After the report was submitted, Shen Yi patted his butt and went home.
After all, the leaders have been notified in advance. No matter who sends these things, it is unlikely to have a particularly big impact on Shen Yi, unless His Majesty the Emperor has a suspicious character like Boss Cao.
But in this case, even if Boss Cao is here, there is a high probability that he will not doubt Shen Yi.
After handling this matter, Shen Yi was not idle in the next few days.
After all, in more than ten days, he will continue his business trip south to make great achievements.
Since you are going to make great achievements, you cannot go there with a blind eye. You need to know in advance the current situation of the anti-Japanese army and what the Japanese pirates are doing.
More importantly, when will the warship that Mr. Shen has been thinking about be launched into the water?
According to the advance construction period, by this spring, the three warships in the Wenzhou shipyard will be launched, and then Mr. Shen can drive the ship and happily chase Japanese pirates on the sea.
Of course, it was still the Chinese New Year, and the warship factory in Wenzhou Prefecture had also stopped working. It would not resume work until after the Lantern Festival, so it was useless for Shen Yi to be anxious.
In addition to learning about the situation from the Anti-Japanese Army, Shen Yi's most important thing was to write letters to the two Di newspaper branches in Taizhou Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture.
Learn from them about the latest intelligence developments.
It is worth mentioning that after the Japanese pirates along the coast were defeated by the anti-Japanese army several times in a row, the overall internal situation has been greatly shaken. This shaken situation has made the intelligence work of the Di Reporting Department very easy.
After all, given the overall bad environment for the Japanese pirate industry, those Han Japanese pirates must want to get out of this industry.
However, this industry is not easy to get out of, because once caught, the whole family will end up cheating together.
There are almost no exceptions.
Under this premise, if someone tells these confused young people who are in urgent need of a career change that as long as they can provide a little bit of information, if the Japanese pirates are wiped out in the future, they can be given the status of a good citizen and ensure that they will not settle the score afterwards. The temptation is It is undoubtedly very large.
Therefore, under this premise, the Di News Agency has completed infiltration of several Japanese pirate groups to a considerable extent. If nothing else, as long as Shen Yi wants to touch them, he will definitely be able to find the hiding place of these water rats.
After arranging my career at home for several days, the time came on the ninth day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Hongde.
That afternoon, Xu Fu's younger brother Ding Man personally sent a letter, saying that someone wanted to invite Shen Yi to a banquet at Cuiyun Tower.
Xu Fuming's identity on the surface is that he is the nephew of Eunuch Gao. Because of this identity, Xu Fu has now deliberately avoided the Shen family, and has no contact with the Shen family on the surface.
So if he asks Ding Man to come over to invite Shen Yi, it's most likely not what he meant.
After Shen Yi received Ding Man's news, he immediately nodded in agreement without any hesitation.
In the evening, Mr. Shen put on a light blue jacket, left the Shen family, and walked towards Cuiyun Tower.
When he reached the first floor of Cuiyun Building, Shen Yi looked around.
Business is very good.
The first floor was basically full of people, and the private rooms on the second floor were also crowded with people.
This Cuiyun Building was originally a decades-old brand in Jiankang City. When it was on the verge of bankruptcy, it was bought by Xu Fu. Some of his advertising methods were marketed, and he even spent money to place advertisements in Di newspapers, so that now, it has become one of the restaurants and restaurants with the best business in Jiankang City.
As soon as Shen Yi walked into Cuiyun Tower, Ding Man, who was wearing a navy blue jacket, walked up to Shen Yi with his head lowered and bowed slightly: "Master, come with me."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and followed Ding Man upstairs. When walking on the stairs, Shen Yi caught a glimpse of the little girl near the counter.
The younger sister is the youngest among the six people including Xu Fu, and the most favored one.
Shen Yi smiled: "Why do you let your little sister take care of things here?"
Ding Man walked in front and led the way. He lowered his head and said, "Young master, I don't know that this store... my eldest brother has already given it to my little sister."
"It's just that my little sister is a daughter and it's not convenient for her to show up in public, so she only comes here occasionally to check the accounts and doesn't manage the accounts here."
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "Xiao Xu is really generous."
While they were talking, the two of them had already gone up to the second floor. Ding Man hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "The eldest brother said that he doesn't want the younger sister to work with us anymore, and wants her to find a good family to marry, but the younger sister refuses. , the two of them have quarreled several times in private."
Ding Man was very respectful to Shen Yi. He stood on the edge of the aisle and bowed his head slightly: "If you have time, Master, it would be great if you could give me some advice..."
At this time, he had stopped at the door of a room, and it was obvious that he had arrived at his destination.
Shen Yi glanced at her and said with a smile: "Who do you want to persuade?"
Ding Man shook his head in confusion: "I don't know either."
"We don't want to be separated from our little sister, but we feel that what the elder brother said is right..."
Shen Yi patted Ding Man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Then among the five of you, no one can marry the younger sister?"
As he said that, Shen Yi looked around at the rather luxurious Cuiyun Tower and clicked his tongue: "Such a heavy dowry is nothing more than a dowry for princes and nobles."
Ding Man's face turned red and he lowered his head and stopped talking.
They had grown up together since childhood, and they were like family members to each other. Before Shen Yi said this, Ding Man had never thought that there was such a way out.
Shen Yi glanced at Ding Man and did not speak to him again. Instead, he turned his head and reached out to knock on the door.
In fact, he also understood in his heart that the reason why Xu Fu wanted his younger sister to get married was not just because he was old enough to get married, but because he wanted his younger sister to break away from their group and live a peaceful life. .
After all, people like Xu Fu, although they are now working as imperial merchants and seem to be in a good position, their fortune may turn bad at some point, and the family business they have built in the past few years may be wiped out overnight at any time. .
However, these six young people who depend on each other need to decide how to proceed with these matters.
After Shen Yi knocked on the door, a familiar voice soon came from inside.
"Come in."
It was the voice of a wise eunuch.
Mr. Shen pushed the door open and walked in. Just as he was about to salute Gao Ming, who was already seated, he saw Eunuch Gao wave his hand lightly, then pointed to the seat opposite and said, "No need to be more polite, just take a seat."
"There have been a lot of things going on in the palace recently, so let's keep the story short."
Shen Yi sat down as instructed and said nothing.
He knew in his heart that this high eunuch was probably busy with matters involving the palace.
After sitting down, Shen Yi stretched out his hand to add a cup of tea to Gao Ming, looking slightly nervous: "Eunuch Gao, is there any news about the matter entrusted by this official?"
"Um."
Gao Ming took out a few pieces of paper filled with words from his arms, placed them in front of Shen Yi, and said calmly: "In the past few days, the internal guards have checked in detail all the gifts of unknown origin in your home. "
"Those silver bone charcoal came from a large kiln in the Yanjing capital of Hu Qi that was specialized in firing royal charcoal. The cart that was delivered to Chief Shen's house was apparently sold to Jiankang by Northern Qi merchants. The last buyer was A small vendor on Dongshi Street was entrusted by someone to deliver this cart of charcoal to your home, and received more than eighty taels of silver from it."
"Eighty taels..."
Shen Yi couldn't help but sigh: "I'm really willing to spend money..."
Gao Ming glanced at him and continued: "This businessman from Dongshi Street didn't spend any money to buy this batch of charcoal..."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and stopped talking.
Eunuch Gao said calmly: "As for the vase in Chief Shen's house, it came from the streets of Xishi Street and was entrusted to be delivered to Chief Shen's house."
"The whereabouts of this bottle have been lost, but..."
Gao Ming looked at Shen Yi with something strange in his eyes.
"But if the painting in Chief Shen's house is authentic..."
Shen Yi was drinking tea. Hearing this, he put down his tea cup and looked at Gao Ming: "Eunuch Gao, what do you think of the authenticity?"
Gao Ming was expressionless: "Although we can't find out where we came from, it is said that this authentic painting of Li Boshi's "Western Garden" appeared in Yanjing a few years ago..."