"Tuk-tuk-tuk...tuk-tuk-tuk..."

No one answered in the house for a long time, but the door knocker kept ringing.

It seemed that someone in the courtyard was finally defeated by the patience of the person holding the door, so with a "squeak" sound, a servant opened the small door and poked his head out.

"May I ask who you are looking for?"

"Is Jia Sidao here?"

"The villain can't understand."

The servant was about to close the door, but someone was already blocking the door.

Yan Yunyun stepped into the house, but turned around to stop the attendant and said: "I will go in alone."

She was full of official air, glanced at the few servants in the courtyard, and walked to the backyard casually.

I have to say that this is the most beautiful garden in the south of the Yangtze River that she has ever seen in Chang'an.

Walking all the way to the back garden, I heard some faint sounds.

"She's coming."

"No need..."

Yan Yunyun walked around the rockery and saw a man fishing by the pool.

There was a servant who stood there helpless and ran away as soon as he saw someone coming.

When Yan Yunyun approached, the man didn't even look back and said, "Why bother asking for trouble?"

"How dare you hide here."

"There are many people in Jiangnan who want to kill me, but no one in Chang'an cares about me. Of course, I didn't want to hide, otherwise you wouldn't find me."

Yan Yunyun looked at the small eucalyptus table aside, picked up the wine bottle placed on it, smelled it, and said: "It must be the same, you can only be safe and enjoy yourself with Liao Yingzhong."

Jia Sidao turned around, smiled slightly, and said: "Li Xia didn't want to kill me, otherwise he would have found me long ago..."

"Snapped!"

With a sound, Yan Yunyun slapped him in the face.

Before his smiling expression faded, Jia Sidao froze.

"Dare to call the Emperor by his name."

Jia Sidao still held the fishing rod in his hand and looked very embarrassed sitting there.

In the end, he laughed freely and resolved the embarrassing situation.

"Haha, he doesn't care about it himself, but you are angry about it. It's ridiculous. I will take this slap to repay the debt for humiliating you back then."

A drawing was spread out in front of Jia Sidao.

Yan Yunyun asked: "Can you see anything wrong?"

Jia Sidao narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "There are too many things wrong. Valuable items such as elephants, rhinoceros, pearls, jade, incense and other medicines must be extracted from the Guanyi Court and given to the royal family first. It is about the same time every year, and you can see on this chart.

The marked wind direction, plus the round trip time of 180 days... is wrong."

"anything else?"

"Is this the chart starting from Quanzhou? It belongs to Pu Shougeng? That Bai Fan is always cunning, how can he hand over such a secret? It is still full of mistakes and omissions. You copied Pu's house? Haha, Quanzhou City Shipping Department in the second year of the year

You dare to touch millions of dollars in taxes, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to close things down? Who did you send?"

After a series of rhetorical questions, Jia Sidao was obviously deliberately trying to show his ability. With just a chart, he had already guessed the matter quite accurately.

This kind of natural intelligence makes Yan Yunyun a little jealous. Because she does not have this kind of genius, she has learned many things slowly.

"Su Liuyi."

"I'm pretty good at employing people. But Su Liuyi is too upright and a gentleman. You can kill Pu Shougeng, but you can't replace him."

"who can?"

Jia Sidao sneered and said: "Everyone in the dynasty talks about profit and pursues it. Who can replace a profit-seeking businessman like Pu Shougeng? You have killed the goose to get the egg, and now you will regret it too late."

"Who told you that the court regretted it?" Yan Yunyun said: "Pu Shougeng's crime was so heinous that it would not be a pity to kill him."

Jia Sidao turned his head and continued to fish, and said calmly: "I have been in charge of Zhangjun's state affairs, and I am the Duke of Zhou. Can a person like me, who covers the sky with one hand, be interested in your official position? Please come back."

"I can kill you." Yan Yunyun said: "Concubine Kang is not feeling well, and your Majesty took her to the Lishan Palace to recuperate. I sent people to kill you, but Liao Yingzhong dare not say anything, so no one will know."

Jia Sidao stiffened and laughed "ha".

"Let me give you an idea."

He pondered for a moment and said: "If the imperial court wants to take over the Pu family's caravan official camp, it will be difficult. Scholars are scholars, and merchants are merchants. Let the big private merchants carve up the Pu family. The imperial court only collects business taxes. It's simple and clear."

"The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan." Yan Yunyun said: "Your Majesty's plan is far more than this."

"It's nothing more than rectifying maritime affairs just like I enforce public land laws."

Yan Yunyun shook his head, but picked up a branch, scratched it on the ground, and said: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, what your Majesty has planned is a great cause for all generations..."

Jia Sidao looked at it for a while, always looking arrogant. Finally, he adjusted his sitting posture and said, "It's so noisy. You just want to invite me out?"

"good."

"you go."

"What?"

"It's been three years, Li Ye is old, and Han Qi'an is afraid that he will soon return to the court to serve as prime minister." Jia Sidao talked eloquently, saying: "If you want to be a female prime minister in the future, it is better to look outside now, but

Please ask me to take charge of the maritime affairs of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong."

"I can't do it. I'm from Shu and don't understand this."

"Simple." Jia Sidao put down his fishing rod, stood up, dusted off his clothes, and Yun Danfeng said lightly, "I'll just come under your curtain and plan the plan."

"Ah?"

"I have been a high-ranking official in my life, and I'm tired of it." Jia Sidao took a few steps with his hands behind his back and looked at the sky in the south. He seemed to be lofty and noble. He sighed slightly and said, "It's better to be a dragon to see its leader."

The invisible man behind the scenes."

Although Fan Chuan is a small Jiangnan, it is not Jiangnan after all. Even though he eats some noodles in Guanzhong every day, he also misses the exquisite food of Jiangnan.

You might as well follow Yan Yunyun, and then look at Lin'an, Taizhou...

~~

A month later, Li Xia once again issued an order to send his closest officials to the coast.

After pacifying the world, this new dynasty has been struggling to eliminate the long-standing shortcomings left by the Song Dynasty and digest the legacy it left behind. If it cannot meet Li Xia's expectations this time, he will have no one to send.

Before Yan Yunyun set off, he asked Zhao Jin a special question.

"They are leaving soon. Do you want to see your uncle?"

"It's better not to do it. He should feel embarrassed."

In fact, Zhao Jin can rest assured as long as he knows that Jia Sidao is not dead, but he is not very interested in meeting again.

"But speaking of it, my uncle's virtue is more suitable for handling business affairs. He is really too annoying in the court..."

~~

On this day, another official ship left from the east of the Weihe River.

Yan Yunyun, wearing official robes, was sitting in the cabin, still asking several newly hired staff about maritime affairs.

In Fanchuan Liao's house, Liao Yingzhong opened the door and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"The building is empty."

Turning his eyes, he saw a pile of scrolls on the table.

Liao Yingzhong stepped forward and saw that there was a piece of paper attached to the side of the scroll. It said, "I have returned to the south of the Yangtze River, and I have left several volumes of calligraphy and painting with Yaozhou."

He was much more free and easy than when he was responsible for the state affairs of the Song Dynasty.

Liao Yingzhong sighed and unfolded a scroll of calligraphy and painting, but was stunned for a moment.

This scroll is very long. It is an ink landscape painting on silk. It is simple, elegant and clear. It is actually the "Summer Mountain Picture" by Dong Yuan, a famous artist from the Five Dynasties.

Looking at the inscription and postscript, there is a line of small characters that reads "I was in Chang'an and saw the scrolls of Dong Yuan, and I was lucky enough to collect two volumes." Next to it are two seals: "Qiuhe Treasures" and "Yuesheng".

Liao Yingzhong was shocked at first, wondering how Jia Sidao, who was penniless, received such a painting.

He turned around and looked around and saw a few dice on the shelf. He thought that Jia Sidao had earned money from gambling and had a keen eye for distinguishing calligraphy and painting, so he lived comfortably in Chang'an.

But even he didn't know when Jia Sidao went out.

And he doesn't even know where there is a casino in Chang'an City, at least he has never seen one.

"Alang is amazing, amazing."

The calligraphy and paintings placed on the table seemed to be Jia Sidao showing off frivolously, and Liao Yingzhong couldn't help but sigh.

He also thought of a poem that Jia Sidao always read many years ago and said that poem was what he wished for in his life.
Chapter completed!