Chapter 218: A Historic Meeting
Nankang is only a small country, domestic self-sufficiency is a problem, and it has to rely on Daze's assistance, where can I get so many more resources to transport to other countries, especially the most frequent trade with the Japanese state.
Speaking of which, the only advantage that Nankang has over other countries is that it is the only country closest to Daze and adjacent to the Wa Kingdom.
If it is said that Nankang has such frequent trade contacts because Daze merchants take advantage of its geographical advantages and turn to other small countries to do business, this is not enough.
The key point is that in the past two years, when the relationship between the Wa Kingdom and Daze was the most tense, the countries that were closer to Daze tried their best to draw boundaries in order to avoid suspicion.
Nankang seems to be as calm as water on the surface, but in private, the transaction with the Japanese State can be counted as the sum of more than a dozen other small countries, which is very interesting.
It's not that Nankang pretends to be obedient on the surface, but in fact, he is contrary to yang and yin, and he has long been disobedient.
Xiao Huai'an frowned deeply, and understood why Yang Fujian was so worried, and returned the letterhead, "At the beginning, in order to reward Nankang's knowledgeable person for being Junjie, His Majesty specially approved and relaxed Nankang's entry and exit goods control, which can be regarded as giving Nankang great trust, but now there is a problem in this regard, and Yang Hou is stationed in Nankang, and he is also very worried." ”
"And that's not all." Yang Fujian shook his head slightly, and Yang Huairen took the letter paper handed over by Xiao Huai'an, and turned out one of the papers, and said about the goods and contents recorded on it.
"The rest of the goods are just that, just the salt and the minerals. At that time, several small countries, everywhere near the sea, the most important thing was salt, and even my Daze inland had to be shipped back from overseas, how could the salt trade between the above countries be so huge, it is impossible that they felt that the salt taste between various countries was different, so they wanted to change the taste. ”
"Therefore, Yang Gongzi suspects that although it is written on the salt business, it is actually secretly Chen Cang's next things."
Xiao Huai'an wrinkled his brows, just a reminder, and he reacted instantly. Fortunately, Su Jiao didn't know about these trivial matters, otherwise she was afraid that she would have a headache by covering her head and shouting.
"Moreover, these small countries are just a small land, and there are very few mountains and rivers in the country, such as the strict supervision of jade and jade, I don't think there will be much problem, but most of the iron ore and black coal are also from Daze."
Yang Huairen's face was solemn, not only the content on this piece of paper, but also the part he left in his hand, which recorded the same thing.
"Now all countries are looting coal and iron, and the number of iron ore exported by Daze has far exceeded the prescribed range, but unfortunately the information we can get does not exceed this value, but there are still things we don't know, which adds up to not an astronomical number."
"Coal and iron are essential raw materials for making weapons, and they want these things, not like Sima Zhao's heart."
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Huai'an suddenly took a deep breath, he knew the emperor's temperament best, and what he especially hated was this kind of collusion between countries and people under the power tricks with bad intentions.
They dare to do these illegal transactions behind their backs, and the nature of them is far worse than that of the blatantly unconvinced Wa State.
"This matter," Xiao Huai'an frowned, just thinking about it, he could predict what kind of thunderous anger the emperor would be after knowing about this, "Yang Hou has to be cautious, and he can't suddenly let His Majesty know, otherwise I'm afraid that His Majesty will be the first to condemn Yang Mansion." ”
"This is natural, I have discussed it before Ren'er and I come back, but if it can't be contained, I won't care about my own body, but I'm only afraid that Ruopei will be sad."
Some people will die outside the plug, and some scholars are not in the bitter admonition, but the situation of the Yang family's father and son today is really embarrassing. Xiao Huai couldn't help but admire Yang Fujian's righteousness and awe-in in his heart, but a question also popped up in his mind at the same time.
"Yang Hou has always been diligent and diligent in guarding Nankang, how could such a big thing happen under his nose would only be noticed in recent years. Maybe they did keep to themselves in the first ten years, but suddenly someone had the wrong idea. ”
"Yang Hou might as well think about the time when he was stationed in Nankang in the past two years, did any people with any whereabouts and tracks visit. If they want to do anything, they must first pass the level of Yang Hou, know Yang Hou's methods, and know how to avoid it. ”
"This-" Xiao Huai'an's words were to the point, Yang Fujian was startled, Yang Huairen also seemed to be enlightened, and after packing up his things, he thought about it.
"Speaking of which, other countries are afraid of the power of my Daze, and do not dare to come and get close to me easily, but two years ago, the five princes were ordered by His Majesty to inspect and lobby in various countries, but they lived with us for a period of time."
"Five Princes?!" As soon as these words came out, whether it was the father and son of the Yang family, even Xiao Huaian was surprised. I thought that Xu Ruzhu hooked up with the Wa Kingdom and wanted to win merit for himself, but he already had an idea.
Now he dares to do this kind of thing to secretly open channels, but it is Daze's interests that are harmed, presumably he should not have such courage.
Xiao Huai'an's eyes rolled, and he still couldn't believe it in his heart, whether he had such ambitions was one thing, and whether he could do it was another.
"Well, for the time being, whether the five princes have such a plan or not, we can't startle the snake at the moment, and let's see who in the court and the middle of the court are inconsistent, and when the time comes, we will tell them all together, so that we can catch them all."
"It's nature." Yang Huairen nodded, and a few people talked in the study until midnight, and Xiao Huaian returned to his house before the curfew.
The next day, it was time for Zhang Shengge to come over to invite the dinner yesterday.
Su Jiao squinted her eyes, unhappily watched Xiao Huai'an leave again after leaving early and returning late, pouted, cleaned up, and prepared to go to Zhang's Mansion to meet Yuge, and the two of them went to Yipinxiang together, and many people talked and complained.
I didn't want to arrive at Zhang's mansion, Lord Zhang and Mrs. Zhang knew that Yang Fujian was not free to come, and they were embarrassed to go, so they only called Yuge to accompany them, and the eldest brother of the Zhang family was like a bird that couldn't stay still, and went out early in the morning.
"Yesterday was not the first time I met your eldest brother, but I didn't expect your eldest brother's spirit to be so good, and the temperament of your family is not very similar, but it is quite compatible with my cousin. Yesterday, my cousin Huairen sent him out, and the two of them talked for a while. My cousin just came back. ”
Su Jiao was stunned, and finally accepted that she had come to pick up someone specially, but she only took away a Yuge, so she was so wordy that she couldn't help but laugh when she listened to Yuge next to her.
"There are many young masters of the same age in Beijing, but there are very few who can talk to my brother, if Brother Yang and my brother really hit it off at first sight, it is really fate."
Zhang Yuge said with a smile, as she mentioned in her words, most of the sons in Beijing can only eat, drink and have fun, and they are extravagant, no wonder they are not in Zhang Shengge's eyes, especially Lin Feng, the son of Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, as the best representative.
At this time, Lin Feng was sitting in the best private room on the second floor of Yipinxiang, hugging the beauty left and right, and looking at the boss of Yipinxiang who came to clear the scene with an impatient face.
"I'm really sorry Lin Gongzi, today our restaurant has been rounded, if you really like the food in our restaurant, our restaurant can give you a table of banquets for free, can you please deign to move to other restaurants, I'm really sorry."
The boss of Yipinxiang twisted a pair of brows, his face was full of helplessness and crampedness, he kept rubbing his hands, and the big slaps looked like they could rub sparks.
In fact, when the Zhang family proposed to charter the ninth floor yesterday, Zhang Bai had already issued an order to give up the operating profits of a day's incense on Zhuque Street to save the face of the Zhang family.
It's a pity that he ran into Lin Feng, the lone wolf who is the best at camouflage, and he didn't pay attention to the persuasion and advice of the guys in the restaurant, so he took his two newly found confidantes to the private room, and the restaurant owner had no choice but to come over to send the Buddha in person.
Lin Feng listened to his words, took his hand off the girl's shoulder, and then raised his eyes impatiently and glanced at the boss, "Hmph, other people are guests, isn't this son a guest, this restaurant is so big, this son only occupies this one, even if someone from the Zhang family comes after a while, this son will tell them, why are you in a hurry here." ”
In fact, Lin Feng was because of Su Jiao, knowing that she had a good relationship with Miss Zhang Yuge of the Zhang family, and heard that Yuge had just had a miscarriage not long ago, and he hadn't seen anyone at the wedding of the second prince before, so he wanted to help him come over to inquire about Yuge's physical recovery, if he could help, he would also be able to have a glorious image in front of Su Jiao, especially Xiao Huai'an.
After thinking about it, Lin Feng became more and more determined in his plan, and specially invited two girls to help him cover, but how could the restaurant owner know about his kindness, he was suddenly so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and it was impossible to send someone to beat him out.
"What can I do about this, my lord, he specially instructed him, today he specially invited Yang Hou's family to come over for dinner, and now I can't even do this thing, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here anymore."
The boss sighed, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat, and muttered to himself at the same time, Lin Feng accidentally heard his words, and suddenly a clever man, Yang Hou's family, isn't that Xiao Huai'an and Su Jiao also coming over.
He immediately opened his eyes wide and reflexively slapped the case, startling the girls around him. If someone comes after a while and finds themselves grinding hard here, then there is no misunderstanding.
Lin Feng stood up in surprise, and was afraid that he would be too attentive and lose face in front of others, so he coughed lightly and made excuses for himself while walking outside.
"Well, my son has thought about it, since it's such a banquet, it's better not to disturb it, let's leave first, today's banquet will be written down for this son for the time being, and this son will come back another day."