Wallace smiled and declined the little merchant's invitation, a little help was no good thing, he needed to know immediately when there was a ship to Cairo.

The little merchant was amused when he heard this, and said, "Haha, all for me, I am for everyone------ I have a cousin, and he happens to be a boatswain who ran away from Cairo. ”

Is it really that coincidental?!

Wallace had to agree to go to the bath with him first, because the boatswain would too.

Everyone in the world knows that the people of the Great Song Dynasty like to take hot baths, but the favorite is still the people on Liuqiu Island.

Wallace learned this in the military.

He had seen many white and black people punished for forgetting to shower.

In the lounge of the large bathhouse, Wallace met the boatswain.

It was a middle-aged man with a sturdy physique, with a shaved head that stood out.

The boatswain, smoking a cigarette and drinking tea, said slowly:

"The passenger ship to Cairo is only once every six months, so I'm afraid you can't afford to wait. The last sea ship to go there was a cargo ship, and it departed half a month later, and the living conditions on the ship were a little worse------ I wonder if you will do some sailors' work? ”

Wallace said, "I know how to handle some sails!" ”

"Oh, that's good, I can save you the fare, but you'll have to help the sailors get started."

"Absolutely no problem!"

The three of them laughed together, which was a good thing.

The little merchant said happily, "This time it was really smooth, I found several new marbles, green with serpentine patterns, red with yellow spots, pure black----- if there is a big merchant order, I dare to borrow money to mine it." ”

His cousin pouted and said, "Your profit from mining ten mines is not as good as that of those seafarers who do overseas trade------ and that money is like a sea." ”

The little merchant was still not convinced, and said, "It's not bad to earn some hard-earned money with peace of mind, and if I find an opportunity, I will also become a maritime merchant!" ”

"What's the chance of breaking stones? However, I did hear about an opportunity------"

The little merchant came to the spirit, let him talk about it.

It turned out that his cousin heard that the Yindian Group Company seemed to be arranging a large fleet recently, and it would take a few more years!

Yin Di'an Group Company, that's related to the owner of Zhang!

How many years has it been?

The small businessman quickly calculated in his head, where was it going?

It's only a few months to go to Cairo.

His cousin frowned and said, "I think it's going to the end of the world, or going to the rumored city of Yindian------ if this trade route is opened, whoever is the first to follow will make a fortune." ”

The two of them suddenly began to sigh.

Wallace was not in the least interested in such conversations, and he sometimes did not understand why the people of Exile Island were so fond of money.

Of course, there were also money-loving among his white teammates, and he had heard of gold in Western Australia, and some people had come to him to go with him.

Really, Wallace wasn't interested in it at all.

This bathhouse is clearly a civilian bathhouse, which can be seen from the decoration.

The whole lounge hall was full of smoke, and the sound of tea, laughter, and slapping and massage was all mixed together.

The people here are happy, their lives are better than those of the Scottish aristocracy------ Wallace's blue eyes are beginning to be melancholy again.

Scotland's unique highland landscape. Deep blue waters on the coast. An eagle flying alone in the sky.

Sparse woods. Crystal clear river. Vast highland steppes.

All this was in the sound of singing bagpipes, like pictures flickering in Wallace's mind.

When the time was set to follow the ship, Wallace was left behind by the small merchant.

He said that for half a month, it is better to live in his shop, anyway, he and his wife have a house here, which can help Wallace save money------ if he doesn't want to go, just help do some odd jobs, and the small businessman will take care of the food.

Next, Wallace also prepared some things for himself to return to his hometown, and he did not want to do business, but selected some that he might use in the future.

He went to the seed store and bought some seeds, and carefully selected them.

He brought rice and corn seeds, sweet potato seeds and potatoes------ and he wanted to bring cassava, but he gave up because of the Scottish climate.

He also worked in the army to support workers and peasants, and he knew a little bit about it.

Vegetable seeds were tomatoes, cabbage, and peanuts, the three vegetables he likes to eat.

The little merchant was surprised and asked, "Do you have nothing there?!"

Wallace smiled bitterly, yes, compared to Liuqiu Island, really, there is nothing in Scotland, and the villagers there are extremely miserable.

Wallace actually wanted to bring a pot camel pump, but he really couldn't get it, so he had to give up.

He also bought a beautiful arquebus, one long and one short, and some lead and black powder.

I went to the weapon shop again and picked out a two-handed straight sword, and when I returned to my hometown, there was no such good steel mouth.

He gave Marianne? Bradford took a hard time choosing a gift.

He carefully selected a silk with a beautiful pattern and color, and it was not the coarse silk produced on the island of Liuqiu.

I also bought some gold jewelry, which was far better than that made by European craftsmen.

In the end, I also bought a string of sea pearls that are said to be produced on the island of Bahrain, which are a little more expensive, but they are too beautiful.

He exchanged the rest of the money for copper and silver coins.

The little merchant said, "You don't have a lot of money there?" ”

"Yes, it's unheard of there-------"

"Alas, I said that there are very few people like you who can speak English, French, Florentine, and the Great Song Dynasty, and you can earn a lot of money by being an interpreter for a sea merchant, so why do you want to go back to your hometown?

How did I hear you say that it feels like a wild place! ”

The little businessman's lady listened to the words, and hurriedly pulled the little businessman, didn't see that Lao Hua was unhappy, don't talk about people's hometowns like this------

Wallace was a good man when he lived here and worked hard to move the marble slabs.

Wallace wasn't actually angry, his old house was still semi-crypt-shaped, and there wasn't even a single tile.

In fact, there is not a single glass window in the whole of Europe that can block the wind and rain without blocking the sun.

Even the palace of Edward I the long-legged was filled with hole-like windows made of stone, with curtains at most blocking it.

Wallace said: "The people in my hometown are so miserable that I want them to be as happy as the farmers here, and nothing else." ”

"Didn't you say that you would come and bring your little lady at the end?"

"Yes, it will definitely be brought, I don't know how long it has been------"

The little merchant handed him a small table clock, and a small kerosene lamp and a tube of kerosene.

"Wallace, take it, if you have the opportunity, you can bring your little lady here as a guest, I am a few years older than you, so I recognized her as a brother and daughter-in-law."

He knew that the little grandfather clock and the small kerosene lamp were not too expensive, and although they were used, they were not cheap.

He didn't want it, but the small merchant forced it on------ he had to take it.

When it was time to finally sail the ship, Liuqiu Customs suddenly had new requirements.

Zhang Island Lord issued an order that anyone who goes to sea must be inoculated with the flower killing elixir, and they can only go to sea after three days of vaccination------ which is really an order from Zhang Island Master.

Wallace obeyed without hesitation.

He believed in the good intentions of the man who had given him back his freedom.

The person who can bring freedom to others is the best person in the world.