Although Baoyanzhai still faces various difficulties, such as insufficient inventory, insufficient staff, etc., this is a necessary process for any career. Just like a child growing up, he has to go through various falls, rolls and beats. Li Yanqing didn't care too much. Soon he devoted himself to studying and practicing arrows.

There are three months left before the three-year bow and horse competition. If Li Yanqing wants to achieve good results in the competition, he must have a higher understanding of riding and shooting.

August is coming in a flash, and there is still one month before the bow and horse competition.

That morning, Li Yanqing practiced arrows with Niu Gao in the wilderness outside the city. After a hot summer, Li Yanqing's skin became darker and his body became stronger and stronger. He almost returned to his life as a county school student, practicing riding and shooting hard during the day and studying at night.

Sweat was not in vain. Several months of hard practice made his archery progress again. His impressive riding and shooting talent made everyone who knew him far beyond the reach. Even Li Yanqing himself didn't know what level his archery skills reached.

Li Yanqing urged his horse to run in the wilderness. The weather was still very hot in the heat. After practicing hard for more than two hours, the people and horses were sweating profusely, and beads of sweat as big as beans flowed down his cheeks.

"Old guy, practice for the last time."

Li Yanqing boosted his morale by his love horse. Xue Jian seemed to understand his words and was excited again and ran in the wilderness. Li Yanqing looked for his target with sharp eyes. Whether it was the field mice running on the ground, the swimming fishes that were in the water, or the birds flying in the sky, they were all his targets for practicing arrows.

At this time, a skylark flew out of the woods, flew across the sky, up and down, and turned into a small black dot in the blink of an eye.

But just as the skylark came out of the woods, Li Yanqing was already full of bows like the moon, and the long arrow was about to touch his fingers, and an armor-breaking arrow shot out like lightning. He did not rear-end the skylark, so he could not hit it at all. He had to calculate the trajectory of the skylark's flight in an instant, intercept it first, and one hundred and fifty steps away, with a "bang!", the feathers splashed everywhere, and the small black dots disappeared in the air.

"Good arrow technique!" Niu Gao caught up from behind and cheered loudly.

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Tell me, why can this arrow hit the skylark?"

With the help of Li Yanqing, Niu Gao also improved his archery skills very quickly. Although Li Yanqing had only taught him for several months, he was able to shoot a target fifty steps away while running, which marked the official entry into riding and shooting. The following is to rely on his own efforts to improve his riding and shooting skills step by step.

Niu Gao scratched his head and said, "I also find it very strange. When you were chasing behind you, you actually knew that the bird would fly down and hit your arrow. How could you know?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Last year, I could shoot birds flying within a hundred steps, but they were pre-prepared prey. I couldn't do it if I had to shoot wild birds flying in the air, because they were too fast and had no trace. My arrow speed in the past few months has at least doubled compared to last year. As long as I can judge its flight trajectory, this arrow will undoubtedly hit it."

"But how can I determine the direction of a bird's flight? And why is it so coincidental that the arrow is neither fast nor slow. When I encounter it, it will pass a little faster. If it is a little slower, it will be too late. How can I grasp this subtlety?" Niu Gao asked in confusion.

"This is the profoundness of riding and shooting. I can't tell you any specific experience. It's just a feeling that I naturally controlled my strength in the moment of taking action."

"This is talent! Brother Yue and the others told me that your archery talent has been very powerful since childhood."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Maybe there is a little talent, but if you don't practice hard, you can't discover your own talent. If you don't practice hard, how can you know if you have talent?"

Niu Gao nodded silently. He felt that he had talent, otherwise how could he get started in just a few months? Only by practicing hard can he discover more talent.

Li Yanqing wiped the sweat beads on his face with his sleeve and smiled: "I will practice here this morning. We will find a place to rest and have tea, and continue practicing in the afternoon."

The two led their horses through a forest and walked up to the official road. It was more than ten miles away from Bianjing City, but the official road was very lively and people came and went. Li Yanqing pointed to a tea shed in the distance and smiled and said, "Let's go there and rest!"

At this moment, a man riding a donkey ran towards this side in the distance and shouted from afar: "Little official!"

The voice sounded a little familiar. Li Yanqing urged the horse to meet him, but it was Yang Xin. He saw that he was anxious, which made Li Yanqing feel a bad feeling.

"Uncle Yang Er, what happened?"

Yang Xin ran to Li Yanqing and panted, "Your father is sick!"

Li Yanqing was startled and asked quickly: "Are you seriously ill?"

"It's still quite serious. I've been lying for five days and I haven't recovered from taking medicine."

Li Yanqing suddenly became anxious and had been ill for five days before telling himself. He said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Your father is not allowed to tell you. My sister secretly asked me to come to you when she sees his condition getting worse and worse."

Li Yanqing was anxious and turned around and said to Niu Gao: "I'll go back first, you can continue practicing in the afternoon."

"I'll go back too, I can go to the school to practice."

Li Yanqing nodded and urged his horse to follow Yang Xin to the city.

"How come my dad got sick? Did he get wet in the rain some time ago?"

It rained a few heavy rains ten days ago, and many students fell ill. Li Yanqing naturally thought of his father.

Yang Xin smiled bitterly, "The boss is probably born with a heart disease."

"Heart disease!"

Li Yanqing suddenly pulled the reins, turned around and stared at Yang Xin and asked, "What happened?"

"Hey! Will the people in front leave?" Li Yanqing blocked the city gate bridge, and some people behind who were eager to enter the city urged him loudly.

Li Yanqing took Yang Xin aside and asked Yang Xin: "Tell me quickly, why did my father get sick?"

Yang Xin hesitated and said, "The boss is not allowed to tell the little official, but he can't solve the problem. If we drag it on, we are worried that Baoyanzhai may not be able to handle it."

Li Yanqing frowned, and it was so far that Baoyanzhai was about to go bankrupt. His father refused to tell him. He became anxious and glared at Yang Xin, "Do you say it?"

"Okay! I said."

Yang Xin didn't care whether the owner would be angry or not, and whispered to Li Yanqing: "The incident happened a month and a half ago. The palace ordered three thousand treasure boxes from us and asked for delivery within ten days. At that time, we were all happy. This was not only an income of 30,000 yuan, but also an order in the palace. It was Baoyanzhai's recognition. Everyone worked day and night, and finally handed over the three thousand treasure boxes to the palace in ten days.

According to the agreement, the warehouse should be paid in full within ten days, but ten days later, the owner went to ask for the money. They said that they would wait for ten days. After ten days, they would have to wait for another ten days. The owner had no choice but to wait for another ten days. As a result, the person in charge changed. He denied that he had bought any rouge, saying that the rouge in the palace was made by his own and never bought it out. He also said that the branch was fake, so he snatched it and burned it. The owner was angry and tried his best to argue with them. They moved the account out and flipped it one by one, but there was no record of three thousand treasure boxes. The owner fell ill in anger, and it was 30,000 guan! He was so denied by the palace."

Li Yanqing was furious and asked coldly: "Who was in the palace at that time doing this?"

"It seems like a father-in-law named Li. He is very good at speaking and tries to get close to the boss. He looks like a treacherous person. At that time, the shopkeeper Wu thought that they should pay the deposit, but the boss wanted the big patron of the palace so much that he did not ask them to pay the deposit. As a result,"

At this time, Li Yanqing realized that things were not that simple. He forced himself to calm down and asked again: "Now, is there any other trouble in the store except for the 30,000 guan that can't be recovered?"

"Thirty thousand guan can't be recovered, all the troubles have come. The Zheng family urged us to ask for five thousand guan spices. This is the big one. It has been urged several times. There are still several butchers urged us to ask for oil, two thousand boxes of carpenter money, Zhang Gu's 1,000 guan of oil, and there are also wages. In order to protect Baoyanzhai, the Li Ji Yanzhi Shop in Xinqiao had to temporarily close the door."

"How much do you owe outside now?"

"All of them are about ten thousand coins!"

"How much money is there in the store now?"

"Now there is only 800 stags left in the store."

"Why is it only 800 guan?" Li Yanqing was extremely surprised. Last time his father told him that he had a turnover of 800 guan. What's going on?

Yang Xin sighed, "The main reason is that he has opened five branches in the past two months and bought another Baihua Manor. Each company invested at least one or two thousand guan, and the money was almost exhausted. He originally hoped that the 30,000 guan in the palace would help him, but hey! The 800 guan can only be used to pay wages, but the inventory is almost gone, and Manager Wu was so anxious that his hair turned white."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Li Yanqing said angrily.

"The boss is not allowed to tell anyone about the little official. Even the magpie is hiding this matter. Now, seeing that Baoyanzhai is almost unable to hold on, my sister makes the decision and asks me to tell you."
Chapter completed!