He Zhiran answered modestly: "I learned a little bit by chance, and I can barely communicate."
Hu Cong was silent for a long time before speaking again.
"When I first arrived in the northwest, I worked as a coolie at the dock to make ends meet. My wife went to deliver food to me, and she happened to be seen by a passing foreigner.
I don’t know what tricks the foreigner used to make my wife go with him willingly..."
For so many years, Hu Cong has regarded this matter as his own shame and has never mentioned it to anyone.
Maybe it was seeing a foreigner today that triggered the anger that had been buried in his heart for many years, or maybe it was seeing an acquaintance that made him want to vomit his bitterness.
No matter what the reason was, he couldn't help but speak out after all.
Mo Jiuye still had some understanding of Hu Cong's situation. He relied on the imperial examination to reach the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry step by step.
Moreover, Hu Cong was a kind man and only married one wife. Not only that, when he reached middle age, he still had no sons and a half daughters in his family.
Some people persuaded him to marry more concubines to have children, but Hu Cong did not do that.
Hu Cong was sentenced to exile and was not involved in the nine clans. Therefore, only he and his wife were sent here.
Any man, let alone Hu Cong, would not be able to bear the fact that his wife, who was dependent on him, was abducted by a foreigner.
Mo Jiuye reached out and patted Hu Cong's shoulder a few times: "Brother Hu, the matter is over."
Hu Cong nodded with difficulty, and his eyes fell on Henry again.
"Take me to see where the ship is."
Henry was still confused at this moment because He Zhiran did not help him translate Hu Cong's words in time.
He Zhiran quickly started translating again.
First, he translated what Hu Cong said first, and then told the story about Hu Cong's wife being abducted by foreigners.
Henry could only try to defend himself.
"Ms. He Zhiran, please convey to me that this is my first time here and the person who did such a thing is definitely not me.
Also, no matter where there are good people and bad people, I am definitely a good person in our country. "
Hearing Henry's defense, He Zhiran was amused and translated his words to Hu Cong.
Hu Cong sighed.
"I know that there is always a wrongdoer and a debtor, and he didn't do the thing. Naturally, I can't take my anger out on him."
With that said, Hu Cong had already stood up and called Mo Jiuye and others to check out Henry's ship.
There could only be two people sitting outside the mule cart. This time, Henry and Hu Cong sat in the carriage. He Zhiran sat outside and drove the cart with Mo Jiuye.
Walking along the seaside, it took about twenty minutes to arrive at the pier.
Said to be a dock, it is completely different from the prosperity of the Salt Lake dock.
This place belongs to the border of Dashun Dynasty, except for the cargo ships from several coastal cities docking here, there is nothing else.
There are only three cargo ships docked at the pier today.
One of the cargo ships is farther from the shore and has a completely different appearance than the other two cargo ships.
This cargo ship not only has a tall hull, but also has a sail on it.
Obviously, the other two local cargo ships in Dashun did not have sails, but relied entirely on manpower to move forward.
There is no doubt that Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran can conclude that the sailed boat belongs to Henry.
The mule cart stopped, and Henry anxiously opened the curtain and looked outside.
He pointed to his cargo ship and said, "That's that ship. That cargo ship is mine."
The group of people followed Henry to the beach, where a small boat was docked at an inconspicuous location.
Obviously, the cargo ship was so far from the shore, and Henry came ashore in this small boat.
He jumped onto the boat first and then turned around to greet He Zhiran and others.
After arriving under the cargo ship smoothly, Henry shouted a few words to the ship, and someone lowered the rope.
After all, the hull was too high, and Henry was worried that they would be scared. He explained: "This rope is very strong, so don't worry."
After speaking, Henry took the lead in climbing up the rope in order to prove that he was not lying.
Mo Jiuye asked Hu Cong: "Brother Hu, can you go up?"
Hu Cong nodded: "No problem." After saying that, he also imitated Henry and started climbing.
Seeing Hu Cong standing safely on the deck, Mo Jiuye put his arms around He Zhiran's waist, jumped up, and landed lightly next to Henry.
This move made Henry and his companions look stupid.
To his knowledge, he had never known anyone to be able to fly.
He stared at Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran with envy.
"You are so awesome, you can actually fly."
He Zhiran shook his head and laughed, but did not explain anything.
Hu Cong was used to this. When he was in the capital, he had also seen the guards flying over the walls.
As a military general, how could Mo Jiuye not know this kind of skill?
After the foreigners were surprised, He Zhiran urged them.
"Henry, don't you want to repair the ship?"
Henry put back his distant thoughts and led a few people to the top of the cargo ship with his companions.
He Zhiran doesn't know how to repair ships, so all he can do now is help Henry translate.
After some explanation, Hu Cong had a rough understanding of the fault of the cargo ship, and he checked it alone.
Henry left his assistant there to cooperate with Hu Cong, and planned to take Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran to visit the cargo ship.
He Zhiran had no interest in this primitive cargo ship.
She knew that foreigners in this era came here across the ocean just to make money.
When foreigners came over, they would fill the warehouses of cargo ships with their own goods, sell them in Dashun, and then bring back some Dashun specialties.
So it was the goods that Henry had brought that interested her.
"Henry, can you show me your goods?"
Although Henry came to Dashun for the first time, he also discovered in the past few days while looking for ship repairers in Yuncheng that whether the people here live a prosperous life can be seen from their clothes.
He was certain that He Zhiran and her husband were not wealthy people.
Therefore, he never expected to do business with them.
Even so, Henry happily agreed to He Zhiran's request.
He Zhiran helped him so much, so it would be good to open their eyes.
Henry led the two of them into the warehouse and lifted off the tarpaulin covering the goods.
All the goods he brought fell into the eyes of the two.
Henry pointed to the goods with some pride and said: "These are good things from our country. You can visit them as you like."
He Zhiran was not unfamiliar with these things at all.
In addition to some grains that were not available in the Dashun Dynasty, there were also ceramic tiles that did not look very fine in workmanship, fabrics woven by foreigners, plate glass and glass products.
Seeing the glass, He Zhiran thought that he would need to build a house in the future, and these glasses could come in handy.
Moreover, it was obtained from foreigners in a fair and honest manner, so there is no problem of being shady at all.
