On the way back to the village, Li Zhang sat on the tricycle and couldn't close his mouth all the way, which made Xu Ping suspicious and asked him several times: "What good things did my mother give you?" ”

Li Zhang shook his head every time: "I can't tell you this!" ”

The more Li Zhang didn't say it, the more Xu Ping wanted to know, and he was tortured.

At this time, the sky is long, and when I see Zhuangzi, the sun is still in the middle of the sky.

Bypassing the front of the village, I saw a row of horses tied to the tree in front of the door, and there were several horses with extremely luxurious decorations, which Xu Ping had never seen. The three of them sat under the big tree in front of the village, blowing the breeze through the hall to enjoy the coolness, and there were more than a dozen soldiers scattered around, some were waiting for the three of them, and some were standing idle.

Among the three, Li Yonghe and Guo Shi knew Xu Ping, and the other middle-aged official did not wear official uniforms, a brocade robe, a white face, three black hairs, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and that bearing knew at a glance that he was used to being flattered. It is said that this person should be Li Defense that Guo Shi and Li Yonghe said, but Xu Ping didn't dare to guess so in his heart. Who is that? The son of the eldest princess, this kind of beautiful official is not strong, and Xu Ping does not have a strong sense of hierarchy from his previous life, and he can't believe that this kind of person will come to his small village in the countryside.

When he arrived in front of the village, Xu Chang, who was in the palm of his hand, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang kicked backwards, and the tricycle stopped steadily.

At this time, more than a dozen people in front of the village were looking at this strange car, and when they saw this scene, their faces were full of surprise, they never thought that there was such a magical thing in the world.

After getting out of the car, Xu Ping and Li Zhang came to the three of them, Li Yonghe hurriedly stood up and introduced: "This one is Xu Ping, the owner of the small village here that I mentioned earlier. Next to him is the dog Li Zhang, who lives in the village here. ”

He said to Xu Ping again: "This is Captain Li Fangfang, come up and salute!" ”

Xu Ping stepped forward to see the salute, and he was puzzled, not knowing what this person was doing in his village.

Li Duanyi looked at Xu Ping's appearance and said with a smile: "I drank the wine that Li Tiju brought from your village last night, and I think it tastes very good." I am a good winemaker, so I will come to your village for a night, ask for some wine, and go to do some business for the herdsmen early tomorrow morning. The host won't blame me for being uninvited, right? ”

Xu Ping hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and replied: "I own a restaurant at home, and I have all the wine in the village." Taiwei can appreciate the light, which is a blessing that we can't ask for. ”

Guo Zhi said on the side: "This little master is a wonderful person, and his whimsical ideas are endless. This wine is also gone, and a few days ago, I saw the fields in this village that he had renovated, and he was very successful. I went back and thought about it for two days, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it was infinitely useful, and I wanted to have the opportunity to ask for advice again. ”

Li Duanyi said: "Managing the fields is a matter for Guo Ping's business, but it has nothing to do with me and Li Tiju, and the evaluation can be said in private." But when it comes to whimsy, I think the car that the little master is sitting in is also very interesting, did you make it yourself? ”

Xu Ping replied, "Not bad." I'm idle and have nothing to do to make it out to sit and play. ”

He had already seen Li Duanyi's eyes staring at the tricycle, obviously very interested.

Li Duanyi stood up and said, "The little master answered interestingly. Can I try this car? ”

He opened his mouth, who would dare to say no?

Xu Ping said: "Tai Lieutenant just sit." However, this car is skillful in riding, and I have to wait for the three Zhuang guests to serve the captain, and they are already familiar with riding. ”

Li Duanyi said: "It's okay. ”

Approaching the car, his men hurriedly ran over to protect him and carefully helped him up.

As soon as he sat down in the seat, Li Duanyi's body sank, and his face changed when he boarded.

Xu Ping hurriedly said: "Captain rest assured, this seat is soft, it is to prevent bumps." ”

Li Duanyi laughed, covered up his embarrassment, and said to Xu Chang, who was in the palm of his hand: "Get up!" ”

Xu Chang shouted: "Get up!" ”

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang worked together, and the three wheels slowly started.

Xu Chang, as a figure who grew up in Beijing since he was a child, has also been seen by the emperor a few times. However, it was all watched from a distance through the crowd, and it was the first time to have such a close contact with such a high-ranking royal official, so it was inevitable that he was nervous, firmly held the handlebars, and circled in the open space in front of the village.

After turning twice, Li Duanyi ordered to stop, and the tricycle stopped steadily in front of everyone, exactly the same.

After getting out of the car, Li Duanyi looked around the car again, and finally stopped and said to Xu Ping: "I like the little owner's car very much, I don't know if I can cut my love?" I'll exchange it for five hundred taels of silver! ”

In this era, silver has not yet become a common currency, except for trade with other countries, most of them are rewarded by the imperial court, and then it is used by wealthy nobles like Li Duanyi to show off. Therefore, the price of silver is not high, and at this time, about one tael of silver is worth a thousand Wen.

Li Duanyi said it arrogantly, but in fact, he was just willing to spend 500 yuan.

Money can be made at any time, but this tricycle was made by Xu Ping with a lot of effort, and of course he didn't want to sell it at a price of five hundred. But Li Duanyi's identity is here, since he opened his mouth, it was difficult to refuse, so he had to turn around and look at Li Yonghe.

Li Yonghe's face sank like water, without any expression.

Seeing Xu Ping's hesitation, Li Duanyi couldn't help laughing: "Little village owner, don't you think five hundred taels of silver is too little?" ”

Xu Ping gritted his teeth and said: "Don't hide it from the captain, if someone usually wants to buy it, even if I give me two thousand taels of silver, I won't make a move!" ”

As for you, Li Duanyi, if you want to buy it, let's do it yourself. Xu Ping wants a high price, and directly makes Li Duanyi die, or simply tear off the mask and forcibly take it, don't rub it here.

Li Duanyi laughed: "The little owner is so big! If you want to sell such a car for two thousand taels of silver! Could it be made of gold? ”

Xu Ping also let go, and simply said: "Taiwei thinks I'm going to make a false price?" Otherwise, I'll lend you this car for two months. Even if you can make one with the capital of two thousand taels of silver, I will give it to you too! ”

Li Duanyi saw that Xu Ping was serious, and couldn't help but suspect that he had looked away, and walked to the car to take a look. After looking at it for a while, he called Xu Ping to him, pointed to a small brass part and said with a smile: "Little owner, there are forbidden things in your car!" ”

This part was Xu Ping really felt that the steel was too troublesome, so he simply replaced it with brass, but he didn't expect it to be picked out by Li Duanyi.

The Song Dynasty banned copper, except for a limited number of utensils such as copper mirrors, everything was forbidden, and of course brass was also among them. This prohibition began as a ban on buying and selling, and later on the possession of utensils, and even more prohibiting the manufacture of utensils privately. When Emperor Zhenzong of the previous dynasty, someone went to the court to recommend himself, saying that he had the technology to use calamine to point copper into a stone. The emperor's answer is that the world has banned copper and stone, what is the use of you igniting it? Ignore him. As a result, after such a show, even the mining of calamine in Shaanxi was restricted. These days, Xu Ping has already felt the trouble of buying calamine to refine brass, but fortunately, no one in the countryside takes these bans seriously, and Xu Ping doesn't pay much attention to it.

Xu Ping looked at the small part, closed his mouth and didn't say a word. Love what's the matter, let's say it's just a matter of fines.

He had already seen that something was wrong today.

In the face of Li Duanyi, it is normal for Guo Zhi to be neither humble nor arrogant, he was born in the Zhengbang Jinshi, and his identity is already unusual when he comes out of the Donghua Gate. No matter how high Li Duanyi's status is, he is just a relative of the sect, and he is not worthy of being a righteous scholar.

Li Yonghe's attitude is wrong. He was lucky enough to get an official by touching his relatives, and he didn't have any outstanding talents, and he didn't have any big backers, so he still had to flatter Li Duanyi? As a result, Li Yonghe just didn't talk or laugh today, although he was not rude, but he didn't scold Li Duanyi. How is this normal?

Li Duanyi saw Xu Ping's appearance, turned around and looked at Li Yonghe, who was not speaking on the side, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Little farmer, you are like this, do you mean that I used this excuse to deceive you?" You also look down on me! I'm just telling you, you don't take these things seriously in the countryside, and when you arrive in the capital one day, you will have to suffer! Fortunately, the stone you use is a useful thing, not flashy and extravagant, otherwise I wouldn't have let you go like this! Two thousand taels is two thousand taels, I'll go back and get the silver taels, and you pack up the car. ”

When Xu Ping heard this, he was stunned for a while, as if things were not what he thought.

Li Duanyi ignored him, turned around and said, "It's not too early, the little farmer has got such a large sum of silver taels, why don't you set up a banquet and invite us to eat and drink?" ”

Guo Zhi also felt that this thing was strange on the side, but he couldn't say anything about this result.

Only Li Duanyi himself really understands the mystery behind the matter, and Li Yonghe has more or less guessed it in his heart. This kind of thing happened just because Li Yonghe's identity was too special.

Li Duanyi was raised in the palace by the first emperor since he was a child, but when he was older, he went in and out of the palace like returning to his own home, what kind of palace secrets could hide from him? Including the most important state secrets of the Great Song Dynasty at this time.

The current emperor is not the Empress Dowager's biological mother, and her biological mother is a palace maid beside the Empress Dowager Liu, who is Li Yong and the long-lost sister. It is precisely because of the birth of the emperor that the queen mother will ask someone to find out Li Yonghe, and will reward him as an official.

Empress Dowager Liu has a strong desire for power, and she hid this news to the death, except for the most core people in this dynasty, there is also a special identity like Li Duanyi, and even the emperor himself has no news. As for the current emperor's biological empress dowager, since the death of the first emperor, she was sent by the Empress Dowager Liu to guard the tomb of the first emperor.

is still the same sentence, the queen mother always has to die, and the emperor always has to be in power, and this kind of news is at most concealed until that time. Mother-son affection, human nature, if the emperor knew that his biological mother was such a fate, he would be able to guess what he would do with his eyes closed.

It is definitely wrong to say that Empress Dowager Liu did not have the idea of being Empress Lu Wu Zetian, but it is also an exaggeration to say that she took being Wu Zetian as her goal, because there is no such condition at all. The scholar allowed her to say everything because she finally guarded the world for the surnamed Zhao, but whenever she showed signs of wanting to be Wu Zetian, she didn't need soldiers and horses from other places to come to Qingjun's side, and the eunuchs in the palace took her down.

Today's government maintains such a wonderful balance, Empress Dowager Liu listens to the government and is high, but including herself, she understands that one day in this world will be the current emperor. So she must be able to tolerate another queen mother and Li Yonghe, so as not to provoke trouble behind her.

Those who know this secret leave a way out for themselves, and they dare not cling to the current Queen Mother. Li Duanyi had a chance, of course, he wanted to make friends with Li Yonghe. So someone wanted to borrow him to clean up the Ma family, but he not only did not refuse, but also came happily and pulled Li Yonghe on the way. Because he knows very well that when the time comes, maybe overnight, the identity gap between him and Li Yonghe may be reversed.

The Xu family is Li Yonghe's life-saving benefactor, and they are like a family. To offend the Xu family is to offend Li Yonghe, to offend Li Yonghe is to offend the queen mother who guarded the mausoleum in the miserable wind and rain, and to offend the queen mother will offend the current emperor to death, and no number of lives is enough to toss.

Even the Ma family, no matter how grudges there are, only dare to expel Xu Zheng from the capital, and dare not do things to death.

Li Duanyi gave Xu Ping two thousand taels of silver, which was really willing.