Chapter 244: It’s New Year again

After withdrawing troops from Zhucheng County, Shandong, Li Weizheng returned directly to Liaodong. He knew very well that with the two kings of Qin and Jin, Zhu Di would never dare to abandon Beiping and go south. Therefore, after defeating the first wave of attacks by the court, Zhu Di would definitely concentrate on dealing with Qin and Jin. In addition, Zhu Di's army had reached 500,000, and his Beiping could no longer afford such a huge army. He had no choice but to go to the wealthy Shanxi and Guanzhong to find new money and grain bases. Li Weizheng knew that Shandong would be safe and sound within at least half a year. He also took a break from his busy schedule and went home to reunite with his relatives for the New Year, and no longer involved in the dispute between the court and the Yan State.

Li Weizheng's relatives are currently in Liaodong. His father and stepmother were taken to Liaodong in the 27th year of Hongwu. The whole family lives in a large mansion in Jinshanwei. This is Li Weizheng's old nest and is extremely vigilant. The city is full of the mansions of senior officials of the Liaodong Army.

On New Year's Eve, Jinshan City is decorated with lights and decorations. Every household cleans houses and buys New Year's goods, which is a joyful and peaceful atmosphere. Li Weizheng's mansion just painted once a few days ago. There were new talismans on the door, four big red lanterns lined up, and the red ceiling curtains were lined up in the courtyard, and dozens of large square tables lined up. At that time, hundreds of people from all over the mansion will gather here for a meal. Palace lanterns with green spikes and red covers were hung everywhere in the hall, and pink embroidered Eight Immortals Colors were hung in front of the door. Directly opposite to the door was an embroidered screen with vermilion satin hanging, and the New Year's atmosphere was everywhere.

Li Wei came back three days ago. At this time, he was sitting in the hall chatting with his father. Although Li Weizheng's father, Li Yuanwai, has been in Liaodong for two years, he still cannot adapt to his son's high position. Especially since he likes to go to the Baxianlou near the mansion to watch zaju. He spends most of the day there almost every day, drinking tea and chatting with a group of drama friends, but he doesn't like soldiers following him. He feels that he has lost his freedom. After protesting several times, the thousand households who guard Li Weizheng's mansion changed their strategy and sent several secret whistles to protect him. Li Yuanwai feels a little more comfortable this time.

But he also had a very happy thing, that is, his grandson and a lot of granddaughters. He just heard a news these days that the Queen of Goryeo gave birth to a son, which is said to be his grandson. So, he was discussing with his son to name this unnamed grandson.

"Dalang, I'm a veteran. Maybe you have various considerations and don't give Wang Shunji a name, but you must formally admit her son, otherwise the child will become the root of your family's discord when he grows up. This child cannot be named Wang, but must be named Li, and I have already thought of his name, Li Xun. After the crown prince, he took the word "Minggao", which means he has the bloodline of the Ming and Goryeo."

Li Weizheng quickly smiled and said, "Father, I didn't say that I would give him the surname Wang. In fact, if I tell you this, it is equivalent to admitting that he is the child of our Li family. I completely agree with the name Li Xun, but it is unnecessary to call him Minggao. Twenty years later, Goryeo will no longer exist, and I will give Shunji a name at that time."

"You can do this matter as you please! But this year, you should spend more time with your wife and children. Don't leave on the third day of the Lunar New Year like last year, do you know?"

At this time, Li Weizheng's two precious daughters ran over together, and pulled his father's arm and said, "Dad, accompany us to set off firecrackers!"

Mr. Li also smiled and said, "Dalang, go and spend time with the children. In a blink of an eye, they are all so old. If you don't stay with them for a while, you will have no chance to spend time with them in the future."

Li Wei was so helpless that they both had to get up and say, "Okay then! Let's go with you to set off firecrackers."

Her twin daughters were born on the first day of the first lunar month. She is already six years old this year. Her personality is still the same as before. Her sister likes to read books and newspapers, and her sister likes to dance with swords and swords. It is basically difficult to change. However, under the oppression of her mother, her sister can basically read some books. Li Weizheng specially hired a great scholar from Shandong to teach them to read and recognize words. In the past few days of the New Year, the husband gave them half a month off, and the husband himself went back to Shandong to visit relatives.

Li Wei was walking into the yard with one hand. He looked at it and smiled at them, "Since you ask Dad to set firecrackers with you, where is the firecracker?"

Sister Li Yezi covered her mouth and smiled, "I haven't bought it yet!"

Li Wei was suddenly enlightened, and squatted down and shaved their noses, "Two little villains, it turns out that they want to cheat my dad and buy things with you. Didn't my dad give you New Year's gifts?"

Sister Li Zhiqiu took his father's hand and begged: "Dad gave us a New Year gift, but we didn't give us a birthday gift. Daddy, have you forgotten?"

Only then did Li Weizheng remember that today was the birthday of his two daughters. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and quickly smiled: "Okay, Dad will take you to buy things now."

"Buy things, you have to bring money, right?"

Zitong walked over from the side, and she said to her husband with a smile: "I knew you would forget what day it is, so I won't remind you to make you ashamed, and see if you don't take us to heart in the future."

Li Weizheng quickly raised his hand and smiled, "I know I'm wrong. I'll prepare a cup tomorrow and write down everyone's birthdays to ensure that no one will be missed in the future."

"This kind of thing should be remembered in my heart, not in my notebook." Zi Tong sighed and stuffed a purse full of broken silver to her husband, "Go quickly! It's New Year's Eve, and the shops are about to close in the afternoon."

The shops in Jinshan City are concentrated in the north of the city, so they are also called Taipei City. They are composed of more than 100 shops of all sizes. It is the New Year. Each shop has a full supply of goods, including salt, rice, oil, tea, cloth, clothing, pots, pans, pens, ink, paper and ink, as well as various high-end products, such as silk, satin, jewelry, precious spices and medicinal materials, etc. There are even two stores that specialize in various novel Japanese Korean things. Because of the New Year, each shop has lanterns and colorful colors to welcome guests with a smile.

Li Wei was walking around with his two daughters, with dozens of personal guards guarding each other, and they were vigilantly paying attention to the movements around him.

"Dad, I want that, that shiny little sword." My sister Li Yezi saw one of the gifts she wanted, an inch-long crystal sword.

This is a store that specializes in crystal products. The store is filled with various crystal products. Li Wei was going up to pick up the crystal sword and smiled: "Is this made from Danluo Island? How much does it cost?"

The store owner did not know Li Weizheng, but seeing that he was well-dressed, especially his twin daughters, he hurriedly smiled and said, "The guest officer has good eyesight. This is indeed a specialty of Danluo Island, which costs two cents of silver, but this is not the best. If the guest officer wants it, I have more advanced crystal products here."

"Do you have clairvoyance?" Li Weizheng asked casually.

"No, I just heard of it. I heard that it is a military product. Whoever dares to sell it will be beheaded."

"Okay! I bought this little sword." Li Wei was taking out a piece of silver from his pocket and throwing it to the store owner. Li Yezi had already snatched the crystal small sword into his hand impatiently, and played with it with it in love.

Li Weizheng lowered his head and smiled and asked his eldest daughter, "What do you want to buy in sister?"

"Dad, I want to buy books and paper and pen." Li Zhiqiu had long seen a bookstore opposite.

Li Weizheng shook his head and said, "You should buy books, paper and pens in normal times. Dad wants to buy you a birthday gift. Think about it, what else do you want?"

"I know, my sister wants to buy firecrackers!" Li Yezi interrupted.

"That's because you want to buy it, not because my sister wants to buy it." Li Wei was smiling and patting her head.

Li Zhiqiu suddenly thought of it, and she hurriedly said, "Dad, I want a treasure ship model to put it in my room."

"Dad, I want it too!"

Li Wei was in a little embarrassed. He seemed to have never seen any model of a treasure ship. Where can I buy it? At this time, the owner of the shop next to me smiled, "Customer, it's a coincidence. I just bought a batch of high-quality crystal goods yesterday, including two of them. Otherwise, I'll show you."

When Li Wei heard that he actually had a crystal treasure ship, he was very interested in it, so he nodded and said, "Okay! Take it out and take a look."

The owner of the shop went into the store to take out a big bamboo box, then took out two wooden boxes from it, opened the lid, and the box was covered with brocade. It was indeed two crystal treasure ships one foot long. The crystal quality was crystal clear and exquisitely made. The shape and structure of the treasure ship were no different from the real ship. What was even more amazing is that there were Ming soldiers on the treasure ship, which were carved vividly.

"Dad, is this you?" Li Yezi's eyes were sharp-eyed. He saw a majestic general in front of the treasure ship, and asked curiously.

The shop owner looked in awe and bowed to Li Weizheng: "It turns out that you are also a general of the Liaodong Army, so you are disrespectful."

Li Weizheng smiled and said, "You are welcome, how much does these two treasure ships cost?"

The owner of the shop thought for a while and said, "I bought these two treasure ships for twenty taels of silver, but for the sake of yours being a general of the Liaodong Army, I only added five taels of silver to each of them, and fifty taels of silver to two treasure ships."

"Okay, I'll buy it." Li Wei was touching her body with not enough money, so she left an address and said, "Pack it for me and send it to the mansion."

Li Wei was just walking to the gate of Taipei City, but he saw two fast horses galloping towards him. They were two cavalrymen. They rushed forward and Li Weizheng's guard immediately stepped forward to stop them, "Sir General is here, don't be able to act wild!"

The two cavalrymen turned over and got off the horse and said, "We are from Shanhaiguan, so we need important information to report to the Lord."

"What's the matter?" Li Wei asked.

The two cavalry immediately bowed half a kneeling and presented a letter to Li Wei and said, "There is an emergency information sent to Peiping."
Chapter completed!