The Lu family has one of the best private collections of books among the people, and Lu You is talented and intelligent, and he has studied hard since he was a child, and his talent is high, so there is no doubt about it.

The people who participated in the lock hall test were all graceful people, most of them did not have real talents, and it was easy for Lu You to take a lock hall test, but he was not on the list, which made him have to agree with the truth of what Yang Congyi said.

If it was really because he was eager to seek officials back then, and he tried his best to participate in the lock hall test, and the result was ranked above Qin Xun, and he was hated by Qin Hui, it is not impossible, after all, the prime minister and the university scholar also want to save face, Qin Xun is not the first place in the lock hall test, how can the court give him an official promotion naturally?

The more Lu You thought about it, the more he felt that what Yang Congyi said was reasonable, the reason why he failed in the imperial examination last year must be because of Qin Hui, if he was on the list of the imperial examination, but the lock hall test was not nameless, then the Son of Heaven would know that the lock hall test was unjust and unfair, and Qin Xun's ranking in the lock hall test was problematic, so he had to fail in the imperial examination, so as to save Qin Xun trouble.

Thinking about this, Lu You suddenly perked up, he couldn't ask for an official, and he failed in the imperial examination, not because he didn't learn enough, but because there were traitors who made bad moves, so that he was full of talent and had nowhere to use, and if he wanted to blame, he blamed the traitors in the court, blocking his path to seek a future.

But then it fell down again, Qin Huigui was the prime minister, his son was a scholar, and they were all high-ranking and powerful people, if they were really jealous, one day with them, wouldn't it be impossible to participate in the imperial examination?

Seeing Lu You's mood fluctuating, Yang Congyi immediately told him that Qin Hui was very old, and he had been assassinated by the guards before, and he had been riddled with diseases in the past few years, and he was afraid that he would not last a few years, and the people of the world had hated Qin Hui for a long time, but he had always been in a high position, and once he died, the Qin family would never turn over.

Subsequently, Yang Congyi persuaded Lu You to let him wait for a few years, wait for Qin Hui to die, and then go to seek an official or participate in the imperial examination, he will definitely succeed!

The two chatted for a long time in the teahouse, and Lu You's mood gradually stabilized, and only after that, did he ask about Yang Congyi's experience over the years.

There is nothing good to say about his experience, but after a brief talk, he talked about the return to Yi he was responsible for this year, and gave a general introduction to the preparations, and then invited Lu You to accompany him, it is better to go to the vast South Seas and the West to relax, maybe when he comes back from overseas, there will be good news from Lin'an.

Lu You had never been overseas, so he was still a little interested, but when he heard that it would take almost two years, he immediately began to hesitate.

Yang Congyi really hopes that Lu You will accompany him, but he will not force it, whether to go or not depends on his own intentions in the end.

So he asked him to think about it, and if he decided to go, he could go to Quanzhou to find him before mid-October, and he should be at the port at that time. If you can't find him, you will find Shen Jin, now he is returning to Yi to join the army, and he is still preparing some necessary materials in Lin'an Huiyi, and he will also go to Quanzhou in October.

After chatting deeply and leaving Lu You the address of Lin'an Huiyi, Yang Congyi did not stay too much in Shanyin, and left Shanyin that afternoon and returned to Lin'an.

After returning to Lin'an, it took nearly half a month to recruit more than a dozen Taoists with the art of medicine, and then took a boat out of Lin'an and arrived in Changguo, Mingzhou.

Changguo Xuanwei Army camp, after more than two months of military training, 6,000 people now have a bit of the appearance of a new army, at the beginning of the Xuanwei Army camp they have been divided into 12 commanders according to the army establishment, now the training is successful, four elite army preparation generals and Xuanwei Army adjutant generals, the contribution is indispensable.

So Yang Congyi ordered on behalf of the Hui Yi Department that the newly recruited 6,000 people were formally organized as the Hui Yi Guard, Tang Xun, the deputy envoy of the Hui Yi Department, was the commander, and the four were ready to be promoted to deputy generals and each led two commanders, and the deputy general of the Xuanwei Army was promoted to the four commanders of the main generals, and some actions were under the command of the Hui Yi Department.

Although it is not known whether the guard army is the regular army of the imperial court, the sudden increase in the position of the five people means that the salary has doubled, and the strength of the troops under them is not the same as in the past.

Then he summoned the commanders and leaders of the escort army and announced their appointments in public, and their treatment was several times higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and they were overjoyed.

After the 6,000 newcomers were reorganized into the escort army, they immediately began to implement military regulations, lying down training, marching and camping, all in accordance with the regulations of the Great Song Army.

After that, the warehouse was opened and weapons were distributed, and training camps were organized according to the requirements of the regular army.

During this period, Yang Congyi went to the Mingzhou shipyard, where most of the sea ships had already been built, and only the last batch was almost completed.

Now that it was almost September, the south wind weakened, and the north wind gradually blew on the sea, and the Mingzhou shipyard handed over 35 sea ships, and the escort army immediately began to train on the ship under the leadership of 100 veterans of the elite army, only practicing the basic lifting sail and the long oar steering with the tail rudder.

On the first day of September, the 4,000 people of the escort army first set off from the Changguo camp in 30 ships and headed south, and all the troops arrived at the port of Quanzhou on September 12.

Quanzhou has a lot of merchants waiting for delivery, because of the fear that the local government sent people to guard the port, Tang Xun has not agreed to the delivery of goods, until the arrival of the guards, completely took over the three outer ports of Quanzhou, drove all the idle people in the port, and waited for a long time before the delivery of goods.

The first time to return to the trade, the delivery of the goods when the porter is invited to the locals, no matter how strict it is, can not avoid petty theft, although the loss of the book can be ignored, but the confusion caused by the accounts, but caused a lot of trouble, the return to the trade not only to the businessman, the internal is also unclear, it consumes a lot of labor and energy.

This time, there were no outsiders in the port, and all the chores were handed over to the guards, and the 4,000 men were divided into three ports, and the manpower was somewhat stretched.

The Jingwu army is stationed in Liuqiu, very close to Quanzhou, they are the real Huiyi guards, and the delivery of goods begins at this time, which is the time for them to dispatch.

An order was then sent to the garrison of the Liuqiu Jingwu Army.

Five days later, 1,500 elite troops rushed to Quanzhou and stationed at Xiutu Port, Shihu Port, and Hanjiang Port respectively to take over the port defense.

So far, the escort army and the elite army totaled 5,500 people, and the three Quanzhou outer ports were completely controlled in the hands of the Huiyi Office, and the speed of the delivery of goods by merchants was suddenly accelerated, and a shipload of goods originally took a day to be delivered, but now it only takes half a day.

Outside Quanzhou Bay, under the guidance of the return office, the merchant ships that came one after another were berthed at Xiutu Port, Shihu Port and Hanjiang Port according to different types of goods, and everything was in good order under the complete control of the return office.

At the beginning of October, the last group of escorts arrived in Quanzhou with three ships of military equipment and ordnance, and all 6,000 escorts gathered in Quanzhou.

Tang Xun first came to Quanzhou to establish the Quanzhou Huiyi Office, which was personally led by her father, and has been recruiting sailors, helmsmen, langzhong, Taoists and all kinds of craftsmen since its establishment, and has recruited no less than 400 people in more than a month.

With Tang's father's help in this matter, Yang Congyi saved a lot of effort, and he could focus more on the port and assist Tang Xun in managing the port and delivering the goods.

By mid-October, nearly eight million shipments had been delivered, and it was imminent when the fleet would go to sea, but no order came from the imperial court.

Seeing that the north wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the time to go to sea had come, Yang Congyi had to summon Tang Xun, Shen Jin, Su Zhong, Yao Chang, Guo Qing and others to discuss the matter of going to sea, so that they could prepare early, and at the latest at the beginning of the month, the fleet must go to sea.

Guo Qing has experience in being responsible for the supply of logistics materials for the fleet, and after coming to Quanzhou with the escort army in September, he immediately began to purchase the logistics needs of the fleet.

Shen Jinren returned to Yi to join the army, and on behalf of Yang Congyi and Tang Xun, he supervised the Jingwu Army and the Escort Army, and handled all affairs.

In addition to guarding the port, Su Zhong, Yao Chang and other elite troops also had to send troops to the sea in turns, training sea ships and warship formations, and they had already experienced the first time they went to sea a few years ago, and now they only need to pick them up one by one.

The sailors, helmsmen, langzhong, Taoists, craftsmen, etc. recruited by the Hui Yi Department went to sea with the ship to adapt to the turbulence and life at sea in advance.

After discussion, the goods that have been deposited at the port after delivery will be loaded in batches from the end of the month, and they will be ready to go to sea at any time.

After agreeing on all the things in Quanzhou one by one, Yang Congyi hurriedly went to Lin'an, reported to the imperial court on the preparations for returning to Yi, and asked the imperial court to determine the auspicious day for Haiyi.

At the beginning of November, he arrived in Lin'an, immediately found Huang Qi, and first reported to him the preparations for returning to Yi, saying that the fleet could go to sea this winter, and all preparations were basically completed.

I haven't heard the news of returning to Yi for a long time, hearing him say this, Huang Qi was overjoyed and immediately replied to Yang Congyi, since he is ready, the imperial court will immediately set an auspicious day to go to sea, so that he can wait for the news.

Five days after Yang Congyi sent a letter on behalf of the Hui Yi Office, the order of the imperial court was delivered to the Hui Yi Office.

The order said that Yang Congyi and Tang Xun had made a meritorious contribution to the return of Yi, and they were quite familiar with the matter of returning to Yi, and the chief and deputy envoys of the Huiyi fleet were concurrently served by the two of them, and no longer sent others, hoping that he would work together and return safely.

On the auspicious day of going to sea, the imperial court selected two, one was set on November 28, and the other was set on the sixth day of the lunar month.

The imperial court was so happy this time, which surprised Yang Congyi.

It wasn't until Huang Qi quietly told him some inside information that he suddenly realized that he understood something in an instant.

Yang Congyi learned from Huang Qi that this Huiyi was ordered by the imperial court to organize, but in fact it was not, it was completely funded by the official treasury, and the official family was determined to implement it.

Huang Qi also told him that for this reason, the official family dismissed several officials who opposed the return to the exchange, and those who delayed or did not cooperate with the return were also transferred.

The official family does not allow any official or big or small to interfere with the return of trade without permission, let alone obstruct the return of trade.

These news far exceeded Yang Congyi's expectations, which made him frightened, once Huiyi failed, he didn't know what cruel results he and Tang Xun would face.