Shen Jingdan did not answer Lu Jun's question, but first closed the door to the outer room, entered the inner room, closed the door again, and then sat down.
Luyun knew that her "husband-in-law" must have something to say, so he sat down quietly, added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove, and put the kettle on.
At this time, Shen Xuan also returned to sit down on her father's left side, carefully looking at Lu Jun who was busy opposite. She had heard her father mention it on the boat, and now she finally saw it.
She has an oval-shaped face, lightly dusted with white powder, but her eyebrows and eyes are very attractive.
Her glossy black hair was styled into a Nabemachi temple that only married women had, with an anvil-shaped maki-e hairpin inserted into it; a cute yellow-dyed gold hairpin was inserted into the knotted part of Nabemachi's hair. Painted ivory comb. In addition, she also has a coral jade hairpin on her head. At first glance, although his appearance is not very outstanding, he is still very delicate.
Shen Xuan secretly thought: "The so-called bright eyebrows and wise eyes are talking about people like her, right? No wonder dad would take her into his estrangement."
Shen Jingdan was handed a tea cup by Lu Yun. After drinking the tea slowly, he slowly told Lu Yun why he brought Shen Xuan to Nagasaki.
Lu Yun sat quietly without saying a word. Based on her understanding of Shen Jingdan, there must be something else going on with Shen Xuan, which made Shen Jingdan take her to hide in Nagasaki regardless of the consequences.
After Shen Jingdan finished speaking, he looked at Lu Yun and said, "I never mentioned Ah Quan's life experience to you. I brought her to Nagasaki this time because I was worried that the Wang family would find out her family background, which would eventually lead to a catastrophe. Woe."
At this time, Shen Xuan did not speak, and slowly lowered her head. Her eyes began to turn red, probably remembering the sad things in the past.
Lu Jun looked at the young girl opposite, with hair like clouds and eyes like water. Although she was wearing a man's coarse cotton clothes, she was so charming after removing the cover. Even seeing a woman like this, she also There will be a sense of divine light and ethereal light.
She couldn't help but secretly sigh, what kind of family could give birth to such a woman!
While Lu Yun was thinking wildly, she heard Shen Jingdan continue: "I have told you before that the surname of Shen in the world is Wuxing."
Lu Yun nodded. Shen Jingdan once told her that all the people with the surname Shen in Jiangnan came from Wuxing, Suzhou.
Shen Jingdan glanced at Shen Xuan and sighed before saying: "Aquan's grandfather was named Shen Chengzhuo. Her family was involved in a major imperial case in the forty-third year of Qianlong's reign. Her family survived. Yes, she is the only one left."
After Lu Yun heard Shen Jingdan's words, he looked at Shen Xuan in shock.
"Ah Quan's father and I were playmates when we were in the prime ministerial period. Later, when Brother Shen was twelve years old, his family moved from Wuxing to Taizhou; and my family later moved to Yangzhou.
More than 20 years ago, I once went to Guangzhou to deliver goods. I encountered a robber on the road. They robbed me of the goods and kidnapped me for ransom. I had just started doing business at that time, and my family didn't have much money. My goods had been robbed, and I couldn't afford the ransom.
After receiving the letter from the kidnapper, the father of the family looked for someone to ask for help. In the end, Brother Shen Renyi found out about this and raised money everywhere, and finally paid the ransom. This is how I can survive. "
Shen Jingdan recalled the past with tears in his eyes. Lu Jun took out the handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to him. Shen Jingdan wiped the corners of his eyes and looked at Shen Xuan, who was sobbing softly, in silence for a while.
Seeing this, Lu Yun quickly changed the tea in the cups for him and Shen Xuan. She has known Shen Jingdan for many years, but she has never heard him say these things.
After being helped by Shen Xuan's father, Shen Jingdan found out about it when he returned home, so he made a special trip to Taizhou to thank him.
Shen Xuan's grandfather Shen Chengzhuo was studying under Xu Shukui in Dongtai at that time. He was devoted to studying and studying knowledge, and he looked down upon Shen Jingdan, an ordinary businessman. Clues were revealed in some words, and Shen Jingdan, who was quick-thinking, understood immediately that people looked down on him.
So he kowtowed three times to Shen Chengzhuo to thank him for saving his life. He also thanked Shen Xuan's father profusely and left. Before leaving, he promised Shen Xuan's father that if he needed his help in the future, he would not hesitate to go bankrupt.
In the years that followed, Shen Jingdan's business gradually improved, and he also returned the financial support from Shen Xuan's father. But because of his business, he was traveling at sea for eight or nine months of the year, and he had no time to keep in touch with Shen Xuan's father.
After more than ten years of this, on the night of the first day of the 43rd year of Qianlong's reign, Shen Xuan's father suddenly brought his daughter to Yangzhou and found Shen Jingdan's home.
"Brother Shen and his wife only had Ah Quan as their children at that time, and they regarded her as a treasure. Before the incident, Brother Shen had already noticed it, so he secretly sent nine-year-old Ah Quan to my house, and then I secretly took her Placed it in the old house in Nanjing, and asked my wife to take care of it."
"After arranging this matter, I went to Guangzhou to handle the goods. Who knew that after I came back half a year later, I heard that A Quan's family had been taken to the capital and beheaded.
In this way, I would be even more afraid to let Ah Quan show his face. By the year before last, I saw that the news of the major case had passed, and no one in the market or at the Wu Xing Shen family mentioned it anymore. I then brought her back to Yangzhou from Nanjing and told the public that she was born to one of my aunts.
Unexpectedly, only a year after returning to Yangzhou, Ah Quan's appearance was spread among the women in the market, and the threshold for marriage proposal was exceeded at first. "
Shen Jingdan stopped suddenly when he said this. He thought for a while and turned to Shen Xuan and said, "Lujun is not an outsider. He has been with his father for several years. And there is no such thing as that in the Japanese country."
Lu Yun was very curious and didn't understand what Shen Jingdan was talking about. However, after hearing Shen Jingdan's words, Shen Xuan, who had gradually stopped crying, suddenly looked very embarrassed.
"Just follow daddy's orders in everything." Shen Xuan straightened her body and knelt down on the rush mat like Lu Jun, with her feet together, trying not to reveal anything.
Shen Jingdan said helplessly: "My wife and I have been worried over the years, worried that one day the government would suddenly come to our door. So in order to facilitate transfer at any time, we did not dare to let her have her feet bound. In this way, serious wealthy people know How could I agree later? The marriage has been delayed forever."
When Shen Jingdan said this, Shen Xuan's little face turned red and she lowered her head and said nothing.
Lu Jun was thinking smartly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I understand what my husband means. Now that I know Miss Shen's past, I should take good care of her. In a few days, my husband will be busy with selling goods. Miss Shen I will be with you here, and the guards at the door will not find you. Even here, just don’t worry."
After hearing Lu Yun's words, Shen Jingdan smiled on his face. He twirled his beard and said, "With you taking care of me, I'll feel more at ease."
After two days of this, Shen Jingdan left the house and went to the dock to accompany the officials of the execution office. He asked the officials to count the varieties and quantities of the goods one by one, and the officials of the execution office weighed and kept accounts one by one.
After this, there will be "big changes". After the Nagasaki Executive Office has reviewed the samples of the goods unloaded from his ship one by one, it will issue a trading license to the Japanese merchants who bid for the goods.
The Japanese merchants agreed to start trading, and carried out "value grouping" according to their convenience, that is, negotiating and signing contracts. The small officials (Muri) in charge of various commodities began to negotiate the transaction prices of the commodities sold with the various cargo owners on the ship.
This process will last for a long time, and some valuable goods require back-and-forth negotiation between the two parties, which can be delayed for more than ten days.
Of course, if the final negotiation fails, the goods can be shipped back to the country. For those goods whose prices can be negotiated, a price list will be prepared, bids will be made, and the goods will be resold to one of the "five merchants" (five merchants designated by Nagasaki Magistrate) with the highest bid.
Shen Jingdan has been traveling to Nagasaki for many years. In the early days, he was also a cargo owner, and later became a ship owner.
More than ten days later, he had sold all the goods on the ship. Next, he has to purchase products other than the specified amount of refined copper.
And this will be a long process lasting one or two months.
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Zhao Xin stood by the dock of the pier, looking at the bulk carrier that finally belonged to his own name, and he was still very excited. The procedures for the single shipping company that my cousin is in charge of have almost completed the process.
After Zhao Xin privately paid an extra construction fee and worked overtime for many days, the cargo ship has completed general maintenance and repairs and related structural reinforcement projects. After the single ship company is established and the registration is completed, the cargo ship is filled with oil. You can leave at any time.
Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng have been guarding the dock since the third day of the Lunar New Year. During this period, Ding Guofeng and Deng Fei initially learned about the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment on cargo ships.
Ever since he learned about Zhao Xin's "cannon on board" plan, he had been waiting with great expectation for the day when the cargo ship sailed outside Edo Bay in the 18th century and fired two cannons together into Edo Bay.
During this period, in addition to using overbearing means to transport the five modern people to the eighteenth century, Zhao Xin also snapped up two thirty-meter-long maritime patrol ships from a shipyard in the north at a price exceeding 20%. Law enforcement boat.
After the guy signed the contract and made the payment, he felt that it was too troublesome to go through the relevant procedures, so he rented a temporary warehouse at the port dock in that city, and he asked people to deliver the ship directly to the warehouse.
The manufacturer is also very strange. Even if you are crying and shouting to pay more, you must first get these two patrol boats that have been launched and completed the trial; and they have to work overtime to install antifreeze equipment for fresh water pipelines.
But after you buy it, you send it to the warehouse?
Zhao Xin ignored the doubts raised by the manufacturer's sales staff. He took the ship away the next day after it entered the warehouse. As for the subsequent cancellation procedures, he left it to his cousin to complete.
The two parties to the goods transaction on Andrew's side have already negotiated. Except for the first payment, which will be paid by transfer, the payment for subsequent transactions will be directly traded in gold.
This condition surprised Andrew and his uncle. Gold can maintain its value better than any currency. Could it be that Mr. Zhao still has a gold mine in Africa? I will send someone to investigate another day.
After reaching an agreement with Andrew on the phone, Zhao Xin put down the phone with a sinister smile on his face.
"MMP, since you are so shameless, don't blame me for going to the 18th century to use force to blackmail you."
