Chapter 32: Crying, Picking Up, Laughing, Bombing Crown
The eldest son of Hua and Yishuntang's owner finalized the details and took his family to say goodbye. However, before leaving, the time for the Li family's father and son to visit each other was set. It seemed that the two families were about to get warm.
Before Li Zhaochang could arrange the matters in the store, he was preparing to use the Arma Talisman to rush back to Lishan alone. A sudden invitation disrupted his arrangement.
This invitation came from the Jingzhou Grain Association, which invited Lord Li Da to attend the banquet at the Jingnan Association the evening of the next day. Although Li Zhaochang's Yishun Hall was doing well under his management, he could only be said to be a small shrimp in the Jingzhou Grain Association. It is usually the turn of reconciliation or plenary meeting to have the opportunity to go to the association, let alone such a serious dinner.
So Lord Li was quite flattered, and of course he was a little proud. It seems that this year, he has continuous wealth and good things, and he is about to go up to another level.
So he asked Li Zhaozhuo, who was also a cousin of his account, to return home on his behalf, and took his handwritten letter to discuss with the clan to come up with a result. After the clan elders had agreed, he would stay there to arrange relevant matters. However, the matter was very important, and when Li Zhaochang went to the food party banquet, he would still have to go there.
Of course, he did not disclose the information about the "engagement contract" in the letter, but he also analyzed the interests clearly. As long as he took out all the emergency food left in the village, he could build the line of the Hua family, one of the nine masters of Tiantongmen. It would be clear at a glance if he didn't talk about the money. Boss Li didn't believe that those "old fools" who were not old and confused would not be able to see clearly.
Li Zhaochang knew that the elders in his clan were usually a little stingy and did not act generously, but those people were not willing to be lonely and satisfied with the countryside. They had not forgotten the glory of their ancestors in their hearts. They always thought about making the Li clan a wealthy family that emerged from immortal masters. They had just been happy for too long and lacked a kind of pride of spending a lot of money, otherwise their own family...
He shook his head and drove away the distracting thoughts. After writing the letter, he asked Li Zhaozhuo to set off overnight.
It was just the 25th day of the first lunar month, and there was another heavy snow starting from the morning. In fact, the large formation used to drain Yunmengze had already reached its peak of climate abnormality. The heavy snow that was seen in Jingnan for a hundred years was just a reflection of the light.
When it was almost a day's break, Li Zhaochang, who had already packed up his own mule cart, asked his friend to drive the car to the Jingnan Guild Hall.
Before he could walk for a while, a grain shop clerk hurried to Yishun Hall in the wind and snow. It turned out that a child who claimed to be the young master and the book boy came to the grain shop. However, he did not expect that the shopkeeper Du had a wide range of people in Tieshan City, especially with the "knights" in the city, and he actually recognized the origin of the "book boy" at a glance. He had never heard his benefactor mention it, so he was naturally shocked and did not dare to make decisions alone.
As an old man, he was afraid that there would be many people and leak the news, so he did not take the child to Yishuntang directly. Instead, he kept Shi Gandang in the store and sent a clerk to report the news.
It just so happened that the boss and the accountants who usually manage the house affairs were not there. The guy was also the young uncle of the Nine clan, so he brought the letter to the young boss. Li Zisheng, who was worried about the child, was delighted when he heard the news. Although he was young, he heard some profound meaning in the letter from Manager Du, and after thinking about it, he decided to leave by himself.
Since the boss and the accountant were not there, the young master was naturally just talking about it. Just like that, Li Zisheng followed Uncle Jiu to the Grain Street.
When I pressed this head, I came to Boss Li, who was located in the west of Tieshan City. When I entered the door, I felt a warm wind blew on my face, my body became hot and my eyes were lit.
Even though Li Zhaochang had been to the Jingnan Guild Hall several times, he was secretly surprised. It turned out that the host of the Guild Hall took advantage of the boiling price of grain and hired many people to reorganize the Guild Hall. Boss Li knew the news, but this was the first time he had entered a renovated Guild Hall.
If the yard of Tianyi Pavilion is elegant and refined, then the yard in Jingnan Guild Hall in front of Li Zhaochang is full of wealth and honor, and it can be seen at a glance that it is all piled up with money.
Boss Li knew that the large magic array on his head that controlled the temperature and dust on his head was the Yuanstone. There were also such magic arrays in his family, which were basically opened when the weather was abnormal, and the Yuanstone spent also made the whole clan feel pain. And the magic array with such good effect here in the guild hall, I don’t know how many square stones you need to use every day.
On his left is a small lake surrounded by willow trees. This lake is actually a piece of water that circles the Falling Star Lake. It is home to this group of colorful waterfowls, playing and eating in the lake, and they are not affected by the strong wind and snow outside. There are also a few exquisite boats tied to the willow trees by the pond for the scholars to raft on the lake. On the other side of the lake is a small island filled with artificially filled, and there is a water pavilion built on the rockery.
To the east of the lake is the main building complex of the Jingzhou Guild Hall, but these pavilions are not built on the flat ground. In front of Boss Li, there are several not-high hills. The mountains are planted with fruit trees. In this cold winter, the branches are still full of fruits, and the fragrance of fruit is floating out, making people salivate. On the ground, there are various strange flowers and plants, woven into green brocades and draped in the forest. Looking closely, you can also see elks and white rabbits competing among them, and pheasants and sparrows crossing the low altitude.
Each mountain is pavilion of different shapes, with silk, bamboo and human voices coming from it. The stone road paved with green jade winds connect these pavilions, like a jade belt surrounding a small mountain.
Li Zhaochang was so excited that he was very happy. It was clearly not the scenery in the world, but the atmosphere of a fairy!
His son Li Zisheng then followed his friend to cross the Xuanhe River and came to Dongcheng. The Xuanhe River not only did not freeze because of the wastewater discharged from the ironmaking workshop in front, but instead there was a trace of white air evaporated on the river surface, which was condensed by water vapor in the cold air.
The river was still in a mess, but today there was a little more garbage that had not been before. When the young man looked carefully, it turned out to be swollen human corpses! These corpses slowly floated past Li Zisheng's eyes with all kinds of garbage, making the young man feel cold all over his body, as if he was in a ghost.
The Li Shaodong family was stimulated by the stench emitted from the river and his chest churned. In the end, he couldn't help but run to the side of the boat and spit out today's lunch.
When he got off the boat, the scene in front of him was even more miserable. There were many snow piles of one person on the open space between Nancheng and Dongcheng. After a closer look, these snow piles were actually dead bodies. The Tie family also sent a corpse collection team to carry the bodies into the car and pour them into the Xuanhe River.
A corpse collection car passed by the boy, without even covering it, and was directly exposed to him. The corpses were frozen to death and had no ferocious face at all. Instead, they had a strange smile, as if they were happy to leave this annoying world.
Li Zisheng couldn't help but squat down and started to retching again.
Li Zhaochang followed the waiter who led the way to the highest mountain. There was a three-story pavilion on it. The tower looked particularly magnificent with the mountain. The golden top on the top had almost touched the highest point of the magic circle.
At this time, the sky was still bright, and the lights had already been lit up and down the inside and outside of the pavilion. Boss Li looked up at the plaque with three big words "Flying Dragons and Phoenixes" written on it, and the Star Tower was Zhaixing Tower.
When he entered the Zhaixing Tower, it was even more lively. There were more than a dozen guests in the lobby on the first floor, who were either rich or noble, and they were scattered in groups in three or five in the hall. Some looked at the surrounding scenery on the railings, and they were chanting as if they were reciting poems; some stood in front of silk and bamboo, listening quietly, nodding from time to time; some sat around the round table, savoring hot tea and eating fresh fruits while chatting loudly, which was very enthusiastic.
Just as Li Zhaochang blinked his eyes, which were shining with lights and was about to find an acquaintance, he heard a surprise voice coming into his ears. "Isn't this Brother Li?"
He turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a very rich brocade meat dumpling and walked towards him quickly. Maybe he was excited or too fat. The flesh on his face trembled with his pace, looking a little funny.
This old acquaintance of Boss Li, Lou Zhongde, the big boss of Fuchuntang. In addition to being a grain merchant, he also runs grocery shops. Don’t be aware that everyone sells home-style goods such as needles, threads, pots, pans, etc., and three melons and two dates are not worth much. But this Lou official opened this grocery shop throughout Jingnan, which can be said to be a gathering of sand to form a tower and making a fortune every day.
Lou Zhongde walked over tremblingly and held Li Zhaochang's hands, and said excitedly: "Brother Yu has just entered the city today. He was thinking of going to the noble hall to visit his brother, but he didn't want to meet him here! Brother Yu heard at home that his brother was in danger and was injured while on the road. It was really boring to sit and lie down." Then he lowered his voice, "Brother Yu has entered the city as soon as he got empty. If it weren't for the news that was related to the lives of us at this meeting, I would not even come to attend the meeting and visit my brother's shop."
The two were greeting each other enthusiastically, and suddenly someone next to him said, "I have heard that Brother Li is from Tianmen and has an amazing art career. Now I know that Brother Li is a real person who does not reveal his appearance. He is not a real person. He can actually kill Peng Zhe, kill monsters, and save Miss Tie San's life. It really makes me sigh."
When Li Gaoren turned around, he was also an acquaintance. The man said that he had a melon-shaped face, and he always had a bit of arrogance on his face, but now he was smiling. This is the young master of the Ji family in the southwest of Jingzhou, and Ji Taikang, the young master of a small sect in Zhenxi Sect there. This family is not a simple grain merchant, but a big wine producer. Because the stream where the Taoist place is located is melted from the snow-covered snow, the water quality is excellent. Therefore, the wine produced is also clear in color and has a strong taste, famous far and near, and is sold throughout Jingzhou.
Boss Li was about to say a few humble words, but someone joined them: "Ji Shaodong said it very well! I was not good at doing things in the past and was very reckless, and offended Mr. Li's power. Only today did I realize that Mr. Li was broad-minded and did not care much for himself, so I let myself go. Forgive me, forgive me." As he said that, the man with a beard and in the purple robe in the audience, he bowed to the ground.
This man's name is Jin Ruilong, and he is even more familiar with Li Zhaochang. He can be regarded as an old friend who is not acquainted with him. Because Boss Li's previous main business overlapped with him, there were several conflicts, either open or secret. He also had an escort agency under his command, because he came from Yongzhou, the southernmost part of Jingzhou, so he was called Yongzhou Escort Agency.
How could Li Zhaochang embarrass the people in front of him in this situation? He could only use all his strength to help him up. The two people next to him also persuaded him enthusiastically, and the four people stood there and started chatting happily.
Chapter completed!