Xiao Zan and Tang Yi returned to Beijing to report their duties. After all, the whaling team has been initially established, which can be considered as completing the task.

Along the canal, the eight whaling ships were very imposing, especially the catapults and crossbows placed side by side on both sides of the ship, which made people look extremely lethal.

Xiao Zan was very proud. Standing on the bow of the first whaling ship, he waved to the people on both sides of the canal.

This really made Xiao Zan profitable.

As the county magistrate of Dongyang County, Li Gang naturally came to the canal in person to see him off, and accompanied him were clerks Lu Desheng, Li Shuang and Chen Zheng.

Feng Xueyong, the governor of Hongjiang Prefecture, took his daughter Qinning to Xiao Zan's whaling ship and took the way to Hongjiang Prefecture.

Li Shuang looked at the whaling team that was leaving, feeling a little lost.

Of course, this is not because of being separated from Xiao Zan. The real reason, everyone else knows, is because Qin Ning's far away.

Feng Xueyong seemed to finally know that the son of Dongyang County Magistrate wanted to "scheming" against his daughter, but he has been watching it very closely in Dongyang County these days.

This made Li Shuang very distressed. Sometimes she wanted to show her kind of diligence, but Feng Xueyong regarded her as having ulterior motives and gave him a lot of expressions.

In this way, Li Shuang and Qinning spent several days secretly together, but they still had to separate.

Looking at Li Shuang's eager look, Chen poked him with his elbow next to him and said with a smile: "Brother Li, since you like Miss Qinning so much, you might as well propose marriage directly."

Li Shuang turned her head and stared at Chen Zheng. After watching for a long time, she suddenly realized and said, "Yes, why didn't I expect it?"

So Li Shuang took two steps, came to his father Li Gang, and said, "Father, my son has a request, I hope his father will agree."

Li Gang turned around and asked, "What's the matter with you? Let's hear it."

Li Shuang coughed lightly, cleared her throat, and said, "Can my father go to the Feng Magistrate Feng's house to propose marriage and fulfill his son's wish?"

Li Gang was stunned. Obviously, Li Shuang's words were a little unexpected. After a while, he spoke: "Do you like Feng Xueyong's daughter?"

Li Shuang nodded and said, "I fell in love with Qinning at first sight, so I would like to ask my father to help you."

After hearing this, Chen Zheng rolled his eyes and secretly scolded Li Shuang for being shameless. He clearly remembered that when Li Shuang and Qinning first met, they definitely did not fall in love at first sight.

At that time, in order to listen to the storytelling of the pot smashing the jar in the teahouse, Li Shuang forgot Qinning and Yin Yin on the street, which led to the plot of Chen Zheng's hero saving the beauty and the two of them met.

So it is absolutely nothing to say about falling in love at first sight. As for whether the two fell in love over time, it is not what Chen Zheng knew.

After a moment of silence, Li Gang laughed loudly, making Li Shuang feel a little uneasy.

"Father, why are you laughing? Am I not worthy of Qinning?" Li Shuang asked.

Li Gang stopped laughing and said to himself: "Then Feng Xueyong's imperial examination is better than me, his official position is bigger than me, and his article is more beautiful than me, so what? Now that I have a woman, aren't you going to marry my son? Haha!"

Chen Zheng and Li Shuang heard this and were a little confused. Is this funny?

Li Gang reached out his hand, patted Li Shuang on the shoulder, nodded and said, "My son is quite promising. Please wait. After you go back for your father, you will prepare a gift and send someone to Hongjiang Mansion to propose marriage."

After hearing this, Li Shuang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your success!"

"Okay, if you can really marry Feng Xueyong's daughter, it would be considered as a way to let your father go." Li Gang said.

Afterwards, Li Gang and clerk Lu Desheng and others returned to the county government office. After all, there were quite a lot of affairs in the county government office, and he, the county magistrate, needed to deal with it.

After Li Gang left, Li Shuang was obviously a little excited and said to Chen Zheng: "Brother Chen, have you heard it? My father agreed to go and propose marriage, haha!"

Chen Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Look at your unreliable appearance, isn't it just a proposal for marriage? It's still early to get married."

"Brother Chen is right." Li Shuang nodded, "Brother Chen, you are a veteran after all, do you have any good suggestions?"

Chen Zheng glanced at Li Shuang and thought to himself: He is indeed a veteran, but he is completely passive in getting married to Yue Xiaorong. How can he have any experience?

Even a lesson is not learned.

However, if you say you have no experience directly, it would be too timid.

After coughing twice, Chen Zheng pretended to behave and said, "Brother Li, let me ask you, what is the most important thing for two people to live together?"

The two walked along the canal bank and chatted while walking. Chen Zheng's question made Li Shuang think about it for a long time.

Then, Li Shuang tried to answer: "I think that when two people are together, feelings are the most important."

When Chen Zheng heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Unexpectedly, Li Shuang was still a very interesting young man, completely incompatible with his unreliable personality.

"Of course not." Chen Zheng denied.

Li Shuang was a little surprised. Obviously he did not expect that the answer he had thought about after careful consideration was wrong.

"Why isn't it love?" Li Shuang asked.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said, "These two people live together and live together, not like visiting a kebab. As long as you look at it right and fall in love, you can have a wonderful night."

"Although I didn't understand what Brother Chen said, I heard that Brother Chen has a lot of experience in visiting the pifang." Li Shuang teased.

Chen Zheng quickly took a photo of Li Shuang and said, "What are you talking about? Is there such a person here? There are so many people here, so don't talk nonsense."

Li Shuang smiled and said, "Brother Chen is afraid that this will come to your wife's ears."

"Where are the words? I am not the one who is afraid of me." Chen Zhengdao, "It's just that Brother Li said these words out of nothing that made me have to refute."

Li Shuang waved her hand and said, "Come on, I won't talk about you anymore. Brother Chen, tell me quickly, what is the most important thing for two people to live together?"

Chen Zheng put his hands behind his back and said, "Of course it's money."

"Money?" Li Shuang felt a little incredible.

What is the importance of money? He is not short of money. He wants to spend as much as he wants, but he doesn’t feel how important it is.

Chen Zheng glanced at Li Shuang's reaction and thought to himself: As expected, rich people just can't understand the effect of money.

"You have money, but most of the money is taken by your family. The biggest industry under your name is Juquande Restaurant. If this is the case, it is nothing in Dongyang County." Chen Zhengdao.

Li Shuang nodded and said, "Brother Chen, what should I do?"

"Make money, work hard to make money, and you have to be one of the richest people in Dongyang County to be worthy of Miss Qinning, right?" Chen Zheng said.

Li Shuang felt that Chen Zheng's words made sense. He was obviously not a good source of study. It was impossible to pass the imperial examination and become an official, so he could only succeed in other aspects.

Qinning is the daughter of the prefect. According to the equal status, if Li Shuang can enter the imperial examination, it would be a thing of the past. But now Li Shuang has no hope of entering the officialdom, which makes him feel a little unworthy of Qinning.

"But there is no way to make money now?" Li Shuang said with a frown.

Chen Zheng patted Li Shuang on the shoulder and smiled, "Did you say it's a coincidence that I happen to have a way to make money here. Now I'm short of people to invest. Are Brother Li interested?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and say it, let's do it together." Li Shuang said anxiously.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Aren't you worried that my method will not make money?"

"Brother Chen, if your method is not profitable, then if I think about it, I will lose money." Li Shuang said, "Everyone with Brother Chen, even if you can't make money, you won't lose money."

"Brother Li is indeed extremely smart. He is so profound that he thinks so clearly about such a profound question. I really admire him." Chen Zheng laughed.

Li Shuang felt itchy and urged again: "Brother Chen, what is your way to make money?"

Chen Zheng turned around to see the scenery on the canal, but did not answer Li Shuang's question as soon as possible.

"Brother Chen?" Li Shuang couldn't help but shout.

"Yes." Chen Zheng responded, signaling that he had heard it.

After a while, Chen Zheng said, "Let's go and have barbecue and chat while eating."

The two of them came to Juquande Restaurant, said hello to Meng Chujiu, and then came to their dedicated private room.

Then, Chen Zheng called a friend and asked him to call the shopkeeper Xu of Haidaiyuan, Bi Yuan, and the shopkeeper Wang of the West Medicine Shop in the west, and invite them to have barbecue together.

"Brother Chen, what are you selling in this gourd? Can you tell me in advance?" Li Shuang was really itchy.

Chen Zheng smiled slightly and said, "The so-called "before the troops and horses move, food and grass will come first. Let's let these people take some money as startup capital."

"I don't understand." Li Shuang shook her head and said.

"When they come later, you will understand Brother Li." Chen Zheng said.

After hearing this, Li Shuang had to wait patiently.

Not long after, the three of them arrived one after another. After seeing a table of barbecue, they were all smiling from ear to ear.

"Master Chen, I haven't had dinner together for a while." Shopkeeper Xu sighed.

Bi Yuanwai from the north of the city also sighed and said, "Yes, it's a turbulent time now, and it's really not easy to have a meal quietly."

"Fortunately, Master Chen is here in Dongyang County. Otherwise, just the last time the Fusang pirates attacked, I would have woken up in the middle of the night when I think about it." The shopkeeper Wang of the medicine shop also agreed.

"Shopkeeper Wang is right."

"Master Chen has made great contributions!"

"Young Master Li is not bad either."

...

Chen Zheng smiled, picked up the wine glass, and said, "You have been too rewarded. I have only fulfilled my responsibilities."

Several people picked up their glasses and drank them all in one go.

While eating barbecue, Bi Yuanwai glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "Master Chen called us to come today, probably not just to treat us to barbecue?"

Chen Zheng put down a piece of flesh and bone in his hand and smiled and said, "Bi Yuanwai is indeed as wise as a torch. As you said, please come today. One is to reminisce about the past, and the other is to have a business and want to cooperate with you."

As soon as they heard about business cooperation, several people put down the meat in their hands.
To be continued...