yes sire

Summer is the best time in the northern region. The humid air carries the scent of melons and fruits. Although the sun is dazzlingly bright, it will be very comfortable to hide under the shade of trees.

And Luoying County is the northernmost city in Changzhou, bordering Beichang Kingdom. It was captured by Baihui three years ago. Later, General Zhang Zhouhan led 20 cavalry to take the city back.

When Han You first arrived, the place was devastated, and there were ruins everywhere destroyed by the war.At that time, he took the string of fluorite moonstone beads that Xia Siyan gave him when he left Beijing, and bought back grain from Baihui at a price five times higher than the market price, so that the people in the northern border could survive the most difficult time. winter.

The Baihui people are very good at doing business, Han You dealt with them for almost three months before barely making Zhaoguo not suffer too much.However, it was not Han You who finally contributed to this situation, but the third batch of cannons that arrived at the border.

Reasoning is not as good as deterrence by force, and now Han You feels cordial when he sees those weapons that represent the national strength of the Zhao Kingdom.Under the protection of the giant cannon, Han You negotiated with the Baihui people, suppressing this unequal trade relationship within three years.

In more than half a year, Zhaoguo will be able to regain the pricing power.

With the development of the customs city, Luoying City has become the most important customs and trade port between Zhao Kingdom and several nearby countries. From morning to night, there is an endless stream of freight vehicles and horses, and there are a lot of people coming and going, and the border market is prosperous. .In order to facilitate the management of border trade, at the end of last year, even the state capital of Changzhou was moved to Luoying City.

A Drum Tower Street in the middle of Luoying City connects the East and West Customs and Trade Markets, and this street has become the busiest street in the city. Han You lives in a secluded small courtyard behind the Drum Tower Street.

This morning, Han San moved Han You's small desk under the grape trellis in the yard as usual, and put the account book, pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk one by one, waiting for Han You to deal with official business after breakfast.

The operation of the Guanshi Port has been on the right track, and Han You has handed over the specific affairs to the Changzhou Yamen.He usually checks and checks the accounts, or occasionally comes forward to deal with matters that local officials can't make up their minds about.

In the past two years, his health has not been very good, and he often suffers from stomach pains, and the medicine is always on his body.In summer, it is hot and noisy in Guanshi, so people usually send government affairs to their residences, and then send them back when they are finished. People from the city or the yamen will come to the house to look for him if there is anything to do.

After Si Shi, Han You slowly walked out of the main room with a cup of herbal tea, followed by a little boy who was not yet able to walk steadily, pulling his hem.

"Sir," Yun Niang took a basin of clothes to dry in the yard, and when she saw Han You coming out, she blessed herself and saluted, and then shouted at the little boy behind Han You: "Chen'er, come to Mother quickly, don't worry about it." Interrupt Mr. work."

The little boy turned to hug Han You's leg, unwilling to let go.Han You picked up the child with one hand, and smiled at Yunniang: "It's okay, I have nothing to do today, I just happened to teach Chen'er to recognize a few words first."

He went to the small desk and sat down, put Han Yuechen on his lap, opened an account book at random, and taught him to read by pointing at the words on it.For a two-year-old child, this was really too difficult. Although Han Yuechen liked Han You very much, he still got off his lap after being patient for less than a quarter of an hour, and ran away to play by himself.

"Sir," at this time Han San came over and said to him, "There is a person from the state government office looking for you outside the door, saying that the Baihui royal family is here to deliver the porcelain, please go to Guanshi to have a look."

Han You was picking up a pen and dipping his ink, when he heard this, he paused, "For the delivery of the goods, there is a city supervisor in Guanshi, what do you want me to do?"

Han San whispered to him, "It's Cha Risong, the second prince of Baihui."

Han You's expression changed, "Tell them I'm not at home, close the door, and no one will come today."

"Okay!" Han San ran out to reply, and before he reached the door, he saw a tall man in a fine attire stepping in.

"Han Jinglue!" The man walked into the yard regardless of Han San's obstruction, "I knew you were at home, why are you hiding from me?"

Although Cha Risong had a foreign face, he spoke Zhao Guo dialect very fluently, and it seemed a little strange to see him speaking.

Han You sighed, put down his pen, stood up and saluted, "Prince Charisong, I am not feeling well, please forgive me if I have lost my way."

"You Zhaoguo people are not happy at all!" Cha Risong is tall, stretched his arms to easily reach the grapes on the shelf, picked a bunch of grapes and held them in his hands, and said while eating: "When you were negotiating with me You said you wanted to make friends with me, but now you avoid me every time I come here, is this the etiquette for you to make friends?"

Han You sternly said, "If the second prince sincerely wants to make friends, I will be more than happy. It's just that we in Zhao Kingdom don't have the habit of making friends with hands and feet. Please give the second prince the due respect among friends."

"Why did I mess with you?" Charisong stuffed a few grapes into his mouth and chewed them, then spat out the grape seeds one by one into the garden, and said inarticulately: "Isn't it that time?" Kissed you? What's the point of just kissing the face? In our Baihui, everyone should kiss the face to show friendship when they meet, it's normal. Mr. Han is doing business with our Baihui, so you should respect our Baihui's etiquette .”

"In our country of Zhao, only very close people can do this. I hope the second prince understands." Han You had already broken up with him because of this matter, and didn't want to say more, and made a gesture of seeing off, "If there is nothing else It is better to ask the second prince to go to Guanshi to deliver the goods first."

Cha Risong looked at him for a while while eating grapes, then suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "Is that right? I can see it."

Han You took a step back and asked cautiously, "What is it?"

"You like men, don't you?" Cha Risong approached him and pointed to his ears, "I can't stand being teased so much, my ears are red."

Han You leaned back slightly, avoiding the grape-smelling heat when he spoke, and admitted generously: "Yes, I do like men. But I already have someone I like, so the second prince doesn't need to be on me waste time."

Cha Risong raised his eyebrows, "I see."

"Please." Han You gestured to ask him to leave again, but Cha Risong grabbed Han You's arm, narrowed his eyes and said, "I have observed you for two years, and there is no one around you, so don't lie to me."

Han You shook his hands to break free, and took a few steps back to distance himself from him, "If there is no one around, can you not have someone in your heart?"

"Oh? I didn't expect Master Han to be so innocent," Cha Risong smiled playfully, "I like it very much."

Han You also smiled, "I heard that the second prince already has four concubines, and he has such a flirtatious reputation in Luoying City. Your favor is really generous."

"Han Jinglue is not an ordinary flower and plant," Cha Risong looked into his eyes, "I want to invite you to our palace as a guest of honor as a national gentleman, will Mr. Han show you his face?"

"Loyal ministers don't matter to the second master, the second prince should hire another master."

"You have a talent comparable to that of a falcon, but don't you feel aggrieved that your Emperor Zhao sent you to the border to take care of these trivial matters?" Cha Risong smiled as if he was bound to win, "As long as you follow me , I will let you call the wind and rain in Baihui and Beichang."

As if he had heard such words somewhere, Han You started to experience unbearable pain in his stomach again. He found the teacup in a panic, picked it up and took a few sips. After a while, the pain disappeared, and he said with a long sigh of relief. : "We all know that these words are meaningless, Prince Tsaritsong."

"It's okay," Cha Risong said slowly, "Anyway, I'll stay a little longer this time, so you can think about it slowly."

"Second prince, don't wait for me. No matter how many times you ask me, I will always answer this way."

"Don't be nervous, I didn't stay here for you," Cha Risong lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "That emperor of Zhao Kingdom wants to do a big business with us, and I'm waiting for him."

Han You was stunned when he heard the words, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Your Majesty... want to come?"

Cha Risong looked at him, touched his chin and said, "You really are loyal. When it comes to your own emperor, you have this expression."

"He..." Han You almost blurted out and asked when he would come, but the words stopped abruptly.It is impossible to tell outsiders the emperor's specific itinerary in advance, and Cha Risong only knows an approximate time. The only person who may know when the emperor will come is the governor of Changzhou, because the governor has to arrange local security matters in advance.

Han You was in a daze, his heart was beating so hard that his fingertips were numb and it was difficult to breathe.He turned around and walked into the house, "I remember that I still have some things to go to the state government office, so I won't send them off, Second Prince, please go back."

Han You has not heard from Xia Siyan for more than two years.

In fact, it is not that there is no news about Xia Siyan. The news about Emperor Zhaoguo can still be seen in the mansion newspaper and heard from his colleagues.He knew that after the famine, the emperor announced the reduction of taxes and taxes to improve his health, he knew that the emperor was farming in the suburbs of Beijing to encourage farming, he knew that the emperor had gradually become stronger, and the year before last he began to renovate the land and return it to farmers. .

He presented memorials to the emperor four times a year, but never received a single reply.The emperor's decree was also sent to the state capital, and the state government forwarded it to him related to him. Everything followed the official documents of the Zhao Kingdom.

This also made the officialdom in the capital more certain that Han You had fallen out of favor, and later heard that the celebrity next to the emperor had become the newly appointed right servant of the household department, Zhang Chuntai.Although Han You's office in the cabinet remained unchanged, this Han Shangshu, who was thousands of miles away from Beijing, was gradually not mentioned by people.

Sometimes Li Tian would write to Han You, telling him about the situation in Beijing and the recent situation of his teacher Wu Wenci, but he never mentioned His Majesty.However, people generally dare not mention the emperor in private letters, so Han You didn't ask about it either.

When he changed his clothes and went to the state government office, he paused again. What was he going to do, to ask the governor when the emperor would come?Since he wasn't notified, it meant he didn't intend to ask him to know, and it was against the rules for him to ask like this.Besides, he got the news from the prince of Baihui country, so asking rashly may cause suspicion, which is extremely inappropriate.

After wandering in the yard for a while, he finally picked up an account book from the small desk under the grape arbor and hurried out.

Yun Niang was coming out of the kitchen with the dishes. Seeing that Han You was about to go out, she hurriedly said, "Sir, are you going out? Lunch is ready."

Han You nodded absently, "There is something wrong with the account book, I'm going to find the governor."

"Are you coming back for dinner then?"

"No."

Han You walked in a hurry and almost tripped when he crossed the threshold of the gate. Yunniang was so frightened that she almost dropped the plate.

Han San heard the voice: "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, sir said he was going to find the governor."

The sun near noon was very dazzling, and Han You was afraid of the sun, so he usually wouldn't go out at this time.Han San chased him out and asked him if he wanted to take a carriage, but saw that he had already rode away.

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