It is naturally a good thing for Shen Yi that two people have taken up posts in Southeast in the same year, but this is not a help in times of need, it can only be said to be the icing on the cake.
Because the anti-Japanese army was at a very high level, and the commander was an imperial envoy from the imperial court, and His Majesty’s cousin. Theoretically, the local government could not cause any constraints in fighting the Japanese army. In addition, with thousands of troops and horses at hand, the local government did not have any constraints. Maybe he was barging his teeth to the anti-Japanese army, and just writing a memorial to the anti-Japanese army.
However, judging from the emperor's current attitude against the Japanese army, such small reports are destined to be of no use.
But it's not entirely without benefits. After all, being on your own can make things smoother and easier, and you don't have to spend time arguing with local officials.
The Shangyuan Festival passed in a blink of an eye, and on the second day, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, a piece of news spread like wildfire in Jiankang City.
That is, Xu Fu, a high-ranking official in Jiankang who is quite famous, is leaving Jiankang.
Although this high-ranking official Xu was still a young man, it was rumored that he was the nephew of the eunuch who was in charge of the internal affairs department in the palace. Therefore, within a few years of arriving in Jiankang, his business was getting bigger and bigger. Kang bought many properties and even became an imperial merchant, supplying things to the palace.
What made the people of Jiankang even more envious was that this high-ranking official secretly bought Gu Jia Jia, a famous prostitute who was famous in the Qinhuai River at that time, and then hid her beauty in a golden house and had the beauty to himself. Since then, Gu Jia Jia has never been seen again.
However, there are naturally many versions of this kind of tidbits. Some people also say that although the father-in-law Gao in the palace has no descendants, he has some special hobbies, so he asked his nephew to raise him outside. A woman.
But no matter how it was spread, no one has ever reached His Majesty the Emperor. Firstly, everyone still has some respect for the Emperor, and they don't believe that His Majesty would keep prostitutes outside the palace. Secondly...
Naturally, it's because the interior defenders have good evaluation and control.
However, it stands to reason that since Xu's career in Jiankang was so successful, he should not have left Jiankang so suddenly. Therefore, there were rumors that Eunuch Gao in the palace had a big business in the south. Some people said It was the copper mine that was discovered. Some people say that Eunuch Gao asked his nephew to sell salt in the south.
In short, the various messages are confusing and difficult to distinguish.
But what has to be said is that the sudden rise of Xu Fu, a young man, made many people in Jiankang City jealous. Then it was revealed that Xu Fu was the nephew of Eunuch Gao, which made Xu Fu's rise become more and more complicated. Reasonable.
And because of this, Gao Ming, the great eunuch of the inner court, has really been burdened with a lot of undeserved infamy in the past two years, and his reputation among the people can be said to have plummeted.
That morning, Xu Daguan's convoy, consisting of nearly twenty carriages, left Jiankang City in a mighty manner.
Official Xu was sitting in the middlemost carriage, which looked quite luxurious. Through the curtain of the carriage, one could vaguely see a graceful woman sitting in the carriage, nestling in the arms of Official Xu.
Under the envious eyes of many people, the motorcade left the city in a mighty manner.
However, although there were many horses in this convoy, they were all single-horse carriages, because although Xu Fu was rich, he was still a commoner in the end and could not go beyond the rules.
So, under the eyes of many people, Xu Daguan left Jiankang with everyone Gu.
Soon, it was evening,
A young man of medium build, wearing ordinary commoners, who did not look very impressive, touched the back door of Chief Shen's residence in Beicheng alone. After gently knocking on the door, a maid soon took him in. The maid looked at the young man dressed as a servant in front of her, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I saw Mr. Xu dressed like this."
In the early years of the founding of the Chen Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to wear silk and satin, but now it has been more than a hundred years, and after Shizong went south, no one cared about this kind of thing. In addition, Xu Fu's daily life I have to discuss business with other businessmen, so I wear silk clothes most of the time.
Xu Fu looked a little embarrassed, lowered his head slightly and said, "Sister Qing'er made fun of you."
Qing'er looked Xu Fu up and down and said with a smile: "Master, please don't offend me as a slave. Come with me. The master has been waiting for you for a while."
"Um."
A smile appeared on Xu Fu's face and he said with a smile: "Sister, please lead the way."
After several years of doing business, his mouth has become sweeter. What's more, he and Qing'er have known each other for several years, so it's easy to say "sister".
Qing'er "spit" at him and took him to the door of Shen Yi's study. At this time, the lights were already lit in Shen Yi's study. After Qing'er knocked on the door, the door opened quickly and Master Shen was wearing a coat. Wearing a coat, he glanced at Xu Fu.
"Come in and talk."
Xu Fu responded, then lowered his head slightly and walked in.
Qing'er thoughtfully made tea for the two of them, then walked out of the study and closed the door.
Waiting until Qing'er left, Xu Fu glanced in the direction of the door, then looked back at Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Master, these two maids beside you..."
At this point, he stopped talking.
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, glanced at Xu Fu lightly, and said with a smile: "Why, do you suspect they are the inner guards?"
Xu Fu shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "I don't have much contact with them. I just know that they are people from the palace. You can see people's hearts, so I asked you..."
"I don't know either."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said calmly: "We have been together for several years and have not found anything wrong. Besides, even if they are members of the inner guard, you and I have not done anything to disgrace His Majesty."
"It's out of the way."
As he spoke, Shen Yi reached out to pour him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Okay, let's get down to business. I thought you would come back in the afternoon, but I didn't expect you would come back in the evening."
"After all, there are many people during the day, so if people see me coming back after leaving the city, it might be a little bad."
Shen Yi smiled and shook his head: "You are still too cautious. If you put on these clothes, even if others see you, they will only think that you look like Xu Daguan."
"It's better to be cautious."
Xu Fu lowered his head and took a sip of the tea handed over by Shen Yi, then lowered his head and started talking about business: "Sir, where should I go first when I go south?"
"You go to Fuzhou Mansion first."
Shen Yi had already thought about the arrangements for Xu Fu, and immediately said without thinking: "The few eunuchs sent by the palace to take care of the accounts should be settling the accounts in Fuzhou Mansion now. I have already said hello to the Di newspaper secretary over there. You When you arrive, they will take you directly to see Eunuch Du."
"Remember two things."
Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "Young master, please teach me."
Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table, sorted out his words, and then said: "First of all, after meeting Eunuch Du, be polite to him, and then directly give him the documents from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he doesn't ask, don't mention that you are with him. Relationship with Eunuch Gao."
At this point, Shen Yi paused: "This Eunuch Du is older than Eunuch Gao. If you mention Eunuch Gao to him, he will feel that you are using Eunuch Gao to suppress him."
"Then it won't be easy for you to do things at his place."
Xu Fu quickly lowered his head and said, "I took note of the young master."
"also."
Shen Yi stretched out his hand and knocked on the table gently, and said: "When you go to Du Huai's place, although you are on the emperor's order to get the money, don't take all the money from them all at once. Just get as much as you need." How much, leave some for those eunuchs, they have no roots, so they are counting on that little money."
"but…"
Shen Yi changed the subject and looked up at Xu Fu.
"But don't put money into it yourself. If those old eunuchs are misers and are holding on to the stolen money and are unwilling to spit it out, just write a letter to Eunuch Gao directly. Since the palace has sent you south, they will naturally support the situation for you."
Then, Shen Yi explained a few more things, and Xu Fu lowered his head and wrote them down one by one.
After writing down this matter, he reached out to pour tea for Shen Yi, and then said: "Sir, you haven't told me what business I am going to do after I take the money..."
"Eunuch Du has a lot of money in his hands. He probably has nearly one million taels of silver in cash. When you arrive in Fuzhou, ask him directly for five hundred thousand taels of silver and take it in your hand."
"Then you wait there in Fuzhou."
Shen Yi exhaled a filthy breath and looked calm: "When the time comes and I find a suitable business, I will ask someone from the Di News Department to send you a message."
"But there is no rush to do business."
Shen Yi continued: "There are many shipyards in Fuzhou. After you get there, go to the shipyards along the coast as often as possible."
"I need some blueprints of big ships, and some craftsmen who can build big ships. If you come across them, just find a way to get them."
"It might be of use to me."
When Xu Fu heard this, he quickly lowered his head.