After sighing for a long time, Xiao Xiangui came back to his senses and walked in with everyone. As soon as www.biquge.info bypassed the shadow wall, an eight- or nine-year-old girl rushed out of the courtyard and crashed into Xiao Xiangui's arms.

"Daddy's back!"

When Xiao Xiangui saw the girl in his arms, he happily closed his mouth, picked up the girl, and held her in his arms. The girl put her hands around Xiao Xiangui's neck, and her father kept screaming. Xiao Xiangui touched it from his arms and took out an amber bracelet for the girl to bring, the girl laughed louder and hugged Xiao Xiangui tightly.

In the middle of the ring, another large group of women, five women and two men, came out, followed by slaves, twenty or thirty people. Seeing Xiao Xiangui, these family members were happy and excited.

"The master is back!"

"The master is back safely!"

Xiao Xiangui died nine times at sea and survived the catastrophe. When he met Chen Shengning's people, when Li Dan refused to buy a flag, and when he was refused to join the ship by Yang Degong, he thought that he couldn't get by, but who knew that he would win a big victory in the end. Now that he is lucky to go home, Xiao Xiangui is in a good mood. He was surrounded by his family, and his eyes were smiling like a slit.

After handing over the gifts he was carrying to his family and making love with his family for a while, Xiao Xiangui introduced Li Tu, saying that this is a big room, this is a second room, and this is a third room. This is the eldest son, this is the second son, and this is the youngest daughter. There are a lot of characters, and Li Tu can't remember a single name.

Now Li Tu is already a ship, and he is Xiao Xiangui's highest-ranking subordinate. Xiao Xiangui also introduced his family to Li Tu, which means that he is particularly worthy of Li Tu.

When everyone sat down in the main hall, someone handed tea to them. Li Tu sat on the rosewood chair and chatted with the self-proclaimed Tongsheng Xiao Dagongzi without a word.

The two sons of the Xiao family are both scholars. The eldest son is twenty years old and has been admitted to the children's examination. Although he is not yet a talent in the show, he is also very good at talking, which makes Li Tu laugh in his heart. However, this eldest prince Xiao did not despise Li Tu's white ding, which made Li Tu have some good feelings.

Xiao Xiangui and his youngest son and youngest daughter talked about the things on the sea, and as they talked, they talked about the scene of Chen Shengning blocking the road and robbing him. Xiao Xiangui said to his children vividly: "Then Chen Shengning has less than a hundred people, all of them are fierce and vicious, holding swords, rowing oars and rushing towards Daddy's boat. Xiao Xiangui gestured his hands into the shape of an arquebus, shouted with a "snap", and said to his children: "But as soon as Daddy shot over, he killed the sea thief Chen Shengning!" ”

After saying this, Xiao Xiangui's two sons and daughters quieted down and did not speak.

After half a ring, Xiao Xiangui's second son said: "Dad, is it so dangerous to run to the sea to do business?" In the past few years, didn't you meet pirates? Why is this year so dangerous? ”

Xiao Xiangui's youngest daughter hugged Xiao Xiangui and murmured, "Daddy, don't go to sea, I'm afraid!" ”

Xiao Xiangui's face was stunned, he stroked his daughter's head, and choked speechlessly. After a long time, he said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Daddy will go to sea again, and if he earns enough money next year, Daddy will stop doing it." ”

We chatted until dinner, and everyone had a meal in the second hall, and then slept in separate rooms.

After staying at home for eight days, Xiao Xiangui played with his family every day, but after a few comfortable days, he smiled every day. Early in the morning of the ninth day, Xiao Xiangui's family prepared two carriages and sent the five to Yuegang, Haicheng County.

When Xiao Xiangui left home, he was reluctant to give up, and stood at the door and talked to his two sons for a long time. When it was time to talk to the little daughter, the little girl grabbed her father's sleeve and cried. Xiao Xiangui's family members all scolded the little daughter, saying that it was unlucky for the child to cry, and the little girl was so frightened that she didn't dare to cry anymore.

Li Tu looked at Xiao Xiangui with his eyes, and only felt that his face was pale when he left home, not like he was going to the sea to do business, but as if he was going to the execution ground.

hugged his little daughter again, Xiao Xiangui gave up and beckoned everyone to get into the carriage.

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Yuegang is the seat of Haicheng County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, and it is the only legal international trade port in the Ming Dynasty, known as the South Library of the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Yuegang was originally a wild place in Zhangzhou Mansion, and there was no county seat nearby. However, because the place was remote and far from the government, it gradually developed into a smuggling trade port. In the four years of Ming Jingtai, the overseas trade of Yuegang has risen. During the years of Chenghua and Hongzhi, Yuegang was already "the wind turned back and the sails turned, and the actual bribes filled the boat...... The giants are actually fighting for the "little Suzhou and Hangzhou".

In the first year of Longqing, the Ming Dynasty government officially lifted the sea ban, and then opened Zhangzhou Yuegang as a foreign trade port, "allowed to sell the East and West". The Ming court also set up Haicheng County in Yuegang, and the county governance was in Yuegang. By the time of the Apocalypse, Moon Port had developed into the largest trading port in East Asia.

Li Tu and Xiao Xiangui took a half-day carriage and entered Yuegang from the south gate "Yangwei Gate".

Entering the Moon Harbor, Li Tu jumped out of the carriage and saw a huge and prosperous port city. At a glance, I saw that the roofs in the town were connected to the roofs, and there was no end in sight. The town is full of merchants, wines, inns, each with its own signboard and colorful flowers. The little two families stood on the road to greet business, shouting one after another, in a string. There are a variety of goods in each store.

On several trade streets, well-dressed merchants and their servants roamed around, bustling with people. There are at least 100,000 people in the entire city. In this era, it can be regarded as a metropolis.

There were thirty or forty boats parked on the docks. The people who moved the goods on the dock were busy and the people were buzzing. At this time, it was April, and all the ships that went to the South Seas were gone, and the ships that went to the East were all parked in the port to purchase goods. Therefore, most of the ships in the harbor are medium-sized ships, most of which are about the same size as the Zaixing. However, Li Tu also saw that there were two canton ships, which were larger than Li Tu's Crescent.

Xiao Xiangui was familiar with the road and led everyone into a commercial store in the west of the city.

There were a few guests in the merchant house, but as soon as the shopkeeper saw Xiao Xiangui, he immediately lost the guests and greeted him: "Which gust of wind blew the rich man Xiao here!" ”

Xiao Xiangui got straight to the point and said: "Don't come to the shopkeeper, I'll buy some raw silk today." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "It's a coincidence, I just entered 20 tons of Ganzhou Baisheng silk last month. Rich man Xiao will sit down for a while, and I will go and get a sample to show you. ”

When they sat down on their chairs, tea was served. After a while, the shopkeeper walked out from behind, holding three handfuls of raw silk samples in his hands: "Xiao Gong, look, this is the Ganzhou white raw silk that entered this year." ”

Xiao Xiangui took the raw silk, rubbed it in his hand for a while, and handed one of them to Li Tu. Li Tu touched it, and only felt that the silk of Baihuahua was very silky, but he didn't know how to distinguish between good and bad.

Xiao Xiangui raised the raw silk in his hand and said to Li Tu: "This is a good way to distinguish silk and poor silk, all by three steps, that is, looking, touching, and distinguishing." The first thing to see is to see whether the raw silk is shiny, smooth and even; Secondly, if it is plump and silky, crisp and elastic, and fastness, it is considered a good silk. The third is to distinguish, to be placed in the bright place to distinguish carefully, if it is a good silk, it must be a clear texture, uniform color absorption, no color spots. ”

Li Tu didn't know why Xiao Xiangui taught himself to distinguish goods, but as a trader, knowing how to distinguish the grade of goods is of course a necessary ability. He nodded, trying to remember Xiao Xiangui's words.