Zhou Zhan kept every word and sentence of Song Xiaoyi in his heart, obviously this news was very important to the official family, and at the same time looked at Song Xiaoyi's eyes full of admiration, and he could analyze the thoughts and layout of the Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty from simple things, which was worthy of being the head of the black hand.

Originally, the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty were very resistant to the black hand, but since the black hand, a huge intelligence agency, was all driven outside the Great Song Dynasty by Zhao Zhen, Zhou Zhan found that the role of the black hand was so great. Obviously, this is much better than in the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhou Zhan is also becoming more and more polite to Song Xiaoyi.

For the things that Song Xiaoyi explained, Zhou Zhan would naturally handle it well, and engraved every sentence in his mind, he was a bachelor of Hanlin, and remembering such a trivial matter was not a problem for him at all, and he quickly memorized Song Xiaoyi's words word for word, and repeated them completely.

"Zhou Zhengzhi really learned it, and this unforgettable skill is rare in the Great Song Dynasty. Admire, admire! ”

Zhou Zhan waved his hand again and again: "False praise, false praise, it's just some skills that are not yet on the table, the foolish brother does not have such a brain as your Song Xian brother, he knows the subtleties, from the instrument and the Tao, he is a superior talent, no wonder the official family always praises you!" ”

Referring to Zhao Zhen, Song Xiaoyi turned his head slightly to look in the direction of the distant Tokyo City: "The official family is still thinking about us, it is the honor of our black hand, look at this day, it's time for dinner, come on, Brother Zhou quickly drink a few glasses with me, by the way, I also talk about the interesting things in Tokyo City, I haven't been back to Tokyo City for many years......"

Zhou Zhan heard it sourly, these are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and even some of them are just the most ordinary guys, who have come thousands of miles away, while doing business in a foreign country, they also have to do their best to listen to the intelligence of the Liao Dynasty, and they don't even have the right to go home and reunite with their relatives during the New Year.

Zhou Zhan's eyes were slightly red, and his body nodded stiffly: "Okay!" Today is a time to meet old acquaintances in a foreign country, drink a few more drinks, and talk more about the strange things in Tokyo City with the virtuous brothers! ”

Song Xiaoyi's HSBC business name is very special, when Zhou Zhan entered the dining room, he found that the guys and servants here had arrived, and were waiting on the side, seeing Zhou Zhan was a little surprised, Song Xiaoyi said with a smile: "These are my HSBC business guys, and they are also the black hand department, Brother Zhou, don't be surprised, we eat like this on weekdays." ”

Zhou Zhan began to feel very uncomfortable, so why did Shangguan and his subordinates eat at the same table? Isn't this indistinguishable from inferiority and inferiority, and the top and bottom are not clear?! Even if you have a wine banquet, it will mess up the system every day.

Song Xiaoyi sat down at the top, and Zhou Zhanke sat in the guest seat casually, and then all the people did it in order, Song Xiaoyi said: "Today my Great Song Dynasty envoy came to my HSBC business, the so-called long drought and nectar meet the old acquaintance, today's wine is not limited, all the gentlemen and I see off Zhou Zheng's envoy and also wish me the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

After a while, everyone put down the chopsticks in their hands at the same time, and looked at Song Xiaoyi in surprise, since they arrived in the capital, they rarely drank alcohol, no, it should be said that except for the first banquet when they came, they had never drunk wine at all, and they almost forgot what wine tasted like, no way, their identity limited the "entertainment" that would delay things when they came.

Qingquan Bai, Bamboo Leaf Green, Pear Blossom White, and all the good wines that knew the name were served, and Zhou Zhan was greatly surprised, knowing that even in the best Cai Kee Restaurant in Tokyo City, it was not easy to see these famous wines gathered together.

But the next scene made him sit there motionless, and the black-handed officials who saw the wine did not move, but stared at the wine jug blankly without making a sound, Zhou Zhan found that many people's eyes began to redden, and gradually there were cries, even a literati like Zhou Zhan had never heard such a sad cry.

Many people looked south and worshipped, and then got up and sat down to drink, homesickness was beyond words, Song Xiaoyi took a sip of wine and suddenly said: "I am different from them, I was picked up from the street by the official family, to say a big disrespectful word, the official family is my brother, my father, but they are different, they have a family and a mouth, there are old and young, it is okay to come out for a year or two, and it will be difficult for three years and five years, so I can only sit with each other, and regard the people here as relatives and friends, since they are relatives and friends, why can't they eat at the same table?" ”

Hearing Song Xiaoyi say this, Zhou Zhan found that as long as he was on the dinner table, there was no difference between the black hands and the people, everyone got together, chatted, and kept warm, and soon regarded this place as a New Year's party.

With the catalysis of the drink, the party is more lively, even a small messenger can drink with Song Xiaoyi, Zhou Zhan naturally put down his identity, and talked about the changes and interesting stories in Tokyo City with everyone present, and everyone who listened sighed again and again, which gave them a rare sense of belonging, and let them know that they were still Song people and were still working for the Great Song Dynasty.

"Everyone, Zhou will embark on the journey home tomorrow, but if there is a letter or something, Zhou can help you bring it back and personally deliver it to your family!"

The black hand everyone hesitated slightly, and seeing this, Zhou Zhan smiled and said: "Don't be embarrassed, it's just a gesture, Zhou will personally deliver the things to your family, a penny, a letter will not be less!" ”

Song Xiaoyi clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" Since this is the case, then there is Lao Zhou Zheng, don't be polite to Zhou Zheng, just treat it as the welfare given to us by the official family! ”

This time, the black-handed officials finally relented, after all, it was most convenient for a trustworthy person to bring things back, and only Zhou Zhan's mission team would not be detained and easily inspected, so the property could easily reach the hands of his family through the mission.

But when Zhou Zhan saw the mountains of goods and money in front of him, he really regretted that he had entered the Hanlin Academy, although he couldn't enter the Imperial City, but how good it would have been if he had entered the black hand early!

There are five big boxes of copper coins alone, and this is only the reward for all the members of the black hand at the end of the year, no way, the black hand's money is no longer paid by the state treasury, because of business, their money is linked to business profits, and the more they earn, the more they pass.

In Song Xiaoyi's words, if you want to disguise well and not be discovered by the Liao Dynasty, the easiest way is to run HSBC well, and HSBC, which has the largest source of goods in the Great Song Dynasty, has passed through this and Cai Ji among all the business names.

A box of gold envoys had barely been able to carry it to the wagon, and the heavy stones, silver, etc., had already weighed down the marks of the ruts, and before the horses could pull the wagon, the wheels could not bear the pressure and cracked on their own.

The coachman smacked his tongue and said: "This can't be done, Zhou Shangguan, let's change two carriages, even if we change the wheels, it won't be long before this carriage will fall apart." ”

The corners of Zhou Zhan's eyes jumped: "Okay, quickly change it into two carriages, and give the tattered tatters rewarded by the Liao Emperor to the people of HSBC firm......"