Naturally, not only the family was happy about Sun Sanniang's pregnancy.
Li Yong then went to Sun's house and told Butcher Sun the news.
Butcher Sun and his wife were surprised. In their opinion, their daughter married well this time, and they also benefited.
Now the Sun's butcher shop no longer needs to do ordinary business such as small orders. It is not enough to only supply the Li family.
If they hadn't lived here for decades, they wouldn't be able to stop the butcher's business for the sake of neighborly relations, and they would have packed it up and concentrated on that one.
Now that they have two apprentices to help them, they are much more relaxed. This is all a benefit from the Li family because of Sun Sanniang's relationship.
Previously, the two daughters were married into ordinary families, and the married daughter threw water. Although the contact was not broken, they did not live together and had less contact every day, and there was nothing to help them.
So when they came to Sun Sanniang's place, they originally hoped to recruit someone to help them inherit the family shop and pass on the incense of their Sun family.
Unexpectedly, Sun Sanniang wanted to hang herself on a tree like Fu Xingui's, and also wanted to pass on the incense to their Fu family. The relationship between father and daughter was at loggerheads.
Fu Xingui's death was good news to them, but they didn't expect that the troubled third daughter would have to wear sackcloth and pay filial piety before her death.
Fortunately, fools are lucky enough to meet a good man like Li Yong. Butcher Sun's family knew about his family affairs, and their family naturally had a high regard for the Li family, and they had received so many benefits, so they didn't dare to ask for marriage. Regarding Sun Sanniang's decision to become a concubine, she couldn't say anything.
I just feel a little sad that my family's incense may be cut off.
But in front of Li Yong, he naturally wouldn't show anything, and he still smiled and said: "Congratulations, little official, now the Li family has a heir!"
"Same joy..." Li Yong also smiled, thought for a moment and said softly: "Actually, if Taishan is willing, when Sun Sanniang is born, if he is a boy, let him be named Sun and inherit your Sun family. of incense; if it’s a girl, naturally her surname is Li…how about it?”
Butcher Sun's eyes suddenly lit up. His biggest regret was that he gave birth to three girls, and none of them were married. Seeing that the Sun family was about to end in his generation, he felt extremely anxious.
I had given up all hope. After all, it was better for Sun Sanniang to be Li Yong's concubine than to marry someone like Fu Xingui.
And even Fu Xingui was unwilling to marry him, let alone Li Yong.
Now Sun Sanniang is pregnant, but even if this is a son, he should be the eldest son of the Li family.
But he didn't expect that Li Yong would suddenly take the initiative to bring up such a thing, but when he thought about it again, he quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, the little officials don't want to hurt us. The old officials are looking forward to the Li family having children. I can't fight with him."
Li Yong chuckled and said: "The child is born to me, so I will naturally decide whether he will stay or go. Besides, since I can give birth to one, I can naturally give birth to two or three. The Li family will inevitably have an heir."
After all, he is a child of a concubine. Even if he is a boy, it is unlikely that he will inherit the family business in the future.
Butcher Sun also knew this, but in his heart, it was better for his children to stay in the Li family than to follow their Sun family.
If the children knew about this in the future, wouldn't it make them hate them to death?
But he didn't know Li Yong's plan. He wanted to be rich and powerful in this life, and his children in the future might be rich and powerful, but power was alluring, and he couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be those brothers and siblings behind him. A human tragedy of cannibalism.
So many wise and powerful kings in history had problems with their heirs, so how could he say that he had no accidents?
It is a good thing to have one less person who is involved in fighting and one more person who is rich and idle in peace and security. It can also be regarded as his love for this child.
"However, if Taishan only has this appearance, it is not enough to serve as his successor."
Speaking of this, Butcher Sun was a little relieved. He had no reputation in front of the Li family. This shop was passed down from his ancestors, and due to the neighborhood relationship, he was reluctant to give it up, otherwise he would concentrate on supplying the Li family.
"Xiao Guanren means..."
Li Yong smiled and said: "I wonder if Taishan has ever thought about making your business bigger and stronger and creating greater glory?"
What he wants to do is to let Butcher Sun directly monopolize the slaughtering business in Qiantang, thereby controlling the source of meat.
After that, naturally he would go to Qiantang and Bianliang and become the "meat tyrant" of the Song Dynasty.
If he can do this, it will be a help to him.
Butcher Sun has experience, he has money and connections, and now he has the means. At least he can be the best in Qiantang and Ninghai Jiedu Mansion, so there is no big problem.
From now on, we have to take one step at a time and see if Butcher Sun himself has made progress and can keep up with him.
It's also because I really don't have any available talents on hand, so I can only make the best use of everything and people, and use them all.
Li Yong's current power development can only be like this. He will try out all aspects first to see how many of them can surprise him.
…
In April of the third year of Xianping, in late spring, the grass was growing and orioles were flying.
Qiantang welcomes the arrival of an angel, and he actually comes for Li Junming, the "Little Iron Dan" and "Little Wolong" of the Li family.
Of course, this is not an accident. Whether it is the people of Qiantang, the major families, or even the magistrate Yu, Chief Wang and others all feel that this should be the case.
The angel brought the imperial edict, and the officials heard the story of Shu during the northern patrol in mid-February. They learned that Li Yong was like the Crouching Dragon Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and used clever tricks to help Shuzhou magistrates Yang Huaizhong and Fu Zhaoshou put down the rebellion of the Divine Guards. Thumbs up.
He even gave him the title of Wolong, the reincarnation, and ordered him to set off as soon as possible and go to Bianliang to meet the saint.
As soon as this imperial edict came out, everyone in Qiantang was envious. Li Yong was only 28 years old. He was not even a scholar or a martial arts scholar. He seemed to be incompetent in literature and martial arts. Yet he was able to see the beauty of heaven and follow the imperial edict. It seems that the emperor admired Li Yong very much, and even directly compared Zhuge Kongming and Zhao Zilong in the Three Kingdoms story that has been widely circulated in Qiantang for a long time.
This time when I go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, as long as I don't make any big mistakes and I have a good background, if I can win the Holy Heart's attention, it will be possible for me to be promoted to an official position.
So for a time, the Li family was like a city, not to mention the Qiantang County government office, but also Ninghai Jiedu Mansion, and even Suzhou and other places, people came to show their goodwill.
Li Yong suddenly became the most popular figure in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and his popularity was unprecedented.
Li Yuan became worried about this at this time. He caught Li Yong for a while at night. Li Yong also knew what he was worried about. He was just worried that what they were doing now would be leaked, which would be a crime of treason. , with their current power, how can they compete with the entire imperial court?
Li Yong smiled and said: "Father, what I said before came out of my mouth and into your ears, how has any third person ever heard it?"
Li Yuan said nonchalantly: "But no third person has ever heard it, but..."
"What my father is worried about is that if this matter gets out of the public eye and the officials know, my going to Bianliang is tantamount to throwing myself into a trap? But since we are the only two who know about it, if you don't tell me and I don't tell, what will happen to outsiders?" know?
"Look at what I'm doing now, what can be called treasonous?"
"This..." Li Yuan opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.
