The Lofty Fierce Consort

Chapter 148

? Xue’s two sons travelled all the way to Fuzhou.

From entering the territory of Fujian, one can see that this place is no less prosperous than the capital, and waiting for the city of Fuzhou is an eye-opener for the three.

On the main street, the stone roads that can be driven by four carriages at the same time are neat and clean, lined with buildings of varying heights, with heavy eaves flying up, and nail heads, and mostly shops and restaurants of various colors. Pedestrians come and go on the road, brightly dressed, and there are many people in all kinds of strange clothes, and some foreigners whose hair and eyes are completely different from those of Daxi people.

Xue felt that he was silly, as did Yan Xiao and Yan Rui.

Because Yan Zhi didn’t know when they arrived, no one came to pick them up. Fortunately, Xue family went out this time. For the sake of safety, Shen Yiyao sent four guards to **** them, and the little servant and the maid also took a few, found an inn to stay, and ordered people to go to the place mentioned in the letter of Yan Zhi. Reported.

When the guards went to deliver the letter, Yan Zhi was not there. He didn’t rush over until it was getting dark.

When Xue saw Yan Zhi, his eyes were red on the spot.

Because Yan Zhi has become thinner and darker, he is not as white and rich as before, and his face is much older.

Xue was excited and sad, sobbing and crying for a long time, Yan Zhi hurriedly comforted her, saying that he had not suffered or suffered. The reason why it became thinner and darker is because of the hot climate.

After some tossing, the group dragged their luggage to the house where Yan Zhi bought.

Yan Zhi was cautious. Although he had enough money to buy a big house here, he was not so extravagant. Instead, he bought an unremarkable three-jin house. The place is not big or small, but it is enough for a family of four.

Then they settled down. After the meal, the husband and wife sat together and talked to each other and talked about what happened after they separated from each other.

Speaking of the death of the old lady, Yan Zhi was a little silent. It is unfair for him to go to the funeral without going home. But he missed a three-year period, and he didn’t know if there was such a chance waiting for him.

The Xue family comforted him, saying that he was not there, that he and his two sons had passed the seven days for the old lady and kept filial piety according to the custom, and the water and land dojo and the offering of sesame oil were all done. Even at this moment, Xue’s dress is plain, except for a silver hairpin on his head, he also has a white bead flower on his sideburns.

After all, Yan Zhi was not a pedantic person, and he did not show a sluggish appearance afterwards. Then he took out a box from under the bed and motioned Xue to open it with a meaningful look.

Xue opened the box and was stunned.

It’s not about how much gold and silver there is in it, but she knew before that this house was bought by Yan Zhigang. With such a prosperous boundary in Fuzhou, housing prices will certainly not be low, and such a house must have at least a thousand liang. And this box also has gold and silver and other things and silver bills, and it looks like nearly eight thousand taels.

Xue’s heart beat wildly, first he couldn’t believe it, then he was surprised, and then he was worried.

“Hurry up and tell me, did you do anything to corrupt the law?”

She kept asking, until Yan Zhi repeatedly assured that she had never done anything to corrupt or violate the law, and then she felt relieved. After the husband and wife went to the couch, Yan Zhi talked to her about the various issues involved.

Xue is even more grateful to Shen Yiyao’s mother and daughter, so she doesn’t mention it.

Yan Zhi is naturally dissatisfied with these, the so-called powerful relationship must be used on the blade. Because of his relationship with the Fujian navy, Yan Zhi’s face with many maritime merchants can be considered quite large. Due to the prosperous maritime trade of Fujian Navy, its military pay and ordnance are already the highest among the entire military camps in Daxi, and it is reasonable to say that it has fattened the pockets of many generals. But Shen Xuan ruled the army strictly, and such affairs were strictly prohibited.

Of course, in order to subsidize the soldiers from top to bottom, Shen Xuan also deliberately opened the so-called back door, so that many soldiers can also earn money by escorting the caravans out to sea for remuneration, and using warships to carry a certain amount of money. A large number of goods are traded abroad or brought back to Daxi for local sales. These profits are shared by the entire Fujian Navy from top to bottom, with the largest proportion of participants at the time.

But after all, everyone was born in the ranks, and serving as a soldier is the main job of defending the country, and everything else is just a side job. It’s okay for you to let these soldiers fight pirates, but it is a bit difficult for them to act as merchants. In the past, there were similar sales behaviors, all of which were arbitrarily commissioned by individuals to conduct sales and transactions, or shipped together to sea merchants.

Those sea merchants were all clever and cunning, and on the surface they nodded and bowed to these military masters, pretending to be grandsons, but secretly they paid low and sold high.

In view of this, Yan Zhi deliberately took the matter in order to build a good relationship with the Fujian Navy. He came forward to find the maritime merchants to sell the goods. Because Yan Zhi is an official of the Department of Shipping, he has a clear understanding of the market, and secondly, these maritime merchants dare not play tricks in front of them, so he is the Fujian Navy. The soldiers made a lot of profits.

In addition, Yan Zhi is good at welcoming, and the Fujian navy has a good impression of him, but he did not ask him to ask Shen Xuan for help through Yan Yan’s identity. Sometimes when something happens, the inside will automatically digest it.

Yan Zhi strives for perfection. Not only did he intervene in Daxi’s local affairs related to the navy’s cargo, but also used this relationship to send his own confidant to follow the fleet to go to sea, first to get familiar with the outside environment and market, and second to help. Soldiers who were not good at this way sold the goods they took out.

After going back and forth like this, not only did his relationship with the Fujian Navy become more and more ironic, but Yan Zhi also explored a lot of ways. Using his relationship with the maritime merchants and the Navy’s warships, he first brought the goods out by himself. Selling, until I saved my money and sold a small merchant ship, until Luo Huaiyuan came to Fuzhou, he looked like a black and white earth-headed snake, and it was mixed up.

Luo Huaiyuan was pleasantly surprised at the level of Yan Zhi’s development.

He just needs a person like this, who can eat well in official terms, but also in the environment where marine merchants are mixed with dragons and snakes. To know the many things he is about to do, Shen Xuan and Xie Mao are not suitable to come forward, and it is better to have a local snake to deal with them.

After Xie Mao discussed with Luo Huaiyuan, he soon delivered a letter to the Guogong Mansion in Jingzhong Town.

Rarely, this time the town government government actually said that it would not participate.

Xinzhongzhen Guogong did not elaborate on the specific reasons, but Xie Mao can imagine. Now all the princes have grown up. The orthodox system represented by the queen Xiao and the prince is represented by the concubine Xu Guifei and the king Qi of the Jin Dynasty. The favored one of the two lines has more and more disputes, which also involve the front. Although the performance of King Yun and King Jing is very unknown, since King Yun is a contender, so many actions in private will inevitably make people wonder whether he has the same thoughts as the imperial concubine.

The government of Zhenguo has always been neutral, and it is impossible to pretend to be involved with him without knowing that King Yun is beginning to be restless.

This is clarifying, and also declaring the angle from which I am temporarily watching.

Luo Huaiyuan was not surprised. Before he got married with Yan Yan, he transferred all the businesses in his own name that were related to the town government to Yan Yan’s name. His behavior may be different from the behavior of the town government at this time, but the nature is similar.

This is a tacit understanding, but also to leave a way for each other.

After receiving the news, Xie Mao was very hesitant. He has always been an unswerving party in the government of Zhenguo. If the government of Zhenguo had been cleared away, should he have cleared it out?

Luo Huaiyuan did not rush to ask Xie Mao’s plan, but Cheng Rili wandered around Fuzhou City as if there were no accidents. He talked to Shen Qi from time to time to chat, drink and drink, or meet Yan Zhi or something. It looks very leisurely.

That’s why he would leave Yan Zhi’s move as a late move. Even if Xie Mao didn’t make it, he could still make a little trouble by himself first.

Xie Mao didn’t disappoint Luo Huaiyuan. Maybe he was a speculator in his bones. Perhaps these temptations made him unable to resist. It didn’t take long for him to give Luo Huaiyuan the answer, and at the same time he wrote a letter to Jingzhong.

After Zhen Guogong received the letter, he passed it to Shen Ding after reading it.

Shen Ding looked a little worried, “Father, this Xie Mao——”

Duke Zhen Guo waved his hand nonchalantly, “Let’s dismiss it, doesn’t mean that Xie Mao should be dismissed as well.”

“Then Xuan’er and Qi’er?”

Zhen Guogong smiled meaningfully, “That is the friendship of the juniors, and it has nothing to do with us.”

Shen Ding nodded clearly.

“Yao’er, don’t tell her about these outside matters. That kid is also a clever one and knows what we mean.”

“This is natural.”

By saying this, it means that Shen Ding will explain to Mrs. Shen Er, not to tell Shen Yiyao about the Fuzhou side, just let her think that her daughter and son-in-law are in Yunzhou and have a pretty good life.