In addition to not meeting the Li brothers, Liu Ziqiu took good care of them in other aspects. The Li family's caravans traveled unhindered in Guanlong and Hexi, and the Li family's shops were free to deal in various commodities that had been strictly controlled in the past, such as salt and iron. If the children of the Li family are willing to go out, they can also be given priority.

The Li brothers were even invited to visit the military camp south of Chang'an and watch the combat drills of the powerful Modao army, cavalry and trebuchet. Of course, after coming out of the barracks, the two brothers completely gave up the idea of controlling Longxi. With such a powerful army, it is not difficult to level Longxi, even to sweep the world.

Even in this case, Liu Ziqiu still had no intention of meeting them. However, the Li Changshan brothers have long been old and refined, and they believe that even if Liu Ziqiu finally conquers the world, it will be inseparable from the support of the family. They have time to wait here, of course, the purpose has been changed to another. That is, strive to be the head of the seven great families!

At this moment, they did not wait for Liu Ziqiu's summons, but waited for Li Jiancheng's visit. Listening to Li Jiancheng's explanation, Li Changshan laughed and said: "The surname Li is a family in the world, and if your father and son want to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, the old man naturally welcomes them." It's just that the old man has one condition! ”

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, and he didn't care that Yu Shinan was still by his side, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Old lady, please speak!" ”

Li Changshan bowed his head and said: "My Li family has always been loyal to the court and Lord Liu. If you father and son want to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, take the initiative to ask Lord Liu to surrender! ”

The Li family's caravan traveled the world, of course, knowing that Li Yuan's army was the old army of the Great Sui, and it could not compete with Liu Ziqiu's army no matter what. How could the Li family give up their strength and be weak and seek their own death?

Li Jiancheng was young in the end, and he had already received Yu Shinan's promise to let him go back to Luoyang, so he couldn't hold it back, took the case, and scolded: "Old horseman, dare to be so rude!" ”

Li Changshan also brushed his sleeves and said: "Send off!" ”

As one of the seven great families, the Li family in Longxi naturally raised many samurai at home. In order to protect the safety of Li Changshan and Li Changfeng, the two old brothers, almost all of the best warriors of the Li family were concentrated in Chang'an. After listening to Li Changshan's order, two warriors immediately rushed up and held Li Jiancheng hostage from his seat.

Although Li Jiancheng has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't get out, and was dragged out by the two warriors without touching his feet, and threw him outside the gate with a "plop", falling and eating.

Yu Shinan also walked out of the Li family's mansion, arched his hand, and said: "The eldest prince has a good journey, and Yu is not far away!" ”

Li Jiancheng got up from the ground, embarrassed, pointed at Yu Shinan angrily, and said viciously: "Okay! You wait, there will be times when you regret it! ”

said that Li Shimin and his entourage left Luoyang, and also pretended to be a caravan and headed to the south of the Yangtze River. Despite the frequent fighting, large caravans were relatively safe, unless they broke into the territory of the grass robbers.

Because it is not the same as the end of the Sui Dynasty in history. In history, there was another major event that caused the Sui Rebellion, that is, Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo. And now, due to Liu Ziqiu's crossing, many things have changed, and Yang Guang died before he could even launch a war against Goryeo. Therefore, in this era, most of the real grass robbers were concentrated in Shandong, Hebei, Guanlong and other places, and the separatist forces in other places were actually officials of the Great Sui.

Although these officials were also ambitious, they did not dare to act against those great families, and most of the caravans were inextricably linked to those great families. On the other hand, they can't do without money and food to keep their armies, and there are caravans crossing the border, at least the customs duties can be guaranteed, so they will not embarrass these caravans.

Li Shimin and the others went all the way south, passing through Xiangcheng and Yingchuan counties, and entered Huaiyang in a few days. At this time, Huaiyang was already under the control of the Changshan Army under the command of Li Jing, and the territory was peaceful.

There used to be a small group of thieves here, and even the famous thief Lu Mingyue once wandered here. After the Changshan army captured Huaiyang and other counties, they immediately made great efforts to eliminate bandits from all walks of life, and defeated Lu Mingyue's army in Luyi City. When the thieves heard the news, they did not dare to make trouble, and fled to other places.

Continuing to travel southeast from Huaiyang, the road was smoother, and you could also see the boats of Changshan carts, so Li Shimin and his entourage hired a boat and went straight to Yanguan County, Yuhang County. The Changshan Wharf on the bank of the Qiantang River is now an important commodity distribution center in the south of the Yangtze River, and Li Shimin and the others pretended to be businessmen, and they went to the Changshan Wharf without attracting attention, and they arrived at Changshan Village very smoothly, so smoothly that Li Shimin and others could not believe it.

The Changshan Market next to the Changshan Wharf is very lively, with many shops, busy traffic, hotels, inns, and green buildings, which makes people never think that this is just a market set up in a small village, and its scale even exceeds that of a small county town.

Because Li Xuanba had a violent temperament, Li Shimin left him in the inn, and he walked into the market with his eldest grandson Wuji, wanting to find out about the surrounding situation.

There were all kinds of people in the bazaar, but there were no patrolling soldiers. Li Shimin whispered: "Probably they thought that if they took Huainan and Jiangbiao, it would be safe here, and the guards were so lax, God helped me!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and said, "Shimin, I heard Xiao Dapeng say that Liu Ziqiu's family lives in Changshan Village, and this is Changshan Ji, but I am afraid that it is not a place. Why don't we find a hotel to sit in and inquire by the way. ”

Li Shimin looked up and saw a wine shop in front of him, nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's go to this one. ”

The two of them found a corner and sat down, and a bartender came over: "Two, what do you want?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji waved his hand and said, "There is a pot of good wine, and a few plates of fresh fruits and vegetables." ”

The bartender glanced at them, but said in embarrassment: "Look at the age of the two, they are not weak yet." There is a rule in Changshan Ji that men are not weak in the crown, and women are not allowed to drink alcohol! The little one will serve a pot of tea to the two sons. ”

When Li Shimin was in Luoyang, he often secretly drank with Li Xuanba, and when he heard this rule, he couldn't help frowning: "Man, it's not that we don't give money." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is a few years older than him, and he has also traveled a lot of places, and he is much more stable than Li Shimin, seeing this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Man, serve us tea." ”

The bartender was very quick and quickly lifted a tray over. There are four small dishes on the tray, a celadon teapot, two tea cups and two pairs of chopsticks.

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that there was no oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and various spices on the tray, and he was stunned, thinking that the bartender was deceiving them when they were young, and deliberately made some river water to boil it to fool them, so he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice: "This is the good tea you are talking about?" ”

People who have just arrived at Changshanji often have this reaction, and the bartender has already seen it strangely, smiled and put things on the table, poured the tea in the teapot into the teacup, and said: "The two sons will know as soon as they taste it." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji picked up the teacup suspiciously, took a sip, and praised: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Li Shimin picked up the teacup and smelled it, and it was really different from the tea he usually drank.

The bartender said happily: "Two sons, please use it slowly." ”

"Wait." Li Shimin suddenly called the bartender, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, and said, "Man, let me ask you about something. ”

The bartender looked at the ingot of silver, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a loud voice: "If the son has anything to do, just tell me." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji grabbed the silver in his hand and handed it to the bartender, and said, "It's nothing, just ask if there is anything to have fun in this Changshan set." ”

The bartender picked up the silver, glanced at them, and said with a smile: "We have a lot of places to have fun in Changshan Market." It's just that the two sons are at this age, but they ......"

The eldest grandson Wuji let out an "oh" and said, "Thank you very much." ”

The bartender smiled and went on to serve the other guests. Li Shimin asked puzzledly: "Wuji, didn't you say that you wanted to find a hotel to find out the news?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji shook his head and said, "This is the territory of Changshan Village, and there are many eyes and ears around. We can only listen, not ask, otherwise it will be troublesome to leak our whereabouts. ”

Li Shimin also felt that the eldest grandson Wuji was reasonable, nodded silently, slowly tasted the fragrant tea in front of him, and listened to the movements in the hotel.

Suddenly, I heard the bartender's voice become enthusiastic: "Oh, Steward Li, how can you have time to come to the shop to sit today." Quick, please. ”

The business of the hotel is very good, there are not many empty places. A chubby middle-aged man was led by the bartender to a table next to Li Shimin and them. The bartender said with a smile on his face: "Steward Li, there is a ten-year-old wine in the store, and I will give you a pot?" ”

Steward Li waved his hand and said, "Forget it today, I'm going to Changshan Village." If you drink too much, you're afraid that you'll miss the right thing. ”

Hearing the words "Changshan Village", Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at each other, and invariably pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

The bartender smiled and said, "Steward Li, you are a frequent customer in the store." The little one has been working in this shop for more than half a year, and I heard that your family has a big relationship with the mountain salt farm, and he has always looked down on Changshan Village. It's the first time I've heard that you're going to Changshan Village in person, so what big news did Steward Li hear? ”

Steward Li looked around, sighed, and said, "Alas, this matter can't be hidden sooner or later. To tell you the truth, the real boss of the Changshan Salt Works is the Yang family. However, Changshan Village also has a 30% share. Now that the Yang family has fallen, if I don't hurry to Changshan Village for a walk, I'm afraid that one day I will die, and there will be no scum left. ”

In the past, there were several large and small salt farms in Yanguan County, but since the opening of the Changshan Salt Farm, the business of other salt farms has plummeted. As the steward of the Changshan Salt Works, Steward Li usually looked arrogant, and if he hadn't felt a deep crisis, he would not have been able to say such a thing in front of a little bartender. This shows that he has completely messed up.