Xiutu Port, Shihu Port, and Hanjiang Port, there are also merchant ships coming to deliver the goods for exchange, and after the end of October, the merchant ships entering the port for delivery are finally no longer seen.

According to the statistics of the warehousing account books, there are more than 4,765,300 silk brocade materials, more than 20,466,500 catties of tea, more than 9,743,200 pieces of porcelain, and other small objects, such as folding fans, fans, pen, ink, paper inkstones, bamboo mats, musical instruments, etc., add up to more than 100,000 pieces.

According to the check of the account books and the contract register, except for a few merchants who broke the contract and did not send the agreed materials on time, most of them have been delivered clearly, and they only wait for the merchant ship to go to sea, and collect double the money after two years.

The merchant ships that came to deliver left one by one, and the entire Quanzhou Bay was suddenly empty, and it instantly felt much more spacious.

The daily busy laborers in the port also left, leaving no one behind.

Since then, except for the people brought by Tang Xun's father from his hometown to help, all of them are Xuanwei Army and reserve troops, and there are not only sentry posts inside and outside the port, but also teams of sergeants patrolling from time to time, and there is not a single outsider within a mile of the port. The three ports are like three military camps, and there is no doubt about the security of materials.

After the Quanzhou Bay was emptied, the merchant ships built by the shipyard began to receive, and one by one they sailed out of the shipyard, and after going out to sea for dozens of miles, they inspected the performance of the merchant ships and then sailed back to the port one by one.

When all the ships have docked at the shore of the harbor, if anyone comes to count, they will know that the number of merchant ships has already exceeded a hundred, reaching one hundred and twenty-seven. However, the distribution of sea vessels on both sides of Quanzhou Bay is too wide and too numerous for those who do not know it to count them clearly.

There is only one person in the entire Quanzhou who knows the exact number of sea ships in the Huiyi Supervision Office, and that is Tang Xun.

There were ten sea-going ships built at his own expense, and only he knew what to do.

After the delivery of the Huiyi materials, all the ports were quiet, and when there was nothing to do during the day, in addition to leaving people to guard and patrol, the rest of the people all drove warships, vehicles and ships to go to sea for training, practiced raising and lowering sails in the monsoon, and were familiar with the flag language contact and command.

After that, the logistical living materials were gradually transported to Quanzhou from all over the country, but these daily necessities were not piled up in the port warehouse, but directly loaded onto the merchant ships docked on the shore, before and after half a month, grain, pickles, pickled fish, bacon, oil, salt, condiments, medicinal materials, charcoal, all kinds of tools, etc. filled seven ships, and all the rest of the merchant ships and warships were also loaded with at least enough materials for 100 people to live for a month, of which the main ship of Shenzhou was loaded with the most food and materials, enough for 1,000 people to live for a year.

These supplies are enough for 8,000 people to live for a year, and the cost is naturally very huge, with a total cost of more than 144,600 yuan.

After the logistics materials arrived, after the inspection and delivery, of course, the cost had to be settled, 144,600 yuan, minus the 30,000 yuan paid by Yang Congyi in advance, and there were 114,600 yuan to pay, but Tang Xun's cash on hand was only 100,000 yuan, and there were more than 500,000 yuan in the account of the Yi Supervision Office, but it had to be signed and agreed by the tall people before they could be withdrawn in the household department or the state capitals.

Fortunately, Guo Qing still has some means, although most of these materials are owed by him on credit, but most of them were persuaded by him, and the final payment date was postponed to the seventh day of the lunar month, and the 50,000 yuan received from Tang Xun was paid to those merchants who did not make concessions, and then he waited in Quanzhou to see what was still lacking in the Hui Yi Supervision Office, and he could purchase and replenish at any time.

The recruitment of personnel in Quanzhou was also carried out normally, and Jiang Kai's letters played a role, bringing back nearly ten Taoists, the oldest of whom was estimated to be in their fifties, and the younger ones were only in their teens. The recruitment office in Quanzhou City also recruited six Taoists and five Langzhong, overall, the harvest is still not small, and the problem of Langzhong's shortage has been slightly solved.

The Taoist and Lang Zhong also came in time, winter came, and on the seaside, it was difficult to avoid being sick by the wind when it was cold, the port personnel gathered, and the fever was also very contagious. Insecticide powder is also sprinkled on the living and resting places of sea ships and warships to prevent the breeding of pests and diseases.

All the Taoists and Langzhong lived in the harbor, or on the ship, or on land, and Langzhong had something to do to cure the disease, and when there was nothing to do, he called some sergeants to help dispense medicine, and the Taoists sometimes preached, sometimes meditated and practiced, but they were also at ease.

In short, everything is going well in Quanzhou, just wait for the exact news of Lin'an to go to sea within the year.

Yang Congyi returned to Lin'an smoothly all the way, and met Shen Jin, who rushed to Quanzhou after completing the production of the needle plate on the way, but the two did not say hello much, and then said goodbye, one went to Quanzhou, and the other returned to Lin'an.

On October 28, Yang Congyi had returned to Lin'an for five days.

On the day he returned, he sent a message to Lord Huang asking to meet, and two days later, Lord Huang hurriedly came.

Yang Congyi told Quanzhou all things, including merchant ships, warships, and Shenzhou after the construction was completed, and most of the materials for returning to Yi arrived in Quanzhou, and the Xuanwei army had been trained, and the good news such as going to sea with the Huiyi fleet could be used, and told Lord Huang that Quanzhou was ready to go to sea with the Yi fleet within the year, and now wait for Lord Huang to give a clear date for going to sea, Quanzhou can immediately start loading the materials on the ship, and then prepare to leave.

However, Lord Huang's attitude has changed a little, and he doesn't seem to be very concerned about the matter of returning to Yi.

After working hard for so many days, of course Yang Congyi didn't want to let Hui Yi spend half the way, so he immediately asked Lord Huang what kind of attitude the imperial court had towards Hui Yi, whether to give up or continue? If you give up, you can have more than 10 million yuan of materials to deal with and pay compensation, and if you go to sea, you can earn back at least five times the profit after two years.

Lord Huang was shocked when he heard that there were so many materials, although he was in Lin'an when he went back to the Yi Supervision Office to purchase materials, about how many materials were purchased, but he rarely asked, and he had no impression at all, even if Tang Xun told him, it was estimated that he was delayed by trivial matters and forgotten about it. At this time, I heard Yang Congyi talk about the fact that there are more than 10 million materials in the Hui Yi Supervision Office, how to make him not frightened, the official family gave him the capital of Hui Yi is 3 million Guan, and now he has purchased more than 10 million materials, which is equivalent to saying that he has not yet gone to sea, and the funds of the Hui Yi Supervision Office have expanded more than three times, and if he can't go to sea, he can't afford to pay.

Immediately, Lord Huang praised Yang Congyi and Tang Xun, saying that they were young and promising, and they would definitely be able to become great in the future, and they were expected to become the pillars of the Song Dynasty. But then he told Yang Congyi that he had to urge him again to go to sea and return to Yi, so that he could leave within the year.

What else do you have to urge, isn't Huiyi what the official family is sure to do, has he changed his mind? Yang Congyi wants to figure out that he is willing, otherwise he will not be sure.

After careful inquiry, Lord Huang told him that he was ready to set off after receiving the letter they sent from Quanzhou, but who knew that someone in the court suddenly proposed that the return to Yi was a major national event, and the large fleet went to sea, not only the return to Yi, there were many countries along the way in the South Seas, and it was inevitable to contact them, Annam and the Three Buddhas and Qi often came to the Great Song Dynasty to pay tribute, and the Great Song Dynasty never sent envoys to visit the envoys, this time the imperial fleet went to the South Seas, passing through these countries, if not sending envoys to land and reward, it was rude, so what is the face of the Great Song Dynasty? Finally, it was proposed that a courtier should be appointed to serve as the official envoy of the Hui Yi.

But when it came to who would serve as the official envoy of Hui Yi, the courtiers scrambled to push around, unable to choose a suitable candidate, and could not make up their minds, and delayed again and again, and it has been delayed for more than a month, and there is still no conclusion, so that it is impossible to determine when the Hui Yi fleet will depart.

Hearing the reason, Yang Congyi was also helpless, according to the self-positioning of the Heavenly Empire, the fleet should indeed reward the countries when it goes south, and if you want to reward it, you must have an envoy to represent the imperial power and the imperial court, and Lord Huang is an internal servant, of course, he cannot serve as an envoy to reward the countries on behalf of the imperial power and the Great Song Dynasty. With the temperament of the civil officials and doctors, they are the only ones who can represent the imperial power and the imperial court, and if they can't settle down, the fleet will not want to go to sea, and the official family will not be able to issue orders.

As for why people are being chosen, Yang Congyi can't think of it. This should have been a very simple matter, someone proposed someone to fill the post, the official asked the secretary of the Qing family to have no objection, and immediately announced that it was, but it could not be determined after a delay of more than a month, which was a bit complicated, I don't know if all the factions wanted to go, or they didn't want to go.

But about the matter of the envoy, even Lord Huang was helpless, and he could only wait for Lord Huang's news. I only hope that the imperial court will quickly confirm the return to Yi Zheng, so that he can go to sea as soon as possible.

Lord Huang promised to urge again, but apparently he was not very keen on it anymore. Whoever encounters this will not be able to lift their spirits. Lord Huang was originally the person in charge of Huiyi, looking for people, and coordinating the relationship between all parties, and finally completed the preliminary work, and when he was about to go to sea, he suddenly killed a group of people halfway, and wanted to change the person in charge, and directly picked peaches, and no one was happy.

After a good return to the envoy, he was busy for more than half a year, and when he was about to set off, he had to arrange a regular envoy who had always looked down on them and demoted him to a deputy envoy, and his enthusiasm was naturally greatly hit.

Yang Congyi has no confidence in whether he can go to sea and return to Yi within the year, but he can't give up, and he still has to prepare if he can prepare. The matter of the transfer of people by the Taiyi Bureau was not mentioned to Lord Huang, and he did not have the face to invite the respected monks, and there was no way to receive the military funds now, so he was uncertain, and these things could not be solved, and he could only do what he could now, recruit.

Recruitment leaflets and notices were distributed all over the city, recruiting Langzhong and recruiting Taoists.

In three days, Yang Congyi had already asked someone to send out thousands of recruitment notices, and he waited alone at the Huiyi Supervision Office in Baominfang, waiting for Lang Zhong or a Taoist to come to sign up.

However, after three days, no one came to inquire about it.

Just when Yang Congyi was disheartened, he suddenly heard someone outside the hospital ask, "Is anyone there?" ”