Li Qing was also looking at his godson.

I haven't seen him for nearly ten years, and my godson has become more and more mature.

Li Hong is forty years old this year, and he has been in charge of the sailors all these years, and he has been exposed to the wind and sun all day long, looking more vicissitudes than his actual age, but he is full of spirit.

He has a dark complexion, a burly and powerful figure, wearing armor and a sword, and is mighty.

"Very good." Li Qing said softly, there is appreciation, relief, and ...... A little bitter.

"Bold, I met the chief soldier......

"Stand down." Li Hong relieved himself and interrupted: "Let's go get busy, don't allow it, don't come and disturb." ”

"Yes." The soldiers said yes, looked at Li Qing again, and then withdrew.

Li Qing smiled: "Come into the house and say." ”

"Hey." Li Hong sniffed and stepped up to follow.

When he came to the guest hall, Li Hong reflexively closed the door, turned around, lifted the hem of his robe, and bowed: "The child meets his godfather." ”

"Get up, get up." Li Qing helped him up, "Sit down and say." ”

"Hmm."

The father and son sat opposite each other, and Li Hong poured a cup of tea for his godfather, and then said, "Godfather, my son has missed you all these years." ”

is forty years old, but at the moment, his eyes are red, and there is still a little bit of the majesty of the chief soldier of the water division.

"How adult, don't be ashamed." Li Qing quipped, and then his eyes were a little moist, after nearly ten years, how could he, who was a godfather, not want to be a godson.

"Godfather, aren't you in a hurry to leave when you come back this time?" Li Hong asked.

Li Qing was silent for a moment and shook his head slightly: "I still have to go to Jiaozhi, before I go, come and see you." ”

Li Hong was stunned, his face full of loss, "How long will it take this time?" ”

"About two or three years." Li Qing also felt indebted, and said: "When I come back from Jiaozhi, I will probably stay for a long time." ”

Hearing this, Li Hong felt a lot better.

"Godfather, you've done enough, Daming is good enough now, you don't have to run around like this."

Li Qing smiled bitterly: Silly son, how do you know that behind this good enough, there is also a huge crisis!

This is not Li Hong's heart, and Li Qing doesn't want to trouble him, so he diverts the topic:

"Tell me about the Japanese Invaders."

Li Hong nodded lightly and said: "Since the emperor cracked down on the smuggling trade with Japan, the Japanese have begun to proliferate, but it is said that it is the Japanese bandits, and many of them are Han bandits;

In the new stage, it is becoming more and more difficult to do business at sea, but the trade with Japan is quite profitable......"

Briefly talking about the crux of the matter, Li Hong said: "However, under normal circumstances, the Japanese are secretly doing business, and they dare not challenge the authority of the Ming Dynasty, so in March, April, September, and October, they took advantage of the monsoon to try their luck, but every time they were beaten back by our Ming sailors......

Speaking of this, he paused and frowned: "Jiangnan is a tax-paying place, and the emperor attaches great importance to this place, based on the great help of the sailors, the Japanese have never been able to bargain here, but it is precisely because they can't bargain here, so ......"

"They're going to move elsewhere," Li Qing said for him, "what do you mean...... Good fortune.. Build. ”

Li Hong was impressed: "Godfather is wise. ”

"Why don't you talk to the emperor?"

"This is just a child's inference, and there is no evidence." Li Hongdao, "At this time last year, there were quite a lot of criminals, but this year there are obviously a lot less, and children only have this idea." ”

After a pause, "Godfather, will it give people the feeling that the child wants to expand his power?" ”

Li Qing shook his head with a smile and said lightly: "You are my godson, with this, no one dares to stumble on you, and the emperor will not dare to suppress you, so rest assured." ”

"Hey, that's good, the boy will write a recital when he goes back." Li Hong put his mind at ease and no longer had scruples.

"How is the combat power of the water division?" Li Qing asked again.

"Very strong, very strong," Li Hong said, "face to face, the Japanese are vulnerable, just ......"

He smiled bitterly: "It's just that it's hard to eradicate, there is an endless stream of profit-seekers, and this wave has been repelled, and there is another wave, driven by ultra-high interests, there are too many people who take risks." ”ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ

"Then fight, they come, you fight." Li Qingdao said, "A powerful sailor will always come in handy." ”

Li Hong nodded, and asked instead, "When will Godfather leave?" ”

"Let's go."

"Huh? In such a hurry?! ”

"Go early and come back early."

"Okay." Li Hong sighed lightly, he didn't want to get together, so he had to leave again, "Godfather is alone, he must take care of himself and come back early." ”

"Well, godfathers are so adults, don't worry." Li Qing smiled, got up and said, "Okay, you are busy with your going, godfather will come back to see you after he is busy with the things he is going to do." ”

"Alas... Good. Li Hong sighed, got up and said, "I wish my godfather a smooth journey." ”

"Hmm."

Li Qing nodded, turned around and walked out.

"Godfather."

"Huh?"

"Come back early." Li Hong said.

"Okay."

Looking at the back of his godfather leaving, Li Hong suddenly wanted to cry, he really wanted to persuade his godfather to be selfish......

~

It stands to reason that when I came to Haining, I should have to visit Yu Qian, but I ...... The deceased has passed away, what can I see?

'Come back next time to see him......

Li Qing sighed secretly, he was actually a little timid about these things.

…

~

Chenghua 20 years, at the end of winter.

Li Qing came to Jiaozhi.

Fortunately, after he left last time, Han Han adopted his strategy and opened many schools here to promote Han culture, and Li Qing didn't have much effort to find someone who could speak Chinese.

Decades have passed, and he can't remember where the 'Han Wangfu' is, and under the guidance of the guide, it took more than ten days to finally reach the destination.

After more than two months, I saw the helmsman of Jiaozhi.

——Zhu Qijin.

He is not young now, he is almost forty years old, with a full beard, looking no younger than Li Hong.

"Are you...... An emissary of the imperial court? Zhu Qijin felt that Li Qing was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

It's no wonder that more than 20 years have passed, and Li Qing's face at that time has been slightly adjusted, and he can't recognize it very normal.

"To be precise, I am acting in my personal name as a substitute for the Ming court." Li Qingdao.

"...... in my personal name" Zhu Qijin was stunned and sneered: "Dare to love is from the autumn wind?" ”

He was a little puzzled, "Thousands of miles away, are you there?" ”

Li Qing touched his nose and said, "Don't you think I'm familiar?" You let them go, and I have something to say to you alone. ”

Zhu Qijin glanced at Li Qing deeply and nodded slowly: "All retreat, you can't come in without permission." ”

"Don't listen to him."

"Heh, a weak scholar, how did he hurt this king?" Zhu Qijin said indifferently, "Stand down!" ”

"Yes."

The commander of the guards said yes helplessly, and waved his hand, "All stand down." ”

Zhu Qijin said: "Can you say it now?" ”

"My name is Li Qing, the Marquis of Yongqing of the Ming Dynasty." Li Qing said.

"Daming Yongqing Marquis ......" Zhu Qijin was stunned, and then his eyes widened, "You, you are the ...... No, how is this possible? ”

Zhu Qijin didn't believe it, and he couldn't believe it.

It is true that the two are quite similar, but how can anyone not be old, or even ...... The more you live, the younger you get.

In the face of doubts, Li Qing was not in a hurry and told the story of the year......

At the end, he added: "Before your grandfather returned to the Ming Dynasty, he built an ancestral hall, right?" ”

"Aang." Zhu Qijin nodded, he already had some faith, "You know this?" ”

"When you go to the ancestral hall, the secret is hidden behind your grandfather's portrait." Li Qingdao said, "The things inside will prove my identity." ”

Zhu Qijin's eyes flickered, and he said suspiciously: "No, when I went to Daming with my grandfather, you weren't here." ”

"I've been here before, your father knows, and if you don't believe me, you can ask him." Li Qing explained, "This is what we agreed at the time, but you can't pass on my secret." ”

"Agree on what?" Zhu Qijin frowned, "Why don't you tell me?" What exactly do you want to do? ”

Li Qing said calmly: "The agreement is to let his successor know my secret; I told you that I would listen to me, and what I would do...... I want to serve Daming. ”

After a pause, "Of course, I will also pay for it." ”

"What can you give me?"

"Makes you live longer." Li Qing said.

Zhu Qijin's eyes froze, and his heart was pounding, but he was not in a hurry to express his position.

Li Qing was not in a hurry, but said: "You might as well go and verify it first, as for how to choose...... Look at you. ”

Zhu Qijin was silent for a while, got up and said, "You wait here first." ”

"Well said." Li Qing nodded with a smile, he was not in a hurry.

For people like Zhu Qijin, money, beauties and anything can't help him, because he doesn't lack it.

But...... The temptation to live a long time is something he can't resist.

As Li Qing expected, Zhu Qijin quickly returned and said directly: "What exactly do you ask me to do, and how long can I live longer?" ”

"To build a supply industry chain that serves the Ming merchant ship, it is necessary to be big! Super big! Li Qingdao, paused, and said: "Conservative will let you live to seventy, if you are willing to be obedient, it is not impossible to live a long life." ”

Li Qing smiled and asked, "How?" ”

Zhu Qijin groaned: "Can't you be like you?" ”

"I'm sorry, I can't do that." Li Qing shook his head, "Don't be too greedy, don't forget, you have the blood of the Zhu family in your body,

Your grandfather is here for you, for what? Isn't it for Daming?

You can't listen to me, don't you even listen to him? Li Qing snorted, "If you are such a person, then he is also blind." ”

There is also a sentence that Li Qing didn't say: If you are really that kind of person, Lao Tzu will kill you!

"You ......" Zhu Qijin remembered his grandfather's teachings before his death, and suppressed his anger, "Then I will live to be a hundred years old." ”

"If you listen to me."

"Yes!" Zhu Qijin said, "How do you do it?" ”

"Quitting the female sex first."

“…… I'm going to live ninety. ”

"Quitting women."

"Eighty, that's the bottom line." Zhu Qijin gritted his teeth and said, "Also, how do you prove that you have that ability?" ”

"If you're eighty, it's not that hard not to quit women." Li Qing nodded slowly, and then smiled: "Come, give me your hand." ”