In the Goryeo Pavilion, the building in the courtyard that received the Goryeo envoys was not bad. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The rockery pond in the courtyard is scattered, the lotus flowers in the pond are now in full bloom, the lotus leaf field, occasionally the red lotus flower shows its head, and the environment of this courtyard is very elegant. There are a lot of flowers and trees planted in this courtyard, and it is also lush at this time, it is very lush, because there are many flowers and trees in this courtyard, but there is a feeling of coolness, but I don't know if there are many flowers and trees, will there be a lot of mosquitoes in this summer?!

Sun Li arranged an upper room for Zhong Hao, with a suite room inside and outside, and a living room, which was much better than the conditions in the post station. As for Li Guangxu, the translator he brought from Honglu Temple, as well as the messengers Zhang Shisan and Liu Feng, they were naturally not qualified to live in the upper room, and Sun Li asked the three of them to arrange a large wing room together, which could be regarded as a good treatment.

Speaking of the translator Li Guangxu, after chatting with Sun Li, Zhong Hao knew that there was a huge Goryeo Pavilion, and now it is so mixed that there is not even a translator who is familiar with the Goryeo language! It's no wonder that Honglu Temple sent an envoy to accompany him, so that he could use it when dealing with the Goryeo envoys, I am afraid that he has known about the situation of the Goryeo Pavilion for a long time.

Originally, there was an interpreter in this Goryeo Pavilion, but with the severance of the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo during the Tianxi period, the official exchanges between the two sides were drastically reduced or even disappeared, and this Goryeo Pavilion naturally had no effect. This Goryeo Pavilion has no effect, and the funds allocated by the imperial court are naturally much less!

The small cost of this Goryeo Pavilion, except for the distribution of money to these officials and scribes of the Goryeo Pavilion, could not even repair and maintain the building, and naturally no longer supported the envoy. In addition to the only few organized officials in this Goryeo Pavilion, the rest of the non-economic officials and the Helper Leisure Office were dismissed. The translators in the Goryeo Pavilion are also unstaffed, so naturally they will be dismissed.

After the Goryeo Pavilion dismissed the interpreter, if it caught up with the arrival of the Goryeo envoy who had only come once in a few years, the Goryeo Pavilion would usually temporarily find a Song merchant who was proficient in Goryeo or a Goryeo merchant who did business in Dengju to act as the interpreter. Anyway, there is nothing too important between them and Goryeo, it is nothing more than some nonsense and trivial matters, and if there is a major matter, these Goryeo envoys will naturally go to Beijing to talk to the imperial court, and then they will have their own Honglu Temple to be responsible for reception.

Since the Goryeo envoy did not come, now Zhong Hao has nothing to do but wait, so he has to stay in this Goryeo Pavilion and wait with peace of mind.

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During the time of waiting for the Goryeo envoy, Sun Li and other officials of the Goryeo Pavilion did their best to entertain Zhong Hao. Speaking of which, Zhong Hao also had a bad trip this time, although he didn't have any honor guards and entourage, but it was a real errand arranged by the official family and the political hall.

Of course, after arriving in Dengzhou, it is indispensable to visit Penglai Pavilion, the most famous scenic spot in Dengzhou!

In the next few days after Sun Li settled down in Zhong Hao, he invited Zhong Hao to Penglai Pavilion and other scenic spots in Dengzhou.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty are so elegant, this Qingzhou has arranged out the "Ten Views of Qingzhou", this Dengzhou also has "Penglai Ten Scenes", most of these ten views are near Penglai Pavilion, among them, especially the "Immortal Pavilion Volley", "Fishing Liang Song Fishing" two scenes are impressive.

Zhong Hao experienced the style of the Song Penglai Pavilion when he arrived.

Penglai Pavilion is located at the top of the Dan Cliff, the cliff under it, hanging upside down on the blue waves, occasionally the sea fog floats in, wraps around the mountainside layer by layer, paints the carved sorghum, and wants to fly away by the wind. Visitors live in the pavilion, but feel that the clouds and smoke float under their feet, there is heaven and no earth, and it is ethereal. Therefore, it has the reputation of "fairy pavilion volley".

And in the sea of Your Excellency Penglai, the reef is higher than the water surface, such as a jump, and it is called a fishing beam. From time to time, there are three or five old men fishing on it, get fish and water and cook, accompany the wine to be content, happy and singing, singing and singing, a group of tranquil rhyme, like the world in the peach blossom source. So there is the scenery of "fishing beam song fishing".

This Penglai Pavilion is built on the Danya Mountain, and this knife fish village is built by relying on this Danya Mountain, and the knife fish village can be seen from the Penglai Pavilion.

Zhong Hao felt that this errand to contact the envoy of Goryeo was naturally over as soon as possible, so after seeing this swordfish village, he asked Sun Li to lead the way, and went to visit the swordfish village together, and by the way, he went to meet Feng Qishan, the inspector of the swordfish village.

Zhong Hao stayed in the Northwest Army, and also went south with the Western Army, and was valued by Di Qing and recruited into the shogunate, which can be regarded as having a lot of military experience. After Sun Li came to this knife fish village, he chatted with Feng Qishan, but it was also very speculative. Feng Qishan was still very friendly to Zhong Hao, a civilian official who was a literati but had also been in the army and had no prejudice against military attachés.

After hearing that Zhong Hao was also the Shuai Mansion Zanhua who led Di Qing to the south to quell the rebellion, and had a close relationship with Di Qing, Feng Qishan couldn't help patting his chest and promised to help find out the situation of the Goryeo envoy as much as possible. Di Qing, the "god of war" of the Great Song Dynasty, has an incomparably high prestige among the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and Feng Qishan also admires Di Qing very much. I heard that when Zhong Hao went south to quell the rebellion of the Western Army, he did Di Shuai's shogunate praise painting, and also made a lot of military exploits, so he couldn't help but love the house and Wu, and became very close to him.

Feng Qishan said that he would definitely find a way to help them try to find out the news of the Goryeo envoy.

Listening to Feng Qishan's words, Zhong Hao couldn't help but secretly say: I'm afraid that when Sun Li came to ask him to help find out the news, he didn't take it to heart at all, and he didn't plan to help at all! Fortunately, judging from this time, Feng Qishan is still very sincere in helping to find out the news.

Zhong Hao was dragged by Feng Qishan, and after drinking a very extravagant banquet in the knife fish village, he returned to the Gaoli Pavilion to continue waiting.

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It was only ten days after this wait, and there was still no news from Feng Qishan of Daoyu Village, and Zhong Hao couldn't help but be a little anxious.

In the past ten days, Zhong Hao only went to Daoyu Village to ask once. He also knew that if he couldn't hear the news of the Goryeo envoy, it might not be that Feng Qishan was not unsatisfied, after all, the main task of the Daoyu Village was to defend and shield Dengzhou City, as well as patrol the shallow sea along the coast. There is also some powerlessness in the affairs of the far sea. Feng Qishan has already tried his best to help himself, if he urges again, it will seem that he will not be a man.

The reason why Feng Qishan is also powerless about the news of exploring the far sea, this has to start from the task and function of this knife fish village.

The reason why the knife fish village is called the knife fish village is because of the "knife fish boat" moored in this village.

The swordfish warship is a kind of shallow sea patrol and combat vessel equipped by the Great Song Dynasty naval army. This kind of swordfish warship is named "swordfish boat" because of its long and narrow hull and the ratio of length to width is more than four to one, which resembles a long and narrow swordfish. This kind of swordfish warship is a stereotyped warship selected by the Great Song Dynasty to be built in batches, each ship is equipped with 100 soldiers, complete sail oars, flexible operation, extremely fast speed, suitable for shallow sea patrol, pursuit and combat.

However, this kind of swordfish warship is only suitable for shallow sea patrol, pursuit and operation, and does not have the ability to enter the far sea to fight, because this kind of swordfish warship is originally tailored for shallow sea patrol. This type of swordfish warship has a long and narrow hull, which is very convenient for increasing the sailing speed.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages, and although this kind of swordfish warship is too narrow and long, it is very helpful to increase the speed of the warship, but it greatly reduces its ability to resist wind and waves. In the open sea, the wind is high and the waves are strong, and this swordfish warship is not suitable for sailing, but it has an advantage in patrolling and pursuing in shallow waters.

Moreover, this swordfish warship patrols in shallow waters, and naturally pursues speed and maneuverability, but the scale of this warship is not very large, and the tonnage is not too heavy, so it is not suitable for long-distance voyages because of the personnel and materials it carries.

It is precisely because the swordfish warship of this swordfish village cannot go to the open sea, although the patrol of this swordfish village is patrolling and arresting smugglers, and they are very hard to inquire about the news of the Goryeo envoy, but they still find nothing.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw this situation!

He didn't care much about this errand before, after all, he just listened to the appeal of the Goryeo envoy, teased and talked nonsense with the Goryeo envoy, and went through the motions, and the errand was finished. When Zhong Hao set off from Tokyo, he was in a good way, and he was not in a hurry along the way.

But at that time, because Zhong Hao thought that the Goryeo envoy was waiting for him in Dengzhou, he came to contact them himself, and it was over after a few motions, so he was not in a hurry.

But now this Goryeo envoy can't even see a shadow, this delay is still a trivial matter to go back to Qingzhou to fight with his daughter-in-law, and he can't see the Goryeo envoy, this errand can be regarded as not completed, not done well. This is the first time I have run an errand after becoming a sergeant, and I was personally selected by the official, and I can't even do such a simple errand, it's really shameless, and it's really difficult to explain it when I go back.

It's just that Zhong Hao, even the Goryeo envoy, couldn't come on time for any reason, and he couldn't talk about any countermeasures.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but ask Sun Li again to see what he could do.

After Sun Li listened to Zhong Hao's words, he was also helpless. This Great Song Dynasty banned the sea from Denglai, and these merchant ships were not allowed to go to sea or dock from Denglai, and if they wanted to inquire from those maritime merchants, they had no way to inquire.

However, Sun Li then said that although the Denglai Sea was banned, there was still a smuggling maritime merchant fleet between the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo. It's just that he is a man in the officialdom, and he can't talk to this smuggling maritime merchant.

Zhong Hao listened to Sun Li's words, but suddenly remembered that the Cui family had a store in Dengzhou.

In this place in Dengzhou, the most profitable business is naturally foreign trade. Although the Great Song Dynasty implemented the Denglai sea ban, with the energy of the Cui family, I am afraid that it is still indispensable to do this foreign smuggling business, and maybe they will have a sea ship to do this business.

At the moment, this is just Zhong Hao's speculation, and he doesn't know if the Cui family has a way.

But no matter what, Zhong Hao still decided to go to the Cui family's shop and ask.

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Zhong Hao found the jade pendant that Cui Lao gave him and took it, and he didn't bring his entourage, and went out to find the Cui family's shop by himself.

According to the address given by Cui Ye, Zhong Hao came to the Cui family's shop on Zhonglou Street in Dengzhou.

With the strength of the Cui family and the wide range of its business, the Cui family has more than one store in Dengzhou, but according to Cui Ye, this store is the general number of the Cui family's Dengzhou store, and the general person in charge of the Cui family in Dengzhou is also the chief shopkeeper of the Cui family store in Dengzhou, which is located in this store.

The store that Zhong Hao came to is called "Hengyuantai", and a pair of gold-lettered signboards are shining. In addition to the three big characters of Hengyuantai on this signboard, there are two slightly smaller gold characters of "Cui Ji" on it. Obviously, it should be the Cui family's shop.

When Zhong Hao entered the store, he found that this was a cloth and satin shop, the store was very large, the five-bay store hall was very spacious and bright, a piece of exquisite cloth and satin hung on the surrounding walls, and the counter was also full of rolls of silk, just look at the silk displayed in the store, it added up to a lot of value, I am afraid it is worth thousands of dollars, it can be seen that the strength of the Cui family is indeed very extraordinary.

Zhong Hao walked into the lobby, and a young man in the store who looked very shrewd and capable greeted Zhong Hao neatly: "This guest officer wants to buy cloth and satin?!" We have everything in our store. This sand embroidery, Jinling hanging silk, Jiangning satin, Xishu brocade, Suzhou embroidery, cloud brocade, basically the silk brocade on the market is available in our store! "This young guy from Cui's shop is very slippery, and he really has a set of ways to attract his customers.

Zhong Hao listened to the young man's introduction, smiled slightly, and then said: "Don't buy anything in the next place, little brother, bother to ask, is the chief shopkeeper of Cui Haicui in the store?" Cui Ye told Zhong Hao that the chief shopkeeper of the Cui family's store in Dengzhou is called Cui Hai, and he is also the old steward of the Cui family.

The young guy was doing business in the store, naturally dealing with people all the year round, and naturally cultivated a good ability to observe words and feelings, seeing that Zhong Hao was wearing a high-quality Confucian shirt, elegant and elegant, and calm, I am afraid that he is not an ordinary person. Besides, people shouted the name of Mr. Cui's shopkeeper, and now they are coming again. At that moment, the young man said very respectfully: "Mr. Cui's shopkeeper should be in the back hall at the moment!" It's just that I don't know what the son is looking for Cui Da's shopkeeper, and he can tell the villain one or two, and the villain can also report it! ”

Zhong Hao lowered the jade pendant that Cui Lao gave him from his waist, handed it to the young man, and said with a slight smile: "Little brother, you take this jade pendant to the shopkeeper of Mr. Cui, and the shopkeeper of Mr. Cui will meet me!" ”

When the young man saw Zhong Hao say this, and saw the texture of this jade pendant, he knew that this jade pendant must be a valuable thing, so he took it carefully with both hands, let Zhong Hao sit for a while, and instructed another young man to serve tea to Zhong Hao, and he quickly took the jade pendant handed over by Zhong Hao, and ran to the back hall to tell the shopkeeper of Cui.

The young man went for a while, and soon returned. With him was a middle-aged man with a round face and a slight beard, a rich appearance, and a robe with a copper coin pattern on the slanted placket!

After the middle-aged man in the diagonal copper coin pattern robe came out of the back hall with the young man, he saw Zhong Hao at a glance and walked quickly in front of him.

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