In March of spring, it was spring ploughing again. The fields were lush and green. After You Miao stayed in the villa for less than a month, her skin became itchy.
People are just being cheap. I used to be busy and then shouted tired, but now I am free, and I am bored all day long.
"Don't fight." You Miao was lying in Li Zhifeng's arms, rather bored: "What should I do?"
Li Zhifeng said, "You're still a man, so men can't be idle."
You Miao couldn't help laughing and crying: "It was originally."
Li Zhifeng pressed one shoulder, moved his elbow, and said, "I haven't moved my muscles for a long time."
Chang Yuan brought the account book over and said, "Young Master, please take a look at Spring's account."
"Don't look at it." You Miao said, "Uncle can take care of it."
Chang Yuan, however, stood still and said, "Uncle Qiao has quarreled with the locals because of the land in Yizhou."
"Ah?" You Miao was even more surprised to hear that Nie Dan was wearing women's clothes, and asked, "Is there anyone in the world who dares to quarrel with our You Family?"
"I'm going to level them." Li Zhifeng said, "What's your name?"
Chang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Qiao didn't let me tell you. The few who followed me to collect the bills a few days ago were beaten up. It's just the few of us who can't be angry... Uncle said that the young master has resigned, so don't worry about it. These things..."
"I've eaten a leopard's guts!" You Miao simply listened to the absurdity and asked, "What's going on? Everyone in our family dares to fight? Don't go and talk about it carefully."
"It's from the Lin family. Come to our gambling house to be happy. If you lose, you won't give any money..."
"When did our family open the gambling house again?" You Miao said in a fog, "Wait, wait, you started from the beginning."
So Chang Yuan began to speak, and these words were spoken for almost an hour, and You Miao couldn't utter a word for a long while. First, Qiao Jue opened a gambling house a few years ago. No wonder he ran towards Yizhou. The gambling house business has grown, and many local gamblers have gathered. One of them, surnamed Lin, often recruited customers in the gambling house, and shrewd money to the people of the rivers and lakes, but lost thousands of taels of silver in the gambling house. The Lin family relied on someone in the court, and heard that You Miao resigned from office, so they said that the gambling debt was owed first, and it came out abnormally. The manager of the gambling house turned his face, just in time, Qiao Jue took someone to go, and when he talked and rushed, the two sides pushed each other, so he moved his hands.
"Let Tang Hui lead the troops to pacify them." Li Zhifeng said, "I will write a letter."
You Miao: "… "
"No no." You Miao said hurriedly, "Although you have a military rank, you don't bring troops anymore. It is a taboo to use the Imperial Forest Army because of personal friendship. It's not good to stab the third brother, you listen to me, let's go on our own Go, just idle and idle. Go, go out."
Just as You Miao was about to leave the villa, Qiao Jue rushed out to persuade him, but You Miao said that he might as well go to Yizhou for a stroll, so he mounted a horse with Li Zhifeng and left.
Yizhou is the largest base of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Many people moved to Yangzhou, Suzhou and Liuzhou when they recaptured the states because of the Apocalypse Taizu pacified the south a hundred years ago. But in the final analysis, the origin of southern commerce and local power is still in Yizhou.
Yizhou once had three surnames: Tang, Lin, and Gu. Later, Tang Bo's clan moved to the north of Yangzhou, and the big family was still in Yizhou. When Tu Risheng gathered the peasant army, he was heading east from the Jiangzhou area, and many nobles in Yizhou were in danger.
From Jiangbo Villa to Yizhou, you need to cross the entire Yangzhou land along the way. It is spring, and the mountains and plains are full of fine rain. You Miao is also happy to have fun with Li Zhifeng along the way, while strolling on the road. During the day, I wandered for dozens of miles, and at night I found a place I liked to stay, listening to the rain and wind in the night, and sleeping under the quilt, it was a lot of fun.
For several days, You Miao admired the beautiful scenery, Li Zhifeng enjoyed You Miao, and dragged all the way to Yizhou. It has been ten days since the two left Jiangbo Villa. As soon as he entered Yizhou, You Miao was shocked.
Yizhou is known as the "Little Capital City". Looking around, it is not inferior to the bustling scene of the capital in the past. The goods in the north and south of Yangzhou are all collected and distributed here, which is noisy, which is a different scene compared to Yangzhou.
"The big brother proposed to decide the capital of Yizhou." Li Zhifeng said: "There is indeed his reason."
You Miao smiled and said, "Why didn't it work later?"
Li Zhifeng replied, "Your husband is against it, and I don't want to move here either. First, it's too far from home, and second, it's too crowded and messy, and it's not safe."
You Miao nodded and saw that the goods sold in the market were all things that he had rarely seen in Yangzhou, including coconuts from the southern coast, and even overseas tortoiseshells, strange beads and other items. There were also slave traders on the roadside. With a group of Kunlun slaves from overseas.
There is also a lot of food to eat. You Miao came here on the first day and felt that the whole city, except for business, was eating. Watching the fish balls cooked on the street was interesting, so I stood with Li Zhifeng and learned to buy and eat like passers-by in the past.
"Where is our casino?" You Miao asked.
Since Li Zhifeng became an official, he didn't ask much about family matters, and he didn't know if he was asked. He inquired about the past all the way, but the people in the city knew that the biggest one was the casino opened by Jiangnan Youjia.
As soon as You Miao entered the door, she felt magnificent and grand, and Qiao Jue was really an expert in business.
As soon as he entered, Li Zhifeng wanted to speak, and You Miao signaled with his eyes that he might as well.
"Look first." You Miao said.
Li Zhifeng snorted and said, "There are many people in the rivers and lakes, you follow me and don't make random shots."
You Miao obediently followed behind Li Zhifeng and couldn't help laughing.
Li Zhifeng asked, "What are you laughing at?"
You Miao said happily, "I'll be a servant for you."
Li Zhifeng was also happy. As soon as he entered the casino, the girl who picked up the guests rushed over and said with a smile, "Yo, young master, how many hands are there to play?"
You Miao was startled when she was called young master. She thought that this was going to be revealed, but she calmed down and saw that there were only a few of the girls accompanying the gambler. Just a common name. You Miao lowered her head and smiled, but unexpectedly there were a few more girls around, smiling and surrounding You Miao, and said, "Does the young master play Pai Gow, or is it a bet?"
You Miao secretly thought that he couldn't, so he could see it? However, when he saw that everyone around him regarded him as the master, Li Zhifeng was very helpless and said, "My young master is just here to hang out and play casually."
You Miao nodded and asked, "I heard that Lin Xi and the young master often come to play, but I want to get to know each other."
A girl understood, smiled, and brought You Miao to the front of the gambling table. The dealer nodded to him with a smile and asked him to take a seat. Li Zhifeng stood beside him.
The people sitting around the table were all Jianghu people, and there was a young man on the opposite side, his face was pale and his eyes were blank. Even You Miao could see that most of these Jianghu people were raised by Lin Xihe. As soon as You Miao sat down, Li Zhifeng looked into the distance and saw the shopkeeper coming out. The steward in charge of this game sent someone over and changed the name of the dealer.
"Bet big." You Miao said happily.
Li Zhifeng casually flicked the chips onto the table, and with a "squeaky" sound, the wooden chips were firmly nailed into the table. This hand attracted loud applause from all around.
"Betting small." Lin Xihe opened his eyes, with tired dark circles under his eyes, and he didn't know how long he had endured. A burly man behind him pushed all the chips over, and everyone started betting.
Good to leave.
"What's your name?" Lin Xihe asked.
"Li." You Miao smiled slyly and replied, "Meeting for the first time."