On the same day, many very beautiful and gorgeous women came to the door of the Huiyi Office and applied to go to sea.

Because the price given by Yang Congyi is very high and the treatment is also very good, there are many talented women who pretend to be dancers and singers, and they have no choice but to let the women who come to apply for the recruitment perform their talents, either dancing, or playing the piano and singing, nothing will happen, they will only sell their hue and be driven out directly.

In the end, it took two days for Yang Congyi to personally recruit a singing and dancing team of thirty-six women.

A few days later, Huang Qi sent someone to send the fleet to the Hui Yi on the auspicious day of the sea, one was the twenty-fifth of the winter month, and the other was the twelfth day of the lunar month.

On the fifth day of the winter month, Yang Congyi left Lin'an with three sea ships along the Qiantang River, then entered the sea and returned to Quanzhou on the 18th.

The delivery of goods in Quanzhou Port has been completed, and the required logistics materials have been loaded onto the ship, waiting for Yang Congyi's order to bring back to sea.

Two auspicious days to go to sea, a winter moon, a wax moon, Lu You and others did not hesitate much, directly chose the winter moon, the fleet is ready, rather than waiting for another month in Quanzhou Port, it is better to set off earlier, so that there is no need to rush so much on the road.

Yang Congyi also thought so, so the date for the fleet to go to sea was set on the 25th of the winter month.

In the small courtyard in the north of the city, in Yang Congyi's house, two women were playing with a three- or four-year-old child, and the other two women were looking at a small baby, and the family was happy.

"Yun Niang, husband is going to sea again, this time you go out with you, you should be able to get used to life at sea when you go to sea."

"Yun Niang thinks the same as her sister. I was worried that my sister wouldn't agree, and I was thinking about how to tell my sister, but I didn't want my sister to think the same way. Meng Yunniang was very happy, she had long wanted to go out for a walk, and the children were noisy at home, and she couldn't even draw and read at ease.

"My husband is wandering outside all the year round, and no one takes care of him, which is very hard. My sister has also accompanied her husband to some places before, since I have Siyuan, I can't go anywhere, you are different, you are still young, I don't know how many years it will take to come back when I go to sea this time, my sister hopes that you will not be alone when you come back, and you will work harder to add another person to this family. Gu Qingchen looked at the other party's flat lower abdomen, and muttered to himself in his heart, don't be like her.

"Sister, what you said is so embarrassing." Meng Yunniang blushed.

"What's the shame, there are no outsiders at home. It's not that I'm a sister talking about you, Tian Ding is a big deal, don't be too restrained when your husband accompanies you. Gu Qingchen glanced at Lian'er and Ping'er, and the two of them immediately restrained the smiles on their faces.

"Ping'er, are you talking nonsense again?" Meng Yunniang was a little angry, no one else would know about the affairs in her house, except for Ping'er, who was sleeping in the outhouse, she must be talking nonsense.

"I didn't say anything." Ping'er hurriedly retorted.

"It's not Ping'er, it's my husband who asked personally, it's been a year since I got married, look at you, your waist is slender, it's the same as when you came last year, you're in a hurry, I'm still in a hurry! You accompanied your husband to the sea this time, and you have been going back and forth for two years, if you haven't moved when you come back, I don't think you are in a hurry. ”

Yun Niang is in a hurry, Gu Qingchen doesn't know, anyway, she is in a hurry. Now the two children in the family were born by Lian'er, that girl is very capable of giving birth, and she can conceive a child in two nights with her husband, if she gets pregnant again, it is not a good thing. She can't give birth, Yun Niang must give birth quickly, otherwise this family will be chaotic in the future.

"Sister, I see." Meng Yunniang blushed and nodded, what she thought in her heart, but no one knew.

When Yang Congyi returned home, Gu Qingchen told him the discussed decision that night, let him take care of Yunniang at sea, don't let her suffer, and the most important thing is to accompany her more, and it is best to take a child with him when he comes back.

The climate of the South and Western Seas is very different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is very hard to go to sea, Yang Congyi originally disagreed, and he couldn't withstand Gu Qingchen's persuasion several times, and finally reluctantly agreed.

On the 25th day of the winter month, the imperial court selected an auspicious day to go to sea.

With the sound of a trumpet, the first warship left the coast and sailed towards the outside of Quanzhou Bay, and the rest of the sea ships and warships followed in order every quarter of an hour, lining up outside Quanzhou Bay.

As usual, the port was blocked, and only a few relatives and officials from the Quanzhou Prefecture came to see them off were able to come to the shore where the fleet was anchored.

"Lord Yang, may you have a smooth journey and return with a full load!" Quanzhou Tong sentenced his relatives to see him off.

"Thank you, Lord Liu, with all of you's good words, the fleet will definitely return safely! Please! After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he drank the wine in the cup and drank it all.

Quanzhou Tongju and all his subordinates raised their glasses and drank together.

Then, Yang Congyi turned around and left, stepped on the bridge of the boat, got on the deck of Shenzhou, and waved goodbye to the shore.

"Set sail!"

With an order, the iron anchor was put away, and Shenzhou slowly stepped ashore.

Not far from the coast, two women and a child, stood outside the crowd.

"Mother, where did Dad go on the big boat?" The child asked, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Go to a far, far away place." Gu Qingchen replied.

"When will you be back?" The child asks again.

"I'll be back soon." Gu Qingchen smiled lightly.

"Will you bring me anything fun?"

"I will definitely bring it to Siyuan!"

Gu Qingchen watched Shenzhou slowly drift out of Quanzhou Bay, and there was not much sadness in her heart, she had experienced this kind of parting too many times, and she was used to running around all year round, because she knew that no matter how far he went, he would definitely come back well.

With the last warship offshore, all the Hui Yi fleets went to sea.

After setting up the formation on the sea, the sails were fully furled, and the wind went south, hundreds of miles a day.

Ten days later, the fleet successfully reached Wanning, Qiongzhou, where it rested for three days to replenish fresh water.

In another five days, the fleet arrived at Champa and docked at the Nanhai Governor's Office.

After several years of development, the size of the Nanhai Governor's Mansion has doubled compared to before, the territory has become larger, the number of people has also increased, it has become more prosperous, and it has become a small city under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty.

The fleet stayed in Champa for ten days, Yang Congyi took Lu You to visit the king of Champa and Mr. Zhang, the national teacher, and pushed the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty Huiyi to know them, no matter which princes and nobles attended the banquet, Lu You would definitely accompany him.

Clever people soon knew that the next chief of the Great Song fleet was likely to be this Lu deputy envoy.

Mr. Zhang is such a smart person, he not only gave Yang Congyi a valuable gift, but also a gift to Lu You.

Originally, Lu You didn't want to accept it, but Yang Congyi signaled him to accept it, and at the same time told him that the gifts of the Nanyang countries would not be accepted for nothing, anyway, when they arrived in Lin'an, no matter what they paid tribute, the court would give them rich rewards, and they could earn some back, so why not accept them? As long as it does not harm the interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Congyi has been in officialdom for a few years, and he has some experience when to give money and gifts, and when to receive money and gifts.

And Lu You didn't have much contact with these things, so Yang Congyi had to teach him some quickly, so that he could take fewer detours, grow up as soon as possible, and take on heavy responsibilities.

The last time he returned to Lin'an, he heard some news, Wan Yan Liang was about to move, and there would be a big move soon, although most people in the court did not believe it, but he knew that Wan Yan Liang would definitely go south, and in the past few years.

Once a major war starts between Song and Jin, all the armies will go north and deploy defenses along the Yangtze River, and the Jingwu Army will not be an exception, and he, as the commander of the Jingwu Army, is likely to lead the army north. At the same time, the imperial court wants money to fight, and it is very likely that Huiyi will not stop, and the heavy responsibility of Huiyi will probably fall on Lu You's shoulders at that time, so Yang Congyi has to think about him and make some arrangements in advance.

Of course, he will not say these words explicitly, after all, the imperial court has not yet decided whether the Jin army will go south, and even many people insist that it is a rumor that the Jin people are preparing to go south.

Yang Congyi also put forward a request to the "Nanhai Governor's Office", asking them to expand their power in the area of Zhancheng as soon as possible, and the size of the remaining army can also be increased, but do not easily intervene in the battle between Zhancheng and Zhenla and Li Yue, and try to mediate in the middle to stabilize the situation in the South China Sea.

Zhang Biao has gained a lot in Zhancheng over the years, he has people in his hands and money, and the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty who went south from Quanzhou and Guangzhou all seek his refuge and have a high reputation.

This is a good thing, Yang Congyi didn't say much, just told him that the training of the left-behind troops cannot be relaxed, and the weapons and equipment must also keep up, the situation in Nanyang is complicated, once someone is angry with the "South China Sea Governor's Office" and takes risks, it will be difficult for the Song Dynasty to take care of it for a while, and they must also have the ability to protect themselves.

Zhang Biao admitted his mistake, he has put too much energy into making money over the years, and the thousands of left-behind troops have gradually lost what they used to be, and he assured Yang Congyi that within a year, the left-behind troops of the "South China Sea Governor's Mansion" will definitely be trained well!

The fleet left Zhang Biao with some military weapons and soon set off to leave the city and continue south.

More than 20 days later, the fleet passed through the stone pond and arrived at the "Nanyang Governor's Mansion".

As usual, Yang Congyi crossed the sea to Zhanbei, the capital of the Three Buddhas, to meet with the king and a number of princes and ministers, and by the way, pushed Lu You, the deputy envoy of Huiyi, to everyone, focusing on his origin and identity.

Lu You came from the house of the eunuchs, the scholarly family, in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom, he definitely had a great future in the Great Song Dynasty, unlimited, and his future achievements were even greater than Yang Congyi's, because of their special politeness to him, even the gifts to the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty were prepared in exactly two copies, one for him and one for Yang Congyi.

The monsoon suitable for westward travel has not yet arrived, and the fleet will stay in the South Seas for three months, which is really boring.

Under the management of Xue Wang, the "Nanyang Governor's Office" built the port better and better, and it became bigger and bigger, because of the good geographical location occupied, almost all the ships coming from the south to the north would dock nearby, and the fees charged for passing ships were less, and there were many exotic merchant ships willing to dock at the port.