Zhu Daolin noticed the strangeness of the guests, nodded to Ying Changpei to show that he understood, looked at Moleno, who looked the most excited, and asked curiously: "Mr. Moleno, are you not feeling well?" Need my help? ”

"No, no!"

Moreno hurriedly stood up, and saw that Sayide, who was sitting in the front position, was about to speak to Zhu Daolin, and immediately strode up to Ying Changpei, who was full of puzzlement: "Mr. Ying, can you let me appreciate this string of gems in your hand?" ”

Ying Changpei was stunned for a moment before he understood, raised his hand generously, pulled up his sleeve and stretched out his left wrist: "It turned out that I saw the string of beads in my hand, I said it earlier, haha!" Mr. Mo, please look at it casually, this thing is indeed relatively rare, I heard that there are a lot of Franc machines, Mr. Mo must have seen it. ”

"I'm sorry Mr. Ying, can you take a closer look at it?" Moleno's eyes were fixed on the string of sapphires, and he couldn't remember any politeness or etiquette at the moment.

Ying Changpei thought about untying the sapphire bracelet and put it in the palm of Moleno's already open hand, before he could say a few words of pretense and generosity, Moleno had already walked to the gate with the sapphire in his hand, and held it up to the clear blue sky to watch it carefully.

Seeing this scene, Feng Shengtai was full of guilt, he walked up to Ying Changpei to apologize on his behalf, and explained with a red face that Fu Lang Jiren has a straightforward personality, and he is not as polite as my Daming, and I implore Ying Changpei and Zhu Daolin to bear with me.

Ying Changpei and Zhu Daolin naturally didn't blame, Zhang Deyi and Yan Yihe, who didn't know the truth, felt very strange, and saw a group of Francophone people still gathered at the door, holding the string of blue beads and talking excitedly, and after thinking about it, they quietly came to Zhu Daolin's side: "Brother, what's going on?" Is that string of blue beads worth a lot? ”

Zhu Daolin pointed at Ying Changpei: "I didn't know Third Brother Ying at that time. Seeing that he liked it, he sold him the string of beads, and received him tens of thousands of taels of silver, and later became familiar with each other and became brothers, thinking of the string of beads and feeling very embarrassed, so he wanted to return the money to the third brother Ying, but he was unwilling to accept it. I didn't expect the Franc machine guests to like it too. ”

Zhang Deyi and Yan Yihe were slightly surprised when they heard that the beads were worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Ying Changpei smiled: "Silver is a trivial matter, who makes me like it?" At that time, the reason why Brother Dao Lin Xian was willing to sell it to me was because he had just arrived and couldn't make a lot of money, and now it was too late to go back. ”

"It's not that I'm a little childish, but this thing can't be touched even if I have money, I'd rather give him another 10,000 taels of silver than give it back to him, haha!"

As soon as the words fell, several Franco-robot people came in together. Moreno held the sapphire bracelets as big as the dragon's eye core in both hands, and made a very sincere request: "Mr. Ying, can you transfer this sapphire bracelet to me?" ”

Ying Changpei smiled apologetically, reached out and took the sapphire bracelet and put it back on his left wrist: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Mo, I like this bracelet very much, I want to keep it for my descendants, and I have no intention of transferring it!" If you can meet it again next time. I'll be on the lookout for Mr. Mo, oops. I'm so sorry! ”

Seeing the opportunity, Sayide immediately smiled and said, "I am willing to give two thousand taels of gold, hoping that Mr. Ying can transfer it to me." ”

"No, no! Said, it's rude for you to do this, I was the first to negotiate with Mr. Ying, and it should be up to me to negotiate the specific transaction price with Mr. Ying, only after I give up. You can then negotiate with Mr. Ying, which is the minimum business rule. Moleno uttered a long list of reasons in Portuguese, and his face tightened and he was unhappy.

Sa Yide was just about to distinguish when Zhu Daolin's junior brother Yuhu hurriedly arrived again: "Senior brother, another group of Francophiles are looking for you." They were brought by Lord Lin, the director of the Tongyuan Bureau...... Lord Lin asked me to tell my brother that the few Francophiles who came with him were wealthy Spanish businessmen who had come from Songjiang Mansion. ”

Sayid and Moleno looked at each other, immediately put aside their disputes, and looked at Zhu Daolin, who slowly stood up to greet the guests.

With the arrival of another group of Franc guests, the atmosphere in the main hall has changed.

Tall, imposing director of the Spanish East India Company, Thiago Brown. Gilbert. Sanchez shook hands with Zhu Daolin cordially, and introduced his companion to Zhu Daolin in a Hokkien accent:

"Allow me to introduce you to my colleague, a former captain of the Spanish Navy and now Commercial Counsellor of the Governor's Office in Manila. Sergio. Mr. Asnar. ”

The handsome Asnar stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake Zhu Daolin's hand gently: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Zhu is the first person I have met who is familiar with handshake etiquette after I set foot on this magical land in the East, and to be honest, I am very surprised and very appreciative!" ”

Zhu Daolin listened to Sanchez's translation and was very interested in the retired captain of the Spanish Navy, who looked like Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas:

"Thank you, Mr. Counsellor, for the compliment! I was also very surprised, in my memory, Mr. Aznar was probably the first Spanish official to visit Jinling, the capital of the Ming Empire. ”

Sanchez translated Zhu Daolin's words into Spanish, and Aznar quickly realized the confusion in Zhu Daolin's words, and explained with a slight smile:

"I came here in a private capacity, and I boarded Mr. Sanchez's cargo ship in Manila, and my destination was the northern port of Taiwan Island in the east, and since Mr. Sanchez's cargo ship had to unload a cargo at the port of Shanghai and then load up fine porcelain and raw silk for a few days, I had the honor to visit the beautiful and rich city of Jinling with Mr. Sanchez."

After listening to Sanchez's translation, Zhu Daolin politely introduced Ying Changpei, Zhang Deyi, and Yan Yihe to the Spanish guests one by one, and then invited the guests to sit down and drink tea with the familiar Lin director.

After thanking him, Sánchez, who was in his forties, walked to Saïd and Moreno, who were standing on the side, shook hands with each other cordially, and talked in low voices, apparently knowing each other for a long time.

Ying Changpei quietly asked Zhu Daolin: "These Franc people seem to know each other, but they don't come over to see each other, they shouldn't be all the way, right?" ”

Zhu Daolin explained in a low voice: "It is a three-way person, Mr. Sayid is an Arab merchant who has settled in Quanzhou for several generations, Moleno is a Portuguese merchant, and the latter two are Spanish merchants, belonging to three different countries and regions, but they are all maritime trade business, do you say they can be all waymen?" ”

Ying Changpei's eyebrows twitched: "It's getting more and more interesting, haha!" ”

Zhu Daolin nodded: "It's almost noon, you and the two virtuous brothers of Deyi and Yihe will say that we invite our guests to Kuixing Tower for dinner, and I will bring two boxes of good wine, so that I won't be too embarrassed to talk while drinking." ”

"If you think about it thoughtfully, I'll talk to Deyi."

Ying Changpei turned to Zhang Deyi and Yan Yihe, who were sitting on his right hand, and whispered, Zhang Deyi said with a smile that it was the best, went up and talked to the guests for a while, and then invited the guests to go to Kuixing Tower for lunch, and the guests readily agreed and thanked the hosts happily.

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