In April of the ninth year of Jiading, an empty three-masted sea ship would set off from the outer port of Zepu, east of Lin'an.

According to external saying, the ship was going to Goryeo. The boat scheduled the itinerary very carefully and prepared the needle mark submitted to the local market in advance.

Because the sea recognizes directions, either by star or by compass, the sea route is called needle route, and the special book for recording and planning routes is called needle guide.

According to the plan of the needle, this ship first went to Qingyuan Mansion to load goods, then went east to Dinghai, then went north along the Huangshui Ocean, and turned straight east at the entrance of the Huaihe River to the Heishui Ocean, and then went north to Jiajieshan Island in Goryeo, and then went north through Wuyu and other archipelagos to reach the Licheng River Bilan Pavilion in Goryeo.

There is no problem with the route, nor is the shipment cargo. The ship owner properly kept the goods documents and guarantee documents issued by the Yakuza Bank six months ago. When the time was calculated, the warehouse in Qingyuan Mansion had prepared corresponding amounts of spices, including the incense produced in Chameng, and the honey fragrance produced by the Haimabaer and the Jialan countries in the far southwest. There is also a small amount of tea shipped together with the ship.

It was obvious that everything was normal, and the official document also specifically copied it, saying that the ship belonged to a newly opened ship, called "Shanghai". The old officials in the market had heard of the name of this ship. It was said that many Fujian merchants were organized together and had an influence in the northern Jin Kingdom.

The reason why the huge Fujian merchants came forward was that the Song Dynasty's trade with Goryeo and Japan was a considerable part of the traders in Fujian, especially Quanzhou.

On the one hand, Quanzhou was the center of South China Sea commerce. On the other hand, during the Shaoxi period, the imperial court issued a special order in order to facilitate management of exchanges with northern countries: "All Chinese Jia Gaoli, Japan, and foreigners reach China, can only be sent to Qingyuan if they receive it."

The situation that emerged was that a large number of Quanzhou merchants flocked to carry out trade with Qingyuan Prefecture as the center.

This does not stem from the business talent of Fujian people. Because Qingyuan Prefecture is far away from Quanzhou, it is difficult to check in time for many dark businesses and even gray identity backgrounds.

In fact, most of these Fujian giant merchants were named, and many of the great merchants in Lin'an used the official certificates obtained by the Fujian maritime merchant family from the court in their early years to do their own business.

These giant businesses have now joined forces to form a "Shanghai Tour", which is obviously to use greater investment and make more money. Such a large chamber of commerce is not limited by the market in Jiangzhou.

In recent days, powerful figures from both the market and the navy have already received instructions from various sources from above. They have collected money and have also blown the wind to the people below. This is the first one in front of them, and then there will be no more than tenth one hundredth one. No matter how many, it is in line with the laws of the court. Everyone just knows it and lets go!

The officials in the marketplace immediately signed the documents sent to the Qingyuan Prefecture Maritime Affairs Office in a printed document, and kept the deposit.

Seeing that the sail had risen, the old official said goodbye politely. When he was about to jump off the boat hanging next to the side of the boat, a young man quickly came out of the cabin, held his hand and said goodbye enthusiastically. A piece of kid was clearly stuffed under his sleeves.

This old official has a low status in the market market, but is the subordinate of the money case in the market market. Among the clerks with staff, it is considered the lowest level. Originally, this routine inspection should have been conducted with the same lieutenant as Kong Mu. If these two lazy people are, the chief officer should accompany him. However, most of these people have to pass the message from their boss, so they simply don't come out.

The old official thought that he had to be a honest person this time and could not show the way he used to be a hand-dipped oil in the past, but the young man had a very strong hand under his sleeves and a firm attitude. He also whispered: "Don't worry, lord, this is a common practice, and it will happen every time in the future!"

The old official had no choice but to accept it. When the ship was far away, he took it out of his sleeve and saw that it was still the largest denomination of three guan. He couldn't help but admire the Shanghai people who knew the rules very well. He looked up and saw the young man leaning against the side of the ship. The old official quickly bowed his hand.

It was not until the boat the old official was riding was far away from the wind and waves and could no longer see the figures, and the young man returned to the cabin.

Xuan Huan, who had just been transferred from the position of the senior student Wailang as Secretary and Young Supervisor, looked at his every move through the window. At this time, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I thought you would also use the style of playing dandy guys who bully men and women at sea."

Jia Sidao raised his hands and shouted repeatedly: "Uncle Shi, why am I bullying men and women?"

He sat down comfortably on the soft couch on the other end of the cabin and continued: "But when you should spend money and enjoy yourself, you should be happy and comfortable; when you should make money and do things, you must be solid and you must not neglect the steps you should have."

Xuan Yan nodded: "Well said it! It's worthy of being Jia Jichuan's child. The idea of ​​you and your father and son on this is like carved from the same mold... After all, it's father and son, and blood is connected!"

Jia Sidao smiled, looked a little disappointed, and suddenly stopped talking.

Xuan Huang didn't say much, but a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

It turned out that Jia Sidao followed Shi Kuanzhi and Xuan Hun, and after joining Shi Miyuan, he initially worked with Yang You to prepare for the new army in Huaibei. Not long after, his father Jia She came to Lin'an from his hometown in Tiantai and ran around to seek recovery. Not long after, he also joined Shi Xiang's disciple.

It is said that the father and son are both running around as Mr. Shi, which is lies, but the relationship between the father and son is a bit strange. They try their best to hide it outside, and occasionally act like a particularly kind father and filial son, but the coldness in their bones cannot be hidden from the heart.

Li Zhixiao, the head of the Right Prime Minister's Office, investigated this specifically and found out that Jia She was a desperate person to make money, while Jia Sidao was a playboy who spent money like water.

He arrived in Lin'an three months earlier than Jia She. In the past three months, he ate, drank, gambled, and visited the gold-selling caves inside and outside Lin'an City, spending tens of thousands of dollars he had accumulated hard. This incident made his father, who had arrived one after another, so he became so angry that he had a problem of hemorrhage from time to time. He found many famous doctors to treat him, but it was not cured.

Because of this knot in mind, even though both father and son work together for history, they are separated from each other and rarely meet.

This made Shi Xiang himself and Xuan Ling and others feel particularly at ease.

After all, Jia Shema was about to be appointed as the Chief Judge of Zhenzhou, and then used this as a rank and promoted to Huaidong Seiji, representing Shi Xiang in charge of the finance and civil affairs of Jiangbei. At this time, Jia Sidao took over the new army's duties, and the power in the hands of the father and son was a little more powerful. Just as the father and son were not in harmony, he lacked the time to balance power.

Jia Sidao was very smart and felt that his superiors were afraid of being jealous of others. Soon after, he quit his military affairs and started to work in Shanghai.

The matter of Dinghai Travel was proposed by Jia She and was also agreed by Jia She to negotiate with the Dinghai Army in the north. However, after the subsequent specific matters fell into Jia Sidao's hands, the progress was faster than when his father was there.

This young man is just like his father, and he is a good at making money in business. With the name of Mr. Shi, he traveled all over Huaidong, Huaixi, Jiangnan and Liangzhe in a short time, helping Xuan Jie and others integrate the scattered merchant ships and merchants under his name, and then incorporated them into the framework of the commercial bank halfway built by the Dinghai Army in the north.

Now that the Shanghai trip has started operation, this ship departing from Lin'an did not go directly to Goryeo, but will arrive from Lin'an of the Song Dynasty to Tianjin Prefecture on Zhongdu Road of the Dajin Dynasty, then transfer to Licheng Port of Goryeo and return to the Dajin Song Dynasty. This triangular trade was discovered in the second half of last year and was exclusive to the fleet of the Ding Navy of the Dajin Kingdom.

Now that the name "Shanghai Tour" is known, the Song Dynasty fleet can also participate.

After all, Shi Xiang's identity was too high, and the people around him might not report everything truthfully. He had some understanding of the profits of maritime trade and the benefits gained by the Ding Navy of the Great Jin Kingdom at sea, but he was far from fully understanding it. Therefore, he treated this as a small piece of fat and rewarded it to his subordinates Xuan Hun, Xue Ji and other confidants.

But as the launch of the business approached, Jia Sidao specially released a complete set of books for this purpose. This book made Xuan Hua and others know how many benefits would be gained if the bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty opened up border trade channels!

How could this be a small piece of fat meat? It is clearly a whole fat cow and a whole big pig!

If the operation is done properly, there will be hundreds of thousands of coins or millions of coins every year. In comparison, what is the little copper coins cast in Huainan? This Zhou Duke Guo Ning is not a poor man, but is clearly a God of Wealth!

If the subordinates of Shi Xiang did not take so many benefits, would they easily give them to others? We, the Emperor Song officials, have known a truth since the beginning of the founding of the country: a good official can only get too much money!

Originally placed his energy next to Shi Kuanzhi, Xuan Huai, who focused on the new army in Huainan, immediately changed his course and began to pay attention to the operation of the Shanghai Tour.

Not long after, Xue Ji also jumped to participate, followed by Li Zhixiao, Liang Chengda, Zhao Rushu and others. Anyone who was allowed by Shi Xiang to participate in the matter would not refuse.

While they were busy escorting the business, they tacitly concealed many details from Xianggong Shi, and even kicked away Jia She, who was originally in charge of this matter, pressing the burden on Jia Sidao one by one.

Last month, as the southwest trade wind was approaching, a large number of merchant ships heading north were about to set off. Shi Xiang suddenly thought that there was still commercial cooperation between the two families and was preparing to appoint a special envoy to the north to meet with Duke Guo Ning of Zhou.

The envoys sent by Duke Zhou to the Song Dynasty were recently able to do semi-public activities, usually staying in Qingyuan Prefecture. This person was a Dengzhou merchant named Zhou Keshan and did not have the official position of the Dajin government.

If Mr. Shi wanted to send someone to visit him, he should find a businessman. But everyone in the Prime Minister's confidants said that this matter was not a minor matter and could not be entrusted to others. We were kindly kind to the Prime Minister and were willing to go through fire and water to repay him.

Several people argued for a long time, but Xuan Xie finally got the job.

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