After the snow melted, Han Yi changed to ride a horse, and the group rushed to Laizhou with fast horses.

After a few days, the group finally arrived in Laizhou.

Although Laizhou is not as prosperous as Chang'an and Luoyang, it seems to be no less than Yangzhou, and is even better in some aspects.

In ancient times, Laizhou belonged to Qi State, and Qi State was among the top among the seven countries, both in terms of culture and economy. Confucius was born in this place of Qi and Lu, which is why the Shandong gentry has been popular for a long time, because they have this foundation and this gene in their bones.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, Laizhou belonged to Shangzhou, and the standard for Shangzhou was 30,000 households. With this large population, the economic development was naturally rapid. Although Han Yi's attention was always on the south of the Yangtze River, his economic policies also greatly promoted the development of Shandong, especially Laizhou, because Laizhou is the eastern bridgehead of the Yellow River Delta, and it is located at the key point of the Jiaodong Peninsula. It has a sea and land transportation network.

Talent, productivity, and transportation are all available. It can be said that they have all the elements of economic development. Can this place not be prosperous?

"Brother Han, look over there."

The driving brother Xiong suddenly shouted excitedly.

"What do you see?"

Han Yi lifted the curtain and turned his head to see dozens of cargo ships docked on the river on the left, which looked very spectacular.

Brother Xiong was surprised and said, "I didn't expect that Laizhou is so rich, it's almost the same as Luoyang."

Han Yi couldn't help but smile when she heard this and said, "It's still a little worse than Luoyang."

"But I think it's almost the same." Brother Xiong said.

Han Yi smiled and looked at the river again, with some light flashing in his eyes.

After walking for a mile, the driving brother Xiong shouted again, "Brother Han, Brother Han, come out quickly and see, it seems to be Uncle Qian and the others."

"Yeah?"

Han Yi lifted the curtain again and looked up. He saw a tea shed under a big tree next to the road not far away. There were more than a dozen people standing around the tea shed. They were Qian Dafang, Zou Fengchi, Zhao Sijia and other Chang'an merchants.

Qian Dafang and others over there also saw Han Yi.

"Here is here! Here!"

"It's been here!"

"Brother Han!"

When Qian Dafang and the others saw Han Yi, their wife, who had been empty for a long time, waved her hand, twisted her hips, and rushed towards Han Yi.

It seems that I was a little late. When Han Yi saw this scene, he wiped his sweat slightly and got off the carriage.

Qian Dafang, who was covered in fat, burst out at this time with an astonishing speed and rushed to Han Yi first. His face was not red and he said breathlessly: "Brother Han, you are here. We are really waiting for the hardship."

Han Yi said with a look of surprise: "I am here to perform official duties, what are you waiting for me?"

Qian Dafang immediately petrified.

Zhao Sijia and others who came from behind heard this, as if Qian Dafang was as stupid as a chicken, with fear flashing in their eyes.

Sweat! So scared. Han Yi snorted and said, "I said you are really good. You rushed to the Jinchang to withdraw money, which made my Sangmu Chief Manager not sleep well for several days, and even complained to me. It's really outrageous."

Qian Dafang was stunned and said perfunctorily: "Brother Han, don't blame me, I will definitely apologize to Sang Mu when I go back." But his face was very nervous and his face was sweating.

Han Yi waved his hand and said, "Just let's apologize, come on some practical things, just ask Sang Mu to go up the first floor and have a good meal."

"It's better to apologize." Qian Dafang muttered.

"What did you say?"

"No—nothing."

Han Yi glared at the iron rooster a little, suddenly looked around again and said, "Where is that boy Yuanzhe?"

Yuwen Xiumi said, "He has something to do at the moment, so he will have to wait a moment."

When he spoke, Zhao Sijia and the others exchanged their eyes, and the atmosphere was very strange.

Han Yi was as clear as a mirror, but he said curiously: "Do you have something to say?"

Qian Dafang's eyes flashed a few times and said, "Brother Han, you are exhausted from the journey and you must be very tired. This is not a place to talk. Let's go to the house first. We have already prepared a banquet to welcome you, Brother Han."

Han Yi smiled and said, "I'm so polite, then I'd rather obey my orders than respect."

So the group turned to the east again.

It took three or four miles to walk and came to a house. Although it was quite large, it was not luxurious. It looked quite simple and the surrounding environment was not very good.

Han Yi was a little surprised and said, "You are here?"

Qian Dafang nodded, "Yes, we all live here."

"All?"

Han Yi was slightly stunned.

"Yes, yes! Brother Han, please." These businessmen also seemed to have no intention of talking about this topic with Han Yi.

After entering the house, there were quite a few servants inside, but the decoration seemed very shabby and was completely unworthy of their identities.

Han Yi said, "You are a little too frugal. You live so shabby. I wouldn't have come if I had known it."

Qian Dafang said: "We are just a little bit low-key, it's better to be a little dilapidated. You can take more responsibility."

"Is that true?" Han Yi asked: "Is it because of the Shandong gentry?"

Yuwen Xiumi said: "That's not. Although Shandong is full of gentry, they have a tradition of doing business. When they returned to Qi, the people of Qi were very good at doing business. Moreover, we were just here to do business with them, not to compete for territory with them. They would not exclude us. The reason why they live here is because it is close to the dock."

Brother Xiong said, "Are all the cargo ships on the pier belong to you?"

“Yes, yes!”

Everyone nodded and looked at Han Yi nervously. Han Yi's words just now made them very uneasy. The money was brought and the spending was almost done. If you don't do this deal with us, you will be a big loss.

Han Yi glanced at him and suddenly said, "I know your situation and your purpose. You took the money from the Jinchang and ran to this Shandong to buy food. It's just that you hope to do business for the court, right?"

Everyone nodded, but they all seemed very nervous.

Han Yi took a sip of tea and said, "This is what Yuanzhe told you."

Yuwen Xiumi immediately said: "Yuan Zhe did not explain to us. We just followed him when we saw the Yuan family doing this."

"Is that true?" Han Yi snorted and said, "If so, why wouldn't that kid dare to come to see me?"

Yuwen Xiumi blinked and said, "What does Han Shangshu mean? Is Yuanzhe deliberately avoiding you?"

"Or what do you think it is?"

Han Yi said angrily: "When the boy came to me, he said that the Yuan family was very short of people. If the court wanted to send troops to Goguryeo, he hoped to buy some prisoners and go back to work as laborers, this was a common thing. And as long as the war started, there would definitely be prisoners. How much could his family want? I agreed to him at that time, but I didn't expect that things would develop like this. When you came to me to talk about this, I was really speechless. I couldn't speak without this, but I couldn't say that there was such a thing. Because this was not a difficult thing for his family, but if you all had to do this, the nature would be different."

Speaking of this, he sighed again and said, "I thought you didn't have such courage. I didn't expect you to come here after withdrawing money. I just couldn't stop it."

Qian Dafang shivered for a moment when he heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "That is it - that is to say, we are in vain?"

"I only realize now that I'm afraid, hum, it's too late."

Qian Dafang shook violently when he heard this, and almost fainted.

"Brother Han, we don't have many people together, and we have all exchanged the money for food. If you don't collect this food, we will lose a lot." Dou Heng said with a sad face.

Han Yi said: "If you had known today, why would you have to be there? You rushed over without understanding anything. Can you blame me?"

Zou Fengchi said excitedly: "Brother Han, we can't blame us! The court's policy of restricting slaves has caused a lot of harm to our Wanli Group. According to your canal transportation plan, we have built shipyards everywhere, which is tight on hand. If everyone gives wages according to the Labor Act, then our Wanli Group can't afford it at all. I originally planned to rent some slaves from those landlords and gentry, but the court suddenly wanted to collect slave taxes. I didn't know how to carry out this transaction."

The other businessmen were not inferior to each other. They were so bitter that they were crying and snot!

Now they have no choice but to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves. We have already bought the food and supplies. If you don’t do this business with us, then we will jump off the building together. You can do it.

In fact, if Li Zhi had not appointed Han Yi as the ambassador to appease the ambassador at that time, they would not dare to be so aggressive, because they all knew that Han Yi was the leader of their businessmen. The Yuan family went north and must have something to do with Han Yi, but Han Yi was inconvenient to say more and could only understand it. So they all did this. When they came here and found that the people of the Yuan family were crazy about buying military supplies, it would definitely be a foregone conclusion. They also bought it quickly, and it felt like they were buying stocks.

"Okay, okay, if you have no food to eat, go to my Fengfeilou to perform a drama. Your acting skills do not require training. I will directly praise you as the male lead." Han Yi glared at them and said.

Qian Dafang and the others looked embarrassed again.

Han Yi sighed again and said, "Do you know why I'm here now?"

“Why?”

"It's just for you." Han Yi said very annoyed: "Do you know, just for your business, I'm almost going to Liangyi Hall to fight the floor. I tried my best to convince Your Majesty to agree."

Yuwen Xiumi couldn't help but look happy and said, "Take it serious?" As long as you can do this business, will it have something to do with them?

Han Yi snorted: "I don't want to worry about this god, but I don't have the heart to watch you die."

"Ouch!" Qian Dafang jumped forward excitedly and held Han Yi's hand, "Brother Han, you really saved my life."

"Go! Go! Go!"

Han Yi hurriedly pulled out his hand and thought to himself, you are not a beauty, it's true.

Dou Heng, Zou Fengchi and others also stood up and thanked Han Yi, almost crying with joy. It was too exciting to have a great ups and downs in life.

There was no way, there was a fraud sitting in front of them.

"It's unnecessary to thank you." Han Yi waved his hand and said, "If I can complete the task successfully, everything is easy to say. If it doesn't work, I will live in your house for the rest of my life."

Yuwen Xiumi immediately said: "Shangshu Han, I am willing to come to my house whenever you come to live. If I have it, there is no problem with anything you want, as long as you are willing to come."

If you can get a talent like Han Yi, what's the point of losing everything? You can make it back soon.

"You really know how to do business."

Han Yi looked at him angrily and amusedly, and said, "You all sit down. Your Majesty has entrusted me with full authority to this matter. Moreover, even if you are the poor mountains and rivers of Goguryeo, your Majesty will not look down on you."

"Poor mountains and bad waters?"

Dou Heng suddenly stood up and said nervously: "Brother Han, what do you mean? Is that mountain also sold?"

The reaction was so fast. It seemed that there was a reason for you to get rich. Han Yi nodded and said, "I can't say that you just buy prisoners, then your Majesty would think, why are you buying so many prisoners? I mean, you want to buy some land and some prisoners and go back to work as laborers."

Dou Heng covered his forehead with one hand, "Oh! If I had known this, I would have brought more money."

Han Yi frowned and said, "Wait a minute! Didn't you just say that you brought all your family's assets?"

"Well!"
Chapter completed!