A few days later, at the port outside Dengzhou City, Li Yan and Wen Xin stood on the dock in casual clothes, with only a few guards beside him, and some officials and servants of the royal palace, but they did not bring the ceremonial guards of the royal palace. The group looked like ordinary people who came to the dock to greet relatives and friends. However, Dengzhou was the fief of Li Yan after all, and many Dengzhou people knew him. So when they saw His Highness King Qi here, although some people took the courage to salute, most of them chose to avoid it.

The reason why Li Yan and the others dressed up as ordinary people was mainly because the person they came to pick up today was his eldest brother Li Chengqian who was demoted to Shanghai. Li Chengqian was demoted to a commoner from the position of prince and was definitely very disappointed now. Therefore, if Li Yan had shown the identity of prince in front of the other side, it would be equivalent to cutting flesh in Li Chengqian's heart. It was precisely for this reason that Li Yan decided to welcome Li Chengqian's family as a private person so that the other party would not think too much.

Li Yan and the others waited for a short time. A medium-sized fleet slowly sailed into the port under the guidance of the pilot ship. The ships in this fleet were not very large. The large ship in the front should be Li Chengqian's boat. The three words "Gefeng" were written on the bow of the ship. It was just that the size of this ship and Feng were only one-third of that of Li Yan's Qiwang.

After the Hefeng Hu slowly stopped at the dock, Li Yan and Wen Xin took the people to the bow of the boat, and the people on the boat also began to descend along the wooden boards on the boat to the dock. The first person to walk off the bow was Li Chengqian, the deposed prince of the Tang Dynasty.

However, when Li Yan saw the man limping off the bow of the boat, he almost dared not recognize each other. He and Li Chengqian had not seen each other for more than a year, but when they saw each other again, they found that Li Chengqian had gray hair and had a few thin lines on his forehead and corners of his eyes. Although Li Chengqian was only in his twenties this year, he now looked like a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties.

When Li Chengqian described the change, Li Yan was also shocked. He saw that Li Chengqian was inconvenient, so he immediately stepped forward to help the other party get off the boat. However, Li Chengqian was stunned and struggled instinctively. When he found that Li Yan was really helping him, he was moved to get off the boat with Li Yan.

Seeing Li Chengqian get off the boat, Wen Xin hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then took Li Chengqian's wife Su Shi off the boat. Su is the eldest daughter of Secretary Su Jian, one year younger than Li Chengqian, and her appearance is naturally very beautiful. However, because her husband was demoted, her face was a little sad and haggard.

In addition to Su, there are still several sons and daughters of Li Chengqian, namely Li Yan's nephew and nephew. The oldest is five years old, while the youngest is only half a year old. Among them, the eldest son born to Su is Li Xiang, who is only two years old. This time he was demoted from Chang'an with his father and is now being led by Su.

Su was born in a scholarly family. Seeing Li Yan and Wen Xin coming to greet him in person, he hurriedly led Li Xiang forward and saluted, "Su greets His Highness, Princess Qi, and Princess Qi!"

Seeing his wife wanting to salute others, Li Chengqian's face turned dark. He thought that when he was the crown prince, only others saluted them and their husbands. However, once he was demoted, his status plummeted. From the crown prince to the commoner, he now even bowed to his younger brother, which made him feel even more depressed.

Seeing Su's salute, Wen Xin hurriedly helped the other party up. At the same time, Li Yan next to him also said, "Sister-in-law doesn't need to salute. Now I am just greeting my elder brother and sister-in-law as a younger brother. So if I salute, it is better for me and Wen Xin to salute my elder brother and sister-in-law!"

Li Yan said, and bowed to Li Chengqian and Su family with Wen Xin. Seeing that Li Chengqian and his wife were so polite, Su and Li Chengqian were very moved. Since they were demoted, they can be said to have suffered from the warmth and warmth of human nature, and even when they left Chang'an, they were ridiculed by Li Tai. For this reason, Li Chengqian almost fought with each other. When he went out to sea to take a boat, the small official of the Ministry of Rites responsible for arranging their itineraries refused to use a big boat and chose a small boat like Hefeng. As long as there were wind and waves, the boat would be bumpy. For this reason, Li Chengqian was also stunned and adapted for several days before he could eat, but he was even older and haggard.

When Li Yan saw the expressions of Li Chengqian and his wife, he also guessed that they had tasted the warmth and warmth of human nature along the way, so he didn't want to show too much. When he saw Li Xiang, his nephew who was held by Su's little hand, he immediately stepped forward and picked up the somewhat timid Li Xiang, and changed the topic: "Brother, when he saw Xiang's childhood last time, he was just a baby in a cradle. I didn't expect that he had grown so big!"

Li Xiang is only two years old and is still a little afraid of having sex. In addition, he has never seen Li Yan except when he was born, so when he was picked up by Li Yan, he seemed very resistant. He looked at his mother Su with two big watery eyes, and at the same time he turned his mouth and seemed to want to cry.

At this time, Wen Xin took out the candy that had been prepared long ago and shook it in front of Li Xiang. Now he opened the little guy's attention and opened his two chubby little hands to grab it, which made Li Yan laugh. Wen Xin took the opportunity to put the candy into Li Xiang's little hand, and finally attracted all the little guy's attention to the candy and no longer resisted Li Yan's arms.

Seeing that Li Yan and his wife loved their son so much, Li Chengqian and Su also showed a few smiles on their faces. While Li Yan was playing with Li Xiang, he asked Li Chengqian and his wife to leave with them. As for the other former Crown Prince's Mansion who were demoted with Li Chengqian, naturally, the officials of the royal palace would arrange it.

Since you came to Dengzhou, the first thing you have to do is to take the train. After all, this has become a symbol of Dengzhou. In fact, as the train gradually became accepted by people, train lanes have also been built in Dengzhou City and several nearby big cities. However, building a train lane requires a lot of steel. Although the steel production in Datang is growing rapidly, the price is a bit expensive. At least this train lane can not be built anywhere.

Li Chengqian and his wife were on the train. When the train was spitting black smoke and began to accelerate slowly, the two-year-old Li Xiang jumped happily and even climbed onto the stool next to the window with a few brothers and sisters, looking out while chattering. They were all children, the oldest was only five years old, and they didn't understand how their identities would change after their father was demoted, so there was nothing to worry about. Naturally, they were happier than their parents. Su Shi, Wen Xin, and several of Li Chengqian's concubines were worried that they would fall, and they were all protecting them with a smile.

Although Li Chengqian was depressed because of his demotion, he was also very curious about novel things like trains. When the train started, a strange look finally appeared on his face. He took the initiative to ask Li Yan why the train could move forward without a cow or horse? What is the black smoke he vomited?

In fact, when Li Chengqian was in Chang'an, he had heard of these novel things created by Li Yan. However, he and Li Taidou were dead and alive at that time, and he was not concerned about these things. He always thought it was spread by others. Unexpectedly, after seeing them with his own eyes today, he realized that there was really this thing in this world, and it was even more magical than he thought.

Li Yan naturally answered Li Chengqian's questions one by one, and also pointed out the scenery along the way. Now the money for this train is no longer just between the main city of Dengzhou and the wharf, but has turned several turns in the middle, including the two acropolis and several important factories. In this way, although it took a little more time from the wharf to the main city, it has facilitated the people of Dengzhou, which is really a rare political achievement.

We got off the train with a group of little guys who were still unsatisfied, and then we all returned to the Qi Palace together. The mansion had already prepared a banquet. Because this time, only the banquet was held by Li Chengqian and the family was also a family banquet, so there was no need to divide any men and women. Everyone sat together to eat and chat. Xijun and the others took Chou Chou and all attended the banquet together.

Chou Chou is over one year old. Seeing Li Xiang's cousin who is not much older than him, she ran up excitedly with her hands and feet. However, her way of greeting was really unbearable. She had to go up and take a bite whenever she saw anyone, so Li Xiang and the others were so scared that they ran around, and the entire hall was almost quarreled by them.

Perhaps because of seeing these carefree children, or because of Li Yan's warm hospitality, Li Chengqian's mood improved significantly, with a few smiles on his pale face, and even ate more wine and food. This made Su, who had been observing her husband carefully, was very comforted. After all, no matter whether Li Chengqian was the prince or not, he was his husband. On the way, he saw his husband's body getting worse day by day, and even had less food. This made her anxious. Now that she could see her husband eating a few more bites of food, she was already very content.

After the banquet, Wen Xin took the Su family, Li Xiang and other female family members to play in the palace with their children, while Li Yan and Li Chengqian found a pavilion and ordered someone to brew fragrant tea. The two sat opposite each other, drinking tea and chatting.

"Brother, I already know about your trip to Shanghai. My third brother has prepared a house for you and my sister-in-law. In addition, although Shanghai is a new city, it has become prosperous. I believe that in a few years, it will definitely not be worse than Dengzhou, and it will even surpass Dengzhou and become the most prosperous port in my Tang Dynasty. So, you can live there for a while and just take it as a relaxing moment. When the father's anger passes, my mother's mother will persuade you. Maybe you will be summoned back to Chang'an by your father!" Li Yanshen said with a smile. Although the words were very complicated, it expressed a younger brother's concern for his brother.

However, after hearing Li Yan's words, Li Chengqian glanced at him with complex eyes. In fact, since he saw Li Yan, he had always had a question to ask him, but before, his family was there, and he was embarrassed to ask. Now that the only two of them are left, he didn't care about it.
Chapter completed!