The businessmen are all people with identity and very shrewd, the fleet stopped trading in Quanzhou, then they must go to Mingzhou and Lin'an, people who did not get the opportunity to purchase, they could only rush to Mingzhou non-stop, they could not force the fleet to return to Yi to trade, the only possibility to get the goods was to rush to Mingzhou immediately to try their luck.

Five days later, the fleet was split into two, Shen Jin stayed in Quanzhou to preside over the delivery of the fleet's cargo, and Yang Congyi and Lu You took Shenzhou and the remaining dozens of cargo ships north to Mingzhou.

Before the fleet separated, Yang Congyi assigned the trading rights of the three ships to Shen Jin, asked him to sell them as appropriate, and told him to exchange as much physical goods as possible and not to exchange too much money, because judging from the northern information that Shen Jin told him, the Jin Kingdom is stepping up preparations for war, and when the war is going on, prices will definitely rise wildly, and even more money will not be able to buy what he wants.

Yang Congyi's meaning, Shen Jin is very clear, in the past two years, every autumn he will personally lead the fleet north to Chenzhou, with the remaining spices and other goods with the Jin people in exchange for cattle and horses, every time winter comes, dozens of transformed sea ships go south, bringing back thousands of cattle and thousands of horses, after two years of exchange, the previous goods are basically used up, these three ships of goods are to be transported to the north to do transactions.

Shen Jin is already fully responsible for returning to the north, and he knows exactly what to do, so he doesn't need Yang Congyi to say more, and when the goods of the fleet in Quanzhou are delivered to the merchants, he will bring the people and goods left to him back to Liuliu, and arrange the matter of "building a hospital", which is when he leads the fleet to the north.

The Huiyi fleet rode the wind north, and soon approached Mingzhou.

On the Shenzhou, in a cabin, Yang Congyi and Lu You were sad about the transaction.

"Brother Yang, we have exchanged so many roses, lotus essences, frankincense and camphor and other essences and perfumes and inedible spices this time, and now almost no one cares about them, how can this be good?"

Lu You frowned, he should have only accepted familiar things that could be sold at a high price in the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise it would not be such a headache.

"Don't worry, the merchants don't understand the usefulness of these things, just like our tea can't be sold in Fatila at the beginning, these flavors and perfumes need to be promoted, so that the people who can buy these things understand the usefulness of these things. In Brother Lu's opinion, who will use flavors and fragrances? ”

In this case, Yang Congyi is actually more worried, after all, it is something that has not been promoted before, if he can't trade for money as soon as possible, and can't hand over 30 million profits to the imperial court, he can't explain it when he returns to the office, and it takes time for spices to be promoted.

Lu You thought for a while, and replied: "There should only be women in the Great Song Dynasty, we are different from the Fatilla, they wear perfume and spices regardless of gender, old and young, but I can't accept it." Brother Yang will apply spices? ”

Yang Congyi shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm the same as Brother Lu, I can't accept it." It seems that we think the same, spices can only be sold to women, but we are all men, how to promote it is indeed a problem, but there is no need to worry too much. ”

After a moment of silence, Yang Congyi said again: "We are different from the Fatila people, we don't apply fragrances, not because we don't like it, but we don't have the habit of applying fragrances, and women don't love beauty, they can apply rouge gouache, they will like perfume and fragrances." In addition to this difference, we also have a difference from the Fatila people, that is, most of the people in charge of money in the family are men, and most of our people in the Great Song Dynasty are female dependents who control the family's money, and they have the final say on how to spend the money. ”

Lu You nodded: "I admit that what Brother Yang said is reasonable, but how can we promote it?" The woman's family members are all in the courtyard of the deep house, and there are few who usually go on the street, so they can't see the effect of sales, and the businessmen will not take risks. ”

"That's it, anyway, after arriving in Mingzhou, I want to accompany the envoys of various countries to return to Lin'an first, and I will find a way to promote it, you will wait in Mingzhou, if someone buys it, sell it, and if no one buys it, don't sell it at a reduced price, the value of perfume and spices is absolutely beyond imagination!"

Yang Congyi is very confident in these things, and it is rare how to promote them.

"Okay, then I'll wait for Brother Yang's good news in Mingzhou."

Lu You's tightly locked brows didn't stretch much, if there was enough time, he naturally didn't worry, but the previous return to Yi was too successful, and the goods were snatched up soon after the fleet returned to Mingzhou, and the return to Yi quickly brought enough money to the imperial court, if this time it was slower than last time, worse than last time, I don't know how the imperial court would think of this return to Yi.

Yang Congyi returned to his cabin, and Meng Yunniang was bowing her head to practice calligraphy.

"Yun Niang, do you have any acquaintances in Lin'an?"

Meng Yunniang didn't stop in her hand, and only put the pen away after writing the last stroke, she looked up and said: "I haven't been to Lin'an, how can I have acquaintances." ”

Seeing Yang Congyi's preoccupied look, he immediately asked, "Husband, what are you asking for?" Are you afraid that I will be bored when I come to Lin'an alone? Don't worry about me, if you have something to do, I'll just watch calligraphy and painting at home, and I'll accompany me when you're free. ”

"That's not what I'm talking about." Yang Congyi shook his head, and then said: "There are some things that I want you to help with, and it is easier to do it if you have acquaintances." ”

"Husband, if you have something, just say it, my father has been an official for so many years before, he has traveled a lot of places, and there are many officials and gentry who have friends with him, and now there are estimates in Lin'an. Say, is there anything you want me to help with? Meng Yunniang put the pen in her hand and walked from the table to Yang Congyi's side.

"You've used flavors and perfumes with Qingchen, what do you think? If you were asked to spend money on it, would you pay for it? Yang Congyi held Yun Niang's hand.

"Buy, buy for sure! You don't know, my sister said no to her face, I don't like it, I don't know how much I like it behind my back, even the perfume that my husband gave to Lian'er was taken by my sister, and Lian'er shed tears for this, if I hadn't given her a few bottles, I don't know how long I would cry. Even Ping'er's girl asked me for it, but I couldn't stand her grinding, so I gave her a bottle, anyway, in the end, I kept five bottles, and the rest was given to my sister, she was happy! Husband, you have to compensate me! ”

Meng Yunniang said this, Yang Congyi didn't know, after the fleet arrived in Quanzhou, he went home for three days, and didn't stay long after returning to the port to go to Liuqiu, and then returned to Quanzhou for two days, the fleet set off to the north, he really didn't know about the affairs of the family, even if he knew, he couldn't take care of it.

"There are a lot of perfume flavors, you can take whatever you like." Yang Congyi said with a smile, it seems that the women of the Great Song Dynasty really like these things, as long as they like it, there is a way.

"Husband, I take it casually, is it considered a corruption or a perversion of the law? It won't bother you, will it? Meng Yunniang looked at each other and seemed to ask seriously.

Yang Congyi laughed and said: "What kind of greed can this thing be, do you know how many perfumes and spices there are in the fleet?" ”

Meng Yunniang shook her head, no one had ever told her, where would she know.

"Let's get down to business first. We went to sea for tens of thousands of miles, and brought back these things from Fathira to exchange money, but in Quanzhou Port before, those merchants were crazy to grab goods, but they were not very interested in these perfumes, essences, frankincense and other spices, and this time the fleet brought back a lot, if we can't change it into money soon, we may be in trouble. So I want you to help promote these perfumes, essences and other spices to the daughter of the lady of Lin'an, if you have acquaintances in Lin'an, it will be a lot easier to start with them. ”

"So that's the case, I thought my husband had other purposes, and I really don't know if Lin'an has the daughter of the noble lady I know. Even if my father's officialdom acquaintances are transferred to Lin'an, their main family members should generally be in their hometown, and if I hadn't lost my mother when I was a child, I wouldn't have followed my father around. Meng Yunniang sighed slightly.

"That's a bit of a problem."

If Meng Yunniang can't help, he can't find a woman to promote these perfumes and spices, so do you want to go to the land of Goolan? That's not where he wants to go, if the perfume wants to sell at a high price, it must first be noble, and it must be circulated from top to bottom.

Seeing Yang Congyi's frowns, Meng Yunniang suddenly said: "Actually, I don't know anyone in Lin'an, my eldest sister is in Lin'an, I can go to her and try it." ”

"Your eldest sister is in Lin'an? Why haven't I heard you say that before? Yang Congyi was a little surprised.

"She is much older than me, I just remember that she got married, after getting married, my father often worked as an official in other places, and she rarely came back, so I was not very close to her, and the relationship was very weak. If I can help my husband, it won't be a big deal for me to meet my eldest sister. Although Meng Yunniang said this, it can be seen from the expression on her face and tone that she is not very reluctant to see her sister in her heart.

Yang Congyi naturally saw her reluctance, the relationship between Yun Niang and her eldest sister was probably not as simple as she said, but he didn't have the will to inquire about her family affairs.

So he said: "Yun Niang, if your relationship with your sister is not very good, you don't have to force to see her, I will find another way." ”

Meng Yunniang said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not reluctant, I haven't seen her for many years, and the first time I came to Lin'an, I happened to go to her house to have a look." ”

"What does your brother-in-law do? Do you know where they live? Yang Congyi didn't want to force Yun Niang, after all, it was his business to return to Yi, and there was no need to embarrass Yun Niang.

"He is also an official, and his father and my father are fellow scholars. I don't know where I live, I heard that I have been an official in Lin'an, and when my husband arrives in Lin'an, I can find out if I ask, right? Meng Yunniang didn't say much about her sister's family, I don't know if she didn't know or didn't want to say more.

"Okay, let's take a look after we get to Lin'an, if you don't really want to go, you can actually go. My time in Lin'an is not short, and I also have some connections, so I can use this as an excuse for you to meet their relatives and promote spices and perfumes. Yang Congyi chuckled.