Chapter 90: The Pseudo-Coin Merchant in "City of Light" (Part 1)

In the spring of the second year of Yuanyou, the ninth day of the second lunar month, on March 15, the vernal equinox, in the inner city of Bianliang, Tokyo, Baijia Lane outside Donghuamen, at noon. Su Dongpo leisurely got out of the sedan chair, and a servant who was accompanying him cleverly reached out to support him. Su Shi shook the servant's hand away and lowered his head to walk into the house.

Just as he was walking towards the threshold, a crisp childish voice suddenly sounded across the street: "Dad... do you think he is Dad?"

The street where Su Shi is located is a bustling street, and along the street are a series of shops. At noon, the shouts of the guys' hawking come one after another. The childish voice is very weak, but it gives him a strange feeling of flesh and blood connection. It seems that the "Dad" is calling him. He can't help but stop and turn his head to look across the street.

A group of people stood across the street. First, there was a very tall man. He was holding a pink child in his hand and was pointing Su Shi's back and talking in a low voice to the child.

Su Shi immediately recognized the man and also recognized the child in the other party's hands - the tall man was Zhao Xing, and the child in his hands - must be Su Dun.

In an instant, Su Shi burst into tears.

This was the first time he had seen his youngest son since his separation. Three years ago, shortly after Zhao Xing left, Emperor Shenzong ordered the transfer of Su Shi to Ruzhou to serve as the deputy envoy of the Ruzhou Tuanlian. Although this was only a transfer, Ruzhou was closer to the capital, and he was a criminal official in Huangzhou, and he could sign official documents when he arrived in Ruzhou. This transfer was equivalent to disguised dismissed his identity as a criminal official.

According to Zhao Xing's instructions, Su Shi entrusted Su Dun to the head of Cheng Tong to foster him before leaving, and got up on his own. However, due to the long journey and the future was unknown, he applied to live in Changzhou.

Changzhou has the grave of his first love, his cousin. He used to buy a piece of land there to wait for his first love. Emperor Shenzong approved his request, but when he arrived in Changzhou, there were rumors that he would be promoted to the prefect of Dengzhou.

At first, Su Shi did not believe this rumor because there were no relevant reports in the newspaper. But then the rumor confirmed that he was urging him to take office by the imperial envoy. At this time, Su Shi had received news from Chen Qing. Since Zhao Xing had not returned for a long time and Cheng Azhu was lonely staying alone in the empty room, he asked to raise Su Dun. Su Dun is slowly transporting it to Hangzhou from the water.

Su Shi decided to go to Dengzhou by sea to take up his post, and went to Hangzhou first, and took a look at his youngest son Su Dun. However, he failed to take shape in the end. On the way, he met the Cheng clan convoy who was transporting goods to Quanzhou. He learned that for safety, the ship transporting Su Dun was walking very slowly and might not arrive in Hangzhou in a few months.

Su Shi couldn't afford to wait. Considering that he had to go around in the end, he decided to continue fostering Su Dun. He took the Cheng clan convoy to Quanzhou and boarded the ship from Quanzhou... Then, Shenzong passed away, and the seven-year-old Zhezong succeeded to the throne. Su Shi's "fan" Empress Dowager Gao ruled behind the curtain, and he was transferred back to the capital.

In this way, three busy years have passed. Su Shi occasionally heard some clips of news from the Cheng clan, saying that Su Dun was very good and was taken care of by Azhu very carefully. Zhao Xing has been traveling overseas. His fleet returns to China from time to time to transport goods and bring back some new news to everyone know that he is still alive.

It has been three years since Su Shi saw his child for the first time. Seeing that he was raised so cutely by the other party, he couldn't help but burst into tears. He snatched the child and shouted, "My son, my son!"

This behavior scared Su Dun. He cried nervously and quickly shouted to Azhu: "Mom, hug! hug!"

Su Dun's voice was too loud, and Su Shi had no choice but to hand over Su Dun. Seeing Su Dun hiding in Azhu's arms, he turned his head awkwardly and asked Zhao Xing: "Li Ren, I won't leave when I come back this time... Look, I'm rude to my teacher, how can I stand on the side of the road and talk? Go in and talk in the room."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chaoyun ran out quickly when she heard the news of the child. She hid from Azhu's arms and cried in pain.

It was strange that Su Dun did not cry when he came to her arms.

Chaoyun gave birth to his son Su Dun at the age of fourteen. The mother and son separated after Su Dun were not as old as one year old. When she saw the child, she couldn't help but burst into tears. When she finished crying, she shed tears, and then she found that Cheng Azhu next to Zhao Xing... also had a short strange beauty.

This beauty was wearing white silk and her skin was fair, but although her clothes were simple and elegant, her jewelry was outrageous. She had pearls and jade, her hair was filled with stunning steps, and her sleeves were full of gold and silver... Compared with Cheng Azhu's simple and clean clothes, it made people feel that this girl was even more arrogant.

Mrs. Wang also immediately welcomed her. She brought the 16-year-old Su Feng and 14-year-old Su Guo to welcome her youngest son who had been separated for a long time. However, when she saw her husband, she seemed to have something to say to the guest, and quickly welcomed Azhu and the strange beauty into the back hall to talk about her feelings after the farewell.

After a while, only men remained in the hall.

Su Shi knew Jin Buer, Xiao Feng, Xiao Qi, and Chen Buqun around Zhao Xing, but he didn't know the short man. Judging from his appearance, the man was very similar to the strange woman just now, and the two seemed to be brother and sister. He was about to exchange greetings and ask, Zhao Xing pulled the strange man to introduce to Su Shi: "Teacher, this is Chen Gongchuan, a scholar of the Great Yue Kingdom."

Chen Gongchuan was so excited that his whole body was weak, his lips trembled for a long time but could not speak. Su Shi looked up and down at the other party and said humbly: "I heard that what the Yue people learned was the legacy of the prince (the father of Wang Bo). In front of the prince, I am a junior, and I dare not speak poetry easily. Let's do this, let's exchange poetry and essays when you have time, okay?"

Su Shi was a great scholar and his poetry was resounding throughout Asia, but he didn't know it yet. Chen Gongchuan also heard that Zhao Xing was going back to China, so he pestered Zhao Xing to come to Song State, hoping that Zhao Xing could introduce his idol.

Such a Shihao, who made the king change his color, actually talked with a young boy with a happy face. Why didn't Chen Gongchuan feel so excited that he was weak all over? He stumbled for a long time before he took out a collection of poems from his body and plucked up the courage to hand it over: "This is a kid's game, please give the bachelor's answer to the topic."

Su Shi took the collection of poems and read them politely. Zhao Xing appreciated the poems, but was not interested in other people's fanaticism. He waved to Su Shi's servant, and casually ordered him as if he was at home: "You, go to the dock with my people, and I asked them to move some luggage... By the way, what's your name?"

The servant bowed humbly: "Male and female master Yan - Master Gao Yan."

Su Shi quickly introduced to Zhao Xing: "This is my little history... Master Yan, listen to the instructions of the people in the world."

Then Su Shi lowered his head and read Chen Gongchuan's collection of poems, and commented slightly with politeness. Chen Gongchuan was so excited that he was on the verge of losing control. Zhao Xing saw that the other party was in a dangerous mood, so he lifted the other party's neck without hesitation, carried it to the door and put it down, and then patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Go to find your sister and come back when the mood is calm."

Looking at Chen Gongchuan's staggering back, Su Shi said thoughtfully: "This person's family background is not simple. His clothes are of excellent quality, his needlework is extremely well-proportioned, and his workmanship is there..." Su Shi pointed to the direction of the palace and continued: "...the difference is not the same. In Jiaozhi, he can do such a family..."

Zhao Xing nodded: "This guy's father is a confidant of King Li, and he is currently the commander-in-chief and Privy Councilor of the State of Yue."

What Zhao Xing didn't know was that after the Li Dynasty in Vietnam was passed down for several generations, there was only one female descendant left in the family. The woman surnamed Li finally married the Chen family man and passed the throne to his husband. Then, Vietnam entered the Chen Dynasty.

The Chen Gongchuan family is working in business with Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing has a very "interest sharing" concept. The Chen family is now equivalent to his collaborator in Vietnam. It is precisely based on this relationship that Chen Gongchuan's father asked Zhao Xing to bring his third son to the State of Song and worship him at Su Shi's disciple.

History has changed. There is a fanatical Su Shi fan in Vietnam's history. He was the ancestor of the Chen Dynasty in Vietnam. In his later years, this "Su fan" imitated the West Lake compiled by Su Shi and built a Vietnamese version of the "West Lake" everywhere in Vietnam.

However, Chen Gongchuan's appearance made history deviate from the track. His eldest brother did not come to Song State, but the boy Chen Gongchuan.

Su Shi's guess was confirmed. He was very satisfied with his vision. He waved his hand and asked Chen Gongchuan to come to the study to reunite: "I happen to have something to ask him, so you can listen together."

While waiting for Chen Gongchuan, Su Shi asked with concern: "Where have you been there in the past three years? Oh, what about the overseas scenery?"

"Well... I spent the first year in Dayue. At the beginning of the next year, my ship arrived... The court called the country of black clothes and food, but they called themselves the "Abbas Dynasty". I arrived at their shipbuilding port - a city called "Oman"...

In the third year, I went to the continent opposite Oman - that was the continent of Africa, also known as ‘Africa’. I visited several African countries…and then, I came back.

It took me three years to open up a complete trade route, and African merchants have agreed to turn over goods by my fleet. At present, that continent is brewing a war... a rare war. A continent in the northern part of the African continent is going to fight against the continents near them, and hundreds of countries will be involved in the war.

The African merchant agreed to help me buy the goods I needed and distribute them to what I shipped over - whether the goods belong to Song State or Abbas. I left enough staff at the supply points along the way, and agreed that they would rotate every three years. After this trade route was opened, the rest was to operate, and I would probably stay in China for a long time - if nothing went wrong, maybe I would only go out by chance.

As for the scenery along the way..."

Su Shi suddenly remembered something and interrupted Zhao Xing's statement: "There is a spring examination this year, and this is a 'living duty' of a subject. You should hurry to Huangzhou to ask for a certificate of hometown, and it will happen to take the spring exam."

Zhao Xing shrugged: "I'm coming for this... Teacher, I want to take the exam for the examination in the system."
Chapter completed!