Liu Song looked at Young Master Liu, Qi Yun, Xiao Kaitai, Song Qing and others who were standing outside the threshold and were tapping their feet gently, and bowed to Young Master Liu with smiles on their faces.
"Master, do you have any other instructions here?"
After Liu Mingzhi casually shook the hem of his clothes two or three times, he looked up at Liu Song and the others who were still holding umbrellas, and waved his hands with a faint smile.
"No, I don't have anything to do here, young master.
Liu Song, Du Yu, Ming Feng, it’s getting late, you three should go to the kitchen and get something to fill your stomachs now!”
Upon hearing Young Master Liu's response, Liu Song and the other three immediately saluted Young Master Liu.
"Young man, I'll take my leave first."
Then, Liu Song and the others held the oil-paper umbrellas in their hands and turned around and walked directly into the rain.
Liu Mingzhi watched Liu Song, Du Yu, and Sun Mingfeng leave hand in hand, and shouted with a smile.
"Don't be aggrieved. Let the kitchen have more delicious food."
"Yes, thank you young master."
Soon, the figures of the three people holding each other's backs were completely integrated into the rain curtain, until they completely disappeared.
Young Master Liu withdrew his gaze, raised his head and looked up at the sky where the rain had become heavier again. He raised his feet and walked towards the palace with a frown on his face.
"Damn it, this autumn rain must have been falling for a little too long."
Qi Yun, Little Cutie, Song Qing and the others heard Young Master Liu's angry curses, looked at each other, and hurriedly followed.
Young Master Liu walked to the table in the center of the hall, turned his head and looked around the empty hall, and frowned slightly in surprise.
“Hey, it’s windy and rainy outside right now, why can’t you see even a single person in the palace?
What are all these people doing?"
Young Master Liu murmured softly to himself, then pulled out a chair and sat down carelessly.
Then, he chuckled and waved casually to Qi Yun and Zhang Kuang.
"Lady."
"Uncle, brother, please stop standing and sit down quickly."
Qi Yun smiled lightly and nodded a few times, then placed the two small bamboo baskets containing fruits in her hands on the table with a smile on her face.
"Hey, I'll take a seat right here."
"Okay, okay, take a seat right here."
After Qi Yun, Song Qing and the others sat down one after another, Young Master Liu turned his attention to the cute face with a smile.
"Yue'er, go to the back hall and make a pot of tea and bring it over."
After the little cutie gently put down the small bamboo basket in her hand, she was about to sit down on the chair next to Qi Yun.
As soon as she heard her father's instructions, she quickly stopped trying to sit down and nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, Yue'er knows."
The little cutie responded to Young Master Liu in a soft voice, then walked straight towards the back hall with swaying steps.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the little cutie's retreating figure, first raised his hands and rubbed his cheeks that were red after drinking, and then gently took out the tobacco bag from his waist.
In just a few breaths, he skillfully lit a pot of tobacco.
"call."
After Liu Dashao silently blew out a puff of smoke, he smiled lightly and turned to look at Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye, and Song Qing.
"Uncle, brother, if you also want to join in the pot, feel free to do so."
Hearing what Mr. Liu said, Song and Qing immediately nodded happily.
Immediately afterwards, the three of them glanced at Qi Yun, who was sitting next to Young Master Liu, and immediately stood up from the chair and walked towards the chair two steps away.
After Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, and Nangong Ye sat down again, they took out the tobacco pouches on their waists and lit a pot of shredded tobacco.
When Young Master Liu saw this situation, he immediately turned to look at Qi Yun sitting next to him with a smile on his face.
"Madam, it seems that in the minds of our uncles and eldest brother, Yun'er is more terrifying than me as your husband!"
Qi Yun listened to her husband's teasing words, and immediately pretended to be unhappy and rolled her eyes softly.
"Screw you, I didn't say a word to you, please stop trying to sow discord between me, my two uncles, and my eldest brother."
"Uncles and eldest brother, I didn't say anything. You can't fall for your husband's plan to sow discord."
In response to Qi Yun's words, Zhang Kuang and the other three waved their hands cheerfully.
"Oh, girl Yun, you are joking, you are joking."
"Yes, yes, girl Yun, are you kidding me?"
"Brothers and sisters, as a brother, I really don't know how to answer this question.
Brother, if I answer you, with the many years of friendship between the two of us, it is not the third brother who can sow discord with his casual drinking.
As a result, he doesn’t know how to be jealous of your good husband and third brother!”
While Song Qing was joking, he made a small joke.
When Qi Yun heard Song Qing's deliberate joke, she pretended to be unhappy again and gave Song Qing a roll of her eyes.
"Screw you, neither of you brothers is a good person."
"Hahaha, hahaha.
Brothers and sisters, there is nothing I can do. As a brother, I learned all this from my third brother."
Liu Mingzhi shook his head with a faint smile, took a puff of dry smoke, and looked happily at the three insolent people who were puffing away smoke.
"Two uncles."
"Um, Zhi'er?"
"Mingzhi."
"Two uncles, we discussed all the matters concerning the preparation of the Joint Chamber of Commerce very clearly when we were on the carriage.
In the past few days, you two should start implementing specific matters as soon as possible."
Seeing that Young Master Liu was getting down to business, Zhang Kuang and the other two suddenly put away the smiles on their faces and nodded solemnly.
"Yes, I understand."
"Old minister also understands."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the reactions of Zhang Kuang and Zhang Kuang and nodded with a smile.
"Two uncles, I am very relieved that you two are doing things.
The matter of the United Chamber of Commerce is of great importance.
In the past few days, it has been hard on you two."
Zhang Kuang raised his hand to fan the light smoke that was lingering in front of his eyes, and watched Young Master Liu respond loudly.
"Zhi'er, it should be done, it should be done, it's just a matter of duty."
As soon as the arrogant words fell, Nangong Ye immediately echoed softly.
"That's right, this is all between me and Brother Zhang."
"Hahaha, since you all said so, I feel relieved, young master."
Nangong Ye looked at Young Master Liu with a smile on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking of. He frowned slightly and silently took a puff of his cigarette.
"Mingzhi."
Liu Mingzhi heard the sound and immediately looked towards Nangong Ye.
"Hey, uncle, what's wrong?"
"Zhi'er, judging from the change in Kerridge's expression when he was talking at the wine table.
Do you feel that he has been vaguely aware of your true intention of establishing a joint chamber of commerce?"
Listening to Nangong Ye's question, Young Master Liu suddenly had a look of surprise in his eyes.
Immediately, he chuckled and raised his left arm to rest on the armrest of the chair, then casually turned sideways and crossed his legs.
"Uncle, have you noticed it too?"
After hearing Young Master Liu's rhetorical question, Nangong Ye's expression was slightly startled.
Huh? I saw it too?
also?
Nangong Ye looked at Young Master Liu who was puffing away his words with a smile on his face, and his thoughts suddenly changed and he began to ponder to himself.
Suddenly.
Nangong Ye's eyes suddenly lit up. He seemed to have understood something. He turned around with a smile and looked at Zhang Kuang and Song Qing who were sitting next to him.
"Mingzhi, maybe it's not just my uncle who is old enough to see this."
"Brother Zhang, Qing'er, what do you two think?"
After hearing this, Zhang Guang and Song Qing looked at each other and then all looked at Young Master Liu.
"Brother Nangong, what about that, let's just listen to Zhi'er."
"Two uncles, I second the proposal."
Liu Mingzhi saw the reactions and behaviors of Song and Qing, and immediately shook his head gently with a look of helplessness.
"Okay, okay, the three of you young masters are playing this trick on me. This is not only an answer to the wrong question, but also Gu Zuojie's trick.
If you three have anything to ask or say, you might as well just say it."
Zhang Kuang raised his hand and stroked the gray beard above his chin, frowning and thinking deeply.
When Song Qing and Nangong Ye saw this, they quietly glanced at Mr. Liu who was puffing away his breath, and the depths of their eyes were filled with thoughts.
It can be seen from the reactions and behaviors of Zhang Kuang and the other three at this moment that they have not thought clearly about how to answer Young Master Liu's question.
After a long time.
Zhang Kuang suddenly took a few deep breaths and looked towards Young Master Liu with a slight frown.
"Zhi'er, have you really thought it through?
Can Crich really be reused?"
Following the arrogant questioning, Song and Qing immediately stopped thinking and subconsciously raised their eyes to look at Young Master Liu.
Liu Mingzhi felt the eyes of the three people looking at him one after another, and slowly stood up from the chair and walked straight towards the three people.
"Uncle, give me a reason why I can't reuse Krich."
Hearing this, Zhang Kuang's face suddenly froze.
"This! Me!"
Liu Mingzhi stopped, bent down and knocked out the unburned tobacco from the soles of his feet.
"uncle."
"The old minister is here."
Young Master Liu let out a silent sigh and glanced at the Song and Qing trio standing in front of him with a sad expression.
"Uncle, brother, in your eyes, is Krich so untrustworthy?"
"Zhi'er, I definitely don't mean this.
Uncle, I simply feel that Crich's thoughts are definitely not as simple as what appears on the surface, and I hope you can think carefully about it."
"Mingzhi, my uncle seconded the proposal."
Song Qing let out a silent breath and looked at Young Master Liu and nodded gently.
"Third brother, as a brother, I also agree with what my two uncles said.
When we were drinking together at brother Creech's house, I would occasionally observe the changes in brother Creech's expression.
My eyesight may not be particularly good.
However, with my brother's eyesight, I can still see one thing later.
That is, as the two uncles just said, Crich's mind is definitely not as simple as what we see on the surface."
Mr. Liu turned around and threw the tobacco bag in his hand on the table. Then he gently turned the jade ring on his thumb and looked at Song Qing with a faint look.
"Brother, so what?"
"Ah? So?"
"Yes, even if it is what the two uncles and you three just said, there is indeed more to Crich than meets the eye, so what?"
Song Qing's face froze and he was momentarily speechless.
"I...this...this..."
Seeing Song Qing's expression, Mr. Liu took a deep breath and put his hands behind his back with a look of helplessness.
"Brother, you can see that there is more to Crich than meets the eye, but you don't know how to evaluate him, right?"
When Song Qing heard what Young Master Liu said, he nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, that's right, that's right."
"Brother."
"Hey, third brother, tell me."
"Brother, I want to ask you, what kind of person is Krich to us?"
"Businessman!"
"anything else?"
"Merchant of Rome."
"Be more specific."
After Song Qing pondered to himself for a moment, he replied loudly: "A big businessman who was born in Rome, has good moral character and ability, and has considerable wealth."
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.
"Two uncles."
"The old minister is here."
"The old minister is here."
Liu Mingzhi kept wandering and looked towards Zhang Kuang with a faint smile.
"Uncle, let me ask you, young master, how many soldiers and horses do you have under the command of Marshal Zuo Luxi's army and horses now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there are still more than 200,000 soldiers and horses."
Liu Mingzhi nodded happily and then turned to look at Nangong Ye.
"Uncle, I ask you the same question as I asked Uncle Zhang Kuang. How many soldiers and horses do you have under your command now?"
After Nangong Ye's body trembled slightly, he quickly raised his hand and hugged Young Master Liu.
"Back to Your Majesty, I still have over 200,000 troops under my command."
"My young master, let me ask you another question. How many soldiers and horses does Duan Dingbang, a young man, have in his hands now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I haven't received a letter from this guy for a long time, so I don't know yet."
"Your Majesty, I estimate that there are still eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses left."
"I would like to ask you again, young master, how much force can the Anxi Protectorate Commander and the more than thirty countries in the Western Regions unite together now mobilize?"
"Your Majesty, it's probably more than three hundred thousand."
"The veteran seconded the proposal."
"Two uncles, not counting the soldiers and horses from the two countries that you can recruit in Tianzhu and Dashi.
Just the troops and horses that our Dalong Dynasty can mobilize are already close to a million troops.
An army of millions.
Two uncles, nearly one million elite warriors!"
As Liu Mingzhi spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Song and Qing three people one by one.
"Uncle, you!"
"Uncle, you!"
"Brother, you!"
"You three might as well tell me, apart from this incident with Krich, what do I have to fear, young master?
Please tell me carefully, what should I be afraid of?"