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When a wife gives birth, the father has to accompany her. Especially when Li Chao’s wife and three concubines are about to give birth, Li Chao’s father has to rush back.

Cui Yingying was the first to be pregnant, so she was the most gentleman in normal times.

Calculate the date, it will be half a month before Cui Yingying is about to arrive.

Although the Turkic affairs were important, they were not more important than Li Chao's father. Li Shimin was also a relatively enlightened monarch, and sent someone to send an order to Shuofang and summon Li Chao back to Beijing to report his work.

Well, it was a report on his work, not a report on his wife to wait for delivery. The Tang Dynasty court had not yet had his wife wanting to have children, so the ministers threw down the precedent of official duties and rushing home. Therefore, Li Shimin called Li Chao back to Beijing to report on his work as a reason to call him back to give birth to his wife.

After reaching an agreement with Yu Sheshe to fight against Jie Li, Li Chao took a boat back to Lingzhou again.

The merchants had also completed the transaction in Zhenbei, and at this time they returned with fur and medicinal materials.

It has been three years since I arrived in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chao settled here and settled here. He had a family and a wife. Now he was going to welcome his first child again.

"Congratulations to Master, this time I will be a father, and I will have four children at once." Su Dingfang bowed to congratulate.

Being a father is completely different, which means that life has reached a new stage.

This is different from marrying a wife and not marrying a wife. If you don’t marry, you are always unstable. Once you become a father, a man will truly mature.

For Li Chao, he is no longer him.

There are fathers, wives, and concubines here, and children will be welcomed, the Li family. Three generations will be together, and the birth of a real family will be born.

"Thirteen Niang always wrote to her and said that the doctor said it was a boy!"

Su Dingfang said, "Hello, boy, where is the eldest son in the family."

Li Chao didn't care whether he was a son or not. People in later generations basically no longer valued boys over girls, especially those of the generation who had experienced family planning policies, with many only children, so it really doesn't matter whether boys or girls. Even at Li Chao's time, women were more than half the sky.

However, when thinking of the agreement with Li Shimin and thinking of the marriage, Li Chao hoped that Thirteen Niang would have a son. Moreover, in terms of family harmony, the eldest son is much better than the wife, which saves a lot of trouble.

If she is really a leader, then Li Shimin's fifth daughter, Princess Changle, would marry her son. Princess Changle is Li Shimin's fifth daughter, and she is also a legitimate daughter, and her status is still very noble.

This is much better than the choice of Thirteen Niang to give birth to a daughter and then to the four princes of Li Chengqian, Li Kuan, Li Ke and Li Tai. The four lucky princes, even if they are the crown princess Li Chengqian, Li Chao is unwilling to be the crown prince's concubine.

Although if Li Chao's daughter promised Chengqian, then Chengqian is so young now, if he teaches him well, he may not become a bad prince and a deposed prince.

But who can tell the future exactly?

Moreover, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be cursed. For three hundred years, it seemed that few crown princes had become emperors.

Thinking about becoming a father soon, Li Chao couldn't help but feel a little excited. It was even more exciting than being added to the first-class title.

Li Chao wanted to return to Chang'an. Although he was just going to report his position and wait for his wife and concubine to give birth, these subordinates in Lingzhou still heard the news. As soon as Li Chao had just returned to Ningyuan by boat, the people who were sending gifts from the General Administration had already lined up in a long line.

The civil and military officials of Shuofang Town and Ningyuan's merchants would give gifts when they heard the news.

"Give gifts can be given, but the value of each person's gift cannot exceed the value of the official, and the return of the official or above is returned."

Those ordinary soldiers do not accept gifts from the people, and the money they always pay is not bad for them. What's more, there are so many soldiers and people, and they really need to accept them. Even if one person always pays them, the gifts will add up to a lot.

The Li family is not short of money, so they don’t need this, and they don’t make it nice.

"Deputy Envoy Chu, after I return to Beijing, I will hand over the literary affairs of Shuofang to you, and I will hand over the military affairs to the Decision Fang, General Cheng and General Yuchi. You cooperate with each other, and I will be back soon anyway."

There is actually not much to arrange for official business matters.

Everything is very stable, Chu Suiliang only needs Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.

This time, it was not just Li Chao who returned to Beijing. The eighth general manager at that time. This time, except for Cheng Yaojinda, Jinda, Yuchi, Laogong, Su Dingfang, the other four general managers returned to Chang'an, and there was another one.

A brief explanation will be almost done.

Zheng Wanyan wants to return to Beijing with Li Chao.

"Sister Thirteen is going to give birth, so I will definitely take care of you."

Li Chao originally said that he would let Zheng Wanyan stay, but since she asked to go back to Beijing together, she would go together. However, Zheng Hongxian wanted to go back to Beijing, but he couldn't let go of Ningyuan's business. Finally, he hesitated for a while and decided to let Zhao Siniang stay and manage the industry, and she followed her back to Beijing.

"Don't you care about the business here very much, you don't have to go back."

"What's Sanlang saying? I grew up together with Shisanniang, and she treated me like my own sister. Of course, I had to rush back to give birth. I hesitated, but Shisanniang handed over the property here to me. I was afraid that I would lose it if I couldn't take good care of it." Zheng Hongxian felt that Li Chao's words hurt her and Cui Shisanniang's relationship and was so angry.

Li Chao chuckled.

During this time this girl has been in Ningyuan, she has been worried about industry affairs all day long, and she has not maintained her body well. Her hair has been dry and split, and her face is a little haggard. She has neglected her a little and reached out to pinch her face.

"You can just keep an eye on the industry and let go and share the burden. If I do things like you, then I will be exhausted long ago. You can't do everything in every detail, you have to have a division of labor. Each of them will do their jobs. Thirteenth Lady asked you to coordinate for her. If you stare at the big picture, you will be the one who is in charge of the boat. You are the one who is in charge of the helm. There are other people who do sails, paddlings, and you don't have to do it all. Look at you, you are so tired that you are tired and thin."

After saying that, Li Chao said almost to Zhao Siniang.

"Si Niang, I still say the same thing, don't work too hard. If you have time, worry more about your personal affairs."

Zhao Siniang shook her head.

She now seems to have completely put herself in the identity of the Li family’s female housekeeper, and it is very natural to talk to Li Chao when she meets and talks.

Once upon a time, the thought in my heart has been slowly buried and hidden deep in my heart.

"Or, you can go back to Chang'an with us."

“So many things are happening here.”

"If you have too many things, just tell the manager. I have always said that I have to take good care of myself. Just go back and relax and go to the house to have a look."

The Li family is in Ningyuan, and the industry in Lingzhou is indeed very large and very open, but so what? Everyone has to turn away from the earth, and the sun has to rise as usual every day. The larger the industry, the more standardized it must be. If it cannot be done, no one can turn away. That way is too backward.

The Li family should have a professional team, and a well-cooperative management team is managing these industries. No matter who has something wrong or needs a rest, the team can be replaced and can be replaced.

In the long run, this is also a healthier way of development. Otherwise, if the manager who manages one day wants to leave or put forward higher requirements, it would be troublesome. In fact, many ordinary shops are like this. When the shopkeeper makes a request, the owner often can only agree, because many owners actually do not manage the specific affairs, business, and relationships of the shop. The shopkeeper can even take away all the other clients, apprentices, etc. in the shop.

A word can make the boss sit on wax.

But if it is an excellent management team, this situation will be much better. The team is a group of people, not a single person. As long as the boss is strong, the overall team will quit and leave.

This is just like in the court. If the emperor has the ability, he will balance the court, create two groups of people to balance, or even three or four groups. This is the imperial technique.

To put it simply, imperial skills are actually human resource management.

As for human affairs, the most taboo thing is that no one can do without it.

After resting for a night, Li Chao took a boat from Ningyuan to Lingzhou first.

There were seven hundred miles of water roads, and the cities along the road were all on the ashore to rest and replenish supplies. Li Chao was not in a hurry. The boat went upstream, which was slower than when he was flowing downstream to Fengzhou.

After arriving in Anyuan City, Li Chao changed the boat and continued to take the boat in order to prevent Zheng Wanyan and the others from getting on.

Enter the tributary of the Yellow River, and drive towards Xiaoguan.

Weiru River, also known as Xiluo River, originates from Pinggao, Yuanzhou, the eastern foot of Longshan Mountain. It flows through Xiaoguan and finally flows into the Yellow River. It is more than 600 miles long.

The river basically flows northward through Haiyuan, Tongxin, Zhongning and other counties, and injects into the Yellow River in Zhongwei.

This is the largest and longest tributary of Ningxia's entry into the Yellow River.

Moreover, the water flow was extremely clear, so it was also called Qingshui River in later generations.

In later generations, Qingshui River had become a stinky ditch and a semi-arid river. But at this time, the river was extremely clear, six hundred miles long, and the amount of water was sufficient, especially the valley was very straight and was just above an important passage.

The Silk Road passes through this valley.

Now the commercial road from Guanzhong to Lingzhou is also taken by this section from Yuanzhou to Lingzhou.

Because the river channel is wide and the river is full of water, merchants also began to transport cargo in this river. However, this river is not as good as the Yellow River after all, so the boats in Weiru River are a special type of flat-bottomed boat, which is smaller and different from the boats in the Yellow River. Moreover, the boats in this river do not enter the Yellow River, and the boats in the Yellow River do not enter the Weiru River.

In Anyuan, which enters the mouth of the Yellow River, there is a special transport terminal.

Although the boats in Weiru River are small, transporting goods is much more convenient and faster than those in horse and camels.

Especially when traveling, the waterway is much more comfortable than land vehicles. It is not bumpy, dusty, and does not need to be exposed to wind and rain. As long as it is not very rushing, it is definitely much faster to take a boat than a carriage.

The boatman shook the slurry and went upstream. Li Chao and Zheng Wanyan could still gather a table of mahjong and play mahjong on the boat. When it was time to eat, he would make a fresh river fish with the fish that came from the Qingshui River, and the trip became relaxed and leisurely.

After sailing for about 200 miles in Weiru River, he entered Yuanzhou, walked a hundred miles further, and arrived at Xiaoguan.

As the ship approached Xiaoguan, he saw a group of Xiaoguan soldiers waiting there.

Qin Qiong knew that Li Chao was here today, so he sent someone to greet him early.

"Li Pingzhang, our General Qin has prepared a banquet at Xiaoguan and is waiting for you."

Jumped out of the boat, Li Chao stretched out his waist.

When the boat arrives here, it is no longer easy to take the boat in front of you, even a very small boat is not easy to take. Ordinary merchants can transport goods to Xiaoguan at most.
Chapter completed!