To be honest, this city is far less prosperous than Lin'an.
After all, this place is quite far away from Jiankang and can no longer be regarded as the boundary of Jiangnan.
Moreover, the coastal areas of this era were not as advantageous as those of the other world. Fuzhou Prefecture’s Shipping Department did not even have a shadow, and it had not yet reaped the dividends of being near the sea.
The economy is naturally not as good as that of a thousand-year-old city like Lin'an Prefecture.
However, Fuzhou Prefecture is the provincial capital after all, and the scale of this provincial capital is indeed not small. In terms of city size, it is no less than Shen Yi's hometown, Jiangdu.
A group of twenty or thirty people successfully entered Fuzhou Prefecture before dark.
They came in a hurry and did not notify any officials in Fuzhou Prefecture in advance, so they entered Fuzhou Prefecture quietly without any local officials coming to greet them.
Only a middle-aged man in his thirties, with four or five followers, greeted him at the gate of Fuzhou City. After seeing Shen Yi's mount, the middle-aged man silently stepped forward, lowered his head to Shen Yi, clasped his fists and said, "I've seen you before." Sizheng!"
Duan Chong, leader of the second team of the Di Reporting Department.
In his early years, he was assigned to Guangzhou Prefecture by Shen Yi. However, after the establishment of the Guangzhou Prefecture Newspaper Division, he went to Fuzhou Prefecture to establish the DiDi Newspaper Division. Up to now, Duan Chong is responsible for most of the DiDi Newspaper Division business in Fuzhou and Guangzhou provinces. Being responsible.
However, the experience of the second group of the Di Newspaper Division was the same as that of the fourth group. Now there are also some people from the palace who are slowly trying to take over Fu Guang's Di Newspaper Division.
Shen Yi had already entered the city and was leading the horse. After seeing Duan Chong, he smiled at the middle-aged man with a scar on his face and said, "Brother Duan, we haven't seen each other for a long time. stop?"
"yes."
Duan Chong bowed his head respectfully and said, "I haven't seen Sizheng since we parted ways in Jiankang."
While he was talking, Duan Chong had already stepped forward, silently took the reins from Shen Yi's hand, and led the horse for Shen Yi.
Shen Yi did not refuse, and handed the reins to Duan Chong's hand, sighing slightly: "I was in Lin'an Mansion, and I heard Zheng Hu mention that you have not been back to Jiankang in the past two years, and have been running the Di newspaper office. It’s really hard on you for your errand.”
Shen Yi said softly: "Next year, I will fulfill the promise I made to you."
At the beginning, Shen Yi divided the Di Newspaper Division into several groups and assigned them to major cities in various places to establish the Di Newspaper Division. Most of the personnel sent from the Di Newspaper Division to various places were Jiankang locals.
Although Jiankang was not the nominal capital of Chen State, it had actually been the capital for more than sixty years.
No Jiankang person would think that Jiankang is not the capital.
When these "capital" people are assigned to local areas, they will have some resentment in their hearts, especially Duan Chong, who was directly sent to Fuguang, and it is inevitable that they will feel some grievances in their hearts.
The main reason why these people willingly come to work at the local level is because Shen Yi promised these team leaders at the beginning that he would give them an official status after a few years when they finished their errands.
Even if he is a ninth-grade official, he still has a serious official status.
Duan Chong bowed his head respectfully: "Thank you Sizheng!"
He looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said: "Sizheng, your subordinates have arranged your accommodation tonight. I have also found a restaurant for you to eat. Do you want to go back to your residence first or go there first?" Have a meal?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Let's go back to our residence. We won't have to eat or anything. I've been traveling for a few days and I'm really not in the mood."
"Ask them to send some food to my place."
Duan Chong nodded quickly and said yes.
At this moment, a group of people were walking on the streets of Fuzhou City. Shen Yi looked around at the scene in Fuzhou City, and then asked Duan Chong: "Are you still used to it in Fuguang these two years?"
"A habit is a habit."
Duan Chong lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "It's just that the humidity is a bit heavy. My subordinate's legs were injured in the early years. When he returns to Nantian every year, he feels really uncomfortable."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and asked: "How is the contact with the anti-Japanese army going? Can they arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow?"
"Si Zheng, don't worry. Most of the information transmission of the anti-Japanese army is done by our Di News Division. At this moment, there are at least twenty people from the Di News Division on the road, constantly passing on information. General Ling leads The anti-Japanese army troops and horses are not far from Fuzhou Prefecture now. Tomorrow at noon..."
"We should be able to reach Fuzhou City."
Shen Yi said "Yeah". He also wanted to ask about some food and other things, but it was a little inconvenient to talk on the street at the moment, so he said: "I will tell you the rest after we get to the residence." ."
Duan Chong nodded. He walked in front and took Shen Yi and others for a tea break in the city. After passing through several alleys, he took Shen Yi and others to the door of a big house. After arriving at the door of the house, he smiled slightly. He lowered his head and said: "Sizheng, this is the accommodation arranged for you by my subordinate. Please see if there is anything you are not satisfied with. If not, I will take you to stay in a hotel for one night today and find another one for you tomorrow." residence."
Shen Yi raised his head and glanced at the big house.
It's Sanjin's house.
And it is also a Sanjin house. It seems to be one size larger than the Sanjin houses in Jiankang City, and it looks more imposing.
Shen Yi clicked his tongue, and then smiled dumbly: "It seems that Fu Guang's newspaper department has been doing well in the past two years. Brother Duan has been generous and arranged such a big house for us."
"Si Zheng Mingjian, this house is rented to our Di Bao Company by a wealthy businessman from Fuzhou. This wealthy businessman often advertises in Di Bao, so the lease price is very low."
"My subordinates have rented this house for three years. They originally planned to arrange for some of the people from the newspaper department to live there. It happened that you were about to come, so I asked them to clean it up."
"This house is nice, very good."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled: "It's better than where I lived in Yueqing before."
While talking, the two people entered the house one after another. When they reached the back garden of the house, Mr. Shen found a pavilion. After sitting down, he pointed to the stool opposite and motioned for Duan Chong to sit down too.
After Duan Chong sat down, Shen Yi glanced at him, and then asked slowly: "Ling Su must have been angry with you, has the Di Reporting Department checked the four families that the Japanese pirates surrendered?"
Duan Chong lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to Sizheng, General Ling did greet his subordinates. The Di Reporting Department also tried to check these four households, but..."
"Nothing was found."
After Duan Chong paused, he continued: "The four families of Ye, Tan, Ji, and Feng are all famous families in Fuzhou. Every family and every household has someone who is an official in the court, and the official position is not small, especially It’s because the local power is deeply rooted.”
"General Ling wiped out the Japanese pirates along the coast of Fuzhou. These four families should have received the news. They have all shrunk during this period. It is difficult to find anything."
Having said this, Duan Chong paused and continued: "Sizheng, General Ling was able to find out these four families, so he probably got the letters between these four families and the Japanese pirates."
"If there is a letter, there shouldn't be any need for other evidence. You can just go to the door and pick it up."
Mr. Shen took a deep breath and said calmly: "If the Jin Crown Prince from last year were here, he would indeed be able to take people like this."
Having said this, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes, with a murderous look in his eyes.
In fact, he might as well not do such offending things.
But he is very disgusted with these so-called wealthy families who have obviously occupied a large amount of social resources, and have liaison with Japanese pirates, and even support Japanese pirates!
Therefore, from a personal perspective, Shen Yi personally wanted to kill them.
After taking a deep breath, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Okay, the Di Reporting Department should try its best to check the news of these four families. If we can get more evidence, we will get more evidence."
Duan Chong bowed his head deeply and said: "I obey my orders."
After saying this, he stood up and went down to do his business.
And Shen Yi was sitting alone under the pavilion, slightly lost in thought.
Tomorrow, Ling Su and others will take the Japanese pirate prisoners into the city.
He is thinking...
How can we let those big merchants with Japanese connections...
