Updated: 2012-07-25

Li Xiaoqi sent Fifth Brother Zhao to take Master Reeling Silk to set off back to Kaiping Mansion first, and he looked carefully at the map for a long time, and then instructed Danyue to call the three of them to come in and ask: "In addition to the spy point in Yangzhou, which one else has a spy report all the way back?" After staying for a long time, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly explained: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to know how we will pass the message and deliver the letter to the prince along the way if we set off from Yangzhou." Chang Chang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "There are two places between Yangzhou and Huaiyang that can deliver letters and receive letters, one is in Chuzhou, there is a garrison in Chuzhou, there is a spy over there, only two days away from Yangzhou, and one is in Hancheng, after Hancheng walked on a small half day into the Beiping boundary, in addition to this, we also brought a few cages of carrier pigeons when we came, and there are two of them until now, but Yangzhou is not far from Huaiyang, it is to walk slowly, but only twenty days away, if the road is tighter, fourteen or fifteen days will arrive, these fourteen or fifteen days, There are two places where letters can be delivered, and there are two carrier pigeons, which are about the same. ”

"Well," Li Xiaoqi agreed plausibly, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at Xi'an and asked, "What about you?" Is there any other way? ”

"My side and the long-term here are actually the same line, but only a few people made a special trip to send the letter to the master, there were people in Chuzhou, and Hancheng was close to Beiping, so I didn't put it." Xi'an replied in detail, Li Xiaoqi seemed to be relieved, pursed his lips and smiled, looked at Xi'an and ordered: "You write a letter for me and tell the master, I am going to Lukang, the entire Huainan all the way to the sea and the ships are in and out of Lukang, we have to go to see what the situation of this Lukang is, and see if it can be used to transport grain or goods in the future." Xi'an hurriedly agreed, and Li Xiaoqi smiled and then ordered: "Take a pigeon out and send a letter back in the long run, such a letter can't show half a word of wind." Long term busy smiled and nodded in agreement, Nanning looked at Li Xiaoqi thoughtfully, Li Xiaoqi ordered the three of them to go out and buy two comfortable and spacious cars again, and spent two days to buy all kinds of items that can be used and not used when going out, and the next day, the group left Yangzhou, and slowly and leisurely rushed to the direction of Lukang.

Luo Yan was dressed in comfortable home-style tight-sleeved clothes, looking at Li Xiaoqi who was biting into the preserved fruit and reading the book, and couldn't help asking: "The fifth master went to Lukang just to eat a bowl of fresh crab noodles?" ”

"Well, there are also fried crabs, clams, shrimp, all kinds of fish, I don't know if there are sea urchins." Li Xiaoqi replied without raising his head, and Luo Yan frowned tightly and muttered: "Running so far is just for stuttering!" ”

"Aren't people living to stutter?" Li Xiaoqi put down the book and asked, Luo Yan saw that Li Xiaoqi finally raised his head from the book, and hurriedly took over and said, "What kind of stuttering is the fifth master's way of eating?" I still don't believe that the fifth master ran this trip just to eat a bowl of crab noodles! ”

"Well, it's not all," Li Xiaoqi looked at Luo Yan and said with a smile: "In Yangzhou in the past few days, you have also seen that we use a lot of things, those jewelry, medicinal materials, precious wood, and fans and other delicate and unique small things, but they are all shipped from overseas, you look at those sea merchants in Yangzhou, food, clothing, and housing, which Kaiping Mansion can catch up?" Even the palace is not enough, it can be seen how profitable this overseas business is, let's go to the port to see, go back to find some capital, let's also do this business on the sea. Luo Yan looked at Li Xiaoqi in amazement: "It turns out that the fifth master fought this idea!" This sea business does make money, that Qian Fuze has seven or eight sea boats, I heard him say once, as long as nothing happens, come back is a boatload of silver, the fifth master has to do this and that, this is all about capital! ”

Li Xiaoyi, who said what Luo Yan said, frowned, threw the half-bitten preserved fruit in his hand back into the box, and sighed annoyantly: "Isn't it because I don't have the capital to see everywhere!" Let's open the hook bar, according to our open method, there is a lot of silver to be invested in front, but to earn back and can't be fast, killing chickens and eggs can not be done, in this way, according to the good do, at least three or five years to earn back the capital, the weaving mill is better, I calculate that the end of this year will be able to see the profit, but the profit is less, the second can not move, the weaving workshop this winter has to pre-harvest next year's raw silk, this silver is only afraid that it is not enough, you see, everywhere to silver, so, can you not look everywhere to think of ideas? Let's take a look at how the business on the sea is, if it's good, it's better to take a risk, think of borrowing some capital, rent a boat to run, let's be lucky, and we can transport the general silver back! Luo Yan was also worried, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said, "I have more than 2,400 taels of silver there, and the fifth master will use it first." ”

"Well, go back and open the tick bar, count it as a stock and put it in, this is not enough, there is a lot missing, forget it, don't talk about this, go back to Kaiping Mansion and talk about it, you can always come up with a way." Li Xiaoqi let out a long breath, reached out to pick up the book, picked up the half of the preserved fruit just now, and looked down at the book again. Luo Yan stared at Li Xiaoyi, who looked leisurely and complacent, for a long time, moved forward and said with a smile: "Fifth master, I'll beat your legs." As he spoke, he leaned over to Li Xiaoyi, stretched out his fist and pounded it gently, Li Xiaoqi was stiffened by her beating for a moment, raised his eyes from the book and glanced at her, relaxed his body, and let her beat it.

Liangdi Yuanfeng City Shantao Garden, Su Zicheng picked a smile on the corner of his mouth, and carefully looked at the piece of paper in his hand, counting, Li Xiaoqi had already arrived in Yangzhou, saying that he was going to rest in Yangzhou for a few days before setting off, from Yangzhou to Huaiyang, it was only ten days younger?????? Well, there is no need to rush back this time, walk slowly, you can arrive in fourteen or fifteen days, if you set off today, you can rush on the way, and you can get to Huaiyang before them. Xiao Mi's trip to the Taiping Mansion is really not a trace of bad people, the death of Emperor Wu rumors are everywhere, the new emperor's accession to the throne is full of doubts, the people of the Taiping Mansion are panicked, the prince escaped to the Chizhou army safely, sent a letter to avenge the emperor, is fighting hard and preparing for war, the most satisfying thing is the sudden resignation and poisoning of Prime Minister Lin Cheng, Prime Minister Lin Cheng has controlled the center for many years, and suddenly regressed, and the court of Wu was in chaos and rumors.

Su Zicheng sighed with satisfaction, now he is just waiting for the chaotic Wu State and Taiping Mansion to fight, which is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Beiping, Su Zicheng stood up and walked to the mountains and rivers hanging on the wall, his fingers slowly crossed Huainan Road from Huaiyang, and then all the way to Qiguo, straight to Jingguo, his fingers pressed on the two words of Xinyang, stopped for a moment, and let go of his hand with a smile on his face. Su Zicheng took a few steps back and looked at the mountains and rivers from top to bottom, and the more he looked at the map, the more pleasing it became. Su Zicheng sat back on the chair, studied the ink carefully, took a few pieces of jade paper and laid them out, picked a branch of purple and dipped it in ink, and silently wrote the three words attached to the name of Prime Minister Lin Cheng by Li Xiaoyi, not long, Su Zicheng wrote three words, picked up the paper and read it slowly, this Xiaoyi, a stroke of words written like that, this poetry is so profound, such words, not to mention this dynasty, that is, the previous dynasties, better than this word, there are few! Su Zicheng sighed and remembered Li Xiaoyi's song 'White Dog is swollen', the more he thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt, he sat and laughed for a while before putting down the jade plate paper, and called Dongping in.

Dongping stood with his hands down and waited to listen to the instructions, Su Zicheng wrote another letter, folded it together with the three poems and put it in the envelope, slowly printed the big red sealing mud, and wrote Shui Yan's name on the envelope, before putting down the pen, looking up at Dongping and ordering: "Let someone send this letter to Shui Erye, tell him, let him take a good look at what poetry is and what words are, and let him learn some too." ”

"Yes!" Dongping bowed and agreed, Su Zicheng patted the envelope with his hand and then ordered: "You go back to Kaiping Mansion, go to see the uncle, tell him the details of the Taiping Mansion, and then tell him, I plan to take Huaiyang all the way, and I will leave for Huaiyang tonight to govern the army, and after the report is completed, I will rush to Huaiyang directly to see me, well, bring the cook called Big Fish to Huaiyang." Dongping was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "Is it Yu Dalang, the cook in the small kitchen of the outer study?" ”

"Well, that's him, with all the things to cook."

"Yes!" Dongping replied while talking, his mind was spinning fast, what to do with Dayu to Huaiyang Mansion? Bring everything you need to cook? Cook?????? The fifth master loves the dishes made by Dayu, and since last winter, this Dayu has almost become the chef of the fifth master and brought it to Huaiyang?????? Dongping's heart jumped, it seems that this trip back, I have to go to Willow Hutong.

"Tell Mingzhu to set off for Huaiyang tonight, arrive before the end of the month, and send a message to Xi'an and Changchang, let them report to each place, don't delay on the road, it's best to rush to Huaiyang Mansion before the end of the month, but ??????" Su Zicheng hesitated, and then said: "Xiao Mi has just been sick, don't be too anxious, you five masters can't be tired!" Dongping hurriedly agreed, lowered his hands and waited for a while, seeing that Su Zicheng had no other instructions, he took half a step forward, carefully took the letter on the case, supported it with both hands, and respectfully withdrew.

Yu Yuanshan held a large stack of account books, just turned into the weeping flower door, and bumped into Dongping head-on, Yu Yuanshan hurriedly smiled and apologized: "It's Dongye, I can't help it, just staring at these Laoshizi, I didn't touch Dongye, right?" ”

"I'm afraid you'll suffer if you encounter it!" Dongping was in a very good mood while joking, and at the same time reached out and patted Yu Yuanshan's shoulder and said with a smile: "Are you looking for a master to settle accounts again?" The master is almost annoyed to death by you, and he was still talking about the fifth master before, if the fifth master is here, how can he look at this Laoshizi?! ”