"Listening to what my lord said, it seems that the ocean return is a major event in the imperial court, why haven't I heard of it in Shaoxing?" Lu You had doubts in his heart, Shaoxing is not far from Lin'an, and it is only two or three days away, such a major event in the imperial court, after more than four months, how can there be no rumors.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Brother Lu doesn't know, the ocean returns, the fleet moves, and it takes at least two years to go back and forth, and it takes a long time to prepare in the early stage, and now it is still the stage of supervising the preparations, the fleet does not set off, and it is not convenient for the imperial court to publicize it." Besides, the person who is specifically responsible for supervising the creation, there is only me and a classmate, before we were ordained, we have never entered the office, the foundation is shallow, no one knows, we supervise the creation of the easy, every word and deed, no one will pay attention, naturally will not set off a storm, so that the world knows. ”

"I see. Those who are in high positions, a word in the market today, will be known to the whole world tomorrow, and the people at the bottom are crying and shouting to the ground, grabbing the ground with their heads, and no one cares. It is also a good thing that no one pays attention to such major events, otherwise everyone wants to get some benefits, and adults can be tired of coping with it, and they have no intention of supervising, and it is difficult to achieve great things. Lu You said with a smile.

Yang Congyi was slightly stunned, Lu You was young, but he dared to say anything. But what he said is very reasonable, it is true that they have no connections, no fame, do everything themselves, no one asks for benefits, new careers, small officials with big sesame, no one pays attention, even if there is something, those in high positions can't let go of their bodies to come to them to care, otherwise they don't fold their identities. Therefore, since the beginning of supervising the construction of the Hui Yi, there has not been much trouble, at most it is to go to the local government to do things, and the local officials are not so supportive, but they do not dare to destroy it in name.

"It will take four or five months to complete the return to Yi Duzao, and it is difficult to say what will happen in the future. The Huiyi Supervision Office is busy now, there are many things to do, and there is a serious shortage of manpower, I wonder if Brother Lu has time, is he interested in joining us and supervising the Huiyi together? Yang Congyi sent an invitation, but he knew that the other party would not agree.

Sure enough, I only heard Lu You smile and said, "Thank you for the invitation, but I have something at home, and I don't want to go out." ”

Yang Congyi sighed and said: "That's a pity, if you can get Brother Lu's help, Hui Yi Du will definitely be able to complete it as soon as possible." ”

Lu You said: "There is indeed something at home, I'm really sorry." If you have time to go to Lin'an in the future, you will definitely go to see the adults. ”

Yang Congyi said "It's okay". Then he asked, "Brother Lu, you should have been married not long ago, right?" ”

Lu You glanced at the woman next to him and said with a smile: "My lord's guess is right, I have only been married for three years, which is not long." ”

In three years, the fate of the two of them as husband and wife is probably coming to an end. I wonder if it can be saved? Lu's mother forced Lu You to take a leave of absence from Tang Wan, because Tang Wan influenced her son to study, and he couldn't pass the Jinshi exam, so he couldn't become an official like his ancestors. If Lu You can be pulled into the Huiyi Supervision team, and when the fleet goes to sea, it shouldn't be a problem to ask Lord Huang to get him an official and a half-job, so that the love tragedy between the two of them will not happen?

So he changed his head and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, since you have been married for many years and have a family, it is a good time to work hard to earn fame." The Hui Yi Supervision Office that I am responsible for is lacking talents like Brother Lu, if we can do this great thing together, the court will have many opportunities to reward, and it will not be a problem to give an official and a half position at that time. Brother Lu, I sincerely invite, do you want to think about it again? ”

He naturally thinks about fame, and his family has been urging him, but how can it be so easy to earn, even if he works hard all day long, and he can't enter the house three times, I'm afraid he won't be able to earn much fame, so it's better to talk about it later.

Lu You smiled and didn't answer immediately, as if he was thinking seriously.

"Lang Jun, we've been out for some time, let's go back." The woman next to her suddenly spoke.

Lu You hurriedly said: "Lord Xie's kindness, I'll go back and think about it, if I go to Lin'an, I'll go to you." ”

The maid quickly packed up the food box, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and took it to the carriage outside the pavilion.

Yang Congyi sighed again, Lu You was still too young, so he could only go with him. smiled: "Okay, then I'll wait for your news." If you go to Lin'an, you can go to Baominfang and go back to the Yi Supervision Office. ”

"Okay, I made a note of that. Lord Yang, let's go first, and there will be a period later. Lu You and the woman beside him got up one after another.

"There will be a date later."

Yang Congyi got up to see him off, and watched Lu You and the woman go out of the pavilion one after the other, get into the carriage and leave quickly.

This is fate, and their fate cannot be changed. has been married for three years, and this year he didn't even participate in the imperial examination, so it was strange that Lu's mother didn't get angry and forced him to divorce his wife. It can't help, maybe this is the price of a man's growth.

In a trance, he thought of his girlfriend who had been with him for four or five years, and his heart ached. Immediately, he suddenly came to his senses and forcibly expelled her from her brain. After a few long breaths, my heart gradually stabilized.

After sitting for a while, he got up and went out of the pavilion, urging the horse away.

The sun set that day, after dark, Yang Congyi rushed to the Qiantang River, the Lin'an city gate was closed, and the river boats no longer crossed the river, so they had to rest on the other side for one night.

On this day, he urged the horse to rush, drank two bowls of sweet soup at noon, and then didn't eat anything, Yang Congyi was also hungry and had his heart on his back. I found an inn, and as soon as I entered the inn, I didn't care about going back to the room to freshen up, so I first ordered a few small dishes to fill my stomach.

This inn is not far from the Qiantang River, set to eat, accommodation in one, there are a lot of people in the hall, a glance to sweep, almost all of them are businessmen.

Yang Congyi, who was very hungry, was eating food in the corner, it looked like he hadn't eaten for a few days, and his appearance was a little ugly, but what was it, he didn't care, no one knew him here anyway, and who would be so bored as to watch a person eat whether it looks good or not. The most important thing is that he is hungry and can't care much.

After a while, three plates of side dishes were eaten, and two bowls of rice were eaten.

After eating, drinking a cup of tea, I was about to go up to rest, but suddenly I heard the merchants not far away talking about Huiyi, which seemed to be related to their Huiyi supervision, so they poured another cup of tea and drank it slowly.

"Brother Wang, you are exaggerating, I also went to the Yi Supervision Office last month, from the time I went in to start negotiating, to the final signing of the contract, less than half an hour, that is, to talk about the type of goods, quantity, price, transportation and delivery methods and time issues, after the negotiation on the spot signed a procurement contract of 150,000 yuan, how can you say to charge a benefit fee. Isn't it because you don't have enough 100,000 yuan and want to defer the payment? ”

"Brother Zhu, it's not like you don't know how many tea gardens I have, just a hundred thousand yuan, it's not a problem at all. I don't want to do this business in the Yi Office, using the signboard of the imperial court for personal gain, I see, it's good that they don't lose all their money, and you still want to collect double the payment, that's a delusion, I'm afraid that in the end the capital will not come back. ”

"Brother Wang, no, I asked someone to inquire, it is indeed the will of the imperial court to go to sea and return to Yi, the contract is clearly written in black and white, as well as their official seal, how can the court cheat, even if it does not make money, the capital will definitely be returned." We have known each other once, and we have been friends for seven or eight years, and there are also some connections in Lin'an City, so there is still room for redemption in the matter of returning to Yi. Tell me, how big of a business are you talking about? Business is fine, I'll be able to find someone to help you. ”

"Thank you, brother. I'm hopeful, but I'll make it clear to you today, it's not that I can't afford that money, it's that I can't swallow that breath. I have five tea gardens, no less than a thousand pours, one acre of tea garden can produce 200 catties of steamed tea every year, sell to tea merchants, and each catty of tea can also sell at least 100 Wen. I wanted to sell half of this year's tea to the Hui Yi Office, and half of it was almost 1.5 million catties, and the price was two percent lower than selling it to private dealers. After talking for a long time, I said that the contract was not signed, and I was asked to think about it, and I also thought about it, and I made money like selling all my tea to private merchants. If it weren't for the fact that they were purchased by the imperial court and had a large amount, I thought that I could sell the tea at one time and save some trouble, so I wouldn't have bothered to come all the way. I came from my hometown, and it took nearly a month on the road, but the price dropped by 30% when I came, and I had to transport it to Quanzhou myself. Are you angry? ”

"Brother Wang, you have such a big business, it shouldn't be difficult for you. The regulations of the trade office are clear, the purchase of more than 100,000 guan is directly a deferred payment discount, and you are also a tea business of more than 100,000 guan, so it is said that there should be no problem. Did you say something wrong? ”

"I'm just here to talk about business, what can I say wrong. Originally, I thought that if it could be negotiated, this year's tea would not be sold to private dealers, but all of it would be sold to Huiyi, but who knew that this would be the result. ”

"If you think about it again, they all negotiate the purchase intention in advance and sign the contract, and when the ship is going to go to sea, your tea will not come for a long time, or the amount of delivery is less than 100,000 yuan, it will be very troublesome for them, and the whole fleet will not wait for you alone, you say yes, Brother Wang."

"I am a trustworthy person, negotiate 1.5 million catties, if my tea is not enough to deliver, I will buy tea from elsewhere and send it to him! Talking about the business of the imperial court, but making a lot of personal gains, a business of 100,000 yuan will be rebated in cash, and the ship has not yet gone to sea, they can earn tens of thousands of yuan every day while sitting, and we earn tens of thousands of yuan, but we have to work hard for a whole year. If you can't do business, you can't do it, and I won't make them this money. ”

"Brother Wang, don't be angry, there are several people in charge of procurement in the Hui Yi Office, and I haven't heard other people say that they want rebates, maybe you are too lucky, and you just happened to meet someone who wants a rebate, I'll go with you tomorrow to see, such a big business, if it can be negotiated, the money you make can be less hard for several years."

"Forget it, I don't want to be angry anymore, it's not that my tea can't be sold. Come, brother, drink. ”

Yang Congyi was secretly frightened when he heard it, a kickback, it's too easy to make money!