"I've seen Lord Wang." The merchants saluted one after another.

Wang Zhizhou ignored them, took a few steps forward, looked at the guards, and asked in a deep voice: "The fleet has been parked here for a few days, why haven't you sold the goods and given up the port!" ”

No matter how ignorant the guard was, he knew that the person in front of him was a big man, so he immediately replied respectfully: "Lord Hui, we don't know, there are too many goods, and they should still be preparing." ”

Wang Zhizhou didn't say anything more, and walked towards the camp gate.

The guards saw that Wang Zhizhou was about to enter the camp, and they glanced at each other, and several people dodged to block the camp gate, and one of them hurriedly explained: "My lord, when I return to Yizhongdi, no one is allowed to enter or leave without permission, and I ask your forgiveness." ”

"What a boldness, even Lord Wang dares to stop him, don't die, get out!" Before Wang Zhizhou could speak, some businessmen stepped forward and scolded loudly.

"It's not possible to call out your lords, and let Lord Wang go to see him in person!"

"I don't understand the rules at all, how do you do things, and you adults are not allowed to take Lord Wang in!"

Wang Zhizhou saw that the road ahead was blocked, he stopped by the trend, these soldiers were all stunned, and they came hard, and it was himself who lost face and identity. Since there were businessmen who came up to help, he stood there very calmly, without saying a word, watching them do these things that made people blush.

As soon as the guards saw that Shang Jia had really found the support of high-ranking officials, where did they dare to argue, one of them immediately returned to the camp to report.

Sooner or later, all the accounts of the Huiyi fleet will have to be handed over, and if it can't stand up to verification, Tang Xun will be in trouble. But she is not an old shopkeeper who is good at doing accounts, as long as there are no major problems, even if someone investigates it, it will be said in the past. In the past few days, she has been busy checking and repairing accounts, and checking and adjusting the piles of account books.

Today, Tang Xun was studying and checking the accounts in the camp to see if there were any big loopholes, and he suddenly heard a report from the guards outside the camp: "My lord, Lord Mingzhou Zhizhou is here, just at the gate of the camp, and see if the posture is not good." ”

"Wang Zhizhou?" Tang Xun was a little surprised, the Mingzhou Mansion is not close to the port, there are dozens of miles, what did he come to the port for, is it also for the cargo of the fleet?

Zhizhou is in a state, very powerful, I don't know how much higher the official rank is than her, everyone is outside the camp, and she doesn't dare not see it, unless she doesn't want to mix.

As soon as Tang Xun cleaned up slightly, he closed the barracks and immediately went out of the camp to meet him.

From a distance, I saw an official in a scarlet official uniform, about fifty years old, standing quietly in front of the door under the guard of everyone, as if waiting for her to come.

Looking at the color of the official mansion, this Wang Zhizhou is at least a fifth-grade official, I don't know how much higher than her, she doesn't dare to slack off, and walks out of the camp quickly.

Two zhang away, he said loudly: "I don't know that Wang Zhizhou is coming, and the lower officials have missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins." As he spoke, he walked five feet away and stood in a bow.

When Wang Zhizhou saw that the person who came was dressed in green, he was young, but he was in his twenties, he immediately flicked his sleeves and turned his back, and said sarcastically: "You are such a great official, you can't even enter before Wang Mou arrives at the camp, is it only Qin Xiangye who can enter your camp." ”

As soon as Tang Xun saw that the comer was not good, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and gave another salute in front of Wang Zhizhou: "All the goods of the Huiyi fleet are from the imperial court, and after they are sold, they will be put into the treasury, and the fleet is about to arrive in Lin'an. ”

Wang Zhizhou squeezed out a "hum" in his nose, and then reprimanded: "It's just selling some goods, how can it be so complicated." You hoard Juqi and don't see any merchants behind closed doors, don't you want to accept bribes from merchants before selling them Western goods! ”

When Tang Xun heard Wang Zhizhou's words, his heart was shocked, this is to splash dirty water. According to the meaning of his words, if she starts trading today, she will inevitably be suspected of accepting bribes and continue to close the business, it is also a premeditated plan to accept bribes, so no matter whether she is trading today or not, she will not be able to get rid of the suspicion of accepting bribes.

These words are vicious!

After a sharp turn in his heart, Tang Xun replied: "The lower officials supervised the return of Yi for one year, and went to sea for two years, which is really tiring. Now the fleet has come to Mingzhou and is about to enter Lin'an, but the Qiantang River is shallow, the sea ships cannot move forward, and the fleet is forced to stop at Mingzhou Port, Mingzhou is very close to Lin'an, even if the fleet stops here, the errand of the lower official is barely completed. As for how to deal with the goods brought back from the West, the imperial court is in charge, and all I can do as a small sesame official is to take care of the goods of the fleet, even if it is a stone. Lin'an is not far from Mingzhou, you want to purchase fleet goods, just wait for Lin'an to come to talk about it, what do you want to buy when the time comes, buy with them, I am just a petty official who keeps the goods of the fleet, how can I be the master of the imperial court's property. Wang Zhizhou, did you say yes? ”

Wang Zhizhou was speechless for a while, and after a few breaths, he asked, "You mean, the fleet will stop here and continue to close the camp?" ”

Tang Xun said: "Back to Lord Zhizhou, the official made it clear that the fleet returned to Mingzhou, and it had already returned to the Great Song Dynasty, the fleet belonged to the imperial court, and the goods brought back by the fleet were also from the imperial court. Of course, if the lower official leaves the fleet, and the fleet is taken over by an adult, how to deal with the goods, the adult is the governor of Mingzhou, and he should have the right to deal with it. Until then, the lower officials can only continue to close the camp and wait for news from the imperial court, please forgive me. ”

"There are only some goods transactions, why do you need the court to be the master, you find many excuses, but you just want to bribe." Wang Zhizhou did not give up.

"If Wang Zhizhou has to speculate about the lower officials like this, the lower officials have nothing to say, so they can only continue to close the camp, please take care of yourself." Tang Xun was stirred by this Zhizhou's words, and he was not calm for a moment.

"Bold, is that how you talk to Shangguan?" Wang Zhizhou was overshadowed by a petty official, and in front of many businessmen, he couldn't hold his face, and immediately reprimanded Tang Xun angrily.

"Why do you need to be angry, the official has already made it clear that if the imperial court does not send people, it will definitely not open the camp of the Yi fleet. Everyone, please come back, I'm really sorry. Tang Xun made a gesture of invitation to everyone.

"Hmph, you just wait for the resignation!" Wang Zhizhou flicked his sleeves and left directly.

Leaving the businessmen looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

"How can this be, Lord Wang just left, what about our goods?"

"Lord Wang can come to give me face, with this stunned young man, what can Lord Wang do."

"Why don't you really send him something?"

"Forget it, I've only been an official for a few days at a young age, and I'll have it in the future, I can't go far to see him, so why bother to hold his stinky feet. With so many goods, I don't believe we can't buy them. ”

In front of Tang Xun, the businessmen talked about her, vented their dissatisfaction, and didn't take her seriously at all.

Tang Xun was angry in his heart, he didn't bother to argue with them, turned around and walked into the camp gate, and at the same time ordered: "Guard the camp gate, no officials sent by Lin'an will be allowed to enter the camp." ”

The big officials are gone, the junior officials are gone, and there are only a lot of businessmen outside the camp who are talking.

Soon after, they also left disappointed, and had to wait and see.

After returning to the barracks, Tang Xun lay on the table with tears streaming down his face.

That Wang Zhizhou's words are too ugly, and she said her in front of so many people, she is a young man who has returned to Yi Xiaoguan, and she is not considered to have entered the officialdom, how can she stand this kind of face-to-face humiliation and slander, and she did not cry in front of outsiders, but she also has a tenacious heart and some manhood.

After crying for a while, Tang Xun stopped his tears. As long as she resolutely does not open the camp and does not trade, when Lin'an comes or Lord Huang comes in person, she will hand over everything in the fleet, no matter how she trades, she will no longer be contaminated, Wang Zhizhou's slanderous words will be self-defeating, and her reputation will naturally be undamaged.

After a slight adjustment, Tang Xun continued to check the accounts.

In fact, she had already sorted out these accounts on the way back to the Great Song Dynasty from Seljuk, and the transaction records of the seven ships of goods had all been destroyed, and from the moment they arrived in Guangzhou, the seven ships were no longer in the accounts of the Hui Yi fleet, and after selling a large number of goods in Quanzhou, the seven ships of goods also disappeared from the fleet and became a thick pile of silver bills. Now all she has to do is to double-check and eliminate possible loopholes.

The boat was bought by herself, and the goods were also her own, but she borrowed some manpower from the Hui Yi fleet to help her take charge of the ship and move the goods, and brought some private goods to sea with the fleet, although it is not a crime, but it is not good to let people know that it is not good after all, if you are young and your reputation is damaged, it is impossible to get promoted to an official position, so you still have to be careful.

After five days of closure, the camp welcomed two big men from Lin'an.

One is Tobe Langzhong, and the other is a close servant of the inner servant.

After the two of them arrived, they directly announced the emperor's holy will, and all the goods and accounts of the Huiyi fleet were handed over, and those who participated in the Huiyi were not allowed to leave, and they had to return to Lin'an to wait for review.

This is the result of Tang Xun's long wait.

In three days, after handing over all the accounts and the goods loaded on each ship, Tang Xun, Jiang Kai, Shen Jin and others were invited out of the Yi camp, took their own things, and sent them directly to Lin'an accompanied by a team of forbidden soldiers.

Jiang Kai and Shen Jin didn't know what happened, they originally thought that the sea boat would be replaced by a river boat, and they would also return to Lin'an with the river boat, but who knew that the camp was closed for a few days, and within a few days of the imperial court sending people, they had no place in the Huiyi camp. Seeing that Tang Xun was also like this, they had nothing to say, the officials of the imperial court were obedient and obedient, they were just students with no fame, what could they do.

On the way back to Beijing, dozens of forbidden soldiers escorted three carriages, rushing from Mingzhou to Shaoxing, and from Shaoxing to Lin'an. Along the way, the guards and forbidden troops arranged everything such as eating and drinking, and although Tang Xun and the other three were not free, they were not harassed and persecuted.

Four days later, the three were sent to Lin'an City and taken to a house guarded by forbidden troops.

"From today onwards, the three of them will live in this courtyard and will not be allowed to leave without permission. Please come in. The officer flashed to the side.

The three of them didn't say a word, and walked straight into the open door.