On the evening of the sixth day of the first lunar month, Su Zicheng and his entourage of dozens of cars quietly left Kaiping Mansion, did not live in the post house, walked twenty or thirty miles in the direction of Huaiyang, chartered an inn in Linping Town for one night, and set off for Huaiyang before dawn the next day.

Li Xiaoqi changed to a wide and thick new car this time, Su Zicheng set off to look at the ordnance at the fifth watch, Li Xiaoqi yawned and moved from the inn into the car to continue sleeping, but unfortunately this wood-wheeled cart was really bumpy and bumpy, and the speed of the team was fast, although it was paved with seven or eight layers of thick mattresses, Li Xiaoqi was still rolled around, and he was woken up after not sleeping for long, Li Xiaoqi got up lazily, lifted the curtain and looked out, the Tiger Wing Army was already guarding the front and back, the sky above his head was blue and transparent, Almost no clouds can be seen, the sun has jumped out of the horizon, it seems that it is a sunny day again, Beiping in summer is quite cool, this way to Huaiyang, all the way over, but it is all in the summer! It's such a hot day, Huainan Road is not as cool as Beiping, this is going to fight and die, it's really sad•••••• Li Xiaoqi looked at the black-clothed tiger wing sergeant who was easily controlling the speed of the horse outside the car and was stunned for a while, turned his head to look at Qingcheng who was on duty in the car, and ordered: "It's hot, tell Haitang, cook some mung bean soup and let's eat, well, tell Dayu too, cook some mung bean soup for everyone to eat, so as to go to the heat." Qingcheng said crisply, lifted the curtain, untied the reins of the horse tied to the side of the car, stepped on the frame and jumped onto the horse, and went to the back to deliver the message.

When it was dark, the convoy had already left the boundary of Kaiping Mansion, the Tiger Wing Army was busy setting up camp and setting up tents, Li Xiaoqi was moving in a circle in the middle of the camp, just settled, at the bright gate, Su Zicheng rushed in with a group of small horses, Li Xiaoqi watched from a distance, hesitated, took two steps back, and turned into his tent.

After a while, at the door of the tent, Nanning's voice sounded: "Is the girl there?" Li Xiaoqi called Nanning in, and Nanning came in and said with a smile: "Girl, the master said that you should come over for dinner." Before leaving in the morning, the master instructed Dayu to stew the girl's favorite fish head soup in the evening. Li Xiaoqi frowned and smiled: "Haitang has cooked, if the prince has anything, wait for me to eat before going over." ”

"Girl, let's go, otherwise my lord's temper will be pitiful and pitiful." Nanning laughed and laughed non-stop, Li Xiaoqi stood and sighed, turned his head to look at Qingcheng and ordered: "Go and talk to Haitang, the meal is ready and sent to the prince." Qingcheng agreed, and Li Xiaoqi followed Nanning out, turned two steps, and entered Su Zicheng's tent.

Su Zicheng had already changed his clothes, and was gesturing with two arrows, when he saw Li Xiaoqi coming in, he hurriedly smiled and signaled to her: "Come and see, this is a newly tried arrow." Li Xiaoqi took the two arrows, looked at them with a comparison, they were all heavy, I really didn't see any difference, Su Zicheng took one of them, pointed to the narrow arrow with a ghostly light and smiled: "Look at this arrow, it is a little longer than that branch, I have tried, one arrow goes out, and it can penetrate the leather armor within a hundred steps." Li Xiaoqi probed over, pointed at the arrow with his finger and said with a smile: "It's long, it's narrow, it's easy to get in, it's easy to pull it out, or here, turn it upside down and make it into a zigzag ••••••" Su Zicheng was stunned, raised his eyebrows and laughed: "You really can't be •••••• provoked!" Shui Yan said the same thing, but he didn't have as many ideas as you, and he didn't come up with an inverted sawtooth, what you said was that it would be more difficult to pull it out in this way. Su Zicheng said, raised his voice and called Dongping to come in and order, Li Xiaoqi held the arrow and looked at it for a moment, and sighed.

The chef Dayu brought the dishes in, and the begonias brought in a few exquisite side dishes with cherries, Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoqi cleaned their hands and sat on the couch, Su Zicheng carefully looked at the dishes sent by the begonia and said with a smile: "The girl you trained is good, this dish is exquisite." Li Xiaoqi smiled and didn't speak, the two ate in silence, Haitang took someone to clean up, and made tea again, Su Zicheng took two sips, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked with a smile: "What did you do on the road to relieve boredom?" If you're not tired, come with me to the grass racecourse tomorrow to have a look? ”

"It takes four or five days to go back and forth to Qingcao Racecourse, I can't stand it, where can I get stuffy on the road, I'm looking at the overseas travel notes borrowed from Uncle Lu, they are all written by their Shangqing disciples through personal experience, it's really interesting!" Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, the smile on Su Zicheng's face froze, and the sunny sky turned cloudy in a moment: "Nonsense, look at what it does?" The sea is changing rapidly, blessings and misfortunes are in the blink of an eye, don't always think about these useless things in the future. Li Xiaoqi tilted her head to look at Su Zicheng, smiled and nodded softly, Su Zicheng's anger was even more muffled, she didn't want to think about it like this, and nodded if she didn't argue, she must not have agreed to his words, but she didn't plan to pay attention to it at all! Su Zicheng was bored for a long time, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "Your weaving workshop and shop, have you opened it?" ”

"Well, the first batch of more than 40 weavers in the weaving workshop has almost come out, the shop is not in a hurry, it is scheduled to open in early August, the weaving workshop did not dare to weave light summer materials this year, first from the autumn and winter clothing weaving, the opening in August is just right." Li Xiaoqi replied to Su Zicheng's words in detail, Su Zicheng frowned and then asked, "Your hook fence, and what kind of wild goose, sent away?" ”

"No, why do you want to send it away? Goulan is also open in autumn, and this time people are making miscellaneous dramas. Li Xiaoqi looked at Su Zicheng and said softly, Su Zicheng's face was even more gloomy, and he stared at Li Xiaoqi with his mouth tightly pursed, Li Xiaoqi looked at him and directly diverted the topic: "Has the prince been to Yangzhou?" Su Zicheng shook his head angrily, Li Xiaoqi sighed heavily and sighed: "Yangzhou is really a good place, prosperous and lively, no worse than Taiping Mansion, if you operate with your heart in the future, and then let go of Lugang, at most two or three years, Taiping Mansion will have to fall below compared with it, just look forward to the prince's smooth trip, don't beat Yangzhou to a mess." Su Zicheng was still full of annoyance, raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, Li Xiaoqi continued: "If you talk about financial resources, Beiping and Wu Di are too far apart, if you can manage this Yangzhou well, the entire Huainan Road can become Beiping's treasury, there are three or five years, Beiping will no longer have the embarrassing dilemma of being overstretched now, with silver, you can equip the light or heavy cavalry of the 5,000 people?" ”

"Reload!" Su Zicheng glanced at Li Xiaoqi and replied, Li Xiaoqi didn't seem to notice his annoyance at all, and just said his words with great interest: "Let me tell you, if you rely on farming alone, Huainan Road is not a rich place, and Huaiyang is not comparable, Huainan Road is good in the sea, water, and land routes, we can't just take it as a way to conquer Qiguo and Jingguo in the future, it would be a pity, to run it into a big chamber of commerce, with Yangzhou as the center, Chuzhou and Huaiyang to the north, Taizhou and Runzhou to the south, and expand Lugang, If you think far, we have almost no navy, simply build a navy in Lugang, first let them escort the caravan to practice combat power, and then attack Chu and Jing, land and waterways are two-pronged, it will be easy, and it is far away, I tell you, Huainan Road business ban must be relaxed, wine must be released, as well as silk weaving, tea, salt, all open, and merchants, the people abide by the law, officials do not disturb the people, local officials have no clear evidence, must not harass merchants, only the same, to collect heavy taxes, Beiping is now such a commercial tax, it is simply Huainan Road can be pumped from 15 to 20 ••••••"

Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi who was getting more and more excited the more he spoke, and saw that she finally stopped, took a cup and drank tea, and hurriedly cried and laughed: "When you mention this business word, you •••••• it."

"Uh-huh!" Li Xiaoqi held tea in his mouth, occupied his head again and again, swallowed the tea and said with a smile: "I love to do business and make money the most!" In fact, I am the best at doing business to make money, and I am really •••••• not my main business! Su Zicheng laughed out loud: "It's not the main business!" If you let those officials hear this•••••• if Prime Minister Ruolin is like that, won't you be angry? ”

Lin Xiang had no choice but to be angry! You can't die again. Li Xiaoqi said with a smile: "What I said is the truth, according to my thoughts, the best day is to live in a peaceful and prosperous world, do big business and make a lot of money, go to the mountains in summer to escape the heat, and go to the hot spring Zhuangzi in winter to avoid the cold, spring and autumn days are not hot or cold, just travel around the mountains and waters, and the mountain monks talk about flowing water and white clouds, listen to those real people who are full of learning to talk about learning and morality, there is a lively to see the lively, there is no lively to enjoy the flowers and grass, the girl wants to explain, the food and clothing should be exquisite•••••• if there is more money, go to run a academy, apply medicine and medicine, repair bridges and roads, alas! This is the day of the gods. Su Zicheng's face that had just eased up suddenly darkened again, and Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at him and asked seriously, "What about you?" What are your fairy days like? ”

Su Zicheng was stunned for a while, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, and said a little blankly: "When I was a child, my mother taught me to be a virtuous king, and I wanted to help my brother fight the world and rule the world, I didn't think about it. ”

"Then if you think about it now, just think about it! Put everything aside, what king, prince, your brother, don't think about whether it can be done, just like a dream, if you want to live what kind of life, what kind of life do you want to live, what kind of life do you want to do? Close your eyes and think about it! Li Xiaoqi looked at Su Zicheng with bright eyes, and there was a thick temptation in his voice, Su Zicheng closed his eyes hesitantly, opened them again after a while, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "Can you do whatever you want?" ”

"Hmmm! Of course! Just when you are an immortal, you can live any life, even if you kick out this world and pinch it out! Li Xiaoqi hurriedly replied, Su Zicheng hesitated for a moment, nodded, and closed his eyes again.