Li Xiaoqi was busy all morning, dealing with the accumulated affairs, Su Zicheng went out of the city to inspect the border defense, went straight for two days, came back in the evening, bathed and changed into a lotus-colored cocoon silk gown, did not wear a belt, and went all the way to the back garden to find Li Xiaoyi.

As soon as she entered the back garden, there was a whimpering sound in the wind, Su Zicheng raised her eyebrows and laughed, she was enjoying it more and more.

Su Zicheng turned half of the lake, walked through the brilliant chrysanthemum bushes, went up a few steps, and entered the Autumn Dyeing Pavilion, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly put down the cup in his hand, got up from the chair and said with a smile: "How about picking up the wind and washing the dust here?" Su Zicheng sat on the chair next to Li Xiaoyi, stretched his hands and feet comfortably, took a sip of the warm rice wine handed by Li Xiaoyi, and said with a sigh of relief: "Appreciating chrysanthemums, listening to music and tasting wine, your days are getting more and more comfortable." ”

"Well," Li Xiaoqi responded with a smile and signaled to Begonia, and after a while, Begonia took someone to put a red copper hot pot, and put all kinds of dishes and seafood up, Li Xiaoqi pointed to the hot pot and smiled: "We eat seafood hot pot, and crab." As he spoke, he cleaned his hands, carefully picked up a crab and put it on the plate in front of him, turned his head to look at Haitang and ordered, "You peel a crab for the prince." ”

"No, I'll do it myself, you didn't say that it's best to eat crabs by yourself." Su Zicheng tried the warmth with his fingers, and also carried a crab over, while speaking, the whimpering sound gradually disappeared into the wind, and the clear flute sounded, and in the pavilion slightly higher in front of the Autumn Dyeing Pavilion, two female dancers in bright red dance clothes stepped on the flute, and sang and danced.

Su Zicheng was stunned, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, who was concentrating on biting the crab, and wondered: "You don't watch it, and you still let people sing and dance?" ”

"Look, take a look when you're tired of eating, well, it's for you." Li Xiaoqi raised his eyes and swept the cheerful female dancer and said, Su Zicheng moved the chair, faced Li Xiaoyi, and said simply: "I don't look at this." Li Xiaoqi glanced at him, smiled and did not speak, Gu Zi ate crabs, sipped his rice wine a little bit, and enjoyed the singing and dancing in the pavilion.

The two listened and watched and eat, Haitang led people to take down and clean up, the little girl waiting for tea outside the warm pavilion brought tea up, Li Xiaoqi took a sip, squinted her eyes comfortably, Su Zicheng looked at her, and suddenly said: "My eldest brother and I have never accompanied singing and dancing during meals." ”

"Well, you are all doing big things, and you naturally have to pay attention to your every move, and this should also be." Li Xiaoqi responded casually, watching the person change the rocking chair, half lying on the rocking chair covered with layers of pink cocoon silk cushions, half-closed eyes, listening to the music and slowly shaking the rocking chair, as if asleep. Su Zicheng stared at her for a while, stood up, looked at the remnants of the lake with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, opened his mouth, and swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth. Forget it, this is Yangzhou, and follow her wishes, and talk to her when she returns to Kaiping Mansion.

In late August, Yu Yuanshan rushed to Yangzhou, and Li Xiaoqi asked him to take him to take a bath to change his clothes, and eat before meeting him with Su Zicheng in the main hall.

Yu Yuanshan lost a whole weight, but his spirit was very good, he sat upright on the chair, put his hands on his knees, and concisely talked to the two of them about what he had seen and heard on the road. Ten years ago, the last transfer envoy died of a sudden illness in office, due to various entanglements and changes, the Huainan Road transfer envoy position existed in name only, the noisy and lively transfer of the past made the yamen also decay day by day, a month ago, Li Xiaoqi sent people to tidy up and repair, but after all, it has been deserted for more than ten years, and it is naturally not a small project to repair, when Yu Yuanshan rushed to the transfer of the yamen, that is, the yamen and the inside of the courtyard can be cleaned up. Fortunately, Yu Yuanshan brought two nephews, and this one was more than enough to enter the courtyard.

Early the next morning, Yu Yuanshan rushed to the other courtyard, Shi Yu, Zhao Hongzhi and Ming Qian also arrived, Nanning invited everyone into the main hall, and met each other, Su Zicheng sat leisurely on the top and shook the folding fan, smiled and motioned to Li Xiaoqi to speak, Li Xiaoqi was not polite, looked at Shi Yu and ordered: "Lord Yu has just arrived, and the transfer makes the yamen an empty shelf, and Lord Shi will have to pay more attention in the future." Shi Yu hurriedly stood up and agreed, Li Xiaoqi explained a few more words, and sent Shi Yu and the other three back.

Seeing the three of them out of the courtyard, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, Su Zicheng took the folding fan, looked at Yu Yuanshan and said with a smile: "Did you rest well yesterday?" ”

"Thank you for your care, have a good rest!" Yu Yuanshan hurriedly got up and replied, Su Zicheng nodded the folding fan and motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "Sit and talk, don't get up, have you come to your majesty to resign?" Have you seen King Ning? ”

"Back to the prince, the emperor who met first, the emperor instructed the lower officials to love the people and work diligently, and let the lower officials go to Ning Wangfu to receive training, and Prince Ning also instructed the lower officials to work hard in political affairs, pay attention to details, and let the lower officials listen to the prince's arrangements in everything." Yu Yuanshan replied respectfully, Su Zicheng nodded, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "You tell him, I'll listen." Li Xiaoqi pursed his lips and smiled, looked at Yu Yuanshan and said straightforwardly: "You have also seen the yamen, it has been deserted for more than ten years, the house and garden are easy to repair, and it can be repaired as it was in the winter, but it is not easy to set up this transfer to make the yamen, I heard that you brought two nephews over?" ”

"Yes!" Yu Yuanshan agreed, didn't say much, just listened to Li Xiaoyi's words, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, and then said: "In the hands of the people, there are eight officials sent by the Ministry of Officials, all of them are for you, but," Li Xiaoqi paused, looked at Yu Yuanshan and smiled: "I picked the rest." Su Zicheng was drinking tea, a sip of tea sprayed back into the cup at once, Nanning hurriedly stepped forward to take the cup, Su Zicheng turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and smiled: "What is this?" What does this make Lao Yu do? ”

"I don't know, the fifth master picks people, only looks at the word suitable, but the rest of this pick is not necessarily bad, not suitable for other places, maybe it is suitable for the transfer of the yamen." Yu Yuanshan hurriedly bowed his body and said with a smile, Li Xiaoqi glanced at Su Zicheng, looked at Yu Yuanshan and said: "If you can think of this, I will rest assured, I will let you give you the resumes of these eight people, and the people will go to the Yamen this morning, and the future of these eight people will be handed over to you, and the rewards and punishments will be up to you." ”

Yu Yuanshan was overjoyed, and left the seat to the end, Li Xiaoqi smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be busy thanking, sit down and listen to me first, there are a lot of things." Yu Yuanshan hurriedly sat back, his upper body often leaned forward, his eyes were bright and looking at Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi took a sip of tea, and then said: "In addition to these, your long-term entourage, small servant, and servant, you can think of it yourself, in this Yangzhou city, you also have a lot of acquaintances, in addition, the prince left fifty people for you from the Tiger Wing Army, and left them for you to call, the garrison outside the city, less than 3,000 people, listen to your dispatch, no need to ask for orders." Yu Yuanshan's face turned blood-red, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, but Su Zicheng shook the folding fan and looked at him with interest.

"That's all I can give you, and it's up to you." Li Xiaoqi summed up with a smile, Yu Yuanshan owed a debt and wanted to stand up and kowtow, remembering Li Xiaoyi's words just now, he hurriedly sat back and arched his hand: "Fifth master rest assured, rest assured that the prince is assured, the lower officials will be ••••••."

"What to paint!" Li Xiaoqi smiled and waved his hand: "Listen, you don't have to worry about the details of the government affairs of Huainan Road, Shi Yu, Zhao Hongzhi and Ming Qian are all capable officials, you only do big things, I have discussed the future of this Huainan Road with the prince, if it is like now, it will be a pity, and there is no need to transfer you over, five years later, this Huainan Road will become a place where the world's wealth is distributed." ”

Yu Yuanshan was startled, and looked at Li Xiaoqi with a smile, Li Xiaoqi took a sip of tea and asked, "Have you seen the tea, wine, and salt on Huainan Road on the road?" ”

"Back to the fifth master, I've seen it."

"Well, Huainan Road has the right time, location, and people, and you have to think of ways to make this Yangzhou the capital of tea and wine in the world." Li Xiaoqi looked at Yu Yuanshan, who was frowning tightly, and said with a smile: "It's not difficult, you have a tea fight and a wine party, the problem is to think of ways to make this tea and wine party momentum, and spend five or ten years to make the world's tea and wine only win the lottery at the tea and wine fighting party in Yangzhou can be recognized by the world and sold at a good price." ”

Yu Yuanshan frowned, thought for a long time, his eyes flashed brightly, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked: "What does the fifth master mean is that the tea and wine in the world must be recognized by our Yangzhou Mansion to be regarded as good tea and good wine?" ”

"Well, if you want to let the people of the world know that if you want to buy the best tea and wine, you have to get Yangzhou, and if you want to sell your tea and wine at a good price, you have to show your face at the tea and wine fighting party in Yangzhou." Li Xiaoqi simply explained, Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi puzzled, wanted to ask but swallowed back, or go back and ask again, how is it possible for the world's tea and wine to be recognized by Yangzhou? !

Yu Yuanshan's brows tightened, Li Xiaoqi looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't talk about Beiping all the way, the trade routes of Jingdi and Qiguo will be open to merchants on Huainan Road, and the sea ships of the Lu family have begun to berth in Lukang since the autumn to import and export goods, Taiping Mansion and Chizhou, Wang Ye and I will find a way to open up the trade route for Huainan Road." Yu Yuanshan's brows loosened a little bit, his eyes lit up a little, Li Xiaoqi paused, and then smiled: "If there is nothing to do next spring, I will come to live on Huainan Road." ”

The folding fan in Su Zicheng's hand was stunned for a moment, but Yu Yuanshan smiled, nodded again and again and was about to speak, Li Xiaoqi then smiled: "I'm not here for official business, but I'm here to do business and enjoy the enchanting scenery of Huainan Road." ”