On the fourth day, the sun peeked out, but was soon obscured by the sea of clouds.
It's still a nice, warm and soft day, and because the sun isn't too strong, the sky and the earth are more comfortable.
When Shen Lie stepped onto the attic of Sihai Tea House, he saw a ladder holding up a piece of sky that was opened in the roof.
He climbed the ladder and went upstairs. First he saw Zhili holding a long leaf in his mouth and leaning on the ridge of the roof. Then, in the distance, Xia Zhaoyi was leaning on the eaves, also holding a long leaf in his mouth.
"Brother Shen!" Zhili Xinran sat up and said, "Brother Shen, you are here."
Xia Zhaoyi looked back and saw Shen Lie, dressed in moon-white brocade clothes, dazzlingly white under the sky.
"You senior sisters and brothers, do you still need this ladder to go upstairs?" Shen Lie asked.
"This is called leisurely fun," Zhili said hehely, "it also makes it convenient for Shopkeeper Li and Brother Zhanning to call us."
Shen Lie nodded and looked at Xia Zhaoyi.
Coincidentally, the girl is also wearing moon-white clothes today, with hanging black hair and a cute peach hairpin. Her cold cheeks are set off by this peach hairpin, which makes her look like fireworks in the world.
Shen Lie walked across the main ridge, walked towards the eaves, sat down on the vertical ridge, slightly hooked his lips, and said calmly: "I went to Lie Qianxue Mansion first, you are not here."
"Finally, I'm done." Xia Zhaoyi smiled.
Shen Lie looked at the busy street.
They have finished their work, but for Mingtai County as a whole, it has just begun.
The incident involving Princess Yangping has temporarily passed, and Mingtai County will usher in the prosperous spring.
Xia Zhaoyi also turned his head and looked back at the glitz and glamor of the city.
All the buildings in Xucheng are of beauty that is easy to see. Beauty and elegance are balanced, length and shortness are harmonious, the supporting structure is elegant but simple, and the elegance has inherent elegance.
At this time, a few wisps of breeze blew through the silver bell, and the ringing sound was clear and crisp.
Shen Lie looked at the animal eaves on the right side of the opposite side.
A string of bells hangs, tied with the same rope as the bells, and a tassel necklace flutters under the eaves.
"I plan to leave tomorrow," Xia Zhaoyi said, "to Xizhou Mansion."
"Brother Ji and I have finished the exchange," Shen Lie said. "Brother Ji will leave in the afternoon. I will go with you tomorrow." He looked sideways at the girl, "Can I go with you?"
"Are you going to Xizhou Mansion?"
"Um."
Xia Zhaoyi looked into his eyes and said nothing.
They have been very busy these days and have hardly seen each other.
Although Princess Yangping had left long ago, Xia Zhaoyi wanted to take care of the mess she left behind, as well as the manpower Li Zhi would send later.
The reward for taking care of this matter was the seeds of spring she sowed. In her words to Zhili, it gradually caused farmers in Sang households to break away from their trust and dependence on the government and the court, and tended to support large chambers of commerce.
As for the Great Chamber of Commerce, she has written to Hengxiang, Wang Fengnian and Zhao Ning will arrange ten people each within two months.
Due to cultural limitations, people's recognition of imperial authority is not easily broken over time.
But Master said that economic behavior determines everything.
Starting from Mingtai County, with only two days of busy planting in the spring and planting in the summer, and harvesting in the autumn and storing in the winter, she was able to change their high opinion of Li Zhi.
"Okay, okay," Zhili ran over quickly and sat next to Shen Lie, "Brother Shen, if you go to Xizhou Mansion, we will work together. As soon as the branch master leaves this time, you will replace him as the branch master. Yes, right?"
"Yeah." Shen Lie nodded.
Zhili grinned: "Then, let's have dinner together tonight? Bendou will practice it for that master. I had misunderstood him before. We have been busy these past few days and we have never had a good get-together."
"Shen Lie said just now that he would leave in the afternoon." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Yes," Zhili raised his eyebrows lightly, "That's a bit regretful."
"The days ahead are long," Shen Lie said, "there will definitely be opportunities in the future."
"I want to see my senior sister's Xia Army, and I also want to see Brother Shen's troops," Zhili said, with a brighter smile, "Brother Shen, if your troops and horses can help my senior sister, what will happen to my senior sister?" How about adding more power to a tiger?"
"Zhili." Xia Zhaoyi gently called him in a scolding tone for the first time.
Shen Lie curled his lips and smiled, raising his hand to pat his scattered shoulder.
"Girl," Shopkeeper Li's head poked out from the roof opening, "Miss Ah Li?"
Xia Zhaoyi got up, looked over and said, "What's the matter?"
Shopkeeper Li climbed up and was so frightened that he almost fell back to the attic.
The precipitous eaves the girl erected are really frightening to those who are afraid of heights.
Shopkeeper Li calmed down and saw her again, but felt that she was as graceful as a fairy.
Because she stood up, and because of the wind from a high place, the girl's hair that hung down to her hips was fluttering lightly, dancing with her clothes and skirts in the wind, making her look beautiful all of a sudden.
"The letters are here," Shopkeeper Li said quietly, "There are many letters."
"Okay, I'll come right away."
Xia Zhaoyi looked at Shen Lie and Zhili, said something, and walked towards the pavilion.
Zhili wanted to go with him, but seeing that Shen Lie had just arrived, he wanted to sit with Shen Lie for a while.
After Xia Zhaoyi got off the wooden ladder and left from the stairs of the pavilion, Zhili looked away and said to Shen Lie very softly: "Brother Shen, Zhan Ning and the others have been talking about you these past few days."
"...What are you talking about me?"
"They all said that you are a rare general talent. They said that the Xia Family Army has not recruited people for a long time, and they all wanted you to come to the Xia Family Army. But I refuted them. I told them about Brother Shen's Yan Jun."
Shen Lie smiled lightly and looked at the wind chime opposite.
Zhili moved his lower lip, and there was still a lot he wanted to say.
But I felt that I said too much and it was not good for Zhan Ning and the others.
For example, they occasionally talked about Song Qingtang, and then they talked about Shen Lie.
It was also the first time that Zhili knew that men would gossip so much in private when they were free.
Although they all had good intentions, Zhili retorted several times, saying that senior sister did not need marriage.
Okay, still no use.
At this time, I felt something and looked down at the long street with a serious gaze.
A middle-aged man in ragged clothes walked slowly over, holding a basket full of eggs in his hand.
Following what Shen Lie felt, Zheli also looked at the middle-aged man.
"Huh?" Zhili said, "Why do you think it's a bit weird?"
A man who looks very poor, but the basket is very finely woven.
And the eggs in the basket are slightly larger and more numerous.
"If it is for sale, so many eggs did not come overnight. It can be seen that he has owned so many chickens for a long time. He should not be so poor," he thought in pieces, "it would only make sense if someone else gave them to him."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw this man swaggering and stopped below them, which was the entrance of Sihai Tea House.
"Huh?" Zhili said again, "This person came to Sihai Teahouse."
Shen Lie frowned lightly, stood up and said, "Let's go downstairs."
"okay."
The waiter saw a man in ragged clothes standing at the door, but he didn't look at him differently.
Seeing that this person was not leaving, the waiter stepped out and asked if he needed anything.
