Big Bucktooth was unaware of Wang Fulin's departure. Seeing that the six-masted Lisbon was gradually in sight, he grinned, then opened his hands to his mouth, and whistled at first, and when someone on the deck hurriedly appeared, and looked over the railing, he shouted again, but not in Cantonese, but in a language similar to that in which he had spoken to the guards.

With his shouting, several black-haired and brown-eyed people appeared on the six-masted ship before, and replied a few words in a language that no one understood, and after they and the big bucktooth exchanged words with each other for a while, someone soon climbed down the rope ladder. As the seven or eight people got off the ground, the big bucktooth fart stepped forward, and he didn't know what to say, and pointed at the crowd, his face full of smirks.

Wang Fulin didn't know if it was Portuguese or not, but he noticed that Big Bucktooth's foreign language was very slippery, and there was no communication barrier with these guys who were obviously foreigners. And when the big bucktooth finished speaking, the people laughed for a while, and Xu came over to them. The first one is forty miles away, tall and strong, but the black hair is not as black as the Chinese, but dark brown, the eyes are also brown, at this time there is a deep smile on the face, the appearance is very handsome, if placed in the future life, it is definitely enough to be called a Portuguese beautiful man.

Wang Fulin has traveled to Portugal and Spain, and knows that the Iberian Peninsula is different from France, Germany, and Britain in the hinterland of Europe, because it has been invaded by the Moors, the blood is not pure, and the blonde hair and blue eyes are only a minority in these two countries, but the black hair and brown eyes occupy the vast majority, and these people in front of them are obviously so. However. When he heard the middle-aged Portuguese beautiful man laughing and speaking in a stiff Cantonese. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Welcome to the Lisbon. As long as the goods brought are of high quality, I don't care about the price! ”

Since he can speak Cantonese, why did he muttered to Big Bucktooth just now in his own Chinese dialect? Plus the big bucktooth deliberately took them to the church of Our Lady of Hope before, and the Sebastian he met again? Franco was extremely concerned, it seems that this guy always guides those small businessmen with the attitude of an old horse along the way, and he is even more attentive to him, there should be a problem! Especially when he heard Big Bucktooth introduce him and the others to the beautiful Portuguese man. The doubts in his heart had reached their peak.

"This is Master Sai, and Captain Franco." Big Bucktooth didn't see Wang Fulin's expression of raising his eyebrows, after introducing people, he didn't give those small businessmen a chance to speak at all, and immediately grabbed the task of introducing the goods, "Captain Franco, what we brought to trade this time is the best silk, you see, there is a whole car." And these porcelains are also the best goods from the official kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province......"

Wang Fulin had communicated skillfully before. I saw in advance what these small merchants brought to the table. For those who have been running around in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and are accustomed to seeing the finest silk in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the silk brought by these people is the middle and lower grade white silk - of course, it is not excluded that Westerners prefer white silk to those colorful satin, but porcelain is obviously the plain white embryo transported to Guangdong for reprocessing, and Jingdezhen has nothing to do with it, although the porcelain products in Foshan Town are often reprocessed in this way, but what is even more deplorable is that the craftsmanship of these porcelains is not very good at all, after all, he is in the courtyardThere are also a lot of porcelain boutiques from Foshan Town.

So he simply scoffed at the nonsense of the big buckteeth.

However, Captain Franco, while listening to the introduction of the big buckteeth, motioned to the sailors below him to remove the box, and then, after a cursory examination of a few goods, gave a thumbs up and applauded, and then began to make serious gestures with the little merchants describing the numbers, and began to bargain. The three carts of things, according to Wang Fulin's rough estimate, are worth about one or two thousand silver at most, and the three small merchants brought by Big Bucktooth are worth 10,000 taels. And after the captain of the Franc machine haggled repeatedly, the price went from 10,000 taels to 9,000 taels...... Gradually, it was cut down to seven thousand five hundred taels, but the three small merchants refused to let go anymore.

Seeing such a situation, Wang Fulin became strange. Could it be that Big Bucktooth really didn't slaughter these fat sheep of his own, but just planned to take these small businessmen to slaughter these fat sheep who didn't know whether things were good or bad? And at this time, he was surrounded by several sailors. These people don't seem to be able to communicate with people in Cantonese like the Portuguese beautiful man, but they just take out all kinds of small things and gesticulate, but it is the big bucktooth that acts as the translator.

"This is a South Sea pearl that is a specialty of Manraka, and it is best to make earrings or bracelets."

"This is an agate cup, there are no skilled craftsmen on the side of the Franc machine, and it is also a good birthday gift to go back to the city of Guangzhou and find someone to polish and polish it."

"Do you like these gems? Don't look at it now, it doesn't look good, after grinding and cutting, all of them are first-class good goods, and it is the most suitable to make jewelry with inlaid treasures. ”

"This rhino horn is also a specialty of the South Seas, especially this blue rhino, I heard that it can detoxify all kinds of poisons...... cough, if you don't like it, there are still good spices from the West on the ship, what agarwood, gold and silver incense, fast incense, everything, why don't you go to the boat to see it? ”

Wang Fulin was casually selecting things and asking the price, and on the other hand, he was distracted by the conversation between the small merchants and Captain Franco, and when he found that the price was finally finalized and sold for 7,200 taels of silver, but Captain Franco asked everyone to follow them on board the ship, and handed over the money with one hand and the other to deliver the goods, so as to pay the silver, he suddenly felt a sudden in his heart. Especially when he heard that Big Bucktooth also invited him to come on the boat to see what spices, he immediately had a clear thought in his heart.

Obviously, all the foreshadowing before was to let him and these three small businessmen get on the boat together!

He suddenly glanced back at Chen Bingchang and asked absentmindedly, "Little brother, are you hungry?" ”

Chen Bingchang didn't expect that Wang Fulin was obviously still shopping with great interest just now, and he was also dazzled by all kinds of pearl and jade rhino horns, but he suddenly asked himself such a question. After being slightly stunned. He wanted to answer that it didn't hurt. can see Wang Fulin's quiet and bottomless deep eyes. He immediately touched his stomach with a blessed heart, and replied with some weakness: "Big brother, I'm a little hungry. ”

"I think so, early in the morning out of the city to rush to the lotus stem gate, out of the customs and hurried here, it was already in the afternoon, it was not early, I still just ate some dry food on the way. I'm almost hungry with my chest against my back. In this way, it is not too late to go to the temple of the five organs first, and then come and choose a birthday gift. Master Huang, thank you for taking me to the dock, I'll come back and pick up something, little brother, let's go. ”

Chen Bingchang didn't expect Wang Fulin to leave without warning, and he was stunned for a moment before he hurried to lead the horse. As for the other entourage, they would not question Wang Fulin's words, and hurriedly got on their horses to follow.

Face this scene. Huang Tianren, the big bucktooth, was unexpected, and stepped forward to persuade again. It's blocking again, but Wang Fulin can't help but feel like he has eaten a scale, and even complains that he has never been in such a hurry in his life, and now he is tired and just wants to have a good meal, he can't stop it at all. Seeing that the rich boy who had been easily hooked along the way was really leaving, he swallowed hard, turned his head and looked at Captain Franco pitifully.

Captain Franco frowned, and then stepped forward enthusiastically and said, "This boy, there are better things on the ship, why don't you go on the boat and have a look?" Besides, there is also good food and wine on board, don't you think we won't entertain your guests? ”

"The world is big, the food is the biggest, and you can't talk about business when you're hungry. I know that your ship will be at sea for months or even years, and of course it will store a lot of food, but if I want to eat, you certainly don't have it on board. For example, if I want to eat fresh shrimp glue, beef cheong fen, salt-baked chicken, roast suckling pig, I can't eat less than 10 dishes a day at home, can you serve it to me on the boat at three o'clock? Wang Fulin looked like a very fussy son, and when he saw Captain Franco choked on himself, he said haha, "In short, keep the good things for me, and come when I am full of food and drink, and buy a good one when the time comes!" ”

Seeing that the rich boy who was easy to hook along the way led everyone away, Big Bucktooth saw Captain Franco's uncertain face, he shuddered, and hurriedly said in Portuguese: "Don't worry, sir, you lead them on the ship to trade, and I will chase them." This guy is a boy who has never gone out and never suffered hardships, he is very easy to deceive, I will never let the fat sheep sent to the door escape! ”

"The ship will leave tomorrow, as long as this thing is done well today, I will not treat you badly. But if something goes wrong, you know the consequences! Captain Franc glared at the big bucktooth fiercely, and then whispered, "I don't want to see this fat sheep anymore, whether he is alert or not." I remember you said that there is a way in the inspection department, you can find a reason to detain people, and those inspection departments will definitely be happy to have the opportunity to slaughter fat sheep. And to make up for it, you can bring another fat sheep with you! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Big buck teeth shuddered, then wiped the fine beads of sweat on his head, nodded and smiled, "I promise that the inspection department will definitely detain them, and they will never cause trouble to adults." ”

When leaving the dock, Wang Fulin once again encountered the patrolling guards, he deliberately pretended to be a swinger brother, and took off his hat to perform a Western-style etiquette, and asked Zhao San Mazi to throw a piece of silver over, and sure enough, after those guards laughed, they didn't leave him in trouble at all. From this, he further concluded that the so-called Captain Franco's way of making money might have been just a self-inflicted act.

Therefore, Wang Fulin and everyone sped up as soon as they got out of the dock, but did not leave immediately, but circled around a few nearby streets, and found that this was obviously a place like the Portuguese crew's quarters, and there were very few businesses and inns. At this time, he hesitated slightly, and said to Chen Bingchang and others: "Let's go, go to the Church of Our Lady of Wangde." ”

Chen Bingchang was simply confused. Although he was indeed not hungry, Wang Fulin left the dock under the pretext of going to fill his stomach first, and at this time he had to go to the Church of Our Lady of Wangde, a place that was almost full of Francophone people, what was going on? Although he and Wang Fulin were not really brothers, they couldn't help but ask at this time: "Big brother, what are you doing at the Church of Our Lady of Wangde?" ”

Even Zhao San Mazi and Liu Bo Fengzhong, the three personal attendants and guards, would never question any of Wang Fulin's actions in the past, but at this moment, Zhao San Mazi couldn't help but ask: "Childe, could it be that those people on the dock have a problem?" ”

"Bucktooth Huang Tianren opened the river in his mouth. The self-proclaimed Captain Francois looked decently dressed, but he was not supposed to be a captain, the calluses on his palms and fingertips were abnormally thick, and his right shoulder was noticeably different from his left, which was probably the result of frequent lifting and lowering of the sails, pulling on cables, and other heavy loads. And according to the general logic, after being adrift at sea for a long time, as long as it is a person with high status, he will not be happy to stay on the ship after mooring, but will go to land to spend all day drinking. And, as you all see, the Francos built quite a few houses and opened a lot of hotels here, and it is impossible for the really important people to live on ships. ”

Of course, Wang Fulin would not say, he doubted that the person he had seen who was worshipping in the Church of Our Lady of Hope was the real Captain Franco, but now these analyses were also true.

Chen Bingchang has read a lot, but he has been in Guangdong for almost two years, but Haojing is still the first time to come, at this time, listening to Wang Fulin say this, he couldn't help asking: "But why does this person pretend to be the captain?" ”

"The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit. The self-proclaimed captain of the Franc Machine obviously spoke Cantonese dialect, but what Huang Tianren spoke to him at the beginning was the language of the Franc Machine, which is obviously different. And don't you hear them haggle with the small merchants and end up offering a very high price, only to get them on the ship and trade? And seeing that I'm not satisfied with what they have brought out, and they want to trick me into getting on the boat? You should have seen that there were no Ming people on the dock except for a small number of Franc soldiers, except for the boat and the people on board, but that Huang Tianren took us all the way to the other side to trade, is this situation normal? ”

Chen Bingchang suddenly shook his head, and his face turned white all of a sudden: "Big brother is saying that they want to trick people into the boat to rob money?" ”

"Maybe it's not just robbing money, but also robbing people! Only the people and goods have all disappeared without a trace, and there will be no human and material evidence at that time, even if the family members report the case to the Yamen, they can only be treated as missing. According to the documents I have read at the Governor's Palace, the trend of abduction, trafficking and looting was quite prevalent at the beginning of the appearance of the Franc Machine, and then it was the repeated attacks of the local government and the officers and soldiers that it was only slightly curbed. ”

Chen Bingchang suddenly became anxious: "But let's go, what will the others do?" Why didn't we call it when we left...... Yes! ”

It was only at this time that Chen Bingchang realized that his previous situation was actually very dangerous. Not to mention notifying the others, even if they show the slightest suspicion, they may not be able to get out of that dock! (To be continued.) )