At the beginning, Gu Yunji saw that Xuzhou had a good river port and prosperous shipping, so he hoped to find a big merchant who traded between the coast and the southwest, and saw if he could indirectly deal with Westerners and introduce high-yield American crops.

After Gu Yunji handed over the matter to Chen Peishi, he had been visiting and inspecting the towns and villages around Fucheng, and later encountered Xue Liu's case, and he was almost forgotten. Now that a month had passed, and there was finally news, he hurriedly put aside what he was doing and went to the meeting room of the government to meet the big businessman.

However, as soon as he walked into the living room, Gu Yunji was stunned: "...... It's you? ”

Isn't this the reckless businessman who wanted to catch his son-in-law on the list after the trial release of the list that year, but mistakenly took him for Cheng Yanqiang and tied him home?

Seeing Gu Yunji, Fan Fushang's smile instantly froze on his face, and he said incoherently: "Gu, you...... Judge the Adult...... How are you? ”

Fate is a thing that sometimes sounds really wonderful. Regarding the farce that happened between the two at the beginning, and the reunion after the farce, Gu Yunji felt quite wonderful in his heart, and walked over with a smile: "Yo, you still know me." ”

Fan Fushang was about to cry: "Why, how can you not know Master Gu, although the villain has bad eyes, he will never forget your appearance in this life." ”

Chen Peishi, who was about to introduce the two to each other, was a little dazed when he saw this, looked at Fan Fushang, then at Gu Yunji, and asked, "My lord, did you know Fan Yuanwai before?" ”

Gu Yunji sat on the chair casually, and joked with a smile: "Not only do I know, I almost became his son-in-law at the beginning." ”

Fan Fushang's scalp tightened, and he said with a sad face: "Ouch, Lord Gu, don't say that, how dare the villain." Back then, I was also confused, and I didn't do things with my brains, which offended you, and after that, I often repented and blamed myself......"

Gu Yunji hurriedly asked him to stop, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'm just joking, and I don't really care about you, what are you panicking about." It's been so long, and I'm already married and have children, not to mention that you were still in the Shuntian Mansion for a month, and you got the lesson you deserved, so I won't be so small-minded. ”

As he spoke, Gu Yunji beckoned Fan Fushang to sit down, and asked someone to serve him a cup of fragrant tea. Fan Fushang never thought that the general sentence of Xuzhou Mansion was Gu Yunji, and he was sincerely frightened for a while, and he was even more flattered by his courtesy, so he didn't dare to relax and drink the tea, but just took a sip.

Gu Yunji looked amused and asked, "Three years have passed, have you found a satisfactory son-in-law?" ”

Fan Fushang instantly stiffened his body, and said respectfully: "After being released from the Shuntian Mansion back then, the villain returned to his hometown, fell in love with a young man, and married the little girl last year. The son-in-law is still motivated, and he came back from the Jinshi exam this year, and now he is a Jiji in the Hanlin Academy. ”

Gu Yunji said unexpectedly: "Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy? That's remarkable. In this way, you can be regarded as getting what you want, and you finally got a fast son-in-law of the high school gold list. ”

Fan Fushang scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Don't dare to praise as an adult." The villain's son-in-law just passed the Shu Jishi exam, and you were a real first-class jinshi tanhualang. ”

Gu Yunji smiled at the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help teasing: "That's natural, otherwise I wouldn't be in the eyes of the fan, and I want to snatch me back as a son-in-law." ”

Fan Fushang's face turned red, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into: "My lord, don't make fun of the villain......"

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you." Gu Yunji kindly changed the topic, and suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, I only know your surname Fan, and I don't know what your name is." ”

"The villain's name is Fan Li."

"Fan Li?" Gu Yunji shook his head and smiled, "Dare to call the same name as Shang Sheng, I can't see that your father's expectations for you are quite high." ”

Fan Li hurriedly explained: "It's not that Li, it's the dawn of dawn, and the villain is not bold enough to dare to have the same name as Shang Sheng." ”

Gu Yunji nodded: "So that's the case, I misunderstood." I remember you were a merchant of the Hui faction, right? How did you start a maritime trade business now? ”

Fan Li said: "Our Hui merchants have done a wide range of business, and their footprints are all over the world, and they are involved in all salt and cloth industries. In the past, the villain's business was to sell silk, Suzhou embroidery and other embroidery from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the capital and Beizhili, and now it is to sell Shu brocade in Shu to Westerners along the coast, so that they can bring it back to their hometown in Europa to sell. ”

The reason why Fan Li made such a change in business was mainly because he had made a fuss with his son-in-law at the beginning, and he knew that he had offended the Gu family and other powerful people in Beijing, although the Gu family did not pursue his intentions, but he was still afraid of retaliation and did not dare to continue to do business in the capital.

After some greetings, Fan Li didn't know Gu Yunji's intention to come over to him, and he was a little uncertain, and couldn't help asking: "Lord Gu is looking for a villain to come over today, but what are your orders?" ”

"Oh, that's right, I've got something for you to help you find." As he spoke, Gu Yunji handed Fan Li a few drawings, "The ones painted on this are crops from the Americas-that are from the America, I don't know if they have been introduced to the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but whether there is or not, it should be right to find them directly from the Western merchants who operate maritime trade." ”

"If I find it, I hope you can help me bring some seeds back, the first amount doesn't need to be very large, a small number of samples are fine. I'll confirm that it's correct, and I'll discuss the rest with you after the experiment. ”

Fan Li looked at the drawings handed over by Gu Yunji, which drew the general appearance of the crop, and also wrote the name, size, color, possible weight, etc., which was clear and clear enough.

While looking at it, Fan Li searched his mind for impressions of these crops, and wondered: "Sweet potatoes, peppers, potatoes, artichoke...... The villain travels from south to north, thinking that he has a lot of knowledge, why hasn't he heard of these things? ”

Gu Yunji smiled slightly: "If you have seen it, I will not ask you for help." It is because I don't have these things in the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, so I asked you to look for them, and found them to take them back to Xuzhou Mansion to cultivate and plant. ”

"I'm not sure what they're called, like this, maybe it's a potato or maybe an artichoke, I wrote everything I could think of. I haven't seen it and I don't have an exact name, so it's certainly not easy to find, but it's very important to me, and I hope you can do your best, and I will be grateful if you find me. ”

Although Fan Li was puzzled, he still agreed: "What is not thankful, it is the honor of the villain to be able to serve Master Gu." Adults can rest assured, and villains will do their best to find them. ”

Gu Yunji nodded: "Okay, then thank you very much." ”