The first day of the twelfth month of the Qingzhou calendar.

Yangzhou Prefecture, Fanzhou.

Fanzhou City is located at the confluence of the water network, so it has always been an important place for Cao Yun, whether it is a Jiangnan specialty in the north, or the citrus in Shuzhong from the west, it has to pass through Fanzhou. The city of Fanzhou has a number of deep-water wharves that can accommodate huge cargo ships.

Speaking of Fanzhou, the most famous is the lychee abundant in Fanzhou, in the previous dynasty, the lychees in Fanzhou are all royal specials, the emperor has issued a decree, giving Fanzhou the reputation of "the first city of lychee". Since then, Fancheng has prospered......

Now the largest family in Fanzhou city is the Fan family who was born and raised in Fanzhou, and in the previous dynasty, it was the first one of the Fan family's lychees to enter the palace, making Fanzhou lychees famous all over the world. It is said that at that time, the emperor rewarded the head of the Fan family at that time and authorized him to choose one of the artifacts collected by the emperor as a reward. The head of the Fan family looked at it for a whole long time in the dazzling attic, and finally took a sharp sword.

The emperor was puzzled, so he asked: The Fan family is a merchant, why doesn't he take gold, silver and jewelry, but chooses sharp weapons?

After hearing this, the head of the Fan family replied: The country is prosperous for business, and the country is in turmoil to protect the people.

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but marvel that this person had such a mind and was very happy in his heart, so he gave the Fan family imperial merchants, and named the head of the Fan family as the Jiangnan Governor, specializing in supervising the imperial tribute.

Later, the Fan family became famous in Jiangnan for a while, and its influence was so great that the emperor of Yangzhou at that time said that the Fan family was sitting big and monopolizing Jiangnan, and he was suspected of seeking personal gain. But the emperor turned a deaf ear and ignored it.

However, the head of the Fan family at that time was also a good person, self-denial and dedication to his duties everywhere.

In this way, under the protection of the emperor at that time, the Fan family's power was monstrous.

However, the way of heaven often changes, and I never thought that later, the court changed, the country was turbulent, and the smoke was everywhere...... The Fan family naturally could not escape this catastrophe, first the Yan King rebelled, for a time the northern land fell into the war, Yan You was even more Hu Ma raging, the Fan family suffered heavy losses, and had to shrink all the business to the south, but later, the Nanzhao invaded, Shuzhong fell, Luoyang was besieged, all the way to Xuanzhou, the Fan family's business was devastated, and only Yangzhou still has remnants of its various businesses. At a difficult time, the head of the Fan family at that time, holding the imperial sword, stood on the dock and cried loudly, and then commanded the family Ding, sank the 360 merchant ships of the Fan family at the dock, sold all the assets of Yangzhou, got 10,000 taels of gold, and personally led people to the Luoyang Palace.

The emperor asked why, and the head of the Fan family replied: The country is prosperous for business, and the country is in turmoil to protect the people.

When the emperor heard this, he had mixed feelings and said sadly: The mountains and rivers are broken, the treasury is empty, and the utensils in the palace are all used as military funds. Aiqing went find it herself.

The head of the Fan family bowed three times and knocked nine times, gave the emperor ten thousand taels of gold, led the people with a sword, and left resolutely.

The emperor ascended the high pavilion, looked at Fanzhou from afar, and often missed.

After March, a spontaneous volunteer army, in Liang County, south of Luoyang City, even the battle intended to capture Luoyang's Nanzhao army eighteen times, the Nanzhao army suffered heavy losses, the commander Yidu was killed by the volunteers, so the whole army of the Nanzhao army retreated, returned to Shuzhong, and the danger of Luoyang was resolved.

However, the volunteers were all killed in Liangxian...... Its commander penetrated deep into the enemy's ranks, died in battle, and the whereabouts of his body were unknown, until later, Nanzhao sent an envoy to return a bloody sword.

For a while, the people of Luoyang spontaneously mourned and wept bitterly. However, its identity has never been known.

On the day of the sword's return, the emperor came to the high pavilion, looked east by the railing, and his eyes were full of tears. Ying Tianyang, the governor of Xuanzhou, was ordered to personally escort the sword back to the Fanzhou mansion.

The city is full of sorrow and joy, and it is the time when the king's heart is sad.

Since then, the emperor has ordered the royal family, from now on, not to eat lychees, and violators will be killed.

The emperor often groaned for no reason, saying: The country is in business, and the country is broken to protect the people.