Li Ye tugged at Xiaokang's ears and asked with a smile: "Have you studied hard and learned a few words?"
Wang Changling smiled and said: "She is now my granddaughter, her name is Wang Xiaokang. This child is so smart. She can read and write well after being taught. She has learned thousands of words, memorized hundreds of poems, and also mastered "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Analects of Confucius".
"Mencius" is all memorized. Last month she took the exam with the students of Suiye Primary School, and she got the first place."
Li Ye was surprised and praised: "Not bad! Not bad! It's not easy for a well-off person to be the first in the exam!"
Xiaokang was a little embarrassed and said: "Azu's rating, of course Xiaokang is the first."
Wang Changling stroked his beard and laughed: "I have no partiality and treat everyone equally."
Wang Changling got on the donkey and left. Li Ye smiled and said: "Heat some hot water! I want to take a good bath."
After coming from Qiuci for half a month, Li Ye didn't even take off his clothes, shoes and socks. Now Li Ye just wanted to take a good bath and have a big meal.
"The hot water is boiled, but I didn't heat it."
Xiaokang said a few words in his ear, and Li Ye's eyes lit up, Aling was here!
"Is she here now?"
"She just went back to Guangming Temple to give an explanation, and then she will come back and let the young master take a good bath."
Li Ye took a quick shower and changed into clean clothes.
Xiaokang blushed and said, "Aunt Ling is in the back room! Let the young master go in."
Li Ye strolled into the back room and immediately closed the door. His eyes were wide open and his nosebleed almost spurted out.
I saw a big white sheep lying on the soft bed, with a charming smile in his eyes and his fingers seducing his soul.
My God, even the gods can’t control it!
"Female donor, here I come!"
Li Ye took off his clothes and rushed forward with a smile.
Clouds and rain came together several times, moistening the dry land. When Xiaokang brought the food in, it was already dark.
A Ling only wore a fluffy white skirt, with waterfall-like black hair hanging around her shoulders.
She filled a glass of wine for Li Ye and said a little unhappy: "I heard that you are married. Who is the bride?"
"You don't know even if you tell me?"
"Who says I don't know? I used to be Mrs. Arbus. I lived in Chang'an for three years. I know many noble ladies in Chang'an."
Li Ye patted his forehead and forgot about this problem.
"Do you know the Dugu family's daughter?"
Aling thought for a while and said: "There are only three young ladies in the Dugu family who can reach marriage age, Zhuque, Qiming and Taibai. Taibai is still young, so it is unlikely. Which one is Zhuque or Qiming?"
"You really know her, it's Suzaku, but she's not called Suzaku now."
"I know that her official name is Dugu Xinyue and her nickname is Zhuque. It turns out it's her. She's so lucky that she actually married you." There was a bit of sourness in Aling's tone.
"Are you familiar with her?"
"We know each other and have met a few times, but we can't say we are familiar with each other. She is a Taoist nun and I am a Zoroastrian saint. We have nothing in common. And I remember clearly that she also laughed at me for being young and called me Mrs. Arbus.
, in fact, she is two years younger than me!"
What suddenly occurred to Aling? He blinked and asked, "Does she know that I am your woman?"
Li Ye nodded and shook his head. Aling was confused, "What do you mean, nodding and shaking his head?"
Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "She has never asked, but I feel like she knows a little bit. She is very smart and very sensitive."
"You didn't tell her?"
Li Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Originally she was going to come to Broken Leaf with me. I planned to tell her on the way, but suddenly a war broke out and I led the troops to go on an expedition. She stayed in Chang'an. My mother will tell her!
"
Li Ye sighed and said: "The key is your side. How long will you, Zuo Yin Saint, be a saint?"
Aling smiled and said: "Don't you find it exciting to have an affair with the Silver Saint?"
Li Ye shook his head, "I'm talking about serious business. In ten days I will go on an expedition again. I will be away for several months. Moreover, I am still the governor of Anxi. This year will be the last year for me to stay in Anxi. Next year I will go to Anxi.
I’m going back to the Central Plains. I don’t know when I’ll come back, so I want you to throw away this Silver Saint and go back with me!”
The smile on Aling's face disappeared, and she pondered for a moment and said: "Ge Luolu already has a new saint. Logically, I can end it, and I have already made a request to the Saint Sisters Association to return to secular life."
"Then what? Has the Saint Sisters approved it?"
"Not yet. The procedures at the Presbytery are very complicated. In fact, it is an internal struggle for power. Everyone wants the position of Silver Saint. It will take time to negotiate and compromise, but I think it should be approved."
"Are you sure?"
Aling nodded, "The Right Silver Saint died of illness last year. I am now the Right Silver Saint. The Golden Saint is too old and her lifespan is only two years. If she dies, then I will be the Golden Saint.
The Council of Elders would not allow a Geluolu person to become a golden saint, so I applied to return to secular life, which played into their hearts."
Li Ye said with a smile: "I'm afraid that they won't be able to argue clearly and no one is willing to compromise. In the end, I will let you be the Golden Saint."
A Ling put her arms around Li Ye's neck and said, "If that's really the case, I will drop everything and come directly to Chang'an to find you, leaving them alone."
Li Ye suddenly remembered the purple-shirted Dragon King in "Eternal Dragon Sword". Is Aling just like her?
Time flies by so fast, in the blink of an eye, it’s almost the day of departure.
That morning, Pei Xiu came back unexpectedly, bringing back one million kilograms of cotton on three thousand camels.
Pei Xiu has lost a lot of weight compared to last year, but looks more capable and mature.
Pei Xiu knelt down on one knee and saluted, "In this humble position, I see you as the Commander-in-Chief!"
"Long time no see, wake up!"
Li Ye asked Pei Xiu to sit down and asked with a smile: "Buying grain and cotton, where did you get the money?"
Pei Xiu said a little embarrassedly: "It was the money from selling the house. We found that dozens of large houses in the city were empty. After investigation, we found out that they were the houses of Sabu and his generals, so we confiscated them. Many businessmen came.
We wanted to buy these houses, but we sold half of them and got tens of thousands of gold coins.
Later, the local wheat and cotton were unsaleable, causing heavy losses to grain farmers and cotton farmers. Thousands of them came to Beizhi for help, and with Xie Changshi's approval, Beizhi used the money from selling their houses to buy their grain and cotton."
Pei Xiu was very cautious in doing things. When tens of thousands of dollars were involved, he would not make the decision without authorization. He only purchased grain and cotton after the approval of Chief Shi Xiejin. This made Li Ye very satisfied.
"How come food and cotton are unsalable?"
"In the past, Sogdian merchants came to buy. Last year, Sogdian merchants were afraid of the Khazar army's counterattack on Aral Sea City, so they did not dare to come. Therefore, food and cotton were unsaleable. There should be no problem this year."
"What's the price?" Li Ye asked with a smile.
"It's very cheap. When converted, wheat is 20 cents per bushel. Then there are two prices for cotton. Those with seeds removed are 30 cents per catty, and those without seeds are 10 cents per catty. Cotton seeds are particularly troublesome, and cottonseeds account for weight.
So I bought the seeded ones.”
Li Ye nodded, the price is indeed good.
"The cotton will also stay this year. We will buy it ourselves and I will transport it to Chang'an!"
"I understand the humble position!"
Li Ye asked again: "Is the food all being raised?"
"Exactly!"
Pei Xiu quickly explained: "Due to lack of transportation capacity, Beizhi first transported grain and cotton to Juzhanti by water, and then used camels to transport the broken leaves."
Li Ye smiled and waved his hand, "It's just in time for Juzhan. The army is preparing to go out. Your food comes at just the right time."