Although the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, according to the custom of the Tang Dynasty, there are lantern festivals on both the fifteenth day and the sixteenth day. Therefore, in the general opinion, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month is actually the Shangyuan Festival. Moreover, because the sixteenth day is the last day of the Shangyuan Festival, the lantern festival that night is even more lively than the fifteenth day. Everyone seized the opportunity to play and play on the last night. After all, after today, you have to wait for another whole year before you can wait for the next opportunity to go out freely at night.

Although I had already watched the Lantern Festival yesterday, after just after dinner, Qi Niang left with great enthusiasm. When she left, she pulled Hee away. Seeing them talking and laughing, I don’t know when they will play?

"It seems that Hen'er's marriage has finally come to an end. My husband will pay more attention to the young man named Shangguan Yi for Hener. There is nothing else. The key is that he is absolutely careless in terms of character!" Princess Pingyang saw Qi Niang and Hener leaving behind, and smiled and reminded Li Xiu who was having a meal beside him.

"Don't worry, Uncle Ma has already told me many times that he will never make any mistakes!" Li Xiu also put down his chopsticks and replied with a smile. He also agreed with this marriage very much, but engagement is OK. If he wants to get married, he still feels that he has to wait until He'er is eighteen years old, and this requires him to communicate with Ma in the future.

"That's good, but Hen'er should not have too much contact with the other party, so as not to cause any gossip. Although we are not afraid, it is always a problem." Princess Pingyang reminded him again at this time.

"Hehe~, my sister is too worried. Hen'er didn't go out to meet Shangguan Yi today, but went with Qi Niang to accompany Qu Yi and the daughter, and planned to go out for a walk together!" At this moment, the lady in the Yi, who had not spoken, suddenly interrupted Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang with a smile.

"What, Qi Niang and He'er are going to accompany Qu Yi and his daughter. How come they are together?" Princess Pingyang asked in surprise when she heard the words of Yi Niang. When she thought that Qu Yi and his daughter would be accompanied by Zhang Shiyi, it was not Qi Niang and He'er's turn to accompany her?

"I understand. Could it be that Zhang Shiyi went to the coastal area again and was not at home, right?" Li Xiu felt a flash of inspiration in his mind at this time and he spoke immediately.

"I went to the coastal area. Is it related to what my husband told me yesterday?" Princess Pingyang immediately reacted when she heard this and said in surprise.

"What did your husband and sister say? You can't know about Qi Niang and the Zhang family, right?" Yi Niang was stunned when she heard Princess Pingyang's words, and then asked tentatively.

"Yes, I told Xiu Ning last night, but you are really, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?" Before Princess Pingyang answered, Li Xiu started to speak out. The wardrobe was earlier than he knew about this.

"Husband, you can't blame me. Although I know that Qi Niang was discussing business with Qu Yi before, I thought they were just a small fight, but I didn't expect that they were so big!" Yi Niang said with a grievance at this time.

It turned out that after Qi Niang learned about shipbuilding from Yuwenju, she asked Li Xiu for a shipbuilding workshop so that she could build the ship she designed. However, Li Xiu did not agree at that time, so Qi Niang came to ask Yi Niang for a begging Yi Niang. It happened that Yi Niang's tea business was expanding everywhere. Someone once mortgaged her a shipbuilding workshop, so she gave it to Qi Niang.

With the shipbuilding workshop, Qi Niang began to hand over the ship she designed to the craftsmen in the workshop. Although she had never been to the workshop, she asked the Yi Niang to help send a loyal manager to manage it on her behalf. At the same time, she supervised the craftsmen in the workshop to build the ship, then put the ship in the water, then found the problems based on the actual navigation of the ship, and collected them and handed them over to Qi Niang, so that Qi Niang could accumulate enough experience and improve it.

Although Qi Niang is young, she is extremely smart and is a master of Yuwen Jue. Now even Yuwen Jue says that she can't teach Qi Niang anymore. From this we can see that Qi Niang's talent in shipbuilding was just lacking practical experience before. Now with the improvement of her experience, the designed ship is becoming more and more exquisite. Not only is it fast, but it also has a high load and is simpler to operate.

With the improvement of shipbuilding quality, the business of shipbuilding workshops has become better and better. Many maritime merchants come to visit and place orders for ships. However, shipbuilding is a big project and cannot be completed in one or two days. Moreover, the scale of this shipbuilding workshop was not large before, and it could not meet so many orders at all. Therefore, many maritime merchants have no way to buy.

Originally, Qi Niang only cared about her shipbuilding technology, and was not very concerned about the business of the shipbuilding workshop, nor how much money she could earn. After all, she was not short of money at ordinary times, but by chance, a maritime merchant didn't know how to find out about the shipbuilding workshop and Li Xiu. It happened that this maritime merchant used to do business with Qiulangke, and was very familiar with Zhang Shiyi. He was also in a hurry to use the boat, so he asked Zhang Shiyi to get the ship in advance through his relationship.

At first, Zhang Shiyi was a little strange. He couldn't figure out how there was a shipbuilding workshop under Li Xiu's name. However, since he had opened this, he couldn't refuse, so he asked his wife Qu Yi to ask Yi Niang what was going on. After all, he knew that Li Xiu's family's property had always been managed by Yi Niang, so he finally realized that this workshop with a booming business was actually created by Qi Niang, the little girl.

The bearded guest moved his family to America, and almost all of his previous smuggling business was left. After all, even his subordinates left, so naturally they couldn't take care of their previous business. Zhang Shiyi didn't have the ability to support him alone, so he was usually bored at home. After knowing Qi Niang's ability, he suddenly had an idea in his mind, which was to do business with Qi Niang.

Qi Niang is very good at building ships. Now everyone is rushing to ask for her ship. Zhang Shiyi has a way. After all, although the bearded guest has left, his relationship has remained in the past. Zhang Shiyi is also a clear business on the sea. Instead of letting others use Qi Niang's ship to make a fortune, it is better to cooperate with Qi Niang to run a business.

In this case, Zhang Shiyi personally discussed with Qi Niang and asked Qi Niang to build some ships for him first and form a fleet to do business. The reason why he did this was that in addition to not wanting to waste this opportunity, he actually wanted to try his own abilities. After all, although the bearded guest valued him in the past, he never let him manage the business alone. Now that his father is not here, he also wants to prove his ability.

Li Xiu didn't know about the above things at first, but it was not until he found out that Qi Niang no longer talked about building ships every day to go to America. He was surprised. So he asked someone to investigate and found that before he knew it, Qi Niang had become Zhang Shiyi's partner. Not only did he have a shipbuilding workshop that had expanded several times in size, but he also had half of a sea fleet. Of course, this fleet was run by Zhang Shiyi.

"Qianniang must have learned her talent in doing business from her husband. She is still a child. She actually has such a big business. Her husband doesn't have to prepare a dowry for her in the future!" Yi Niang smiled again at this time.

"Dowry is still a trivial matter. I am really afraid that she will suddenly have a whim one day and run to America!" Li Xiu said with a wry smile at this time. Qi Niang owns a fleet, and Zhang Shiyi knows the route to America, so as long as she wants, she can go to America at any time. This is what Li Xiu is most worried about.

"My husband is thinking too much. Qi Niang is still young after all, and she has a deep relationship with you. How could she leave without saying a word?" Princess Pingyang also comforted her. It was not convenient for her to express too much about Qi Niang's matter, after all, the other party was her poor nephew.

"Maybe!" Li Xiu said a little lonely at this time. Qi Niang grew up day by day, and sometimes he no longer needed his brother to make a decision for her. Although Li Xiu knew that this was a good thing, it means that Qi Niang had grown up, he couldn't help feeling a little lost.

After dinner, Li Xiu wanted to continue to take Princess Pingyang and the others to the street to enjoy the lanterns, but they were not willing to go out because the clothes lady felt lazy, and Princess Pingyang also felt that it was meaningless. The children were excited to go out. In the end, Li Xiu simply took a few children to walk around in front of the princess's mansion. There were also many lanterns here. Moreover, these children did not want to enjoy the lanterns, but they just wanted to buy some delicious snacks.

When the children at home were fully enjoying their lives, Li Xiu took them back to the mansion to rest. However, at this moment, he suddenly received a message from Li Shimin. It turned out that he had asked Li Xiu to go to Qujiangchi to enjoy the lanterns again, just like last year.

Li Xiu was sleepy, but since Li Shimin had invited him, he had to cheer up and go out, and then came to Qujiangchi again. In the end, Li Shimin stood in a pavilion, admiring the flower boat in the pond.

"See Your Majesty!" Li Xiu entered the pavilion and saluted Li Shimin.

"No need to be polite. I am here to thank you this time. If you hadn't found out that Cheng Qian ran out privately, something might have happened!" Li Shimin heard Li Xiu's voice and turned around and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you are polite. Chengqian is my student, so I naturally have to be responsible for him, but Chengqian is still just a child, so it is inevitable that he will have some different considerations. I hope Your Majesty will not punish him too much!" Li Xiu was polite first, and then pleaded for Li Chengqian.

"Don't worry, I didn't scold him much, but the queen scolded him for a long time." Li Shimin seemed to know that Li Xiu would plead for his son, so he also said with a smile. After that, he asked Li Xiu to sit down and go up. A few side dishes were prepared on the table in the pavilion. Li Xiu was not polite and sat down to chat with Li Shimin.
Chapter completed!