"No problem, who Lord Huang wants to see, the lower official will go and call him immediately." As soon as he heard that he was just looking for someone, it was not a big deal, so Master Zhang immediately came down.

Huang Qi said with a smile: "This person is Yang Congyi who is the new soldier in front of the palace, and he is now in the Yamen?" ”

Lord Zhang was slightly shocked in his heart, and he commanded the adults to look for him, and now this Lord Huang is looking for him again, it seems that Yang Congyi is really not a simple person, after his heart moved, he immediately replied: "Oh, Yang Congyi, he was still discussing matters with the lower officials just now, and it was less than a quarter of an hour before he left." Since the adults have something to look for him, the lower officials called him here. ”

Huang Qi didn't answer immediately, hesitated slightly, and then replied: "Can I take him away from here, or find a quiet place and ask alone?" ”

Lord Zhang said with some embarrassment: "At present, the military case is understaffed, and the task is heavy, I can't leave for a moment, and I still ask in the yamen, the lower official is his superior, what did he do before, although the lower official has no right to ask, but listen and understand, Lord Huang shouldn't mind, right?" ”

Huang Qi hesitated, now that Yang Congyi is serving in the military case, it is no longer Hui Yi to join the army, it is really unreasonable to find someone in the military case without going through the chief officer of the military case, if he can pressure him as an internal servant, why should he go to Gong Guogong first. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately replied: "Since this is the case, let's borrow Lord Zhang's treasure land to meet him." There is a lot of trouble, and Zhang Bing's case is more inclusive! ”

"You don't have to be so polite, the subordinate officials are involved, and they should ask them face to face." Master Zhang smiled slightly, and then said loudly: "Come on, go and call Secretary Yang." ”

The guards answered, and they quickly went to call someone.

When he was young, Yang Congyi, who had just returned to the office and had not finished a cup of tea, was brought to the military case office again.

As soon as Yang Congyi entered the official office, he saw that very familiar person, and immediately stepped forward to salute, shouting in his mouth: "Xiaguan Yang Congyi, I have seen Lord Huang!" ”

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a year, Yang joined the army and didn't come to harm!" Huang Qi smiled and laughed.

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "Xiaguan is very good, Lord Huang is all right?" ”

Huang Qi smiled: "It's okay, it's okay." After saying goodbye to Guangzhou last year, I heard that you went to Mingzhou to serve as a supervisor, but you didn't want to return to Lin'an. ”

Yang Congyi said: "The adult is busy with affairs, and the lower official has just returned to Lin'an, and when he is free one day, the lower official will definitely visit the adult!" ”

Huang Qi is Yang Congyi's nobleman, he single-handedly pulled him out of martial arts and gave him the opportunity to do things for the imperial court, and then he has the opportunity to serve as the secretary of the military case in front of the palace.

Because of this, Yang Congyi felt very kind when he saw Huang Qi.

Huang Qi said with a smile: "It's all in Lin'an, as long as you want to get together, there are many opportunities." ”

After the greetings, Huang Qi immediately got down to business, only to hear him change his words: "I called you here today, not because Zhang Bing is looking for you, but because I have something to ask you." ”

Yang Congyi said with a straight face: "My lord, please ask, the lower officials know everything." ”

From the moment he saw Lord Huang appear in the military case, he knew that Lord Huang must be coming at him, so he was not surprised by what Lord Huang said.

Huang Qi said: "What I want to ask you today in front of Zhang Bing's case is about the procurement of the fleet in the West. I remember that you went with me to Baghdad, the capital of the Seljuk Kingdom, and the procurement of goods was in charge of the Tang army at the beginning, and then we left Baghdad ahead of schedule, and I stayed in Basra for a while, so you returned to the camp, right? ”

Yang Congyi nodded and said, "My lord is right, after leaving Baghdad, Xia Guan returned to the camp in advance to assist Tang Xun in purchasing goods. ”

Huang Qi asked, "Okay, since you are involved in the procurement of goods, you should have seen all the types of goods purchased by the fleet, right?" ”

Yang Congyi replied: "Yes, the lower officials basically know it. Although he didn't know what Lord Huang wanted to ask, from his gradually retracted expression, he vaguely felt that it was not a good thing to ask.

Sure enough, I only heard Huang Qi say: "After the fleet returned to the Great Song Dynasty last year, most of the goods could be sold very well, but there was only one thing that was extremely large, there were two large ships, which are still in the warehouse, and there were no merchants at all who could look at it, and it was almost never sold, because it was a kind of stone." Do you know who procured the stone? ”

Yang Congyi thought about it for a while, and then replied: "My lord, in all the goods, except for jewelry and jade, there should be only one kind of stone for the fleet to purchase two large ships at a time, and that is a cyan ore, which is purchased by the lower officials. ”

"Is that you? Why are you sourcing these stones? Huang Qi was very puzzled, if he couldn't tell a reason, how could he explain it to the officials.

Yang Congyi said: "Lord Hui, this cyan ore is a relatively common ore in the Seljuk country, it is everywhere in the mountains over there, and it is usually used as a pigment to color buildings, because this kind of cyan ore is very rare in the Great Song Dynasty, and the lower officials purchased it back to prepare it for use as an ore pigment, this cyan pigment is of great use whether it is a painter painting, or coloring a building, or firing porcelain, in short, it is widely used in the Great Song Dynasty." The most important thing is that these ores are ubiquitous in the Seljuk kingdom, and the price is very cheap, and the cost of two large ships of ore is less than 2,000 yuan. If the ore is used where it should be, its value will increase by hundreds or thousands of times. There are no merchants to ask for it now, but they don't see the value of this ore. ”

"So how do you think you can use their value and sell these ores?" This explanation is still in the past, but what Huang Qi wants is to quickly clean up these things and exchange them for money, so as not to be an eyesore and make the official family unhappy.

Yang Congyi said: "Xia Guan does not recommend selling these ores at this time, because selling ores cannot be sold at a high price, if they are ground into cyan pigment, then their value will be comparable to gold and silver, and it will also lead a trend." ”

"Ground into paint? So many ores, how to grind into pigments? How much labor and how much time does it take? Is there any other way? Huang Qi asked.

Yang Congyi thought for a while, and then replied: "If you don't want to grind it into pigments, and you want to sell it at a high price, Xia Guan suggests selling it directly to the kiln, there should be a lot of pigments used for firing porcelain, and if you explain the use to them, you should be able to sell it." ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go." Huang Qi finally got an explanation for this batch of ores, so that he would not be dumbfounded by the official family again, but whether it was appropriate to deal with it like this, he didn't dare to decide on his own, and he had to go back and discuss with others.

"In addition to this cyan ore, there is also a white stone, which no one can see, what is the use of it?" Huang Qi brought up another rare thing.

As soon as he mentioned that kind of thing, Yang Congyi remembered what Lord Huang was asking, so he replied: "This kind of white ore is also an extremely rare thing, which can be used to make a transparent thing. As far as Xia Guan knows, this kind of ore is not procured much, because it is also a rare thing in Seljuk. Xiaguan suggested that this white ore should be left behind, and it was better not to sell it. On the way back to the Great Song Dynasty, Xia Guan had agreed with others that these ores would be used to make something that had never appeared before the Great Song Dynasty, and when they were made later, their value would be incalculable. ”

"I see. Okay, then I'll tell them, leave this batch of white ore first, as for how to use it, next time I will talk to you alone. Huang Qi smiled.

Yang Congyi replied: "Yes, my lord, but there is a place where I need to go down, please tell me directly." ”

"There's another thing, in wooden barrels, which I heard looks like tree sap, and what are they for, do you know?" Huang Qi asked again.

Yang Congyi replied: "This kind of sap is the tribute of the Three Buddhas, it is quite useful, smear it on the body, after drying, it can resist knives and guns, adults should have heard of it in the Three Buddhas." ”

"It turns out that those natives are invulnerable, and they are smeared with this sap?" Huang Qi was slightly surprised.

"Exactly. Thinking it might be useful, I asked them to prepare some. Yang Congyi replied very calmly.

All kinds of experiences at sea are vivid, and those who used to work together are now separated and don't know where to go, and he is the only one who stays alone in Lin'an.

Huang Qi smiled: "That's all I have to look for you today, since it's all clear, then it's fine." After speaking, he got up and said: "Zhang Bing's case, there is a lot of trouble. ”

Lord Zhang got up and smiled: "Lord Huang is polite. Xiaguan sends the adults a ride! ”

Huang Qi hurriedly excused himself and said: "No, Zhang Bing's case doesn't have to be so polite, I'll just go by myself, I've delayed you a lot of time, please stay." ”

Then he said to Yang Congyi: "Yang joins the army, see you another day!" ”

"Okay, Xiaguan is waiting for news from Lord Huang." Yang Congyi replied respectfully.

Huang Qi left quickly accompanied by the school captain, went back to resume his life, and did not stop again.

Through the dialogue between Lord Huang and Yang Congyi, as well as the previous account of Yang Congyi commanding the envoy yamen in the capital, Lord Zhang already knows the identity of Lord Huang, he is a person in the palace and a person next to the emperor.

Lord Huang's identity is special, and his relationship with Yang Congyi seems to be very unusual, so Yang Congyi's identity must not be ordinary.

It was only at this time that Zhang Da understood why Yang Congyi was able to be transferred to the front of the palace at a young age, he could rely on Lord Huang in the palace, and the relationship between Lord Huang and the commander of the palace was extraordinary, so it was indeed not difficult for Yang Congyi to come to the front of the palace to serve.

Yang Congyi has such a deep officialdom relationship, and he, as the chief officer of the military case and as his boss, didn't know about it, fortunately, he wasn't too harsh on him before, otherwise it would be really difficult to face.

"Secretary Yang, I didn't expect you to be so familiar with material procurement, and such a complicated thing as Ocean Return can be successfully completed, you are really young and promising!" Master Zhang said with a smile.

"The adult has won the award, and it was also a matter of time at that time, so I had to do it." Yang Congyi replied.