735 Returning to the old business
Li Er's impression of Liu Yuan is diligence, restraint, foresight, wisdom, and of course, there are also actors, but Liu Yuan still has a good impression of Li Er, I don't know if he knows that Liu Yuan doesn't like to go to the court, and he is compassionate, or instead of letting Liu Yuan waste his time in the court, it is better to let him use this time to create more real miracles, anyway, Liu Yuan has a privilege, that is, he doesn't have to get up before dawn to go to the court.
However, Liu Yuan prefers Li Er to let himself go, his popularity is already very good, if he expands his influence or unites with the family in the court, then the imperial power will be more difficult in the struggle with the family, and the Qinghe Cui family is more like a fish in water, in the eyes of Cui Jing and others, Liu Yuan is too sharp, and it is not appropriate to be high-profile at all times.
In this way, the emperor intends to let go, the civil officials do not impeach, and the military generals do not object, Liu Yuan has become the number one "at large" courtier in the Tang Dynasty, like some royal nobles who have no real power, only serve as a foil, and when the old people of the previous dynasty do not want to go to the court, they have to take a leave, and they will sue for a few months to do something or something, Liu Yuanniu, he doesn't even need to take leave, he just doesn't go.
Of course, although he didn't go, Liu Yuan was not idle, on the contrary, there were too many things to do: when he came back, his father-in-law needed to visit, and Mrs. Cui also had to visit, and then he had to give a few intimate gifts to make her happy or something, the most speechless thing for Liu Yuan was that he sent gold and silver goods, rare treasures, and Mrs. Cui returned a lot of aphrodisiac things, there were three tiger whips alone, which made Liu Yuan a little crying and laughing, and when he left, he dragged Cui Mengyao to the inner room and whispered for a while, it seems that the old lady is also in a hurry, Let the granddaughter give birth as soon as possible and consolidate his position or something.
After visiting Mrs. Cui, Liu Yuan wanted to inspect the properties under his name, such as the Jinyu family, Moyun Printing Factory, Chang'an Newspaper, private research institutes, etc. In addition, the second trip to Tibet, a lot of brothers were broken, although the imperial court had a pension, but Liu Yuan did not break his word, and personally sent someone to send his heart to the families of the brothers who died in battle, which was recognized by all the soldiers of the Yangwei Army. trained harder one by one, and was more convinced by Liu Yuan.
On this day, Liu Yuan did not go out, but hid in the study with a plan and a list of things to do. Looking at the ones written on the paper, Liu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
"Senior brother. How to sigh. The little lady just came in with a plate of cut melons and fruits. Hearing Liu Yuan sighing, he couldn't help but ask with concern.
Liu Yuan looked at his little eyes and said curiously, "Oh, it's nothing, by the way, little lady." Aren't you playing cards with Meng Yao and them? How do you have time to come here? ”
"Well, Princess Changle is here, so I'll give her the place to play, and come to see my senior brother by the way. I'll send you some fruit. ”
It turns out that Princess Li is here, it's really strange, these women play every day, don't they get tired of playing? The original playing cards, often have to pull the maid girl to make a table, now it's okay, four women, plus Li Lizhi who often runs the door, five women and four positions, it's not enough, but Xiao Niang has always been well-behaved, and she knows the general situation, and when she saw Li Lizhen coming, she took the initiative to give up her position and ran over to wait for Liu Yuan.
"Where's Cher? Slept? ”
"I slept just now, the princess came, teased her a few times, woke her up again, hugged and played for a while, and after playing cards, she was held by Dai Qisi on the swing, and she had a good time." The little lady was happy.
A black line appeared on Liu Yuan's head: This Li Li's quality is too much, she really treats her daughter as a doll, sleeps well, and deliberately wakes her up, she doesn't know that sleep is very important for children? I don't know if I deliberately woke up Xue'er, so that Hu Xin had to coax her, and then the position was vacant, no, as soon as the little lady let it out, she immediately handed the child to Daiqi Ribbon again, and she happily played cards.
Really shrewd.
"Well, it's not bad, this fruit is still quite sweet." Liu Yuan happened to be thirsty, so he picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth, but he didn't expect the little white melon to be sweet and crisp, and Liu Yuan couldn't help but praise it.
Hearing Liu Yuanzan, the little lady said happily like a child: "Of course, I will choose the biggest and sweetest one for my senior brother." ”
"You have a heart." Liu Yuan casually patted Xiao Niang's sturdy and elastic buttocks, and suddenly made Xiao Niang blush.
In order to distract herself, Xiao Niang casually picked up the piece of paper that Liu Yuan had just written and looked at it, only to see that there were things to be done on it: first, the selection of the Oiran of the Chang'an Newspaper Hall was held in Pingkangfang three days later, and it was necessary to attend, second, the glass has made new progress, and now it is being tested, and it will be clear in five days, and it needs to be followed up, third, the production of gunpowder is progressing smoothly, and it is expected that there will be enough amount to blow up the stone mountain in eight days, and fourth, Jin Qiaoqiao was suppressed by his peers led by the Gongsun family when he expanded the Jinyu family, Jin Qiaoqiao agreed to hold a fair contest between the two, to find time to practice, find back the feeling, get ready, fourth, prepare for Xue'er's 100-day banquet, fifth, take time to make a set of jewelry for Hu Xin and Xue'er
There are so many that there are more than a dozen of them, and the little lady is a little dizzy when she sees it.
"Senior brother, you have to do so many things, it's really busy." Xiao Niang said in surprise.
Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "There is no way to do this, I have been out of the country for a few months, and I have been huddled together, and I can't do it for money." ”
"But the little lady is too stupid to help anything," the little lady said, and she lowered her head guiltily.
His senior brother is busy outside, and he fights with his life on the battlefield, but he plays and plays cards at home every day, and he can't help at all, and the little lady hates herself for being useless.
"It's okay, it's okay" As soon as she saw that Xiaoniang was blaming herself again, Liu Yuan hurriedly stood up, hugged her and said: "You are doing a good job, help me watch the house at home, and take care of the children when you are free, these are enough, with you at home, I can rest assured outside, I don't have to work while being distracted, so you have a lot of credit." ”
"This, this is also considered meritorious?"
"Of course," Liu Yuan said with a serious face, "It's still a lot of work." ”
Hearing this, the little lady smiled happily.
Liu Yuan wiped the sweat on his forehead, and thought in his heart that among these women, Xiaoniang has the purest personality and unconditional trust in herself, of course, it is the best to deceive.
After comforting the little lady, Liu Yuan thought about it for a while, the most important thing is to blow up the stone mountain, because this is related to the progress of the Changluo Expressway, and when the time comes, not only a number of famous generals will come to watch, but Li Er will also be there to watch in person, but because Liu Yuan is not there, Tang Jin They have just been looking for a more powerful way, and they have not made gunpowder in large quantities, there is no way, in order to make a good show, no matter how anxious Li Er is, Liu Yuan has only postponed it for a few days, so that Tang Jin can hurry up and make a large number of them, and it is useless to be anxious now.
In the Oiran finals, Gong Sheng presided over it, Liu Yuan was not there, and it was very good, Liu Yuan didn't have to command, Xue'er's 100-day wine, Liu Yuan handed it over to Cui Mengyao to deal with, and the housekeeper Liu Quan was also on the side to assist, Cui Mengyao was born in everyone, these things are much better than Liu Yuan, and he can also be a shopkeeper, thinking about it, so the most important thing now is: the competition with Gongsun Susu, a family of Gongsun Susu.
According to the agreement between Jin Qiaoqiao and the Gongsun family, that is, the Jinyu family and the Gongsun family each have one person, one is low, if the Jinyu family wins, then the Gongsun family will recognize the status of the Jinyu family, and will no longer unite with other scattered families to fight and suppress the Jinyu family, if the Jinyu family loses, then give up the expansion plan, except for the stores in Yangzhou and Chang'an, other places must be removed, it can be said that this is an opportunity for the Jinyu family, but also a challenge.
Bet on the future of the Jin Yu family.
Gongsun clan sent, is a woman named Gongsun Susu, is said to be a rare jewelry genius, in the jewelry industry has the title of "skillfully unparalleled", the most divine is her hands, fast, stable and accurate, not only can carve flowers in the bird's eye, sprinkle a few silver buttons in an oil pot, she can be very fast one by one, there is nothing to do with the hand, may be described with electricity and flint, I don't know what to do, Liu Yuan heard this rumor, immediately remembered the thief of later generations, It is said that the standard for leaving a teacher is to throw a small soap sheet in a hot oil pot, and if you can quickly hold the soap sheet with two fingers and take it out without burning your hands, then you can leave the school.
What's the use of being so fast, and not being a thief.
The stakes this time are too big, and the one sent by the Jinyu family is Liu Yuan himself.
According to the rules of this competition, there is no limit, the subject matter is not limited, the style is not limited, that is, each makes a work that they think is the most perfect, and then exchanges with each other, imitates each other, which imitates the most like, the most god-like, then to win this competition, it seems simple, but in fact it is a great challenge, because it is very likely that others are good at their own shortcomings.
Although I have never seen Gongsun Susu or her works, but the experience of the second person, coupled with an extremely solid foundation, broad vision, and advanced design ideas, Liu Yuan is not afraid of her, on the contrary, Liu Yuan's biggest enemy is himself.
The trip to Tibet, into the tiger's den, it can be said that every day is desperate, a little careless, will be a catastrophe, how can there be any mood to practice, there is no time, a few months do not take the carving knife, it seems that the feel is a little strange, now to do, is to regain the feel.
Millions of family wealth, it is better to have a skill, jewelry skills are Liu Yuan's capital, but also Liu Yuan's interest, as soon as he picks up the carving knife, confidence will come back immediately, there is a knife in hand, the world I have the spirit, Liu Yuan looked at his calloused hands, and smiled bitterly: play fine work, the more delicate the carving knife is, the more exquisite, I am good, the "knife" is bigger and bigger.
Okay, let's go to my own studio, just right, while practicing knife skills and recovering my feelings, I will make some special jewelry for Hu Xin's mother and daughter by the way. +(To be continued......)