Maybe it's really boring when sailing, every time Zhao Jia goes to study with Agnes, he likes to go with him, it is estimated that it is rare to encounter such an interesting thing, and Zhao Hao may also want to figure out the relationship between Zhao Jia and Agnes, and even he may still be thinking that if Zhao Jia, who is the prince of the king, insists on marrying Agnes, just like the eldest brother insisted on making that Hua Zhi the crown princess, it will be too interesting, and it is estimated that this matter alone is enough to give his third brother a headache.

However, to Zhao Hao's disappointment, after his observation along the way, he found that Zhao Jia and Agnes really didn't seem to be as he imagined, although the two often stayed together, but he often "unintentionally" went to see them, but found that the two were really just studying, and there were no too intimate movements between each other, which made Zhao Hao a little disappointed.

After nearly two months of sailing, Zhao Jia and their fleet finally returned to Guangzhou again, among which Zhao Hao did not stop in Guangzhou, but immediately transferred to another fleet and immediately went north, hoping to arrive in the capital as soon as possible. As for Zhao Jia, he didn't have to be in such a hurry to return to the capital, but stayed in Guangzhou for a while longer, planning to wait until the Naval Academy had its annual vacation before going back.

It was also during this period of time that Agnes finally saw the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, although Guangzhou is not as prosperous as the city of Tokyo, and the status of the city in recent years has also been challenged by deep-water ports and other places, but Guangzhou still sits firmly on the throne of the first port along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, although the population of the city has not reached one million, but there are still six or seven hundred thousand, and here the merchants from all over the world gather from all over the world, making the business here in Guangzhou more prosperous.

When Agnes arrived at the port of Guangzhou for the first time by ship, she was immediately stunned by the large and bustling port in front of her, and the knights such as Fraus, who had accompanied her here, were equally shocked, even though they had heard Dong Zhong talk about the prosperity of the Great Song City before. But for them, they have not been able to imagine what these cities are like, until now they have seen the prosperity of Guangzhou with their own eyes, and then they have a specific concept.

When he first returned to Guangzhou, Zhao Jia happened to have a few days off, so he also had time to take Agnes and his group to visit the city of Guangzhou. As a result, these Europeans were like dirt buns entering the city, and they were curious about everything they saw, so Zhao Jia had to spend his tongue explaining it to them.

"Childe, I have always wondered why you Da Song can use paper as coins, and who issued these banknotes?" After returning from shopping this day, as soon as Zhao Jia sat down and drank a sip of water, Agnes asked curiously again, when she was in Nanyang Port. It was Zhao Jia who asked her about the situation in Europe, but after coming to Guangzhou, it became Agnes who asked Zhao Jia about the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, and she seemed to be extremely curious about everything about the Great Song Dynasty, and she could ask countless questions no matter what she saw.

"The banknotes are issued by our Da Song Bank, and the headquarters of Da Song Bank is in the capital city of Tokyo, and there are branches in other parts of the city, such as Guangzhou, where there are several branches of Da Song Bank. As for why banknotes can be circulated instead of the original banknotes, this is a very complicated matter. I really can't explain it in a few words. Zhao Jia also said helplessly at this time, he was still very willing to help Agnes solve some doubts in his heart, but God knows how she could have so many problems, if it weren't for Zhao Jia who followed her father since she was a child and knew some knowledge in all aspects, I am afraid that she would have been asked by Agnes a long time ago.

"It doesn't matter. I'm patient, childe, you can start from the beginning! Agnes's eyes lit up at this time, since she came to the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty, she felt like she had entered a new world, and everything was so interesting and new. It stimulated her to understand the truth.

Looking at Agnes's thirsty appearance, Zhao Jia couldn't bear to refuse her, so she had no choice but to drink a cup of tea and moisten her throat, and then she spoke: "When it comes to the issuance of banknotes, we must talk about the bank, in fact, the bank of my Great Song Dynasty is not a long time ago, but was just established more than ten years ago, and the predecessor of the bank is the money shop that issued Jiaozi, as for the money shop, it is because of the lack of copper ......."

Zhao Jia started from the origin of the money shop and Jiaozi, and then led to the later bank, speaking of the bank, it is definitely necessary to talk about his father Zhao Yan and cousin Cao Song, but Zhao Jia did not indicate his relationship with them, just said that His Royal Highness the King of Yue of the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity to conquer Western Xia, established the first bank of the Great Song Dynasty, and then after so many years of development, finally began to issue paper money not long ago, although the paper money is a piece of paper on the surface, but in fact, it can be exchanged for equivalent metal currency at the bank at any time, Coupled with the guarantee of national credit, this makes it possible for paper money to circulate.

Zhao Jia's answer has a lot of economic knowledge, Agnes has always been conceited and smart, otherwise she would not have understood almost all the mainstream languages in Europe at a young age, but she didn't understand the words explained by Zhao Jia, she encountered this situation for the first time, and after listening to it, her face was full of confusion.

Seeing Agnes' appearance, Zhao Jia couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay, you may not understand what I said, but this is also normal, you must know that you don't have any concept of these things at all, so it's normal that you can't understand it, and when you learn more about Da Song in the future, you may be able to understand it." ”

Hearing Zhao Jia's comfort, although Agnes was still a little unwilling, but also had to nod helplessly, it happened that it was dinner time at this time, and the maid also sent dinner, so Zhao Jia chatted with Agnes while eating, and somehow talked about Tokyo City, hearing the beautiful scenery of Tokyo City described by Zhao Jia, Agnes was also full of intoxication and said: "Guangzhou is already so prosperous, what is the city of Tokyo that is more prosperous than Guangzhou, I can't imagine at all." ”

"Hehe, don't think about it if you can't imagine it, you'll know when you go to Tokyo City in the future and see it with your own eyes." Zhao Jia also said with a smile at this time.

"Childe, when are we going to Tokyo?" Agnes asked with some impatience at this time, she was now eager to fly to Tokyo City and see the most prosperous metropolis in the world with her own eyes.

"In another half a month, speaking of which, I haven't been home for almost two years, this time I will take advantage of the annual leave to stay at home for a few more days, and then I can take you around for a while, speaking of which, what I miss most is the food made by the chef at home, especially the spicy chicken she made, although it is a very ordinary dish, but the taste is surprisingly good, and others can't make that taste anyway." When Zhao Jia said this, he couldn't help but take two bites of rice, he has liked to eat spicy food since he was a child, and the spicy chicken made by the chef in the palace has the most appetite for him, but it is a pity that he has been away from home for so long, and he can only eat such delicious food in his dreams.

"Spicy chicken? As soon as you hear it, you know that it is made with chili peppers, but I really don't know why you like spicy food? Hearing Zhao Jia's words, Agnes couldn't help frowning slightly, because she thought of the first time she ate chili peppers in Nanyang Port before, the pungent taste made her eyes flow out, but Zhao Jia leaned forward and backwards with laughter on the side, and since then she has never dared to eat spicy food again.

"Hahaha~" Seeing Agnes' appearance, Zhao Jia also remembered the appearance of Agnes when he ate chili peppers before, and couldn't help laughing at the moment, which made Agnes glared at him angrily and angrily, and finally Zhao Jia stopped laughing and said, "Agnes, chili peppers are actually a good thing, especially in the hot weather in Nanyang, chili peppers can stimulate people's stomach and make people have appetite, and they are definitely not used to eating chili peppers at the beginning, but you see those people in Fraus, they don't like to eat chili peppers at first, But now more than half of them like to eat chili peppers, and if they don't eat chili peppers, then many delicacies will not be able to taste them. ”

"I'll forget it, anyway, there are so many delicacies in Da Song, and I don't necessarily have to eat spicy food." Agnes still had a feeling of apprehension, it seems that the bitter lesson of eating chili peppers for the first time is not so easy to forget.

Zhao Jia and Agnes live in the original Zhao Yan family's residence in Guangzhou, covering a huge area, although Zhao Yan's family has moved back to the capital, but there are still people to take care of here, but when Zhao Jia came to Guangzhou to study, he usually does not live here, but lives in his aunt Shu Princess's Mansion, because the Shu Princess is worried that he will not know how to take care of himself alone outside, so he has to move over, but this time he came back from Nanyang Port, because of Agnes, so Zhao Jia moved back here from the Shu Princess's Mansion.

Early the next morning, Zhao Jia went to the Naval Academy to report and start the last few days of the year's courses, in fact, almost most of the so-called courses of the Naval Academy are internships at sea, as for the courses that need to be studied in the academy, they have learned almost as early as their first year of enrollment, so their courses in the past few days are mainly to summarize the experience and experience of going to sea, and by the way to participate in a final assessment, so that the college can have an understanding of the students' learning situation.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Yue Wang's Mansion in Tokyo, Zhao Yan had just received a letter from Nanyang, the person who wrote the letter was the Lu steward of Nanyang Port, originally he was just an ordinary letter to report his family's business, but when he read the content of the letter, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"What is the fu-jun stunned, is there something wrong with Nanyang?" At this time, Cao Ying, who was settling accounts with an abacus next to him, said with a smile, things like this kind of business were originally managed by Cao Ying, if it weren't for the words written on this letter for Zhao Yan to open in person, Cao Ying would have opened it a long time ago.

Hearing Cao Ying's words, Zhao Yan woke up from his daze, then turned his head to look at his wife and said, "Lady, our son has grown up, it is estimated that you will be a grandmother in a short time!" ”

"Smack~" Cao Ying's hand shook when she heard this, and the beads on the abacus were suddenly disrupted. (To be continued.) )