Luo Huaiqing perked up and hurriedly asked, "What special skills do I have?" ”

"Did the general forget? Guizhou Miaoyi rebellion, Baiyue people invaded Meiguan Road, Xiling thirteen rebellions, these three Lingnan Yi rebellions, but the general led the army to pacify, the king of Jin to stabilize Lingnan, must be indispensable to deal with the Yi people, this was originally the specialty of the Wei Chi family, but the general is not bad, as long as His Royal Highness the King of Jin feels that the general can suppress the Lingnan Yi people, then the king of Jin will definitely treat the general specially. ”

Luo Huaiqing suddenly had a sense of awakening, he was so right, why didn't he think of this?

Wang Kai smiled again: "As long as the general writes a leveling policy in time and dedicates it to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Royal Highness the King of Jin will know about the special skills of the general." ”

Luo Huaiqing gave a thumbs up and praised: "If I gain power, I will reuse Mr. in the future!" ”

Wang Kai smiled and said nothing, when Luo Huaiqing came to reuse himself, wouldn't he have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and Ma Yue.

In fact, Wang Kai knew very well in his heart that with Luo Huaiqing's ambition to support the army and stand on his own, even if he had the ability, King Jin would not let him return to Lingnan to continue to reuse, which must be a hidden danger.

Wang Kai did not tell Luo Huaiqing that the Jin army actually had another rule, the generals had to go to the martial arts hall for training for a year before being appointed, if Luo Huaiqing knew this, I am afraid he would not hand over the army easily.

Luo Huaiqing immediately wrote a reply, saying that he looked forward to the imperial army every day, just like a baby looking forward to his parents, and he was just worried that the Yiren of Luofu Mountain would stand out for the Weichi family, so he did not move to prevent the Yiren army from attacking.

Since General Kang recruited him, he was willing to lead a large army to surrender to the court.

Two days later, Kang Baoqin led an army of 20,000 to Zengcheng, Luo Huaiqing led the people out of the city to surrender, with Luo Huaiqing's surrender, the three forces in Lingnan were pacified.

Kang Bao immediately sent 10,000 troops to follow the Liu family's fleet north, and 30,000 troops were needed to pacify Lingnan, but there was no need to stay in Lingnan for a long time, 20,000 troops were enough, and the surrendered army could be trained as a naval army, so 10,000 troops needed to return to the Central Plains.

According to the rules of the Jin army, all the generals will go to Yanwutang for training for a year, and then rearrange their official positions, as for whether they can come back again, I don't know, of course, after they are stable, their families will be sent to reunite.

Luo Huaiqing realized at this time that he was cheated by Wang Kai, Wang Kai didn't say anything about going to Chang'an for training, why did Zeng Jinghai not go north with the ship, but he wanted to go north with the ship, and there was no special treatment at all.

He was extremely angry in his heart, but he had no choice but to get on the boat and leave Guangzhou and go north.

.........

At noon on this day, two newspapers in Chang'an, "Tianxia Xinbao" and "Chang'an Express", published a message at the same time that the imperial army had recovered Lingnan, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin appointed Kang Bao as the Lingnan Economic Strategy Envoy and Li Yang as the Assassin of Guangzhou.

If it was a few years earlier, this news would have made the people of Chang'an beat gongs and drums to celebrate, but with the unification of Hebei by the Jin army, the recovery of Bashu, the capture of Xiangyang, and the stationing in Jiangnan, the people of Chang'an were a little numb to this kind of news, and they passed it at a glance and did not take it to heart.

However, in the eyes of those who are interested, the return of Lingnan means a huge business opportunity.

Zhang Lei rushed into Li An's mansion like a gust of wind, and ran all the way to the back house, and it was useless for the housekeeper to chase after him.

Zhang Lei didn't break into other people's rooms directly, he stood in the courtyard and shouted loudly: "Lao Li, Lao Anzi, where are you?" ”

"What the hell are you yelling at?"

Li An took a fishing rod and walked around from behind a cluster of bushes, and said angrily: "Is there any opportunity to make money to come to me?" Didn't I tell you? I'm retired now, and you find someone else to toss it. ”

"You're only in your sixties, what are you raising old? Come and sit down and listen to me. ”

Zhang Lei dragged Li An to a set of stone tables and stone benches, and the two maids hurriedly cushioned the stone benches.

Li An couldn't break free of his hand, so he had to sit down helplessly, "You let go of your hand and say it!" ”

Zhang Lei hurriedly let go of Li An's wrist, spread the newspaper on the table, pointed to a piece of news at the top: "The imperial court has recovered Lingnan, have you seen this news?" ”

"I found out yesterday, what's so strange?"

"What's weird?"

Zhang Lei said angrily: "Hurry up and sign the Liu family's boat purchase contract, if it is a little later, there will be no share of us,"

A few days ago, Liu Shangdong bought a garden house on the side of Qujiang Pond, which happened to be next door to Li An's house, when Liu Shangdong came to visit Li An, it happened that Zhang Lei was also there, Liu Shangdong chatted about their family had a batch of sea ships to sell, so that Li An and Zhang Lei were moved, a total of 20 5,000 stone sea ships, seventy percent new, and the price was also negotiated, sold at a price of 8,000 yuan each, which was only less than half of the price of the new ship.

Although the price was negotiated, the transfer deed was not signed because the actual product had not yet been seen.

At this time, the maid brought two cups of hot tea, and Li An picked up the tea cup and said unhurriedly: "You have also been in business for 20 years, and you are still so unbreathable?" ”

Zhang Lei pointed at the stone table with his finger and said: "It's not a matter of not being able to hold your breath, but the opportunity cannot be lost, what does it mean that the imperial court takes Lingnan?" Overseas trade is definitely going to flourish again, I know my brother too well, he will never let go of the opportunity to make a lot of money, especially trade, which is what he likes to promote the most, we have to start early, the early bird can have worms. ”

Li An was also moved, and he muttered: "It's just to recruit crews, and it takes time to choose a good steward, and it can't be decided so quickly." ”

"So I asked you to sign the contract early, start preparing early, and don't be busy for a few months, and you can't go to sea."

"It's not so exaggerated, the crew doesn't need to recruit separately, there are already on the ship, let's increase the salary, they will stay, the key is to recruit a few experienced and reliable stewards."

Zhang Lei was silent for a moment and said, "Otherwise, I will go to sea in person for the first time." ”

"You?"

Li An glanced at him and smiled, "Will your lady agree?" ”

"Cut! What's the matter with her, the things I decide, and she has room to interject? ”

Li An said angrily: "Have you forgotten who is sitting opposite?" I won't know about your family's affairs, let's make a bet, you go back and tell the lady now, if your lady doesn't care, I will lose you 100 yuan money, if you come back crying and sad face, then you lose 100 yuan to me, how about it? ”

"Don't! Other! Other! ”

Zhang Lei hurriedly waved his hand, salivating and smiling: "Just kidding, don't take it seriously!" Of course, the lady's opinion should be respected, and I will try my best to convince her. ”

Li An saw that it was still early, so he got up and said, "Since you are in such a hurry, then let's go to Liu's Mansion now!" Sign the contract today. ”

Zhang Lei's eyes widened, this old man pretended to be so leisurely, in fact, he was even more anxious than himself!

..........

The next day, before dawn, Guo Song's family got together for breakfast as usual, and today his son Guo Jincheng is also sitting, this is the second time he has gone home since he went to the newspaper to write, only half a year, Guo Jincheng has grown a lot taller, become thin and tall, and his skin is very dark, and he looks very old.

However, his personality is much better than before, he is no longer so taciturn, when he went home for the first time, everyone threw him a lot of questions, and he also replied one by one without hurrying, very patient, which made Guo Song quite pleased, as long as he was patient, he would not do things recklessly, nor would he make big mistakes easily.

"Cheng'er, is Xue Qing still with you now?" Mother Xue Tao asked with a smile.

Xue Qing is Xue Tao's younger brother, and he is also Guo Jincheng's brother-in-law, both of them studied under Li Yu, the relationship is very close, he is also studying in Taixue, he is very interested in tea art, worshipping monk Jiaoran as a teacher, specializing in learning tea ceremony, not long after Guo Jincheng entered the newspaper hall, he was also introduced.

Guo Jincheng scratched his head and said, "He is now in charge of the tea ceremony column, and he is no longer with me." ”

Guo Song was stunned and asked, "Isn't the tea ceremony column in charge of Master Jiaoran?" ”

"It's still up to Master Jiaoran to be in charge, but Master Jiaoran doesn't write articles anymore, Xue Qing writes it, and then Master Jiaoran reviews it."

"And you can still see each other every day?" Xue Tao continued to ask.

"Mother, we both live in Taixue, ride a horse together to the newspaper every day, ride back to Taixue together, and there is still an exchange."

"Brother Jincheng, can I go to the newspaper to have a look?"

Talking is a little lady, called Zhang Xiaoqin, is Minqiu's niece, Minqiu's sister-in-law has remarried, a pair of children were stopped by Zhang Minqiu, the eldest son is called Zhang Qu, only thirteen years old, in Taiyuan Wen's family to learn to study, worship the great Confucian Wen Tingli as a teacher, the youngest daughter is Zhang Xiaoqin, only nine years old this year, was taken over by Minqiu to live with.

Minqiu's parents died early, she only has one brother, and the brother only has this pair of children, if she is taken by her sister-in-law to remarry, she will inevitably change her surname, and the incense of the Zhang family will be broken, which Minqiu can't tolerate, so she begged her husband to stop her nephew and niece and not be taken away by her sister-in-law.

Zhang Xiaoqin is exactly the same age as Guo Yan'er, smart and lively, and well-behaved, even Xue Tao, who has always disliked her parents, likes this little girl, and she naturally became a loyal follower of her eldest sister Guo Weiwei.

Guo Jincheng smiled and shook his head, "Outsiders are not allowed to enter the newspaper hall." ”

"What's so rare about newspapers!"

Guo Weiwei pursed her lips on the side, and said to Zhang Xiaoqin and Guo Yan'er: "Tomorrow, the eldest sister will take you to the Lion and Tiger Park, I heard that there is also a long-necked unicorn, let's take a look!" ”