Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 88

Xie Jue strode into the main hall of the outer courtyard and saw Li Xiangzhi.

The smile on his face completely disappeared.

But after not seeing him for more than half a year, Li Xiang seemed to be a different person.

Not only has the person lost a lot of weight, but the look in his eyes is also completely different.

In the past, Li Xiang, although he was not young anymore, had a smile on his face and still looked like a young man in his eyes, with a bright sunshine amidst his wisdom and calmness.

But now, in that pair of pupils there is only ash from the fire, and there are occasional twitches, but there are only a few dark fires.

Xie Jue sighed inwardly.

He stepped forward and saluted, "Master Li."

Li Xiang turned around, with a sincere smile on his face, and said, "Thank you, Young Master, thank you very much."

Not only thanks to Jue for his idea, which allowed him to rescue Bai Shi.

It was thanks to Jue's reminder that he knew what he had been kept in the dark for more than ten years.

His stepmother killed his sweetheart, and his wife had been having an affair with his younger brother. If he hadn't been away all year round, he might have given birth to a wild seed to inherit the property, but he was still in silk and satin all the time. Raising them with delicacies from mountains and seas.

No matter how much risk I have encountered, even if my property has returned to zero after several shipwrecks, it is still not short of their expenses...

Xie Jue glanced at Li Xiang's expression, stretched out his hand to signal Li Xiang to sit down, and sat on the chair himself, saying, "Master Li forgot, you said that we don't need to say thank you."

Li Xiang smiled, sat down and said: "Okay, don't say polite words, I came this time to tell you that I was very rude this time, and I didn't save any face for the Chu family. Now the Chu family is If you can't free your hands, you will definitely make some moves, so I want to hand over the people and the ship to you as soon as possible."

Xie Jue's expression moved slightly, and he nodded.

The people don't fight with the officials, Li Xiang is just a businessman no matter how rich he is, someone died at the Hangzhou Lantern Festival, and the magistrate had to push someone up if he didn't want to take responsibility. It is half a level, as long as he finds an opportunity, Chu Fucheng can still stand up. At that time, it is not difficult to trouble Li Xiang.

Of course, if Li wanted to be more decisive this time, he would not have left such trouble.

"This time, I told everyone to go to Daguang." Li Xiang glanced around.

Xie Jue waved his hand, Xie Qi retreated with the others, and stood guard outside the gate, leaving only Tang Bing standing behind Xie Jue.

Seeing Li Xiang glance at Tang Bing, Xie Jue smiled and said, "This is Xiao Tang, Master Li, but it's okay to say."

Li Xiangmo paused, then turned around and said, "Actually, I want to take you to Qiongzhou."

"Qiongzhou?" Xie Jue raised his eyebrows.

Qiongzhou, he knew, was a big island under Guangnan Road, and the island was full of wilderness people. The Song Dynasty only set up a simple county government there, and there was only one official official. Ling should be over 20 years old and has been a county magistrate there for [-] years.

"Yes." Li Xiang nodded and said, "Young master seems to know that place."

Xie Jue smiled slightly, and said, "Master Li forgot, when we went to Annan, didn't we pass by that island?"

Although it was far away, I didn't even see the shadow of the island.

Li Xiang smiled and said: "One time when I went to sea, the boat encountered a storm and was blown to that island. There is a very good natural harbor there. Moreover, on the main road from Song Dynasty to Fanwai, that island is Dokdo. It’s also very big, let me tell you this, no one will know if you build that natural harbor, and no one will know even if you build a small city there.”

Xie Jue glanced at Li Xiang unconsciously.

Li Xiang sighed lightly, turned his head away, and said slowly: "This time, although the emperor ordered that Quanzhou not implement Hangzhou's raffle rate for the time being, it is only temporary, and this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that in the eyes of those people, the money we earn by working so hard is fat that can be swallowed at any time. If you want to avoid being swallowed, you must have your own defenses and your own retreat. Mr. Xie, this retreat Not only in Song Dynasty."

Xie Jue was greatly moved, looked at Li Xiang and said, "Master Li, you..."

How much was the blow to come up with this idea?

Li Xiang smiled, but still turned his head to look elsewhere, and said, "Young Master Xie, I stayed in the capital for a few days this time, and because of Mr. Bai's affairs, I also inquired about it. According to some news, Mr. Xie, the second prince and the third prince did not stop. They were still looking for people from the prince's group. I heard that the capital was in chaos at that time, and several people were not sure whether they were alive or dead. The two princes were worried and kept sending people In search."

Xie Jue clenched his hand into a fist unconsciously.

Li Xiang glanced back at him, and said in a soft voice: "They didn't look for the south, it's okay now, and it's probably okay in the next few years, but, Mr. Xie, a rich sea merchant, there will always be a day when you can't hide .”

Xie Jue understood what Li Xiang meant.

Thanks to Li Xiang's help this time, although he got rich suddenly, he spread the money and the properties he bought, so there was no big impact.

But what about the future?
He needs more money, and everything else is too slow, only to go to sea.

So what does he do when there's no Lee trying to cover?
Once his fame spreads, all kinds of flies will naturally bite him.

Whether it is the seaside of Fujian or the seaside of Liangzhe Road, they are all inland in Song Dynasty after all.

After thinking for a while, Xie Jue raised his head and said, "Thank you, Master Li!"

He felt strange at first, although it is said that the best time to go to the South China Sea is to take advantage of the north wind in autumn and winter, and the south wind in summer when returning home, but this time is also the time when most seagoing ships depart, and the price of goods is fiercely competitive The reason why Li Xiang and Xie Guang set off at the end of the downwind season was to make a price difference, but this time they chose this time?
But if you go to Qiongzhou, there is no question of price or price.

The land of Qiongzhou is indeed the best place for him now.

Li Xiang shook his head with a smile and said: "You still said first, we don't need to thank you."

"So, when is Master Li going to leave?" Xie Jue asked.

Li Xiang pondered for a while, and said: "You are familiar with the people last time, this time I will bring two boats, one is someone you know, and the other is my other people. When we go south at this time, we will encounter a reverse current. At that time, we will stop at the small port where the Qiongzhou County Government is located, and then I will take you to that natural good port. After you know the location, you can make preparations, and then we will go to Annan once."

"But Master Li, what did you prepare?" Xie Jue understood after asking.

That was the gift Li wanted to give him.

Those goods can be sold to Annan or Srivijaya, or they can be placed in Qiongzhou first, and taken away when his own fleet passes by.

Even, among those goods, there are things that Li Xiang prepared for the construction of the port.

Li Xiang said with a smile: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, so, on August 23, we will set off."

The voice paused and said again: "My boat is big, and your carriage can also get on board."

Xie Jue was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "So, then I will send Yue'er to Quanzhou."

Li Xiang didn't cut the weeds and root them out, and he was worried about leaving Su Yue alone in Hangzhou with the Chu family eyeing her.

There are still ten days left, just to accompany her to visit the West Lake and see the sweet-scented osmanthus.

Well, in fact, the winter in Quanzhou is not as cold as in Hangzhou, and the houses there are big enough, so she should live more comfortably.

(End of this chapter)