasted and drank with his subordinate officials in the official office, and it has ended today. The government has completed the purchase of grain that can be purchased, and a total of nearly 100,000 stone of white sweet potatoes and thousands of stones of corn have been harvested, which will save tens of thousands of taels of silver for Shidao, after all, sweet potatoes are much cheaper than miscellaneous grains, and tens of thousands of taels of silver are not a small amount.

Therefore. Li Mingyu was the main banquet and invited the subordinates who had been busy for nearly a month.

It is very simple to do errands under Li Mingyu, whether they do their best to complete their respective duties, there are no other dirty things in the official office, and the subordinates are also comfortable, and they toast a few more glasses at the banquet, Li Mingyu is also happy to drink a few more glasses, he is really happy, and the prosperity and peace of the people under his rule is what he asked for when he came out, and now it has been realized. How can you not be happy?

After the meal, Li Mingyu, who was slightly drunk, returned to the inner house, and now his wife also came to Shidao to take care of his daily life, at this time, Mrs. Qian was talking to her daughter Li Lin, and when she saw Li Mingyu's face flushed, she hurriedly ordered the maid to serve tea and personally help Li Mingyu to wear clothes.

"The old man is not young, and he should not drink too much in the future." Qian Zou Mei said.

"It doesn't matter. Madame, once a year. Great joy in a good year. Li Mingyu shook the fan slightly and said with a smile.

"Mother, my father is happy today, and that's it." Li Lin interceded for his father.

Qian sighed, of course she understood her husband's feelings. However, Li Mingyu is not good at drinking, and of course she is worried about it.

"It's just that I don't know where Lord Xiao Zhao is, whether he knows the news." Li Lin Zou Mei said.

"Of course, I know that Lord Xiao Zhao's clipper boat often comes and goes to Shidao. Soon Lord Xiao Zhao will know," Li Mingyu shook the folding fan lightly, "My father has not seen Lord Xiao Zhao clearly now, he is young, he was born in a martial arts, but he can not only kill slaves in battle, but also be good at internal affairs, and have a long-term vision, a genius, Lord Lao Zhao is a successor." ”

"Why, my father remembered that my two brothers were here?" Li Lin understands his father's mind best.

"Alas, your two brothers can read through the Four Books and Five Classics, but they can't do general work, and the prospects are limited, I want them to come here to see and increase their horizons." Li Mingyu looked at Li Lin inquiringly.

"Okay, my father doesn't often say that he reads thousands of books and travels thousands of miles, the eldest brother and the second brother should come here to take a look, compare it with other places, and have more experience." Li Lin agreed.

"Well, so tomorrow for my father to send someone back to his hometown to guard them here, alas, now the Ming realm is full of displaced people, I want to be my father when he was studying in the past, how could he be so full of grass and trees, Daming is not as good as in the past." Li Mingyu sighed.

"Father, if you don't do this, you can't reflect the skills of Lord Xiao Zhao, now it's up to Lord Xiao Zhao to find another way." Li Lin comforted his father.

Qian looked at Li Lin worriedly, and then looked at Li Mingyu, who was unaware, and secretly scolded in his heart, and his daughter didn't notice such obvious signs, she was really confused.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Mingyu had breakfast under the service of his wife, and when he was old, he was still willing to eat soft food, drink some porridge, and eat some pickles.

"Master, does Xiaolin have a favorite person?" Qian said leisurely.

"No, Xiaolin hasn't come into contact with many young talents here, you must know that this place is not the peak of literary style, and the so-called talents in the Qianhu Institute are just coarse literacy, and they are not the same as the talents in Jiangnan." Li Mingyu disagreed, thinking that the old wife was too worried,

"Lin'er is more intelligent, this kind of person will not be in the eye." Of course, Li Mingyu knew what his wife meant, and the Qian family had discussed several blind dates with Li Lin over the years, some of them were hometown gentry, and even Li Mingyu's son of the same year, but Li Lin refused, which made the Qian family very depressed.

Li Lin is over sixteen years old this year, and he will be old if he is uncertain, and he will rely on leftover women in this era. The two of them love Li Lin very much, and they don't want to hide from her to make a marriage contract and make her sad.

Li Mingyu is not in a hurry, he thinks that his daughter has read thousands of books, is shrewd and wise, and has a good marriage.

"Master, Lord Xiao Zhao is the right age." Qian suddenly took a sip.

"Uh," Li Mingyu was stunned, "No, Lin'er has always been disdainful of vulgar martial artists, and she also nicknamed him Black Charcoal Head." Li Mingyu shook his head, and the old wife seemed to be really anxious.

"Vulgar martial arts? A vulgar martial artist can toss such a situation, and I think the Zhao family is dominated by him now. Qian nodded Li Mingyu, "I Guan Lin'er will talk endlessly as long as it involves Lord Xiao Zhao, and these days I always mention where Lord Xiao Zhao is and when he returns." ”

"Uh," Li Mingyu was in a trance, this is the truth, Li Lin did pay more attention to Lord Xiao Zhao, and yesterday, "hiss," Li Mingyu was scalded by the hot porridge, and it hurt a lot.

So the subordinates saw that Mr. Li had a reddish burn on the side of his mouth that day, and Mr. Li, who was usually mild-mannered, suddenly roared a few times that day, and his temper was also very bad. (To be continued.) )