"Master, is he crazy that he actually asked for two thousand taels?"

After the initial astonishment, the young appraiser came back to his senses and looked at the shopkeeper in disbelief, he had never seen such a crazy person who wanted to ask for two thousand taels of silver for a painting with no provenance. 『

"Hmph, poor and crazy, some people just like to use chicken feathers as arrows."

The shopkeeper suddenly sneered when he heard this, originally one thousand taels was already a little unbelievable, but now it has been directly increased to two thousand taels, do you really think that people are stupid.

"Master, I'll take a look, don't let some regular customers be fooled." The young appraiser nodded again and again, and said to the shopkeeper, wanting to join in the fun.

"See more, talk less!"

The shopkeeper saw that the young appraiser looked very interested, and also wanted him to take the opportunity to open his eyes and sharpen it, so he nodded and agreed, and said in a deep voice, the most taboo for people in their line of work is to comment on other people's items outside, and it is easy to offend people.

"Well, I made a note of it." The young appraiser agreed, and then walked away quickly to see the excitement in the street.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper shook his head helplessly, feeling that the young appraiser's mentality was a little impetuous and too undetermined, but then again, he was also young and frivolous, so he could understand the curiosity of the young appraiser.

Fuzhou City, Honghai business name Fujian general number.

A richly dressed middle-aged man was slowly sipping tea in the back house, and two maids carefully pounded his legs and shoulders, this person was Zhang Shenghui, the chief shopkeeper of Honghai Firm in Fujian.

Zhang Shenghui is now in charge of all the business of Honghai Firm in Fujian, and has very great power, as the first group of people to follow Li Hongyu in the early years, he is naturally trusted by Li Hongyu.

In the Honghai Firm, including Zhang Shenghui, there are only five people who know that the Honghai Firm is Li Hongyu's industry, and they are all old men who followed Li Hongyu during the Xiangyang Mansion period, and they can be said to be people who sit in the same boat as Li Hongyu.

Zhang Shenghui's life is now very comfortable and leisurely, because Li Hongyu's cousin Zhao Yulong is now the person in charge of the Honghai business, so as Li Hongyu's position and power in the court are getting higher and higher, the local yamen and forces dare not offend, which makes the exhibition of the Honghai very smooth and smooth sailing.

Of course, Honghai does not bully others, and implements the policy of "rain and dew evenly", so that all parties can get benefits, which makes local people like to deal with Honghai and are very willing to give them face.

Originally, when Li Hongyu asked Zhang Shenghui to go to Fuzhou, Zhang Shenghui was still a little reluctant to leave Wuchang, but he knew that Li Hongyu was a business wizard, so after some careful consideration, he decided to come to Fuzhou to expand the career of Honghai, which changed the fate of his life and gradually created a brilliant career.

Today, Zhang Shenghui is a well-known businessman in Fujian, not only holding the cloth and porcelain business in his hands, but also making achievements in the field of tea, waiting for the opening of overseas trade to deliver goods to the South and the West.

A middle-aged man walked in with an account book in his hand and reported the recent accounts to Zhang Shenghui, who sat there with his eyes closed as he listened.

"Shopkeeper, there was a strange thing on the street today, a stupid boy didn't know where to get a painting, it is rumored that it came from an unknown person, but it can be signed by Taisheng and cannot be sold for money."

After reporting the accounts, the middle-aged man said with a smile, "That stupid boy asked for 1,000 taels, and the calligraphy and painting shop gave him 500 taels, but he didn't sell them, and he went out of the store and sold 2,000 taels on the street, which is really incredible." ”

"Two thousand taels?" Zhang Shenghui couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, opened his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "What kind of painting?" ”

"It seems that I heard that the painting is very atmospheric and far-reaching, but two thousand taels is too expensive for an unfamous painting."

The middle-aged man thought about it and looked at Zhang Shenghui with a smile, "Shopkeeper, do you think this kid is poor and crazy?" ”

“？” Zhang Shenghui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he never expected that there would be a password used by Li Hongyu to contact him in Fuzhou City, which meant that Li Hongyu was secretly contacting him.

"Since that stupid boy dares to give two thousand taels, then he must have something to rely on."

Then, Zhang Shenghui pondered for a while, and quietly instructed, "In this way, you go to the account and pay two thousand taels of silver to buy the painting, and you must find out the details of that stupid boy." ”

"Don't worry, I will find out the origin of that stupid boy." The middle-aged man was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Zhang Shenghui to be interested in that painting, and then agreed with a smile, he couldn't question Zhang Shenghui's intentions.

"Strange thing, why did the owner come here?" After the middle-aged man left, Zhang Shenghui's eyes couldn't help but show a puzzled look, and the "owner" he said naturally referred to Li Hongyu.

Although Zhang Shenghui has a lot of power in Honghai Firm, he knows very well that the owner of Honghai Firm is Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu is the owner of Honghai Firm, and he is at most a shopkeeper, in other words, he is just a manager.

Soon, Zhang Shenghui's news that he asked people to buy the two thousand taels of silver spread all over Fuzhou City, and no one expected that he would spend two thousand taels of silver to buy the painting, so there were many discussions about it in private, and it was not clear what Zhang Shenghui's intentions were.

Obviously, as a successful businessman, Zhang Shenghui will not do a loss-making business, could it be that "Sheng Zimu" is a pseudonym for a calligraphy and painting master?

While the people in the city were talking, Zhang Shenghui leaned over at home to carefully examine the one spread on the table, and his expression was extremely serious.

"Sure enough, it's the owner's handiwork!"

After a long time, Zhang Shenghui straightened up, secretly relieved in his heart, after his identification, this picture was from Li Hongyu's hand, Li Hongyu left some marks on the picture that only Zhang Shenghui and others knew.

"It's weird, is the owner coming to Fuzhou?"

Looking at the painting on the table in front of him, Zhang Shenghui's eyebrows couldn't help frowning, he didn't receive any news about this, but Li Hongyu did use this painting to contact him, which made him feel puzzled.

Late at night.

Zhang Shenghui did not fall asleep, but paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, and the middle-aged man who went to buy paintings invited the painting seller to drink at night, taking the opportunity to find out the details of the three of them.

Therefore, Zhang Shenghui now has to wait for the middle-aged man to come back, wanting to know how the three of them got the painting, so that they can know Li Hongyu's intentions.

"Shopkeeper, I've found out." Suddenly, the door opened, and a drunken middle-aged man walked in quickly and said to Zhang Shenghui in a deep voice.

"Where did they get that painting?" Zhang Shenghui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked urgently.

"It seems to have been painted by their private school teacher."

The middle-aged man burped, and then replied with great interest: "I heard that they said that Mr. Private School is not only very talented, but also plays Western cards so well that he almost won the casino, such a private school Mr. is really quite rare." ”

"Western flower cards?"

Zhang Shenghui was slightly stunned, he didn't know about Li Hongyu's pseudonym "Li Sheng", and he hadn't heard that Li Hongyu would gamble, so he was quite surprised, it stands to reason that the person who painted this painting should be Li Hongyu.

"Where are they from?" Then, Zhang Shenghui asked quietly.

"Shopkeepers, they seem to be from the other side of the sea." Hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but lower his voice and said, "Someone said about Jilong Harbor, but then someone interrupted it. ”

"Chicken Coop Harbor?"

Zhang Shenghui couldn't help but be taken aback, he thought it was near Fuzhou, but he didn't expect it to be Xiaoliuqiu, but how could Li Hongyu, as a dignified Ming auxiliary minister, go to the place where pirates and sea smugglers gathered?

"Are you someone who knows the Chicken Coop Harbor Shihu?" Subsequently, Zhang Shenghui remembered something, so he asked the middle-aged man.

"The shopkeeper, Shi Hu is a very vicious person, why did the shopkeeper ask about him?" The middle-aged man couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, and asked with some puzzlement.

"We have to make friends all over the world when we do business, and now when it comes to Jilong Port, we should also visit the people above, and the overseas trade of the imperial court in the future will inevitably have to deal with them, and if it is too late, there will be no sincerity."

Zhang Shenghui had already prepared, and said in an orderly manner when he heard the words, "When they move our goods, we will go to find someone, then it will be troublesome." ”

"Shopkeeper, it's too dangerous there, you just let me and the people below go, you don't have to go there in person." The middle-aged man suddenly turned pale, and hurriedly shook his head and said to Zhang Shenghui urgently.

He heard the meaning of Zhang Shenghui's words, as if he wanted to go to Jilong Harbor in person to visit Shi Hu, the pirate leader of Jilong Harbor, how could this work? You must know that Xiaoliuqiu are all outlaws who kill people and oversell goods, and if something happens to Zhang Shenghui, it will be troublesome.

"Rather than trouble later, it's better to solve this trouble sooner now."

Zhang Shenghui had made up his mind, and said in a deep voice to the middle-aged man, "This matter is so decided, you contact us as soon as possible, I will go to Jilong Port as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

Seeing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, swallowed back the words of advice that came to his lips, bowed to Zhang Shenghui and said, he knew very well that Zhang Shenghui had decided that he could not change it, so he had to implement it.

The middle-aged man was puzzled by Zhang Shenghui's sudden decision to go to Jilong Port, which was completely unexpected by him, and it didn't seem like what Zhang Shenghui, who was cautious by nature, would do.

At this moment, the middle-aged man didn't know that Zhang Shenghui went to Jilong Port to see Shi Hu in order to inquire about Li Hongyu's whereabouts, Li Hongyu was not only the owner of the Honghai Xing, but also the auxiliary minister of the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as a very human minister, if something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, Zhang Shenghui decided to take the risk of a trip to Chicken Coop Harbor, otherwise he would have trouble sleeping.

In Zhang Shenghui's view, it is precisely because Xiaoliuqiu is a gathering place for pirates and armed maritime merchants that it is possible to go to Xiaoliuqiu according to Li Hongyu's adventurous personality in order to solve the problem of Xiaoliuqiu once and for all.

After all, Xiaoliuqiu is located in an important position on the sea route between Daming and Nanyang, and if it cannot be handled well, it will affect the operation of overseas trade.

If Li Hongyu is really in Xiaoliuqiu, and someone uses that picture to contact him, it means that Li Hongyu's situation is very bad, otherwise he would not use this kind of secret emergency contact method, so Zhang Shenghui must find out what is going on.

In case Li Hongyu encounters danger, Zhang Shenghui will save Li Hongyu even if he wants to fight for his life, which is not only to repay Li Hongyu's kindness, but also for the sake of the future of the Red Sea Business and the Ming Dynasty.

He knew very well how important Li Hongyu was to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Li Hongyu would not have stood out from many court officials and became an auxiliary minister.

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