After Qi Tian and Xia Qingxue entered the wind and fire, they quickly chased after the truck.

But what is depressing is that Fenghuo can't catch up with the carriage in front, in the words of the previous life, "Throw you so that you can't even see the tail lights!"

After Fenghuo reached the top of the mountain, the wagon pulling the goods was almost finished.

Qi Tian jumped out of the carriage and ran directly to the coachman.

I saw the driver on the truck, dressed in Qimen clothes, with his legs crossed, casually looking at the sky.

Qi Tian was a little excited, and reached out and dragged the chauffeur who watched the sky up.

The coachman was startled, and when he saw the person who came, he was surprised: "Huh, boss?"

He had seen Qi Tian before and knew that this young man was the real boss of Qi Men.

Qi Tian asked directly, "You drove the carriage that pulled the goods just now?"

The coachman nodded and said, "Yes... It's me. ”

Qi Tian showed a look of surprise on his face, patted the coachman's shoulder vigorously, and said, "Young man, your driving skills are very good!"

As soon as the coachman heard the boss praise him, he immediately became overjoyed, and said a little embarrassed: "Boss, before I joined Qimen, I was releasing horses for the horse farm owner, so my driving skills are reasonable." ”

Qi Tian smiled mysteriously, "Hehe, you're going to make a meritorious service!"

The coachman was stunned, "Meritorious?"

Qi Tian nodded.

A picture of the peak of his life suddenly appeared in the driver's mind.

Since the last time Qi Tian told the two brothers Ning Jin and Ning Yi in the dungeon that they could marry the two girls by meritorious service, this matter has spread all over Qi Men.

Everyone knows that there will be rewards for meritorious service, and they all practice kung fu desperately, hoping that one day they can establish meritorious deeds for Qimen, soar to the top, and reach the pinnacle of life.

"Boss, what's the good thing?"

"Yes, meritorious deeds should be called our two brothers. ”

"We're still waiting to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Qi Tian turned his head and saw that it was Ning Jin and Ning Yi brothers.

They no longer guard the dungeon now, and they practice hard all day long, just waiting for Qimen to make a big move, and then make meritorious contributions and marry wives.

Qi Tian looked at the two of them who had grown stronger for more than a circle, and nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, there will be a chance." ”

When the Ning brothers heard that they had nothing to do with themselves, they couldn't help but turn around in disappointment and continue training.

On the way back to the city, there was one more person in the wind and fire, and that was the driver who was driving, named Sun Wei.

After entering the city, Fenghuo did not run directly to Xiafu, but made a detour to go to the dart bureau again, picked up Uncle Jiu, and returned to Xiafu together.

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Yunhai City Li Mansion.

"My son is back! Let my father see if he has lost weight!" Li Zixiong took Li Mingyan and stood in the front hall of the mansion with a smile on his face, watching Li Mingyan walk in.

Li Mingyan's face was full of spring breeze, as if he had come to the second spring, and shouted excitedly: "Father!"

"Well, the tea has already been prepared, take a sip first, and then talk about it in detail. Li Zixiong took Li Mingyan by the hand, and the father and son walked quickly into the living room.

In Li Mingyan's heart, his father has never been so close to him, and a little warmth unconsciously rises in his heart.

After entering the living room.

Li Mingyan took a sip of the tea on the table and said, "Father, this trip to the racecourse was very smooth, just yesterday, the news that the Sunny Empire was going to war with the Lion Empire had reached the racecourse.

All the plateau horses have multiplied several times, and we don't have to sell them to the imperial court now, just by selling them to those horse merchants, we can make more than several times more!

When his son was leaving, the owner of the horse farm kept complaining about his son's cunning, and did not tell him the news of the war. ”

Li Zixiong laughed "haha", and said in a contemptuous tone: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and if you don't get the news, you blame others, and you don't know how to die in the future." ”

Li Mingyan took another sip of tea and continued: "At the racecourse, I also met a person. ”

Li Zixiong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is it?"

"Fourth Young Master of the Xia family, Xia Ping'an!" Li Mingyan showed a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, he also went to buy horses, could it be that the Xia family also got the news in advance?" Li Zixiong was a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that the Xia family rarely contacts the government in business, and should not get the news of the war in advance.

Li Mingyan nodded, "They did get the news in advance, and this time they went to buy horses, and the Xia family seemed to be worried about Xia Ping'an, and they also sent the Xia family's housekeeper to go with them." ”

Li Zixiong suddenly became a little nervous, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened in the end?"

Since the defeat of the Yunhai trade war last time, he felt that he couldn't see through the Xia family a little, and he unconsciously had some shadows on the people of the Xia family.

Li Mingyan smiled "haha", and said in a contemptuous tone: "For such an important matter, the Xia family actually sent Xia Ping'an that waste, but there can only be one, and it will be a complete failure." ”

Li Zixiong's heart finally let go.

Li Mingyan turned to glance at Li Zelong, "Third brother, this time the eldest brother avenged you!"

When talking about the three words Xia Ping'an just now, Li Zelong's eyes were obviously a little hateful, and even his face was a little red with shame.

After all, he had apologized to the little fat man on his knees in public.

"Hmm, what's going on?" Li Zelong looked at his eldest brother suspiciously.

Li Mingyan put down the teacup in his hand and continued: "Xia Ping'an, that womanizer, went out to do business and even brought a woman from Qinglou, I have seen that woman a few times, that is the one who is very plump in Tianhailou.

At that time, I had a plan, and with only 1,000 gold coins, I asked the Qinglou woman to cooperate with the horse farm owner, and obediently let Xia Ping'an sign the plain pony with 80 million gold coins!"

"What!

Eighty million gold coins?

You must know that last time we kidnapped his wife and children, so that we could threaten him, and he was very loyal to the Xia family. Li Zixiong exclaimed.

After all, 80 million gold coins is not a small amount, and it is estimated that even Xia Xinyue will have to discuss it with Xia Zhengxin.

Xia Ping'an shouldn't have the courage to do this, not to mention, there is a cautious and loyal housekeeper beside him.

Li Mingyan smiled, it was the first time that his father could be so surprised, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"The steward was indeed not easy to deal with, and the owner of the horse farm talked to him several times, but to no avail.

In the end, the son asked the horse farm owner to take advantage of the housekeeper to go to sleep, and then let the Qinglou woman meet the inside and outside, and drunk Xia Ping'an, and then took advantage of the strength of the wine, let him sign a contract with the horse farm owner, all the purchases were plain ponies, none of them were plateau horses, but the price was purchased according to the plateau horses, and the horse farm owner's mouth couldn't close. Li Mingyan explained.

Li Zixiong glanced at Li Mingyan deeply, his face was full of gratifying smiles, this eldest son really did not disappoint himself, he was ruthless, flexible in his work, and he had his own true inheritance.

He thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Where is that woman now, you must kill it as soon as possible to avoid revealing the news."

It is not appropriate for us to tear our faces with the Xia family now, after all, we have to buy weapons and armor from the Xia family next, and the smelter factory of the Xia family is very famous. ”

Li Mingyan smiled "hehe" and said: "When my son was still in the grassland, I ordered people to rush to the night killing gang, and spent a lot of money to invite the most famous five tigers to do this."

It is estimated that the woman should be dead by now. The Five Tigers are notoriously ruthless in the rivers and lakes. ”

Li Zixiong glanced at Li Mingyan with appreciation again, "Mingyan, you really didn't disappoint your father!"

In the past, as a father, I was always worried that you were not thorough enough to do things, and your plans were not ruthless enough, but now it seems that worrying is superfluous, and you are almost more than a father. ”

Li Mingyan's eyes were hot at that time, his biggest wish was to be recognized by his father, and now he has received such a big praise, he is really excited!

"Hehe", Li Zixiong laughed and said lightly: "Xia family, even if you are proud now, even if the trade orders are all yours?"

Take one wrong step and lose everything!Look how you turn over this time, 80 million gold dollars of the plain pony, see who you can sell it to!"

Li Zelong is now looking at his eldest brother with admiration, in this way, the Xia family is not far from bankruptcy, and the Li family is close to becoming the richest man in Yunhai City!

Li Mingyan frowned suddenly, as if he had thought of something, "Father, I also got a piece of information, do you know who was the last time he retrieved the goods for the Xia family, and instructed Xia Qingxue to borrow our money behind his back, monopolizing the dock workers and boatmen?"

Li Zixiong raised his eyebrows, his expression became solemn, and asked, "Who is it?"

He thought that the Xia family could get out of his conspiracy before, and dug a pit for himself, there must be a master behind this, but this master has never shown up.

"Qi Tian!" Li Mingyan said word by word, and a look of incomparable hatred flashed in his eyes.

Li Zixiong's face was shocked, and he asked in disbelief: "Qi Tian, that Xia family's son-in-law, the Qi family's abandoned son?"

Li Mingyan nodded, although he was very reluctant to admit it, but this was the case, "If it weren't for Xia Ping'an's drunken words and words, my son wouldn't have believed it!"

That person was obviously a scoundrel, a hooligan, and a gentleman, but it was he who gave advice to the Xia family that allowed the Xia family to escape from that turmoil. ”

Li Zixiong and Li Zelong were shocked!

Both of them had seen Qi Tian before, and they didn't see any skills at all, a standard piece of waste wood!

If Qi Tian had such power, how could the Qi family be willing to expel him from the house, or even let him enter the family of the merchant Jia regardless of shame?

"Qi Tian! good, very good!" Li Zixiong muttered to himself, his face full of cruelty.

"Father, why don't I find someone to be him quietly!" Li Zelong said angrily.

In his eyes, Qi Tian is just an insignificant little ant, a bed bug, which can be killed at any time.

Li Zixiong shook his head and said lightly: "Since he has the ability to make our Li family almost perish, he will definitely have the means to defend himself, and if you rush over, you may fall for his tricks."

Haven't you tried it, but in the end people are not living very well?"

The last sentence was obviously told to Li Zelong, and the latter showed a little shame on his face.

For the first time, at Qi Tian and Xia Xinyue's wedding, he gave Qi Tian a black hand on the ground, but he didn't expect that it would be good for people to recuperate for a few days.

The second time, he set up an ambush outside Tianhai Tower, and more than a dozen masked men failed to kill Qi Tian, but were all put down by Qi Tian.

But he all believes that these failures are not due to his lack of ability, but because Qi Tian's luck is too good.

"It doesn't matter, now that the black hand is out of the background, his role is all nullified, and it is only a matter of time before he is resolved. Li Zixiong said lightly.

In his heart, no matter how powerful the arrow in the open is, there is a way to dodge it, and the most terrifying thing is the cold arrow in the dark, even if it is only as big as a needle, it may be easily killed.

Li Zelong now hates the Xia family to the core, "Father, I can always go out now, right?"

He had been imprisoned at home for a long time, and he had long missed life outside.

Li Zixiong shook his head, "You can only stay at home until the imperial court openly procures military supplies. ”

He knew the character of his third son, and he was very worried about what trouble he would cause in the past few days.

Li Zelong frowned, stood up, and said a little angrily: "Then I'll go back to the room first." He strode toward his room.

Li Mingyan wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by his father.

"Don't worry about him, Zelong's current temperament is too frivolous and impetuous.

If you don't sharpen it well, it will be difficult to ensure that you won't cause any trouble in the future.

Now is a critical time, and our Li family must not make any mistakes. Li Zixiong admonished.

Li Mingyan sighed and nodded.

He knew very well in his heart that although everything went smoothly in this horse farm acquisition, and the Li family won all the plateau horses, but because of this, all the official money was spent.

The huge purchase order of the imperial court is not only horses, but also weapons and armor.

If the extra plateau horses cannot be sold to the public procurement office of the imperial court in time to obtain capital turnover, once the weapons and armor cannot be purchased in the end, the consequences will be very serious.

To put it bluntly this time, the Li family is walking a tightrope, and if they are not careful, they will be doomed.

Embezzlement of official money is a felony!

The purchase order brought back by Li Jiaomei is a fixed purchase order, and the profit is not high.

However, in order to expand the amount of purchases and to make the price fair and transparent, the imperial court held a public purchase meeting.

The price of this purchase meeting must be higher than the purchase order, so the Li family wants to take advantage of the number advantage of plateau horses and sell it to the imperial court at an additional high price.

He delayed the acquisition of weapons and armor and took risks.

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Since Qi Tian came back from Qimen Mountain, he and his ninth uncle, Sun Wei, stayed in the Xia family's stable all day, and also found a few plateau horses to use as a comparison with the plain ponies.

During this period, Qi Tian had ordered someone to find Xiao Xiaobing to come to the Xia Mansion to discuss something, which seemed very mysterious.

A few days passed unconsciously, and it was time for the imperial court to publicly acquire it.

Xia Qingxue couldn't help but be curious several times and asked her brother-in-law what he was plotting, but Qi Tianjun shook his head and only said that he was waiting for a surprise.

Xia Xinyue was serious, and knew in her heart that these people were working hard for the Xia family's horses, so she sent meals to the stables in the morning, noon and evening, and sent leather jackets and supper to a few people at night.

Uncle Nine and Sun Wei praised the eldest lady for being considerate, gentle and virtuous several times, and only Qi Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly...

And Xia Zhengxin looked at the almost daily reminder letter from the racecourse, and when he couldn't control it, he held an iron rod and walked quickly into Xia Ping'an's room.

Then, the nearby housekeepers and maids would hear a terrible howl...

Just the day before the imperial court procurement meeting, Xiao Xiaobing took the initiative to come to the Xia Mansion to find Qi Tian, looking very hurried.

"Brother Xiao, why are you here?" Qi Tian stood in the stable, looking at Xiao Xiaobing with some curiosity.

He once agreed with Xiao Xiaobing that they would only meet in the dead of night, and if there was no particularly urgent matter, try not to meet during the day to avoid arousing suspicion.

Moreover, the imperial court procurement meeting will be held tomorrow, and Xiao Xiaobing, as the person in charge of maintaining law and order, should have a lot of things.

"Big brother, there is an emergency. Xiao Xiaobing said nervously.