Merry Xianggong Ximen Qing

Fifth day of May.

Ximen Qing took one last look at the busy Hakata Port from the bow, and ordered: "!"

Hun Jianglong Li Jun immediately responded: "!"

A series of orders followed, and the big ship slowly left Hakata Port and Dongpu.

Compared with when they came, the size of the fleet has almost doubled. Those newly added cargo ships had already shaken off their cargo in Japan before, and now they just joined the fleet of the envoys and returned together.

The businessman is the most well-informed, and everyone knows that Yu Xiaotian, the overlord of the sea, has not made things difficult for this fleet, so it can be almost assumed that all sea wolves will not be interested in this fleet.

What group of blind sea wolves dare to move their minds when Yu Xiaotian dare not move the fleet?

So joining this fleet is the safest.

Of course, Ximen Qing did not let go of this opportunity. The original cargo ships in the fleet were ignored, and one newly added one was counted as one.

I don't want much, just [-]% of the goods.Wait until Mingzhou to settle the settlement.

If the return journey is robbed by sea wolves, not to mention the goods, I am afraid that even my life will be involved.

[-]% of the goods, worth it!

This condition is very reasonable, and all the businessmen readily agreed.

The big boat of Zou Hong was still under Ximenqing's feet, but Zou Hong and Serena did not return, but secretly carried out the next plan in Dongpu.

There was not much cargo in the cargo hold, and it looked empty, but the dozens of heavy boxes contained the first batch of gold mined from Sado Island.

With the efforts of the jade-arm craftsman Jin Dajian, the first batch of gold was of very high quality, according to his estimation, it could reach [-]% to [-]%, and some even reached [-]% or more.

As long as you go back and smelt it a little bit, it will be properly pure gold.

Compared with this batch of gold, the small fortune Ximen Qing made before is nothing worth mentioning.

There were also [-] female pickers on board, which Emperor Toba assigned to the "Oriental Style Museum" according to the terms.

From the moment they arrived on the boat, Ximen Qing completely handed them over to Sang Sanniang.

Sang Sanniang's first order was to stop getting black teeth from now on. This custom has been around for hundreds of years, but in fact it has no health benefits at all. It worked in Dongying, but it didn't work in Song Dynasty.

The medicine carefully prepared by An Daoquan just came in handy. Apply it on the surface of the teeth every day, and it will gradually dissolve the blackness. It is estimated that it will be almost the same in Bianliang.

Ximenqing added another article, prohibiting the use of lead powder, but using rice powder for makeup.

He didn't want to get lead poisoning, these girls were his first cash cows.

Of course, the use of mercury white powder, which is more toxic, is even more strictly prohibited. Ximenqing ordered people to throw these things directly into the sea that the picking girls carried with them, and some picking girls suddenly looked ugly.

But when they saw Chrysanthemum appearing in front of them, their health and vitality immediately dispelled their worries.

The training is going on in an orderly manner, and there is still a lot of work to be done. Sang Sanniang is very devoted, and Ximen Qing nods repeatedly.

Life was quite comfortable, the fleet sailed westward smoothly, and there were only two light rains along the way.

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At the end of May, the fleet landed in Mingzhou.

Ximen Qing had ordered Xiao Rang, a virtuoso scholar, to prepare a letter of credence when he was on the ship. Of course, the content in it was quite different from the actual one.

Basically, it is to reply to Emperor Da Song in the name of Emperor Toba, willing to present rare things, and so on.

Of course, these "rare things" were purchased by Ximen Qing, and they are all lying in the cargo hold now.

As soon as he stepped on the ground, Ximenqing felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He touched the Thunder God Stone, and he seemed to feel something different from usual.

After temporarily settling down in Mingzhou, Ximen Qing discussed with everyone that he was uneasy and had to return to Beijing immediately, so the envoys were temporarily handed over to Shi Qian and others.

Xue'er said: "The master has always seen things clearly, and he doesn't panic when things happen, why did he get confused this time?"

Ximen Qing couldn't figure it out either, so he just said: "Maybe it's because I'm worried about things in the north. It's not easy for my second brother, Coach Lin, and Master Lu to be away. I'm afraid there's something to wait for me to preside over...I'll go back to Beijing to hand over the errand. Just take a step ahead and go to the north to have a look."

Xue'er persuaded her two or three times, and seeing that Ximen Qing was extremely firm, she had no choice but to take a good rest. The next morning, Ximen Qing changed into her traveling attire, followed by the prodigal son Yan Qing, and the two fastened their magical horses, and hurried Went to Bianliang.

Along the way, Ximenqing became more and more restless, but the affairs in the north were too important, the less people who knew about it, the better, so the inspectors of the imperial city outside Bianliang didn't know about it, and Ximenqing didn't bother Instead, they rushed back to Bianliang as quickly as possible.

Ximenqing was not familiar with the roads, probably led by the prodigal son Yanqing, and fortunately he did not get lost.After going north from Liangzhe Road, to Jingdong East Road slanting westward, he entered Jingdong East Road. Ximenqing saw a large swamp in front of him, which seemed familiar, so he called the prodigal Yanqing to stop and rest for a while.

When asked, Yan Qing, the prodigal son, replied with a smile: "Of course the master is familiar with it. Isn't Liang Shanshuibo in front of this?"

It was only then that Ximen Qing suddenly realized that he had already reached the boundary of Yunzhou, only caring about his way along the way.

"Why don't you go to the mountain to stay for two days less and have a drink with Brother Chao Gai, the Heavenly King of Tota?"

The prodigal son Yanqing saw that Ximen Qing was looking at the water pond, a little lost in thought, and came up with ideas from the side.

"Everything is fine in Liangshan, why should I go to him?" Ximen Qing shook his head: "When we get to Bianliang and ask about the situation in the north, we can look for Brother Chao Gai some other day."

Speaking of which, Ximen Qing stood up: "Speaking of which, the Daming Mansion is not far from here, Xiaoyi, do you want to go back to the old place to have a look?"

"Lu Yuanwai is gone, what old place can we go again?" The prodigal son Yanqing sighed, "Master can pass Liangshan without entering, so why should the sad little Yi go?"

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In the early morning of the fifth day, Ximen Qing and his prodigal son Yanqing finally stepped into Dongying. .

As soon as Ximenqing arrived at the gate of the Imperial City Division's courtyard, he saw that the black-clothed chazi who was guarding the gate was beaming. After entering the courtyard, the chazi who came and went were all in high spirits, as if they were very happy. I was wrong, it's not a difficult thing, but a happy event instead?"

All the Chazi bowed to Ximen Qing, and Ximen Qing asked, "Is Mr. Ma in the courtyard?"

You Chazi replied: "Yes, Mr. Ma is working inside the house."

Ximen Qing nodded slightly, and asked again: "You look so happy, what happy event happened?"

"Your Excellency the Imperial City Envoy has not been here for quite a while, but you don't know that the Imperial City Secretary has a big happy event." Na Chazi blinked: "Isn't that Lord Ma coming? Let him tell the Lord himself."

Ximen Qing turned around, as expected, Ma Rulong must have seen Ximen Qing coming, and took the initiative to greet him.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and when they got inside, Ximen Qing asked, "How about the affairs in the north? Could it be that the happy event you're talking about is something in the north?"

Ma Rulong was smiling all over his face, took out a piece of information from the drawer, and pushed it to Ximen Qing: "Your Excellency, you will know after reading it yourself. There is a military officer in the north, and everything is going smoothly. There is nothing difficult. And Is this a happy event..."

Ximen Qing didn't bother to read the information. As long as Wu Song and the others were fine, he would feel relieved. Seeing Ma Rulong's hesitation, he said with a smile, "Master Ma is a good passerby. If you don't tell me, I'll go out and ask!"

Said that Ximenqing was going to leave, Ma Rulong hurriedly stopped him: "I said it's not enough?"

Ximen Qing turned around, and Ma Rulong said beamingly: "King Jia secretly participated in the imperial examination at the beginning of the month. His literary talent was extraordinary, and he was invincible all the way. He performed very well in the imperial examination, and was immediately selected as the champion!"

"There is such a thing?" When Ximen Qing suggested to Zhao Kai at the beginning, he did not expect that King Jia won the first prize: "But once the list is announced, the officials will know, right? What happened after that?"

"Of course the prince won't be the number one scholar. Scholars in the world will gossip." Ma Rulong said with a smile: "It's cheap for the second place Wang Ang, let him be the number one scholar!"

Ximen Qing nodded and said: "In this way, the direction of the wind in the court may have changed?"

"Isn't it?" Ma Rulong said with a chuckle: "With this matter, our Imperial City Secretary has a bright face, and the officials have issued orders of commendation every two days, and the brothers in the yard have each added a title. , the money has gone up."

Ximen Qing coughed, it's no wonder that all of these people were smiling, the money increase was more joyful to them than Jiawang Zhao Kai winning the first prize.

Since there was nothing wrong, Ximenqing was determined, and asked Ma Rulong about the situation in the north, and didn't rush home until noon.

Pan Jinlian, Hua Yuerong and the others had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw Ximen Qing enter the alley, they all rushed over.

Of course, it was Wangcai who moved faster than them. Ximenqing saw a black shadow swaying, and jumped into his arms, and hurriedly dodged Wangcai's big tongue full of saliva to lick his face.

Hua Yuerong scolded, and Wangcai reluctantly got off Ximen Qing's body, turned around by his legs, and whimpered twice from time to time.

Ximen Qing said: "This dog doesn't want to see me on weekdays, why is it so enthusiastic today? Yuerong, it can't be that you fed the wrong thing?"

Hua Yuerong spat without explaining, Pan Jinlian said: "Master, I don't know, sister Yuerong has put in a lot of hard work, every time you ask Wangcai to sniff your clothes, and then serve you with big bones... "

"So that's it!" Ximen Qing laughed loudly, hugged each other, and strode into the door.

Wangcai also hurriedly followed, and made two "barks" as if he was disgusted and forgot about it.

After a long absence, Ximen Qing had fun with Pan Jinlian after dinner, and the two had fun until it was time to light the lanterns. Ximen Qing was so tired that he barely ate something and fell asleep.

It was not until the next morning that Ximen Qing felt the hard work of the journey and finally recovered from this big sleep.

Just after breakfast, an official from the Huangmen came to invite: "The officials know that the Ximen Imperial City Envoy is back, so they will immediately enter the palace to talk."

"This talkative Ma Rulong won't be able to rest for two days."

Ximen Qing cursed with a smile, changed his official uniform, and followed Huangmen official to the forbidden area.