Life and death have life, wealth is in the sky, and non-human beings can be strong.

Everything that can be done has been done, and the rest can only be left to the flow.

For Qin Qiong, it can only depend on his luck.

After Xia Hongsheng taught the cook of the Qin Mansion, he also resigned. It's useless to stay here, just wait for news in ten days.

Back in Jingyang, the families were preparing for the New Year, and Xia Hongsheng suddenly realized that the year was going to pass again.

I just sat down in the study, ready to be quiet for a while. Outside, the butler's voice came, saying, "Childe, there is a person outside, saying that there is a letter from an old friend in Luoyang, and he wants to hand it over to Childe." ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head, sighed and stood up again, and said, "Call him to come to the study." ”

After a while, the voice of the butler came from outside, and someone brought it.

Xia Hongsheng asked him to open the door and come in, and after the man entered the house, he first saluted, and then took out a letter with both hands and presented it to Xia Hongsheng respectfully.

"Are things going well?" Xia Hongsheng asked as he took the letter.

"Back to the general's words, there were a few times in the middle, but fortunately, there was no danger, and they were all resolved." The man replied, "So far, it's going well." ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, saw that the seal on the letter was intact, and then tore open the letterhead.

The letter was written in ciphertext, and it was sent by Gongsun Hongyu.

Xia Hongsheng ordered the housekeeper to take him outside to rest, eat something, and warm up. He went back to the inner room of the study, turned out the ciphertext book, and compared it.

The content of the letter was not long, and Gongsun Hongyu only passed the message that Maitreya was preparing to join forces with Manichaeism. There was a consensus that Maitreya mixed into Manichaeism and changed its identity, while Manichaeism relied on Maitreya to open the way for the people of Middle-earth. Preparing to make some moves in Chang'an after the year, it seems that it is to bring miracles to attract people's trust.

There is also some information about the hiding places of Maitreya, which is very useful.

After reading it, Xia Hongsheng turned around and threw the letter into the coal stove and burned it, called the spy over again, and asked, "You may have seen Gongsun Hongyu with your own eyes?" ”

The spy nodded, "You can try to meet Miss Gongsun." ”

"Okay, you tell her in person, she is doing a good job, let her continue to stare at the Maitreya Sect, find out where the Maitreya Sect is going to do these things, and what miracles are going to be done. As for the hiding places of those Maitreya sects, I will send people to keep an eye on them, and don't startle the snakes for the time being. Xia Hongsheng instructed: "Tell him again that when Chang'an City was broken, many people in the workshop escaped." Among them, there was a pianist who escaped from the palace with his apprentice. He became a Taoist priest in the Wuyi area. That apprentice seems to be the grandson of the Fu surname. I have already asked Yi Qiulou to send someone to investigate. ”

"Obedience!" The man saluted and received the commandment.

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "It's getting late, you will rest in the mansion tonight and leave tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, General!" The spy said again.

After the spy left, Xia Hongsheng walked to the door, and the cold wind blew into his neck, which made people suddenly sober up.

The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, why are there always some people who don't want to see this peaceful scene, and they have to stir up the chaos in the world before they are happy?

Manichaeism - that is, the Ming religion of the future. In the original history, due to the increasingly inconvenient communication between China and Central Asia, the foreign religions in Middle-earth could no longer receive external support and influence. All Western religions were at a crossroads at this point. Only religions that can be fully accepted by the Han people and conform to the Han people's habits of thinking can survive. Manichaeism then changed its name and entered the people, but was borrowed by various resistance forces, and could not develop on a large scale as a religion. Now the Tang Dynasty's exchanges with Central Asia are too smooth, but it gives Manichaeism a chance to live their minds.

Is it so easy to enter the Central Plains? Still use such indiscriminate methods!

Xia Hongsheng sneered, miracles? In this era, I'm afraid there is no one who can do miracles more than this son.

It seems that I have to go to Xuandu Temple in a few days, and presumably Yuan Tiangang, the old bull nose, will be very willing to slap the face of some foreign forces who are trying to get involved in the Tang Dynasty's religious circle.

Let Yuan Tiangang and Daomen go out of this way, Xia Hongsheng himself is still hiding in the shadows, and he is not afraid of letting them suspect Gongsun Hongyu.

"Meet Childe." A person walked in outside the courtyard, and when he entered the door, he saw Xia Hongsheng standing at the door, so he called out.

"Xu's account, what's the matter?" Xia Hongsheng looked at the person who came and asked.

"Back to Gongzi, the big shopkeepers of several industries have handed over letters, saying that the accounts have been sorted out and the annual meeting can be held at any time." Xu said to Xia Hongsheng: "During the day, the son was not there, and the little one knew that the son was back, so he hurried to report."

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and asked again: "Have you teased and checked this year's accounts?" “

"I've checked them all." Xu account room is Xia Hongsheng's royal accountant, and he was the first to learn the loan bookkeeping method from Xia Hongsheng, and then taught the accounts of those industries, although Xia Hongsheng was only sent out by the unit as a new recruit to learn some accounting and auditing skins and basics, but it is also much more convenient than their original method.

"How's it going?" Xia Hongsheng is concerned about this year's earnings, after all, after spring, there will be several more spenders.

Xu Shufang shook his head: "It's not as good as in previous years, although this year's income is not a loss, it is still a big profit, but the income is nearly thirty percent less than last year." ”

"Sancheng?!" Xia Hongsheng's eyes widened: "What's the situation?!" ”

"Within Datang, compared with last year's, there has been an improvement. Overseas side of the decrease in revenue. The sea route has improved greatly, and the income is much higher than last year. However, due to the increase in costs, the efficiency of land transportation has been greatly reduced, which has lowered the overall level, resulting in the overall income being more than two percent lower than last year. ”

"By land?!" Xia Hongsheng was taken aback: "The Tang Dynasty is on good terms with Persia, and it has halved the tariffs on my son's caravan, why is the income so much lower?!" Is there a mistake?! ”

Xu Ledger shook his head: "Xiao was also very surprised when he checked the accounts before, and after careful inspection, he found that the increase in the cost of land routes was not in Persia, but in the countries of the Western Regions. ”

"The countries of the Western Regions!" Xia Hongsheng gritted his teeth a little.

"Gaochang, Heshuo, Kucha, Baicheng, Ruoqiang, and Mo ......" Xu Ledger counted his fingers and said: "These small countries in the Western Regions are like moths, and everyone wants to take a bite from the caravan!" After biting down like this, the cost of the land caravan increased dramatically. ”

"The Western Regions Kingdoms...... Where did they get the guts! Xia Hongsheng was furious: "Who gnawed the most?" ”

"Gao Changguo." Xu said: "Gaochang Country alone accounts for nearly half of the increased costs!" ”

"Gao Chang!" Xia Hongsheng gritted his teeth: "Tomorrow morning, call someone out to deliver a letter, convene all shareholders of all industries, and hold an annual meeting in Zuixian Building the day after tomorrow!" ”