The new book is still in its seedling stage and needs everyone's care. I beg for collection and red tickets. Thank you Xiaochuan.

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Beside him, Shang Laoliu and Shunzi were already asleep, snoring rhythmically. Li Yuanqing was lying next to them, looking up at the faint moonlight at the entrance of the cave, but thinking a lot in his heart.

Since his rebirth, although the journey has been difficult and dangerous, because he understands the general trend of history, Li Yuanqing always feels that the big rhythm has always been in his hands. However, through Shunzi's incident, Li Yuanqing suddenly discovered that many things, he actually

Really still very immature.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but think of Mao Wenlong's words before leaving, 'Only when you are alive can you have hope.'

Before this, Li Yuanqing always thought that as long as he lived, there would be hope. But now, Li Yuanqing understood that not only should he live well, but also the people around him should also live well.

If the war is defeated, as long as there are people around, you can still fight back, but~~, if all the people around you are dead, how can you make a comeback?

In this regard, although he has been born in two generations, he is a businessman after all, and his vision is limited after all. Compared with a hero like Mao Wenlong, he is still far behind.

At this time, Shang Laoliu returned to his hometown, Shunzi was also found, and he still had nearly ten thousand taels of silver notes in his hand. Most of the mission he came out this time was basically completed.

Shenyang has been firmly occupied by the Hou Jin Army. Even if they spent a lot of effort to take root here, considering the overall situation, this may not have much effect, because the Ming Army now has no strength at all to counterattack Shenyang City.

In fact, it is not too difficult to counterattack Shenyang City. You only need to defeat the main force of Lao Nu's Eight Banners in a field battle. But in this situation, looking at the world, I am afraid that no one can do it.

Instead of spending a huge amount of time, energy, and even life on doing this thankless and thankless thing, it would be better to do something more meaningful.

The situation is stronger than the person.

At this point, since your skills are inferior to others, you have to admit it.

Only by truly understanding the gap between the two parties can we have the opportunity to regain it in the future.

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Li Yuanqing slept until noon, and then woke up from the chaos. Shang Laoliu and Shunzi were basking in the sun in a ray of sunshine near the entrance of the cave.

Seeing that Li Yuanqing was awake, Shang Laoliu smiled and said, "Yuanqing, what are your plans for today?"

Li Yuanqing rubbed his temples tiredly and said with a smile: "I don't have any plans today. The biggest plan is to go to the largest restaurant in Shenyang City and give Shunzi a good meal."

Shunzi couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Brother, this, isn't this bad? Let's be more economical."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Shunzi, don't worry about this, just wait."

After resting for a while, Li Yuanqing asked Shang Laoliu to sneak out of the cave and buy some clothes for Shunzi. After all, Shunzi was now dressed like a beggar. Going to a restaurant like this was really conspicuous.

Shang Laoliu came back soon. Shunzi changed into new clothes, washed his face again, and suddenly became much more energetic.

Shang Laoliu said: "Yuanqing, Shenyang City is in chaos now. Many of the original restaurants have closed down. Not far from here, there is a Hongyan Tower, which is now a property under the name of the Zhengbai Banner. We can go there."

Li Yuanqing understood what Shang Laoliu meant. At this time, it would be safer to go to a restaurant owned by a Jurchen.

"Okay. Clean up, let's go now."

The three of them packed up and climbed out of the hole one by one, arriving on the street.

Shenyang City has been in the hands of Lao Nu for more than a month. All kinds of counterattack forces have been basically eliminated by Lao Nu. The security defense during the day is no longer as strict as at night.

Li Yuanqing and the other three arrived at the Hongyan Tower located on the bustling street in the east of the city without much trouble.

Before this, Li Yuanqing had also heard of the name of Hongyan Tower. Unfortunately, at that time, Li Yuanqing and Shunzi were just poor people. They could just look at the door. How could they dare to enter such a big restaurant?

But now, with a lot of money in hand, all this is no longer a problem.

At this time, it was the afternoon, and there were not many customers in the restaurant. After all, it was the territory of the Hou Jin Army. Li Yuanqing and the other three did not dare to show off, so they called for a small private room on the second floor, ordered a lot of meat and vegetables, and called again. After a few jars of good wine, the three of them started eating and drinking.

Shunzi has never seen so much meat or eaten so many delicacies in his whole life. He wants to swallow all his tongue.

Li Yuanqing poured wine for Shunzi and said with a smile: "Shunzi, eat slowly. No one will compete with you."

While Shunzi agreed, he kept stuffing all kinds of meat into his mouth with both hands.

Shang Laoliu was also a little drunk, but his eyes were still clear. He asked in a low voice: "Yuan Qing, what are your plans next?"

Li Yuanqing took a light sip of wine and looked out the window at the street, "Brother Shang, with the state of Shenyang City, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything if I stay here. I have thought about leaving Shenyang City and returning to Guangzhou tonight. Ning. I hope you can come with me and pick up the girl."

Shang Laoliu nodded, "Yuan Qing, this is the best. The girl is fine, and I have no worries in Shenyang City. It would be better for us to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible."

Shunzi had almost eaten at this time, burped, and said to Li Yuanqing: "By the way, brother, what are you doing in Guangning City now? How do you earn so much money?"

Shang Laoliu had always wanted to know this question, but Li Yuanqing didn't say anything, and he never asked. When Shunzi mentioned it, he quickly looked at Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing did not intend to hide it from the two of them, "I am now doing some business in Guangning City, but I am still a small flag officer under Guangning guerrilla Mao Wenlong. This time I came to Shenyang, I was actually following General Mao's order. But now, the mission is accomplished."

Li Yuanqing said, looked at the two of them, and said: "When I go back this time, General Mao will not begrudge me the reward. Do you two want to work with me?"

Li Yuanqing is Shunzi's backbone. Although he was 'sold' by Li Yuanqing once, Shunzi still didn't realize it at all. He said hurriedly: "Brother, you are now a small flag officer. That's great. I will follow you from now on. I don’t have to be bullied anymore. I will definitely practice martial arts well in the future. Whoever dares to bully us, I will kill his whole family."

Li Yuanqing nodded and looked at Shunzi with relief. After all, he was a close confidant and his brother-in-law. If he didn't help him, who would help him?

Shang Laoliu looked at Li Yuanqing looking at him, thought for a moment, and then said: "Yuan Qing, I have never had a good impression of a place like the army. However, if you want help from my eldest brother, I have no problem with it."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, "It's a blessing from heaven that I can get Brother Shang to help me. General Mao is a dragon and a phoenix among men. He is very different from other generals. If we follow him, we will not suffer any loss. Come, let us three brothers have a drink."

The three of them were drinking happily. At this time, the waiter's attentive voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Prince-in-law, please be careful. This way, please."

The expressions of the three people changed at the same time. Li Yuanqing made a silent gesture, signaling Shang Laoliu and Shunzi not to make any sound.

After a while, the footsteps got closer and closer, and they actually came to the next room. A calm middle-aged male voice said: "Waiter, serve good wine, serve good food, and bring the best of yours to me."

"Yes, yes. Prince Consort, please wait a moment. I will ask the kitchen to prepare it for you right away."

"Yeah." The middle-aged male voice agreed, and then there was no more movement.

Li Yuanqing and the other three couldn't help but look at each other.

Prince Consort? Who could this be?

However, when I heard this man speak, his accent sounded completely like that of a Han Chinese, without the harshness of a Tatar.

Shang Laoliu also came to his senses at this time and whispered to Li Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, it's probably Fushun's consort Li Yongfang."

Li Yuanqing also guessed this person and couldn't help but nodded and whispered: "He wants to treat here? Who will he treat?"

Shang Laoliu said: "With the identity of this traitor, the guest is either rich or noble after all. Maybe it is some Wangsun Beile. Yuan Qing, we have already eaten. This is really not a place to stay for a long time."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Yes. The city gate is not closed yet. Brother Shang, let's pick up the girl first and go back to Guangning directly."

Li Yuanqing asked Shang Laoliu to call the waiter to pay the bill, and was about to leave, but as soon as he reached the stairs, he saw a middle-aged man in an off-white brocade robe below, escorted by more than a dozen followers, heading towards

Come up the stairs.

The middle-aged man is very fat, but his shoulders are broad and thick, which is obviously caused by drawing the bow all the time. He is not puffy, but fat with a hint of wealth in his strong body.

What shocked Li Yuanqing even more was that this man's robe was actually trimmed with gold. There was no doubt which king's grandson this was, Baylor.

The middle-aged man also saw Li Yuanqing and the others at this time, and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

His entourage next to him couldn't help but shout, "Where did you get those bastard eggs? Why don't you make way for Lord Beile?"

"Yes. Yes." How could Li Yuanqing and the other three dare to be lazy? They hurriedly stepped back a few steps, bowed their knees, and waited for Lord Baylor to come up first.

At this time, Li Yongfang, the Fushun Prince Consort inside, also heard the commotion and hurriedly came out to welcome him. He laughed and said, "Eighth Master, you came so early? I thought you would have to wait for a while."

Baylor, who was called the Eighth Master, smiled and said: "Consort, if you are so polite, you will get angry. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since we sat down and had a drink."

Li Yongfang smiled quickly and said: "Yes. It's been a few months, right? Master Eight, come here, please come quickly."

As he said this, he hurriedly invited the eighth master to the private room next door.

When the two masters entered, there were more than twenty of their slaves standing at the door like poles in a guard of honor.

A man who looked like a slave leader shouted angrily at Li Yuanqing and the others: "You guys? What are you doing here with such sly eyes? Do you want to do harm to the Eighth Master and the Prince Consort? Come on, arrest them."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help being shocked, and said with a smile that was busy trying to please: "This gentleman, the younger ones are all law-abiding merchants. I really didn't know that Lord Baylor and the Prince Consort would also come here to eat. If they had known earlier, the younger ones would have never

I don’t dare to disturb the two gentlemen’s enjoyment. Please don’t remember the faults of others, just treat us as nothings and let us go.”

As Li Yuanqing said this, he groped hurriedly and tremblingly, took out a fifty-tael silver note from his arms, and handed it tremblingly to the slave's hand.

When the slave saw that it was fifty taels, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he didn't seem to want to let Li Yuanqing and the others go. There was a more greedy cold light in his eyes, as if he wanted to kill Li Yuanqing and the others.

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Li Yuanqing didn't expect that he would encounter this kind of bed bug while eating today. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, his hand was ready to take out a dagger. If he really couldn't be kind, he would have to fight to the death.

While thinking, Li Yuanqing had already begun to look at the surrounding environment, preparing to find the nearest escape location.

Shang Laoliu and Shunzi also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and they were extremely nervous.

But just when the slave was about to speak, the gentle voice of the eighth master came from inside, "Chang Feng, I have given you money, so don't cause trouble and take the guards to have a good meal. Remember,

Don’t drink too much.”

The servant named Chang Feng couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Beile."

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Yuanqing and the others fiercely, "Boy, you guys are lucky today, so why don't you get out of here."

Li Yuanqing immediately dropped his guard and hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes. Yes."

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Chapter completed!