Chapter 674 Farewell
Why is your husband going out again?" Yan Niang stroked her big belly and said with dissatisfaction. In the past two years, Li Zhang has to go out at any time and has less time staying at home, especially since she is pregnant now, so naturally she doesn't want Li Zhang to leave.
"There is no way, Quanzhou is a bit tricky, and I am not at ease with others to go to His Majesty." Li Zhang also spread his hands helplessly at this time. He also felt sorry for his family, but sea trade was too important, so he had to take a trip himself.
"How long will your husband go this time? I'll ask someone to prepare more luggage for you." Qingzhi said generously at this time. In fact, she was very reluctant to leave, but she also knew that Li Zhang had a special identity and some things had to be done by him, so she never stopped Li Zhang from going out.
Li Zhang was also moved when he heard Qingori's words. After so many years of marriage, Qingori has taken over the heavy responsibility of the family for him. Now Qingori is taken care of by Qingori. Before, Yan Niang could still share the responsibility for her, but now Yan Niang is pregnant, and all the affairs of the family are under Qingori, but she has no complaints at all.
"Quanzhou is too far away, and after the Quanzhou incident is over, I may have to go to Guangzhou, Mingzhou and other places to see the sea trade situation there to lay the foundation for the future rectification of sea trade." Li Zhang thought about it at this time, "It may take at least half a year. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to come back when Yan Niang gave birth."
At the end, Li Zhang looked at Yan Niang with some guilt. However, although Yan Niang just complained, she was not an unreasonable woman, so she also said: "Husband, don't worry about me. If you have my sister to take care of you at home, there will definitely be nothing wrong!"
Seeing that Yan Niang was so considerate of herself, Li Zhang was even more moved. He immediately reminded Yan Niang to pay more attention to her health. Speaking of which, Yan Niang was a Khitan. She had been riding horses and shooting arrows with her family since she was a child, so she was quite strong and could not be idle even after pregnancy. For this reason, Li Zhang had repeatedly advised her.
The next morning, Li Zhang went to Miaoyuan to say goodbye again, but Miaoyuan also complained. Fortunately, she now has a child, so most of her energy is devoted to the child. After complaining, she just reminded Li Zhang to pay more attention to her health and come back early. Of course, she also prepared clothes and other luggage for Zhao Zhen, so Li Zhang had to take two luggage.
Because it took a long time to go to Quanzhou this time, Li Zhang also needed to say goodbye to other relatives. However, after leaving Miaoyuan's Princess' Mansion, he did not go directly to Li Yonghe's mansion, but returned to the front yard of his home and walked into one of the small yards.
This yard is the yard where Lu Wu lives. Lu Wu is old and has lived in Li Zhang's house after resigning from office two years ago. Li Zhang and Qingzhi also took care of him as their father and even wanted Lu Wu to move to the inner house many times, but Lu Wu was unwilling to do so. Instead, he liked to live in the front yard because Lao Dao and Crack Zi and others also lived here, and a group of old men gathered together seemed very lively.
When Li Zhang entered the yard, he saw Lu Wu and Lao Dao sitting opposite each other, with steaming hot pot on the table in front of him. Now it’s cold, and it’s a good time to eat hot pot.
"Uncle Wu, Lao Dao, why are you two, blind and cripple?" Li Zhang walked over with a smile and said with a smile.
"I'm here just right. Sit down and have two drinks with us!" Lu Wu immediately greeted when he saw Li Zhang coming in. Lu Wu was old, his hair was all white, and his face was a lot of wrinkles, but he was very energetic, his figure was still strong, his waist was straight, he was a little fatter than before, and Lao Dao next to him was better in spirit, but now Lao Dao has retired, at most he can give some advice on the martial arts skills of the home guarding the hospital at most.
Li Zhang was not polite either. He smiled and greeted Lu Wu and the others and sat down, and then poured wine for himself. In fact, at the age of Lu Wu and Lao Dao, it was not appropriate to drink too much wine. Li Zhang also advised them for this, but Lu Wu and the others were both good wine lovers, so it was even more uncomfortable not to let them drink than killing them, so they didn't listen at all. At most, they just drank less. For this reason, Li Zhang had no choice but to let them go.
"By the way, you are here just right. Lao Dao and I are about to say goodbye to you!" Lu Wu took a bite of mutton and suddenly spoke.
"Say... goodbye?" Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard this. He was originally saying goodbye to Lu Wu, but he didn't expect that the other party would say goodbye to him first?
"Uncle Wu, where are you going?" Li Zhang reacted and asked immediately with concern.
"This time we are going to go out for a long trip. Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures have been taken back. Our group of people have fought several battles with the Khitans back then, and they didn't dare to think about regaining Yanyun. Now the imperial army has been greatly promoted and has actually accomplished the achievements we dare not think about before. So our brothers are preparing to go to Yanyun for a walk, which can be regarded as fulfilling their wishes back then." Lu Wu said with a smile.
"Brother Wu said it right. While our old bones can still move, you can achieve your wish after you go to Yanyun. I heard that there is the Invincible Temple of Old Linggong Yang in Gubeikou, and we must also worship it!" Lao Dao also smiled and said.
"Yan Yun? So far?" Li Zhang couldn't help but hold his forehead and smile bitterly when he heard this. From the capital to Yanyun, it was similar to the capital to Quanzhou. Moreover, Lu Wu and the others were older and would definitely walk slower. Maybe they were still on the way when they came back from Quanzhou.
"What are we afraid of from afar? We are not in a hurry, so we can just ride the carriage slowly. Not only are we two going, but the blind and the lame guys also go. Don't look at us as old as we meet bandits, who will steal whom." Lu Wu saw that Li Zhang was a little reluctant, and immediately glared at him.
Li Zhang smiled bitterly when he heard this. He was afraid that this was it. If it were young, Lu Wu and the others would not have to worry about it. But when they were old, they would not be in danger. But if there was a headache and fever, they also needed someone to take care of them.
"Uncle Wu, you guys can go there, but you must bring some manpower. It is convenient to have some errands at that time. In addition, although Yan Yun took it down, for stability, Yan Yun's prefectures have set up some checkpoints. You don't want to always engage in traffic with local governments, right?" Li Zhang thought for a moment before speaking.
He knew Lu Wu's temper best, but since he had decided, it would be useless no matter how hard he persuaded him, so he could only advise him to bring more people so that he could feel more at ease.
Hearing Li Zhang say this, Lao Dao next to him immediately said: "I think the master's advice is good, and it is convenient to bring some people around you. You can also leave it to them for trivial matters such as staying in a hotel. At that time, our brothers will just go around and have fun."
Since Lao Dao said so, Lu Wu did not refuse again. Li Zhang once again reminded Lu Wu and the others to pay attention to safety on the road, and then he told him that he was leaving the capital and going to Quanzhou.
"It's a coincidence that you want to leave the capital, but you are going south and we are going north. Then we bring more local specialties back and make gifts to Anran and the others!" Lu Wu couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Zhang's words. He always supported Li Zhang to go to the outside world more because in his opinion, good men are determined to be in all directions, especially Li Zhang, who cannot always stay in the capital. It is the most important thing to go to the place to do some practical things.
"Yes, I guess after arriving in Quanzhou, I may have to go to Guangzhou. I will take the sea route at that time, and I may come back later." Li Zhang smiled again.
When Lu Wu heard that Li Zhang was going to go out to sea, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although he had been to many places when he was young, he had never gone out to sea. He had also heard about the risks of going out to sea, so he was worried about Li Zhang at this time. However, Li Zhang also explained to him that he was sailing from Quanzhou to Guangzhou. As long as he did not go out to sea during the typhoon season, there would generally be no big danger.
Chapter completed!