Daliang, Jinling, Imperial Palace.

At the beginning of the new year, the Empress Dowager Gao Yuyao set up a banquet, with the participation of the Jingshi civil and military forces, and the female dependents also held a separate banquet to receive them, which was rare to be so lively in the palace.

Compared with previous years, there are already many new faces in the civil and military forces, most of whom are young, and they are all newly promoted by Gao Yuyao. It is an honor to attend such a feast, but the natural actions of the official and the small are patted on the square outside the palace, and in this cold day, even if there are many stoves, they are also sinned, and the people are cold, and the dishes are cold.

How could Gao Yuyao care about this, she was in good spirits.

Xiao Weishang, who was promoted from the king of Xinyang to the king of Qi, was also in a good mood, although he wanted to be the prince back then, but he was demoted to a concubine for several years, and he really didn't think that he would have such a status again, so to speak, his position is the closest to the queen mother.

The most important thing is that the child in Gao Yuyao's arms is his. This also makes Xiao Weishang the most relieved, as long as the child is fine, he will basically have no worries in this life. After suffering from the people for several years, Xiao Weishang has long lost his original heart, as long as he is prosperous and rich for the rest of his life. And that child is his guarantee, the more Gao Yuyao likes it, the better.

On such a formal occasion now, Gao Yuyao actually hugged Xiao Jie and refused to let go at all, which already shows the degree of pampering. Although her own princess has a little complaint in private, after all, it is her child, but she has always stayed with Gao Yuyao in the palace to support her.

But so what? Without this child, even if he is crowned the king of Qi, no one will take care of him, unlike now, where the father is more expensive than the son, and whoever sees it has to be polite.

As for the reason for pampering Xiao Jie, everyone basically guesses that Gao Yuyao is still young, but the first emperor has already returned to heaven, and it is impossible to have his own children in this life, so there seems to be nothing wrong with mother's love sprinkled on Xiao Jie's body.

It's strange to say, some time ago, the Queen Mother Gao Yuyao almost didn't appear, and now, it has become a little emperor who rarely appears.

Of course, the latter is still better, and occasionally shows up, like Gao Yuyao, who didn't appear for half of that time.

Speaking of the little emperor, the ministers glanced at each other, shook their heads and sighed, it must be a waste. It's not that there is no arrangement for people to teach, but it is completely useless, the little emperor seems to be sitting there still, but in fact, he is wandering in the world, and he can't beat it, so he can only remind him, and then he can't do it, and he only knows how to ask people to collect all kinds of playthings all day long.

Playthings are demoralized...... Forget it, don't mention it. After all, it is a dead heart, as long as it can grow up healthily, and it will be possible to leave an heir to the concubine in the future.

Regarding these thoughts of Qi Wang Xiao Weishang and his courtiers, Gao Yuyao probably knew in her heart, but she didn't care, the palace maids and eunuchs around her had already changed, either they died, or they were scattered and sent to a distant palace, without substantial evidence, even if they said it, no one would believe it.

Now the closest female official around me is the female official of Hanchun, who once had a lot of power in the palace, and later Zhou Shaoyu entered Beijing and was named the king of Jin under house arrest. However, with Zhou Shaoyu's departure, the palace became an ornament, and it was a waste to put it there, so it was transferred back to the palace.

Yes, this Hanchun is the eyeliner developed by Gao Yanshen at the beginning, and later cheapened Zhou Shaoyu. However, Gao Yuyao obviously didn't know her identity, otherwise she wouldn't have put it around and reuse it.

Of course, in fact, Gao Yuyao also has corresponding suspicions, his father Gao gradually Shen is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he is in a high position, so it is impossible not to have his own eyeliner, but there is no trace of this, and there is no trace of it, Gao Yuyao is sure that there must be such a team, but I don't know where it is, who it is.

Hanchun's status now is very high, if you really want to compare it, it is probably Shangguan Wan'er in the Wu Zetian period, but it is not so exaggerated, it is still a lot worse. Hanchun didn't know that Xiao Jie was Gao Yuyao's child, at most, he felt a little weird and got too close.

However, doing more and asking less, suppressing curiosity, this is the absolute law of survival in the palace, and Hanchun will never investigate anything. At most, you can send out some information when you have the opportunity. However, with her current status, it is difficult to get out of the palace, and as for the other eyeliner in the uterus, there are many people, so it is better not to contact it.

The overall atmosphere of the banquet was good, Han Chun meticulously commanded the female officials and eunuchs, and suddenly the sleeping child in Gao Yuyao's arms cried loudly, twisting her small body hard, and her hands seemed to be still grasping something in the direction of the outside of the palace, Gao Yuyao coaxed for a while to no avail.

"Hanchun, and take King Xinyang to Princess Qi." Gao Yuyao had no choice, she just thought that the child was hungry, so she asked Hanchun to take her to Princess Qi to feed.

Gao Yuyao was very careful at this point, did not avoid exposure, and basically did not breastfeed herself, but occasionally secretly did this in the dead of night, which can be regarded as experiencing the parenting of a mother, and other times she is either a nurse or a princess of Qi.

"Whoa." Han Chun respectfully and carefully took over the little county king, and turned around to go to the place where the female dependents were entertained to find Princess Qi, but the child's behavior was really weird, not to mention crying, along the way, even if the direction changed, the direction of the little baby was always outside the palace gate, and the little hands kept pinching, not knowing what to catch.

At the same time, outside the palace.

"Good daughter, this is the palace of Daliang, but it's a pity that it's not the time, otherwise I'll take you in for a walk." Zhou Shaoyu said with a smile, and as soon as his big hand was raised, he was ready to soften people's heads.

Li Xiuning turned around expressionlessly and dodged, the palace or something, she would not be rare, but she still raised her head and observed it carefully, and said: "It is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as there is enough food and there are 30,000 soldiers, even if a million heroes come here, they are helpless." ”

"Forehead ......" Zhou Shaoyu was speechless for a moment, and said in his heart that it was worthy of Li Xiuning? At this time, I was still thinking about the war. I had to spread my hands and said, "But the stronger and easier the place to defend, the more often it is broken from the inside, isn't it?" And when it really gets to that point, there is only one palace left, and even if you keep it, it doesn't make much sense. ”

"That's true." Li Xiuning nodded.

Zhou Shaoyu opened his mouth, and was just about to continue to say something, when he was suddenly stunned, and quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the palace.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiuning, who noticed the abnormality, wondered.

"It's nothing, it always feels like something is calling me." Zhou Shaoyu was also puzzled.

However, the corners of Li Xiuning's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly: "You don't want to say that the emperor's throne inside is calling you." ”

"Ahaha, it's not impossible." Zhou Shaoyu laughed, but at this time, that feeling had disappeared. Waving his hand: "Let's go, if you are recognized, it will be fun." ”

The Shangyuan Festival has passed, and a high roller came to Jiaxing County, who was very generous, bought a few merchant ships with a large carrying capacity, not to mention, and recruited crew members at a high price. But everybody is actually having fun watching this one.

Without him, this young man with a northern accent may indeed have a little background, at least he is very rich, and such a high-profile expenditure should not have a low family background, otherwise everyone understands the truth that wealth is not exposed.

It's nothing to buy a ship, it's nothing to recruit a crew, it's his own business to be willing to spend a high price, and everyone knows that this person is going to Silla to trade and do business, which is also nothing, but the goods he buys are a little speechless, low-priced tea, very ordinary porcelain...... Is this really when people Silla have never seen the world?

Although these things are sought-after goods among the people of Silla, they can't actually make a lot of money, and if they are converted into expenses, they will lose money if they don't make trouble. It should be said that the loss is settled, Silla is not very peaceful now, there are a lot of displaced people, and a few people who can afford to spend. And the Silla aristocracy can not look down on goods of this grade.

"How is Brother Zhu preparing?" A rich boy smiled and said.

Zhou Shaoyu turned his head, also arched his hand, and replied: "It turned out to be Brother Zhang, and the preparations were almost perfect, so I almost entrusted the matter to Brother Zhang." ”

"Hahaha, Brother Zhu is really quick. In this way, Zhang will not drag Brother Zhu back, the person is ready, this is a contract, Brother Zhu just goes to receive it. ”

"In this way, I wrote Brother Zhang."

"Where is it, Zhang also wants to thank Brother Zhu for being willing to buy those inventories......"

Naturally, Zhou Shaoyu has a pseudonym again, Li Yi'an has already used it, this time the pseudonym is Zhu You, at first glance it is nothing, but it is actually related to his own sister-in-law. It is nothing more than Zhu Shuzhen's surname and her nickname. Zhu Shuzhen is a secluded dweller. Secluded habitat is too weird, because this is the meaning of seclusion, so he only takes the word secluded and assigns himself Zhu You.

Jiaxing County is prosperous in business, especially after the further development of Silla and Dongwa sea trade. Zhou Shaoyu naturally came here to find a boat.

It takes time to build a new ship, and there are a lot of orders that need to be queued, so Zhou Shaoyu can't wait and can only buy it at a premium. And he has no foundation in the local area, except for the Gao family to recruit crews.

As for the porcelain of the Zhang family, it is indeed people's inventory, and most of them are defective products that cannot be sold. Therefore, Zhou Shaoyu also logically entrusted the Zhang family to find some craftsmen. The reason is that in order to prevent accidents at sea, there are still some craftsmen who can build ships and make up for leaks, and it is a long-term business for life, so it is naturally better to hire for a long time or a death contract, so that the craftsman's family will be taken away.

Zhou Shaoyu doesn't care whether this matter is successful or not, but now that people have found it, it is no better. Of course, it will definitely not be a master craftsman, and the ability of the latter will never be mixed to this point.

There are six craftsmen obtained by the Zhang family, and there are a total of seventeen people with their family members, obviously, they are not going to get it back if they are taken away. As for the hired crew, we'll talk about it then. After all, there is a part of it that must be a death contract.

When he went to Silla, Zhou Shaoyu didn't plan to make any money, besides, there was no need to use a boat to pull it if he wanted to do business, and he put a lot of things in his own storage space. The reason why such worthless goods are loaded is simply to discard them without distress, so that they can recruit people to leave at any time.

With the fact that the pirates in the East China Sea have been almost cleared, there are more people begging for a living at sea, and those who have the capital to join the sea trade will not miss it. However, the tax of sea trade is indeed not low, one of the five taxes, and the proportion is so high that it is embarrassing. But Rao is like this, there are still huge profits to be found, and there is still an endless stream of people.

A new person like 'Zhu You', who is not too much of him, and not too much of him, will not attract too much attention.

The time of going to sea was reported to the special yamen, and its own officials came to inspect the goods to facilitate the collection of taxes, and no matter whether they went to sea or entered the sea, the tax amount would be estimated according to the value of the goods, and no one was exempt from customs.

So the officials who came to check the goods had a very wonderful face.

"Zhu Gongzi, it's not that the official talks much, it's just that you're afraid that these goods are ......" The official couldn't help but remind, and besides, just a few boats of garbage goods, you can't collect a few dollars at all, okay, which means that there is no oil and water!

"Thank you for mentioning it, but this matter is not my intention, it is actually the family's instructions, the first time I go to sea, everything is unfamiliar, I don't want to make money, I just want to find out the way." As he spoke, Zhou Shaoyu took out a string of pearls and secretly handed it over.

The official weighed it a few times, and suddenly said: "It turns out that you still plan to do this jewelry business, how much is there, quickly take it out for the official to check, otherwise once tax evasion is detected, don't blame the official for being ruthless!" ”

Nani!? Is it so fair and honest? Zhou Shaoyu was stunned. Or does this one want to make more money?

Naturally, I couldn't find anything, and I went to sea smoothly. Later, Zhou Shaoyu learned that the young official was a well-known minister, and he couldn't rub a little sand in his eyes, and he was the most honest. It is precisely because of this that Gao Yuyao will put it in Jiaxing Port, which can be regarded as making good use of talents, after all, the oil and water here are too thick, and if you change to someone else, you may not be greedy.

There are not many such people, if everyone in Daliang is like this...... Tsk, then let's pack up and go to bed honestly.

This move of Silla, recruiting talents is certainly one thing, and on the other hand, it is also a close investigation of the recent situation of Silla, a while ago the great report of the Great Liang, saying that the Great Liang army won a great victory against the Kingdom of Jin in Silla, I don't know whether it is true or not. It's good to see for yourself, and decide how to deal with Jin Guo in the future. After all, Zhou Shaoyu took this matter very seriously, he didn't want to be stabbed in the back when he took the beam in the future. Once the Jin Kingdom rises, it is very disgusting.

The first mate is an experienced person recruited through the tooth shop, and now he is over 50 years old, and it is said that he has been to Silla, to Dongwa, to the South China Sea, and to fight the Shui Kou, but only because his only son is not angry, not to mention the wealth he has earned, and he still owes a lot of debts, so he has to go to sea again.

said that it was the first mate, in fact, it was the captain, Zhou Shaoyu, the captain, purely a name, whether there were those experiences to be discussed, but it was indeed experienced, all the way to the Silla docking, fluent Silla language in the local area without obstacles, absolutely worth the money.