Western horse business
Li Qinyuan stopped for a while, and his eyes followed to the place where he was talking. There were several merchants sitting there talking about horse merchants.
Gu Wuyou didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that the people around him didn't follow him, he turned to look at him and wondered, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Li Qinyuan smiled, stepped forward to hold her hand, and led her to sit in a relatively remote location.
Just as they walked downstairs, the group of people who were talking at the beginning were silent, and they all glanced at the two of them. People have a single share regardless of clothing and food. Although there are no servants or guards behind them, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two are either rich or expensive.
Someone who has just come, and seeing the dress and bearing of the two of them, can't help but sigh inwardly.
Although the woman can't see her appearance with the hood, her arrogance makes people stutter, not to mention the man next to her wearing a gold-rimmed black dress, who is graceful and graceful.
However, there were people coming and going in this inn, and they all traveled from south to north. Although they sighed inwardly, they only glanced at it, and once they experienced it, they retracted their gazes.
When Xiao Er was serving them, a few merchants over there continued to talk about the horse merchant, "I heard that the horse merchant was originally from our Dazhou, but he went to the Western Regions a few years ago."
"We don't have many horses in Dazhou. If we can cooperate with this horse dealer this time, we will be able to show our face in the court."
"No, although the status of our businessmen has been much higher than before, but those from orthodox families, who would take us seriously? If we can show our face in the court this time, if we are lucky, If the Son of Heaven praises again, our good days will come."
…
There's a lot of talk over there, and there's no getting to grips with it.
Li Qinyuan did not show on his face, he washed Gu Wuyou's chopsticks and bowls with hot water, and wiped them with a clean handkerchief. Said: "Brother, do you know what they said about the horse business?"
The guys in these inns deal with people all day, how can they not know
After hearing the question, he lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the horse merchant surnamed Han was originally from Jinling. After he went to the Western Regions in his early years, he started a horse business there. Over there, now they have been regarded as VIPs by the royal family of the Western Regions."
Speaking of this, he said with admiration: "If there is any banquet in the royal family over there on weekdays, they will entertain him. By the way, I heard that Boss Han also married the fourth princess of the royal family of the Western Regions."
Gu Wuyou is not good at business, but when he heard these gossip, he couldn't help but interject, "This person actually married a princess?"
Her voice was as pleasant as Huang Ying's, with vigorous vigor. The little Eryi almost didn't shake her head when she heard it. She stared at her in a daze. When she noticed that there was a sharp gaze looking at him, she quickly retracted it. Looking at him, he continued, "No, since ancient times, no businessman has married a princess. It shows that Boss Han is a formidable person."
"It's a pity that the fourth princess Fubo passed away a few years ago."
"Ah..." Gu Wuyou thought it was a good story, but he didn't expect such an outcome, he couldn't help but sighed for a while, "It's a shame, it's a pity."
Xiao Er hurriedly echoed, "Who said no?"
Li Qinyuan didn't feel too much, when he realized that Gu Wuyou had stopped his chopsticks, he took another piece of sweet and sour pork loin she liked, and coaxed softly, "Eat the vegetables." Seeing her nodding, he continued to bury his head in eating the vegetables. Only then did he ask Xiao Er again, "Is there anything else?"
That little Er didn't hide his secrets, and told everyone what he knew, "This Boss Han's whereabouts are uncertain, and no one has seen him, even if he meets him on weekdays, I'm afraid he won't recognize him, but I just heard it. Several bosses from Jinling said that the 18th of next month will be the memorial day for the parents of that boss Han, and they will probably go to Jinling first."
Someone was shouting over there.
Xiao Er didn't dare to delay, so he sued the two of them and went to work.
After he left, Gu Wuyou looked at Li Qinyuan's thoughtful face through the layer of white gauze, and asked in a low voice, "You want to do the horse business?"
Li Qinyuan didn't hide it from her, smiled, added some vegetables for her, and said softly, "We have done business in Dazhou in recent years. Most of Feng's products are silk, spices, and other businesses, selling wine, rice, tea, wood... But only horses, there is a vacancy in our big week."
"Do you know why?"
Although Gu Wuyou is not good at business, but she is in the family of Gu and Wang, the closest to the center of power, how could she really know nothing? After listening to the question, he also pursed his lips and replied: "Dazhou is rich in products, but it is not suitable for raising horses. Although these years, my uncle has specially opened up the areas of Gansu and Ningxia for the sake of horses, and planted water plants and flowers. It took a lot of money to solve it, but obviously it has little effect now."
"Yes."
"Everything is good for us in Dazhou, except that we lost a lot of people on the horses, otherwise I..." Li Qinyuan paused, did not say the name, and changed his expression, "After that person defeated the Turks , Your Majesty knows their wolf ambitions, it is impossible to be so peaceful, but it is still because they are willing to submit 3,000 good horses every year to promise their peace."
Gu Wuyou heard what the title he had just paused was called, he didn't say anything, just reached out and held his hand.
Li Qinyuan looked down at the hand that was on the back of his hand, smiled, and his eyes turned soft again, he didn't say anything, he held her hand back, and then continued to say to people: "There are many Western Regions. Good horse, if we can cooperate with this boss Han, it can be regarded as solving a problem for our big week."
Not only for myself, but also for Da Zhou.
"It's just—" Li Qinyuan's thin lips pursed slightly, and his voice became a little lower, "Although Defeng's reputation in Lin'an has increased a little, but it has more shortcomings than others. This boss Han is arrogant in Da Zhou. Spread it, I'm afraid that many people will go to Jinling at that time."
"us… "
"I'm afraid I'll just go there as a guest."
"What are you afraid of?" Gu Wuyou raised a smile under the hood, "Even if it doesn't work, it's alright to try it. If something hasn't happened yet, you're thinking about what to do if you lose? You didn't have it this time. Do you think that Boss Lu will agree to your cooperation, but now you still have it?"
Her voice was gentle, and her tone seemed to soothe people's inner unease, "Li Qinyuan, go try it."
Li Qinyuan was startled for a while, and then he laughed after a while.
But he was confused...
In the past, he never thought about the results of doing things, and did what he thought of. I am afraid that he has been with people in the business field for a long time recently, and he began to learn to look forward and backward. Instead, he lost his original heart and gently squeezed her. When he spoke again, his voice had returned to his former confidence, "You're right, how can you think about losing before you even try?"
After he figured it out, he didn't bother about these matters anymore, and smiled at the person: "I'll send a letter to Xu Yong and others after a while, and tell them about our arrangements."
Gu Wuyou nodded. She always accompanied Li Qinyuan to do what Li Qinyuan wanted to do. Now that she figured it out, she didn't say anything else. She just took some food and said with a smile, "Eat the food. ."
Li Qinyuan's brows and eyes were gentle, and he responded, "Okay."
When the two were eating here, the horse trader thing stopped, but they started talking about other things, "By the way, the results of this palace exam have come out."
hear this.
Both of them stopped their movements and looked over there following the sound.
No need for them to speak, someone naturally asked, "How is it, who will be the top three this year?"
The man smiled and replied: "The champion is the prince of Yongan Hou in Langya, the second place seems to be a student surnamed Liu in Gansu, and Tanhua is the second son of the Duke of Jing..." Thinking of what happened that day, he couldn't help but sigh: "They I was in the capital when I was given the ban to travel on the Imperial Street, and I was really high-spirited."
Knowing that Jing Yubai won the third flower, both of them were very happy.
Although he is not the champion, he is at least in the top three. It will be a matter of time before he becomes an official.
Li Qinyuan is even more rare to be released, and said excitedly: "I knew it, I knew that kid would definitely be able to do it! It's a pity that he wasn't in the capital, otherwise I'd have to pull him out and give him a good treatment for a few days."
Gu Wuyou looked at him with a wide-eyed smile, and was also happy in his heart, and said softly, "We'll invite him to dinner when we go back in the future."
"you're right,"
Li Qinyuan smiled and held her hand, "When I go back, there will always be a chance."
"By the way, have you heard of it?" After another burst of laughter and laughter, the inn suddenly didn't know who started and said, "The Marquis of Yongan is afraid that it will not work."
Hear this-
The chopsticks in Gu Wuyou's hand fell to the ground, and the smile that had not subsided also condensed on his face, Marquis of Yongan can't do it? This, how is this possible? The former Yongan Hou Mingming died a few years after she married Zhao Chengyou...
What kind of splash can she make in this noisy inn with such a movement
The voices over there have not stopped, and they are all surprised by the matter of the Marquis of Yongan. Only Li Qinyuan has been paying attention to her, and when she sees her chopsticks, she asks suspiciously, "What's wrong?"
While changing a pair of chopsticks, he looked at the person, but he didn't hear anyone's answer, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and secretly lifted the gauze and glanced at her, seeing that her face was pale, even the usual pink Her lips also seemed to lose their blood, and she couldn't help holding her hand, frowning and saying, "What's going on?"
"You..." Gu Wuyou was obviously still in great shock, looking at Li Qinyuan blankly, his voice was hoarse, "Did you hear, Yongan Hou he..."
"heard it."
Li Qinyuan held her hand, just as she was afraid, he patted her hand lightly and reassured: "Don't be afraid, I heard that they were injured when they said it was a bandit suppression, and now people are still alive, it's just the arrow It is poisoned on the top, which damages the fundamentals, and I am afraid that I will only be able to lie on the bed in the future."
Gu Wuyou still couldn't believe it.
Why is someone who lived well in the previous life suddenly injured now... She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell.
"Pretty?"
Seeing her panicked expression, Li Qinyuan frowned and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
It's not that he is a Marquis of Yong'an, and he doesn't have a relationship with him. No, he can't say that... If she and Zhao Chengyou didn't break off their marriage, this Marquis of Yong'an was still her nominal father-in-law.
Gu Wuyou probably also realized that something was wrong with her, she barely suppressed her emotions, shook her head at him, and her voice was a little panicked, "I just think it's unbelievable, the bandit who Yongan Hou has killed for so many years, beside him With so many people protecting it, how could it suddenly become like this?"
Li Qinyuan asked her, "If you are worried, why don't I have someone go to Langya to find out the news?"
"Need not."
Gu Wuyou shook his head without hesitation, "I have nothing to do with the Zhao family for a long time, there is no need for this." She was only surprised by this matter. As for the Marquis of Yongan, it had nothing to do with her.
But if this is the case, will those things in the previous life also have other changes
Li Qinyuan always felt that Gu Wuyou's emotions were not right. He held the person's hand and called her: "Man Man."
"Um?"
Gu Wuyou looked back at him.
Li Qinyuan stared at her intently, with a solemn tone: "If you have anything, be sure to tell me, don't make me worry."
Perhaps it was because of his words, or because the hand that held him was very strong, so her heart that still had a trace of panic suddenly calmed down, Gu Wuyou looked at him through the misty white veil, nodded.
Afraid that he wouldn't see it, he replied softly, "Okay."
She was overthinking.
Yonganhou accident, what does it have to do with her? Her family is fine, and Li Qinyuan is also fine, maybe it's just an accident... Thinking of this, she didn't think about it anymore, instead she held Li Qinyuan's hand and smiled again, "I see."
This storm, which is not a storm, just passed.
the next day.
Li Qinyuan wrote a letter to Xu Yong and the others, and then sent the people who had bought the things that Gu Wuyou had bought for his family to the post station to the capital, and then went to Jinling with them. It took a lot of time and bought a lot of things.
About half a month later.
A group of them arrived at the Jinling realm.
It's almost June now, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Fortunately, it just rained in the morning, and the weather was finally a little more comfortable. Because the walk was a mountain road, and there were no people, Li Qinyuan was afraid that Gu Wuyou would feel hot, so he The curtains on both sides of the car were lifted up, and a cool breeze was sent from the outside.
He was still holding a fan in his hand, fanning the wind for the person who was sleeping soundly with a blushing face in his arms.
"It's not fair." Gu Wuyou was in his arms, looking at Li Qinyuan with a calm expression, he couldn't help muttering in a low voice.
"What's not fair?"
Not understanding what she meant, Li Qinyuan took a chilled grape from the ice box, peeled it and fed it to the mouth.
The sudden coldness made Gu Wuyou shiver, but the warmth on her body finally faded away a lot, her brows and eyes softened like a kitten, and she couldn't bear Li Qinyuan to keep fanning her, "You Take a break, I'm not that hot anymore." After speaking, she sat up from the person's arms, leaned on the carriage, and fed a grape to his mouth, and then said to the person, "You are hot in the winter. It must be like a small stove, and it is not hot in summer."
"I am afraid of the cold to death in winter, and I am afraid of heat in summer."
Flattened his mouth, "It's so unfair."
Li Qinyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard these words. He raised his fingers and tapped her forehead lightly, and said with a smile, "Why do you look like a child?"
Gu Wuyou snorted softly, "You're not afraid of heat, so you don't know how uncomfortable it is." She used to stay at home and used the fan made of the wind wheel every day, and put a few boxes of ice to get through it. Sitting in the carriage every day, I can't take a bath every day.
Think of this.
She couldn't help but change her face, even more unwilling to sit next to others. She even picked up a fan to cover her face, and sniffed lightly, wondering if she stinks.
"What are you doing? It's so far away from me?" Li Qinyuan felt inexplicable. Just as he was about to arrest someone, he heard the sound of fighting outside. He was far away, not very real.
Gu Wuyou didn't know what happened to him, only that he suddenly changed his face, "What's wrong?"
Li Qinyuan shook his head at her, pulled the person behind him, then pulled up a corner of the curtain, looked at a bamboo forest, and instructed the driver in a deep voice, "Stop."