As the night passed, the heavens and the earth fell into darkness and silence.

Only the faint rumbling thunder from the sky made the midsummer night a little louder, but it also completely suppressed the cicada that should have been noisy.

Outside Hangzhou, in a small fishing village near the mouth of the Qiantang River, several people are carrying lanterns, cautiously, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Under the guidance of several henchmen of his own family, Ji Ye was led by a man with a thin figure and an old face, all the way to a small two-story bamboo building near the water flow behind the fishing village.

Then, he did not enter the hall directly, but stood outside the building quite in a regular manner, until the old man who led the way entered the door to make a report, and after getting the permission of the owner of the building, he dressed up a little and entered the bamboo building unhurriedly.

As soon as he entered the first floor of the bamboo building, the expressions of the Ji family henchmen who came with him tightened, and their hands subconsciously put on the saber on their waists, looking very vigilant.

Just because in front of them, there were seven or eight men with strange hairstyles and even stranger clothes, but they had long knives on their knees, and their bodies exuded an extremely strong murderous aura.

They just sat like that, and when they saw a few people coming in, they only raised their eyes, which made these Ji family henchmen feel unprecedented pressure. It was as if these were not people, but bloodthirsty beasts.

Ji Ye also felt this powerful murderous aura coming to his face, but after all, he was a big man with considerable knowledge, so he only took a slight breath at this time, ignored these people, and turned to look at the old man who was standing in front of him.

The old man smiled respectfully, "Mr. Ji, please go upstairs." However, Mr. Nagano said, please go upstairs alone to speak, and please don't embarrass the old man."

"Mr. Nagano is as cautious as ever." Ji Ye reluctantly smiled too, then looked back slightly, and ordered, "You guys wait here for me to come down."

In the slightly uneasy consent of several subordinates, he had already stepped up the somewhat narrow and low staircase, hunched over, and soon went up to the second floor of the bamboo building.

When I turned around, I saw that the upper floor was much more spacious than the lower floor, because everything here was simpler, except for a bamboo couch against the wall, there was only a low table, and two cushions placed opposite each other.

On the low table, there were also teapots and saucers, and a middle-aged man dressed like those beast-like guys below, was carefully pouring out the tea in the pot, first washing the ones that were not too exquisite, and put them in the Ji family were just the teacups used by the people on weekdays. Then the water from the clay pot is poured into the pot and placed on the stove to cook again.

It wasn't until this series of actions was completed that he raised his head slightly, greeted Ji Ye, and pointed to another cushion in front of him, "Mr. Ji, please sit down and talk." Look at the book

Although he also spoke the official dialect of Dayue, his tone was too blunt and strange, so that people could know that he was definitely not from the Central Plains.

Ji Ye thanked him, and then knelt on the cushion according to the other party's posture, and said, "I really didn't expect that this time it would be you, Mr. Nagano, who came in person......

"There's no way around it, it's not easy to do business." Mr. Nagano respectfully placed the washed teacup in front of Kiye, and said in a calm tone, "Don't hide it from Mr. Ki, we on Fuso Island now need more good things from the Central Plains. For example, porcelain, tea, as well as various medicinal herbs, books...... But silk, at least for the next year or two, we will not be in lack."

Ji Ye's brows furrowed slightly, "Is this the meaning of the entire Fusang Island, or is it just the meaning of your lord?"

"There is no difference. In the past few years, my lord has obtained a lot of silk and silk by virtue of his trade with you in Hangzhou, and has earned a lot of benefits from it.

"But, you know, sometimes there's too much stuff in supply, and it's not worth much...... It's like the saying in the Central Plains of you, "Crops are scarce and expensive!" Now that silk is no longer rare, the price is naturally ......."

"I see. Indeed, in the past few years, we have provided your clan with millions of horses of silk, which is enough for all of you people on Fuso Island to digest and use."

"That's right, so please ask Mr. Ji to provide us with more things, please!" long

Mr. Ye said, and bowed very simply and hard, and his head almost hit the table.

"Of course, we will not treat you badly in terms of payment, and we will not bargain with you as much as you say. Especially books, we need a huge amount of ......."

"I can't see that there are still people on Fuso Island who admire my Central Plains culture so much." Ji Ye sighed.

Mr. Nagano just smiled and didn't explain much, but his eyes were fixed on each other, faintly insightful.

"Mr. Nagano, let's be honest, if it had been before, this kind of business would have been very good. Not to mention that we have been dealing with each other for many years, and the sincerity of your thousands of miles and across the sea is enough for us to believe and be willing to give you everything you want."

Ji Ye said, paused for a moment, and his face was sad: "But right now, something has changed. Whether it is our Ji family, the other Yu family and the Zhou family, they are now experiencing great changes, not to mention whether they can communicate with your clan anymore, it is still unknown whether they can protect themselves in the future."

"But what's happened in Hangzhou recently?" Mr. Nagano stared at him and asked suddenly.

Ji Ye didn't expect the other party to be so crisp, and he was obviously stunned for a moment.

Mr. Nagano smiled again, "This is such a big thing, even though we are outside the city, we have heard about it somewhat.

"I heard that five days ago, your Emperor His Majesty suddenly appeared in Hangzhou, and then arrested the owners of your Ji family and the Zhou family of the Yu family, and the crime is that you took the silk completely in your hands and sold it to us?

"And I heard that your government has also found hundreds of thousands of horses of silk in your house. In recent days, there have been many silk merchants in Hangzhou who have exposed some of your bad behaviors to the government......

The smile on Ji Ye's face was completely gone at this time.

This time the incident was so big that the other party did not surprise him when he heard the news in the morning. What shocked him was that the other party was straightforward and said all this on the surface, which made his face a little unbearable.

Mr. Nagano, on the other hand, said to himself, "I feel your situation and want to help. I think Mr. Ji came here today with this purpose, right?"