Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 357 The Sword Emperor Is Still Alive
Hu Sanguang secretly lamented the supernatural powers of the chief envoy, but he said: "My lord means that the extremely mysterious sword emperor is still alive."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "That's right! So from now on, in addition to the military of Wuyue Kingdom, we must send people to keep an eye on Ruyi Mountain outside Hangzhou. Because apart from the army of Wuyue Kingdom, this The first eldest princess of Wuyue Kingdom who lived at least 80 years old has the power to threaten us."

Hu Sanguang looked dignified and solemnly said yes.It has been half a month since he came to Wuyue Kingdom in advance, and he has sent out hundreds of elite spies. With the understanding of the court and the military of Wuyue Kingdom, he thought that although the chief envoy came to Wuyue Kingdom for an errand, although it was important, but Not much danger.The possibility of Wuyue's army moving was originally small, but now he is being watched closely by the intelligence department's spies. If there is any trouble, he will know it and report it to the Chief Commander at the first time, and the latter will respond automatically.And the only thing he felt he needed to worry about was that people from Maitreya Sect came to Wuyue Kingdom to make trouble.But now it seems that the biggest threat is the Sword Emperor.

"However, based on the relationship between Wuyue Kingdom and our Great Song Kingdom, as long as we don't do anything that really harms the Wuyue royal family, I don't think we need to worry too much about that Sword Emperor." Ye Chen said.

Ye Chen said this, but he felt in his heart that this matter must not be simple.To be precise, the matter of Shangguan Bingyun planning Huaxia Weifu to kill Qian Wu by mistake is probably more complicated than he imagined.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen suddenly thought of a possibility, his face changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "Qian Wu, the younger brother of the Lord of Wu and Yue, is a master of swordsmanship in the Wu and Yue Kingdom. It is said that his mastery is very mysterious, and no one knows where he learned it Swordsmanship. Do you think he learned it from his grandparents, the Sword Emperor?"

Hu Sanguang and Yu Qingyan's expressions changed when they heard the words, especially the more Hu Sanguang thought about it, the more likely it became, and said: "My lord, judging from our previous confrontation with Shangguan Bingyun, Qian Wu may really be the master of that Shangguan Bingyun." A Sword Emperor."

Ye Chen took a deep breath and said, "It turns out that the real danger of this Wuyue trip lies here."

Yu Qingyan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "My lord, give this fake clairvoyance to Master Hu, and it may be able to play a role in the process of spying on the sword emperor in Wuyue Kingdom."

Ye Chen nodded in agreement when he heard the words. Hu Sanguang had already rubbed his hands, his eyes sparkled, watching Yu Qingyan take out a two-inch-long, child-thick copper copper box from a small delicate box she carried with her. tube.

This object is Yu Qingyan, according to the telescope that Ye Chen asked back from Yu Daoxiang, replaced the glass with top-quality crystals. It took more than a month to scrap dozens of worthless top-quality crystals to polish the concave-convex mirror. , and embedded into the copper tube, after adjusting the distance, the first telescope of this era was manufactured.

Yu Qingyan briefly explained how to use it, and Hu Sanguang picked it up with glowing eyes, walked to the window and put it on his right eye to look at the street in the distance.

The next moment, with Hu Sanguang's heart and Chengfu, he let out a cry of surprise, with an expression of disbelief and disbelief.When she looked at Yu Qingyan again, she was already astonished.

"Master Yu is really ingenious, and he was able to create such a treasure." Hu Sanguang said in amazement.

Yu Qingyan smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Hu Sanguang saw the expressions of Yu Qingyan and the chief envoy at this time, and couldn't help but feel moved, thinking that this treasure could be forged, most likely it had a direct relationship with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen smiled slightly at this time, and said: "This clairvoyance took three months and a total of more than 7 yuan to build by Yu Sishi. It must not be lost or damaged, otherwise it will be deducted from your salary."

Hu Sanguang said respectfully: "Your Excellency and Secretary Yu, please rest assured that your subordinates will keep and use this clairvoyance properly."

Hangzhou North City, an area outside Fengshan Gate and next to the Wangcheng, is the residence of the people with the highest status in Wuyue Kingdom after the royal family.The people who live here are rich and noble.The two most majestic and luxurious mansions occupy an area of ​​more than [-] mu, and they are the mansions of the Wei family and the Gao family, two of the most powerful clans since the founding of the Wuyue Kingdom.Left Prime Minister Wei Xin and Badu Commander Gao Chengxiang are the current Patriarchs of the two great powers of Wuyue Kingdom.

At this time, in the living room of Wei Mansion.Wei Xin is having the last conversation with his niece Sun Ruolin who suddenly appeared.

Sun Ruolin asked: "Master Wei, is there any news from Ruyi Mountain?"

Wei Xin frowned and said: "The old man sent more than 40 people to Ruyi Mountain to spread the news, and specially told them that as long as they meet anyone in the mountain, no matter what their identity is, they will kill Duke Yue by Ye Chen's men, and Song Emperor The news that the murderer handed over the murderer has not been revealed. And as long as there are houses and people, they will talk about it loudly. In addition, the old man also sent someone to persuade Qian Zhengning, the son of Qian Wu, the Duke of Yue, and took him to climb When we reached the top of Ruyi Mountain, Duke Wuyue’s son also shouted loudly to the grandparents of the royal family on the top of the mountain, but there was still no movement. Tell me, maybe that person is dead.”

Sun Ruolin shook her head and said, "That old monster should not be dead yet."

Wei Xin was about to continue asking why Sun Ruolin was so sure, when a man who looked like a housekeeper came in suddenly, glanced at Sun Ruolin, and after Wei Xin took his head to signal, he said, "Master, there is new news from Ruyi Mountain just now, my lord. Master Qian Zhengning suddenly disappeared."

Wei Xin was startled when he heard that, and said, "Disappeared?"

Chen Ruolin smiled, stood up and said: "Since that old monster of the Qian family has been alarmed, I can't stay in Hangzhou anymore. Otherwise, as long as I let him know that I am in Hangzhou, I will die if I am not careful." Say, it will probably ruin our plan."

Wei Xin also came to his senses at this time, knowing that Qian Wu's son, Qian Zhengning, must have been picked up by the legendary ancestor of the Qian family.Thinking that the most critical part of the plan had finally come to fruition, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.But then he remembered something and said, "Madam Shangguan! The illness of the old man's only son will trouble the leader."

Sun Ruolin smiled charmingly, and made a silver bell-like laugh. The two men in the living room suddenly felt their hearts beat faster for no reason. At this moment, Sun Ruolin said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wei. Although Mr. Wei's illness is strange, it's not bad to take the medicine from the leader." Is it obviously much better? I will go back and ask the leader for some more medicine, and I will send it to Mr. Wei when the matter here is about to end in a few days. Guaranteed to cure Mr. Wei's illness in one fell swoop."

Wei Xin immediately revealed a look of joy, and said, "Miss Shangguan, please."

This Sun Ruolin is naturally Shangguan Bingyun.

After Shangguan Bingyun left, Wei Xin's face darkened, he glanced at the old butler's worried face, and said with a long sigh: "Oh! This old man also knows that the people taught by Maitreya have wolf ambitions, but Zhuang'er has suffered from it since he was a child. Strange disease, in the past 20 years, I have been seeking famous doctors all over the world, and the money spent is no less than [-] silver, but none of them can cure Zhuang'er's disease. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Bingyun, a witch, brought Lou Yanming's medicine, and Zhuang'er took it After that, it got better obviously. What else can I do with just such a son."

At night, Ye Chen and Yu Qingyan, led by Hu Sanguang, rode a carriage on the clean bluestone road in Suzhou City, passed a gate, and came to the bustling business district during the day.

Even at night, the shop signs on this street are still extremely bright. Suzhou is the largest port on the Jiangnan Canal, so in terms of prosperity and commercial development, it is not even much worse than Hangzhou City.

In addition to the signboards of various shops, the most conspicuous thing is the golden cloth that pops up every so often. The conspicuousness is not because this golden cloth is dyed with fireflies that can glow at night, but because This gold cloth booth is not a restaurant. The patterns painted on the gold cloth are somewhat similar but different, but the prototypes are all coins.Such a scene is absolutely not seen in the north.

There are five or six banks on this street!

The carriage that Ye Chen was riding in was unusually large, sitting in it with Yu Qingyan and Hu Sanguang, it didn't look crowded at all.

The carriage drove slowly on the quiet street, and when there were some new gold cloth passing by, Hu Sanguang pointed to the door of this bank, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this is Deputy Secretary Zhou and the former Nantang King Zheng, now the state of Zheng is open to the bank." Speaking of this, Hu Sanguang admired his chief minister more and more in his heart.Hu Sanguang even felt a little shudder every time he thought of Master Chief Envoy's ability to subdue people silently.

Ye Chen heard the words and went to see it, but he only looked at the general idea, and didn't get out of the car to go in to have a closer look. He knew that he was definitely inferior to Zhou Xin, Wu Zhiyuan and Feng Gang in terms of business, and he also believed in Zhou Xin's ability.After thinking for a while, he said curiously: "Ping'an Bank! The name is a bit vulgar. But it is very suitable for this profession."

Now that the world's commerce is gradually developed, it has become very difficult to buy and sell Dachun with cash, so bank notes have gradually become a favorite thing for merchants, and institutions such as banks and banks have also begun to show their importance. sex.But for the existence of banks like banks, what people value most is credit and confidence. Therefore, as long as banks can continue to operate without closing down, they must have a huge background behind them.

For example, Ye Chen heard from Zhou Xin a few days ago that there are currently three major banks in Jiangnan: Wuyue Bank, Datang Bank, and Jiangnan Bank. The first two are obvious, and behind them are the Wuyue Royal Family and the Southern Tang Royal Family.The owner of the Jiangnan Bank has always been very mysterious, but in fact it is the largest bank in the world. Based on the information Ye Chen has now, he knew that the temple behind the Jiangnan Bank was half a month ago.In fact, it is not difficult to deduce this at all. Just imagine that there is still a force in this world with such ability and financial resources.

The official banknotes issued by Wuyue and the Southern Tang Dynasty are official tickets, of course they have the best credit, but because of the ills in the officialdom, the officials of the two Koreas and China are not aware of the importance of them, so it is very troublesome to redeem the official tickets , the flexibility is appallingly poor.As a result, except for some people who kept the coffin books, ordinary businessmen chose the Jiangnan Bank run by the Holy Church.

(End of this chapter)