This time, everything went relatively smoothly for the pearling fleet, only a few people were stung by jellyfish, but no one died, and the income was quite high, and the pearls were of high quality.

When the pearl diving fleet happily returned to the fishing village, the pearl divers' family members who were anxiously waiting on the shore suddenly let out bursts of cheers, and some even shed tears of excitement, they did not want anything else but for their relatives to return safely from the pearl diving this time.

Pearl picking is extremely dangerous, which pearl diving trip is not life and death? When didn't someone stay in the pearl pond forever? The return of all their loved ones this time is a miracle for them.

After the pearl diving boat docked, a woman rushed out of the crowd like crazy, rushed to Fu Gui and the others, hugged Li Sanjian tightly and cried: "Jian'er, Jian'er, you... It's so ignorant, you... Are you going to scare your mother to death? ”

"Hey, sister, isn't Jian'er good?" Fu Liang on the side patted his chest and said, "With his uncle here, what else can there be any accidents?" ”

Fu Erniang was even more angry when she heard this, and said to Fu Scale: "Are you embarrassed to say? Jian'er is not sensible, are you not sensible either? Why don't you send him back? ”

"I didn't call him, and I didn't leave him." Fu Scales muttered in a low voice.

"Okay, Erniang, isn't Jian'er okay? Don't complain. Fu Gui said with a smile.

"Yes, mother, don't worry when you're old, I'm not fine?" Li Sanjian also comforted.

"Am I old?" Fu Erniang also laughed when she heard this.

"Not old, you are not old at all, you are as beautiful as a flower." Li Sanjian replied with a grin.

"Poor mouth, do you say that?" Fu Erniang saw that Li Sanjian was fine, and dragged Li Sanjian to babble endlessly.

"Mother, this harvest is quite fruitful, I picked a lot of pearls, and there is a black pearl." Li Sanjian said excitedly.

After selling the pearls or exchanging them for other supplies, he will definitely get a lot of money, Li Sanjian secretly said in his heart, no matter how he says, he has also contributed to it, how much can he share? In this way, the plight of the family can be eased a little.

When Li Sanjian was dreaming, when Fu Gui and others were busy unloading the goods, there was a noise in the crowd, and many vendors squeezed out of the crowd, led by Chen Yide, the head of Fujian Road Yuanfu Commercial Bank.

Chen Yide is more than 40 years old, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian Road, born in a family of merchants, and has a relationship with the imperial court and local officials, and has close contacts, has been selling seafood for more than ten years, and is also familiar with Fu Gui and others.

Chen Yide gave the highest price among all the merchants who bought pearls, tortoiseshell and other goods, and Fu Gui and other pearl divers were also willing to sell pearls to Chen Yide, or exchange some grain, silk, wine, salt and other goods in Chen Yide's hands.

"Chen Xingshou, why are you here in person? The little old man has given you a gift. Fu Gui rushed Chen Yide in person, so he bowed down with a smile.

"Hehe, you and I have known each other for a long time, so there is no need to be polite." Chen Yide waved his hand and said, "Listen, oh, dad, this pearl diving harvest is not small?" ”

"Thanks to God's blessing, this harvest is really okay, a few percent more than in previous years, and the condition is not bad." Fu Gui replied.

"Daddy Fu is out of the horse, he must have made some gains." Chen Yide quietly complimented Fu Gui for a few words and said: "The old man is straight to the point, I have collected all the beads you picked this time, as for the price or the old price?" ”

"This..." Fu Gui said with some hesitation: "It should be so, but you have also seen that the weather is currently fickle, I am afraid that I will not be able to pick beads this year, and the little old man and others are still counting on these beads to go to next year, Chen Xingshou, can you give more?" ”

"Well, that's easy to say." Chen Yide groaned: "You and I have a lot of friendship, so, you say a price, the old man can see if he can eat this deal?" ”

Fu Gui said after thinking about it for a long time: "This time, we picked more than 20 beads the size of a dragon's eye, the flawed one for five buckets of rice plus three catties of salt and two liters of wine, the flawless one for eight buckets of rice plus five catties of salt and three liters of wine, and the other beads added a little more according to the previous price, what do you think?" ”

"This..." Chen Yide immediately showed a look of embarrassment: "Daddy Fu, your price has more than doubled compared to previous years, so, the old man is transported to Tokyo, and there is only a small profit, hey, this is not appropriate, right?" ”

"yes, the price is too high, it's simply unprofitable."

"That's it, it's a long way to go, and at such a high price, it's almost impossible to make money by shipping it to Tokyo and selling it."

"It's too high, I can't make money, what's the use of me waiting to collect the beads? It's better to go back here, it's a big deal to pay some travel expenses. ”

The vendors who came to collect the pearls with Chen Yide complained one after another, beating their chests, as if they had lost all their money.

"This..." Fu Gui looked at Chen Yide a little anxiously and said, "Is it high?" Then Chen Xingshou, you can give a price, right? ”

Fu Gui's family up and down, plus Fu Erniang's mother and son, a total of seven or eight mouths to eat, at this time it is almost impossible to open the pot, Fu Gui is extremely anxious, and urgently needs to exchange some food, salt and other urgently needed supplies.

Chen Yide smiled slightly when he saw this, patted Fu Gui and said: "In this way, it is not difficult for the old man to be for you, one high-grade bead for three buckets of rice and five liters of rice, plus two catties of salt and two liters of wine, and other inferior beads are twenty pounds per catty or one hundred stones per rice, a few salts and wine, Daddy Fu, this is already a lot more than in previous years, what do you think?" ”

"This..." Fu Gui didn't squeak when he heard this, this price was indeed a little higher in the past, but it was a little difficult to stick to it until next year, and it was not enough to make ends meet, let alone have a surplus.

"It's almost, I'll just make a small profit, what else do you want?"

"That is, that is, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and people must be content."

The businessmen on the side spoke one after another.

"So, that's it, right?" After Fu Gui hesitated for a long time, he had no choice but to agree after glancing at the people behind him.

Fu Gui had to agree, Chen Yide and other businessmen were not only familiar with this trade route, but also had some inextricable connections with Qiongtai officials, such as Fu Gui and others forcibly refused, maybe they couldn't even go to the sea, let alone pearl diving.

"Bring the beads here." Fu Gui then instructed the crowd.

The lizards answered, and removed the pearl from the ship.

Chen Yide then waved his hand to let his subordinates order.

"Wait." Li Sanjian couldn't help it at this time, so he opened his mouth and shouted: "Don't trade, don't give it to them, it's too cheap for them." ”

So far, Li Sanjian still doesn't know what era he is in, let alone understand the prices of grain, salt, wine, etc., and Li Sanjian doesn't know the price of pearls.

But Li Sanjian knew in his heart that pearls were rare items, especially some large and round pearls were priceless treasures, how could they be exchanged for just a few liters of rice and wine?

"Jian'er, don't be rude." Seeing this, Fu Gui hurriedly scolded.

Fu Erniang also gently pulled Li Sanjian's sleeve and signaled not to say any more.

"Oh? Who is this little Langjun? Why don't I be allowed to trade? Seeing this, Chen Yide felt secretly funny in his heart, the milky child who has not dried up, does he also understand the truth? Chen Yide couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Although Li Sanjian is relatively thin, he is still handsome, with a smooth and fair face, dark and deep eyes, and fair skin, not like a seaside fisherman who is exposed to the sun and wind all year round, but like a scholar...

"Chen Xingshou, he is the grandson of Xiao Lao'er, in the past... In the past, he was a little crazy, talking nonsense, you don't have to pay attention to it. Fu Gui hurriedly replied.

"Hahahaha" Chen Yide suddenly laughed when he heard this: "Crazy? Run off at the mouth? The old man doesn't see this as such, but the old man wants to hear why Xiao Langjun opposes us waiting for this pearl harvest? ”

Dementia? It turned out that he was a demented child, Chen Yide secretly said in his heart, which aroused Chen Yide's curiosity.

Li Sanjian showed mockery on the faces of Chen Yide and other businessmen, so he was even more indignant in his heart, ignoring Fu Erniang's pull, pointing to the rice bag on the ground and asking, "How much is this rice?" ”

Li Sanjian has been in this world for a few months, and he has learned some local languages, and the words he says are not difficult to understand.

Chen Yide and the others were shocked when they heard this, and secretly said that it was not good, so they all looked at Li Sanjian and no one responded.

"How much is this rice worth? I just heard you talk about Tokyo, what is the price of rice in Tokyo? Wait, where is Tokyo? "Li Sanjian heard them mention Tokyo just now, and suddenly remembered that he wasn't Tokyo somewhere? Could it be Tokyo in a certain island nation? Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

"Hahahaha" Everyone laughed when they heard this, it seems that he is really a demented child, and he doesn't even know where Tokyo is? It seems that he is really talking nonsense, but the blind cat touches the dead mouse, and he just asks the point.

At this time, Chen Yide and the others felt relieved, so they all began to tease Li Sanjian with words.

"Tokyo is my holy pilgrimage, Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion." At this moment, an old man in his sixties in the crowd said loudly with a relatively clear appearance and three white beards under his chin.

"Tokyo Kaifeng Prefecture... Tokyo Kaifeng Prefecture... After Li Sanjian muttered for a long time, he blurted out: "Now is the Song Dynasty? ”

The old man suddenly cried and laughed when he heard this, this stupid boy is really confused, it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and he doesn't know what dynasty he is in...

"Exactly." Although the old man was amused in his heart, he still replied: "This is my great Song Shaosheng year. ”

"Oh... That's right. Li Sanjian nodded when he heard this: "What is the price of grain in Jingshi?" ”

"It's not clear, but it will never exceed thirty wen per bucket of rice." The old man replied.

"Haha," Li Sanjian continued to ask the old man happily when he heard this: "What is the price of a liter of wine in Tokyo?" What is the price of salt? ”

The old man glanced at Li Sanjian when he heard this, he didn't know anything, and he jumped out to fight for injustice. I don't know how thick the sky is.