Mr. Yu stood alone in the living room, not moving for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and looked at the various familiar household utensils around him, most of which had been arranged by himself over the years, but now they were like King Rong's tone, cold and lifeless. He sighed and turned to leave.

Although he said so, but after all, the purchase of copper ore has to use a large amount of money, King Rong is still a little uneasy, and summoned Qin Yu to inquire, Qin Yu said in great detail, it turned out that the annual amount of Shao copper accounted for more than 80% of the country's total when it was the largest, with its huge profits, attracted hundreds of thousands of people to work here, and the copper mining industry was very prosperous.

"Oh, I see." King Rong had already understood, and he was thinking in his heart that he would just leave this matter to Qin Yu to handle. Suddenly, he asked again, "Steward Qin, I can't see that you are so knowledgeable, you must have had a lot of experience in the past." ”

Qin Yu said: "My subordinates have traveled a little in various places before, but they don't have much knowledge, until they become the foreign affairs manager of the prince, they feel a great responsibility and their knowledge is shallow, so they learn new knowledge every day, and they dare not have the slightest fatigue." ”

"It's rare for you to have such hard work." King Rong said appreciatively, "Then this matter will be left to you." ”

"Subordinates receive orders." After Qin Yu agreed, he turned around and retreated. didn't take a few steps, but was stopped by King Rong again, "When you use the money these days, go directly to Uncle Chen, and say that it is my order, you can take as much as you want, and you don't need to let Mr. Yu look at it again." ”

"Thank you, Lord for your grace." Qin Yu saluted again, and then he retreated, and there was no abnormality in his expression and footsteps.

Soon the copper mine was bought, and soon a lot of income was obtained, King Rong was very satisfied, and really praised Qin Yu a few words, and finally asked, "Mr. Yu has been slacking off recently?" ”

Qin Yu replied: "Mr. Yu is generous and generous, and all arrangements are coordinated. King Rong thought to himself, "I knew you would say that." ”

On this day, King Rong wanted to go to Yangzhou to play, so he informed Qin Yu and prepared to set off. He didn't know how long he was going to live in Yangzhou, he didn't go back for many days, and the affairs of the family had to be arranged, so he had to explain it to Mr. Yu first, and for a while, he forgot that for decades, the Rongwang Mansion had been in charge of Mr. Yu, and he didn't need the advice of others. When he asked the servant to summon Mr. Yu, only Uncle Chen came.

Uncle Chen replied: "Mr. Yu has been overworking recently and has been unwell, and the doctor told him to go out of the room as little as possible in the cold weather, so he will not come to see him off." ”

King Rong was a little unhappy, he hadn't heard that Mr. Yu was sick a few days ago, and when he was leaving, he was suddenly bedridden, didn't he demonstrate to himself? Thinking of this, he told Uncle Chen: "Then you greet me on my behalf, just say that Mr. Yu has become ill from hard work, and I am very worried." However, the journey is about to start, and things are complicated, so I won't go to visit, I hope that Mr. Yu will recuperate more and take care of himself. Uncle Chen replied and retired.

Qin Yu was very efficient, and after a while, he came over and said that everything was ready, and he could set off just waiting for King Rong to nod. King Rong said, "Then let's go now."

The chariot rumbled out of King Rong's mansion, followed by a groom driving four spare white horses. King Rong opened the back window and watched the gate of King Rong's Mansion gradually pull away, and the car drove very smoothly, but the gate of the palace in King Rong's eyes seemed to be shaking, shaking, and then blurring. King Rong felt as if his heart was empty, as if he had lost something, but he was just going to Yangzhou, so why bother feeling sad for no reason? But it seems that what is said goodbye today is not only the gate of this palace.

At the same time, in the main room of the east courtyard of King Rong's Mansion, the bright sunlight was blocked by the thick curtains from the doors and windows, and various utensils dragged heavy shadows in the faintly beating fire of the stove in front of the bed, and the room looked dark and depressed. Mr. Yu leaned on the bed with a tired face, and when he heard the sound of the car driving out, he couldn't help but cough lightly.

At the west gate of Lin'an City, the guards at the city gate saw the chariot driving a white horse, and knew that it was King Rong traveling, so they hurriedly stood up one by one, wore the spears and bows and crossbows in their hands, and watched the chariot drive through the city gate. As soon as he drove out of the city gate, Qin Yu saw a few people in brocade clothes standing on the side of the road, waving to this side. He recognized the first one as Cheng Zhiyuan, the head of Jia Rudao's mansion, so he asked the coachman to stop the carriage and stop beside Cheng Zhiyuan. Qin Yu jumped out of the car door, saluted Cheng Zhiyuan, and said, "Manager Cheng is here by chance, not to see off my lord." ”

Cheng Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "My family heard that His Royal Highness King Rong went to Yangzhou today, and he should give the prince a ride, he has his own affairs and it is inconvenient to come, so he sent me to wait here for the car to see off King Rong for him." ”

King Rong got out of the car, heard these words, and muttered a little in his heart, but the etiquette can not be lost, after some humility, he still accepted a set of precious wine vessels presented by Jia Rudao, and then he took the trouble to thank him, after all kinds of etiquette and politeness, King Rong finally got into the car again. As soon as he entered the car door, King Rong let out a sigh of relief, pulled the copper bell on the right, and asked the coachman to set off quickly. The car drove off again, and Qin Yu still had to stand on the pedal outside the car door, waving to Cheng Zhiyuan, and making a look of pity. Waiting until the car drove away, Qin Yu returned to the carriage. As soon as he came in, King Rong asked him, "I decided to leave today, Jia Rudao knew about it immediately, and sent someone to see him off, how can the news be so well-informed?" ”

"Jia Rudao must have eyes and ears in my Rongwang Mansion, it's not surprising, I'm afraid that this eyes and ears don't know how high the position is." No matter what Qin Yu said, he seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with it, and there was not the slightest worry or anything else that affected his feelings on his face.

Although King Rong admired his calmness, he was still so unhurried when it came to such a serious matter, and this Qin Yu was too calm. "Who could it be?" He thought to himself, but he didn't ask any questions. Thinking about Qin Yu's words again, he suddenly thought that Mr. Yu said that he was sick today and would not come to see him off, and his heart sank, "It can't be him." ”

Perhaps because of the spare horses, the chariot has been moving along the post road, King Rong was very interested at this time, opened the doors and windows all the way, looked at the landscape scenery, and gradually got better. Qin Yu was not like in the past, he would never say a word except for official business, and he actually began to laugh and joke with the coachman, telling King Rong some strange news from all over the world. The journey from Lin'an to Yangzhou was the easiest and happiest time for King Rong over the years, and he even felt in his heart that it would not matter if he walked for a month or two after this journey. He decided not to rush at night, it is best to find the official inn to rest, if he can't find it, it's nothing to sleep in the wild, anyway, the car is full of supplies, plus the procurement along the way, it is not a problem to walk for a month. Qin Yu would sometimes support King Rong's arbitrary arrangement, turning the car onto some irrelevant forks in the road, just to see the different scenery along the way, or some legendary scenic spots. However, after wandering slowly like this for nearly twenty days, they still arrived in Yangzhou.