The banknote is fluttering in the hand, just like waste paper, and you don't feel how much value it has at all.

With 10,000 taels, Yang Congyi didn't know how to spend it at all, it felt like he suddenly had more burdens on his body, and he was even a little overwhelmed, and he was afraid of being stolen in the room, and he was afraid of losing it when he put it on his body.

When Yang Congyi was worried about these foreign wealth, Tang Xun told him that he had also brought back two carriages, and the horses were brought from the north, which were better than the horses they had bought before.

Yang Congyi was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately went out to take a look, and found that although the two horses were not particularly tall, they still looked very strong, and the age of the horses was not very old, which was definitely much better than the horses he rode.

Two good horses, one for one person, of course.

After the happy event is over, the rest is tragedy.

The four old shopkeepers, silent in the morning, all left, leaving a lot of banknotes in the room, all silver tickets, adding up to more than 40,000 taels, it can be seen that they have looted a lot of money in the past few months, Tang Xun doesn't believe that what is left is all, they should also take some of it, but they are all family, and they can't let his father can't hang on his face, so he doesn't want to pursue it anymore.

I don't know which merchants the money I left behind came from, and I haven't returned it yet. The two discussed it and temporarily listed it in the Hui Yi Supervision Office as the minister's money in case of emergency.

Ma's problem was solved, and Yang Congyi was still worried about the ten thousand taels of gold banknotes, and quietly asked Tang Xun what he was going to do with these banknotes.

Tang Xun told him that if there is an urgent use, he will keep it, and if he is not in a hurry, he will use it to do business, and now he is going back to the Yi Supervision Office to purchase similar materials, but there are still many businessmen waiting for the transaction, he can privately purchase a batch of materials and hoard them, and after a few months, when there is a shortage of materials in the market, he can sell them a little bit and make a small profit.

When Yang Congyi heard this, he secretly sighed that Tang Xun was worthy of being a businessman at home, and he had brains. Huiyi purchased more than 12 million materials, ready to be shipped overseas, then this year's market silk, porcelain, tea and other large quantities of materials will inevitably be in shortage, scarce is expensive, when the price will definitely rise, maybe not two months, and all the materials are shipped to Quanzhou, when all the materials are lacking in all parts of the country, when the price of goods begins to rise, there are these things businessmen can make a profit.

It is not safe and wasteful to hold so much money in his hands, but he doesn't know how to do business himself, and he doesn't have the heart to do business, so he immediately left twenty pieces of gold banknotes, a total of two thousand gold banknotes, and the rest were all given to Tang Xun, so that he could help keep it, and if he could make money, he would also help make some money.

Tang Xun didn't shirk it, he took it directly in his hand, he knew Yang Congyi, since he gave him the money, it was at his disposal.

The two of them handed over 8,000 taels of gold so casually, that is, more than 300,000 yuan, without recording a word in writing. Because they are classmates who have eaten and slept together for two years, they have a friendship of life and death, so they trust each other.

Whether he can make money or not, Yang Congyi doesn't care, what he cares about is that Tang Xun will keep the money for him, he is running around by himself, and it is really not safe to carry the money with him.

After the delivery of the banknotes, Tang Xun went to work on the matter of easy procurement, and today he was alone, what should be done still has to be done, and he can't stop suddenly.

Yang Congyi went to the street to find an idler and asked him to send a letter to the Jin Embassy, and then with the delivery voucher, he came to receive the money. In this way, he didn't go to the hotel, so he sent the letter to Wan Yanliang.

When he returned to Hui Yi Douzao half an hour later, he saw that Lord Huang was already waiting.

Yang Congyi made a more detailed report to Gao Daren on the establishment of the Xuanwei Army, and he was also given a copy of the roster of officers in the army, which are all things that must be known as the commander of the Xuanwei Army.

Mr. Gao was very satisfied with the work of Yang Congyi and others, and immediately encouraged and praised him.

Regarding the problem of insufficient military spending, let Yang Congyi coordinate with Tang Xun and withdraw it from the return funds.

Later, Yang Congyi reported the problem of insufficient estimation of the ship, and planned to build another batch, otherwise some commodities and materials may not be able to be loaded and shipped out at that time.

The cost of building sea ships is not too expensive, and it should not be a problem to build dozens more. Master Gao had no objection, and asked him to deal with it himself after discussing it with Tang Xun. It was only emphasized once that the fleet must go to sea within the year without delay.

Yang Congyi listened to that, if the fleet could not go to sea within the Chinese New Year, not only would they not be promoted, but it was estimated that they would have to be punished and the official position granted to them would be withdrawn. He immediately promised that he would do his best to supervise the return of the Yi fleet, and would never fail to live up to the trust of the tall man.

Subsequently, Yang Congyi proposed to withdraw 100,000 yuan of silver first, and continue to use it to supervise the construction of sea ships, and the follow-up money for the 60 ships previously scheduled to be built, and a large amount of money for the new ships.

If Mr. Gao didn't say a word, he naturally agreed to withdraw. 100,000 guan is a small amount, and he knows very well how much money is left in the account.

After all the things were done, Yang Congyi left Lin'an that day.

After crossing the river by boat, the horse went straight to Quanzhou.

At the beginning of the year, I have been to Quanzhou once, and then I am already familiar with the road, and there is basically no delay on the road, but when I encounter the stormy weather, I have to rest in the post station.

The weather was a little better, so I hurried day and night, and after ten days, I finally arrived in Quanzhou.

Yang Congyi didn't rest, and couldn't wait to see the shipyard and the progress of shipbuilding.

The shipyard is in full swing, all kinds of timber are piling up, some have been processed, some are still logs, waiting to be processed. The shipbuilders have their own division of labor, everything is quite orderly, and they are all busy.

Immediately found an old shipyard official and asked for shipbuilding information.

Yang Congyi came to the beginning of the year and discussed the problem of shipbuilding with them, and the old officials were present, so they naturally knew Yang Congyi.

Without waiting for Yang Congyi to ask, Lao Shi reported directly: "Lord Yang, in the past few months, the shipbuilding progress has been very smooth, twenty seagoing ships have been completed, ten are being oiled, it is expected that these ten ships will be completed and launched in mid-June, ten ships are building cabins, and another ten ships have begun to lay keels, and it is expected that these ships will be completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Seeing that they were building so fast, Yang Congyi was naturally happy in his heart. But while he was happy, he suddenly remembered something, and immediately asked: "What kind of ships are built and under construction, and are there any warships?" ”

The old official replied: "Lord Hui, the warship is being prepared, and the construction has not begun. ”

"Why not?" Yang Congyi frowned, there is no warship, how can the Xuanwei army be familiar with the sea, practice naval battles, and wait for the warship to be built in September and October, then there will be too little time left for the Xuanwei army.

The old official replied, "Your Excellency, the construction of warships requires sturdy and high-quality wood. There is not much storage in the shipyard of this kind of timber, and it is not possible to buy it nearby, and less than half of this timber has just been shipped back recently, and when all of it is shipped back, it will be half a month later. At the pace of our construction, we will be able to build all ten ships within three months. ”

"Then there is a 4,000-material ship, is there any movement?" In the past five months, only twenty sea ships have been built, and the rest have not been built, and these eleven ships have not yet started construction, which makes Yang Congyi very dissatisfied, he now just wants them to build ships as soon as possible, the ships are built, everything is easy to say, they can train the army, and goods and materials can be loaded at any time.

The old official said: "The keel wood required for the big ship was also transported back a few days ago, and it has already begun to be processed, and this big ship will definitely be built within four months." ”

Yang Congyi had a headache, although they were able to build these ships at the right time, but for the Huiyi fleet, the progress was obviously a little slow.

"How many people are there in the shipyard, and can recruiting more people speed up the shipbuilding process?" Yang Congyi remembered the crowd tactics.

Lao Shi replied: "There are nearly 800 people in the shipyard now, which is barely enough. Shipbuilding is labor-intensive, and if there are more people, it will definitely be faster. ”

"Okay, that'll do."

Then Yang Congyi asked the old official to take him to see the built ship and the ship under construction.

Twenty large ships have been launched, parked in the shallow sea, and fastened to the shore with heavy anchors. When the sun shines, the entire hull of the ship glows a bright golden yellow. The more times the tung oil is brushed, the brighter the color of the wood is, and the stronger and more durable it is.

Yang Congyi took a small boat to a large ship and climbed up to the deck along the soft ladder. The three masts, one master and two mates, were all laid down on the bow of the ship, and were not erected.

Lao Shi also followed up and explained and introduced the situation on the ship.

The whole ship is brand new inside and out, it is not a problem to live in the cabin of fifty or sixty people, and the space below the deck is also very large, which can hold a lot of commodity materials and daily necessities. Compared with the sea ships seen at the beginning of the year, this sea ship has reduced some things, of course, it has also increased some, all according to the change design to adapt to the long-term going to sea, and everyone discussed and discussed it before the shipbuilding at the beginning of the year, and the construction was also based on the results of the original discussion when building the ship.

Standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the equally built sea ships in the distance, Yang Congyi was very satisfied, but there were still too few good ships, which made him worried.

After that, Yang Congyi left the shipyard and found the official in charge of the shipyard, Master Fei.

The two sat down and didn't say a few words, but Mr. Fei began to complain, saying that there were many people in the shipyard, the follow-up shipbuilding payment had not been paid for a long time, the craftsmen's salaries had not been paid for a month or two, and the material money was not enough, etc.

Yang Congyi immediately took out 10,000 taels of silver tickets and put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Lord Fei, Yang has been busy with other things in the past few months, and he has no time to ask about the progress of shipbuilding. At the beginning of April, you sent someone to Lin'an to withdraw 10,000 yuan, but the difference was only 5,000 yuan in May, why is the shipyard so poor, isn't it? ”

As soon as Lord Fei saw the silver ticket on the table, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said with a dry smile: "Lord Yang doesn't know, in order to catch up with the schedule, the shipyard has recruited thousands of people, and a large part of the monthly salary will be spent. In addition, it is necessary to buy materials such as wood, tung oil, and iron nails, which is a lot of money. That money was really not enough. ”