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Chapter 31 Xu Xinsu asks for advice

Zhang Hong rode on his horse and watched Li Guozhu go up to greet Wang Wenlong.

He smiled and said to Xu Xinsu beside him: "Young Master said that Wang Wenlong was young. I thought he must be in his thirties, but now he looks like a boy in his early twenties. He has such knowledge at a young age. He’s quite a character.”

In fact, Zhang Hong himself is only a young man in his early twenties, but he is accustomed to using this tone, because although he is young, he has already made a big name in the world.

Zhang Hong has practiced martial arts since he was a child. A few years ago, he watched from the sidelines of the Quanzhou martial arts examination. He was ridiculed by everyone because he ridiculed the weak candidates.

In order to show his bravery, Zhang Hong ran directly to the school field, lifted up the bluestone roller used in the imperial examination, ran around the teaching field, and then put it down gently and deftly without changing his expression.From then on, he got the nickname Zhang Hong in the Zhangquan area, and was later recruited by Li Dan to follow him on the Japanese route to protect safety.

Xu Xinsu smiled and said, "Why do you only think he is an ordinary Western Chinese?"

Zhang Hongdao: "I went overseas with my boss several times, and the things he said about Luzon are well known among the Chinese in Luzon."

Xu Xinsu shook her head: "Then you haven't read the articles he wrote recently. I dare say that even the red-haired people in Malacca cannot tell the inside story of the Portuguese in such detail."

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "I'm not used to reading articles... After hearing what my husband said, I really want to know Wang Wenlong."

Xu Xinsu was also from Tong'an, Quanzhou Prefecture, and was Li Dan's sworn brother. Li Dan worked hard in Japan, and Xu Xinsu built a supply network for him in Quanzhou Prefecture and Xiamen. He was considered Li Dan's most capable general.

Seeing Li Guozhu leading Wang Wenlong over, Xu Xinsu said to Zhang Hong, "Mr. Wang is here, let's go up and greet him."

Introducing Wang Wenlong to the two of them, Li Guoshu introduced Wang Wenlong: "Mr. Wang, this is my uncle Xu Xinsu, my father's brother. This is Teacher Zhang Hongzhang in our family."

"Happy to meet."

"I've heard it before."

After greeting a few people, servants brought some horses. Li Guozhu and Li Guoxian got on the horses. Zhang Hong asked Wang Wenlong, "I wonder if Wang Jiansheng can ride a horse and shoot arrows?"

Wang Wenlong answered honestly: "I have learned some archery, but I am not good at it."

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. If you want to learn, just ask our instructor here."

Wang Wenlong learned archery for a period of time in his previous life, but as for horse riding, he only rode camels in tourist attractions.

There is a large forest behind the Li family's villa in Zhishan, which is specially designed for hunting and entertainment of Li Dan's family. Therefore, nearby hunters are not allowed to hunt in the forest. As soon as they entered the forest, they saw many small animals running around.

Wang Wenlong picked up his bow and arrow, and quickly shot an arrow forward using the traditional bow shooting method, and passed by a squirrel on the tree.

Zhang Hong saw that his archery skills were quite good, so he finally let him hunt by himself.

Except for Wang Wenlong, Li Guozhu and Li Guoxian seemed to have learned some riding and shooting. Even Li Guoxian could easily carry the horse's belly and gallop through the mountains and forests.

Wang Wenlong asked Zhang Hong for some tips on horseback riding. Li Guozhu and Li Guoxian were also teaching him. Zhang Hong specially selected a well-trained mare for Wang Wenlong. After more than half an hour of getting used to it, Wang Wenlong could ride the horse. Weiwei sped up and ran.

Several people went deep into the forest. After a while, Li Guoxian saw a pheasant, and then he chased it on horseback.

Li Guoxian and Li Guozhu chased the pheasant all over the sky, and finally forced the other party to rest on a branch.Li Guoxian's face flushed with excitement, he stepped on his stirrups with his embroidered shoes and said: "Brother, hurry up, shoot it down!"

Li Guozhu quickly picked up his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the pheasant that was being chased by several people. Unfortunately, his accuracy was too bad, and the arrow fell to the ground after grazing the pheasant's tail, which frightened the pheasant instead. With one jump, he fell from the branch and flew right next to Xu Xinsu.

The brother and sister shouted excitedly, but Xu Xinsu slowly picked up the bow and arrow, and saw the pheasant flying away from him before he could finish his posture.

In the end, Wang Wenlong took real aim and shot the pheasant to death with one arrow.

Everyone wandered around the mountain for a long time, and by noon, everyone had basically harvested something. Li Guoxian helped Li Guoxian hunt some hares, squirrels and the like, and Wang Wenlong harvested a big pheasant.

Only Xu Xinsu slowly swallowed. This guy was already a famous large-scale merchant in Fujian. As a businessman, he lacked political status. The more he lacked, the more he had to show off. So he learned from the behavior of those big officials, with self-respect and dignity. I don't want to go hunting with a group of warriors and young people without making any noise, and ultimately find out how to go up the mountain and back.

A group of people returned to the villa, and the long team took care of the prey they had brought back.

Although Zhang Hong was protecting the safety of these gentlemen along the way, his bow and arrow were the most powerful, and there was no danger on the way back. Zhang Hong went into the forest when he saw the traces on the ground, and when he came out again, he dragged a fat man with him. The wild boar came out, and it was also the biggest prey that everyone got on the mountain today.

Wang Wenlong was quite impressed by what he saw. Most of Gao Yin's gangsters only knew how to bully others but had no real skills. Li Bajin couldn't even defeat Wang Wenlong if he really started fighting. Zhang Hong was the first person Wang Wenlong saw when he came to this time and space. A martial arts person.

Wang Wenlong smiled at Zhang Hong and said, "Brother Zhang, if you encounter a tiger on the mountain, are you afraid that you can kill one?"

Zhang Hong was praised by Wang Wenlong but did not get carried away. He thought about it and said modestly:

"If I only have a bow and arrow and encounter a tiger, I can't do anything about it, but if I have a yakshak in my hand, it's not difficult to kill the tiger."

Wang Wenlong deliberately found a topic to talk to, and soon found out that Zhang Hong liked the story of "Water Margin", so he compared Wu Song and Zhang Hong, and finally made Zhang Hong smile.

Xu Xinsu on the side looked at this scene and smiled without saying a word.

A few people sat at the foot of the mountain and talked for a while. Xu Xinsu came to Wang Wenlong and asked him rambling questions about maritime trade management.

Wang Wenlong glanced at Xu Xinsu and said with a smile: "Sir, I'm afraid that when you come here today, you just want to ask me what Mr. Li should do about the future maritime trade?"

Xu Xinsu nodded: "I wonder if Mr. Wang has any advice?"

"The students speak outright, and I'm afraid that Mr. Li won't like to listen."

Xu Xinsu smiled magnanimously and said, "But it doesn't matter."

Wang Wenlong said: "I think Mr. Li's business is booming today, but there are only three ways to go in the future."

"The lowest choice. As the saying goes, one cannot be rich for more than three generations, but Mr. Li's current plate, if he can eat and drink with peace of mind, even five generations of people will not be able to finish it. Stop when it's time to stop. No one in the world can finish the business." ?No need to force it.”

After saying these words, Xu Xinsu's expression changed instantly.

He wanted Wang Wenlong to give suggestions on the future management of the Li family. The first way Wang Wenlong gave him was to let the Li family simply close the business and live an honest life. Why did Wang Wenlong need to give this suggestion?

(End of this chapter)