When Li Bin came to the main hall of the sect, the chief eunuch of the Chu Palace, Chief Administrator Qiu, was already sitting on the guest seat of the main hall.

A dignified head of the prince's palace in charge of the internal affairs of the palace, a six-rank official of Daqi, came to a martial arts sect without any arrogance.

Needless to say, it must have been specially explained by King Qi Xing of Chu before Chief Manager Qiu came to Futu Gate, and it can be clearly seen from this detail that King Qi Xing of Chu relied on and attached great importance to Li Bin.

Li Bin was the first to speak: "Manager Qiu, he is entangled in mundane affairs, and he has not been able to meet him from afar, and he has offended a lot. Where he is sluggish, he also looks at Mr. Qiu's Haihan. ”

The head of the palace, what a fine and capable person, the head of Qiu immediately stepped forward and said humbly: "Master Li is serious, before leaving, the king of Chu said to the villain, Master Li of Futu Gate is the first hero of the Great Qi Kingdom, with unparalleled character and martial arts. ”

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Li Bin sat on the main seat of the main hall and took the lead in asking: "I don't know that Chief Manager Qiu traveled thousands of miles to Lingnan, but he brought news and words from the King of Chu. ”

Li Bin is most annoyed by the red tape in the officialdom, except for some necessary etiquette greetings, they are all straight to the point, have something to say, and Xing with the king of Chu, and the same is true for Li Bin.

Seeing that Li Bin went straight to the point and opened his mouth directly, Manager Qiu could only put away the wrists of officialdom and the snake, took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Li Bin, and said: "The king of Chu said that the person who the head of Li asked to investigate has already been confirmed, and Wei Biao is available."

Wei Biao, the lieutenant of the Lingnan garrison, was the son of Wei Peng, the commander of the former garrison infantry army in the capital of the Great Qi Dynasty. His son Wei Biao, who served in the Beijing garrison, was also demoted to Lingnan by the prince on trumped-up charges. The king of Chu has requested that Wei Biao be promoted to the rank of general of Jianwei in the name of Wei Biao's contribution to the rebellion, and to lead and control the Lingnan garrison. ”

"yes, I see." Li Bin agreed, and at the same time opened the secret letter and read it.

The main meaning of the secret letter of the king of Chu, Qi Xing, is to urge Li Bin to enter Beijing and participate in the celebration of the 70th birthday of the saint today; At the end of the letter, Li Bin was informed by a few short sentences that the rectification of the Mingde porcelain industry had been started, and the specific rectification arrangements were based on Li Bin's development plan.

Li Bin put down the secret letter, and Manager Qiu immediately said respectfully: "The king of Chu told the villain to be sure to invite Master Li to enter Beijing to participate in the celebration. Today's saint is obsessed with martial arts, and he likes to make friends with people in the martial arts very much, and he hears the anecdote of Master Li's smile and arrogance in the martial arts, and he wants to meet Master Li very much. ”

Hearing what Manager Qiu said, Li Bin knew in his heart that this trip to the capital was unavoidable. Even if there is no matter of opening a money village to be done, just the face of King Qi Xing of Chu, he has to give it no matter what, since the emperor has opened Chrysostom to see himself, the King of Chu naturally has to help him, Li Bin naturally knows the truth of being convenient with others, and helping King Qi Xing of Chu is equivalent to indirectly helping himself and helping Futumen. Besides, Li Bin's impression and perception of Qi Xing, the son of a royal nobleman, is quite good.

"Please ask Manager Qiu to return to the King of Chu, I, Li Bin, will arrive as scheduled."

Bidding farewell to the head of the Chu Palace, Li Bin looked at the date of the emperor's seventieth birthday celebration in the secret letter, and silently calculated, there was still a full month, in addition to the travel time required to enter Beijing, he still had half a month to prepare.

The fleet of ocean trade has not yet returned, and without the proceeds of ocean trade, Li Bin's opening of a money village cannot be implemented, and Li Bin entered Beijing this time, and he also wanted to take advantage of the emperor's celebration to pay the 2 million taels of silver tax agreed with King Qixing of Chu, Guangzhou port every year, so that King Qixing of Chu can raise his eyebrows in front of the emperor.

The return date of the ocean-going trade fleet has not yet been determined, and all Li Bin can do is wait. Fortunately, he got the cold iron materials urgently needed for forging through the system lottery, so that Li Bin had something to do while waiting for the ocean trade fleet, and while striving to improve his forging skills, he made full use of the special bonus effect of doubling the facilities of the one-star martial arts sect to steadily improve his martial arts cultivation.

Since the Futu Sect was successfully promoted to a one-star martial arts sect, the practice efficiency of the disciples of the Futu Sect has been greatly improved. The disciples led by Luo Datong, Yunshi and others, the mastery of the basic martial arts skills of the Futu Sect has made very obvious progress, according to this training progress, it will not take two months to achieve and complete the goals and requirements set by Li Bin at the beginning.

In addition to the 100% bonus effect of the facilities, the current Futu Sect also plays a great role in the overall additional 20% improvement blessing effect of the one-star sect, and the disciples of other martial arts sects have practiced hard for ten years, and the disciples of the Futu Sect only need four years to achieve.

The huge blessing effect of these sects can only be more obvious to the head of Li Bin, a person with 100 understandings.

On that day, in the sect's forging room, Li Bin used up the last piece of cold iron material and successfully forged a sword with A-grade quality!

The Forging Skill Proficiency has also been increased from 780 to 800, and the quality level of the Forgeable Item has been increased to Grade A! Successfully unlock the Darkiron Forge process. There are only 200 points left to reach the 1000 Forge Proficiency objective.

"Report ...... Master. The ocean-going trading fleet has successfully returned to Hong Kong, and Uncle Zhang Ju has invited the head of the family to come to Hong Kong for a talk and discuss something.

"Got it, Uncle Hui, said I'll be there later." Li Bin was overjoyed when he heard the news, the ocean-going trading fleet returned to Hong Kong smoothly, and a big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Li Bin piloted the big white eagle and landed in the port.

As soon as a long-lost foreign acquaintance in the port saw Li Bin, he took the initiative to step forward and give Li Bin a warm hug.

"Your Royal Highness, why did you come to Daqi?" The person who hugged him was none other than Li Bin's super fan in Rodin, the prince of Rodin.

"Master Li, I can't resist the urge to worship you as a teacher, and beg my father to let me represent him, on behalf of all the subjects of the Rodin Kingdom, to meet with Master Li in the name of congratulating Emperor Daqi on his birthday, and beg Master Li to accept me as a disciple." Prince Rodin looked sincere, and bowed respectfully to ask Li Bin.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, practicing martial arts is an extremely painful and tiring thing. In this case, you will follow me to the Futu Gate for a day of on-site visits, and if you still want to learn martial arts at that time, of course I welcome you. Prince Rodin's apprenticeship request, Li Bin did not express his position on the spot.

"Okay. But this time I've made up my mind, and I won't give up easily. Prince Rodin said with a firm expression.

Li Bin just smiled and said nothing.

"Senior brother in charge. The ocean-going trading fleet carried back 5 million taels of silver this time, and Qian Yucai, a disciple of the steward of the Rodin Trading Station, wrote a letter, saying that there were too many goods this time, and the sale could not be discounted, and the remaining money would be shipped back with the ship next time. Zhang Ju took a letter and handed it to Li Bin and said.

After reading his disciple's letter, Li Bin couldn't help but applaud and said: "This Qian Yucai is really a business wizard, in addition to three ships of goods, he also earned nearly one million taels of silver through his own investment and trade. ”

Zhang Ju on the side was also surprised after hearing this: "So capable? ”

"Senior brother, the next batch of trade fleets, if Qian Yucai returns with the ship, I have to reward him well." Li Bin was determined to reward the disciples who were so effective.

"Understood."

"Senior brother, inform Mr. Zhang of the Sihai Dart Bureau that all 5 million silver will be sealed and shipped, and when it is ready, I will go to Beijing immediately."

"Senior brother, don't worry, I know."