Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 350 Arrangement
"A Niu, it's okay. I just came here to ask about your business. I've been thinking about it these past few days. In fact, Bianjing has a large population, so making braised food will definitely be very profitable," Li Ping said.

In fact, he had always wanted to talk to Li An about this, but his parents did not allow him to do so.

He said he was afraid of affecting Li An's study.

It was hard to wait for Li An to rest, and he could no longer hold back.

Li An came over without even waiting for him to go over.

"Brother, I have thought about it in the past few days, but forget it about selling braised food. I have disclosed the secret recipe and it will be spread to Bianjing in a short time." Li An said.

"Is it made public?" Li Ping was stunned.

Because Li An didn't want his parents to worry, he didn't tell them what he had done to retaliate against Chen Yan.

So Li Ping didn't know this.

"Well, this is why I asked you to come to Bianjing. Otherwise, as long as our family gives up making braised food, it would be okay to stay in Yangzhou." Li An said.

"Is this going to be okay?" Li Ping asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, since I dare to do this, nothing will happen." Li An smiled.

"Then you should find something to do, right? It's okay to be idle like this every day, and the expenses in Bianjing are so high. It's not possible without income. We can't let the whole family just rely on your salary to live in vain." Li Ping said.

Although the salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was not low, Li An was only a ninth-grade civilian official and had no position salary.

Now that there are more than a dozen servants on both sides of the family, Li An's salary is not enough.

And Li Ping is not willing to let his younger brother take care of him all the time.

"Brother, don't worry, I've already thought about it, let's..."

As Li An was talking, Zhu Zhu hurried in.

"Brother Aniu, it's not good!"

"What's wrong?" Li An asked hurriedly when he saw Zhu Zhu's anxious expression.

"Dad said that Liu and his brother ran away to take part in the martial arts test. He asked me to inform you." Zhu Zhu said.

"What else did the master say?" Li An asked.

"Dad just asked me to inform you. I didn't say anything else." Zhu Zhu shook his head.

Li An breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the martial arts examination was actually the martial arts examination.

However, because the Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs, it did not attach much importance to it.

Even if you get the top prize in martial arts, you will be awarded the rank of eighth grade captain at most.

Therefore, its level of attention is not even as high as that of the Yilailu Township Examination.

Liu He went to take part in the martial arts test, which was not a big deal.

"Brother, we'll talk about the business later. I'll go to the master first," Li An said.

"Well, you should go and do some work beforehand." Li Ping said.

"Brother, my parents, tell them."

After Li An finished speaking, he took Zhu Zhu out and headed to the teahouse.

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"A Niu, it's my fault for not taking a good look at Liu He." Shi Lin blamed himself when he saw Li An.

In his opinion, Li An entrusted Liu He to his care by placing him with him.

Now Liu He has learned martial arts for more than half a year, and then he runs to take part in the martial arts test. He has no eyes for fists and feet. If he is injured, he will really be embarrassed to see Li An.

"Master, what does this have to do with you? Liu has hands and feet with him, how can you still lock him up? Don't blame yourself, tell me what's going on." Li An consoled him.

"Ugh."

Shi Lin sighed and said: "Actually, I don't know what's going on. Liu He hasn't done anything unusual during this period. When I woke up this morning, I didn't see him getting up to practice martial arts as usual. I thought he was snoozing at first. After waiting for a while, I didn't see him coming, so I went up to look for him and found that there was no one in the room, except for a letter."

With that said, he took out the letter and gave it to Li An. It was said to be a letter, but it was actually just a piece of paper, which said that he was going to take the martial arts test, so that Shi Lin did not have to worry.

"Master, let's wait until he comes back to talk about everything." Li An said.

There is nothing Li An can do now. Although the martial arts test is not as strict as the literary test, the examination room is in a military camp and cannot be entered at all.

"He has only been practicing martial arts for more than half a year. He has only learned some stances and basic marksmanship. I'm worried about whether he will get injured in a martial arts competition." Shi Lin said worriedly.

"It's okay. Although the martial arts test requires competing with each other, the rules do not allow you to hurt people's lives. If there is no hatred, people will not kill you." Li An said.

Although he comforted Shi Lin, Shi Lin still felt very guilty.

Seeing this, Li An could only change the subject and ask about the teahouse business.

The old storybooks have been widely circulated for a long time, and Li An didn't come up with any new storybooks, so business is naturally not as good as before.

Fortunately, relying on the reputation I had built in the past and buying some new dialect books, I was still making money overall.

But compared with before, it has plummeted.

"It's my fault that I failed to run the teahouse well." Speaking of this, Shi Lin felt even more guilty.

"Master, it's not your fault. Teahouses rely on storybooks to attract customers. This is the norm now. I'm going to close the teahouse." Li An shook his head.

"Closed? You can still make money now. It would be a pity to close it like this." Shi Lin was stunned when he heard this.

"Master, listen to me."

Li An pondered for a while and said: "If you continue to open the teahouse, the business will only get worse and worse. I thought about it carefully before I decided to close it. I am going to rent a place for you to open a martial arts gym."

Although the Song Dynasty valued literature over martial arts and the people were not willing to join the army, the business of martial arts schools was still very good.

Although the Song Dynasty was peaceful on the surface, local security was actually not good.

Li An remembered that during the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, there were hundreds of rebellions recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty alone, not counting those small-scale rebellions that were not recorded in history books.

Although these rebellions were put down, many people would escape each time and become bandits.

Although it is the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, there are actually not many bandits and bandits.

Business in the Song Dynasty was very prosperous, and merchants would recruit some guards to protect their goods.

Many people are willing to learn some martial arts and work as guards or something to make a living.

Therefore, the business of the martial arts school is not bad.

Even some martial arts schools have started to work as escort agencies, taking on some escort work.

It's not like Li An has no other ways to arrange Stone Forest.

It's not always good to just let Shi Lin keep doing things for him.

Moreover, Shi Lin had the idea of ​​opening a martial arts gym before.

"That's not necessary. You haven't given me less money over the years. It's enough to open a martial arts gym." Shi Lin shook his head.

"Since the master said so, I will ask someone to help you find a place. You can go and take a look when the time comes." Li An said.

Over the years, he has given Shi Lin a lot of money, but Shi Lin has always been useless.

Opening a martial arts gym requires a large space, but it does not need to be in a bustling place.

After all, those who are willing to learn martial arts and become bodyguards are ordinary people.

Therefore, the rent does not cost much.

The two discussed the tea house and martial arts school, and when it was almost noon, Liu He came back in despair.

Li An originally wanted to scold him a few words, but seeing his look he couldn't.

"Master, Liu and I will take them away first," Li An said.

"Yes." Shi Lin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Liu He was back intact.

(End of this chapter)