Poor Family Chapter 518

  Chapter 518 Xiaobie Shengxin

  Although he was away from home for 20 days, Li Yanqing was not so happy when he returned home. The result of this inspection made him a little depressed all the time.

   "My husband doesn't seem to be in a good mood?" During the meal, my concubine Sisi asked with concern.

   "It's nothing, maybe I'm a little tired, just rest for a day or two." Li Yanqing forced a smile, picked up the glass and drank it down.

  Hu Qing'er stood up and poured him a glass of wine: "I know, it's that **** Lu Fang, if I see him, I will never spare him."

   "Are Qing'er and Lu Fang very familiar?"

   "Of course I know him very well. Daddy also taught him martial arts, but he has a better relationship with Lu Junyi. I thought he was recruited, but I didn't expect him to go to the Taihang Mountains and die."

   "By the way, how is Song Jiang's situation?" Li Yanqing suddenly remembered this important matter.

  Hu Qinger covered her mouth with a smile, "I thought Big Brother forgot!"

   "How could I forget, I just can't remember it for a while, let me tell you about the situation."

   "I don't know the specifics. I just heard that he gathered more than a thousand old troops in Yuncheng County to rebel, but was defeated by Zhizhou Zongze's army. He led dozens of remnant soldiers to escape. I don't know what happened later."

   Li Yanqing drank another sip of wine, Song Jiang must have been dismissed and wanted to rebel, but this time he fled, things were a little troublesome.

  Hu Qinger smiled and said: "To be honest, I was so happy that I almost got drunk when I heard the news that he was dismissed from office. Although he didn't die, this kind of ruin is more enjoyable than killing him."

   "Hey! You two!"

  Sisi pretended to be unhappy and said: "If there are more happy things to talk about, if you insist on fighting and killing, you will be happy if you leave me alone."

  Li Yanqing quickly apologized: "It's my fault, I left Sisi in the cold, tell me, is there anything more joyful?"

  Sisi and Hu Qinger looked at each other, and they said in unison: "The Li family has proposed to the Cao family!"

  Li Yanqing'Ah! ' He was stunned, and after a while, he was a little embarrassed and said: "Why did you propose marriage?"

   "Fulang seems unhappy?" Sisi asked with a smile.

   "I'm not unhappy, it's just that it happened so suddenly, what should I say about this?"

  Li Yanqing didn't know how to explain it. He didn't have time to tell Sisi about this matter. He just asked his father to visit Cao's mansion, but he didn't expect his father to be more anxious than himself.

   "Sisi, I will tell you about this later."

  Sisi smiled and said: "It turns out that Husband is worried about me, but it's actually a good thing! Marrying Yunniang back home is much better than marrying a beauty like Pan Qianyun!"

  Li Yanqing seemed a little uneasy, "How do you know Pan Qianyun?"

  Beside Hu Qinger smiled and said: "The afternoon before yesterday, Yunniang was sitting in the seat where the elder brother is now sitting and having dinner with us. How do you think we would know?"

   "Ah! She's been here before." Li Yanqing was even more surprised, his mouth almost couldn't close.

  Sisi smiled and said: "I just want to have a good relationship with her, so I invited her to my house as a guest. Husband won't blame me for making decisions without authorization!"

   "This... I am very confused now, we will talk about this later."

  At night, after Li Yanqing and Sisi finished their loving affairs, Sisi wrapped her arms around her husband's neck and whispered coquettishly in his ear: "Your husband has a bride, won't you leave me in the cold from now on?"

   "How could it be! People say that a wife is not as good as a concubine, so I will only love you more."

   "You just put it nicely, Yunniang's appearance is no less than mine, do you dare to say that you are not greedy for her beauty?"

  Li Yanqing quickly comforted her, "Back then I was still a poor boy with no reputation, but Li Shishi, who was famous all over the world, abandoned his wealth and wealth to follow me. How could I forget this kindness? I swear to God, I will never let you down in this life."

  Sisi was moved, she put her face on his chest and whispered: "I don't like to hear swearing, as long as you have the heart, I will be satisfied."

Speaking of this, she sighed again, "To be honest, I can't have a child, and I have always felt guilty for you. I really hope that you will marry a wife as soon as possible, but I am afraid that the Hedong shrew will get married. Fortunately, Yunniang is kind-hearted and generous. Look down on my family background, if you marry that Pan Qianyun home, I don't know how I will die in the future."

  Li Yanqing also knew that not having a child was a pain in Sisi's heart. At this moment, he suddenly remembered it, and said with a smile: "If it is really impossible, Sisi can adopt a child in the future, and I like it too."

  Sisi became interested, and laughed quickly: "If I want to adopt, I want to adopt a little lady, and I will dress her up like a princess."

   "There is no rush on this matter, let's work harder and try to give birth to one."

Early the next morning, Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai. The new year is the off-season for shops like bookstores, but it is the peak season for cosmetics shops like Baoyanzhai. The sales are twice as high as usual. No wonder, women also want to reward themselves for a year's hard work during the Chinese New Year, and buying high-end jewelry or cosmetics has become their first choice.

This year's New Year is also the busiest time for Baoyanzhai. Firstly, Baoyanzhai opened in Guangzhou and Chengdu at the same time. Secondly, Baoyanzhai opened its fourth store in the capital. The first three are in Yujie and Daxiangguo Temple. And Hongqiao, on the first day of the first lunar month, the fourth Baoyanzhai opened grandly in Panlou Street, another commercial center in the capital.

Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai, and met Hong Dazhi in the yard. Hong Dazhi is now the father of two children. This year, the proprietor gave him a salary increase and relied heavily on him, letting him be in charge of Baoyanzhai's general account With gratitude, Hong Dazhi worked harder for Baoyanzhai.

   "The little proprietor is here to find the proprietor! He went to Panlou Street early this morning, and he may come later."

   "Dazhi, how did Baoyanzhai do last year?"

   "Last year, Baoyanzhai was almost at the same level as the year before, but it developed rapidly in other areas, especially shipping. The number of inland river cargo ships increased to 80. The small proprietor probably doesn't know it! We already have an ocean-going fleet."

  Li Yanqing was startled, "When did this happen?"

"Just last summer, the proprietor and the Zheng family co-founded a total of 20 big ships, all of which were five thousand shi. We and the Zheng family each took half. Buying spices from Nanyang and Japan, even if the tax is cut when you come back, the price is two or three times cheaper than the ready-made spices, so our Baoyanzhai's profit will be higher.”

   "What spices are there in Japan?"

"The Japanese ambergris and ambergris are of excellent quality, and transporting them to the Central Plains is worth dozens of times the huge profits. Moreover, we grind sea pearls into powder and mix them in rouge to make pearl rouge. The sales are very hot, so we have to go to Japan buys some low-quality sea pearls."

  At this time, someone said at the door: "The proprietor is back!"

Li Yanqing turned his head and saw his father and a middle-aged fat man walking in. This fat man was the original shopkeeper Wu of Baoyanzhai, and was later transferred to Hangzhou Baoyanzhai to be in charge. After Fang Lajun captured Hangzhou, shopkeeper Wu returned. After leaving the capital, he worked as a shopkeeper in Daxiangguo Temple. Starting this year, Li Daqi promoted him to be the deputy director of Baoyanzhai. Li Daqi was too busy alone.

   "When did Yanqing come back?" Li Daqi couldn't help asking happily when his son came back.

   "I came back yesterday afternoon. If Daddy is busy, I'll come back another day."

   "Don't go, I have something to do with you."

  Li Daqi turned around and told shopkeeper Wu, "Go and tell the Qi family that I won't increase the rent. If he wants to take back the house, he will bear all the losses of Baoyanzhai. In black and white, I'm not afraid to file a lawsuit with him."

   "I understand, I will go to the Qi family today, and this matter will be settled."

   Shopkeeper Wu nodded to Li Yanqing again, turned around and left, Hong Dazhi also bowed to the proprietor, and went back to the accounting room. Li Yanqing asked with a smile, "What's wrong with the house?"

Li Daqi snorted and said, "It's the new store on Panlou Street. We're a grocery store. The store lease expires in three years, but we've finished everything and opened it. The landlord surnamed Qi came to say yesterday, If he doesn't rent the shop anymore, or he will increase the rent, will I pay attention to him?"

   "Are there any restrictions on the rental agreement of the grocery store? For example, you can only open a grocery store."

   "I don't have anything, I just lease it for five years and pay the rent every year. I guess the landlord sees that Baoyanzhai can make money, so he wants to kill him too."

   "Is father not going to give in at all?"

   "Concessions must be made in the end, but you can't take the initiative to compromise when doing business. You have to be tough. You can wait until the government comes forward to mediate. Otherwise, these people will see you as a bully, and the rent will increase next year. I have learned it."

  Father and son walked while talking, entered the living room and sat down, Li Yanqing asked again with a smile: "I heard from Hong Dazhi that father and the Zheng family jointly founded an ocean-going fleet?"

   "This kid's mouth runs fast!"

   "Daddy won't even hide me!"

   "How could I hide my son? I only started sailing last fall. I'm going to tell you when the fleet returns from Japan."

   "How did father think of buying a segoing ship?"

Li Dazhi sighed, "Actually, it was also forced out by Fang La's rebellion. Their army kept harassing the port of Mingzhou, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of Nanyang fragrant medicines arriving at the shore. It happened that something happened to the Zheng family and they needed a lot of money to manage their relationship. Zheng Yin came to me. , I want to sell half of the Zheng family fleet to me, that is, ten five-thousand-stone segoing ships, a total of 60,000 pieces, including experienced sailors and the Zheng family's spice supply in Nanyang, and I can also dock the Zheng family in Ming Dynasty for free. The wharf at Zhouding Harbor."

  Li Yanqing nodded, "This deal is indeed a bargain."

"This is actually an idea I have had for a long time. I know that transporting spices from Nanyang to Song Dynasty is ten times the huge profit. The Xiangyao Bureau will take half of it just by selling the coupons. The other five times the profit comes from the large sea merchants to the second-hand spices. Merchants go to spice shops all over the place to exploit layer by layer. The last one or two agarwood will be sold for 20 guan, which is more expensive than gold. At least double the cost, and this year I plan to go to Guizhou to buy a lead mine, so that the cost of lead powder will also be reduced.”

  Li Yanqing has to admire his father's business acumen, even he can't match it, no wonder Baoyanzhai can do so big.

  At this time, Li Daqi suddenly slapped his forehead, "I'm telling you what to do, I almost forgot the business, Yanqing, the matchmaker is going to Cao's house to formally propose marriage tomorrow."

   "Is the handsome guy back?"

   "He came back the day before yesterday. It seems that Mr. Cao wrote to him. He came back in advance for this matter. You'd better go with Mr. Zhong."

   "It seems that I don't need to go!"

   "Why are you being so polite? It's more sincere that you come to the door with a matchmaker. If you don't want to go, I will go." Li Daqi was a little angry.

  Seeing that his father was angry, Li Yanqing had no choice but to say: "Okay! I'll just go."

"That's right, Cao Yun is very good, she is worthy of being a lady of everyone, and she is your good match. I heard from Magpie that Sisi even invited her to be a guest at home. And you have to suffer."

  Speaking of this, Li Daqi handed him a piece of jade, "This is a token from the Cao family. You will wear it on your body tomorrow."

  Li Yanqing took Yu Pei and got up to leave. Li Daqi asked him to leave tomorrow and sent him out of the gate.

  (end of this chapter)

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