Chapter 389 Back to Anxi

Liu Yan's words were like a key, which solved Li Qing'an's doubts. Although he knew that Liu Yan was not fully explained, for example, his identity as King Zhao was far more threatening than An Lushan. If he blocked himself in Anxi, Li Yu could concentrate his energy on the East and deal with An Lushan and the other three kings. However, in any case, the dispute over currency was also an important factor, at least a fuse. It allowed Li Qing'an to see Li Yu's weak and anxious side. He was eager to make money and recruit soldiers, but he never dared to offend the powerful. Then more people would be disappointed in him.

Liu Yan was the first, but definitely not the last.

After resting in Ayan City for two days, Li Qing'an continued to go north again. Half a month later, Li Qing'an and his party finally returned to Broken Leaf.

"I only know now that the Lord broke up with the General was the biggest mistake he made. He could get the support of the General, and he was a waste of money!"

Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh again. He had said this sentence three times. Since he saw a huge mine and a mountain of silver ingots in the Bosishan Silver Mine, the financial expert seemed to be stimulated. He sighed and sighed along the way, which made Li Qing'an's personal soldiers secretly amused.

"Actually, what the sir sees is just a corner of Anxi's wealth."

Li Qing'an slowed down his horse speed and laughed in parallel with him: "Our trade with Byzantine has rich interests, as well as land, endless fertile land. This is the greatest wealth of our Anxi, as well as honest and efficient officials and brave and loyal soldiers, which is even more of our Anxi's wealth."

"But I'm only interested in silver and gold."

Liu Yan blinked his eyes and added: "There is no way, natural interest!"

When Li Qingan heard that he was cute, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay! Let's talk about gold and silver. The Bosishan silver mine that Mr. saw was actually only a small part of the Anxi silver mine. Qianquan Mountain's silver reserves were larger than that of Bosishan, and the Pamir Mountain silver mine. It has high quality and is easy to mine, and the reserves are the best in the world. We have discovered that it is just a lack of manpower to mine, and the sand gold of the Saiye River will make you feel that it is so easy to obtain wealth. We are already ready to organize manpower to mine gold. If you are interested, you might as well follow the first gold mining fleet to take a look."

Liu Yan's eyes were lit up when he heard this, and he murmured: "I want to go, I must go."

He suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "But if the Central Plains cut off trade with Anxi and cannot exchange so much gold and silver for goods?"

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Sir, I'm worried that we can produce goods from the Central Plains ourselves without them. In fact, we had expected this day to come, so Anxi has many workshops, silk, white cloth, porcelain, cast iron, bronze, weapons, paper, pen and other various materials, even necessary tea. We can go out to sea from Suzui City in Punjab and go to the coast of Datang to buy tea with sea boats. We have considered these, and I am not worried at all."

Liu Yan couldn't help but be fascinated and smiled, "It seems that there are many things to do when I come to Anxi."

"The first thing sir has to do now is to speed up the horse, otherwise we will have to go home in the middle of the night."

Li Qingan whipped the war horse hard, and the team accelerated and rushed towards the Thunder Ye City dozens of miles away.

Although Li Qing'an accelerated his journey, he arrived at Suye City at the second update. His army went directly to the barracks outside the city to rest. Liu Yan was also exhausted and found a tent in the barracks and fell asleep. However, Li Qing'an was worried about the situation at home and brought more than 100 personal soldiers into the city overnight.

The main road of Suiye City is also called Zhuque Street. It is surrounded by lush apple trees. When autumn comes, the streets are full of fruits, red and full, and the city is filled with tempting sweet fragrance.

But it was October, and the chill of early winter enveloped Suiye City. Although it had not snowed yet, the thick white air in his mouth was enough to prove that autumn had passed.

The night sky was clear and the sky was full of stars. Li Qing'an tried to lighten the horse's hooves and walked in small steps, fearing that the intense sound of horse's hooves would break the quiet night.

Soon, he came to the back of the Political Affairs Hall, which was his home, but the situation in front of him made him a little stunned. His home had become an empty house. The official of the Sailye hung a big white sign on the gate, which read: "Empty house, don't enter the idle person."

Li Qingan stared at the door in a daze. Have you moved? Why didn't he know at all? At this time, a knock of "bang!bang!bang!" came from a distance, and it was already three times.

"Go and find the updater."

Li Qingan whispered, and immediately two personal soldiers rushed up and caught the updater in a moment. He was an old man in his sixties. Li Qingan had seen him and he had been fighting for updates near his home.

"Did you still know me?"

The old Gengfu was not very quick-witted. After looking at Li Qing'an for a long time, he suddenly realized and knelt down and kowtowed, "General, the common people don't know, forgive me!"

Li Qing'an winked at his personal soldiers and asked them to help the old updater up.

"Brother-in-law, I'm going home, but my house is gone. I want to ask you where have you moved?"

The old updater then realized that he scratched his head and smiled, "It turns out that the general can't find his home. He had moved a few months ago. It was Mrs. Luo's house, the largest house with broken leaves, and there is a very high white tower."

"I understand, thank you, father-in-law!"

Li Qingan took out a silver from his horse bag and stuffed it to him. He turned around and smiled at his personal soldiers and said, "The house is big and there is enough place for everyone to live, let's go!"

He turned over and led his guards to the corner of the street. The old antique stood there blankly with the ingot of silver weighing twenty taels, as if he was foolish.

After walking two streets, Li Qing'an finally came to his new home. There is no mistake. The plaque above the gate said three big words "Zhao Wang Mansion". In Li Qing'an's memory, there was also a plaque on it, which read "Li Mansion". Now the things have returned to the original owner and have become his own mansion.

The mansion was very quiet, with two heavy lanterns hanging, and faint lights were emitted. At this time, a personal soldier ran up the steps and patted the door knocker. After a moment, the visiting portal on the side door opened. A sleepy doorman stretched out his head to look at them, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"What kind of hysteria do you have? Open the door quickly, the general is back."

"Ah!" The concierge was shocked and hurriedly opened the door.

"Get up quickly! The master is back."

He shouted, and was about to run into the mansion to report, the personal soldiers quickly grabbed him, and Li Qing'an stepped forward and said, "It's late at night now, don't quarrel with everyone, just call the butler."

"Yes! Yes!" The concierge rushed in to report.

Everyone led their horses into the gate one after another. At this time, Butler Zhang had already rushed over and stepped forward and bowed: "I don't know that the master has returned and is not prepared. I hope he will forgive me!"

Li Qing'an nodded and smiled, "I didn't blame you. You can arrange the soldiers first. I'll go to the inner house by myself. By the way, are all the family members good?"

"Okay! OK! Everyone is well, and the lady is in good health. Please go to the inner house to rest first!"

Butler Zhang hurriedly asked two maids to lead Li Qing'an into the mansion, and he went to arrange food and accommodation for the soldiers. The two maids took Li Qing'an along a winding corridor and walked towards the inner mansion. While walking, Li Qing'an looked at the huge mansion.

His mansion is the largest house in Suiye City, covering an area of ​​more than 30 acres, with hundreds of houses, and a vast back garden covering an area of ​​lush flowers and trees. Various pavilions and towers are hidden among them. There is a stone tower more than ten feet tall, all over white. It is very famous in Suiye people. The people of Suiye call it the White Tower. Before the bell tower of the Zhengshi Hall was built, it was always the tallest building of Suiye. It was built by the first generation descendants of the Prince. Standing on the top of the tower and looking eastward, it seemed that you could see the distant hometown, so it was also called the Homesick Tower.

After passing through a courtyard, there is a small river in front of it and a small wooden bridge. After crossing the bridge, you will be the inner house. At this time, a few lanterns suddenly appeared in front of you, winding towards this side.

The lantern went up to the small bridge, and Li Qingan saw it at a glance. The person coming was his wife Dugu Mingyue. "Is he a husband?" Mingyue also saw him.

Li Qing'an felt a warm heart and strode forward, "It's me, the bright moon!"

Mingyue had just received news of her husband's return. She was surprised and didn't even have time to comb her hair. She put on a little bit, then put on a piece of clothing and greeted her. At this time, she heard her husband's voice and was extremely excited. She was anxious to run down the bridge. Unexpectedly, she was heavy and almost fell down. The maid next to her quickly helped her.

At this time, Li Qing'an discovered his wife's protruding belly and was stunned. He had been fighting outside for the past six months, and was far away from his hometown. It was extremely inconvenient to communicate. There was no news from his home. He kept remembering Rushi. He calculated that she was about to give birth, but he didn't know that Mingyue was pregnant.

Mingyue thought her husband would rush up and hug her in her arms, but her heart was full of expectations, but he stared at his stomach and was stunned. He couldn't help but say coquettishly: "Why are you stupid? Why don't you support me quickly."

Li Qingan woke up and hurriedly stepped forward to support his wife, "What's going on?"

Mingyue was so angry that she heard him ask, and she felt so angry that she felt annoyed in her heart. She also hindered the maid next to her, so she had to quietly pinch his arm, "What are you talking about?"

Li Qing'an felt ecstatic and had another child. At this time, a gust of wind blew, and Mingyue shivered. Li Qing'an quickly took off his cloak and wrapped his wife, and helped her walk towards the inner house, "It's cold outside, hurry up and enter the house!"

Mingyue reacted very much at the beginning of her pregnancy and suffered a lot. Now she finally heard her husband care about her. She felt aggrieved and moved in her heart. She held her husband's arm like a coquettish, leaned her head against his shoulder, and whispered: "I originally wanted to write you a letter, but I was afraid that I would distract you, so I decided to give you a surprise. Are you happy?"

"Of course I'm happy, even happier than I've won a hundred big wins."

Li Qingan hugged his wife and smiled, "This time I come back, I must watch my child be born no matter what. I want all the military and civilians in Anxi to share my joy together."

"Mr. Rushi is also very good. The midwife said that she has been there for these few days."

"I think it's probably the past few days, and I've been staying at home and never going anywhere."

"Well, the midwife said that I can't see her at this time, so you should do your best!"

As the two of them spoke, they walked into the yard where Mingyue lived. The lights in the room were already on. An old woman came up and said, "Madam, the hot water has been boiled, and the food will be delivered soon."

Mingyue nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, go and rest!"

She smiled at Li Qing'an again and said, "You are probably hungry too. There are ready-made foods in the kitchen. I'll ask them to heat up."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Actually, there is no need to be such a hassle. Just wash your feet with hot water and eat two cakes. Find a place to sleep."

Mingyue took her husband's hand into the room. The charcoal basin was lit in the room, which was particularly warm. Mingyue patted off a few pine needles on his shoulder and took off his outer robe. Seeing her husband going to a southern expedition, she became dark and thin, and couldn't help but feel sad and said, "You! You are not fighting outside now. See how thin you are. I will take good care of you during this period."

At this time, the two maids came in with food boxes, put more than a dozen plates of food on the table, and warmed a pot of wine. Mingyue said to the two maids: "You guys go to bed quickly! I'll come here, and I'll pack up the dishes tomorrow."

"Yes!" The two maids retreated.

Li Qing'an sat down and smiled and said, "Don't you eat with me?"

Mingyue shook her head, pursed her lips and said, "Eat quickly! The food is cold."

Li Qingan was really hungry too. He picked up the bowl and ate it. It was like the wind blowing the clouds. Mingyue sat aside with her cheeks, looking at her husband with joy. She picked up the wine pot and poured him a glass of wine. At this time, she suddenly remembered something and said, "Mr., I'll tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Li Qingan asked vaguely, chewing vegetables in his mouth.

"I signed the withdrawal order for the last time in Hexi. You won't blame me!"

Mingyue was always worried about this matter, so she waited for her husband to come back to explain it to him clearly. Li Qing'an already knew about Mingyue's signature. He smiled and said, "You handled that matter well, there is no problem."

"Then I'm relieved. I'm very worried that others will accuse me of interfering in politics."

"That's because you are too careless, and others are praising you! You are talking about how virtuous the princess is, and you are helping the widow."

Mingyue smiled and handed him the wine glass and said, "You are making up! You were still in the south when I was named Princess, and now you are back in the middle of the night. Who told me to go?"

"It must be good anyway."

Li Qing'an drank all the wine, he patted his stomach and smiled, "I'm full of wine!"

At this time, Li Qingan suddenly thought of something, his eyes fell on Mingyue's raised belly, and he leaned into her ear and whispered: "Go to the room and let me listen to our children."

Seeing that the door was closed, Mingyue nodded and took his hand to the inner room. The two of them hugged each other and lay on the bed. Li Qingan untied his wife's skirt and gently opened her robe to reveal her snow-white and round belly. He leaned over and put his ears on his stomach and listened carefully. Mingyue gently stroked her husband's hair and whispered: "Mr., have you heard it? The little guy is very naughty!"

"Mr.!"

Mingyue felt that her husband seemed to be silent, so she pushed him, "Husband, are you listening?"

She only heard her husband's snoring sound. It turned out that he was already asleep. Mingyue quickly sat up with difficulty, took off his shoes and socks, lifted his legs to the bed, and covered him with a quilt. Looking at her husband's tired face, Mingyue sighed happily, lowered her head, kissed him gently, and murmured: "You guy, finally come home."

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