After spending the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jinan Mansion, Xin Qiji crossed Jishui with hundreds of people on August 17, the sixth year of Beiding, and went west.

On the same day, Yang Congyi ushered in another old man in Jinan Mansion who he hadn't seen for ten years.

On this morning, Yang Congyi had just sent off Xin Qiji and his party and returned to Jinan Mansion, when he heard a report from the captain on duty that there was a person in front of the mansion who claimed to be an adult's former colleague and deceased.

Yang Congyi was a little puzzled when he heard the report, since he was a former colleague he hadn't seen for ten years, he should be an old man in Jiangnan, but there were only a handful of colleagues he still had friends with in Jiangnan, and there was no reason to cross the river to the north at this time and run to Jinan Mansion.

After thinking about it for a while, I can't figure out what it will be, and I can't think of who it will be.

But since the person who came said that he was a former colleague, if he didn't see him, it would be too unkind.

Soon, when the deceased entered the mansion, Yang Congyi saw from afar that the man was a beardless young man, as if he was in his thirties, and suddenly muttered in his heart, when did he have a colleague of the deceased who was younger than Xin Qiji?

But as the other party approached and gradually saw his face clearly, Yang Congyi suddenly stayed in place.

"Lord Yang, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you doing lately?" The smile of the person who came was like a flower, like a spring breeze, but in those bright eyes, there were a little tears, which made people feel particularly distressed.

"Four...... Brother Tang, don't come to harm? Yang Congyi, who had just woken up from a dream, immediately took a few steps forward, talking in his mouth, but he couldn't squeeze out the slightest smile on his face.

Because he was ashamed, he didn't dare to look directly at the other party's tearful eyes, let alone look at the other party's face that was no longer young.

"Thank you Brother Yang for your concern, I've been fine all these years, what about you?" The tears in the eyes of the visitor could no longer be caught, and they rolled out of their sockets in an instant, slid down the smiling face, and landed on the bluestone slab under their feet.

"That's good." Yang Congyi's throat was astringent, and his speech was a little unfavorable.

"Coming from afar, Brother Yang won't invite me to sit?" The visitor raised his hand and wiped the tears from his face with great speed, still smiling.

"Oh, sit, sit down." As soon as Yang Congyi was reminded, he hurriedly gave up his seat.

"Thank you, Brother Yang." The visitor raised his hand to thank him and immediately sat down.

Yang Congyi took a few steps forward to the door, raised his hand to close the door, and then turned around and sat down next to the visitor.

"Siniang, I've made you suffer all these years." Yang Congyi looked at the other party's smiling face, and his face was stiff and couldn't make any expression, because the infinite guilt in his heart made him mess up.

"I'm fine, but the days when I can't hear from you are very difficult." The smile on the face of the visitor disappeared, and the tears of grievance began to flood, rolling down his cheeks like a river bursting its banks.

The person who came was none other than Yang Siniang, who had not been seen for ten years, that is, Tang Xun, who was a former classmate.

Seeing that Yang Siniang restrained her smile, bitter like a tearful person, Yang Congyi instinctively grabbed her hand and pulled her closer.

Yang Siniang wept aggrievedly and fell on Yang Congyi's shoulder.

Speechless, let the grievances accumulated for ten years turn into tears, sprinkle on the shoulders of the other party, and flow into the other party's heart.

I don't know how long it took, but when all the grievances were poured out and the tears were gone, I started talking in words again.

"I have rarely written to you over the years, and I have not seen you, so you have been wronged."

"I know you're going to do big things, and you've always known that. How chaotic and busy the north is, although I am begging, I can still find out some news from the north, and it is no wonder to you. ”

"It's just that the past few years have been more chaotic and busy, in fact, there have been no major events in the past two years, I should have sent someone to pick you up from the north earlier."

"Pick me up, what about your two ladies in Bianjing?"

"After so many years, I have long seen it, and it is actually good to live with one more person."

"You said lightly, do you dare to take me back to Bianjing?"

"What would I not dare!"

"If you dare, I won't go back to Bianjing with you, I'm afraid of meeting acquaintances there!"

“........”

"I heard that you are poor in Bianjing and can't even afford to eat chicken, duck and fish, is it true?"

"No, I'm such a big official, what kind of delicacies and delicacies do I want to have, it's not that someone will send it right away, it's just that I have short hands and a soft mouth, and I don't want to owe favors."

"Then do you want to owe me this favor?"

"How much is that?"

"30 million taels, after so many years of operating Liuqiu and Nanyang, there is only this money left, and this time I brought it all to the north."

"Such a big fortune, this favor should be owed!"

"I knew that you wanted money in the north, so the money will be handed over to you, and I won't worry about it in the future."

"You still have this money, I need money, and the court also needs money, but this money is too much, and the court is not at ease in my hands, and it may cause trouble."

"The money is here, so what do you say, I lost it?"

"You take it first, wait for me to think about it, anyway, I can't spend this money."

"This is our money, if you don't spend it, do you want me to spend it?"

"Don't say it, it's a solution."

"Don't make trouble for me, it's hard to get together, and you want to break me apart, don't you?"

"Why, you're here this time, I won't let you go again."

On that day, the two of them talked for a long time in the house, and no guard approached the room.

Since that day, there has been an extra woman beside Yang Congyi, and ordinary people in the backyard of the house are no longer allowed to enter.

The Northern Expedition needed a lot of money, and the imperial court also needed a lot of money to build Taixue and martial arts, but the imperial court didn't have much money, and Yang Congyi couldn't get the money from the household department, and the Northern Expedition could only rely on Zhao Yan's inner treasury, but the money in the inner treasury was very useful, and all the departments and departments of the imperial court were staring at it, and they all wanted to reach out and ask for a sum from the inner treasury, so there was not much money that could be given to Yang Congyi, far less than what was needed for the Northern Expedition.

The Bianjing court had no money, but the people had money, and the officials and gentry also had money in their families, but the court could not get the money in their hands, and even if the officials were dismissed and there was no evidence, the court could not confiscate their property.

The court is worried about money, Yang Congyi is also worried about money at this time, the court is worried about no money, and he has too much money in his hand.

30 million taels, more than the financial income of the Bianjing treasury last year, the amount is too huge, even if the relationship with the emperor is good, with so much money in his hands, he feels unsure.

How to spend it reasonably is a question for him to consider.

Luzhou and Liaozhou prepared for war, made weapons and armor, and raised grain and grass, which cost a lot of money, and could give Xin Qiji three million taels.

The Daimyo's Mansion is adjacent to Hedong in the west and Zhending Mansion in the north, which belongs to the border area, and must be prepared for war all the time, Bianjing can't provide much military supplies, and it all depends on the Daimyo's Mansion to raise itself, even if Zhang Xiaoxiang passes, he can't raise much money, he can give him five million taels to expand the workshop and buy grain and grass.

Shandong Yidu Mansion, the front line of the Northern Expedition, whether it is the Daimyo Mansion or Luzhou and Hejian Mansion, most of the materials needed by the Song army have to go from Yidu Mansion, which is also the longest operating in the entire northern region, and now there is a wealth of labor here, but there is a lack of money, which can give Shen Jin five million taels.

The spy system operated by Song Jiaotou covers Xijin and Dongjin, and there are thousands of online personnel, and it also requires a lot of money, and now in the critical period of planning the Northern Expedition, it is necessary to spend a lot of money, and it is not too much to give him five million taels.

If he really gave away these 18 million taels, there are still 12 million taels left, even if he leaves 2 million taels for personal use, there are still 10 million taels, it is still a huge number, he is not a rich man, and he has no intention of leaving too many assets to his children.

Spend it, spend it all.

Building roads, opening mines, and opening academies can always defeat 10 million taels.

Since September, Yang Siniang has pretended to be a Jiangnan businessman under the instruction of Yang Congyi, and wants to invest in the construction of two hardened official roads, one from Hejian Mansion to Jinan Mansion, and one from Jinan Mansion to Daimyo's Mansion.

At the same time, she invested in mining and mining coal at the same time in Hejian Province and Daimyo Mansion, of course, she did not participate in the specific affairs of mining, but only paid for it.

In the end, she went to Yidu Mansion again, and outside Yidu City, she invested in a academy covering an area of thousands of acres with the previous institute as the team, and she only needed to pay for it, and Shen Jin helped her do the rest.

After some tossing, Yang Siniang only had 3 million taels of silver left from the 30 million taels brought by Liuqiu, and Yang Congyi still thought that there was a lot of money, so she felt that it was hot to hold it in her hand, so she anonymously donated 2 million taels to the imperial court.

After the money was spent, Yang Congyi was still not at ease, so he wrote a secret letter to the emperor, telling Zhao Yan the ins and outs of the money clearly, because he knew that no matter whether he said it or not, Zhao Yan would eventually notice that instead of being embarrassed at that time, affecting the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and finally affecting the major events of the Northern Expedition, it is better to take the initiative to make it clear.

30 million taels were not spent indiscriminately, they were not used for enjoyment, they were all used to prepare for the Northern Expedition and build roads for the benefit of the people, and to improve people's livelihood, Yang Congyi had a clear conscience, and Zhao Yan should not be counted.

Bianjing City, inside the Imperial Palace.

Zhao Yan looked at the secret letter sent by Yang Congyi over and over again, he couldn't figure it out, there were 30 million taels of silver, why should he spend it in a hurry, why not leave the accumulated wealth to future generations like others, and protect the wealth of his children and grandchildren?

Could it be that Yang Congyi is really not greedy for power, nor is he greedy for wealth?

So what is he running around all his life for?

For prestige, fame? Or is there something bigger?

Zhao Yan couldn't figure it out, which made him feel a little uneasy in his heart.

The question that arises is, how much unknown wealth does Yang Congyi still hide?

"Call Liu Xi."

Zhao Yan commanded, and the attendants serving in the palace hurriedly went out to give orders.

Not long after, the inner servants of the province all knew that Liu Xi entered the palace to serve, and the rest of the inner servants left the palace to avoid.

"Tell me the truth, how much profit can you make by going back to the 100 big ships of the Yi fleet to go to the South and Western Seas?" Zhao Yan stared at Liu Xi standing in front of him tightly.

Liu Xi was suddenly nervous, but seeing that the emperor's color was not wrong, he was not angry but worried, so he quickly calmed down and hurriedly replied: "As far as the minister knows, a hundred big ships full of goods to go to sea can make a profit of no less than 50 million guan in Jiangnan, and in Jiangbei, it will not exceed 30 million guan, Jiangnan is richer than Jiangbei, and exotic Western goods are better sold in Jiangnan, and the price is higher." ”