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Chapter 52 The young man in bright clothes and angry horse

The setting sun sets in the west.

The outline of the earth in the distance was gilded.

"drive--"

More than twenty tall horses were walking slowly on the loose soil on the official road.

Leading the way was a young knight, wearing an embroidered purple and blue brocade robe, and the silk jade belt around his waist shone brightly in the twilight.

The young man had a heroic appearance, a tall and strong body, and his brocade robe was slightly tight, revealing faintly the lines of his muscles.

A pair of eyebrows slanting into the temples are firm yet sharp, and the deep eyes are like the gaze of an eagle or a wolf, but with a gentle look.

"A young man in fine clothes and riding a vigorous horse, who doesn't recognize Li Erlang... Hahaha!"

At this moment, Li Yi seemed to be filled with great pride and ambition, and all he saw was a smooth road ahead.

Actually, although he was already of age, according to later generations, he was actually only nineteen years old.

He can barely be considered a young man...

"Brother Yi, we're almost home, why am I suddenly getting so anxious?"

Li Yi turned his head and saw that Ma Renyu, who seemed to be fearless on weekdays, had a trace of uneasiness on his face.

He chuckled and said, "Brother Yu, you're just feeling homesick. Just relax and everything will be fine..."

Having said that, isn’t Li Yi feeling the same way in his heart?
His eyes unconsciously swept over the twenty knights following behind him.

These people were the Inner Palace Guards he brought back with him.

Before leaving, he specifically reported to the Privy Council for a ten-day vacation and requested the dispatch of twenty personal soldiers to accompany him.

Normally, the mobilization of more than fifty soldiers must be reported to the emperor for personal approval.

But if the number does not exceed fifty, the Privy Council can make the decision on its own.

Privy Councilor Zheng Renhui has not been seen for some time. It is said that he is in poor health due to his old age.

Recently, all matters of the Privy Council, big or small, are handled by the Privy Councilor Wei Renpu.

Wei Renpu was a gentle and easy-going person. He learned that Li Yi had transferred people to visit relatives in their hometown.

He approved it immediately and readily, and all the military orders, documents and other procedures were arranged.

"Brother Yi, that alcohol you made tastes really good. Even though it's a bit spicy, it's really strong!"

When Li Yi heard Ma Renyu mention this, he couldn't help but sigh.

In the days before leaving Tokyo, he had received the distillation equipment he had ordered, and also had someone make special glue to seal the equipment.

After initial attempts, the distillation of alcohol has been successful.

Li Yi tasted it himself and found that the alcohol content was about 40 to 50.

Although it is still far from the alcohol content of medical alcohol, it should be able to meet the standard after a few more distillations.

But I didn’t expect that Ma Renyu was so greedy that he tasted the entire jar of distilled wine.

You should know that it takes ten jars of jade liquid to distill out one jar of usable finished product.

All of it went into this guy's stomach.

However, Ma Renyu is a childhood playmate of Li Yi who has a life-and-death relationship with him.

Of course, he wouldn't make a big deal out of such a small matter.

Anyway, I just keep buying wine and distilling it.

The only headache is finding a source of good wine with a stable output.

Thinking of this, Li Yi laughed and cursed: "Damn it, that alcohol is not meant to be drunk at all. That day you were so drunk that you almost thought you drank yourself to death?"

"I just drank in a hurry. I didn't realize the alcohol was so spicy. How can I be considered drunk?"

"You--"

Li Yi shook his head, and suddenly recalled the night before he left Tokyo.

After he and Guo had a sweet and affectionate time, they hugged each other on the couch and savored the aftertaste.

However, Guo said something inexplicable.

She said: As long as I can be with Erlang, I don't ask for any status, I just hope that Erlang won't get tired of me in the future.

It was unknown whether Guo had seen through Li Yi's thoughts or simply relied on a woman's innate sixth sense. She had actually taken the initiative to ask for no official status.

To be honest, if it was before going to war, Li Yi would not mind marrying Guo directly.

But now... he has greater ambitions.

Li Yi wanted to go a step further and marry the daughter of Wei Wang Fu Yanqing.

When people reach a certain age, they will want more and will no longer be satisfied with what they have now.

Historically, Fu Yanqing's eldest daughter and second daughter both married Chai Rong.

The youngest daughter, Fu Liuniang, married the "Donkey Cart War God" Emperor Taizong of Song.

Perhaps it was because he had experienced something as bizarre as time travel.

Makes Li Yi feel that maybe there really is such a thing as fate in this world?
If this is true, Fu Yanqing's three daughters are probably destined to become queens.

Of course, no matter what, marrying Fu Yanqing's daughter will definitely have more advantages than disadvantages.

However, what troubled Li Yi was that if he wanted to marry Fu Yanqing's daughter, he had to get the other party's consent.

Although he seems to be in a very successful position now, if you really analyze it, he is like a rootless duckweed, with too shallow a foundation. If one day he dies on the battlefield,

Everything is just a passing cloud.

Prince Fu Yanqing of Wei held a high status. He had a daughter who became the empress, and the emperor was his son-in-law.

Can you really marry your daughter to me so easily?

Otherwise, why would Fu Yanqing's second daughter, who is already in her early twenties, still be unmarried?
This clearly shows that they are waiting to sell at a higher price!
However, everything depends on human effort. Regardless of whether it can be successful or not, there will be no results if you don’t try.

So when Li Yi came back this time, in addition to picking up his uncle's family to Tokyo, he also planned to visit Wei Wang Fu Yanqing on the way.

See what Fu Yanqing’s attitude towards himself is.

……

"Cross the Zhang River ahead and you'll reach Xiajin."

Li Yile lightly stepped on the horse's belly and looked ahead. He seemed to be able to see the Zhang River where he played in the water with his playmates in his childhood.

After a while, the group arrived at the ferry crossing of the Zhang River. As long as they crossed the Zhang River, they would reach Xiajin, which was not far from the village where Li Yi's uncle's family lived.

As dusk approached, only three or two ferries were still operating on the Zhang River.

Ma Renyu stepped forward and called a ferry, negotiated the price with the other party, and then the group took turns boarding the boat to cross the river.

Because there were more than twenty people in total, plus more than twenty horses, it took more than ten trips back and forth to cross the river.

As it was about to get completely dark, I could finally see the outline of a village in the distance.

Li Yi suddenly caught sight of the crooked boundary marker on the side of the road.

The word "Xiajin" on the bluestone was blurred by the rain, but in the corner there were still traces of the words "No wealth, no return to hometown" carved with a sharp tool - it was the handwriting on the day he left his hometown at the age of sixteen.

At that time, Li Yi was full of ambition and wanted to achieve something...Now he has indeed achieved his wish.

When he came back this time, his whole state of mind was completely different.

From afar, the lights in the village lit up one after another, like stars scattered in the night sky.

The familiar feeling in my memory seems so strange at this moment.

"Brother Yu, do you still remember the oath we made when we left?"

Li Yi suddenly had an idea and turned to look at Ma Renyu and asked.

As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them chanted the oath they made that year at the same time.

"If you leave now, you will be humble. If you return next year, you will be prosperous. If you are not rich and noble, you will never return home."

"Hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and laughed heartily.

　No matter how this plot is changed, I am not satisfied.

　　I will upload one chapter first to prevent interruption, and then continue to revise it until I am satisfied.

　　Let's reread this chapter after the revision is completed...

　　There is so much to do after returning, I’m sorry everyone!
　　I would like to wish all readers a happy new year and all the best!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)