"Before leaving Quanzhou, my sister specifically told me that she wanted me to follow my husband well and take care of my husband's life, but I don't know anything, where can I take care of my husband, and now I have the opportunity to share my husband's worries, I am very happy, and I will go back to Quanzhou to explain to my sister in the future." Meng Yunniang said and rested her head on Yang Congyi's shoulder.

Before Yang Congyi could say anything, she immediately asked, "Husband, how can I promote spices with them?" ”

"Don't rush yet, let me think about it, and I'll talk to you when I've thought about it."

Yang Congyi raised his hand to wrap Yun Niang's slender waist, and as his palm moved lightly, Yun Niang's face turned red.

"Husband, it's still daytime, don't mess around." Meng Yunniang's body tightened, and she hurriedly grabbed his hand.

"You see, the sun has gone down outside, and in a moment it will be dark, and you won't see anything when it's dark." Yang Congyi chuckled.

It's been together for several years, Yun Niang still can't let go, and when it comes to the time of intimacy between husband and wife, she is reserved and shy like an untrained flower girl, not only nervous, but also nervous.

"Let's wait until it's dark, it's still light outside, I'm not used to it." Meng Yunniang grabbed his hand tightly.

At this time, she doesn't like the tension that arises in her heart for no reason, but after several years, she just can't change it. Maybe it's because I'm too nervous every time, so that after getting married, I stayed with my husband alone for a few years, and I couldn't conceive a child, I felt uncomfortable, and when I went home, Gu Qingchen said that she was also very distressed.

Hearing Yun Niang say this, Yang Congyi did not make any further moves.

Meng Yunniang spent the most time by his side, and she was usually very quiet and well-behaved, she never asked about things that shouldn't be asked, and she never said things that shouldn't be said, she hardly caused him any trouble, she didn't envy the dancers and singers who accompanied the boat, and she didn't be jealous of the beauties given to him by other countries, her mentality was very peaceful, which was the most satisfying to Yang Congyi. He is very afraid of troubles at home, but Meng Yunniang is knowledgeable and reasonable, and she does not fight or rob, which is very much in line with his heart.

Because of this, Yang Congyi would hardly refuse Yun Niang's request, even in the two-person world.

A day later, the flotilla arrived in Minnesot.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Rites to greet the foreign envoys waited for a long time in Mingzhou, and as soon as the fleet arrived, they took the envoys from various countries into the city, rested for a while, and then took them back to Lin'an by land to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Huiyi fleet set up a Huiyi camp in Mingzhou Port and began to trade with the eager merchants.

The businessmen in Mingzhou are more crazy than the businessmen in Quanzhou, and they are more generous, and they are millions of taels at every turn, or they can directly count the number of ships and buy the whole ship, regardless of the price.

Three days later, Yang Congyi left the port of Mingzhou with all the money from the trade, five merchant ships, and Shenzhou, sailed into Hangzhou Bay, and traveled along the Qiantang River to the outside of Lin'an City.

On the afternoon of the day when the fleet arrived in Lin'an, a high-status chamberlain came to the palace and brought people to the riverside and boarded the Shenzhou.

The chamberlain claimed to be surnamed Gao to collect the profits of the Hui fleet and receive the goods.

Yang Congyi was a little surprised, in the past, Huang Qi came in person, and he never faked others, why didn't he come this time?

He didn't dare to ask more about what happened, but he asked to inspect the other party's tokens and confirm the identity of the other party, after all, what he had to hand over was a large sum of money, countless gold, silver and jewelry, and five large ships of precious Western goods.

After seeing the portable sign presented by the chamberlain surnamed Gao and confirming his identity, five sea ships and more than a dozen large boxes full of silver banknotes, gold and silver jewelry were immediately handed over.

After getting the delivery certificate given to him by the other party, Yang Congyi made a little arrangement, and quickly left the riverside and returned to the Baomin Fang Hui Yi in Lin'an City.

The profits to be handed over to the imperial court have been handed over to 30 million yuan, and the money to be paid to the merchants can only wait for the remaining more than ten ships in Mingzhou Port to be sold out, but the remaining goods are almost all perfumes, essences, frankincense and other spices, few people care, if the return to the trade office does not want people to come to the door to ask for money, they have to sell the goods immediately to raise money.

The return office is not under the jurisdiction of any ministry, bureau or department, so Yang Congyi's return to the return office has hardly attracted anyone's attention.

When no one noticed, there was no endless entertainment, and he had enough time to arrange the promotion of spices.

First, he rented a shop near the most prosperous Dawazi at a very high rent, and asked someone to redecorate it in five days, and hung framed calligraphy and paintings around it.

The words were written by Lu You himself, and the paintings were all made by Meng Yunniang on the ship in the past two years, and there were more than ten landscape paintings, including the Great Song Dynasty and exotic, as well as many beautiful pictures.

After this arrangement, the whole store is suddenly filled with the aroma of books, and the cultural atmosphere is very strong, in the noisy city, because of the incomparable elegance, it is different.

The most eye-catching thing is the signboard with the name of the store on the door of the store, with four carmine characters on it, "Xiangman Jinghua".

After the decoration was completed, a complete range of perfumes, essences, frankincense and other spices were quickly transported into the city, put on shelves, marked with retail prices, and cared for by two young men from the "merchant house" and four elite soldiers.

When everything was ready, sales began.

During the renovation of the store, Yang Congyi found specific information from the officials according to the information given by Meng Yunniang about her eldest brother-in-law's family.

It turned out that her eldest brother-in-law Gong Bo is now serving in Lin'an, and is now the Cheng of Renhe County, a substantive official with real power.

Knowing where he worked, it was naturally easy to inquire about his family's residence.

After the perfume shop opened, on a sunny morning, Yang Congyi took Meng Yunniang to visit Gongfu in the north of Lin'an City.

The Gong family lived in Hangzhou, the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, and after the capital was changed to Lin'an, the Gong family became a person in the capital.

When the capital was set in Lin'an, Gong Bo's father was already in a high official position, so the Gong family did not move out of the city, and even the location of the old mansion was not moved, so Gong Bo was able to live in Lin'an City with the capital of the county.

When he came to the gate of Gong's mansion, Yang Congyi stopped the guards and took Yun Niang to step forward in person.

"I was tired of informing Mrs. Gong, and said that Xinghua Meng's Yunniang came to visit relatives." Yang Congyi took a step forward and explained his origin and reason for coming to the house in front of the door.

"Xinghua? Where is Xinghua? Is the Gong Mansion a way to enter if you want to? Is there a prayer post? ”

When the gatekeeper Ding saw that Yang Congyi was wearing plain clothes, not brocade clothes, he was a little arrogant, and regarded them as poor relatives who came from other places to fight the autumn breeze.

"This is Mrs. Gong's own sister Meng Yunniang, who made a special trip to visit her sister, and she was tired of reporting it."

Yang Congyi is not impatient or impatient about the unfriendliness of the family, after all, it is the first time to visit, even if it is a subordinate, it is not easy to compete with them, so as not to leave a bad impression on the eldest sister who has not yet met.

"Madame's own sister? We haven't heard that our relatives have such a young sister, the lord is not at home, if you don't pay a visit, and you can't prove your identity, just hurry up and go, don't be an eyesore in front of Gong's mansion! ”

Jia Ding looked at Yang Congyi and Meng Yunniang again, and couldn't see any similarities between them and his wife, and it was likely that they were here to fight the autumn breeze.

"Husband, let's go back!"

Meng Yunniang, who had not spoken, had a very ugly face, and before her voice fell, she immediately turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait, after all, it's your eldest sister, you were chased away by someone in front of the door, how sad your sister should be when she knows."

Yang Congyi persuaded Yun Niang with his words, and then said to the family: "I'm sorry for you to go in and report, if Mrs. Gong doesn't want to meet, we will leave again, if you don't report, we have to go to Renhe County to see Gong Xiancheng!" ”

When the family heard this, his heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Are you really Madame's relatives?" ”

"Or else?" Yang Congyi asked rhetorically.

"Then you wait a minute, the little one will go in and report."

After saying that, the family hurriedly entered the door.

"Yun Niang, don't be angry with your subordinates, there's no need, I'm here to see your sister today." Yang Congyi turned around and went to persuade Yun Niang.

"I'm not angry, but I feel uncomfortable." Meng Yunniang's eyes were slightly red, and her mood was directly presented on her face.

"I haven't seen my sister for many years, so I should be happy." Yang Congyi comforted softly, what is the gap between their sisters, he doesn't want to delve into it, and he doesn't have much interest in knowing, what he cares about is as long as Yun Niang is happy.

"I see, husband." Meng Yunniang blinked her eyes and squeezed back the tears swirling in her eyes.

When I didn't wait outside the door, a middle-aged woman in her forties came to the gate of the courtyard without hurry.

At a glance, she saw the young woman standing in front of the door, and immediately shouted, "Yun Niang! What are you doing here? When did you come to Lin'an? Why don't you send a letter to your sister in advance? ”

As he spoke, he walked down the steps quickly, came to Meng Yunniang, and took her hand very enthusiastically.

"I've just come to Lin'an. How is my sister doing? Meng Yunniang squeezed out some smiles on her face very reluctantly, raised her eyes to look at the woman opposite, and raised her hand to hold the other party's hand.

The two held hands together, looked at each other, and had different moods.

"Sister is all right. What about you, how is Daddy? Mrs. Gong asked with concern.

"I'm fine, my dad should be fine at home, I haven't been home for a while." Meng Yunniang involuntarily avoided the other party's gaze.

Mrs. Gong quickly noticed something strange from Meng Yunniang, with a smile on her face, and asked, "Yunniang, when did you get married, why didn't I receive the invitation?" ”

When Meng Yunniang heard this, she hurriedly introduced sideways: "Sister, this is my husband, surnamed Yang Congyi." We have been married for more than two years, and there was no banquet when we got married, and I didn't send an invitation when I got married. ”

Yang Congyi immediately bowed to Mrs. Gong and said, "Congyi has seen the eldest sister!" The first time we met, it was not a tribute! ”

After speaking, he presented the gift he was holding in his hand.

"No need to be polite."

Mrs. Gong motioned to the subordinates who followed her to accept the gift.