Huang Shang said: "I said this, isn't it too deliberate? Besides, what the third brother lacks is just a communication channel. I gave him this channel, and the rest is his business. Li Ziyi and his family are high-ranking officials and relatives. It has a huge impact on the court. We don’t need to mention this kind of thing, he will mention it himself, and we will just go with the flow and there is no need to talk about it."
Li Canghai rolled his eyes. Huang Shang's style of keeping silent and waiting for others to speak even though he clearly wanted it was really despising.
However, you can't deny the truth in his words. The need for this matter is more urgent from the official side.
As for the Quanzhou Huang family who was dumped, even the Song Dynasty officials were helpless. When they wanted to reuse you, they dropped the chain themselves. I really can’t blame others. The officials have no obligation to complain for you and will only reuse new partners.
Huang Shang did not go back to Quanzhou, but went directly back to Yanping. At this time, the Huang family in Quanzhou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Three cargo ships were robbed in a row. The money lost was a trivial matter. The Quanzhou Huang family with a big family and business could afford it. The most important thing was that they were no longer able to land in Goryeo.
The imperial court had just given him the task of communicating with Goryeo officials, and it was such a coincidence that he lost contact with Goryeo. He would never believe that no one was plotting against him, but he never expected that it was related to Huang Jinyuan.
Huang Shen received news that the pirates who robbed his home were the most powerful pirates on the East Asian sea.
In the past, this group of pirates never robbed themselves, but only robbed cargo ships from Korea, Japan and other countries. This caused buyers from Korea and Japan to have no way to get the goods themselves, so they had to ask for help.
They thought they had dealt with this group of pirates, resulting in greater profits for themselves.
I have long thought about visiting this group of pirates, but I have never been able to find a way. And because I have always been safe, I am not in a hurry to get to know them. But at this critical moment, this group of pirates took action against themselves.
Huang Shen did not doubt Huang Jinyuan because he knew that Huang Jinyuan's ship basically did not go this way. If he had friendship with the pirates here, how could he abandon this sea area.
But now that Huang Shen is in trouble, he still thinks of Huang Jinyuan.
When things started to go wrong, Huang Shen thought of solving the problem through the martial arts masters enshrined in his family, but how could a truly top master succumb to a business family?
They all abandoned their armor in front of Huang Feng. Huang Shen wanted to invite experts in the arena, but no expert was willing to take the risk with him.
The world of pirates is more barbaric than Jianghu, and they are two completely different worlds. These pirates are all foreign barbarians. Which famous person is willing to go to the sea to meet this unknown?
At this time, Huang Shen thought of Huang Jinyuan. Huang Jinyuan's ability to travel such a long distance without incident was due to his own strength. Ever since he saw Qiao Feng's martial arts, he became even more convinced that the Yanping Huang clan was superior in martial arts. And they are different from ordinary Jianghu people. They are also seafarers and must be no strangers to pirates.
Huang Jinyuan originally wanted to intervene in this communication with Goryeo officials, but was excluded by himself. Now it seems that he has to be allowed to join.
Huang Shen is not worried about Huang Jinyuan's disapproval, because his difficulty lies at sea. As long as he lands in Korea, the rest of the relationship will have to rely on his years of accumulation.
But he miscalculated this time. Excluding the Quanzhou Huang family was not only Huang Jinyuan's wish, but also Li Ziyi's intention. Taking this opportunity, the diplomatic power between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo was bound to be reshuffled. The new nobles came to power and the old forces were eliminated.
Huang Jinyuan just argued that Huang Shang was not there and could not be found. Without Huang Shang, he could not solve the problem.
The Huang family in Quanzhou and the Huang family in Yanping had always had a relatively harmonious cooperative relationship. However, due to the Goryeo incident, the two "Shenzhou" ships customized by Huang Shen had to be shelved because they could not pass the sea channel.
The two ships were customized for Mr. Guan. He did not dare to let Mr. Guan take risks easily. If something happened to the envoy official of the Song Dynasty on his ship, he would not be able to survive.
Huang Shang didn't go back to Quanzhou not to avoid Huang Shen's call for help, but because he didn't stay in Quanzhou when he was fine.
He has already taken care of this matter, so he doesn't have to worry about the rest. Although his apprentice is gone, he still has his father at home. He is not a person who likes to be adventurous, so staying at home has always been his first choice.
Huang Shang is the youngest son, now in his thirties. His father is old and his health is not as good as before. It's not that he has any disease, but that he is weak from a lifetime of hard work.
Huang Shang is the master of the apricot forest. This time he brought back some precious ginseng from Korea, which was just in time for his father's health.
Huang Shang advised his father: "Dad is already so old, so don't worry about everything. Now, under the leadership of dad, our Huang family is already doing great, and we are always content."
Patriarch Huang's eyes widened, and then he sighed. He no longer had the same energy as before, but only the helplessness of a hero in his twilight years.
He wanted to give up the position of clan leader, but there was no suitable successor.
Over the years, he had long discovered that this younger son was different. Huang Jinyuan's business success was inseparable from Huang Shang's help. It was a pity that his cleverness was not used in the right place. He never thought that Huang Shang would deliberately fail the imperial examination, because there was no such person in his heart.
Huang Shang is smart enough, but he is not suitable to be the clan leader. With his lazy personality, if he becomes the clan leader, the Huang family will be doomed. Huang Jinyuan is also a talented person, but unfortunately, in his eyes, business is not the right path after all.
Patriarch Huang Lao said: "It's a pity that our Huang family has never produced a No. 1 scholar in so many years. As long as I can see a No. 1 scholar, I will die in peace."
Huang Shang was speechless and didn't know how to comfort him. He thought for a long time and said: "Now our Song Dynasty is going to resume official contact with Goryeo. In the early stage, we need smugglers to communicate on our behalf. Third brother has the opportunity to participate. Once third brother can join this diplomacy, The team, this is good for the whole family.”
Patriarch Huang's spirits perked up after hearing this, and he immediately beamed with joy and said nonstop: "Okay, okay! The third child is still very capable."
Then he sighed again: "It's a pity that he can't study. This kind of thing is rare. After all, studying is the right way, and it is the path for most people."
The dream of becoming the number one scholar has become the obsession of the old patriarch. As he gets older, his hope becomes increasingly slim.
Huang Shang recalled that when his old father was young, he motivated the whole family with great enthusiasm. He was definitely a master of chicken babies. Now that he is really old, he no longer has the energy to think about chicken babies.
Huang Shang was also affected by his father's emotions and could only say: "Dad, please be relieved."
(End of chapter)
