The day of departure is getting closer and closer, and there are more and more things in Liang Wangfu, Li Xiaoqi is not very busy, the matter of sending troops, one is busy with Su Zicheng, and the other is Shui Yan and Yu Yuanshan, she has nothing big here, and she can come back a little earlier every day.

In the afternoon of early May, the warm sun shone on the quiet courtyard, Wei Shuisheng woke up from a nap, let people move a chair and half lie under the eaves porch to read the book, the mother-in-law outside reported, Lu Hua came to visit Wei Shuisheng, Wei Shuisheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood up and went straight out, Lu Hua wore a plain azure gray satin gown, with an inconspicuous belt of the same color around his waist, shaking the old folding fan, following behind the mother-in-law, looking left and right and slowly coming in, Wei Shuisheng went straight to the door of the lotus courtyard, Lu Hua saw Wei Shuisheng coming out, and hurriedly collected the folding fan, Hurriedly walked a few steps and smiled: "Runwen doesn't have to be so polite, he is not an outsider, is his body better?" Wei Shuisheng smiled and greeted each other with a salute, politely polite, the two let all the way into the lotus garden, Lu Hua looked at the chair under the eaves porch, and did not enter the house, the two of them sat casually under the eaves porch and chatted as if they had been friends for many years, until the sky was late, Lv Hua did not mean to say goodbye at half a point, Wei Shuisheng was not half a different color, Begonia came in to report the meal, and the two of them had dinner under the eaves porch, very homely.

Li Xiaoqi just got out of the car in the second gate, Mama Lu hurriedly greeted and helped Li Xiaoqi get out of the car, and whispered that Lu Hua came to visit Wei Shuisheng in the afternoon, and he was still talking at this time, Li Xiaoqi paused, thought about it, 'um', his feet sped up, and while rushing to the half-acre garden, he commanded: "Let people set the meal." Mama Lu hurriedly called Liuyun to order, Liuyun ran back with her skirt to pass the word, Li Xiaoqi entered the half-acre garden, washed and changed clothes very quickly, ate a few mouthfuls of food, and went out to the lotus garden.

The lotus garden was brightly lit, Mama Zhang greeted the door of the hospital, and reported a few words in a low voice, Li Xiaoqi nodded in response, entered the courtyard, and entered the weeping flower door along the hand-copying verandah, Lv Hua and Wei Shuisheng were sitting under the eaves porch drinking tea, seeing Li Xiaoqi coming in, Lv Hua stood up first, and saw that Wei Shuisheng was also going to stand up, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him carefully, Li Xiaoqi smiled and bent his knees politely with the two of them, and the three of them sat down again, and said a few kind words, Wei Shuisheng stood up with a chair and said a few kind words: "Xiao Mi will talk to Uncle Lu first, and I will go to change the dressing." Lu Hua hurriedly bowed to Wei Shuisheng, Li Xiaoqi turned around and signaled to Mama Zhang, Mama Zhang understood, and quietly signaled Begonia, Hongju and others to retreat to guard all over the yard.

Lu Hua watched Mama Zhang and the others retreat, slowly leaned back on the back of the chair, looked at Li Xiaoqi and smiled: "There is a message from home that you want a few charts." ”

"Well, on the way back from Taiping Mansion, I passed through Lukang, and I happened to meet Lu Feng, and I heard him say that your sea fleet has traveled very far, so I asked him to see if I could extend a few charts to bring to me, so as to see what it is like overseas." Li Xiaoqi replied with a frank smile, Lu Hua's eyes flashed slightly, he shook the folding fan and was silent for a moment, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said gently: "If the fifth master loves the overseas customs, I have collected a lot of travelogues and biographies written by people who go to sea under the door, and the writing can also be seen, the nautical chart only marks the route and landmarks, which is not very interesting." ”

"This is naturally good, I love to read travelogues, then you're welcome, I'll let people pick it up tomorrow." Li Xiaoqi smiled and said: "I love to see the customs and customs everywhere is one of them, in addition to this, I also want to learn from the uncle to do overseas business, there is also a good port in the north, but unfortunately no one is far away from the ocean, I will start a business, do this business, and make some fat powder money." Lu Hua smiled soothingly: "The fifth master is a cheerful person, although this maritime business is extremely profitable, the risk is also very high, the goods, charts and ships are not difficult, only two things, one is that this old boatman is difficult to find, and the other is that the sea thieves are rampant, do not hide that the fifth master said, the fleet that can travel to and from overseas safely is under the Lu family of my Shangqing Gate, and those scattered ships must be attached to the Lu family fleet to keep safe if they want to travel to and from the South China Seas safely." Lu Hua's words stopped, Li Xiaoqi took a sip of tea, looked at Lu Hua, thought about it, and swallowed back the words in his mouth, this is not the time to be competitive, and listen to his plan, Li Xiaoyi's face was leisurely, he looked at Lu Hua with a smile, and didn't say a word, just waiting for him to say it, Lu Hua looked at Li Xiaoyi, saw that she didn't speak, and continued with a smile: "If the fifth master wants to do this overseas business, it is just a matter of one sentence, there are eleven fleets in Shangqingmen, which one does the fifth master want?" I gave it to the fifth master. ”

The cup in Li Xiaoyi's hand shook slightly, glanced at Lu Hua with his eyebrows, put the cup down, wiped his hands slowly, looked at Lu Hua and said straightforwardly: "Uncle finish speaking." ”

"The fifth master is exquisite, and the people are also refreshing, Liang Wangye wants to take Huainan Road?" Lu Hua suddenly turned his head and asked, Li Xiaoqi looked at Lu Hua expressionlessly, without saying a word, Lu Hua stared at Li Xiaoqi for a moment, smiled easily, leaned back on the back of the chair and said: "Lugang, the fifth master made a special trip to check on Lugang, it's really a good eyesight!" Li Xiaoqi took a breath lightly, shook his head while laughing, and said, "Uncle Lu has found the wrong person." Lu Hua looked at Li Xiaoqi with solemn eyes, and did not answer, Li Xiaoqi looked at him, full of honesty in seriousness: "Lukang to the west, flat and unhindered, straight to the hinterland of Wu, and close to Yangzhou, where giant businessmen gather, such an important place is too hot." ”

"I know, just build a dock." Lu Hua said with a smile, and Li Xiaoqi shook his head again: "The Lu family is not short of money, but if you want to be stable for a hundred years, why bother?" Lu Hua smiled, stared at Li Xiaoqi for a moment, and suddenly nodded simply: "Thank you!" When will the fifth master's silk shop be opened? Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at him and didn't answer, Lu Hua looked directly at Li Xiaoqi and continued: "I am optimistic about the fifth master's business, so it is better to let me join the stocks." “

"How?"

"Naturally, the fifth master accounts for the majority, and you are six and I am four."

Li Xiaoqi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, looked at Lu Hua and said, "Thirty percent, if you want to send forty percent of the dry shares out, I will only leave thirty percent." ”

"Good!" Lu Hua happily agreed, Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lu Hua with a smile on his face, and asked slowly: "Over there•••••• how do you plan to explain to your junior uncle?" ”

"What do I explain?" Lu Hua's smile was sly: "There are you." Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows and sullen for a moment, looked at Lu Hua, and suddenly laughed, laughing Lu Hua inexplicably, Li Xiaoqi laughed for a while, then looked at Lu Hua and said: "I almost forgot, you say, you are optimistic about my business?" Do you have to buy 30% of the shares? ”

"Yes!" Lu Hua agreed affirmatively and simply, Li Xiaoqi smiled so much that his eyes were bent into a crescent moon: "I still have a big business, which will open in the autumn, you think about it, do you really want to buy shares?" Lu Hua was stunned, and nodded affirmatively: "Enter!" Li Xiaoqi stared at Lu Hua and smiled: "I'm going to open a tick!" It is the best hook bar in Beiping. Lu Hua was stunned for a moment and then laughed, nodding while laughing: "As long as the hook bar is done properly, it is also a legitimate business, but it should be more generous." Li Xiaoqi looked at Lu Hua in surprise, and Lu Hua said with a smile: "Shangqingmen still operates a few tiles in Xinyang. Li Xiaoqi blinked, Lu Hua's smile was even stronger, and he said in a low voice while laughing: "It seems that if you hide this hook and operate in the dark, this is the best, and it doesn't have to be brightened to the light." Li Xiaoqi took a deep breath, nodded and smiled: "I know, these two places will be priced at 400,000 taels of silver, and tomorrow you will have someone send me 120,000 taels of silver." ”

"Good!" Lu Hua agreed very simply, Li Xiaoqi looked at him with a faint sullenness, this Lu family is really silver, not silver!

After sending Lu Hua away, Li Xiaoqi turned back, Wei Shuisheng was standing under the Hanging Flower Gate, looking at her with worry in his eyes, Li Xiaoqi walked a few steps and smiled: "Brother Shuisheng looks much better today." ”

"Well, I'm fine, you? Nothing, right? Wei Shuisheng asked hesitantly and vaguely, he wasn't sure whether he should ask about this matter, Li Xiaoqi pulled Wei Shuisheng's left sleeve with both hands, lowered his head and walked a few steps, before he replied with a smile: "It's okay, Brother Shuisheng, don't worry, at least it's not a bad thing, by the way, the dog and the fifth brother have taken a good look at a few houses, if you are better, go and see the house, you have to be satisfied first, or, I will ask Shui Tong Da/Grandma to go over and have a look?" Anyway, when she saw it, she would naturally tell Sister Lian carefully, maybe she would take Sister Lian to see it, and buy the house quickly, the Shui family still has to catch up with a lot of furniture, as well as curtains and curtains, all of which have to be measured in size. ”

Wei Shuisheng looked down at Li Xiaomi, who was smiling and talking, stopped his steps, looked at Li Xiaomi, and asked in a low voice, "Where did you get the silver?" Erhuai and Tiemu have just become relatives, and the weaving mill has not yet begun to make money, so how can there be any silver at home? Li Xiaoqi stopped, looked up at Wei Shuisheng, thought for a moment and replied: "I have also done other business, you can rest assured, the silver is just and deserved, there is no one or two ill-gotten gains." ”

"I'm not talking about this, Xiao Mi, from the Taiping Mansion to the present, this money is all for you to worry about, don't do this, my brothers are all living a hard life, why is it so particular? Look at you, patronizing a few brothers, you yourself •••••• alas! If you talk about a good life, it's a headless thing••••••" Wei Shuisheng raised his left hand and stroked Li Xiaoyi's scattered sideburns, and said distressedly.

"I know," Li Xiaoqi interrupted Wei Shuisheng's words and said, "There is a head, why is there no head?" You see, Brother Erhuai is married, and the eldest brother and the noble brother have a house to marry, and then the aquatic brother will be married to a house, in addition to this, I also want to buy a Zhuangzi for another family, and I don't need a big or medium Zhuangzi, so that if you have the ability or not, you can manage the family to be warm and full, that's all, if you do it, I don't care, each family lives its own life, I live my free life. ”

Wei Shuichang let out a long sigh, patted Li Xiaoyi's shoulder and didn't speak again.