The carriage turned to a quiet manor, and a group of people waited outside the door of the mansion, one was Peng Xianzhong, the other was forty or fifty years old, and he looked like a wealthy family, looking at the four-wheeled carriage drawn by these two horses, the man whispered to Peng Xianzhong: "It's rare that Yanmar can be bought, I didn't think that even Yanmar can be bought, and your proprietor is really capable." ”

Peng Xianzhong smiled and shook his head: "Although the horse is a Yanmar, the car is made by the proprietor's car dealership, and it will be shipped in Guangzhou soon, if Master Liang is interested, he can buy a few." ”

That Liang Ye sighed slightly, four-wheeled vehicles are not uncommon in China, but they can be as fast and light as the one in front of them, and they can turn freely, but they have never seen it, and only the legendary Western carriage can do it.

"Such a car must be expensive, right?"

Liang Yezi was really moved.

"It's not expensive, and the ordinary decoration is only in the early seventies and eighties."

Peng Xianzhongxin said that the cost of this car is actually only more than 30 taels, and if it is sold more, the cost will have to be reduced.

Master Liang's eyes lit up, but he could see that the carriage that was approaching the mansion knocked over the gravel road, and the sedan chair did not rise and fall with the wheels, and it was much more stable to sit in it.

Thinking about buying a few luxuriously decorated cars at that time, when the time comes, it will be better than other wealthy businessmen in Foshan, Master Liang nodded with a smile.

The car stopped and the door opened, and a neatly dressed person got out of the car. Master Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw that this person was wearing a bowler hat, a short velvet jacket that was long above the knee, extremely smooth, and a long vest on the outside, covering the two bulging objects around his waist. was hesitating about the identity of this person, and Peng Xianzhong had already greeted him.

"Director-General!"

Li Xian nodded in response, then turned to the car door, and was about to lead Yan Sanniang out of the car, but she jumped out neatly, and then saw an outsider, let out a low voice, and quickly flashed behind Li Xian. She was solemnly warned by Li Xian that she must pretend to be a good lady.

Li Xi smiled helplessly, raised his head to meet him, his delicate face appeared, and an obvious scar on his right temple swept down. That Master Liang hurriedly smiled and bowed his hand, the rumors in his heart were true, this Li Beijiang was really ...... It's hard to say, the dress is very strange, the person is very young, and the eyes are very deep.

Liang Huan, the proprietor of Foshan Longxing Iron Company, in addition to porcelain shops and dyeing workshops and other industries, the family has also had an official reputation from generation to generation, and is a famous family in Foshan. But a wealthy businessman like him is not top-notch in Foshan, so Peng Xianzhong can contact him as a bridgehead for Li Xian to enter Foshan.

The two greeted politely, and Liang Huan raised his hand to ask: "This is ......"

The woman in front of her was wearing a blue butterfly jacket with a red flower pleated skirt, surrounded by a white silk scarf, and the peony hat on her head was also decorated with a thin veil. At this time, the Chinese people are not used to bringing their families with them when they meet for the first time, but they can't turn a blind eye when they are here, so Liang Huan asked.

"This is clumsy, but I haven't passed the door yet, I heard that Foshan is lively, and I want to come and see it."

Li Shi introduced this, Yan Sanniang behind him suddenly blushed, and he was generously blessed for a moment, and then glared at Li Shi fiercely by covering it with a veil, but he was glued by his warm eyes looking back.

"Well, that's right, seeing that it's going to be the end of the year, the lion dancing clubs in various martial arts halls have begun to practice, and there are people with surnames who are anxious to beg for greens, it's time to see."

Liang Huan nodded, this is the pride of being a Foshan person, and he welcomed the guests into the door while introducing them. This is the courtyard of the Liang family in Foshan, ready to entertain distinguished guests.

"Liang family, ......"

Hearing this surname, Yan Sanniang's heart darkened slightly, and her footsteps slowed down, when she escaped from the Quanzhou Mansion Prison before, the face of Liang Boyan, who came to rob the prison, flashed in her heart again. Then his hand was held by Li Xian, and then met his concerned gaze, Yan Sanniang smiled sweetly, her heart was full, and her heart said that this was the man she was destined to be, and others were insignificant.

After some conversation, after afternoon tea, Liang Huan retired and explained to Peng Xianzhong thoughtfully, and Li Huan fell into deep thought. Yan Sanniang, who was pretending to be a lady and was about to die of exhaustion, asked curiously, and Li Xi said very seriously: "People have arranged a room for us, what do you say?" ”

Yan Sanniang was so ashamed that she turned around and said, "You go to sleep on the roof!" ”

Knowing that this girl was generous to outsiders, but her skin was very thin on herself, Li Xian sighed helplessly.

Ashamed of Yan Sanniang, Li Xi continued to calculate.

Liang Huan didn't bring him good news, he wanted to enter Foshan, throwing out such a thing as a bearing is enough, the iron industry is very welcome, but to control Foshan, it is far from enough, and even kicking on the iron plate. Tiehang is like a big family, and will negotiate the specific distribution. For example, how many companies specialize in support frames, how many specialize in steel balls, and how many specialize in supplying crude steel. Machinery and what production line is absolutely not wanted, they have to disassemble the bearing into scattered manual work. Liang Huan clearly told him that as long as the iron industry does not allow it and does not use the relationship between the government, he will only say in the industry that Li Xi will not be able to recruit a single worker in Foshan.

The power of the Foshan Guild, Li Shi has seen it. As an outsider, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in Foshan, let alone control Foshan, and there are any acquisitions and restructurings here from time to time.

As a result, the more Li Xi thought about it, the more angry he became, the Qing soldiers slaughtered the city in Guangzhou and killed 700,000 people, but Foshan did not move a penny. There are two reasons, on the one hand, the Qing court attaches great importance to Foshan's iron industry, and on the other hand, Foshan is frightened by the tragic situation in Guangzhou and is very deferential. After the Qing court ruled the world, it gave Foshan special treatment, such as smelting wrought iron and other businesses, and the government only issued official licenses to Foshan, and other places in Guangdong were illegal, giving them a monopoly position from the official face. Now they have an industry monopoly, and they have never thought about researching technology and improving technology, and they are not big, and there is no competition.

Li Shi secretly gritted his teeth, "No, we must clean them up!" ”

At this moment, there was a faint sound of gongs and drums, it was actually the lion team that made a fuss near the garden, Yan Sanniang twisted her body towards Li Xian, wanted to open her mouth but didn't dare, she only felt uncomfortable, and even the skirt felt restrained.

"Let's go, let's see."

When these words came out, Yan Sanniang almost jumped up.

Coming out of the courtyard, Yu Hanyi and a few guards scattered around, faintly surrounding the two of them, escorting them towards the gate wall on the side of the courtyard. A child of the Liang family acted as a guide, and when he saw this battle, he was also secretly talking, thinking that this young proprietor's pomp was really extraordinary.

In the sound of gongs and drums and babbling, everyone gradually approached the two teams of lion dances, and this child named Liang Bingsheng began to explain: "We have the most martial arts halls in Foshan, some are specially organized for martial arts, and more are for practicing martial arts and self-defense. Although it has not yet arrived, the New Year is approaching, and there are also small green picks, so that the lion dancers will warm up first. The so-called picking green, that is, our merchant eunuchs wrap silver and a cabbage in red paper, or hang under the high door, or use a long pole to stand outside the wall like this. ”

Seeing these two teams of lion dancers, the beard on the lion's head is short and black, it should be the so-called "middle lion", which means that they all call themselves ordinary martial arts halls, and there are no predecessors in them. 【1】

"This martial arts hall in Foshan teaches all the martial arts of the southern school, and it is a inheritance with my master Wumei. When it comes to generations, they are several generations away from me. ”

Yan Sanniang whispered in Li Xi's ear, at this time, the two teams of lions officially met [2], the sound of drums suddenly rose, Li Xi didn't understand much, just felt the warm fragrance of the girl.

"It's all the martial arts halls of the Xijiaxing under the iron line, there is no big resentment, if you want to change the shed and weaving line, and even those martial arts halls in the flower pot line, maybe you have to do it." 【3】

That Liang Bingsheng shouted at the top of his voice.

The two colorful lion heads swayed to the drum music, spun around under the green ceremony that was raised diagonally outside the wall, and then began to raise their heads and get up. There have been several circles of people around him, and when they saw the lion's head suddenly jumping up, they all applauded, and this was the arhat that began to be stacked under the lion's body.

Although it is only two and a half stories high, if you want to be able to do it, you have to stack at least three floors, which tests the cooperation of the lion team, especially the team's hard work, and the lion's skills are even better.

"Yuandingtang's estimate can win, their lion head is the apprentice of Iron-legged Cai!"

"Yinguangtang still has a chance, although the owner of the hall is young, his skills are really extraordinary!"

People who are familiar with the two teams of lion dancers are cheering for the team they are optimistic about, Li Shi saw Yan Sanniang standing on tiptoe and stretching her neck to watch, very uncomfortable, and pampered her to squeeze into the crowd, which suddenly made Yu Hanyi and others behind him a little anxious. Li Xi may not be a big man to others, but for them, if they scratch a little skin, they will be counted uncomfortably when they return to Li Zhuang.

As soon as he squeezed into the crowd, everyone exclaimed, it turned out to be the third layer of Arhats stacked up, the lion's head raised high, and the Qingli was at arm's height. But both teams were a little anxious, and the lion's head was swaying, which was very dangerous.

After shaking for a moment, both teams stabilized, everyone applauded, and the lion head had to obey the rules at this time, look around, nod and blink, and salute the audience in return.

"What kind of Yuandingtang, it's a bit unruly......"

Yan Sanniang was familiar with their leg styles, saw some small movements, frowned and whispered.

It seems that the lion-headed people are not masters, they can only hold on, and they can't touch the Qingli at arm's height, shaking for a while, the lion body began to shake, this is about to stack the fourth layer, everyone cheered and applauded more enthusiastically, this is not something that ordinary lion dances can do, it is estimated that the weight of the Qingli given by the Liang family is not light, so that these two martial arts halls are fighting.

The lion's body shrugged for a while, and then the lion's head rose again, and suddenly swayed, and the audience below closed their breath, for fear that the exclamation would call the lion's head off the ground, but they saw that the two lion heads were leisurely and stable again, and then each stretched out a hand from the lion's mouth, and grabbed the Qingli almost at the same time.

"Bad ......"

There was something vaguely under the lion's head, Li Shi didn't see anything wrong, but Yan Sanniang saw something wrong.

The lion body of the Yuanding Hall was not very strong, the lion-headed man's hand was empty, and the lion head of the Silver Light Hall was about to touch Qingli, but it suddenly drooped down, and a person took off the lion, planted it directly, and squeezed out the crowd with exclamations, and at that moment, everyone wanted to close their eyes. This is also more than two feet high, and falling down is also a broken leg.

A figure flew out like a colorful butterfly, and immediately pulled up everyone's eyelids.

Sensing the slight fragrant wind of Yan Sanniang's rapid leap, Li Xian sighed, and then relieved, this is his Sanniang...... But it was such a Sanniang that made him fall in love.

(To be continued)