A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Xue Ji walked into the courtyard of Gu Qing's house and found a lot of herbs hanging here.

"Don't be surprised, every spring, my family is like this. My master has been practicing medicine for most of his life, and he likes to tinker with these herbs. Sit down." Gu Qing invited Xue Ji to sit down.

The two sat down, and the servants at home immediately brought some refreshments.

Gu Qing poured tea for Xue Ji himself and said, "I already know about the pirates, have you looked for them?"

"No." Xue Ji said in a low voice, "Master Gu should know more about this matter than I do."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I hope this matter can be kept secret, and you can rest assured that Wu Laoqi will not escape our control."

Speaking of the character Wu Laoqi, Xue Ji was still a little worried and said, "In fact, on the ocean, firearms play a very important role. When Wu Laoqi attacked Goguryeo, the Goguryeo people had no resistance against Wu Laoqi's firearms. , At this point, I am very worried, how loyal Wu Laoqi will be to the Central Plains, does Master Gu think we should trust his mother, and will he bite us back?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "No, even if Wu Laoqi had the heart, he wouldn't have the guts."

Xue Ji looked at Gu Qing, wondering why he could be so confident, "Has there been any new progress in Tang's firearms?"

"No." Gu Qing still shook his head, "The firearm that Wu Laoqi took away last year is the latest firearm made by Datang. Right now, the Firearms Bureau has been thinking about new firearms."

Xue Ji fell silent again.

"How's the royal family of the Wa Kingdom?" Gu Qing then asked.

"The royal family of the Wa Kingdom is quite quiet, and they did not make unnecessary resistance." Xue Ji said here with a sigh, "The royal family of the Wa Kingdom is not rich, but very poor. There are very few scholars in the country of Wa, and I have never met the royal family of the country of Wa, and I always let the monks tell my words to the royal family of Wa."

"What else?" Gu Qing then asked.

"What's more, the royal family of Japan can help us get more people to work in the factory, and now more and more people in the country of Wa seem to have joined our factory." Xue Ji drank tea. Said.

Gu Qing thought about it for a while, "Wrought iron in Japan is very backward, right?"

"That's right." Xue Ji also said, "If most of the iron mines in the country of Wa are already in the hands of Datang, it's just that I'm surprised that there are always shadows of people from the Tang Dynasty in various places in the country of Wa, directing the people of the country to mine some. Things, at first I thought they belonged to Lord Gu, but they stopped me just as I was about to approach, who are Lord Gu and the others?"

"I don't have many people in Japan, at most it's just a few eyeliners." Gu Qing looked in the direction of Chang'an, "Actually, you should know who those people are."

"Gu Houye means..." Xue Ji thought of a possibility and then overturned the words, "You said it was the royal family?"

"That's right." Gu Qing said: "The royal family has a much bigger appetite than ours. The royal family doesn't want to miss this piece of cake from the Wa country, and what they have is the fattest piece. Those are all under the control of the royal family, such as The most I can do is hire some people from the Wa Kingdom, and the rich and powerful princes in Chang’an want to get the benefits of maritime trade, but they only get the sporadic iron ore and silver mines from the Wa Kingdom, but there are not as many as the royal family.”

"But I didn't find anyone from the royal family in the fleet." Xue Ji asked again.

"They are not with us, they have their own transportation routes." Gu Qing turned to Xue Ji and said, "You don't need to ask more about these things, you just need to do what you should do, and I will ask you again One thing, what happened to the Japanese monk in the country recently."

Xue Ji sat upright and replied, "The Japanese monk once resisted me. He wanted to persuade the Japanese people not to come to work in our Datang factory, but he alone is not enough. As long as we give enough benefits, the Japanese people will also start to understand. They come to work in factories for profit, and the more the Japanese monks dissuade them, the more the Japanese people will exclude the Japanese monks."

Speaking of this, Xue Ji paused, looked at Gu Qing's face and said, "I have something to make up my own mind, please forgive me."

"Say." Gu Qing handed Xue Ji a pastry.

"Womon sent some eyeliners into our fleet. I know about this, and I am fully capable of finding them out, but I did not pursue them on my own initiative. Now they have mixed into the Central Plains, a total of ten Alone." Xue Ji said truthfully.

"It doesn't matter about this little thing." Gu Qing recruited Fan Jian to bring some silver cakes over, "These are my thoughts, please accept them too."

"I can't accept this." Xue Ji said hastily.

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"Take it." Gu Qing nodded and said.

After several hesitation, Xue Ji still said, "Then I will accept it. It's just that there are many matters in the Maritime Trade Department, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time..."

"It's okay, you can go back." Gu Qing said flatly.

"Then I'm leaving." Xue Ji took the silver cake handed by Fan Jian and hurried away. After walking away from Gu's house, he breathed a sigh of relief. What is the end of me if I don’t accept these silver cakes? This time I helped Gu Qing. Gu Qing gave himself money to repay the favor. It is best not to have too many entanglements with people like Gu Qing. Gu Qing’s favor is so Are you in debt?

Gu Qing is responsible for the misery of Wa Kingdom today, and I know from the bottom of my heart what a terrible person Gu Qing is.

After Xue Ji left, Gu Qing ate the cake and said, "This cake is quite delicious, why didn't Xue Ji try a bite?"

Fan Jian smiled and said, "It is true that eleven people are correct, and it is the same as what we reported to the fleet yesterday."

"A person who is flexible and honest in his work." Gu Qing nodded with a smile, "Our Highness Prince Jin did not hire the wrong person."

Fan Jian also nodded, knowing in his heart that the Patriarch really wanted to repay Xue Ji, but it also depended on whether Xue Ji would take the initiative to tell the matter. If Xue Ji didn't tell, this person might never have a chance with Haimao in the future.

Although Haimao is presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Jin, Gu Qing founded Haimao, and this foundation has always been in the hands of Gu's family.

Eating cakes and drinking tea, Gu Qing fell into deep thought again, "What should I eat today?"

After thinking for a while, Gu Qing found the fishing rod that he hadn't used for a long time, "I haven't gone fishing for a long time."

Coming to the river bank, Gu Qing threw the fishing line into the river.

"You didn't put any bait." Cheng Chumo didn't know when he appeared behind him.

Gu Qing was taken aback, "Why are you here?"

"My father is going to the Maritime Trade Department to split the accounts. Originally, I wanted to take care of the goods at home. His Royal Highness Jin Wang thought carefully, so I have nothing to do." Cheng Chumo sat next to Gu Qing, "How long have you been since you came to Chang'an? .”

"I'm lazy." Gu Qing watched the fishing line move, "It seems that a fish has been hooked."

Seeing that the buoy on the fishing line was sinking, he hurriedly lifted the fishing rod and caught a crucian carp the size of a palm.

"Haha!" Gu Qing retracted the line, put the fish into the bamboo basket beside him, and continued to catch the first fish.

Cheng Chumo looked surprised, "Why do the fish in Chang'an live longer and come back, and come to bite the hook without bait?"

"Maybe the fish in Chang'an are as idle as I am, and they will bite the hook when they have nothing to do." Gu Qing said.

Cheng Chu nodded sincerely and said, "This incident tells me that being too idle is easy to be caught by others."

"How did Xue Rengui prepare?"

"It is said that he has been training soldiers and I don't know how he is now." Cheng Chumo said, "But there is one person who should know, he should be coming soon."

"Who is coming?" Gu Qing looked back in doubt.

A figure came out from the shade of the tree, and Su Dingfang came to Gu Qing step by step, "Gu Qing, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Old Fang!?" Gu Qing hurriedly stood up, "Why do you come here, don't you need to be in charge of Zuo Wuwei?"

Speaking of this, Su Dingfang lowered his head sadly.

"You don't know?" Cheng Chumo said while eating the fruit, "Lao Fang has resigned now, and he has returned to the field, quitting his job."

"Yes." Su Dingfang said to Gu Qing with a long breath, "Finally, Chang'an is peaceful now, and no one will attack Datang, just like you, Cheng Chumo, resigned when you said you had nothing to do. "