"Can my sister-in-law come back?"

He also wanted to know the answer to Erlang's question, Yuanren obviously had bad intentions, and once he arrived in the Northland, everything would depend on him. Ye Mengding just wanted to say that he didn't know, but as soon as he met his son's expectant gaze, his words changed again.

"Don't worry, Ji people have their own natural appearance, and Ziqing is not a person who died early. After you go to Qiongzhou, you must do things well, that is his hard work, and it is also his wish, and when you arrive, you will write a letter, don't let your mother worry about it. ”

Ye Yingyou hummed in a low voice, I don't know if it was his father's answer that made him settle or if he heard that this was just a word of comfort.

Ye Mengding sighed in his heart, this little son is still fine, his mind is relatively simple, any thoughts will be written on his face, and he doesn't know how long he can teach him?

Unconsciously, the two walked to the vicinity of the camp, the camp was empty and there was no lively scene in the past, the waves were beating the reef not far away, there were only a few shadows of the boats on the sea, and the land on the opposite side was clearly visible.

"Erlang, sit down."

found a mooring stone pier on the shore, Ye Mengding patted it and signaled that he had sat on it without care, and his entourage didn't have time to wipe them clean.

This is the wharf to which the naval battalion belongs, facing the mooring area, there are several trestle bridges in front of the water, after the two of them sit down, the entourage will spread out in all directions, on the one hand, it is to guard the surroundings, and on the other hand, it also leaves them a relatively quiet area.

"Erlang, how old is Liu Ziqing older than you?"

"According to the Geng sticker, he is more than seven years old."

Ye Yingyou didn't know what his father wanted to talk to him, but he didn't expect it to start like this.

That is to say, he is not yet thirty, do you know that when his father was thirty, he had not yet entered Taixue, and when he was conferred an official, he was already thirty and seven, but he was only a nine-grade pusher. But now he has been promoted to the fourth grade, if he returns safely, the third rank is in the bag, and as far as his father knows, but half a year ago he was just a white body, with no merit and no grace, do you know why this is so? ”

"I hope my father will teach me."

The father said that Ye Yingyou had doubts for a long time, but he had never had a chance to ask, and now he was suddenly mentioned and made him a little impatient, because all along, in his heart, entering the official from the imperial examination is the right way, and it is also the mainstream view of society, and this sister-in-law of his own, who is actually in a secluded realm, has been far ahead of his peers, you must know that the new scholars, including the champions, are still waiting for their jobs.

"It's been a year of great change."

But seeing Ye Mengding shaking his head and sighing, there are some things that should be explained, if Liu Yu's previous prediction is good, the future national situation will never be optimistic, it is impossible to grow step by step, and he has no time to take this son with him to slowly raise it, everything can only rely on his own understanding.

"Liu Ziqing has been in the curtain since the beginning of the year, first set up special honors in Jiankang, and then completed peace talks in Beijing, accumulating merits again and again, so the award is unusual. If you want to talk about being young, today's Zuo Prime Minister Chen Hequan is only forty years, but he is already a very popular minister, so Liu Ziqing's resume is just unusual, and the point of what his father said is not here. ”

"Erlang, you have been living in the house to study, some things may not be clear, at the beginning of the Yuan people went south, it can be described as a trend of breaking bamboo, the achievements of Wang Shi defeated in Tongling came, the people of the court were panicked, and those who abandoned the official and fled from the prime minister to the state and county, I don't know how many. Even the imperial court had to say that 'those who revert to one state are Zhizhou, and those who revert to one county are Zhixian', if it weren't for Jiankang's victory, it is really difficult to predict what the current situation will be, and this is just the beginning. ”

Hearing such words, Ye Yingyou's eyes widened in surprise, he was indeed as his father said, he had been studying in the mansion in those days, and he didn't hear anything outside the window, he couldn't imagine that the situation had been so critical, and what was described in the newspapers in the mansion was far from seeing anything, who knew that the Great Song Dynasty was once in danger!

Ye Mengding's expression was serious and worried, by mentioning his son, he was also slowly sorting out his thoughts, to be honest, he had always had a question, this question is, what does Liu Yu want? Precisely, where did he take a fancy to it?

The two once talked about it, Liu Yu clearly told him that if he wanted to take up a foreign position, it was best to master the place, for which he also speculated, he didn't fancy it in eastern Zhejiang, and there was no vacancy elsewhere, but this son was not in a hurry, as if he was confident, where was his gaze?

It wasn't until later, first suggested opening a port in Qiongzhou, and then the main force of the water transfer army went south, and actually set his sights on Quanzhou, which was not related to the wind and horses, Ye Mengding was surprised and gradually had some ideas, what this kid was planning would never be as simple as just Quanzhou.

Judging from the news of the return, the Quanzhou rebellion is a foregone conclusion, and the imperial court also has countermeasures, this is Jin Ming's appointment, this person has a deep relationship with Liu Yu, Ye Mengding knows it, what benefit will it be for Liu Yu to push him to this position? Ye Mengding's brows slowly tightened, and his gaze was subconsciously fixed on the sea in front of him.

"I see, I see"

Not daring to disturb his father's train of thought, Ye Yingyou could only suppress his doubts and wait for his father to come back to his senses, but fortunately he didn't let him wait long, as his father's expression slowly relaxed, and then he heard a few consecutive muttering.

Ye Mengding smiled while talking to himself, he was a veteran schemer, and as soon as he connected the known facts up and down, the answer was about to come out.

It's just that he didn't expect that this kid had been planning for so long and had gone around in such a big circle, and his purpose was just a Fujian road!

He is not a traverser, he can't see the direction of history, he can only guess that this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and it must be one of them to seize the sea ships through the Quanzhou rebellion. Of course, as for whether the Pu family is really against or forced to rebel, it is not in his consideration, he is just a businessman of a different race.

Second, there is such a big thing in Quanzhou, and it is the right thing to hold this Lu Shuai Division accountable, and the vacant seat, I only need to recommend it on the table, and this Lu Chen's choice is none other than him, will this be the truth of the facts? At least in Ye Mengding's mind, this is already the closest.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, the position is there, but Liu Yu is not free, and wait for him to come back? I don't know if there is that chance, but thinking of this, he can't help but shake his head again.

"That's the way it is, what Liu Ziqing is planning may not be, but it's probably not a thing or two, you keep these in mind and slowly confirm it. My father is telling you this, just to let you understand that officialdom is much more complicated than what you have learned, and if you have the opportunity to ask Ziqing more in the future, it will be beneficial to you. ”

Putting Ye Yingyou in Qiongzhou was also after careful consideration, in case the war would break out in the future, it would be safer there than the capital. Not only has he thought so recently, but several powerful people in Jingshi have already made moves, and he has to take precautions.

According to the plan in advance, the gold and silver existing in the household department will be transported to Qiongzhou by sea ships, which is a great wealth, and as the representative of Ye Fu, Erlang also needs to go over, and the only thing to worry about now is whether those sea ships can return safely.

These are all from that kid's planning, Ye Mengding doesn't want to see it, and when all this is realized, he himself is not present. Therefore, Fang Cai's words were not only to comfort his son, but also to himself, after all, it was a dangerous road, and no one dared to guarantee what would happen.

Although he was very worried about his sister-in-law, Ye Yingyou didn't dare to disobey his father's intentions, he didn't understand why his father and sister-in-law were thinking about things so pessimistically, if the peace discussion was just a formality, then why did Liu Yu have to go on a trip? The court can sacrifice him, and the Ye Mansion can also sacrifice him, what is that girl.

Ye Mengding didn't want to explain to his son that the imperial court still had the idea of what happened, even if he himself was not, the Yuan people could afford to lose, but the Great Song Dynasty couldn't afford to lose. The Battle of Dingjiazhou wiped out the last bit of the family's foundation, and less than a third of the remnants of the army were collected by Liu Yu, coupled with the consumption of the Battle of Jiankang, it was extremely difficult for the imperial court to recover, so it had to disagree with the Yuan people.

Called nephew Nagong, overnight, it seems to have returned to the time when the Jin people were in the northland, but even such conditions may not be favored by the person in the capital. Neither father nor son was in the mood to say any more.

Ye Mengding stood up from the stone pier, in front of him was a blue sea, his eyes turned to the other side, there was the place where his navy army went south, where he was now, when to start a war, it was a very worrying matter, no matter how well he planned in advance, it would be difficult to resist the will of heaven, he could only pray silently in his heart that everything would go well, and he would not make this calamitous country worse.

Ye Yingyou looked at the silhouette of the one in front of him, and suddenly found that his old father had become extremely old, and his resolute eyes in the past were now chaotic, although he was barely trying to stand upright, his body was still obviously bent, and his long beard like snow moved with the wind, thinking back to what he said just now, he still had to come out to do things at this age, and a sour dream rose from his heart, tears welled up in his eyes, and he involuntarily stepped forward to support him.

Ye Mengding was stunned by his son's actions for a moment, in his memory, the two fathers and sons had never had such close contact, he didn't say anything, just patted his son's hand, this time apart, maybe it was goodbye, he couldn't think about how long he could last, so there was such a long talk today.

"When you return to Haiji, you will have this piece sent out immediately on a fast horse."

After being silent for a while, Ye Mengding took a document from an entourage and handed it over, Ye Yingyou was still digesting the previous information, and after coming back to his senses, he nodded, and his sharp eyes suddenly saw the small words on the cover "Please place the Qiongzhou Water Master", and understood that this was his father's intention to let him participate in some things, needless to say, this proposal must be related to the destination he was about to travel.