Early morning.

Sunlight streams in through the cracks in the door, and the furnishings in the house seem to be gilded with gold, and the dust floats in the beams.

Li Qing's eyelids moved slightly, slowly opened, turned over, and stared at the beam of light for a long time before sitting up.

"Hmm~"

Stretching his lower limbs, Li Qing got out of bed and changed into an ink-colored robe, pushed open the door, his eyes were full of tender green branches and buds, the fresh air was filled with the smell of spring, and the magpie on the branches was frightened and flapped its wings away.

"Look up and see joy, today is a good day." Li Qing smiled, holding a wooden basin to fetch water to wash.

Bathed in the warm sunshine, the whole person is in a comfortable mood, this leisurely, casual feeling, he has not experienced for a long time, all over the body.

……

The Mansion of the Duke of Cao.

In the pavilion, Li Qing and Li Jinglong sat opposite each other, with exquisite side dishes on the table, and the sake was soft.

"You're going to stay a long time this time, right?" Li Jinglong asked.

"Ah," Li Qing put down his glass, "It will take two or three months, maybe even longer." ”

Li Jinglong filled the pot for him, "There is a prince, you toss less, sometimes it is not a good thing to do more, people will feel that they are robbed of the limelight, and they may not appreciate it." ”

"Makes sense." Li Qing was quite persuaded, "I didn't think about tossing at first, the main thing is to make the town and town, and the prince and the factory guard will do the big and small matters." ”

The two of them held it cup by cup, bragging about the mountains, and laughing loudly.

Li Jinglong is old, the amount of alcohol is not as good as back then, and after drinking two pots of wine, he is six points drunk, seeing this, Li Qing stopped drinking and chatted about the world.

Friends drink not purely drinking, most of the time they enjoy chatting openly when they are drunk.

"Brother, I'm really lonely here," Li Jinglong is an emotional person, even more so after drinking some wine, "People have so much time in this life, one day at a time, and in this last time, brother wants someone to talk to." ”

His face was red and his eyes were red.

"Alas... Brother, I have worked in vain in my life, I haven't done anything, my reputation is not good, and the only gain is you, a bosom friend. ”

"Don't say that," Li Qing comforted, "I don't have a good reputation, in fact, we are about the same." ”

Li Jinglong smiled bitterly: "It's different, I can't compare with you and Lan Yu, in the battle of fishing in the sea, I am a soy sauce fighter, the battle of Jingnan...... He was nailed to the pillar of shame. ”

"Later...... I'll give you a good name. Li Qing assured.

Li Jinglong sneered and shook his head, where could he believe it.

"Brother Li, stay." Li Jinglong persuaded, "My body is not as good as day by day, I don't know how long I have to live, you are more than ten years older than me, we are not young anymore, we can live a comfortable life for a few days." ”

"Don't worry, it won't be long." Li Qing said happily, "When I'm done, I'll come back and enjoy life." ”

"Forget it, it's up to you." Li Jinglong knew Li Qing's character, so he stopped persuading and talked about other topics.

~

In the afternoon, Li Qing went to the palace.

Although the emperor does not live in the imperial palace in Jinling, it is taken care of every day, and it is no different from before.

Zhu Zhanji is dressed in a prince's suit, his face is handsome, but his face is relatively dark, and he has a big stubble, not the kind of three-foot long hair, but Li Kui's kind of beard, but he hasn't grown up yet, otherwise he will be the second 'Li Kui'.

However, in terms of physiognomy alone, Zhu Zhanji can be called handsome, although he is not as good as Er Li.

In this day and age, a thick beard is a plus.

"Where's the wine?" Zhu Zhanji sniffed his nose, "It's office time, can you be serious?" ”

"Aren't you the same?" Li Qing said angrily, "What did you say you did?" ”

"I ......" Zhu Zhanji choked and said, "Isn't this starting with the vassal king, the vassal king hasn't come yet." ”

Li Qing said again: "Didn't your father ask you to purge the officials? ”

"There's no rush to this." Zhu Zhanji said, "First handle the affairs of the vassal king, with the lessons of the past, the officials will naturally be honest, and the resistance to punishing corruption will be greatly reduced;

Even the vassal kings were not spared, they naturally have nothing to complain about, the opening of the sea is imminent, it is not the best strategy to use swords, now is the time to employ people, as long as they sound the alarm bell and let them know that they will be restrained. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "To purge the rule of officials, it does not have to be harsh and harsh, wielding a big knife, as long as the goal is achieved." ”

After a pause, the murderous aura was awe-inspiring: "Of course, if they don't repent, I don't mind killing!" ”

Li Qing nodded, agreeing with Zhu Zhanji's method.

What a good child, both the ruthlessness of the fourth child and the chubby Huairou, everything is good, but it is a little darker.

"Prince Takami."

"Yo, Uncle Qing, you will praise people!" Zhu Zhanji exaggerated, saying: If you can speak, just say a few more words.

It's a word of praise for you...... Li Qing didn't pay any more attention to him.

After sitting for a while, Li Qing asked, "Do you want me to live in the palace to protect you?" ”

"Do you think it's necessary?" Zhu Zhanji said proudly, "It's not me who blows, it's my ......."

"Farewell."

It's not that you listen to me and I'm in good condition...... Zhu Zhanji's face was full of black lines.

In fact, there is really no need, this time there are nearly 3,000 people just to come to the factory guards, which is so easy to enter the palace, even if someone really comes to assassinate, there will definitely be no return.

Unless an army enters the palace, this is simply not possible.

And Zhu Zhanji did not do anything to the officials, at least not at present, so naturally no one will be stupid enough to treat him badly.

Li Qing was quite relieved and continued to live in his Yongqing Marquis Mansion.

Drink a little wine all day long, and talk about the mountains with Lao Litou, and the days are relaxed and comfortable.

Anyway, it is Zhu Zhanji who takes the lead in the work, he Li Qing is a foil, naturally he will not rush to work, the prince is not in a hurry, he is in a hurry.

Zhu Zhanji is not like Li Qing, although he did not make big moves, he kept making small moves, and kept sending factory guards to inquire about the size of the opening of the sea.

People are not half a step out of the palace, but the eyeliner is dense in Jinling, and even Suzhou and Hangzhou have his secret agents, people are sitting in the palace, and news comes from all directions.

Seeing that he was so capable, Li Qing simply stopped doing it at all and enjoyed it every day.

The comfortable time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and King Ning was the first to arrive from the waterway.

Zhu Zhanji also has a certain understanding of the seventeenth master who was promised by the emperor's grandfather to 'share the world'.

I think that at the beginning, this seventeenth master suddenly collapsed, holding Duoyan Sanwei, and once overshadowed the limelight of the imperial grandfather.

Although Zhu Zhanji was born late, he was trained as an heir when he was a child, and he learned all the history of this dynasty.

King Yan is good at fighting, King Ning is good at strategizing!

It can be said that it is widely spread, how can he not know.

Nave.

King Ning looked at the heroic Zhu Zhanji, as if he saw the fourth brother at the beginning, this grandfather and grandson are too similar, not only similar in shape, but also god-like.

When I think of the fourth brother, I have to think of 'sharing the world'.

As soon as he thought of 'sharing the world', Zhu Quan's anger was a little uncontrollable.

At the beginning, he gave all the three guards to the fourth, and after the fourth won the world, it didn't matter if he didn't share it with him, and he also relieved his military power.

Forget about the military power, and divide him to the west of Jiangnan.

All?? It's gone to grandma's house.

"King Ning."

A clear voice interrupted Zhu Quan's thoughts and made him come back to his senses from his anger.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads...... Zhu Quan glanced at Li Qing and stroked his robe, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Lord Ning doesn't have to be polite." Zhu Zhanji supported him in advance and said affectionately: "It's all your own people, come and serve tea." ”

"The prince is polite." Zhu Quan arched his hand and comforted himself: Forget it, they will be their emperors, I will make my fortune, and everyone's well water will not interfere with river water.

The little eunuch served tea and then retreated, leaving only three people in the main hall to drink tea.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know when to worship my ancestors?" Zhu Quan asked.

"Don't worry, Prince Ning has worked hard all the way, and I'll talk about it for a few days." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile.

Of course, Zhu Quan is in a hurry, he is now spreading a huge spread, and he has to make a decision on many things, and if he stays here for one more day, he doesn't know how much money he will lose.

"Ancestor worship is the top priority, and it is better to do it as soon as possible." Zhu Quan looked sad, "This king misses Emperor Taizu." ”

Li Qing: "......"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "That's the case, this time the ancestors are not only us, I have called King Xiang, King Jing, King Huai, and King Liang, and they are estimated to be able to arrive in a few days, and everyone will be together at that time." ”

Zhu Quan's heart suddenly sudden, and then he felt that he was thinking too much, these vassal kings were all Zhu Zhanji's younger brothers, and it was understandable to worship their ancestors and let them come over.

Taking a step back, what if you are actually aware of it?

The national policy of opening the sea was issued by the imperial court, and maritime trade was not illegal, he, the dignified King Ning, was just evading taxes, Zhu Zhanji, a junior, could he still detain himself?

Thinking of this, Zhu Quan calmed down and said with a smile: "In this case, the king will leave first, and when they come, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to inform him." ”

"Definitely." Zhu Zhanji got up with a smile, "I'll send Lord Ning." ”

"Your Highness is gracious."

……

The Mansion of the Duke of Cao.

Li Jinglong was basking in the sun when he overheard a report from his subordinates: "King Ning is visiting." ”

As a thief, he was suddenly a little at a loss, "Tell him that I am sick......"

As soon as the words fell, I heard King Ning's loud voice, "Where is my cousin sick?" ”

"......" Li Jinglong is older than Zhu Quan, but his seniority is not as good as him, and he has no way to defend this matter, so he has to pinch his nose and admit it.

"It's not a serious illness, it's just a cold." Li Jinglong snorted, "Come on, serve tea, serve good tea." ”

Zhu Quan sat down with a smile and said in a low voice: "The merchant ship to Japan has returned, guess how much you earned this time?" ”

How could Li Jinglong have the heart to guess, his heart is now full of guilt.

He said, "How much?" ”

"One hundred thousand taels." Zhu Quan added, "Net profit of 100,000 taels." ”

"Oh? So much? Li Jinglong couldn't take care of the guilt, "It's too easy to make money, right?" ”

"Hey...... In other words, the last thing that Japan lacks is silver. Zhu Quan said with a smile, "Among the nobles in Nanjing, it belongs to your title and the highest qualifications, you help me pull the strings, and we will make the business bigger." ”

Li Jinglong was surprised: "Can't you eat it yourself?" ”

"You can eat it, but ......" Zhu Quan said in a low voice, "It's not good to eat alone, how can you completely hide such a big deal, if you don't give people some soup to drink, sooner or later someone with red eyes will poke it up, we can't lose a big one, right?" ”

It's already stabbed, what's the whole thing?

Li Jinglong looked at Xiao Seventeen guiltily.