Hearing that it was to avenge her husband, Zhao Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that she took it, Gwyneth's husband Wells died of illness, and there are actually few enemies, one is the one who injured him on the ship of the caravan, and this account can be counted on the head of the caravan, but presumably the Wells family can breathe this out in their own country. There is also the merchant who deceived Wells of the goods, and even the servant who betrayed the lord cannot be regarded as the main master. These are all foreigners, and Gwyneth wants revenge, which is also an internal contradiction between foreigners. If the merchant who cheated the goods climbed into Dachu or something, he wouldn't be a die-hard loyalist. Although the Zhao family has withdrawn from the center of power and is becoming more and more marginalized, there is still some prestige, and if something really happens, others will not make enemies with the Zhao family for the sake of a foreigner.

But then again, the relationship between the Zhao family and Gwyneth has not yet reached that point, and Zhao Xiu is unwilling to cause trouble. Gwyneth doesn't plan to make it clear about her purpose for befriending the Zhao family, and she is happy to pretend not to know, but she wants to secretly inquire about which big man that merchant has climbed. If the relationship between the Zhao family and Gwyneth is close in the future, and the big man does not plan to protect the merchant to the death, Zhao Xiu feels that his family is not unable to help Gwyneth.

Wells was seriously ill, and he brought a little goods with him, even if he wanted to reduce the price, but he caused people to lose all their money, and he did it too much. It's still an acquaintance. This kind of person stays in Dachu, and I don't know how many people will be harmed.

Zhao Xiu figured it out, so he went back to the backyard to see his grandmother. Grandmother Zhang had already heard from the girl's mother-in-law about her meeting with Gwyneth, and said with a smile: "It seems that she is a woman who knows how to be polite." The clothes she wears are also regular, not as others say, the red-haired woman's dress is immoral. I heard that she is still a little lady born in an official eunuch's family? ”

Zhao Xiu told the Zhang family about Gwyneth's life experience. Zhang Shi frowned when he heard this: "This state is chaotic enough, just drive the king abroad, how can you let the princess and the concubine inherit the throne?" If there is no prince, one should be chosen from the house. What else is it called the Glorious Revolution, although there has been no bloodshed, but the rebels and thieves, where is the glory? ”

Zhao Xiu blinked. Quickly diverted the topic: "Gwyneth has a deep affection for her husband and feels that his family saved her family from its predicament, so even if Wells is only the son of a merchant. The couple also love and respect each other. Now that Wells is dead in a foreign land, she does not hesitate to leave her parents' business to search for her deceased husband's bones, as if she wants to avenge him. I don't think it's easy for her. ”

Zhang was full of emotion for a while, and remembered the situation when he lost his son seven years ago. With red eyes, he said, "My relatives were killed." Which one can calm down? Of course, you have to figure it out. Although you shouldn't leave your parents and cross the ocean, you can't let your deceased husband be buried alone. She can be regarded as having found someone now, and she will take revenge in the future, and then return to her hometown with the bones of her deceased husband, and return to her parents to fulfill her filial piety, this is what she should do as a child and a wife. I have heard people say all day long that people from other countries do not understand the law of etiquette and do not know how to educate. Now that I think about it, it's not true. At least this Mrs. Wei is a martyr woman. Even in this dynasty, not all women can do what she does. ”

She used Gwyneth's example to take the opportunity to teach her granddaughter: "You are the daughter of everyone in this dynasty, and you have been reading and etiquette since you were a child, and you should do better than a woman in Fanbang." ”

Zhao Xiu could only agree with a dry smile, but she was afraid that she would continue to talk about this issue, so she quickly changed the topic: "I heard Gwyneth's maid say that the enemy's name is Matt, and he is also a foreign merchant, and now he has climbed to a nobleman in Shanghai, and I don't know which one." Can we help me inquire? There are not many foreign merchants who want to make friends with the nobles, so it should be good to inquire. ”

Zhang nodded slowly: "It's okay, for our family, this could not be easier." It's just that Shanghai is so big, where is the noble person she is talking about? If it is Fengxian, I am afraid that I will not find a more decent family than our family, Nanhui is a new port, only rich households, no nobles, Songjiang scholarly eunuchs have many families, Jiading has a clan, if her enemy climbs up is a nobleman of the clan, our family will not be able to help. ”

Zhao Xiu said: "Let's ask someone to inquire first, if it's really someone our family can't afford to provoke, we have to remind Gwyneth." If she wants to take revenge, she doesn't necessarily have to do it in Dachu. Foreign merchants, there is always a time to go back, or to do business in other countries, and then they are afraid that they will not have a chance to start? ”

Zhang glanced at Zhao Xiu with disgust: "Even if you think so in your heart, don't say it, this is not something that the girl's family should worry about." ”

Zhao Xiu agreed with a smile.

Zhang Shi said again: "I didn't expect you to learn the words of those foreigners, but you learned well, and you can talk to foreigners without interpreting." In the past, I only heard that Qixuan could speak the words of foreigners, so he could find a living in Nanhui Port. Someone in the clan asked him curiously, and he said that his foreign language was commonplace, could it be that he was not as good as your daughter? ”

Of course, Zhao Qixuan's foreign language level is not as good as Zhao Xiu, he has only studied for less than a year, he can simply have a conversation, and can understand the number, compared to Zhao Xiu from primary school to university, he has learned English for about ten years, that is, the spoken language is almost good, the grammar and diction are modern, which is not the same as the current one, but can barely communicate. He didn't know where he heard the details of Zhao Xiu's meeting with Gwyneth, and he came to the door to praise him: "My sister is really worthy of being a prodigy, she has been reading that foreigner's book at home for two years, and her foreign language is a hundred times better than mine, which is really embarrassing for my foolish brother." ”

Zhao Xiu was also a little embarrassed, and said with a dry smile: "Brother Qixuan came just in time, I have something to ask you to help." "Tell him about Gwyneth's recent troubles with the enemy.

Zhao Qixuan often mixes in the Nanhui realm, and the news is more well-informed than her: "I heard about this, not only her, but even several cousins and friends of her deceased husband are thinking about this matter." Because this was an infighting between foreign merchants, the Nanhui government could not interfere, so it could only send some messengers to patrol near their places from time to time to prevent trouble. If they directly find the enemy to fight, it will be difficult for our Dachu people to interfere, but they can't let their own people suffer from the disaster of pond fish. ”

Was this so public? Zhao Xiu was a little worried about Gwyneth: "Her enemy is called Matt, right?" I heard that it was a nobleman, who is it? ”

Zhao Qixuan vaguely heard a little rumor: "I don't know which one." But the one named Matt seems to be an old friend of Mrs. Wei's maiden family, and their king has been replaced. This Matt also fled, and later went to France to do business. If it weren't for this friendship, Mrs. Wei's deceased husband would not have fallen for him. The year before last, he seemed to have paid tribute to a nobleman an extremely precious and rare object, and the nobleman sent it to the capital, and he didn't know which one he was pleased with, and he got a benefit, so he was very polite to this Matt. I also saw that this foreign goods were very profitable. took the capital to Namat to operate, which can be regarded as a share. Namat does not often stay in Nanhui now, and often goes to Guangzhou, Ningbo, and Quanzhou. He sold silk, porcelain and tea in Dachu, and transported all kinds of precious stones, spices and silver from abroad, and also went to Nanyang to sell rice and India to sell red sandalwood. Business is doing a lot. There are houses in several large ports, and there are countless servants. ”

Zhao Xiu frowned when he heard this: "So, he has really become a climate?" It is still necessary to inquire who his backer is first, otherwise Gwyneth will not end well if he rashly starts. Although she has relatives to protect her, she is a foreigner in the end, and she has no roots and no foundation in her own country, and she has offended the powerful. It's hard to have a hard time, too. ”

Zhao Qixuan nodded: "Exactly, Matt heard that it is in Quanzhou now." Therefore, I don't know that someone has come to find his bad luck, and if he does, I'm afraid that he will also take action. It's time to persuade Mrs. Wei, don't be confused. I'm afraid that she hates Namat too much and refuses to give up lightly. ”

He called Mrs. Wells Mrs. Wei again, and Zhao Xiu didn't bother to correct it, and said to him directly: "If Brother Qixuan has dealings with people in his family, go and persuade him." If he really wants to take revenge, he doesn't necessarily have to do it in Dachu, can he stay in Dachu for the rest of his life? As long as he leaves here, no matter where he goes to do business, India, Nanyang, are you afraid that there will be no chance? He already has a backer here, don't go head-to-head with him. ”

Zhao Qixuan thought for a while: "The Wei family is now asking my friend to buy the house that Wei Ersi once rented, and it looks like he is going to live for a long time, probably because he also beat his sister's idea, right?" ”

"Since they have a plan in mind, then we don't have to worry about them." Zhao Xiu said, "Gwyneth came with a caravan, presumably revenge must be avenged, and business must also be done." There are only a few things that foreign merchants want to buy in Dachu, why don't Brother Qixuan inquire and see if there is anything that can help? If you have a larger amount of goods, you can also earn more pocket money. Also, Wailiufang has opened several businesses in the past two years, and the business is not limited to cotton, grain and tea, if it is also available in his family, pull them in, and you will have face in front of your brothers. ”

Zhao Qixuan's face showed joy: "This is Zhengli'er, wait for me to ask him." ”

Gwyneth didn't know if she had already heard about the enemy's situation, knew that he was not in Nanhui, and was not in a hurry to take revenge, so she stayed in Nanhui. Business is to be done, and with Zhao Qixuan, a person who is familiar with the local situation and has a wide range of contacts, is willing to take the initiative to help matchmaking, she can't ask for it. Tea, silk, porcelain, these things, Zhao Qixuan all know people, among which the tea leaves were handed over to the tea shop of Wailiufang and Cai Zhuocheng, and only sold Pingshui Zhu tea and Zhengshan small black tea, a specialty of Fujian. In order to monopolize this big business, Wailiufang specially sent his nephews and nephews to Fujian to buy it, and Wells's two cousins learned that they planned to go with him.

When Zhao Xiu heard the news, he was quite worried - could they have heard that Matt was in Quanzhou, Fujian, so they made such a special trip to find out the news of the enemy, right?

Zhao Qixuan was also talking about this matter, and specially greeted the people in the outer six rooms, asking them to take care of people, don't call these two people have trouble, and specially brought a reliable interpreter to be responsible for marking people.

Zhao Qixuan took the task of buying raw silk and silk, and also made a match, introducing the cotton cloth produced by the Zhao family weaving factory to Gwyneth. She was very fond of several dark blue plaid muslins, and ordered a batch, but because it was a trial sale, she only ordered 10,000 pieces of cotton cloth, a total of ten colors, and 1,000 horses of each.

This order is enough for the Zhao family weaving factory to be busy for several months, and it can be regarded as the largest business since the opening of the weaving factory. But before Zhao Xiu had time to rejoice, he was poured a basin of cold water first.

Gwyneth wrote a letter (in English, of course) and asked Zhao Xiu that she had a few very precious British specialties in her hand and wanted to give them to the nobles in the capital of Dachu, but because there was no one to recommend them, I don't know if the Zhao family has a recommended candidate?

Zhao Xiu couldn't help but sigh, this young British widow was more active than she imagined. (To be continued......)

PS: It's raining heavily, lightning and thunder, I don't dare to turn it on......