That afternoon, Li Yanqing came to Qingfenglou Teahouse. The teahouse was filled with people and guests were filled with guests. Li Yanqing went upstairs from the VIP road behind and went to the Youlan Hall on the third floor. Several personal soldiers pushed open the door, and Li Yanqing walked in.

There was a fat man sitting in the teahouse. Although he had not seen him for nearly a decade, Li Yanqing still recognized him at a glance. He was his friend Zheng Rongtai, who was wearing a silk shirt of exquisite texture. His face was round like a pumpkin and blushed.

When he saw Li Yanqing, he hurried forward and bowed, "See Your Highness!"

Li Yanqing patted his shoulder and smiled, "I'm fatter than before!"

Zheng Rongtai scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Eat more and sleep more, it turns out like this."

"But that's good, I have a broad heart and a fat body."

The two laughed and sat down. Yu Feng'er, the top tea prostitute in Qingfenglou, came in to order tea for them. Li Yanqing tasted the tea, nodded, and said, "I remember you didn't come to Hangzhou to buy land and build a house? Why did you go to build a fleet again?"

"It is my business that has been engaged in fleets. All the property withdrawn from the north has been put into shipping. I can't hold it for a while, and it has become bigger and bigger in recent years."

"Then how many ships do you have now?"

Zheng Rongtai thought for a while and said, "I now have three fleets of sea ships, about 300 sea ships, going to Nanyang, Dashi and Japan respectively."

"Also go to Dashi?"

"I have been there in person, and there is also the Lion Kingdom and the Tianzhu Kingdom. If you don't go out, you really don't know how big the world is. Once, when I encountered a storm, the fleet lost more than 30 ships. I was forced to live in the Lion Kingdom for three months, and married a local woman as a concubine there. Later, she became pregnant. I took her back to my country and gave birth to a boy who looked very similar to me. This is my first son."

Li Yanqing laughed, "This is your true nature! How many children do you have now?"

"Now I have three sons and one daughter, and I have raised more than twenty women. I will die sooner or later on women in my life."

The two of them talked about cheating again, and suddenly burst into laughter. Li Yanqing asked again: "The business is so big now, what hope does there be for the court?"

Zheng Rongtai said: "The only hope is that commercial tax can continue to be exempted. I think that commercial tax will be exempted from commercial tax now, and it will have a great impact on our interests."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Business tax is only temporarily exempted, it cannot be exempted forever. It will probably be exempted until the end of the year. However, if the north is rebuilt, the commercial tax will be exempted for at least ten years. Why don't you go to the north to develop?"

Zheng Rongtai nodded, "Then I can build an inland fleet to communicate with the north and south."

"Sea boats are OK!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "In the future, the court will vigorously develop coastal trough transportation. If you go to the north, you can also be exempt from commercial tax. In the future, the transportation industry will be a big deal in the recovery of the north. If you have an advantage, don't miss the opportunity."

Yu Feng'er next to him asked with a smile: "Can I invest some capital?"

Li Yanqing pointed to Zheng Rongtai opposite and said, "If you want to make money, you have to find this fat brother!"

Zheng Rongtai smiled and said, "How much does your wife have to invest in capital?"

"I have saved two thousand taels of silver, how many copies can I invest?"

Zheng Rongtai thought for a while and said, "I can give you ten boats for two thousand taels of silver to take you back within three years. The rest is all profitable. You can earn at least twenty years. Just enjoy others giving you some tea!"

Yu Feng'er was extremely happy, "I met my benefactor today, and I will give the money to Zheng Daguan Ren."

At this time, Li Yanqing asked, "This time you donated 100,000 taels of silver to military expenses. What kind of honorary officials are the court giving you?"

"The court granted me the honorary officials of the second rank of the country, and I can also pass them to my son."

Zheng Rongtai remembered something and asked quickly: "When he was awarding a medal, Xianggong Gao mentioned what land he had mentioned, but I didn't understand?"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Donate five jin of money and the imperial court gave one acre of land, but this land is not in the Central Plains. It is cashed out after the generals destroyed the Jin Kingdom. One hundred thousand taels of silver is equivalent to five hundred thousand jin of money. You can get a reward of one thousand acres of land, that is, one thousand hectares of land, Xiaopang, the forests above the land and the minerals below are yours, you have to recruit people to plant and develop them!"

Zheng Rongtai was so happy that he couldn't stop talking, "Is there so much land there?"

"The land over there is so big that you can't imagine. The endless forests will become our land in the future."

The two were chatting, and a personal soldier walked over quickly and whispered in Li Yanqing's ear. Li Yanqing nodded, "Tell them, I'll come soon."

Zheng Rongtai was very flirting and hurriedly said, "Your Highness has something to do, just go and do it!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I do have something to do. I'll treat your whole family to dinner another day, so I'll take the lead."

Li Yanqing put on his coat and left quickly. Yu Feng'er smiled at Zheng Rongtai and said, "Official Zheng will continue to teach me how to invest in my book."

Zheng Rongtai smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Then order another pot of tea!"

Li Yanqing hurried to the imperial city when he got on a carriage. He didn't expect that the grassland envoy would come to Lin'an. Although he didn't know their purpose, Li Yanqing still saw another opportunity.

Li Yanqing rushed to the imperial city, Zheng Wangzhi came out, Li Yanqing walked out of the carriage and asked, "Where are they?"

"Report to Your Highness, the Grassland Envoy is waiting at the Honglu Temple."

The Honglu Temple was not far from the gate of the imperial city. Li Yanqing took Zheng Wangzhi over. Gaoshen and the Honglu Temple Minister Yang Du welcomed him at the door. Everyone entered the gate and came to the first guest hall. They saw two people sitting in the hall. They saw Muluda and Hanbeer who had seen in Xixia. When they saw Li Yanqing coming in, they quickly got up, greeted him with a smile, and gave Li Yanqing a great grassland gift.

"Thank you for your hard work, the two special envoys headed south."

Both of them could speak Chinese and quickly said that it was their honor to come to Songdu.

Li Yanqing asked the two of them to sit down, and someone was engaged in milk entertainment. Li Yanqing smiled and said, "The war on the grassland should be over!"

"Just before we set out, the Jin soldiers withdrew their troops completely, and 200,000 Jin soldiers rushed back to Liaodong, and they were probably going to attack the Song Dynasty again."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "There is no chance to attack the Song Dynasty. What they have to do now is to prepare for defense. The Song Dynasty is about to counterattack in full swing!"

Muruda and Hanbeer looked at each other, and they were overjoyed. Muruda hurriedly said: "Each grassland ministries believes that it is necessary to completely eliminate the Jurchens and eradicate the grassland disasters. If the Song army is willing to act with us, then the confidence of success will be greater."

"The heroes have similar views. We also believe that the Jin Dynasty was a major trouble for the Song Dynasty. Taking advantage of their great energy injury is the best opportunity to eliminate them."

Muruda took out a wolf head made of silver and placed it on the table, "This is our official invitation token."

“What are you invited?”

"In early September, on the banks of the Tuwula River, the grassland tribes will hold a grand crusade, and the leaders of all tribes will come to participate. We hope that the special envoys of the Song Dynasty can also come to participate and discuss the Jin plan together!"

Li Yanqing took the Yinlang Head and smiled: "I believe my special envoy will definitely rush to attend the conference. In addition, I also hope to use this conference to discuss trade between the Song Dynasty and the grassland."

"That's what we can't ask for!"

At this time, Muluda said again: "One other thing is that we want to buy 100,000 sets of military armor from the Song Dynasty. The price is still the same as before. We exchanged five million sheep. I wonder if your highness agrees!"

"You can agree to this. I will let the Privy Council negotiate with you on the specific plan."

The two were overjoyed and quickly stood up to thank them. Li Yanqing asked Zheng Wangzhi and Yang Du to take them to visit various places in Lin'an Prefecture.

Back at the State Supervisory Office, Gao Shen asked: "What is your highness's real purpose in attacking and destroying the Jin soldiers? Will he also want to occupy the land in Liaodong?"

"The Ministry of War has this possibility, but this requires negotiation with them. I estimate that the September conference will discuss the issue of division of interests. Our principles are very clear. People can not, but we want land."

"If you go to the grassland to attend the conference in September, your highness thinks that when will our counterattack against the Jin Kingdom start?"
Chapter completed!