Chapter 31: The Kirin(1/2)
Last year, when there was a war in Cizhou, no one was sent to buy it. Qizhou urgently needed iron materials, and no blacksmiths on the street started working without the iron being made.
But there is no news about the horse team sent there.
Normally, the horse team from Qizhou to Cizhou will travel eleven or twelve days.
It's been eighteen days now.
Not only did the horse gang and the Xiang army not come back, but there was also news that the Jin soldiers were attacking Cizhou.
The Li family in Zhangqiu is in chaos.
The more than 100 horse teams sent out were all relatives and entourages at home.
The members of the horse team who were involved in the war were the backbone of the Li family's business banks, including the second son of Li Yuan, the head of the Li family.
The state yamen was also exploded.
The life and death of more than one hundred fang army was uncertain, and the family members all came to the yamen.
Li Yuan was also called to the prefecture yamen and discussed with Du Magistrate Du. The Li family and the prefecture also sent a whistle to Cizhou to investigate.
There was a lot of discussion in Qizhou City.
The news that the Li family horse gang and the Qizhou Xiang army were trapped in the Cizhou battlefield were rumored.
It even spread to Zibo next door.
"Husband, I heard that something happened to the Li family horse gang? I fell into Cizhou with the Qizhou Xiangjun?"
When Li Qingzhao heard several yamen runners discussing in the prefecture yamen, he hurriedly came to Zhao Mingcheng, the husband of Zibo Prefecture.
"I heard that Erlang from Brother Yuan's family is also in the horse team!"
"Brother Yuan followed the horse gang to run around since he was a child. His father was demoted to his post and returned to his hometown, and he was all with them to take care of him. I still remember that when he was implicated by the Yuanyou Party, even the family members of the Yuanyou Party were leaving and left alone from the capital. When Brother Yuan, who received the news, came with dozens of horses all the way with him worried about my safety!"
Li Gefei, Li Kefei and Li Pifei have a good relationship and are both generous in character.
The three brothers supported each other throughout their lives, and their descendants also learned to behave well.
Li Mai, Li Shu, Li Jiong, Li Yuan, Li Qingzhao...
Several older cousins of the Li family grew up together in Mingshui since childhood, and their relationship is the same as those of their own brothers and sisters.
Although Li Kefei's lineage has no children who are officials, no matter who are doing business or farming, he never regards the land left by his three brothers as his own.
Li Gefei and Li Pifei were able to become an official after becoming a Jinshi. Apart from his salary, he did not make money from office, his biggest reliance was that his elder brother helped him manage the ancestral property of Qizhou and took good care of his children who remained in Shangqiu.
"I didn't expect that I was a joke that I couldn't get familiar with back then. I didn't expect that the people of Zhangqiu were used as the nickname of Erlang, the family of Yuan brothers! Everyone knows that now I hear that he is deeply trapped in the battlefield in Cizhou, and I can't bear it! Do you want to go back to Qizhou to have a look?"
It is only more than a hundred miles from Zibo to Zhangqiu, and the carriage can reach it in one day. Seeing Li Qingzhao nodding, Zhao Mingcheng immediately arranged an escort.
If it weren't for official duties, Zhao Mingcheng would also want to accompany his wife to Qizhou.
Li Qingzhao felt her ears burning last night. For some reason, she didn't know that she had two more masterpieces.
It was not until I got on the carriage that I felt a little relieved.
But when he arrived at Zhangqiu, Li Qingzhao found that the streets were in chaos and many people ran towards Qizhou.
He quickly ordered the servants to inquire.
The result made her feel a little stunned.
The Li family, Li Erlang, was a hero, led more than 200 horse gangs to fight with the Jin army in Cizhou, won three battles and three victories, saved 10,000 people, and killed thousands of golden dogs in battle.
He cooperated with the magistrate of Cizhou Zong Ze and defeated the Jin army.
A convoy of 300 people was also sent back, filled with iron.
The convoy had not arrived, and the whistle cavalry had arrived first.
Li Yuan, the head of the Li family shop, Du Magistrate of Qizhou, and Chen Tongzong had already gone to the west of Qizhou to greet him.
Is this possible?
Li Qingzhao's impression of Li Yuan was still at the boy who caused trouble in Zhangqiu. Because his mother died prematurely, his father often stayed outside and hanged out on the street all day long, without anyone to discipline him.
Suddenly, he turned into a hero against Jin, who would believe it?
He also won three battles and three victories, and Lord Zongze personally asked for me for it.
"Hurry, go to the west of the city, I'm going to see Brother Yuan!"
Li Qingzhao didn't care about the carriage that had been in the whole day, and she was tired and had dust on her face.
He hurriedly urged his carriage to go west with the crowds mixed in Zhangqiu watching the fun.
This journey was very difficult in the crowd.
Not far from the west gate of Qizhou, the official road was blocked. Li Qingzhao saw Li Yuan standing high with some officials in Qizhou, looking west.
He quickly got out of the car and walked over.
"Brother Yuan, but what happened to Erlang?"
"Mr. Yi'an is here, it's time to come!"
"Mr. Yi'an, congratulate the Li family, congratulate the Li family, and there is another Qilin son!"
Everyone in Zhangqiu knows that Li Qingzhao has a male aspiration and does not like her to call her real name, so she should call her Yi'an Jushi.
The people of Qizhou shouted "I can't raise it" and became the qilin son in the mouths of everyone.
"The Li family has a scholarly family and a prosperous literary life. I never expected that a powerful general who won the head of the general from a million troops!"
People in Qizhou regard Li Qingzhao as pride.
Li Qingzhao is not only capable of being talented, but also has elegant appearance and behavior.
Maybe it's because he has no offspring, or maybe it's because he is born with beauty. Li Qingzhao, who is in his forties, looks at most thirty.
He is tall and handsome, and he looks like a fairy-like temperament, and is independent of the world.
The bustling crowd knew that it was Li Qingzhao who came and made a way.
The magistrate of Qizhou, the magistrate of the magistrate, and officials at all levels also knew that she was the magistrate of Zibo, and he followed the way of the crowd to congratulate him.
Li Shu and Li Yuan, the two Li family business managers, also greeted their cousin with a smile on their faces.
"Fifth brother, why did I hear people say that Erlang Li Jing has become a hero against Jin!"
The second generation of the Li family is ranked in sequence, while Li Yuan is ranked fifth.
"Girl, I don't know. Listening to people's rewards is like listening to legendary stories. Come here for me!"
Wang Gui is the younger brother of a cousin Li Shu, a concubine.
He likes to brag, is impetuous in his work, and does not say timidly when facing each other, but also uses orders as a joke.
In the horse gang, he was also cheating because he was Li Shu's brother-in-law.
Li Jing looked down on such a person.
Then I came back to deliver supplies and sent them back.
Wei Dutou and Shopkeeper Xing saw that he was verbally polite. He was not injured or sick and was going to get rid of the equestrian, so he sent him back early to report to the Li family and Qizhou Prefecture Office.
No matter how many times Wang Gui told it.
Li Yuan and Li Shu were both dreaming and couldn't believe it at all.
Now there is also one more unbelievable Li Qingzhao.
Is it possible?
A shy boy of seventeen years old, when Wei Dutou and Shangguin Xing were trapped in Cizhou, he led the horse gang and the wing army to use the raw materials from the imperial iron house to create weapons and win consecutive battles.
Finally, he challenged Wanyan Zongwang tens of thousands of cavalry, and could also join the reinforcements and defenders of Xiangzhou, and defeat tens of thousands of elite cavalrymen in Jin.
"Wang Gui really didn't lie to you. The ward sent by the prefecture yamen has also returned. More than 100 carriages are filled with iron and other goods, less than five miles away from Qizhou!"
Tutor Du was in the prefect of Qizhou for many years.
I have a close relationship with the Li family, and various relationships are intertwined, and it is a marriage in-laws, which is far more than the relationship between prominent families and parents and officials.
After Du Mao finished speaking, he saw the 800-mile-rush messenger coming.
He quickly took the letter, opened it and read it.
He ordered the messenger to send to the inn.
After reading the letter, a smile appeared on the face of the magistrate.
"In the future, there is no need to buy iron in Cizhou. The official letter sent by the Sansi Iron Case asked Qizhou to assist in the iron case and open an iron mine and coal mine. The private capital raised by Qizhou, and jointly organized by the officials and the civilians. The stone carving Taishan was an alliance to handle the iron factory for the court in Qizhou! The Salt and Iron Case Association sent a deputy envoy to Qizhou to assist Lord Huang in the Iron Case and handle it together."
"There is another news, which is a favor given by officials of the Third Division. The official has agreed to the request of Lord Zongze. Li Erlang is promoted to the thirteenth level and rewarded Wu Jinglang. He is now the commander of the Qizhou Xiangjun. He is in charge of the two battalions of Qizhou Xiangjun to send Cizhou to assist Lord Zongze in defending the city!"
Today's news is like Month Lei, which shocked Li Yuan, Li Shu and Li Qingzhao and other direct descendants of the Li family.
They couldn't believe that the Li family, which had a scholarly family, never let their disciples practice martial arts, but a general of seventh rank was born.
Officials in Qizhou started a chorus and asked Li Yuan to treat him. Li Yuan reached out and pinched himself several times, but still felt that he was dreaming.
However, Li Qingzhao, who had been on the list of brothers and younger brothers, giggled.
To be continued...