Li Yanqing brought the wild goose to the door. The magpies who had been waiting at the door finally recognized that the person behind Xiaoguanren was actually his sister. Seeing that her sister was disheveled and blew her hair, she was shocked and rushed up, "Sister, what happened?"

The wild goose finally saw her relatives. She hugged her sister tightly and burst into tears. The magpie was frightened and quickly comforted her sister in a low voice.

At this time, Aunt Gu San from next door came over with two new chicken cages. She looked at the geese and actually had her hair disheveled. Then she asked Li Yanqing in a low voice, "Brother Qing, who is she? What's wrong?"

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and said, "It's Xi Magpie's sister. Her father wants to sell her to Yichunyuan, but I happened to save her."

Aunt Gu San couldn't hear the three words "Yichunyuan" the most. She suddenly raised her eyebrows and said furiously: "They are all shameless stinky men who bully their wives and daughters without ability. If he dares to come here, see how I deal with him!"

Aunt Gu San suddenly felt deeply sympathetic to Dayan and stepped forward to persuade, "Don't be afraid, little lady, Brother Qing is a good person, just stay with peace of mind, he will definitely help you deal with it, don't worry! If your unscrupulous father dares to bring people, the aunt will mobilize the whole village to protect you."

Dayan was even more moved. She knelt down and kowtowed to Aunt Gu San, choked and said, "Thank you for your care!"

Aunt Gu quickly threw away the chicken cage, helped the geese up, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but smile and praise: "What a handsome little lady, go back to wash it first, and Auntie will come to see you when you have time."

The magpie helped the sister into the house, and Ju San also understood the general idea and quickly boiled water for her to wash her face. Aunt Gu San looked at the wild goose with a smile and walked into the yard. She couldn't help but think of her son. She just heard Zhuzi complain that she couldn't marry a wife. Isn't this a good thing coming?

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Things were developing faster than Li Yanqing imagined. At dusk, a carriage rushed over and stopped abruptly in front of Li Yanqing's house. The coachman jumped out of the carriage and opened the carriage door to help the patriarch Li Wenyou out.

Li Wenyou's skin turned dark and he obviously lost a lot of weight. His robe was originally like a bean soaked in water, but now it was hanging loosely on his body, and even his hat was worn back. However, he was anxious and did not care about his image. He pointed to Uncle Zhong who came out to greet him and said, "Let Qing'er come to see me!"

At this time, Li Yanqing walked out quickly. When he saw the patriarch, he almost recognized it. He hurried forward to support Li Wenyou, "Class leader is slower!"

Seeing Li Yanqing, Li Wenyou breathed a little relieved, "I'm afraid that if you are not at home tonight, you will be missed by something big."

"Class leader, what happened?"

"Besides the business, what else can you do? Your father is so anxious that he can't eat for a few days, but you are leisurely at home and still stand up for trouble. Are you really idle and have nothing to do?"

Li Wenyou's tone was dissatisfied. Li Yanqing didn't know what happened and dared not talk back. He invited the anxious patriarch to the living room and asked Jusa Ju to order a bowl of tea.

Li Wenyou slammed the table in an anxious manner, "Don't worry about any more tea. I've gotten angry when I drink water these two days, so you should sit down soon! Let me finish the big thing."

Li Yanqing didn't dare to mention the matter of the wild goose, so he quickly sat down and listened attentively.

Li Wenyou raised his head and closed his eyes to calm his anxious heart first. After a while, he said: "The Caoji Grain Store in Beijing is our biggest customer. At the beginning of the year, he ordered us 20,000 shi of wheat, 250 shi of each stone, a total of 5,000 taels of silver, and paid us a deposit of 2,000 taels of silver. We must transport the wheat to Bianjing before February 25. If we miss the time, not only will they not receive the goods, we must also double the deposit."

Today is the tenth day of the second month, and only half a month is left. Li Yanqing hurriedly asked, "Where is the wheat now?"

"It's still in the Anyang warehouse!"

"Ah!" Li Yanqing was shocked, "Is it still time?"

"Or why would your father be so anxious that he couldn't eat? The fleet from Anyang to Bianjing will take at least ten days, but now we don't even have the shadow of the ship. Do you think it's urgent?

Li Yanqing didn't ask any more questions. Something must have happened to their fleet, otherwise the patriarch would not be so anxious. He restrained countless questions in his heart and listened to the patriarch patiently.

At this time, Jusao brought in two bowls of tea. Li Wenyou calmed down, took a sip of hot tea, and then put down the tea bowl and continued to say to Li Yanqing: "Our fleet should have transported grain south ten days ago, but at this critical moment, our fleet was forcibly requisitioned by the army. The army said that the Liao army had an abnormal movement and might have to fight. Not only our ships, but all civilian ships in Anyang County were requisitioned. We couldn't find a ship in Anben to transport the grain, so I had to come back and find a way."

Li Yanqing understood very well why the clan leader was so anxious. Over the past five years, their grain business has undergone many twists and turns, and they have exhausted their efforts to start a little bit. Seeing that the business was about to embark on the road of prosperity, such a thing happened. If they were not handled properly, their five years of hard work would be wasted.

At this time, Li Wenyou said in confusion: "There is actually something strange here. I don't know who secretly reported to the military and falsely accused us of selling military rations privately. As a result, the army came to the door to seal our warehouse and confiscated all the 20,000 stones of food we had to confiscate."

"Have the patriarch found a solution?" Li Yanqing asked worriedly.

"I spent a thousand guan to handle the food. The military reluctantly agreed to temporarily lift the seizure of food, but asked us to transport the food away within five days, otherwise it would be confiscated directly."

Li Wenyou rubbed his hands and said anxiously: "There is a time regulation in the capital. The military requires us to dispose of the food within a few days, but we don't have a ship in our hands. In the past two days, I searched for relationships everywhere, but ended up hitting walls everywhere. Finally, I finally got a news that Wang Wanhao's fleet could transport grain. I rushed to the Wang family early this morning."

"Has the Wang family's fleet been forced to be recruited by the army?" Li Yanqing was puzzled.

Li Wenyou smiled bitterly. In the past, he always laughed at Wang Wanhao for spending huge sums of money to manage the army, but now it seems that Wang Wanhao is indeed foresighted and can see further than himself.

"This is Wang Wanhao's shrewdness. His fleet is attached to the name of the Xiang army. It is a fleet of the army itself. Of course, it will not be recruited anymore. At this time, they will be unobstructed. The only ships that can be used on the road in Xiangzhou are the fifty cargo ships of the Wang family.

I went to the Wang family today to borrow a boat from Wang Wanhao. I learned that he still had twenty ships that were not used, just enough for us to transport 20,000 stones of wheat. Originally, Wang Wanhao agreed immediately, but Zhang Junbao appeared at this time, and things changed."

"Why?" Li Yanqing's heart was filled with a mess.

Li Wenyou sighed softly, "The matter has to start ten years ago. Ten years ago, Xiangzhou had a severe drought, and the Yongji Canal was cut off to the bottom. The soup almost dried up and turned into a trickle. The Zhang family land was upstream and the Li family land was downstream. The Zhang family cut off the water. No matter how my father came to ask, the Zhang family refused. As a result, the two families snatched the water and fought, and five young people died, two Zhang family and three Li family. The two families had a grudge. The two families had formed a grudge like this. Now on the surface, the relationship between the two families seemed to be acceptable, but that was just the surface!"

Li Yanqing was stunned. He had never heard of this. The former patriarch and Zhang Junbao greeted him with a smile! Unexpectedly, there was such a blood feud hidden between Li and Zhang's families.

"What the patriarch said...is it just Zhang Junbao took the opportunity to take the blame?"

Li Wenyou nodded, and his face showed irrepressible resentment, "Today is the first day of the Wang family's treat, and Zhang Junbao has also come. When he heard that I was going to ask the Wang family to borrow a boat, he immediately proposed to borrow a boat. He said he wanted to transport a batch of cloth to Bianjing, which was clearly taking the opportunity to stab me in the back. However, the Wang family and the Zhang family have a deep interest relationship. Although I proposed to borrow a boat first, Wang Wanhao did not want to offend the Zhang family because of this. He said that he was neutral. Negotiable, neither of the two families had borrowed it, and the Zhang family had no losses, but we were miserable."

"The patriarch just said! What do you need me to do?" Li Yanqing also asked directly.

Li Wenyou picked up the teacup, sucked a sip of hot tea, and then slowly said: "Wang Wanhao's grandson passed the ninth place in the county exam. He specially arranged wine for three days to celebrate."

Li Yanqing understood, "The patriarch asked me to talk about this with Wang Gui and ask Wang Gui to persuade his grandfather?"

"That's exactly what it means. Tomorrow is the day when the Wang family treats guests. Wang Wanhao also invites you. You will ask Wang Gui to persuade his grandfather to lend us a fleet tomorrow. I will go to Anyang with the boat overnight tomorrow night, and time will still be enough."

Of course, Li Yanqing understood the urgent situation, so he nodded and agreed immediately, "I will go early tomorrow."

Li Wenyou wanted to try his luck at two other families with boats, so he got up anxiously and wanted to leave. Li Yanqing kept sending him out of the door.

Li Wenyou got on the carriage, opened the curtain and apologized to Li Yanqing: "Reasonablely, I should congratulate you on the first place in the county exam first, and then sing a drink like Wang Wanhao to celebrate, but now this matter is imminent, and I don't care about you for the time being."

"I have nothing to do with it."

"Okay! See you tomorrow."

The carriage started and ran towards the darkness until the carriage disappeared. Li Yanqing returned to the room. He sat down in his seat, pondering how to raise this matter to Wang Gui tomorrow. At this time, the magpie brought him a bowl of hot tea.

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked, "How is your sister?"

"She has already fallen asleep. What happened today scared my sister."

Li Yanqing nodded, "The patriarch was very busy these two days and had no time to take care of her. She would stay with me for a while. When the patriarch was busy for this period of time, I would beg for her and she could go back."

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The next morning, Li Yanqing rode a donkey to Tangwang Village. Tangwang Village is the largest village in Xiaohe Township, with a population of more than 300 households. The Tang family and Wang family, among the four major gentry in Xiaohe Township. This time, Wang Gui ranked ninth in the high school entrance examination in the county. His grandfather Wang Wanhao was ecstatic and served wine for three days to entertain relatives, friends and fellow villagers in the same village.

Today is the second day of the Wang family's treat, and it is also the day. The people who come here are basically well-known figures in Xiaohe Township. Guests gather in front of the Wang family's gate, and Wang Wanhao personally led a few sons to greet the guests at the door.

A squire wearing a dark black brocade dress quickly walked forward and handed Wang Wanhao a gift wrapped in red silk, "Congratulations to Ling Sun County for taking the high school entrance exam. This is my little gift, and I don't respect it!"

"Where! Where! Brother Yan is so polite. I have worked hard all the way. Please come into the room for tea and rest!" Wang Wanhao quickly asked his youngest son to lead the guest into the yard.

"Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Another guest came, and he saluted with a smile on his face. Wang Wanhao smiled and greeted him, patted his arm intimately. The two of them exchanged a few greetings, and laughed loudly. Wang Wanhao personally sent the guest into the yard.

The Wang family is busy all over the world.

But today's protagonist, the young official Wang Gui, ended up free. He held a pair of bows and arrows in his hand and shot birds in the woods at the entrance of the village to hunt. This time, Wang Gui's shot nine out of ten arrows, which created his highest score, and also greatly increased his confidence. He wandered around with bows and arrows all day long.

In the woods, Wang Gui aimed at a pheasant on the treetops, and shot with an arrow, accurately shot through the pheasant's body, and the pheasant fell from the tree.

A young lady ran up happily, "The second one was also shot by Gui's brother!"

Wang Gui said to Tang Huai pride: "This is what your old sister said. I shot the first pheasant. Your arrow was skewed."

Tang Huai curled his lips, "I didn't shoot the arrow, it was because my little sister's heart was biased. She has been leaning towards you since she was a child, and you know it!"

"Brother! What bad things are you talking about me?"

The little lady jumped up with a pheasant. Her name was Tang Yuaner, who was Tang Huai's baby sister, two years younger than Wang Gui, and followed Wang Gui all day long.

She was dressed very beautifully today, wearing a light green embroidered half-sleeved robe, a tender yellow inner robe, and a pomegranate pleated robe skirt underneath. Her hair was combed neatly, with long thin eyebrows, a bright big eyes, and a round pretty face. When she smiled, she would have a cute dimples on her cheeks.

She happily handed the pheasant to Wang Gui, "Brother Gui, give it to you!"

Tang Huai coughed heavily, "A Yuaner, after all, I am your brother. Why do you prefer Agui in everything?"

Tang Yuaner gave him a blank look, "I am not biased, because this is Brother Gui's shot, of course he has to give it to him!"

Wang Gui smiled, "A Yuan understands the truth. Some people are not as skilled as others, but they refuse to admit defeat. They always say some sour and sarcastic words, A Yuan, let's go and shoot rabbits."

"Okay!" A Yuan clapped her hands happily, "Let's go to the riverside! There are the most rabbits there."

Tang Huai turned his head and ignored them in anger. At this moment, he suddenly pointed to the path in the distance and shouted in surprise: "Hey! Isn't that Old Li?"

Wang Gui also saw it, and saw Li Yanqing riding a donkey leisurely towards the entrance of the village. The two of them were overjoyed and ran up together.

"Brother Gui, wait for me!" A Yuaner hurriedly followed... Friends reading books, you can search for "" and find this site as soon as possible.
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