Ji Yingnan is a tea merchant.

However, since he was recommended to the emperor by the national teacher, he is not a simple tea merchant.

Ji Yingnan's house is not near the dock, but his business house is.

His business is doing great.

With the emperor's back and the emperor's backing, he not only sold tea to all parts of the country, but also sold tea abroad.

The wharf is a very important place for Ji Yingnan. The ships that go out from the river every day, as long as Ji Yingnan pays attention, he can find out what goods each ship is carrying, and know what kind of goods are loaded.

Moreover, Ji Yingnan is a big businessman, and he has a good relationship with the government, and from his mouth, he can also learn about some of the current situation of the Jiangnan government.

However, these two reasons are not the reasons why Hua Xiao came to see Ji Yingnan.

Ji Yingnan is not Hua Xiao's person, and Hua Xiao's trust in him is really limited.

The reason why Hua Xiao came to see Ji Yingnan was only because the emperor wanted him to come to see him, and that's it.

They came to Ji Yingnan's Yingnan Commercial Bank.

Yelan took out a jade pendant and showed it in front of the shopkeeper.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw this jade pendant, he didn't say a word, and said, "Three of you, please wait in the side hall and wait for me to go in and report it." ”

The Yingnan trading house is very large, with a trading house in front and the owner's house in the back.

Ji Yingnan is sometimes busy and will live here.

Hua Xiao pretended to be a businessman, so it was naturally better to come to the firm to find Ji Yingnan.

The shopkeeper first took Hua Xiao and Li Qing to the side hall, and then went to the back to report in person.

Soon, Ji Yingnan personally greeted him.

This is an elegant middle-aged man, judging from his facial features, he is still very handsome, and he must have been even more outstanding when he was young.

"When you arrive, you will be disappointed, please forgive me." As soon as Ji Yingnan came up, he invited Hua Xiao and them to the house behind, but in addition, he didn't say a single superfluous word or a superfluous word, let alone name Hua Xiao's identity.

At this point, the man seemed to be very cautious.

When they arrived at the house at the back, Hua Xiao and Li Qing confirmed this.

Because, after retiring the others, Ji Yingnan gave Hua Xiao and Li a big gift.

"Xiaguan Ji Yingnan has seen King Yi and Princess Yi."

Li Qing had a faint smile on his face, but he thought quietly in his heart: This Ji Yingnan not only has a hidden identity, but also an official position, it seems that he is indeed very trusted by the emperor, not just a mere eyeliner.

Hua Xiao let Ji Yingnan be polite, and said indifferently: "Since I acted secretly this time, in order to facilitate the concealment of my identity, this king will not call you Master Ji, but directly call you Boss Ji." ”

Ji Yingnan said with a smile: "The prince acts cheaply, and he can call the lower officials whatever he wants." ”

Hua Xiao asked: "I don't know how much Boss Ji knows about what this king is going to do this time." ”

Ji Yingnan hurriedly said: "Shangfeng gave the lower official two tasks, the first and the first task is to obey the dispatch of the prince and make every effort to assist the prince. The second task is to monitor the ships passing through the pier. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just that when Xiaguan got the order from Shangfeng, it was already the end of autumn, and after the busy period of the Yongkou Wharf, Xiaguan was worried about ......"

"Are you worried that if the results of the monitoring are not satisfactory, there will be a suspicion of dereliction of duty?" Hua Xiao asked.

Ji Yingnan hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials are only worried about whether they will miss the prince's affairs." ”

"It's okay, we do our best and obey the destiny of heaven." Hua Xiao said: "However, you haven't answered this king's question yet, how much do you know about what this king is going to do this time." ”