Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 2 Rampant Qilu

Chapter 2 Rafting across the sea and setting off on the return journey

Section 8 The Night of Parting

After Liu Yunwei's words, Blanco Melo stayed in place directly, so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, Blanco Melo said slowly: "I have written down Mr. Liu Qian's words, since Mr. Liu Qian is interested in those craftsmen, it's not that I can't cooperate with Mr. Liu Qian, it's just that the price is a problem......

Liu Yunwei snorted coldly and did not speak. Yuan Mingxuan, who was on the side, took over and said, "As long as the shopkeeper agrees to this business and does his best to help my little general achieve his goal, money is not a problem." Our little general will give 10,000 taels of silver as the principal and invest it in the business of you and the money clerk. ”

After speaking, Yuan Mingxuan saw Blanco Melo smile slightly, and seemed not very interested in this ten thousand taels of silver. Yuan Mingxuan hesitated a little in his heart, so he glanced at Qian Mingli. Qian Mingli saw that he understood, and began to settle accounts with Blanco Melo, and said: "It's such a cloth shopkeeper, the 10,000 taels of silver that Liu Qian always invested in us is the principal, and the profits earned in our business only need to be distributed to Liu Qian, all we have to do is to take Lord Yuan to Hao Jing Ao, and help Lord Yuan when he needs it." What do you think? What does the cloth shopkeeper think? ”

Blanco Melo laughed after hearing this, and said with some contempt: "I said that the memory of the money clerk is not very good, how much money is not more than hundreds of thousands of taels in our business in a year, and the principal of Liu Qian's district is 10,000 taels, I will take the risk of offending the Governor of Haojingao to help Liu Qian gather firearms craftsmen, and give him 10% of the profits, is this business too child's play?" ”

When Liu Yunwei, Yuan Mingxuan, Lu Ying and others heard this, they all stayed on the spot. Who would have thought that the business between Qian Yuanwai and Blanco Melo would be so big, and how much money would be paid by the Liaoyang General Military Mansion for a year? Moreover, it is said that they are just relatively ordinary characters among many maritime merchants, and God knows how much wealth those real maritime overlords will have!

However, listening to what Blanco Melo meant was that he didn't agree with the business, Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan glanced at each other, and they both saw disappointment in each other's eyes. Both of them originally thought that it was already a very tempting condition to take out 10,000 taels of silver from the camp and put it in, so they told the money clerk. Who would have thought that the cloth shopkeeper would not pay attention to it at all!

At this time, Qian Mingli also laughed and said: "Shopkeeper, I won't hide it from you, this Liu Qian is always a great benefactor of mine, and we Chinese people have always been kind and revengeful." Therefore, what Liu Qian always wants to do is what I Qian Ming wants to do, no matter what the price I have to pay, I will do it! If the shopkeeper agrees to this business, then in addition to the conditions proposed by Mr. Liu Qian, I will also give up 30% of the benefits I should get in our business to the shopkeeper. I don't know what the shopkeeper thinks? ”

As soon as Qian Mingli said this, not only Liu Yunwei and others were very moved, but even Blanco Melo couldn't sit still, but he still tried his best to hide the excitement in his heart.

Liu Yunwei said to Qian Mingli: "How can you be like this outside the staff, how can this be good for me!" ”

Qian Mingli smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Don't take it to heart, little general. Then he glanced at Liu Yunwei and signaled him to wait for good news. Yuan Mingxuan also coughed slightly, and reminded Liu Yunwei not to interrupt Qian Mingli.

Liu Yunwei also understood that it was not appropriate for him to say more at this moment, so he sat on the chair and stopped talking.

And Qian Mingli saw that Blanco Melo was still weighing the pros and cons, so he continued: "Shopkeeper, I don't think you should only think about the gains and losses on the money, or only think about the attitude of the Governor of Haojing O. I remember that the cloth shopkeeper is begging for a living in my Daming side all the year round, the cloth shopkeeper thinks about it, if there is no permission from the imperial court and the help of us Ming merchants, does the cloth shopkeeper think that he can still receive business on the territory of Daming? After doing a good job in this business, the cloth shopkeeper can not only make friends with Liu Qianzong, who is a general of the imperial court, but also deepen the friendship between us. ”

Blanco Melo listened very carefully to Qian Mingli's words, and after pondering carefully for a while, he finally made a decision and said, "Okay! I'll take over this business! ”

"Haha, good!" Qian Mingli was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Since the shopkeeper has agreed, then let's have a glass of wine with Liu Qian, and we should settle the matter, how about it?" ”

Liu Yunwei and others and Blanco Melo all agreed, and Qian Mingli called Zhao Bo to bring a jar of good wine and swear by a glass of high-fives with everyone, and the three-party business was settled.

That night, Qian Mingli held a banquet again to entertain Liu Yunwei and others and Blanco Melo.

At the banquet, Liu Yunwei introduced Yuan Mingxuan to Blanco Melo and said: "The shopkeeper of the cloth, Lord Yuan will work with you in the future, and the decision of Lord Yuan in this business is the decision of my Liu Yunwei, who can make the decision on my behalf with full authority, and I hope that the shopkeeper will help more." ”

Blanco Melo agreed with a smile and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I will rely more on Lord Yuan to help me in the future." ”

"Haha, let's help each other in the future, this business will definitely be done!" Qian Mingli also said with a smile.

In this way, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp for a while, and after the three rounds of wine and the five flavors of the food, Qian Mingli said: "The cloth shopkeeper, because Liu Qian is under the emperor's order, he will lead the department to open tomorrow, I think tomorrow we will go to the port to send Liu Qian together." It's not too late for us to start planning after we discuss this business matter with Lord Yuan. ”

Blanco Melo was also a little drunk at this time, and said with a straight tongue: "No, no problem, but I have to go to the port early tomorrow morning to load some goods, so I will go to the port tomorrow morning to run errands." After that, I waited at the port for Mr. Qian and Mr. Liu Qian. ”

The dinner party lasted until late at night, and when the banquet was dispersed, Blanco Melo was already drunk and unconscious, and was carried back to the room by Qian Mingli with a few subordinates; And Liu Yunwei and the others had to continue their journey the next day, so they just tasted it and didn't drink much.

After sending Blanco Melo away, Qian Mingli walked to the courtyard where he lived while chatting with Liu Yunwei and others. It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the gate of the courtyard, Liu Yunwei and others repeatedly thanked Qian Mingli for his help, and chatted with Qian Mingli for a while, and then went back to their rooms, and Qian Mingli also left with the support of Uncle Zhao.

The moon was very bright in the middle of the night, and the soft moonlight poured into the room through the window, reflecting the room very comfortably; From time to time, unknown insects chirp in the yard, setting off the moonlit night very quietly.

At this time, Liu Yunwei lay on the bed but did not feel a little sleepy, thinking that he would lead his troops to leave Liaodong by boat tomorrow, and he didn't know when he would be able to return to Liaodong again, and his mind kept repeating all kinds of things that had happened after he came to Liaodong, Hujia Village, Donggou Village, Changning Fort, Liaoyang, Shenyang, and one after another bloody battlefields, among which there were happy and happy, but more pain and sorrow, unforgettable and heartbreaking!

Liu Yunwei opened his eyes and sat up suddenly, the pain in his heart continued to accumulate, making Liu Yunwei very irritable. Looking at the moonlight outside the window, Liu Yunwei simply put on his coat and walked out of the room, wanting to walk around the courtyard casually, take a break and be quiet.

Who knew that Liu Yunwei had just come out of the room not far away, and he found a person sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea and admiring the moon alone. Liu Yunwei took a closer look and found that the person who admired the moon was none other than Yuan Mingxuan, who was about to separate.

Liu Yunwei stepped forward and said, "Lord Yuan is so interested, enjoying the moon and drinking tea here alone?" “

"Oh, it's the little general." Yuan Mingxuan saw Liu Yunwei coming over, so he beckoned to him and said, "The moonlight tonight is very charming, wouldn't it be a pity not to appreciate it?" “

Liu Yunwei sat down facing Yuan Mingxuan and said, "Yes, the moonlight tonight is indeed beautiful. But if you want to see the moonlight in Liaodong in the future, I don't know when you have to wait. ”

Yuan Mingxuan took a sip of tea, poured a cup for Liu Yunwei, and then poured himself a full one, and said: "As long as the little general takes everyone to lie down and taste courage and work hard together, it will be a matter of time before he returns to Liaodong, and there is no need to be too sad." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded, drank all the tea in the cup, and didn't talk about Liaodong anymore, but talked about the difference tomorrow: "I will be separated from Lord Yuan tomorrow, during this time, Lord Yuan has taught me a lot of truths, which has benefited me a lot." Tomorrow is going to be separated, I don't know if Lord Yuan has anything else to tell Yunwei? ”

Yuan Mingxuan looked at Liu Yunwei with a smile and said: "The little general is the best among people, even if I don't have it by my side, I will definitely be able to overcome obstacles and be invincible; However, when encountering dangers, the little general only needs to keep one thing in mind: everything must know the trade-offs, know how to advance and retreat, and everything must be aimed at sweeping away the Jiannu, so that he can have no worries. ”

Liu Yunwei silently read Yuan Mingxuan's words in his heart, and kept these teachings firmly in his heart. After a while, Liu Yunwei raised his head and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Yuan, Yunwei will definitely keep your teachings in mind." However, please also take care of Lord Yuan, when enough craftsmen are gathered, Lord Yuan will definitely return to Sichuan as soon as possible to meet with everyone, so as not to worry about us. ”

Yuan Mingxuan also nodded heavily, and said: "Don't worry, little general, I believe that it won't be long before Cheng Shiyong and I will go back with the craftsmen, and we will see you in Sichuan at that time." ”