Hearing Liu Ziqiu say that he lived in a stable, Mrs. Li's face changed slightly, but he had lived a lot of age, experienced too many changes, and his adaptability was not ordinarily strong, so he quickly regained his composure and said with a smile: "If Lord Liu takes a fancy to this house, the old man is willing to give this house to Lord Liu."

This is the ancestral home of the Li family, a top family like the Li family in Longxi, there is no reason to give away the ancestral house, as soon as this statement came out, everyone in the Li family who followed the old lady Li changed, even Liu Ziqiu himself was stunned, in fact, the old lady Li had already seen that Liu Ziqiu was not in the little Li family, although this house was good, it could not accommodate this great god, even if Liu Ziqiu accepted the gift of the Li family, it could only be a temporary residence, just like Yang Guang stationed in the Li family last year

Liu Ziqiu was only stunned for a moment, and even laughed, and said: "What is the old lady talking about, Liu is not a robber, how can he occupy the Li family's house, and besides, Liu is a lonely family, how can he use such a big house, if Liu occupies this house, where will you go?"

Old lady Li smiled and said: "What Lord Liu said is that the old man prepared a little thin wine for Lord Liu to pick up the wind and wash the dust, Lord Liu, please inside."

Liu Ziqiu arched his hand and walked in, and when he passed by Li Jian's side, he suddenly paused and smiled: "This is Master Li."

Li Jian was wearing an official uniform, and Liu Ziqiu had heard what Wen Hao had said, so he recognized Li Jian and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The next official meets Lord Liu."

Liu Ziqiu said: "This time I was able to recover Longxi, Lord Li should remember the first merit, and Longxi still lacks a county guard, I don't know if Lord Li is willing to take on some heavy responsibilities."

The imperial court has always been jealous of the Li family's power in Longxi, just like Li Jian's Changsong county order, he has used too many resources of the Li family, and the county commander of the two important cities of Xiangwu and Longxi The imperial court will not let the Li family serve as the county commander of Xiangwu and Longxi no matter what, as for the Longxi Taishou, it is even more difficult to even think about it, Liu Ziqiu now proposes to let Li Jian serve as the Longxi Taishou, everyone is surprised, and they don't know how to answer for a while

Old lady Li didn't wait for Li Jian to answer, and he already gave up his hand and said: "Jian'er's qualifications are dull, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take this position."

Although Mrs. Li also hopes that the Li family will serve as the Taishou of Longxi, which will be of great benefit to the development of the Li family and reduce many constraints, but with his years of experience, such an important position, whether it is the imperial court or the princes of one side, it is impossible to let go easily, so Mrs. Li can't believe Liu Ziqiu's sincerity, so he directly refuses, so as not to fall into any trap and cause unnecessary trouble

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "The old lady should not underestimate his own son, Liu, I believe that Master Li will definitely be competent"

For the current situation, Liu Ziqiu is very sober, although Wen Hao used the help of the Li family to seize Longxi County, captured Yu Wenhua and his brothers, but Yang Xuangan of Chang'an, Li Yuan of Luoyang is still two strong opponents, he has no strength to deal with Guanlong Counties again, and consolidating Hexi is the best choice, in Hexi Dao, in addition to Heyuan, and Mo, Shanshan and other three counties managed by foreign people, Dunhuang, Douhe, Lintao three counties have not yet been conquered, and Dunhuang, Zhangye, The three counties of Wuwei are all border counties, and the Eastern Turks on the border of these three counties are strong, and the Central Plains has been in turmoil for some time, presumably the Eastern Turks have already gotten the news, but now they are at the critical moment of herding horses and sheep, and the Eastern Turks have no intention of getting involved in the Central Plains, and when winter comes, I am afraid that the border will not be calm

Longxi is a nail that Liu Ziqiu embedded in Guan Longdao, Liu Ziqiu will definitely not give up easily, but he can't put heavy troops here for the time being, at least before the abundance of water and grass in the next summer, he still has to focus more on the Turkic direction, how to ensure that Longxi does not lose the Li family, and the Li family will become an important chess piece, what Liu Ziqiu can give to the Li family is that the Li family will govern Longxi by themselves, this seemingly unconditional condition is extremely tempting to the Li family, and at the same time, it is impossible for any other person in power to give the Li family

As one of the seven great families, the power of the Li family is not limited to Longxi, whether it is Yang Xuangan or Li Yuan, many of them are children of the Li family, and the seven great families also respond to each other, breaking bones and tendons, they are united, a force that no one dares to underestimate, once Longxi really becomes the Longxi of the Li family, the Li family naturally does not want others to interfere in it, whether it is Yang Xuangan or Li Yuan, they will not easily step into Longxi, with the shield of Longxi, it will buy Liu Ziqiu more time, so that he can develop calmly

At this time, a white-haired old man standing beside Mrs. Li suddenly stood up and said: "Longxi Taishou is not so good, if Lord Liu trusts my Li family, can you allow my Li family to choose another merit among the children?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Li Jian frowned, but even Old Lady Li's face sank

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "This old gentleman's speech is not fair, and the capture of Longxi Lord Li is a meritorious achievement, meritorious work will be rewarded, and punishment is Liu's consistent style, as for whether the children of the family have other talents, whether they can take on heavy responsibilities, it depends on the vision of Lord Li, Liu believes that Lord Li will be able to achieve a bowl of water and impartial."

From Mrs. Li's reaction, Liu Ziqiu has already judged that the Li family is not monolithic, which makes Liu Ziqiu feel more at ease to hand over Longxi to the Li family, and the Li family will inevitably contain each other for their own interests, which is also convenient for Liu Ziqiu's control of Longxi, not to mention that he supports Li Jian, and Li Jian will remember his benefits

This time, without waiting for Mrs. Li to speak again, Li Jian had already grabbed the ground and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Lord Liu, the next official will definitely live up to his mission."

Liu Ziqiu nodded and smiled: "Lord Li is very fortunate to be able to get Lord Li's help without courtesy."

This is not Liu Ziqiu's kind words, his subordinates are lacking the ability to govern the place, Li Jian can stand out from the many children of the Li family, he is definitely not a melancholy, as for Li Jian, whether he is towards him, Liu Ziqiu is a little more, or towards the Li family, is not within the scope of Liu Ziqiu's consideration, as Fan Lihua predicted, Liu Ziqiu's goal is the whole world, how can he care about the belonging of a Longxi, really wait for him to sit in the world, if he wants to deal with one or two families, he is still sure

Because the white-haired old man came out to interrupt him, Mrs. Li was no longer pretentious, and said happily: "Lord Liu is standing outside again, the wine and food are cold."

Liu Ziqiu bowed his hand and humbly said: "The old lady pleases first"

Old lady Li inevitably gave everyone another humility, and then they hugged Liu Ziqiu and entered the Li family compound

Liu Ziqiu went to the Xie family compound in Moling Town, and saw the magnificent momentum, but compared with the Li family compound, there was still a feeling missing, Liu Ziqiu looked around for a long time, and then he understood that what the Xie family compound lacked was a kind of precipitation, a kind of historical vicissitudes, after all, the Xie family moved from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, which is a matter of nearly two hundred years, and the Li family has been entrenched in Longxi for thousands of years, and even the two old cypress trees in the courtyard are as thick as two people hugging

Old lady Li saw Liu Ziqiu observing around in the courtyard, and his heart became nervous again, in order to show his sincerity, he did not prepare guards, but he couldn't carry the rest of the Li family, and he was smart, until he saw Liu Ziqiu's face showing a sudden look, Li Old Lady breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Liu Ziqiu's visit to the door today was more laborious than receiving Yang Guang at the beginning of the year, at that time, Yang Guang just borrowed the Li family's mansion to live, all the palace maids, eunuchs, guards and even cooks were brought from Luoyang Palace, and they didn't need the people of the Li family to do anything, and they could also taste the food and elixir of the palace

The Li family, as a thousand-year-old family, arranged this reception banquet is also extremely rich, with all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but although there are many children of the Li family, there are only six people who can really accompany Liu Ziqiu to sit on the table, the white-haired old man Li Jian, and three other middle-aged people, after some introduction, Liu Ziqiu knew that the old lady Li's name is called Li Changshan, the white-haired old man is the brother of the old lady Li, called Li Changfeng, although Li Changfeng is not the head of the Li family, his status in the Li family is very detached, and his speech is very weighty, one of the three middle-aged people is the son of the old lady Li called Li Ranran, the other is the son of Li Changfeng, called Li Beiqing, and the other is the nephew of the old lady Li, Li Beiyun, originally these three middle-aged peopleThey represent the three branches of the Li family

Li Jian is Li Beiyun's son, and he was not qualified to sit here, but Liu Ziqiu appointed him as the Taishou of Longxi, and his status rose

Everyone sat down, Ji Rentai and Da was stunned, and each stood behind Liu Ziqiu with a saber in his hand

Liu Ziqiu saw that there were still a few empty cases next to him, and couldn't help but arch his hand and said, "Can the old lady allow my two brothers to sit down too?"

The rules of the family are different, and the master and servant are different, although Liu Ziqiu has always regarded Ji Rentai and Da Dun as siblings, but he can't take the lead

Sure enough, Li Changfeng's face was slightly sunny, but Li Changshan smiled and waved his hand: "Since it is Lord Liu's brother, it is natural to make it"

As soon as he said this, a servant girl had already stepped forward to arrange two tables of dishes, Li Changshan clapped his hands lightly, and turned out from behind the screen, twenty young and beautiful girls sat beside the guest and host, and there happened to be a beautiful woman waiting on the left and right

These girls are all raised by the Li family, and the Li family, such as Li Changshan and Li Changfeng, is self-contained, Ji Rentai, and Da Stunned are both men of the nomadic tribe, and they are always casual about men and women, and they have always seen beauties on their sides, and they hugged them unceremoniously

Wen Hao couldn't sit still, stood up and waved his hand again and again: "Girl, please take it yourself, Wen Mou can do it yourself"