"Big brother, you're too boring, isn't it just a dock, you actually watched here for a whole day?" On the restaurant, Qi Niang yawned boredly and complained to Li Xiu, opposite the restaurant is the largest and most prosperous wharf in Yangzhou City, because Yangzhou is near the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it is an important hub of the Grand Canal, so the river transportation and sea transportation here are very developed, such as the port in front of you, the daily cargo throughput is very amazing.

"You don't understand this, Yangzhou is a place that relies heavily on water transportation, and incoming and outgoing goods have to get on and off the ship from here, and I am now observing the throughput of this port to judge the commercial situation in Yangzhou." Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, in fact, he has been walking around Yangzhou City for the past two days, after all, Yangzhou is so big, and it is not something that can be seen in a day or two, such as the port in front of him, it is enough for him to see many things.

"Say whatever you want, I'm just bored, when are we going to Suzhou?" Qi Niang lay on the table at this time and spoke again, she is a person who likes to move and not like to be quiet, and letting her sit here for a whole day is simply the biggest torture for her.

"Wait two more days, according to the situation in previous years, it will take a while for the American fleet to come to Datang, it is useless for us to go to Suzhou to meet the eleventh brother so early, and if I stay in Suzhou for too long, maybe it will attract the attention of others, so it is better to stay in Yangzhou for a few more days, and by the way, let me have a comprehensive understanding of Yangzhou." Li Xiu replied with a smile again at this time.

Li Xiu has been in Yangzhou for three days, and on the second day, he has connected with the financial supervision officials who arrived here one step earlier, not only have he been inspecting Yangzhou City for the past two days, but those officials are also investigating all aspects of Yangzhou City, and even assuming that if a bank is opened in Yangzhou, where should the address be chosen, etc.?

When it was getting late, Li Xiu checked out and left with Qi Niang, but the next day he came here in person, after all, such a large pier, if you want to observe in depth, you must spend a certain amount of time and energy.

"Big brother, wait for me, you go slower!" Li Xiu walked in front, but Qi Niang, who was wearing men's clothes in the back, followed the road closely, there were many people and cars on the dock, and Li Xiu only looked around, ignoring her for a while.

"Didn't you say yesterday that it was boring to follow me, why don't you stay where you live, there are so many people on the dock, you still want to follow?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say helplessly at this time, after going back yesterday, Qi Niang swore that she would no longer follow Li Xiu, but this morning she forgot yesterday's words and still followed.

"I don't know Li Ke too well, and it feels awkward to stay at his house, so it's better to follow your eldest brother and you around, and you can increase your knowledge." Qi Niang opened her mouth to reply, but although she didn't say it explicitly, Li Xiu could also feel that Qi Niang wanted to spend more time with her, after all, if the fleet from the Americas arrived, it would be the day of their separation.

"Hey, there are fried corn seeds for sale, let's buy some and eat them while walking!" But at this moment, I suddenly saw Qi Niang's eyes light up, and she pulled Li Xiu and rushed to the dock.

Yesterday Li Xiu just sat on the restaurant and observed the largest wharf in Yangzhou from afar, but today he came to the wharf to observe in person, the wharf here can be said to be mixed, all kinds of people have, the open space near the wharf is also full of people doing all kinds of small business, selling all kinds of snacks, performing monkeys, etc., although it looks a little chaotic, but it is extremely lively.

Qi Niang pulled Li Xiu to a stall selling fried millet seeds, and bought a leaf of millet for herself and Li Xiu, because the corn sold here in Yangzhou is held with a wide leaf, so it is called a leaf, as for why not use paper, mainly because paper is too expensive, after all, in this era, you don't even use paper to go to the toilet.

"It's not delicious, it's not as good as the fried corn over there, but it's barely good." After Qi Niang ate a fried corn, she was a little disappointed at the moment, she likes to eat fried corn seeds very much, especially the fried corn seeds over there are very famous, and Li Xiu often asks people to go to Huojia to buy a lot of hoarding for her, anyway, this thing is more durable.

Li Xiu didn't care about the taste of fried corn, but looked at this open space full of small stalls and vendors with interest, this should be a gathering place for people at the bottom of the wharf, there are many coolies sitting in front of some stalls to eat, but whenever the laborers shout, these coolies also immediately hula around, competing for the opportunity to work, after all, they are all hard-working, only work hard to get money.

Of course, there is also a lot of chaos here, there are a lot of petty thefts, and even sometimes some coolies are fighting because of the competition, and there is no government service here, resulting in almost no order here, it seems that Li Ke's governance of Yangzhou still needs to be strengthened, but this can't be all blamed on Li Ke, after all, every city will have some chaotic corners.

Li Xiu with a lot of guards, but don't worry about safety, at the moment he took Qi Niang out of here, and then boarded the high ground of the wharf to look at the river in front of him, this wharf is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, the ships coming and going are mainly from the sea, such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou side of the goods, is transported here by sea boat, and then after transit, it is changed to a river boat to be transported to Guanzhong.

These foreign sea ships not only have the Tang Dynasty, but also have a lot of overseas ships, because the shape of the ships is different, so it is easy to distinguish the origin of some ships, such as the two pointed ships must be brought by Persia, the shape is similar to the Tang ship, but it looks simple and weird, it must be the ships of the Wa Kingdom or Silla and other countries, these overseas merchants are generally unwilling to sell the goods to the Han merchants cheaply, so they personally bring the goods to Yangzhou, and then hire ships to transport them to Guanzhong, so that they can be sold at a high price.

There are many boats on the river, and there are naturally many people on the wharf, especially when the ship docks, a group of local merchants immediately surround them, vying to ask about the goods on the ship, if there is something they like, they will also start to ask for a price, as long as the owner agrees to sell, they will immediately call a group of people to unload.

The prosperous business on the wharf has given birth to a group of professional tooth people, that is, middlemen, they themselves have little capital, but they rely on the wharf to inquire around to collect information on various goods, relying on the familiar people to match the businessmen in need, and charge a certain fee from it, which also greatly promotes the speed of goods transactions, which is a great progress.

There were too many people on the dock, even if Li Xiu was with the guards, he was squeezed uncomfortably, not to mention a girl like Qi Niang, so Li Xiu stayed at the dock for a while and was about to leave here, but at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a very familiar figure flashing not far away, which made him sigh in surprise.

"Big brother, what did you see, so surprised?" Qi Niang also heard Li Xiu's surprised voice, and followed his gaze at the moment, but only saw the backs of a bunch of people, and saw nothing at all.

"It's nothing, maybe it's dazzling, right?" Li Xiu shook his head at this time, and pretended to be calm, but when he spoke, his mind was full of doubts, although it was just a back, but he felt that he should not be mistaken, but it was impossible for the other party to appear in Yangzhou, could it be that he was really dazzled?

Hearing Li Xiu's answer, Qi Niang didn't care, and there were too many people on the dock, so she also felt very uncomfortable, so under the protection of the guards, she squeezed through the crowd with Li Xiu and left here.

However, after leaving the dock, Li Xiu seemed a little absent-minded, and he didn't even have the heart to go around Yangzhou City again, but took Qi Niang back to Li Ke's Wu Wangfu, and then locked himself in the room, and kept thinking about the person he met on the dock today, if it was really the person he knew, why did the other party suddenly appear in Yangzhou, and what was the purpose of his coming here?

Li Xiu thought about it in his room for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out a clue, at dinner, Li Ke personally came to invite him to eat together, speaking of which Li Ke originally wanted to accompany Li Xiu, but Li Xiu didn't want to be influenced by him, after all, he wanted to see a real Yangzhou City, so he refused Li Ke's kindness, of course, Li Ke is also very busy now, because he is now also presiding over the government affairs of Yangzhou City, and he is finally not in vain to be this Yangzhou assassin history.

"Ke'er, is there anything abnormal in your Yangzhou during this time?" At dinner, Li Xiu suddenly opened his mouth and asked Li Ke.

"Anomalous? What do you mean, sir? Li Ke was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Xiu's question, and then asked with some puzzlement.

"It's nothing, I just asked casually." Li Xiu suddenly seemed to think of something at this time, and said with a casual smile at the moment, as if he no longer wanted to continue the topic, which made Li Ke even more strange, but he didn't say anything.

Qi Niang also discovered Li Xiu's abnormality at this time, but because Li Ke was there, she didn't ask much, and after dinner, she found Li Xiu and asked, "Big brother, did you encounter something today?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I saw someone at the docks today who shouldn't be here, so it's a little weird." Li Xiu didn't hide it, and said with a frown.

"Who is it?" Qi Niang also asked curiously.

But just as Qi Niang's words fell, he suddenly saw a guard hurrying over, and then handed a letter to Li Xiu, the letter was not signed, just written "Li Xiu personally opened" four words, and when he saw the handwriting on the letter, he was immediately sure that he was absolutely not wrong today, but this also made him more confused in his heart, at this time, the other party should not appear in Yangzhou City?