[53] Maritime merchants

After Yao Fan left, the three brothers of the Li family began to discuss Yao Fan.

"This Yao Fan knows so much, he is simply a Westerner!" Li Jingfang sat down on the chessboard in the center of the big bed, patted his thighs and exclaimed.

"This man has a mixed but well-organized mind, and is clearly educated. His family is so generous, he can send his children to travel all over the world to go through business, and he must have invited the best Western Mr. in his family to study, I think our American Mr. Bai Dick is afraid that he can't compare, Mr. Bai knows so much in addition to teaching English. The young Li Jingshu attributed Yao Fan's knowledge to his imaginary Yao family's family learning.

"He's only 26 years old, right? But he ran all over the Western countries, England, France, Prussia, Austria, Italy, and the United States! It's a living Chronicle of the Four Continents! I heard him talk about the customs and customs of the countries of the Taixi, and the customs of the upper class, all of which were eloquent, and he must have been deeply immersed in them.

He ran all over the world at a young age, and he really didn't live so big in vain! If I am lucky enough in this life, I can also travel to the West, and even if I stay at home to serve my father and mother for the rest of my life, I will be content. Li Jingxuan also sighed.

Li Jingxuan is the most beloved daughter of Li Hongzhang and his wife, and she naturally dares to have such a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Festival.

The young Li Jingshu smiled and said, "How can you go out of such a far door for a girl?" Daddy will not let you, if your mother listens, she will marry you quickly.

Li Jingxuan puffed out his mouth and said: "Then I will simply marry a maritime businessman, and it will be good to fulfill my vision of traveling all over the world." ”

Li Jingfang laughed and said: "You just saw that Yao Fan for the first time, and you already want to get married?" Uh-huh, since you have this idea, I will definitely tell my father when I go back, and let him tell you to make peace?" After that, he and Li Jingshu laughed.

Seeing that the two of them were making fun of themselves, Li Jingxuan was angry and red-faced, threw a chess piece over, and after hitting Li Jingfang's stomach lightly, he rolled to the ground with a grunt, and said angrily: "Big brother, you bully me!" I'll definitely sue my dad when I go back! ”

Li Jingfang hurriedly comforted: "Big brother is joking with you, this Yao Fan is just a businessman, where is he worthy of my daughter." Our family is like this, if you want to find a son-in-law, you have to find a Jinshi Xiaolangjun with the title of the gold list. ”

Li Jingxuan pinched the corner of his clothes and looked down and thought, "If it is...... If you find someone like him, is it worse than Jinshi? Doesn't it say that businessmen value profit over separation? …… Cough! How can I think of such shameful things! ”

The three of them were discussing one sentence at a time, and Fauber came back with a book from his subordinates.

"Three young masters, this is the book that Yao Ye gave you." Fauber took the books from the hands of the two family members and put them on a simple table by the wall, which was only painted with transparent tung oil.

"It's actually colorful! This Yao family is really willing to spend money! Li Jingfang hurriedly stepped forward and took a book and was amazed.

"Gave so much? Boy! As soon as Fu Bo put the book on the table, Li Jingshu rushed forward and picked up a book and flipped through it in ecstasy.

Li Jingxuan looked at the titles of the books one by one and said, "He Yao is so powerful, he can actually translate history books!" ”

Li Jingfang turned the first page, his eyes widened like a copper bell, and said: "It's not actually a translation, you see what is written here, written by Yao Peng!" This! This is actually the history written by the Yao family for those Taixi countries! ”

Li Jingfang was excited, so he simply continued to read: "...... I want my Yao family to cross the ocean, hard trade in the West Sea countries, gradually settled in Europa, feel the history of its countries, try to think, if you can record them one by one with the Chinese pen, then the ups and downs of the ups and downs will be able to show the vicissitudes of the world for the descendants of the Yao family. With this in mind, we act ......

…… My Yao family has been doing business in various countries for a long time, and it is very convenient to collect and sort out the historical materials and illustrated books of the Taixi countries, so I spent a lot of money to record the history of the countries, with color maps, and my Yao family descendants to learn from them.

All the color pictures are taken with the homemade seagull camera of the Yaojia factory, and the master craftsmen are invited to color the plates one by one, and strive to restore the truth. The descendants should read the book and keep it in mind, and play with it in their hands, and do not show it lightly............"

Li Jingshu flipped through a book of the history of the British Empire with trembling hands, and said excitedly: "It turns out that Queen Elizabeth looks like this!" My God, the Yao family is not afraid of committing the taboo of foreigners!

I really can't imagine that this Yao family is such a generous scholarly family, and in addition to doing business, he does not forget the cultural education of his children, and is willing to spend such blood to compile the national history of foreigners! ”

Li Jingfang sat at the table, flipped through the books in his hand in a daze, nodded again and again: "Presumably, he has a huge family, a huge family of thousands of dollars, and is deeply connected with the Taixi countries, otherwise he would definitely not be able to write." It's just that this Yao family is so powerful, such a prestigious family, why haven't we heard of it before? I only know that the foreign merchants of the thirteen lines in Guangzhou, but each family is rich and oily, piled up with gold and silver, but none of them know how to spend money to study the Taixi countries, in order to help me Qing scholars look at the world, compared with the Yao family, it is really a group of pigs who only know the smell of copper! ”

Li Jingxuan flipped through a Cambridge illustrated version of the history of ancient Greece, and the first time she flipped through it, she didn't look at the text, but only looked at the colorful pictures inside, and she was stunned by the color pictures of temples and Greek sculptures.

"This Yao family is probably too rich, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and they don't want to show their wealth, right? His family was able to intervene in the civil strife in France and fund Napoleon's military salary, how could an ordinary family do it! Li Jingxuan looked at the color picture, half of it was for his brother, and half of it was for himself.

Li Jingfang shook his head while reading: "What I said just now is wrong, this Yao family is indeed not an ordinary businessman...... If...... If Yao Fan is the descendant of the Yao family, he is still worthy of my sister-in-law. ”

As soon as Li Jingxuan heard that this topic came to him again, he hurriedly reprimanded: "Big brother is just a few serious words, and there is nonsense here again, I must go back to my mother!" ”

Li Jingfang smiled and changed the subject: "It's just that this Western typography is really weird, the text is arranged left to right, and the pages are also left to right, which is really awkward." ”

Li Jing said: "It's about following the customs, big brother, you don't see it, then Yao Fan doesn't even have braids." ”

Li Jingfang nodded and stopped talking.

So the three sons of the Li family can be regarded as finding the best pastime for leisure in this hot summer, and they are all engrossed in reading the book, occasionally admiring one or two sentences, comparing Chinese history with foreign countries in the book, and then amazed......

Seeing that the evening came, the three members of the Li family were reluctant to release the volume, and they were really reluctant to leave it behind. It was still Li Jingfang Laocheng, who raised his head and said, "Let's eat, books won't grow wings and fly again." ”

Li Jingshu sat on the kang against the wall with the book in his arms, watching it with relish, he shook his head and said: "I don't, I want to finish reading it quickly, I have to finish it tonight even if I don't sleep, so I can ask Brother Yao for advice on the road tomorrow." ”

Li Jing said: "I think it's just like this, let's set up the wine tonight, how about inviting Yao Fan to come over and have a feast together?" I've heard from Fauber that his book box is very large, and there are several books in it. ”

This sentence raised the appetite of the other two bookworms, and Li Jingshu hurriedly said: "Big brother, good idea!" Otherwise, where can we find such a good book to read? These are the precious books in his Yao family's private collection, and they can't be bought with money outside!

I said, "Later, we will give him a lot of good words, and then give him a generous amount of silver, and be sure to buy all the books that are left in his hand." ”

Li Jingxuan said disdainfully: "Second brother is so stupid to speak, the Yao family is so generous, is there still less silver?" A bicycle of a few hundred taels, he didn't blink and said that he wanted to give it to the two of you, do you think he cares about silver? ”

Li Jingshu was a teenager after all, and he was shocked and worried: "There is no way to do this, you can't steal it." ”

Li Jingfang saw that what he said was outrageous, and reprimanded: "What nonsense, you are embarrassed to mention such a shameful thing as stealing books, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes." In short, I think Yao Fan is a generous person, as long as we are familiar with him and borrow it from him, he may not allow it. ”

Li Jingshu clapped his hands happily and said: "Big brother, good idea, after borrowing it, big brother, you only said that you lost it, and asked for a lot of silver, so we just have to compensate him." ”

Li Jingfang scolded angrily: "The more you talk, the more embarrassed you become, if you let your father hear it, it won't be a big board to serve you." This was originally an elegant thing, but you said it was so unbearable.

According to me, after we arrive in Jinan, we will tell him the identity of his father, since he is in business, he will inevitably stammer, and it is logical for us to ask him for a book to read when the time comes. Of course, we don't want him in vain, and when the time comes, let's also bother to introduce him to the leading figures in Jinan Mansion, so that he will be able to do business smoothly in the future, wouldn't this be the best of both worlds. ”

Li Jing said: "That's it! We still talked to Brother Yao very closely, and it is reasonable to help him. Fu Bo, you hurry up and arrange a banquet and ask for the best banquet, big brother, let's go and invite Brother Yao. ”

Li Jingfang said: "Okay, I think he should be awake at this moment." ”

Li Jingxuan wanted to say, "I'll go too." But when he thought of Yao Fan's previous frank and naked appearance, he immediately blushed and couldn't speak.

"I read in the book that the ancient Greeks admired nakedness, mixed bathing of men and women, this Yao Fan, isn't it infected with this habit of foreigners? If it's true, it's really shameless......" Li Jingxuan thought with a shy face.

So the two brothers of the Li family went to invite Yao Fan.

Yao Fan had already woken up and was discussing the next day's itinerary with the guys, because considering that he was going to walk with the Li family, Yao Fan asked the ten big guys accompanying him to give instructions to go down, that is, to ask everyone not to gossip on the road, and to accompany the family members of the officials, and not to say taboos and rude words.

Seeing that the two boys of the Li family came to invite him to a banquet, Yao Fan agreed.

Seeing that Yao Fan woke up in good spirits, the three of them chatted again.

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