On the fourth day of the seventh month, Li Weijian sent someone to inform him that Rongguo Mansion was about to return soon. Don't live for more than a month, don't say that the second girl and Daiyu who will always see each other in two or three days are a little unaccustomed, even Jia's mother is also a little worried about her thrifty brother.

Because he sent four carriages to pick him up, at noon on the fifth day of the seventh month, Li Weijian sent Fu Qiufang to his mansion first, and then returned to Rongguo Mansion.

After a month, Li Weijian accompanied the old lady to talk for a while, and said a few playful jokes, which made the old lady lean forward and back together, and was extremely happy. The old lady immediately said that she would add a few more dishes in the evening, which could be regarded as picking up the wind for Li Weijian.

Just came back, Li Weijian always had to walk around. The eldest lord Jia Yu was extremely eager, shh ”

Li Weijian secretly thought in his heart, is the eldest master rich again?

As if seeing what Li Weijian thought, Jia Yu coughed and said, "This, I'm just helping a few old relatives ask." ”

Understood, this is because I have no capital, so I want to be a broker to earn a bridge toll?

Li Weijian said with a smile: "Uncle Shi must have read the newspaper these days, that's right, the inner government has taken over all the Xishan coal kilns, and is now preparing to set up a coal mining company." ”

Jia Yu was suddenly moved. Although the water stocks suffered a big loss, but in hindsight, if you don't do the borrowing thing, hold the shares in your hands, it is a good livelihood to make sure you don't lose money. I used to be too eager...... Well, it's all to blame on the loyal king!

After scolding the king of loyalty in his heart, Jia Yu smiled half of his face and said with a wooden face: "Virtuous nephew, I don't know how much this stock is worth?" ”

Li Weijian said: "It's about five million taels, and the shares for sale are only about two million." The calculated interest is similar to that of water affairs, and it is a return on investment in 20 years. ”

Jia Yu frowned and said: "The plate is so small, and you don't need a rich person from other places, it is enough for the nobles in the capital to make it together." The saint and the inner government are too, such a good thing must always think about the noble first, where can it be cheaper for the rich man from other places? ”

Li Weijian smiled and didn't respond, if it was just Xungui, this person would definitely shout that it was too expensive. With a rich man from other places, these nobles will be willing to take out the silver for nothing.

After complaining, the drama meat finally came, and Jia Yu said: "Virtuous nephew, you have this in your hand...... Are there any new shares? Don't think too much about the virtuous nephew, I asked for my own old relatives, and I can't let the virtuous nephew suffer, even if it changes hands, it will be according to the market price. ”

Market price? Li Weijian has three shares in his hand, which is only 150,000 taels at the market price. He really can't look down on such a little silver. And in the future, coal mine stocks have huge potential, and they will be sold out, which is a fool! Li Weijian not only did not plan to sell, but also planned to buy some more privately and leave it for appreciation in the future.

Because Li Weijian shook his head and sighed: "Uncle Shi thinks highly of me." When the water affairs were founded before, the sage gave me some shares. Now that this manipulation of the inner government has already been figured out, why do you need me to offer advice? Without credit, the saint won't give me shares for nothing, right? ”

"No?" Jia Yu was suddenly disappointed, and blurted out: "I don't mean that the saint is like this-"

So what? Harsh, or unsophisticated? Finally, Jia Yu couldn't help but say nothing.

The eight thousand taels of silver that I had owed were probably enough. No matter how much you cheat, it's just icing on the cake, it's really unnecessary.

The eldest lord Jia Yu suddenly lost interest, and after a few words, Li Weijian got up and retired. He went to look for Jia Zheng again, and the old man Jia Zheng was as usual, Li Weijian and he couldn't talk anywhere, because he sat down for a while and left.

Because of the new nurturing grandmother in the house, Daiyu, Sanchun and others are all in class at this time, Li Weijian went back to the northeast and thought about it, thinking that he had not visited his teacher Yan Xiyao for some time, and seeing that the hour was still early, Li Weijian took a car to Yan's mansion.

I haven't been here for more than ten days, but the Yan Mansion has changed. In the garden on that side, the towering Newcole Gate had long since been demolished, and there was an additional pavilion in its place. After asking Yan Fengzhen, I learned that this was reserved for the new steam engine.

At this time, Yan Xiyao was meeting guests, and Li Weijian waited for a long time before the person in charge introduced him into the study.

"Resurrection is back?"

"Yes, the teacher looks good, and I expect it to be smooth recently."

Yan Xiyao smiled without saying a word, pointed to the chessboard on the table and said, "Resurrection will accompany me in the next game of chess." ”

"This ...... The students are dull, and they only know the surface of Go. Seeing Yan Xiyao smiling and looking over, Li Weijian had no choice but to give up his hand and say: "In this way, I will be ugly in front of the teacher." ”

After a while, a big dragon was beheaded, Yan Xiyao quipped: "Returning the way to resurrection is the words of self-humility, I don't want to really know only the skin." ”

Li Weijian smiled and groaned, and said disapprovingly: "The student's ambition is not here, instead of spending effort to study chess skills, it is better to spare time to think about learning and creating." ”

Yan Xiyao bowed his head and said: "I thought that resurrection was just a step to advance with practical learning, but recently I heard Jingwen say that resurrection actually built a new steam engine, and then I realized that resurrection is good at both being an official and doing things." ”

"The teacher praised it falsely."

"There's just one thing-" Yan Xiyao threw down the chess pieces and said: "The Xiucai surnamed Wu from the previous time was obviously used by me to make Jingwen deflated, and I didn't want to kill Li Fusheng halfway." ”

"Huh?" Li Weijian hurriedly explained: "The student is thinking, the teacher has a lot of things, and such a small thing is naturally the disciple's work." ”

Yan Xiyao waved his hand: "That's it, next time I will find another opportunity, I must let Jingwen practice more." ”

Li Weijian arched his hand and said, "Attention students next time." ”

Yan Xiyao bowed slightly, picked up the chess pieces and threw them into the urn, and said: "Chess is meaningful when you meet the opponent, but it's a pity that it's ......."

Li Weijian said: "If the teacher doesn't dislike it, the student is good at backgammon." ”

Yan Xiyao would ask what a backgammon was, but Yan Xiyao frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Backgammon?" With such a remote method, which ancient book did you learn from it? ”

Li Weijian was extremely surprised, and hurriedly asked: "The teacher also knows backgammon?" ”

Yan Xiyao said hesitantly: "I'm afraid that before there was Go, there was this five-in-a-row." In his early years, he was good at reading, and he once saw it in a miscellaneous book, and this backgammon was recorded in the Wei and Jin dynasties. I still remember how to play, since Fusheng is good at this, then let's play backgammon. ”

It turns out that backgammon has been around for a long time.

The chess pieces were folded, and the two guessed and played backgammon again. Li Weijian is quite good at this, and he insists on white first, because he extinguishes the double live three.

After a few pieces, Yan Xiyao said: "With the practical attainment of resurrection, I am afraid that I can't teach what to resurrect, what can be taught, but the word power and conspiracy." ”

"Schemes?"

Yan Xiyao smiled and bowed: "The old man has been in the officialdom for 30 years, and he has a little experience, and he has summarized the ten techniques of power and strategy, can you imagine his resurrection?" ”

Li Weijian hurriedly gave up his hand: "I was about to ask my teacher for advice." ”

"Ten techniques of power and conspiracy, one of which is the art of balance."

Li Weijian heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning: "The way of the emperor." ”

"Exactly, the balance between left and right, balance between inside and outside, this is the way of the emperor. Emperor Chongzhen of the previous dynasty mistakenly believed in the Donglin Party, which led to an imbalance in the government, and then the first assistant was changed every few months, but it was difficult to save the day. It is because of the imbalance between the government and the government. ”

Li Weijian bowed his head, although he said that he was partial and comprehensive, but he did have this article.

He knew that the first one was just an appetizer, and the next thing was the main meal.

Sure enough, I heard Yan Xiyao say: "In addition to the art of balance, there are also yin and yang, virtual and real, straight, long and short, odd and positive, advance and retreat, Tao obscure, borrowing, and Ren Shi." After a pause, Yan Xiyao said, "Let's talk about this yin and yang technique first." ”

"Teacher, what is the art of yin and yang?"

"When I saw the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei saw Emperor Han Xian, Cao Cao wanted to do the things of the king, in order to win people's hearts, he borrowed the arrow of the Son of Heaven to shoot the prey when hunting, and he never saw it clearly, thinking that the emperor was shooting, and immediately shouted long live.

After that, there was an edict of clothing. Liu Bei Yin seeks it, Yang ends it, and only then does it 'break open the iron cage to escape the tiger and leopard, and suddenly open the golden lock and walk the dragon'. ”

"The students were taught."

Li Weijian II was a human being, and the skills he obtained were all obtained in practice and never summarized. Now that I heard my mentor Yan Xiyao's order, I suddenly had a sense of enlightenment. Later, Yan Xiyao said the other eight techniques, and Li Weijian couldn't help but feel grateful in his heart, this is the love of master and apprentice.

It is not like the explosion of information in later generations, and such information is readily available. At this time, this kind of power and conspiracy is used to be described as dragon slaying technique, and the reverse use is dragon slaying technique. Between non-master and apprentice, father and son, wait for nothing to hear.

In a game of backgammon to the middle game, Yan Xiyao said the art of scheming, and then said: "Recently, I have been watching the resurrection like a headless fly, busy with the steam engine for a while, busy with the gun carriage for a while, and fiddling with milk for a while. The resurrection has its own strategy in its chest, and it is expected that it will not be untargeted, could it be that the resurrection has a plan? ”

Li Weijian pointed to the chessboard with a smile and said, "What are the characteristics of my chess path, what do you think the teacher thinks?" ”

"Zhongzheng is peaceful, and it is rare to see the spirit of killing."

Li Weijian said: "I do more work in this game, and rarely rush three and four." This is more than two lives, and the teacher naturally can't figure out my path, so he can wait for the situation. ”

As he spoke, he picked up a white child, and after he settled, the killing machine suddenly appeared, and it was clearly an idle man who was far away, and he was colluded with two jobs. Yan Xiyao pondered for a while, and hurriedly intercepted it, but it was too late, but seven or eight sons, four or three kills appeared, and Li Weijian won.

Yan Xiyao stretched his brows and bowed his head repeatedly: "Yes, it's good to have a plan in your heart for resurrection." ”

Li Weijian seems to be a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west recently, but in fact, he is all preparing for the implementation of the industrial revolution. The steam engine provides the power, the differential stabilizes the power, and the rubber involves the airtightness as well as the tires. I'm just back today, and I'm going to be busy tomorrow.

One is to see what the milk is like when it has been transported all the way, and the other is to go to the Armament Institute and try to let Director Chen build a steam engine of the same size out of cast iron, and then it can be enlarged proportionally.

I'm afraid that it won't be long before the Arsenal will be too busy, and I can't say that the imperial court will set up another yamen to specialize in the production of steam engines.

At the end of a game of chess, Yan Xiyao waved his hand, and lost the interest in continuing to play chess, the two sat opposite each other with tea, and Li Weijian said: "Teacher, the situation in the court has ...... recently."

"Don't worry, the court game is not a street fight, where can the winner be determined overnight?" Yan Xiyao said with a smile: "Besides, many times you can only divide the strength and weakness, and you can't say that you have to delay it for a few years." ”

Li Weijian pondered: "The teacher is practicing the art of Tao obscurity? ”

"You can teach."

Now that Chen Hongmou is dominant, the sage is naturally uneasy, he expected Yan Xiyao to stand up and fight with him, but he didn't expect the thunder to be loud and the rain to be small, Yan Xiyao opened the moon, but he never saw any action. Recently, the saint has become more and more impatient, and he can't say that he will choose another person to play with that Chen Hongmou.

At that time, Yan Xiyao will leave an impression on the saint, this person is a lonely minister, and it is not good for him to form a party, and he is still doing things solidly. Once this impression is left, it cannot be changed when he is idle, so Yan Xiyao has become a tumbler, and he will not move like a mountain even if the court is stormy.

On this day, the master and apprentice talked very happily, Yan Xiyao was in a very good mood, and deliberately left Li Weijian to eat. When he came out of Yan's house, Li Weijian immediately understood Yan Fengzhen...... Shi Niang's craftsmanship, well, looks good. The rest...... It's hard to put into words.

Anyway, Li Weijian is eating sweet pork ribs for the first time in his life.

Riding back to Rongguo Mansion, I just turned around the imperial city, and suddenly there was a bustle in front of me. Wu Haiping hurriedly reined in his horse and looked at it for a long time before he said: "Son, it looks like Fanzi is arresting people." ”

"Huh?"

Li Weijian opened the curtain and looked at it, and saw a person standing on the roof of the three-story teahouse, surrounded by a lot of people below, and from a distance, a person in charge of clothing shouted: "Sun Shouliang, since the official has tracked you down, how can he let you escape?" I advise you to be restrained, or else—"

The principal glanced at Fanzi beside him, and Fanzi came back with a child from the carriage behind. took the rag from the child's mouth, and the child immediately cried: "Dad, Dad! Woo-woo-"

The principal said: "Sun Shouliang, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children." ”

The people on the roof scolded, and danced the iron sword in their hands so impenetrable that the approaching few fans had no choice but to circle around it. Later, there was a fan who held a short gun, but he only aimed at it and did not pull the trigger.

"Childe, do you want to take a detour?" Wu Haiping asked.

Li Weijian stood on the wheel and shook his head: "It's rare to see Fanzi arresting people, and let's talk about the excitement." ”

As he spoke, the roof tiles shattered, and the man screamed and fell from the top of the third floor. After that, there was a shouting and cheering inside, and after a while, I saw several fans kidnapping the man out of the house.

Fang had never seen it on the roof just now, but after taking a look, Li Weijian suddenly became suspicious. This man has something to do with him!

The man was ordinary-looking, dressed in a Lan shirt, and had a peach heart rouge birthmark on his left cheek!

Li Weijian's heart became more and more curious, what kind of case did this person commit, even if the last visit of the Criminal Justice Department was more than ten days ago, he did not arrest this person until the moment, I am afraid that this person will be greatly involved!

(End of chapter)