Originally, with Shen Yi's current status, it was not unusual for him to have another house and a concubine.
His husband-in-law, Mr. Lu, wouldn't say much, and even his wife, Lu Ruoxi, wouldn't say much.
However, this transactional scene still made Shen Yi feel that something was wrong. After shaking his head, he said, "Miss Ye, I didn't drink too much."
"Let's just spend some time together."
Ye Chan grabbed Shen Yi's hand by accident just now and said those bold words. Now after hearing Shen Yi's words, she pulled her hand back as if she was electrocuted, and her face immediately turned red.
Just now, the reason why she was so bold was because of the atmosphere.
The more important reason is naturally that Shen Yi is an absolute potential stock.
In the words of Governor Sun, he is likely to become a prime minister in the future, and he is the kind of prime minister who presides over the government!
Of course, this premise is that Shen Yi continues on the road of civil service, but as of now, there is a high probability that he will devote himself to military affairs in recent years and even for a long time to come.
Ye Chan ran back to the bed in a panic, not daring to look at Shen Yi: "Master Shen, I...I am rude."
Master Shen smiled slightly: "There's no need to be so polite. Just call me son in private."
He looked at Ye Chan and asked, "What would Miss Ye want me to call you?"
Ye Chan still didn't dare to look at Shen Yi: "The elders in the family call me Shen Chan'er."
"good."
Shen Yi dipped his hand in ink and said with a smile: "I still have to finish writing this letter. Miss Chan'er, please go to bed first. We will discuss some specific matters in detail tomorrow."
Seeing that he began to write the letter seriously, Ye Chan dared to look back at him. After studying Shen Yi for a while, Miss Ye asked: "Sir, who are you doing this show for?"
"Who can see it?"
Shen Yi stopped writing, glanced at her, and lowered his eyes slightly: "Miss Chan'er will know this in the future."
"You should have a good rest now. I will discuss the details of cooperation with you tomorrow."
For Shen Yi, he and Ye Chan have a "cooperative relationship".
At least for now.
The biggest reason for the promotion of this cooperative relationship was naturally the pressure from the emperor.
On this point, the emperor was still very loyal.
Shen Yi took the initiative to give it to him. As for Zhou Yuanchui's handle, the emperor said that he would not talk about that matter again. Afterwards, Gao Ming also told Shen Yi in private that there was no record of this matter among the internal guards.
Coupled with the fact that the Northern and Southern Dynasties were in conflict, unless the Northern Qi Dynasty stepped on Jiankang because of Zhou Yuanchui, the emperor would not make trouble against Zhou Yuanchui.
And the emperor really needs to hold Shen Yi's pigtail so that he can use it safely.
For scholars like Shen Yi, reputation is undoubtedly the best handle.
Just imagine, as an imperial envoy, with the favor of the emperor, but in Fuzhou, because of lust, he used his power to threaten the daughter of a local gentry to become a foreign wife!
It makes sense, but it's deadly.
Once this kind of thing spreads on a large scale, Shen Yi's career and even his reputation among officials will be completely ruined.
Of course, if Ye Chan can stand up and say that she is voluntary, Shen Yi's reputation may be saved a lot.
But when that time comes, even if Shen Yi and the emperor completely fall out, reputation or not, it won't be that important.
The second level of cooperative relationship between Mr. Shen and Ye Chan lies in these industries in Fuzhou.
The scale of these industries dedicated to the imperial court by the Fuzhou nobles was not small. If managed properly, they could provide considerable income to the coastal capitals every year.
Xu Fu, another "partner" of Shen Yi, is also supplying blood to Coastal Capital Division.
In this way, even if Shen Yi is no longer in the southeast in the future, he can still control the two major economic sources of the Coastal Capital Division, and will not lose control of the Coastal Capital Division in two or three years.
Ye Chan leaned on the bed and stopped disturbing Shen Yi's letter. However, it was too late now and she was a little tired. She couldn't open her eyes as she looked at it.
After persisting for less than half an hour, she couldn't stand it anymore, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
When Miss Ye opened her eyes again, it was already bright.
Before she fell asleep, she had no quilt or slippers on her body. Now her shoes had been taken off and she was still covered with a quilt.
She glanced at the sky outside, then remembered something, lifted the quilt and took a look at her body.
The clothes are still there.
Miss Ye glanced at the shoes neatly placed beside the bed, thoughtfully.
After thinking for a while, she got up and put on her shoes. Shen Yi was not seen in the room, so she silently opened the door.
Outside the door, Jiang Sheng was waiting not far away. After seeing Ye Chan come out, Jiang Sheng immediately greeted her.
At this time, this follower who had been with Shen Yi for several years was a little nervous when he spoke. He first lowered his head slightly, and then said: "Ye...Ye..."
He didn't know what to call Ye Chan.
Ye Chan found it a little funny and said, "You still call me Miss Ye."
Jiang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Ye, breakfast is ready. You can go and eat now."
"Um."
Ye Chan nodded, looked around the house, and then asked: "Shen...um...where is the young master?"
"Young Master got up early and is in the study."
"Young Master said you can go find him after you have breakfast."
Ye Chan nodded again, went to have breakfast under the leadership of Jiang Sheng, and then met Shen Yi in the study room of this house.
When she knocked on the door, Shen Yi was sitting on a chair, dozing off with his chin propped up on his arm.
Hearing the knock on the door, Shen Yi yawned and went over to open the door for her.
Ye Chan saw Shen Yi's eyes were bloodshot and sighed slightly: "Young master, you didn't sleep a wink last night?"
"Not really."
Shen Yi turned sideways and motioned for her to come in to talk, and then said with a smile: "Yesterday I wrote a memorial to the court. For some reason, my thoughts were a little scattered. I failed to write one manuscript, so I could only write another one and carefully copy it again. , it’s almost dawn after I finish writing.”
"Young master's writing is very beautiful."
Ye Chan approached the study, took a look at Shen Yi's handwriting on the table, and sighed: "Much better than my concubine."
"It's about eating."
Mr. Shen laughed at himself: "My fame and fame all come from my pen."
After saying this, Shen Yi sat back in his seat, looked at Ye Chan, and couldn't help but sigh: "Miss Chan'er stayed here for one night, and you and I are completely on the same ship. If Mr. Shen has good luck in the future, let’s not talk about it. If he has bad luck, Miss Chan’er may be implicated.”
Now, when facing Shen Yi, Ye Chan no longer felt nervous as before. She smiled and said, "Why don't you tell me if you have good luck? Could it be that if you have good luck, you can't help the Ye family?"
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely and did not answer.
Instead, he changed the subject.
"In a month or two, Fujian...at least the officialdom of Fuzhou will undergo great changes. You, the Ye family, should not have anything to do with Fuzhou officials anymore."
After Master Shen said this, he paused and continued: "In a month or two, the Fuzhou Shipping Department will be completed. At that time, Miss Chan'er, you will take the lead. From now on, all goods going to sea in Fuzhou will be shipped from the city. The shipping department will leave, and the Fuzhou Guard will clean up the offshore waters for the merchant ships going out to sea to ensure that no more Japanese pirates will harass them."
Ye Chan nodded first, and then asked: "Sir, how much tax does the Shipping Company charge?"
"Currently, the tax rate is one per ten."
Seeing Ye Chan's eyes turning, Shen Yi thought for a while and said to Ye Chan: "However, there is no specific regulations on how to collect the specific goods. If Miss Chan'er has any good ideas, you can send someone to show them to me. After taking a look, I thought it was suitable, so I went to the eunuch in charge of the Shipping Department to discuss it."
Ye Chan showed a smile on her face and nodded: "Thank you for your trust, sir!"
Shen Yi was not in good spirits because he had not slept well. He closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and continued: "The Ye family is a big family in Fuzhou. Its influence is not only in the business world, but also in other fields. I don’t have a charter here for some things yet, and I will discuss it in detail with Miss Chan’er after the Shibo Division is completed.”
"correct."
Shen Yi remembered something and said, "There is a Dazhong Tea Shop in Fuzhou. Does Miss Chan'er know about it?"
"Know."
Ye Chan nodded and said: "I heard that it was opened by a Jiangdu businessman. The business is very big. Every year, he buys a lot of tea from Fuzhou. He spends a lot of money. I heard..."
"I heard that this tea shop has a palace background, and the owner is the nephew of a certain father-in-law in the palace..."
Shen Yi touched his nose and said in a helpless tone: "This tea shop can be regarded as the palace's property, not much different from the Fuzhou property managed by Miss Chan'er."
"If you have any business difficulties in the future, you can go to the owner of this tea shop and I will say hello to him."
Ye Chan lowered her head slightly and said, "Yes, I have written it down."
"Okay, if nothing happens, Miss Chan'er will go back and rest."
Shen Yi stood up and slightly cupped his hands: "Miss Chan'er is being implicated."
"I'll ask Jiang Sheng to take you back."
Ye Chan glanced at Shen Yi and bowed her head slightly to salute.
"If I had known what the young master was going to do before I came here last night."
She raised her head and looked at Shen Yi, gritting her teeth gently: "I will still come."
"If the master wants anything, please tell me."
"Um."
"Jiang Sheng."
Shen Yi shouted: "Send Miss Ye home."
Jiang Sheng responded, trotted all the way to Ye Chan, lowered his head slightly and said, "Miss Ye, please."
Ye Chan followed Jiang Sheng all the way to the front yard. She rolled her eyes and suddenly asked: "Brother Jiang, is there anyone following the young master?"
Jiang Sheng nodded subconsciously, then reacted. He looked back at Ye Chan, and thought of Ye Chan staying in Shen Yi's house all night yesterday. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Miss Ye, my young master was in Yueqing before. He was assassinated by gangsters, so..."
"alright…"
Ye Chan's eyes wandered, and she laughed softly: "I guess I can't listen, so I won't embarrass you little brother."
After saying this, Ye Chan glanced at her back from the corner of her eye.
Then she glanced at Jiang Sheng in front of her.
The way she walked started to look weird.
It seems that walking is not very convenient.
Jiang Sheng felt something strange and looked back at Ye Chan. However, he quickly realized that it would be inconvenient for a few women to walk after losing their virginity, so he lowered his head slightly and said: "Miss Ye, please walk slowly, don't be in a hurry, the carriage is here." Front."
Ye Chan nodded slightly.
"It's okay, just lead the way."
