(A few extras, mainly to make up for the endings of some characters.) ）

In March, the snow in Shandong has just melted.

A man with a broken arm with gray temples rode a carriage to the bank of the Jiaoshui River.

There is a post station near the ferry, and it is a big station. If there is a typhoon near Shanghai, the documents from Nanjing will enter Shandong from the canal and be sent to Liaodong through Dengzhou Port, and this post station is the place to pass.

Of course, there are many storms in summer and autumn, and the sea route is often cut off, so it is safer to go directly to Shanhaiguan.

It is the main road, and it is naturally prosperous.

There are inns next to the inn, and there is more than one.

Officials, merchants, and scholars often stayed in guest rooms, while caravan men who held goods slept in cheap Chase shops.

"It's getting late, let's stay in the hotel first." The man with the broken arm paid for the car and said to the woman who was getting out of the car.

The woman was in her early thirties, and wore a hat with a veil hanging from the brim, and her face was tightly covered. She was also holding a child in her hand, about ten years old, curiously observing the surrounding scenery.

This family of three has been incognito for many years, and even the government's wanted notice is no longer posted.

The man with a broken arm is the protagonist of the first army smuggling eucalyptus in the new dynasty, Li Huchong. Now that he has assumed the pseudonym Mu Feiyu, his old comrades-in-arms turned a blind eye and let him hide in Shaanxi for nearly ten years, and now he is carrying fake documents and planning to go to sea to settle down in Luzon.

Glancing at the three inns, Li Huchong took his wife and children and walked straight towards the smallest one.

It was a small two-story building with only seven or eight guest rooms, and there were no horse sheds or other facilities.

"The three of you, please, are you going to be a top-notch, or do you want to stay in a hotel?" The shop guy greeted him warmly.

Li Huchong said, "Stay one night, and cross the river tomorrow."

The guy said, "Then you register first."

Li Huchong walked to the counter and said as he walked, "Stir-fry two side dishes."

"Okay, stir-fry two side dishes." The shopkeeper shouted inside, and then reached out to receive the salute, Li Huchong only handed over the big luggage, but the small luggage containing the gold cake hung on his shoulder.

On the counter, holding a brush is Wei Jianxiong, who has disappeared for many years.

Wei Jianxiong was already gray-haired, and he took his wife to look for relatives for many years, but when he found nothing, he actually opened a small inn on the bank of the Jiaoshui River.

Taking out the store calendar, Wei Jianxiong asked, "Does the guest officer have a road guide ticket?"

"Yes." Li Huchong took out a fake paperwork.

The store calendar, also known as the store book, and the identity information of the guests staying in the hotel, must be recorded in detail on it so that the government can come to check it regularly.

In ancient times, you also had to check your "ID card"!

Wei Jianxiong glanced at the other party's severed arm, and then glanced at his calluses, and asked casually, "Retired officer?"

Li Huchong said, "Retire early."

"That's a veteran," Wei Jianxiong looked at the fake document and smiled playfully, "Since you are a veteran of Datong, I will give you a twenty-percent discount." Going to sea to join relatives?"

Li Huchong said, "There is a nephew who has made a fortune in Luzon and wrote home to ask me to help."

Wei Jianxiong quickly recorded the store calendar, handed back the fake paperwork, and warned in a low voice: "Don't make trouble in my store, it's good for you and good for me."

Li Huchong's eyes froze, stared at Wei Jianxiong for two seconds, and then said with a smile: "The shopkeeper said that he laughed, in this prosperous era of Datong, how can there be villains who cause trouble for no reason."

"I hope so." Wei Jianxiong also smiled.

Li Huchong took his wife and children upstairs and followed the man to the guest room.

After putting away the luggage, Li Huchong sighed, "I was recognized."

Yang exclaimed, "Won't it?"

Li Huchong said, "The shopkeeper has a background, and he is a practitioner. Also, I've met most of them before...... Where have you seen it?" After thinking about it for a long time, Li Huchong's eyes widened, and he whispered in some horror, "I remember, I've seen it in Jiangxi, what did Your Majesty call him uncle!" At that time, I also asked Lao Huang where His Majesty's uncle came from, and Lao Huang said that it was His Majesty's master. Your Majesty's martial arts are all taught by this man!"

Yang Shi trembled with fright: "Your Majesty's gun teacher must be very powerful, will he...

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Li Huchong comforted himself: "No, no, definitely not."

……

Downstairs.

A six- or seven-year-old boy jumped up with a schoolbag on his back, ran into the inn and shouted, "Dad, I'm back!"

Wei Jianxiong suddenly smiled: "What did you learn today?"

The child said, "I learned subtraction, and I learned two new words."

"Go find your mother in the backyard." Wei Jianxiong said.

Watching his son bounce away, Wei Jianxiong smiled more and more happily, he has been licking dogs for half his life, and he is still with the goddess, what can be happier than this?

Wei Jianxiong only hopes that he can live a long and healthy life until the day when his son marries a wife and has children.

If his son can't be admitted to college in the future, Wei Jianxiong, who has never begged anyone for the rest of his life, will most likely pull down his old face and beg the emperor. He didn't expect the emperor to break the rules, but there were many ways to get around it, such as letting his son learn a foreign language, and then recruiting him to Honglu Temple as a diplomat.

The children rushed to the backyard, where Chan was spinning.

Although Shandong, like Jiangnan, has long used a large number of steam engines, folk women still like to spin and weave their own fabrics.

"Mother!" The child puts down his school bag.

Chen glanced at it and asked, "On the way out of school, you went to the river to fish again?"

The child denied, "No."

Chen said angrily, "Go and change your pants, your trouser legs are wet."

"Oh." The child bowed his head and walked away.

There was a teenage maid next to her, who was packing her things and planning to go home from work. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, madam, it's good for the young master to study. At this time, no matter how greedy you are, you can become a big official when you grow up."

Chan said, "I don't ask him to be a great official, but I can live a safe life."

The maid's name is Lian'er, a nearby villager, who has been married for half a year and usually helps the Chen family with some housework.

Lian'er left the backyard after finishing work and went to the front store to say goodbye to Wei Jianxiong. As soon as she walked out of the inn gate, she heard a quarrel at the inn next door, and she ran over curiously to see the excitement. Five

The shopkeeper of the inn said, "A few guest officers, the guest rooms are really full, and only the Chase Bunk is still vacant. Why don't you go and ask again?"

An attendant patted the counter and shouted, "How can you wronged my master in that kind of small shop next door? Do you know what my master does? I'll tell you......"

"That's it!"

The middle-aged man with a fat figure suddenly told his entourage to shut up: "Go to the store next door and have a look."

The shopkeeper immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he could see that this group of people was very big. Fa Fu is middle-aged with seven or eight entourages, and the entourage has weapons on their bodies, and it doesn't look like they are doing business, and they almost used knives just now, this kind of person is definitely not easy to provoke.

The group went to Wei Jianxiong's shop, and Lian'er was afraid that something would go wrong, so she hurriedly ran back and said, "Master, a group of fierce guests are here, and they don't look very easy to talk to."

"Got it." Wei Jianxiong nodded and said.

Fa Fu middle-aged had already walked into the inn, Wei Jianxiong was stunned for a moment, and the other party was stunned when he saw him.

The attendant was still shouting, "Clean up the best room in your shop......

"Shut up!" Fa Fu middle-aged angrily reprimanded.

Wei Jianxiong called the man, "Clean up the empty room."

The middle-aged Fa Fu stepped forward and bowed his hand: "Uncle Wei, long time no see."

Wei Jianxiong returned the salute: "Young Master, please go to the backyard to talk."

Lian'er and those entourages stopped talking, obviously meeting an acquaintance.

Of course, Fei Yuanjian, who was middle-aged, had an awkward relationship with Zhao Han when he was studying, and was one of the early civil officials who followed Zhao Han to fight the world.

was led to the backyard by Wei Jianxiong, Fei Yuanjian saw Chen, and saluted respectfully, "Mother!"

Chan was overjoyed: "Sit down, sit down!"

Lian'er also came over and hurriedly went to bring water and pour tea.

The child leaned on Chen's side curiously, puzzled by the situation in front of him, why did this big fat man call his mother also a mother?

Chan said, "This is your brother,

Call Big Brother quickly."

The child was stunned and shouted, "Big brother."

Fei Yuanjian's mood was a little complicated, but he was more happy, and he smiled and took off the jade pendant: "I haven't prepared a meeting gift, so I'll give this to the younger brother."

He is not Chen's biological son, but his biological mother is dying, and Chen is his mother in the legal sense. Now except for his wife and children, he has no other relatives, and the multiple "younger brothers" at this time can be regarded as a surprise to him.

Everyone talked about the old days for a while, and Wei Jianxiong asked, "Young Master......

Fei Yuanjian interrupted, "Uncle Wei, don't call me young master."

"Ahem...... Then you...... Are you going on a business trip?" Wei Jianxiong was a little awkward.

Fei Yuanjian said: "After recuperating at home for several years, he has finally recovered and has been transferred to Xuansu Province to be the governor of Zuobu and to supervise the civil affairs of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate."

With Fei Yuanjian's qualifications, he should have served as a cabinet minister a long time ago.

But his personal ability is average, and he has been ill and recuperated for many years, and he has become a big fat man in bed. Last year, he returned to Beijing to resume his post, but he could not find a suitable vacancy, so he was transferred to Xuansu Province this year, and he could be transferred back to the central government after a few years of work.

He was extremely powerful in this position, not only in charge of Xuansu Province (Jilin), but also in charge of the civil affairs of the entire Heilongjiang region.

Fei Yuanjian currently has no title, but the emperor treats him well.

The Yiwang Mansion in Jianchang, Jiangxi, covers an area of hundreds of thousands of square meters. Part of it was converted into a primary and secondary school, part of it was converted into a court yamen, and the remaining 50,000 square meters of gardens were all given to Fei Yuanjian as a private residence.

Moreover, there is also a mine in Jianchang Mansion, and Fei Yuanjian has the right to operate a mine.

Although Jianchang is located in the middle of nowhere, but with the big mansion and the mine, Fei Yuanjian is among the heroes of Conglong, and his life is relatively nourishing.

Wei Jianxiong asked, "Why don't you take a boat from Shanghai to Liaodong?"

Fei Yuanjian said: "I have a friend in Shandong, so I stopped by to visit, but I didn't expect to meet Uncle Wei and my mother."

Chen sighed with emotion: "If my sister knows under the spring and knows that Brother Jian'er is so promising, she will definitely be very pleased. The last time I went back to Lead Mountain, I heard that my sister's grave had been moved to Jianchang, and I never had the opportunity to pay respects."

Fei Yuanjian said: "When I return to Beijing in a few years, I will also go to Jianchang to pay respects, and my mother and Uncle Wei can go together."

"It's good, it's good." Chen agreed, and after all these years, the past grievances have long since melted away.

The next day, Fei Yuanjian set off to cross the river.

Li Huchong also took his wife and children on the boat, and when he saw Fei Yuanjian, he was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head and did not speak. When I arrived in Dengzhou, I was anxious to find a ship to go to Luzon, and I could live a normal life overseas.