The holidays of the Great Song Dynasty are generally very long, and some people have made statistics that the total number of holidays in the Great Song Dynasty in a year adds up to nearly 100 days. The longest holiday is the three major festivals of the Great Song Dynasty, the Spring Festival Cold Food Festival and the Winter Solstice, all of which are seven days off. Other festivals, such as the Shangyuan Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Qingming Summer Solstice, the Dragon Boat Festival, etc., are also holidays of three or two days. Officials live paid holidays, eat, drink and be merry. It's no wonder that people are superficial, redundant officials, and they don't do anything with their money, and the northerners can only be dumbfounded when they invade one by one, and send the Tianling Gai.

After Jingkang, the imperial court, which was partial to Jiangnan, seemed to have undergone some changes at the beginning, reforming the previous situation. Festivals are not as numerous as they were in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, with the conclusion of the Shaoxing Peace Conference, after more than ten years of prosperity, everything seems to have returned to the original point, and the court and even the people have been contaminated with the habit of liking luxury and liveliness, and the court also seems to think that the more holidays, the more prosperous the country and the people will be rich, and the emperor's grace will be vast. So it's actually worse than ever.

Take the Spring Festival as an example, the official affairs of the yamen will be resumed on the seventh day of the first month, the emperor will go to the courtiers to do things, and the officials of all sizes will return to normal, but because there is a Shangyuan Festival later, the Shangyuan Festival has a three-day holiday, so the spring break is simply extended to after the Shangyuan Festival. It is conceivable that the entire New Year is spent eating, drinking and having fun for half a month, and after the Shangyuan period, it will take many days to adjust and pay attention, so I am afraid that the real work will not be until the end of the first month. The entire first month of December of the year is consumed in this atmosphere of eating, drinking, and merrymaking.

It would be fine if it was really a prosperous era, but now, the so-called prosperous era of the Southern Song Dynasty court was based on reaching a peace agreement with the Jin people and on the basis of being taken away by the Jin people. Under the circumstance of being humiliated and having been seized by others, it would be extremely sad to not work hard to make the country and try the courage, and the court did not think about how to seize the time and increase the strength of the soldiers, but indulged in false prosperity and drunkenness.

It's a pity that people who know this truth can't speak or are excluded, and most of the people in high positions in the mountains don't want to listen to such words. The New Year of the Great Song Dynasty was also lively and prosperous.

Fang Zi'an's life was comfortable, but as the New Year passed, Fang Zi'an gradually began to feel uneasy. In the past few days of the New Year, Fang Zi'an and Qin Xiqing have already discussed how to dispose of the goods and goods imported from Fanguo on board after the ship returns from the sea. Qin Xiqing gave Fang Zi'an a reassurance, Qin Xiqing is very familiar with several major commercial houses in Lin'an, and there are many ways to sell. Qin Xiqing even gave Fang Zi'an a few choices, one was to secretly hand over the goods to these commercial banks for sale, and the other was to pay all the goods to a certain commercial bank for complete delivery. The former is more profitable, while the latter is faster.

After thinking about it, Fang Zi'an chose the second option, because this was a smuggled cargo, and Fang Zi'an just wanted to make a fortune secretly, and he didn't want to publicize it. Although it can be sold at a higher price by several commercial banks, it is too risky. Even if Qin Xiqing said that merchants are profitable, they will not talk nonsense, and they will also make choices. But Fang Zi'an still felt that it was not appropriate for too many people to know. The second option is less profitable, but safer. When choosing a firm, Fang Zi'an chose a big firm called Wanlong Commercial Bank. It's not because it's big, but because a concubine next to Ma Xin, the owner of Wanlong Commercial Bank, is a Qinglou woman trained by Wanchunyuan. Ma Xin's every move was actually closely monitored, which obviously reassured Fang Zi'an.

Of course, Qin Xiqing respects Fang Zi'an's choice, this is a smuggling ship going to sea, and it really needs to be cautious. If the city company smells something abnormal, it is a felony. So she agreed with Fang Zi'an's idea, and began to contact Ma Xin privately to discuss the matter. Ma Xin's feedback is very positive, businessmen are already profitable, and at this time, a large number of fleets going to sea still have months to return to the sea, if there is a batch of Fanguo goods on the market, it will be sky-high profits. As for where the goods came from, he didn't care. As long as the smuggling ship is not caught, they have nothing to do with the trading houses, not to mention that the trading houses of the size of the Bandung Commercial Bank have already been properly dealt with up and down, and ordinary people can easily move them.

However, although everything was ready, the premise was that Fang Zi'an's ship could return safely. And coming back before the Shangyuan Festival is very different from coming back after the Shangyuan Festival. As long as you come back before the Shangyuan Festival, the goods will be worth a lot of money, because the wealthy families are still singing and dancing, and these luxury goods will be in great demand. Even ordinary people are extravagant and generous because of the festivals. After the solar term, the time has passed, and the profit will be greatly reduced. Everyone understands this.

Of course, as far as Fang Zi'an is concerned, what he hopes is that the big ship can return safely, and he already doesn't have much hope that the Dream will come back before the holiday, after all, he has personally experienced the power of the winter monsoon and waves, and he doesn't want Wan Dahai and others to have an accident at sea again.

After the tenth day of the first lunar month, Fang Zi'an began to run to Wanjia Village one by one. I set out early in the morning, returned after dark, went out early and returned late, exhausted. After arriving at Wanjia Village every day, I go to the beach and look at the sea, just like the legendary Wangfu Stone. Wan Dahai's wife and two daughters-in-law did not have Fang Zi'an's style like this, they had long been accustomed to the men in the family going to sea, and they didn't even take this matter seriously. The men always come back, and they will come back if they go to the beach or not, just as they have done in the past, without having to look out at all. However, this Fang Zi'an's actions made them all feel a little ashamed, and they even felt that it was not too embarrassing not to go to the beach to look and wait.

As a result, there were a few more women shivering from the cold next to Fang Zi'an's figure standing on the sea cliff. Although they felt that it was completely unnecessary, they had to do it, otherwise it would seem a little unpleasant, as if they did not care about the life and death of their husbands.

Day by day, day by day. The people on the beach did not turn to stones, but they were all so cold that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and they coughed all day.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the big ship disappeared without a trace. On the twelfth day of the first month, there was nothing on the sea, and on the thirteenth day of the first month, there was no news.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Fang Zi'an waited from the morning until the sun was in the west, and still did not wait for the ships on the sea. Fang Zi'an realized that before the Shangyuan Festival, the big ship came back to a bubble. What made Fang Zi'an feel even more uneasy was that from the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the north wind intensified, the turbid waves on the sea were monstrous, and the waves fluctuated like hell. In fact, such sea conditions are not a question of whether they can come back before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but whether they can sail safely at sea.

The sun was already setting in the west, and it was less than an hour before sunset, so Fang Zi'an could only return to the Wanjia courtyard and lead the horse out to leave. But at this moment, Haini, the five- or six-year-old granddaughter of Wan Dahai, who was dragging her snot, rushed into Wan Dahai's small courtyard.

"Grandma, grandma, there is a ship on the sea, are they grandpa and daddy back?"

Fang Zi'an had already gotten on horseback, and when he heard this, he was shocked and said, "What? Got a boat? ”

Wan Dahai's wife smiled: "Don't listen to Xiao Nizi's nonsense, what does she know?" Henier, told you not to play on the sea cliffs, why did you run away? Next time, I'm going to have to spank. ”

Heinie exclaimed, "Grandma, I didn't lie to you. Is it possible to see a white dot as a ship? Isn't that what Grandpa said right? There are white spots on the surface of the sea. ”

This time, Wan Dahai's wife was also a little surprised, and Fang Zi'an had already turned over and dismounted and galloped to the high place on the coast. In the last afterglow of the sunset, the whistling sea breeze blew on his face like a knife, and in the deep and churning waves, Fang Zi'an saw the white dots located in the waves. That's right, it was definitely a ship, it was the reflection of the sails in the sun, although it was far away, but it was definitely a boat. Who would sail at sea in this season, in such weather? What else could it be besides the Dream?

Fang Zi'an shouted in surprise, stood on the sea cliff and jumped high, waving his hands and shouting, although the people on the boat couldn't see or hear at all. But Fang Zi'an really couldn't contain his excitement.

Before it was dark, a ship with tattered sails and only one mainsail remained, scarred and seemingly out of hell, returned from the sea and entered the mouth of the Qiantang River, where the water was relatively calm. That's the Dream. After a three-month voyage, the Dream has completed an incredible adventure and returned from Fanguo.

Fang Zi'an stood on the temporary pier at the mouth of the sea, almost crying with excitement when he looked at the group of people who walked down from the boat after the ship docked. What kind of people were they, with messy beards, tattered clothes, black and thin, and colorless. It's like a group of ghosts coming from hell, and you can't even tell who is who.

"Young Master Fang, hahaha, I knew you were here! We're back. The man with the disheveled hair at the front shouted.

Fang Zi'an rushed forward and laughed loudly: "Wan Da Faucet, you did it, you did it, it's incredible." ”

Wan Dahai laughed and coughed and shouted, "Yes, we're back." Guys, we're home alive. ”

Behind him, a group of people who couldn't tell who was who shouted, "Yes, we're back, we're finally back alive." ”

Amid the shouting, someone burst into tears. Fang Zi's peace of mind was intertwined with emotion and joy, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and his eyes were moist. At that moment, a hoarse voice rang in my ears.

"Brother Zi'an, I'm back, don't come unharmed!"

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