Besides, Lu Shoushan took Shen Jingdan and his daughter into the stairway of the ship. After passing through a door, what the Shen family's father and daughter could see was a narrow passage that could only allow them to pass each other.
The walls above the head and on both sides are milky white, but the floor under the feet is green. There is a row of white handrails on the wall on the left, and every few steps above the head there is a cover that emits white light, making the entire passage very bright.
Lu Shoushan didn't say anything. He walked a few steps and opened a door on the right. After the Shen family's father and daughter carefully followed in, there was another staircase with iron railings on the right. After going up, they turned left and turned a corner, facing another closed door. There is a piece of white paper taped to the door, with some black lines and arrows drawn on it.
Before the father and daughter could read the words on the white paper clearly, Lu Shoushan opened the door and walked in.
A smell of rice porridge and steamed buns hit your face. This is the kitchen and mess hall on the Thor. The two followed Lu Shoushan closely. After entering the door, they turned left and walked to the end. When they saw him pushing open a door on the right, he said to them: "We're here, please come in."
Shen Jingdan and Shen Xuan were confused by the winding passages and several hatches along the way, so they held on to the railings on the wall and followed them in. The two of them were startled when they looked up and were stunned by the luxury in the house!
On the milky white wall, four large windows are arranged in sequence from left to right, and there is another one facing them; each window is inlaid with a large piece of transparent glass three feet square.
Shen Jingdan had never seen glass windows before, but he had never seen such a large piece of transparent glass. At this time, the sun shone into the house through the window, and he noticed that there was not even a bubble visible on the glass.
During the Qianlong period, domestic glass products mainly came from three places, Boshan, Guangzhou, Shandong, and the Yangxin Palace Building Office of the Qing Dynasty. The glass in Boshan, Shandong comes from Yanshen Town, with a huge output. It mainly produces some screens and various small jewelry items; while the glass produced locally in Guangzhou is of poor quality and the finished product is thin and brittle, so it is also People call it "earth glass"; as for the products produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are mostly various colored glassware and small pieces of flat glass used inside the palace and to reward ministers.
Others include the utensil workshops in Beijing and the "Su Zhu" glass lamps produced in Suzhou. The most famous among them are the various glass snuff bottles produced in Beijing.
Large pieces of flat glass could only be imported from No. 13 Bank of Guangdong. They were expensive and difficult to transport. Only princes and wealthy families could afford them. At this time, a piece of flat imported glass less than two square feet had a market price of three hundred taels of silver, which was equivalent to the price of an ordinary house with three entrances in Suzhou or Beijing. It can be seen how expensive imported glass is.
Shen Jingdan looked away from the glass and saw a large solid wood oval table and several blue cloth-covered chairs in the middle of the room. This one is very average.
Shen Xuan looked up at the small white glass covers on the roof and asked Lu Shoushan very curiously: "Excuse me, what are these?"
Lu Shoushan was stunned because the man in front of him spoke with the same accent as a woman. He replied: "This is the lamp."
"Lamp?" The Shen family's father and daughter were stunned.
"Where did this start the fire?"
"Oh, this doesn't need to be ignited. There is a switch here." Lu Shoushan said and pressed a white button on the wall.
The father and daughter saw that the white lampshades all lit up with a "swish", and then went out again.
"Excuse me, what does this mean?" Shen Xuan continued to ask.
"Uh... I don't understand this either. The master once told me that there is electricity inside, but it won't hurt anyone."
Lu Shoushan didn't care whether they understood or not, he immediately bowed to them and clasped his fists and asked: "Excuse me, two bosses, what exactly do you want to ask me?"
Shen Jingdan glanced at his daughter, clasped his hands and asked, "May I ask your name?"
"Lu Shoushan."
"I heard your accent just now. May I ask if you are from Dongtai?"
"Exactly. But I have been away from home for many years."
"Excuse me, were you a maid in the Xu family's house in Dongtai?" Shen Xuan suddenly asked eagerly in Dongtai dialect. At this time, her tone had changed back to her original voice, and her words were pronounced clearly, like a silver bell.
Lu Shoushan was startled and looked at the "Boss Cheng" in front of him with wide eyes. "May I ask you are?"
"Brother Lu, is there a place to wash here?" Shen Jingdan asked.
"Oh, it's right here. Just open the door and go in." Lu Shoushan walked to a small door in the house, turned on the light and showed them how to use hot and cold water. The "Boss Cheng" thanked him, went in and closed the door.
"Boss Shen, what is going on with you? This Boss Cheng..." Lu Shoushan asked with confusion.
"Brother Lu, please wait a moment and you will understand."
At this time, there were several knocks on the door, the door of the conference room was opened, and Zhao Xin walked in alone.
"Boss Shen, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting. Please sit down."
Zhao Xin originally wanted to drag Liu Sheng over, but Liu Sheng had to go to the bridge to change shifts with Deng Fei, so Zhao Xin let him go.
"Where's that Boss Cheng?" Zhao Xin looked around and asked curiously.
Shen Jingdan was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. Lu Shoushan indicated the location of the bathroom with his eyes.
"Shoushan, quickly make tea for Boss Shen and the others and bring some fruits."
After saying that, Zhao Xin smiled and explained to Shen Jingdan: "I don't have any servants here. Although Shoushan calls me master, in fact, I regard him as a brother. If you don't greet me well, please don't mind, Boss Shen."
"How dare you?"
The two chatted politely for a few words, and Shen Jingdan expressed his admiration for the luxurious decoration in the cabin.
In fact, this so-called conference room was originally the lounge and dining room for the senior crew members on the ship. When Deng Fei was responsible for the renovation before, he converted it into a conference room according to Zhao Xin's request. After removing the middle partition, the area suddenly became much larger and it looked very spacious and bright.
While the two were talking, Lu Shoushan came in carrying a tray with a teapot and teacups. At this time, the door of the bathroom in the conference room was slowly pushed open, and he saw "Boss Cheng" coming out of it. Zhao Xin and Lu Shoushan were stunned immediately!
I saw that "Boss Cheng" was still wearing the same clothes, but his face had completely changed. The originally dark-skinned face is fair and pleasant, with clear pupils and picturesque eyebrows. The unmasked nose looks like beautiful jade, and the red lips and white teeth are stunningly beautiful.
Zhao Xin had a long mouth and stared blankly in front of him as if the figure had walked out of a painting. His heartbeat suddenly surged and his ears were buzzing. He has seen a lot of beauties who have undergone plastic surgery and beautification, but he has never seen many beauties who are natural and unmodified. This little girl doesn't look that big, but she has such an appearance that will bring disaster to the country and the people. If she grows up, she will blind many people!
"Crash!" The tray in Lu Shoushan's hand fell to the ground. He couldn't believe his eyes. "You are? Are you a young lady from the Shen family?!"
"Uncle Lu, do you remember Ah Quan?" Shen Xuan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she burst into tears.
"Miss Ah Quan!" Lu Shoushan didn't care about the teapot and teacups that fell on the floor. He hurriedly took two steps forward, knelt down in front of Shen Xuan, and cried loudly on the ground.
Six years! Six years have passed since Shen Xuan was brought to Shen Jingdan's house for foster care by her father on New Year's Eve of that year. Over the years, she had lived in seclusion, hiding in Tibet, and was always on tenterhooks; she was afraid of being discovered to be the descendant of a treasonous traitor in the imperial court. Now that I finally met my familiar old friend, I suddenly remembered that I was separated from my biological parents forever, and that I was the only one left in the family. All the sorrow that I had suppressed for many years came to my mind.
Zhao Xin came back to his senses at this moment, and saw that the little beauty in front of him was crying and was pale and pale, with fluffy temples, and he couldn't bear it. He turned to Shen Jingdan who was wiping his tears and asked, "Boss Shen, what's going on?"
Shen Jingdan sighed, thinking that Leader Zhao was the master of Lu Shoushan, and then picked up what he could tell and told the old story from beginning to end.
"She is the granddaughter of Shen Chengzhuo (zhuo sounds the same as Zhuo)!"
It’s Dongtai Yizhu Tower again! After Zhao Xin heard this, he felt that he was constantly entangled with this matter. First, I accidentally found the Xu brothers, Lu Shoushan, and Pan Xiucheng on Bear Island, and now I can meet the descendants of Xu Shukui's students in Nagasaki.
He thought that Yancheng, his ancestral home, was just north of Dongtai, and he began to have random thoughts in his mind, maybe his ancestors had something to do with this matter. Could it be that God allowed me to come to the eighteenth century through the jade pendant just to avenge these people?
Jade pendant! Thinking of this, Zhao Xin suddenly felt excited.
Just as he was hesitating whether to take out the jade pendant, he heard Lu Shoushan say to the Shen family and his daughter in a hoarse voice: "If it weren't for Mr. Zhao, the two young masters, myself, and Brother Xiucheng would have become withered bones on a deserted island. In order to treat the eldest young master, Mr. Zhao took care of him naked for several days; later he even accepted the two young masters as his students, and asked Brother Xiucheng and me to work with him."
Zhao Xin felt very embarrassed when he heard Lu Shoushan praising himself. He looked at Lu Shoushan and Shen Xuan who were crying with tears and runny noses, and said: "Don't be sad. It has been so many years, and it is better to survive well. Shoushan, go wash your face first. Clean up."
When Shen Xuan heard this, she suddenly blushed. She knew that she must look ugly now. This is an opportunity for people to remind themselves to freshen up. So he turned around and went into the bathroom again and closed the door.
Lu Shoushan staggered up and was about to clean up the things on the floor. Zhao Xin asked him to wash his face first.
Taking advantage of this time, he smiled at Shen Jingdan and said, "Boss Shen, I admire you very much as a person. The ancients said, 'Gold and jade are not valuable, but loyalty is treasured', and they were talking about people like you."
Shen Jingdan said slowly: "Being entrusted by others and loyal to others, this is how it should be." Then he changed the subject, looked at Zhao Xin and asked: "Leader Zhao, I used clairvoyance to see before, and I thought you were all You are from Nanyang. But today I heard that you all speak fluent Beijing Mandarin. Could you please tell me where you are from?"
"Beihai. I said it before."
"But where is this North Sea?"
Zhao Xin thought for a while before saying: "Well, let's put it this way, our place is still thousands of miles away from Ninggu Pagoda, on the seaside."
"Then what are you..." Shen Jingdan is a southern businessman and has no idea about the far north.
Zhao Xin's mouth was so dry at this time that he raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already past noon. He stopped talking and said to Shen Jingdan: "Boss Shen, it's already noon. You guys should have a quick meal first. I'll go out and have someone bring it over. If you need anything, let's talk after dinner."
"Ah? That boat! I still have to go back to the shore." Shen Jingdan said with a sad face.
"Don't worry, even though the big ship has left, the Japanese have sent a small boat to wait below. If I don't let them go, they won't dare to leave."
(End of chapter)
