Chapter 24: Rings (1)

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"Lu Fu, this mansion needs you to stay and take care of it in the future, if it is useful, go straight to the manager of the warehouse to get it! Three generations of your ancestors and grandchildren have served our Lu family, and you have worked hard all these years! Maybe I'll come back with my people in a few years, and we'll see you there! Lu Weixuan said with some sadness.

"Sir! You'd better take Ah Fu with you! If I'm not by your side, I'm afraid you don't have someone to call you to! Lu Fu couldn't help but be happy when he heard Lu Weixuan's words, if Lu Weixuan led his clan away, wouldn't he, the housekeeper, have monopoly power in the mansion?

It's just that although he is happy in his heart, he is full of reluctance when he speaks the words, and he always has to be humble in front of the master, thinking in his heart: "Isn't that Steward Li the little hairy head who went out of the same village as Shang Yu?" As soon as the master leaves, this Lu Mansion will be decided by me alone, so what is the hairy manager? ”

"Needless to say! I can rest assured that you will be left in the house to manage me, and you and your brother will take care of the house! A few years later, when the old man returns to Quanzhou Mansion, he will reward your brother with a mansion and marry a wife, and it will not be in vain that you have followed the old man for all these years of loyalty! Lu Weixuan said movingly.

Lu Fu was shocked in his heart after hearing this, and a sour feeling rose from the bottom of his heart, and he immediately knelt on the ground, and said to Lu Weixuan in a choked voice: "Master! What do you mean by that? I do things for you as I should, no need to tip! At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart for the tens of thousands of taels of silver he had embezzled in the past.

"Get up! Now should be the time to accompany me to the inner courtyard to explain to my family and second brother, and we will board the ship in batches from tomorrow! At this time, the port has not yet been taken over by the volunteers, and they must be taking over the defense of the surrounding towns. Lu Weixuan got up slowly, his health has always been bad, it is said that he fell to the root of the disease in his early years, but he doesn't know what the reason is.

Thornton Harbor is still in the hands of the City Division, obviously the two 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Semu people have not all arrived, and there are not nearly a thousand soldiers in the city.

Only then did Lu Fu get up slowly and said carefully: "Master! I'm here to help you. He stretched out his hand and put it on Lu Weixuan's left arm.

"Second Miss! This purchase is very important, including many items for the ladies of the house! You must not put my business on hold just to go to that temple and wait until I'm done! Although Shang Yu was very angry, he could only say helplessly.

At this time, the carriage was not far from the river embankment road, and it was still too late to go back to the East Market.

"Female belongings? Oh, I know, there are a lot of imported goods from Fanbang ships in Dongshi, especially cosmetics, I have wanted to go for a long time, but I always forget! Then you will accompany me to Yunzhen Temple later, and now we will go to Dongshi. Lu Wan looked back and said with a smile.

At this time, there were not many people in the alley, but there were already a few people looking at the carriage with strange eyes, and there were so many such luxurious carriages in the city, but the driver of the car turned out to be a girl, which was very strange.

Shang Yu saw that Lu Wan was so easy to speak, so he had no choice but to respond: "Okay then!" But Second Miss, you'd better get into the car, look at the eyes of those people, if you want to continue playing, let me drive! ”

After that, he reached out and took the horsewhip from Lu Wan's hand, came to the door of the car, and naturally helped Lu Wan up, but at this time, there was a small half of the green brick on the road for some reason, and the wooden wheels were pressed up and then fell, and the carriage shook for a while.

Lu Wan's body involuntarily poured into Shang Yu's arms, and a fragrance penetrated into Shang Yu's nose again, and Shang Yu immediately subconsciously hugged Lu Wan into his arms.

"You dead wood fish! Dead thief, why did you come to bargain with me again? Lu Wan couldn't help but be confused when he entered Shang Yu's arms, but immediately came to his senses and immediately wanted to push Shang Yu away.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Second Miss, I didn't mean to. Shang Yu immediately let go, let Lu Wan's body fall softly on the thick Persian carpet in the carriage, stretched out his hand and put the hat on his head next to the door, refused to look at Lu Wan again, and moved to sit in the coachman's position to catch up with the car.

Lu Wan didn't hurt when he fell on the carpet, but he screamed in the carriage: "Stinky wooden fish! How dare you throw me, dead thief! ”

Shang Yu just ignored it, and turned the carriage around intently, heading the way it came.

"I don't know which family's descendants stole the lord's luxury carriage and ran around, it's really uneducated!" I heard a sigh not far from the alley.

Lu Wan was furious when he heard this, and immediately opened the curtain of the car, and without looking at the person who spoke, he directly screamed: "Blind your dog's eyes, who is the next person......"

As soon as she said these words, she heard Shang Yu roar in front of her: "Xiao Wan, you shut up for me!" As he spoke, the whip sounded, and the three horses on the cart also neighed lightly, and immediately galloped wildly, and Lu Wan immediately sat down in the carriage because of this.......

After only running for dozens of breaths, Shang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said, "Second Miss, do you want the whole city to know that the Second Miss of the Lu family is dressed as a coachman and driving a carriage around the city?" Think about it, what would happen if the old man knew? ”

I thought that if Lu Fu called him away, he would be able to avoid Lu Wan, and he would send her to Zhouzhuang in a few days, but he didn't expect her to run out as a coachman, but she couldn't stand it, and she had to argue with it when people outside talked, but fortunately, the carriage was very fast, and it had galloped out of nearly 100 zhang, and finally avoided some quarrels.

"Dead Wood Fish! What do you call me? Say it again. Lu Wandi's voice appeared abruptly in Shang Yu's ear, and a hand also reached Shang Yu's neck, and also pinched his throat.

"Second Miss! Did I say the wrong thing? Shang Yu was unguarded because he was concentrating on driving, and this throat was choked by Lu Wan, and he couldn't help but ask a little angrily.

"Why did you call me Xiaowan like you did when you were young?" Lu Wan asked behind Shang Yu.

"That's the hour, the last time you wet me in the warehouse, I also asked you to be Xiaowan! Why are you choking my throat? Hurry up and let go. Shang Yu said with some annoyance in his heart.

After Shang Yu said this, he felt a loosening in his throat, and Lu Wan had already withdrawn his hand, only to hear a sigh coming from the carriage.

"In this world, only you and Daddy will call me Xiaowan, since I was a child, only I caused trouble, Daddy will see me once, you dead wood fish will also call me Xiaowan after I make you angry, then I feel like I am a real living person, not a Lu Fuzhong decoration, a second lady who no one notices!" Lu Wan said slowly in the carriage.

"I haven't seen my mother since I was a kid, and the number of times I have talked to my dad alone since I was a kid has been limited! I wonder why? Daddy finally stopped running around a few years ago and stayed in the house, but he didn't talk to me very much! The Yunzhen Temple in Quanzhou City is my favorite place to go, because my father said that it was the place where he and my mother met. ”

When Shang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, and thought, "It turns out that she actually caused trouble just to attract the attention of others?" Although she was born in a rich and noble family, she has a father and no mother, and the old man was in business a few years ago, so he had no time to take care of her, and her temperament was so cultivated! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Lu Wan.

By this time, the carriage had returned from the laneway, re-onto the embankment road, and was heading towards the East Market.

I only heard Lu Wan say again: "When it was a little longer, it was the beginning of this year, my cousin came to the house, I thought there would be one more talking partner, but I didn't expect him to be full of fame and fortune, and he thought about those unrealistic things, but my cousin finally has some talents, can recite poetry and paint, and is not bad for me!" ”

"It's just that Daddy doesn't like it, and my cousin hints at asking for marriage several times, but Daddy just doesn't know what to do! Now my body is innocent by you, but I can't say it to anyone! You goddamn thief! Lu Wan said the last sentence, there was no anger at all, just sighed softly.

Hearing this, Shang Yu couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and said in his heart: "Listening to these words, could it be that Miss Fei Er likes me in her heart?" Otherwise, how could I have been okay so far? How can it be? ”

Shang Yu turned around and whispered while driving, "Second Miss! As long as you don't mess around anymore, Shang Yu will take you around to play, but you can't argue with people again later, if you don't have to expose your identity, it's not easy for me to explain to the master! I'll send you home before noon, so that no one in the house will find out! ”

"Dead Wood Fish! Don't worry, I'm fine! Later, you can negotiate with the people in the shop and take me to buy some rouge gouache! Then you take me to Yunzhen Temple, or I will ...... So I told my father about your innocence, and there is no one in this world who cares about me. Hearing Shang Yudi's words, Lu Wan started a fire in the carriage again for no reason.

Shang Yu couldn't help but be silent, Lu Wan's fiery temperament really came out of nowhere, and said in his heart: "The second lady is far from the word lady, even if she is a mountain woman, she is much stronger than her." "Thinking that I will send her thousands of miles to Zhouzhuang in the future, I can't help but have a big head, it will take at least ten days to arrive, and then I will cause a lot of trouble along the way with Lu Wandi's temperament.

It's strange to say, along the way, Lu Wan was very quiet in the carriage, and he didn't make a sound again.

The horse-drawn carriage was moving fast, and after a quarter of an hour, it came to the East Market.

"Talk about it, sing it! Merchants from all over the world come to Quanzhou, and strange goods from all over the world gather! Shengshi ...... "Outside, there is a scene of the prosperous land of Quanzhou Mansion singing small songs.

"Imitation of the Persian scimitar, the government issued a local sales citation, as long as there is a local guest official with the documents of the state capital, you can come to buy it!" It sounds like the guy in the shop selling private weapons is shouting. Shops selling weapons to the outside world must report to the government, and even the buyers need to confirm their identities, which shows the strict control of weapons by the government.

"From tens of thousands of miles overseas from the Black Devil country of origin of the white lion skin cloak, than the white tiger skin is more precious, if you need the guest officer, please go to Lu's leather goods to have a look, all the countries are full of leather goods, the price from low to high, you can choose, it is definitely worth the trip." This is the guy from a leather goods store under the Lu firm shouting outside.

"White lion skin? Muyu, you brought me this white lion skin, I would like to see it. Lu Wan, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but be curious and said in the carriage.

"Second Miss! That white lion skin is the treasure of the store recently acquired by my Lu's Leather Goods Store, and it is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! How could it be that I, the steward, said that I could take it, and besides, you didn't want to be found out by the steward of the leather goods store and ran out of the house, right? As far as I know, these stewards have all seen you in the house! Shang Yu raised his head angrily and said softly.

Lu Wan couldn't help but suffocate and said: "If you don't look at it, you won't look at it, and you can't look at the kind of thing that was picked up from the beast!" What's so rare. When she heard that her whereabouts would be revealed, she naturally stopped forcing her to see it, but she felt a little regretful in her heart.

Shang Yu shook his head, the white lion skin is indeed much more precious than the white tiger skin, not to mention tens of thousands of miles of overseas things, even the lion skin is very rare in the Central Plains, the scarcity is expensive, even the ordinary tiger skin is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver to transport overseas, and the transit is common in the business road.

So I drove slowly forward, and a few hundred meters more than a few hundred meters will arrive at the Rongsheng warehouse, where I just hand over the list to the store, and they will load the required goods according to the requirements.

At this moment, a noisy sound came from a short distance to the left.

"You Bang dog, you actually want to lie to me with this kind of thing! I still write and paint here, and I dare to come to Quanzhou Mansion even if I don't understand the Central Plains dialect, and I don't exchange these good glass beads with you for these useless stick-like things! At most, I can only give you one. ”

The voice of the other attracted Shang Yu.

"Huh! People from Guga, isn't that one of the Fanbang languages that my master taught me? I actually crossed so far to come to my Central Plains business, but I didn't understand the Central Plains dialect at all! Shang Yu thought of this, so he called the horse to stop slowly, this month he knew that if he wanted to make the driving horse obedient, softer than a whip would be more effective, and in this market, if the horse was startled, it would inevitably cause a great disaster.

"Wooden fish! Why did you stop again? Lu Wan in the carriage suddenly asked the carriage to stop, and couldn't help but ask with some surprise.

"The Gujia people don't understand the Central Plains, but he really has some good things in his hands, so I want to buy them and give them to you, you will definitely like them! Don't get out of the car, I'll be back later. Shang Yu said this, pressed the brake of the carriage, even if the horse wanted to run, it would not be able to move forward, and after the wheels were fixed, it would be difficult to drag the carriage quickly even if there were three more horses.

Lu Wan said yes in the carriage, and curiously lifted the curtain to look out.

I saw Shang Yu push away the crowd, and pushed aside a middle-aged man with a few glass beads in his hand, and said, "This uncle! You deceive this kind of third-class glass beads that most of the three-year-old children are playing with the fifth-class glass beads, this is really not very authentic! ”

"You little devil! Where is your turn to be nosy? Don't get out of the way with me yet. The middle-aged man turned his face and saw that Shang Yu was just a young man, and immediately shouted angrily.

"Yo! Blind your dog's eyes, this is the most famous business manager in our markets in Quanzhou Prefecture, you dare to scold him? ”

"Yes! This kid actually dared to scold the business steward and took him aside to beat him. ”

"Yes! Ge Laozi, if it weren't for the store entrusted by the business manager to buy my western Sichuan red dates! I can't have such a consistent income this year! Beat him up and him. Several small merchants who were originally onlookers immediately grabbed the middle-aged man and walked out.

It was the first time for Lu Wan to see Shang Yu having such popularity, and someone was twisted aside by the merchant next to him just after saying evil words, and couldn't help but look at Shang Yu with a side face and thought: "This damn Muyu actually has such a good popularity in the market, and it's only been a month!" How did he do it? ”

The middle-aged man was pushed aside by several sturdy men, and when he wanted to scold a few times, he looked around and found that there were already dozens of pairs of ill-intentioned eyes staring at him fiercely not far away, and he couldn't help but be so frightened that he couldn't speak evil words anymore.

"This little imp...... Ah no, this little master! It's mine, it's not, it turns out that you are the helmsman here, I came here from Suzhou, I don't know the rules here, I hope you have a lot, let me go! He shouted as he was pushed away by the men, and he completely regarded the young man Shang Yu as a local snake in the market.

Only then did Shang Yu shout with a smile on his face: "Brothers! This brother doesn't understand the rules, so let him go! The assistant manager of the city division is in front, and everyone will be in trouble if they cause trouble, so forget it! If he wasn't sure, he wouldn't have come forward to stir up this middle-aged man's deception.

As he spoke, the merchants said, "Since the business manager has spoken, let him go!" If you talk nonsense in the market, be careful with your tongue and your hands and feet. As he spoke, he let go of the man and scattered, and in a blink of an eye he was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing that the danger was gone, the middle-aged man did not answer, glanced at Shang Yu, who seemed to be very young, with some fear, arched his hand, and disappeared into the crowd without saying a word.

Shang Yu turned his face at this time, and saw that the ruddy-faced Gujia country in front of him was standing there a little anxiously, a little at a loss, and watching the man disappear in a trance, he couldn't help but say in the words of the Gujia country: "This big brother, that person is a liar, he wants to use the playthings of my children in the north of the Central Plains to deceive you of these goods, fortunately I saw through it!" ”

The Guga native immediately said in surprise: "Little brother! You actually know the words of our ancient country, I sailed out to sea for a year before I came to the land of God, but no one understands what I say, nor does he know the goods in my hands, the sun god is so great that he has sent a friend like you. ”

After hearing this, Shang Yu's heart moved, and he couldn't help asking: "After taking the boat for a year, then you didn't come alone, you should have an interpreter!" Why can't you communicate with us? ”

Hearing this, the Gujia couldn't help but sink his head, and said in frustration: "There was nothing wrong all the way at sea, but when we were about to reach the coast of the Central Plains, our ship hit the reef and sank, and the Portuguese white-faced people who swore to bring us here also fell into the sea and died with many crew members, only a dozen of us Gujia people barely escaped to the shore in spare boats, and then several more were seriously ill and died. With that, he pointed to a large piece of burlap on the ground and placed the ground object.

Shang Yu turned his face and saw a hint of joy in his eyes, and immediately said: "This brother, if you don't mind, you will sit outside the car with me with the goods, and I want all these goods." ”