After all, crabs are not locusts. Although they are numerous, they cannot fly and can only crawl on the ground. They also have regular activities. Therefore, as long as they are prepared, their danger can be minimized. Therefore, after Shangguan Yi organized continuous fishing, the flood of crabs was finally effectively curbed.

Li Xiu was very distressed at the wasted crabs at first. He also liked the taste of crabs, so he picked some of them from them and ate them himself. However, crabs are cold in nature and eating too much is not good for the body. In addition, eating crabs is indeed a technical job, and it is okay to eat occasionally. If you eat them every day, no one can stand it, so Li Xiu was too lazy to eat them in the end.

After the crab disaster was dealt with, Shangguan Yi immediately began to develop the marine industry in Haiyan County. The shipbuilding workshop had already sent fishing boats, with about hundreds of large and small. These fishing boats were also rented by Shangguan Yi to fishermen in the county. The canned workshops had also started construction. All the seafood harvested by the fishermen were purchased by the workshops, and the canned foods produced were taken away by Zhang Shiyi's caravan. With the core product of seafood canned food, the business in Haiyan County was already showing signs of recovery.

Li Xiu had been in Haiyan for several days, so he also said goodbye to Shangguan Yi that day. Originally, Shangguan Yi wanted to hold a banquet to see him off, but Li Xiu refused. Because with the recovery of business in Haiyan County, Shangguan Yi was very busy all day and needed to urge him to eat, so he didn't want to waste his time because of himself.

At that time, Li Xiu took his men to leave Haiyan County. It was already afternoon. Haiyan was not far from Suzhou, and even if Li Xiu walked slowly, he could return to Suzhou before dark. However, what is puzzled was that Li Xiu did not go to Suzhou when leaving Haiyan County, but instead circled around and came to the coast of the Yangtze River.

The location of Haiyan County actually coincides with the location of Shanghai in later generations. The estuary of the Yangtze River is here. In fact, some of Shanghai Yan County borders the Yangtze River. Most of the water sources in the county come from the Yangtze River. However, compared with later generations, the current coast of the Yangtze River seems a bit desolate, but the river surface is very lively, with various sea boats flowing endlessly. Most of their destinations are ports in Yangzhou or Suzhou, where they unload or load goods, and then enter the sea through the Yangtze River to the next destination.

Apart from Yangzhou and Suzhou, there are no big cities near the estuary of the Yangtze River. As for later Shanghai, there is no shadow. Li Xiu seemed to be prepared when he came. He asked his guards to set up camp on an uninhabited river beach, and then temporarily lived here. It seemed that he did not plan to leave in a short period of time.

On the next day, a ship suddenly came from the sea. The ship was obviously different from other sea boats. Instead, it came straight to Li Xiu and his friends stationed near the camp. Then another small boat approached the shore. Li Xiu had been waiting on the shore for a long time. After the boat landed, he got on the boat alone and then ordered his guards to wait on the shore. He might not come back tomorrow.

After the boat returned to the big boat, Li Xiu boarded the deck and saw Li Chengdao standing on the deck at a glance. He was extremely excited when he saw him. He strode forward and knelt in front of Li Xiu with a loud "bang" sound, saying, "Student, please see sir!"

Li Xiu hurriedly helped Li Chengdao up at this time, and then looked at him carefully. After a few years, Li Chengdao had grown up and became a tall young man. Although his facial features did not change much, he had a little more mature and firmness, and his skin became a little rough. Especially his hands, his palms were covered with hard calluses. You can know without guessing that he must have suffered a lot in the Americas.

"Chengdao! You have grown up!" Li Xiu looked at Li Chengdao who had not seen him for several years and said excitedly. Although he had many students, strictly speaking, Li Chengdao was his first student and his favorite student, but his fate was the most bumpy, which made it difficult for them to meet teachers and students.

"Sir, you are still in style. The students miss you and your aunt very much in America, and there is also Jin'er's cousin. I wonder they are all good?" Li Chengdao said with tears in his eyes again at this time.

"It's all good, but your aunt often talks about you, and Mian Niang and the others, and they often think of you and their mother." Seeing Li Chengdao's excited look, Li Xiu couldn't help but pat his shoulder with some emotion and said. It was not until this time that he realized that Li Chengdao was already a little taller than him and looked completely an adult.

"Okay, you master and apprentice don't talk here. I've prepared a banquet in the cabin. I'll guard you outside. Then your master and apprentice have a good chat!" At this moment, Zhang Shiyi, who was standing aside, suddenly spoke. Although there were no other people on the deck, there were ships coming and going around. He was worried that someone would recognize Li Xiu and Li Chengdao, so he reminded him.

After hearing Zhang Shiyi's words, Li Xiu woke up and pulled Li Chengdao to the cabin. Zhang Shiyi did not follow him, but guarded outside the cabin. Although the boat was full of people brought by Li Chengdao from America, he was still worried. Even before Li Xiu came, he sent everyone to other cabins, and no one saw Li Xiu boarding the boat.

Sure enough, a table of wine and food was prepared in the cabin. After Li Xiu sat down, Li Chengdao also asked about the situation at Li Xiu's home again, such as Princess Pingyang and Jin'er, as well as his sisters. Li Xiu also answered one by one, but in the end, Li Chengdao suddenly hesitated for a moment, and then asked again: "Sir, has Qi Niang Qi Niang also come to Suzhou?"

"Here, she has a shipbuilding workshop in Suzhou. She has been staying there for a while. She is busy renovating workshops and designing new sea boats every day." Li Xiu glanced at Li Chengdao when he heard this, and then replied slowly.

Li Chengdao also seemed a little excited when he heard that Qi Niang was still intoxicated by shipbuilding, but in the end he forced himself to calm down and then said again: "Is Qi Niang okay?"

"It's great, but when I grew up, I was too willful. This time, Hen'er got married, she ran away from home without permission and followed Hen'er to Suzhou. I came here to chase her!" When talking about her headache-provoking sister, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

When Li Chengdao heard that Qi Niang was so bold, he couldn't help but smile. He grew up with Qi Niang and knew Qi Niang's temperament more than anyone else, and he could even say that he knew Qi Niang better than Li Xiu. After all, Li Xiu is an adult, and Qi Niang sometimes feels more willing to share some of her thoughts with Li Chengdao, who is a playmate.

"Chengdao, you should know very well how much risk you will take when you come back, but why do you still want to come back?" Li Xiu suddenly asked seriously at this time, which was what he had always wanted to ask Li Chengdao.

When Li Xiu asked this question, Li Chengdao couldn't help but smile bitterly. After a while, he replied: "I also know that I shouldn't come back. But the longer I stayed in America, the more I miss the Tang Dynasty, the more I miss the Tang Dynasty, my aunt, Qi Niang and others. It just so happens that there are too few people in America and many things cannot be produced, so I have to trade with the Tang Dynasty, so I took this opportunity to come. I thought no one would recognize me, but I didn't expect to meet the Mr."

When Li Chengdao said the last thing, he couldn't help but look at Li Xiu apologetically. If Li Xiu hadn't come to the south, even if Zhang Shiyi's people recognized him, Zhang Shiyi would probably have only helped him hide it. Then he would go back without knowing it, and no one would have discovered it. However, he didn't expect that Li Xiu happened to be in Suzhou, which made Zhang Shiyi not able to hide it anymore.

"It's just because of this?" Li Xiu said a little disbelief when he heard this. He knew Li Chengdao too well. Although Li Chengdao did not show any strange expression when he spoke, Li Xiu still felt that he was not telling the truth.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you!" Seeing that Li Xiu didn't believe it, Li Chengdao couldn't help but smile helplessly. There was indeed something he had to come to the Tang Dynasty that he had to come to the Tang Dynasty, but this matter was of great importance, so he didn't even tell Zhang Shiyi in advance. (.)
Chapter completed!