In the officialdom of Dayue, and even the vast majority of people in the people, who doesn’t know the name of Zuo Xiang Lu Zhen today?

As the second longest position as prime minister in the Dayue period in the past century and has been in the position of prime minister for fifteen years, Lu Zhen is a real big shot and an existence that Li Ling can only look up to but cannot get close to.

But now, just as he returned to the capital from the southwest, Lu Xiang actually sent a famous sect to him and invited him to see him at the mansion. Does this mean that he had actually been in his eyes? He said something else?

After seeing Lu Zhen’s name on the thorn, Li Ling suddenly had many thoughts in his mind, and the expression on his face changed several times, which scared Li Tong: "Young Master, is there something wrong with this?"

Li Ling then calmed down and shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just a little flattered. I didn't expect that Lu Xiang would be interested in me and also grasp my whereabouts." The latter sentence was what he cared most about.

It was not surprising that the Imperial City Secret could grasp his whereabouts before. After all, they did this, and there were Yang brothers who belonged to the Imperial City Secret. But what about Lu Zhen? How did he know his whereabouts well, and he only delivered a letter just one hour later than the Imperial City Secret?

As long as you think about it, there have always been the eyes and ears of these big shots hidden around you, Li Ling felt uncomfortable all over. Now it seems that it is really uncomfortable to stay in the capital.

Yang Qingxiao had already walked out of her shyness just now. Seeing this, she asked with concern: "Do I need to check the details of everyone in the family?" With rich experience in the martial arts world, she quickly grasped the key and proposed a response.

Li Ling shook his head after thinking: "Even if we find out, we'll see if we drive away? After a group of people, there will be no next group? Since they are determined to look at me, they will definitely have a way to do it. People in the officialdom are involuntarily."

Yang Qingxiao snorted: "If I were to change this, I would definitely let them know that it was amazing!"

"Then I have to wait until I have a certain strength to achieve it. Now, I am too weak in the officialdom and can't even protect myself." Thinking of Bian Xuedao's pressing against him every step of the way, Li Ling was even more upset. But soon, he adjusted his mindset and smiled, "Forget it, let's not mention them anymore. We'll finally see each other again, so let's talk about some happy things, such as..."

"Ah... Yue'er is drunk, so she can't just sleep here. I'll take her back to the room." Yang Qingxiao ignored her at all. As she said that, she went up to help the little girl who was drooling, and was about to go out as if she was running away.

Li Ling didn't expect that her children who had traveled around the world and killed many people would be so timid. She didn't know what to react for a while. It was not until she reached the door that she suddenly turned around and smiled at him: "If you are really mean, I will naturally not be able to stop it..." After saying this, she had really "escaped" without waiting for Li Ling to respond.

Li Ling was stunned, then understood and had a happy smile on his face. In fact, Yang Qingxiao recognized the relationship between the two. It was just that the girl was thinking and was shy and she didn't want to explain it in person. However, this made Li Ling feel quite enjoyable, and she even thought about following her and teasing this young girl.

But as soon as he moved, a familiar laugh sounded outside: "Haha, Wen Zhong, you are back, I really miss you this year." In a blink of an eye, I saw Wanlang strode, and Li Tong was still helpless following him. It was not until Li Ling winked at him that he stopped and retreated.

"You don't treat me as a friend. You just told me to go to the southwest for a few months, but it's been a year since I stayed here. I didn't give a notice early this time, otherwise I should go to the dock to greet you." Wan Lang said complaining, but his face was filled with joy after goodbye. He came to Li Ling, then took his hand, looked up and down, and then exclaimed, "Don't say, except for being a little darker, I really have to come back in full. I'm really worried that you have something to do there."

Li Ling punched him angrily: "You can't hope that I can order it. Why will it be in danger if you go to the southwest?"

"Isn't it? The terrain there is dangerous, and people's hearts are even more dangerous. There are barbarians, snakes, insects, rats and ants. No merchant dares to go there."

"That's because I couldn't make money there before, but it might be different in the future." Li Ling smiled and turned to the side hall to take a seat, then asked why he came to the door in time. It was indeed strange. Why did everyone know it when he came back as soon as he came back.

"This is not simple. There are people in our store in the house. After they left this morning, he brought the news back to the store."

Such a relaxed answer made Li Ling smile: "So that's it, then why are you here to see me now?"

"Of course I'm here to welcome you. We brothers haven't seen each other for a year, but there's a lot to say." Wan Lang smiled and said, "You're relaxed when you leave, but you put the burden on the bookstore on me alone. You don't know how I got here this year. That's so busy..."

He seemed to be complaining, but in fact he was completely boasting and showing off his credit to Li Ling: "It's not easy for us to report the monthly newspaper this year. Seven or eight similar newspapers suddenly emerged in the book market to compete for customers. You don't know how difficult it is to settle them one by one, at least not threatening our business. Also, in order to open up more markets, I have granted more benefits to the Caogang and some carriages, just to let them deliver our newspapers outside the capital."

"Oh? The market has been opened?" Li Ling was also happy when he heard this and asked quickly.

"Let's just be careless. There are many places in the Central Plains provinces to buy our newspapers, as well as Jiangnan and the north, and the north are also developing. However, our focus is still in the capital, and we can sell about 120,000 to 30,000 copies of newspapers every month. By the way, our newspapers are now in half a month." When we said this, Wan Lang seemed serious. Obviously, he spent a lot of effort on these achievements in the year.

Li Ling also sincerely praised: "Brother Wan, you are indeed a master of business. Even if I only took a year, I am afraid I would not be able to do this."

"You don't have to coax me with these words. If I can make a big deal, it will be your benefit." Wan Lang had his own opinion and said solemnly.

What he said is naturally good. Even if he doesn't mention the creativity of the newspaper, the foundation at the beginning was built by Li Ling. It was obviously a patent of 30% to 40% of the ink in other bookstores, which is enough to lead the opponent in price wars. There are also the excellent content of the two novels and the good relationship with entertainment industries such as Hongxiuzhao. These things seem invisible, but if you really care about them, they are naturally not under the hard work of his year.

Li Ling smiled and stopped insisting. But Wan Lang continued: "But what I admire most is to remind me to cooperate with Guihaiju before leaving. This is the key to our Zongheng Bookstore's real standing firmly in the capital."

"Oh? They agreed to cooperate with us and provide debate articles?" Li Ling immediately asked with interest.

Guihaiju is a famous high-end restaurant in Luoyang City. It not only sells wine, but also sets up debate topics every month, allowing knowledgeable people in the city to sit and discuss the world, and comment on various things in the world. It is also a landscape in the capital city.

Of course, a restaurant dared to criticize the affairs of the government and the country so blatantly, because their boss was the famous idle and wealthy prince in the capital. When his younger brother, Sun Pu, was today, when Li Ling went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination a few years ago, he also made a great debate in Guihai, which made him fall into the emperor's eyes and became the Tanhua of the subject...

In order to make the Zongheng Monthly News appear more generous, Li Ling suggested to Wan Lang to buy the content of the debaters and publish them in the newspaper, which resulted in a win-win result.

Zongheng Monthly Newspaper has become more famous and has more sales, and it goes without saying that Guihaiju has expanded its reputation. Now, not only the scholars in the capital know that this debate hotel exists, but in all newspapers, people have heard of Guihaiju’s name. So during this period, many people came to the capital and went to Guihaiju to listen to the debate topic.

The third one who gains benefits from this is naturally those who debate the scholars. Those articles published in newspapers have signed their names, which will naturally make them famous faster and wider. Even if there are many people who praise their talent for their knowledge, the manuscript fee is really not worth mentioning.

When Wan Lang smiled and explained everything, Li Ling showed surprise: "I really didn't expect that King Huai actually had such a vision."

"The even rarer thing is still to come. Just in February this year, King Huai suddenly proposed to me that he would invest in our bookstore. After I discussed with Miss Yang, I felt that this would be beneficial to us without any harm, so I agreed. So now there is one more owner of our bookstore, but he does not account for much, only 20%." After saying this, he looked at Li Ling carefully, for fear that he would feel unhappy about his own good decisions.

Li Ling was really stunned for a moment, but then laughed: "This is a good thing. With his investment, our bookstore has a big backer in the capital. Not to mention that he can give money to content, even if he doesn't give anything, it's worth it."
Chapter completed!