Now that the mission was over, Lord Huang decided to leave Baghdad with the mission and return to the port immediately.

Three days later, Lord Huang entered the palace, bid farewell to the Seljuk king, and invited the king to send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty.

How strong the Tang Dynasty used to be, now the Great Song Kingdom inherited the population and land of the Tang Dynasty, naturally not to be underestimated, after the Seljuk unified many surrounding countries, now almost all of the bordering countries with their land are big countries, can find a strong helper, he can't ask for it, even if he agrees, he will arrange for the envoy to rush to the port before the Song Dynasty mission leaves, and leave with them.

On the day of the departure of the Great Song Dynasty, there were many people to see them off, including representatives of the king, dignitaries and nobles who had attended the banquet, and merchants who came to see them off, and hundreds of people saw them off along the streets all the way to the outside of Baghdad.

The things of the Great Song Dynasty were common in Baghdad these days, and the beautiful oriental songs and dances were also spread throughout the city in the past few days, causing heated discussions, and the fame of the Great Song mission quickly spread. So when I left, there were many onlookers on the street, and it was a little more lively than when I came, and many people followed behind and went out of the city.

After a brief farewell, Lord Huang boarded the carriage, and the mission slowly left the Seljuk capital in the eyes of everyone.

After sending the guests and onlookers out of the city to see the Great Song delegation go away, they left one by one.

The mission rode quickly and quickly and returned to Basra in five days.

Vipra invited Lord Huang to stay in the city, the port was full of merchants, noisy and noisy, and it was still early before the monsoon appeared, Lord Huang did not refuse, and took most of the members of the mission to stay in Basra, while Yang Congyi returned to the port with some of his men.

The port is busy day and night, the convoy entering the port can not be seen at a glance, a car of goods is unloaded, moved to the sea ship, and another car is filled with Da Song goods, every full vehicle out of the port begins to run, they understand that time is money, slow day will make a lot of less money.

So on the road from the port to Basra, there was a peculiar phenomenon, with the convoy on one side of the road speeding and the convoy on the other side slowing down like a snail.

Yang Congyi, who returned to the port, did not immediately help Tang Xun, he didn't know how to return to the trade, and the quality and condition of the goods could not be distinguished, so he could not participate in the return at all.

At sunset, when all trading had stopped, and the area where the fleet was located, they had time to say a few words.

In the tent, both of them were busy checking and sorting out the day's transaction documents and accounts, and it was only after an hour that they were basically sorted out.

Tang Xun's face was very ugly, and he frowned lightly when he looked at the accounts and documents

"Questions?" Yang Congyi looked at the account books he had sorted out.

Tang Xun raised his hand and patted the account book, and said a little angrily: "What's more, there is a problem, they don't find me something to do one day, and the accounts can't be matched every day, it's really annoying." ”

"Dissipate the gas, there is nothing to be upset about, there are so many goods, there are only a few people who can use them, and mistakes are inevitable." Yang Congyi put down the account book in his hand, and there were frequent errors in his account book, and many transactions were difficult to match, either the number of shipments was wrong, or there was a problem with the number of purchases, and the number of transactions was too much, and he couldn't get on the ship to check it alone.

Tang Xun raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and after a long time, he said, "If it goes on like this, I don't know how much I will lose." The accounts are a mess, and I don't have any bottom in my heart. ”

"Ocean Return, as long as the ship is fine, it will definitely make a profit, so don't worry about this. There are too many of these goods, and they are not clear at all, otherwise, don't check the goods that are delivered, just calculate the goods and gold and silver that are traded back, and when they return to the Great Song Dynasty, these things have to be exchanged for money, and for the fleet, how much money can be earned back is the most important thing. As for the previous shipment accounts, as long as the problem is not too big, they will be let go for the time being and will not be pursued. I don't have the talent to do business, and I can't help you with anything back to Yishang, but since I'm back now, from tomorrow onwards, I will personally lead the team to inspect the shipments and purchases, and I will definitely keep a close eye on the hands of the Xuanwei Army and the Reserve Army. ”

After Yang Congyi said this, Tang Xun's face softened, and after thinking about it, he replied: "It's only like this." ”

There are many ships, there are many merchants who come to trade, more goods, each ship has a special person responsible for the purchase and shipment of goods, any single business is negotiated, the merchant picks up the goods with the documents, Tang Xun receives the goods by virtue of the documents, the same transaction, the harvest ship and the ship shipped are not the same ship, there are two responsible, any single or any party is wrong, the accounts of the whole ship are wrong, the manpower is limited, and it is not clear at all, this month, the messy accounts alone have made Tang Xun anxious and sleep poorly.

Yang Congyi proposed to only check the incoming accounts, regardless of the outings, which was also a helpless move, and the fleet really couldn't find available manpower.

After another half an hour, the accounts were finally checked, and Tang Xun let out a long breath.

It was late at night and the weather was even colder, Yang Congyi took off his coat and got up to put it on Tang Xun. Looking at her face, which has obviously been a lot haggard in the past month, her heart suddenly moved, and a trace of entanglement and sentimentality flashed.

"Brother Yang, how is the royal city of Seljuk?" Tang Xun pulled his clothes and wrapped himself tightly, the weather here at this time was much colder than Lin'an.

"That's it, it's not much better than Huzhou City, it's just that the place is relatively large, and it can't be compared with Lin'an anyway." Yang Congyi smiled faintly.

"What's the fun?" Once he put down the account book, Tang Xun's eyes were full of tenderness.

"No, there are too many taboos in this country, just in time to catch up with the king for his birthday, we are generally not allowed to go out casually in the hotel, if you want to go out, there are at least a dozen guards with you, and you can't go anywhere, except for a few banquets with Lord Huang, I am almost always in the hotel in Baghdad. It's not good to eat, it's really not interesting. Yang Congyi looked disgusted.

"Brother Yang, I heard that the little lady here is good-looking, hot and unrestrained, can dance, and can be sultry, but you didn't like it?" Tang Xun seemed to be smiling.

Yang Congyi saw something different from her eyes, although he had not been in contact with a few women in the Great Song Dynasty for so many years, but he was a girlfriend in the later life, and this kind of gaze was very familiar to him.

So he hurriedly replied: "You must have been deceived, the women here are covered with thick scarves on the street, how can they see their faces clearly." Besides, the mission is very closely watched in Baghdad, dozens of guards outside the hotel are guarding, and the cook goes out to buy food and vegetables, and more than a dozen people follow him. ”

"I can't get out of the hotel, I can't see the little lady outside, what about the inside of the hotel? Lord Huang has so many beautiful singers and dancers, and he doesn't have a fancy to it? Tang Xun is a little unrelenting, since revealing her identity to Yang Congyi, her feelings have become stronger and stronger, Yang Congyi has been away for a month, and she is in this kind of banquet in the world of flowers, which makes her think about it, and it is difficult to rest assured.

Yang Congyi said: "How long have we known each other, don't you know, am I that kind of person?" ”

Tang Xun saw the sincerity of what he said from Yang Congyi's eyes, so he smiled, held his hand, and said softly: "I know that you are not that kind of person, just ask casually." ”

The atmosphere in the tent began to become ambiguous.

Yang Congyi shook his head helplessly: "Okay, I'm tired for a day, let's get on the boat and rest." ”

The two then left the camp with the account books and returned to the main ship of Shenzhou. All the account books must be sealed on the main ship, and the forbidden army brought by Lord Huang is to take care of them, and when they need to be checked, Tang Xun needs to come and get them in person, and no one can take them on his behalf, not Yang Congyi.

Starting from the next day, Yang Congyi took a team of carefully selected Xuanwei Army sergeants to inspect the various cargo delivery points back and forth.

At the end of the day, the patrol sergeant did not find any private dealings or anything out of the ordinary.

However, when Tang Xun and Yang Congyi checked the account books and documents of today's incoming and outgoing goods in the evening, there were still frequent errors.

After combing through the entire transaction process, the two thought that if someone privately accepted bribes and deliberately received less goods from the merchants, or more goods from the merchants, there would probably be middlemen, otherwise it would be impossible to find out their tricks.

After that, the patrol sergeant led by Yang Congyi began to pay attention to the people who delivered the bill of lading, and as soon as they paid attention to them, they found the problem.

In the case of silk trading, no matter how many transactions there were, it was always the two people who came to pick up the goods with the receipts, one was a Xuanwei soldier and the other was a Seljuk. The same is true of the porcelain trade and the tea trade, and all the same people come with the documents.

In the evening of the same day, after the last batch of transactions was completed, the six men were captured at the same time by the sergeants of the Xuanwei Army who had been watching them for a day.

Yang Congyi has done quick arrests, and he has also learned some interrogation methods and skills, and it doesn't take long for several people to confess.

It turned out that they were the middlemen of the private transactions between the merchant and the person in charge of each sea vessel, and through them, the merchant and the person in charge of the sea ship did not need to know each other at all, nor did they need to meet, as long as they gave a certain amount of gold, silver and jewelry, the person in charge of the sea ship would deliver some more goods to the merchant. The middleman helps them negotiate the price in advance, a gold coin gives an extra piece of silk, a silver coin gives an extra piece of porcelain or a pound of tea, the money is collected by the middleman, and handed over to the person in charge of the sea vessel in advance, and when the goods are delivered, the middleman comes with the documents and explains in person which merchant wants to mention the goods, and the person in charge gives the goods according to the amount of money received.

They also told Yang Congyi that this kind of transaction had been going on for more than half a month, and they couldn't remember how much money they had received through them.

This is not a simple bribery, it is the theft and sale of state property! It is still sold at ultra-low prices, which seriously disrupts normal transactions.

Yang Congyi, who listened to it, was very angry and wanted to kill someone!