Mother Liu is worthy of being the ace madam. She talks endlessly, and Li Qi has no chance to interrupt.
For a moment, she did all the talking.
She told everything about what happened after Li Qi left Jincheng, big and small.
According to him, since Li Qi left Jincheng, the business of Cuihonglou has been booming day by day. With the care of the prefect, and the merger of other brothels, the business can be said to be booming.
In the past few years, basically nothing has happened in Cuihong Building, and because of the reform plan left by Li Qi, many people even came here because of its reputation.
Today, Cuihonglou is somewhat famous in the Daxia brothel circle.
Just as Mother Liu was talking non-stop, another person came. This person was none other than Fu Pingwen, the leader of Jincheng team and one of the shareholders of Cuihonglou.
"Master!" Fu Pingwen also had a smile on his face after entering the room.
He was not wearing yamen clothes, he was dressed in brocade clothes and looked like a nouveau riche. Not only that, he also had several jade pendants and purses hanging around his waist.
"Brother Fu." Li Qi cupped his hands and said.
"My boss, please don't offend me. Why don't you call me big brother? Why didn't you tell me in advance when my boss came back?" Fu Pingwen said with a smile.
"I am also on a business trip this time." Li Qi said.
Fu Pingwen then remembered: "By the way, my boss is now a capital official!"
"I'm just a junior official from Sesame Mung Bean."
"How are you doing lately, Bantou Fu?"
Fu Pingwen waved his hand and said: "Boss, please stop calling me squad leader. I have stopped working in the Yamen for a long time."
"Huh?" Li Qi was a little surprised.
"Working in the yamen is too boring, so I started a small business of my own."
"Oh? I wonder what kind of business Fu Bantou does?"
"I just built a brewery..."
Mother Liu interjected: "Now we get all the wine in Cuihonglou from shopkeeper Fu."
Li Qi was a little surprised. This guy is quite good at utilizing resources, right?
Fu Pingwen smiled sheepishly: "It's all thanks to the Li Dong family, otherwise, my small workshop wouldn't be able to last long."
Just as he said this, a burst of hearty laughter rang out, and Chen San, the long-lost mountain tiger, walked in wearing the clothes of a policeman.
"Brother Chen?"
"Ouch! Mr. Li, please don't call me brother, I can't bear it." Chen San walked over with a smile and said, "I knew Mr. Li would definitely come to Cuihong Mansion when he returned to Jincheng."
Chen Sandao said: "The thirty thousand troops stationed outside the city came with Mr. Li, right?"
Fu Pingwen and Liu's mother were a little confused and asked in unison: "What 30,000 troops?"
Chen San looked at the two of them: "You still don't know?"
The two of them shook their heads. He glanced at Li Qi, who smiled, and then explained: "We Li Dong... no... our Lord Li is now a fifth-rank official of the imperial court! This time, he was given a gift from the emperor.
Order to lead the army to fight outside the pass."
Fu Pingwen and Liu's mother were even more confused. They had only been out for a few years, but the Li Dong family had already hooked up with the emperor?
And brought an army of 30,000 back to Jincheng?
Li Qi was afraid that they were overthinking, so he quickly explained: "I am just responsible for escorting the food and grass. Don't think too much. Whether we go on an expedition or not, it has nothing to do with me."
"That's not a big deal, my boss just obeyed the emperor's order..." Fu Pingwen said.
Chen San rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "The governor has prepared a banquet. Let me invite Master Li to come over."
"Master Wang is really too polite. We are all on our own, why are you being so polite?" Li Qi said with a smile.
As he spoke, he looked at Chen San and asked: "Brother Chen, why are you working for the Yamen?"
Chen San smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that when Brother Fu decided to go into business instead of being a team leader, I thought it would be better for me to be a team leader. Mr. Li also knew that I had a lot of brothers in Jincheng, so I thought
If I become the squad leader, won't these brothers no longer have to worry about official officials making trouble for them? No, I will take Brother Fu's place."
Damn it, you are okay with this guy?
A black eldest brother in Jincheng suddenly transformed into a member of the Yamen. He really takes both black and white.
After everyone chatted for a while, Li Qi followed Chen San to the prefect's mansion.
On the way, Tang Yun couldn't help but said: "Sir, I didn't expect you to have encountered so many things in Jincheng before?"
The reason why Tang Yun asked this was because when Li Qi and Fu Pingwen were chatting just now, they talked about some past things.
Tang Yun felt a lot after hearing this.
"These are old things... Thinking about it, even I find it incredible. When I first came to Jincheng, I was very poor. Let alone Cuihonglou, even eating was a problem. Later, what happened
There are too many things, and I am forced to do nothing..." Li Qi sighed.
Tang Yun smiled and said: "Sir, why do I always feel like you are saying something sarcastic when you say you are forced to have no choice but to do so?"
"You girl, you dare to ridicule your young master now? I hope your young master won't punish you tonight!" Li Qi said and was about to take action.
Tang Yun quickly stopped him: "Sir, this is on the street."
"What's going on on the street? You can't do anything to your wife on the street?"
Tang Yunfei glanced at him: "Who...who is your wife? The young master has not even married me yet."
"Isn't that a matter of time? As long as you are willing, I will marry you in Jincheng tomorrow!" Li Qi said.
Tang Yun looked happy, but thought of something again, and said: "Master... let's wait to discuss this matter later. Now we can't stay in Jincheng for too long, and we have to go outside the customs. Didn't Colonel Tian say yesterday that General Huang and the others
Have you already set off from Kyoto? We have to speed up our journey."
Li Qi nodded: "Yes, we set off so long in advance, we can't let them catch up."
Arriving at the Prefect's Mansion, Li Qi met Wang Zixi and Prefect Wang again. The two of them were like long-lost brothers.
During the dinner, Wang Zixi talked a lot about the past. After dinner, she even called Li Qi to her study.
"Brother Li, this is my suggestion, you have to accept it." Wang Zixi pointed to a large wooden box that had been prepared.
Li Qi has long been accustomed to this kind of situation.
Everywhere he went, in addition to collecting grain and grass, local officials had to prepare a generous gift for him.
"Brother Wang, why are you so polite? We are all our own people," Li Qi said.
"Brother, I have been traveling all the way. These are just my little thoughts. I will take them to the people below to take care of them." Wang Zixi said with a smile.
"Since Brother Wang has said this, I won't be polite to you anymore. Again, if Brother Wang has any use for his younger brother in the future, just ask." Li Qi said with a smile.