"These things have sprouted, can you eat them?"

Xiong Wencan's face was black, and he scolded sharply, Li Zhitong's face was panicked, cold sweat was rushing on his forehead, and the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat.

The big ship in front has been moored on the wharf, a large number of people are boarding the ship to carry baskets and bags of potatoes, the whole wharf is in a mess, but under the command of the officers and men, the work of moving and unloading and transporting is quite orderly, however, looking at the basket of potatoes that have sprouted and grown seedlings, as the number one governor of Fujian Province, Xiong Wencan's face is as black as the bottom of a pot, and anyone can see that he is very, very unhappy.

"Deng, what's going on?"

A group of white-skinned and blue-eyed foreign businessmen and captains gathered around and asked Deng Tong and Deng Tong with a confused expression.

Deng Tong translated them with a grunt, without any embellishment, not only translated Xiong Wencan's original words literally, but also added oil and vinegar to exaggerate several times, Lord Xiong is going crazy, dear, take it easy, he is the emperor of Fujian Province, you can cut whoever you want, don't provoke him.

The foreign businessmen looked at each other, didn't Li Zhitong say before that pulling the potatoes over was a great achievement, and he could also earn a lot of silver and gold? How does this style of painting make people feel bad?

"Give it to me, take it for me!"

Xiong Wencan didn't care about any foreign merchant and captain of the foreign ship, and the voice of reprimanding Li Zhitong became louder and louder, and finally he even ordered the soldiers to take Li Zhitong down and detain him pending trial, on charges of neglecting his duties, pretending to be rotten, corrupt and perverting the law, and committing the crime of defrauding the monarch with death.

Now it is the Ming Dynasty, not the Qing Dynasty that saw the bones of foreigners and softened half of them, although the Ming Dynasty has decayed and declined, and is terminally ill, but the prestige of the early Ming Dynasty is still there, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are still strong, and they do not take these foreign businessmen in their eyes.

"Oh, what's going on?"

"Deng, what the hell is going on?"

Seeing that Li Zhitong was arrested, all the foreign businessmen were dumbfounded, nervously surrounding Deng Tong, gesturing with both hands, and asking what was going on, why did they arrest Li Zhitong? Is the business still going on? What about their potatoes? Who will compensate for the loss?

They listened to Li Zhitong's boasting, and couldn't resist the temptation of gold, so they followed him to buy potatoes and ship them to the Ming Dynasty, these foreign businessmen have a basic commonality, they want to make a fortune, and they are extremely adventurous, and the better ones have a good family background to fill a boat, and the weaker ones have a few buddies or relatives to raise funds to raise enough for a boat, and many people rely on loans to make a boat, which can almost be said to have put all their belongings on the bank.

Riding the wind and waves all the way, the foreign businessmen were uneasy, after all, they were taking a great risk, it was normal to have such a reaction, until they were escorted by Zheng Zhilong's fleet and only charged a small amount of protection fees, they breathed a sigh of relief, basically believed Li Zhitong's words, and regarded him as the God of Wealth who could make them rich, a good buddy in the East, but now the style of painting has changed, Li Zhitong was arrested by Xiong Wencan, the local emperor of Fujian Province, on all kinds of messy charges, what should they do? What to do with their potatoes? Who to get the money from?

To be honest, Li Zhitong's life and death are their business, they only care about the golden gold.

Deng Tong, the interpreter, was busy explaining the reason to the foreign merchants, Xiong Wencan shook his sleeves and left angrily, and then the soldiers who maintained order also withdrew, and a large group of people who unloaded and moved to Dongdong also dispersed, and the originally chaotic dock instantly became silent.

"Oh God, can anyone tell me what's going on?"

"God, what about my potatoes?"

"Oh my God, I'm going bankrupt......"

Those foreign businessmen panicked, one by one at a loss, around Deng Tong grunting and asking, there were also tempered and furious, splitting their chests and grabbing Deng Tong, listening to the sound of Zheng Zheng twice, several big men around Deng Tong drew knives one after another, put them on their necks, their expressions were fierce and scary, and their bodies burst out with a breathtaking cold and murderous aura.

"There's something to say, there's something to say, Mike, you can't calm down, your impulsiveness will kill everyone."

The other foreign businessmen hurriedly persuaded them, and they could feel that as long as they dared to move Deng Tong's hair, the bodyguards around him would definitely dare to use knives to cut off the heads of those troublemakers, or make a big hole under their necks.

They reprimanded a few bastards who made trouble, what kind of jokes are you kidding, this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, dare to do something to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and you are impatient? If you want to die for yourself, don't hurt everyone.

"Take away your dog paws for the old man, I'll count three times, and if you don't take them away, I'll ask the bodyguards to chop you up and feed the dogs!"

Deng Tong, who has always had a good temper, was furious, and warned Mike and the others with a cold face, although the old man is a scholar, but the reader also has a temper, and he has a great temper, apologize to the old man, otherwise I will chop up a few of you and feed them to the dogs.

"Oh, I'm sorry, dear Deng, we're also worried that our business is messed up, and we're impulsive, I'm sorry, and I apologize to you."

Mike and a few other spirits shuddered, only then did they remember that this was the Ming Empire, beating other people's officials on other people's territory, it was a capital crime, they hurriedly bowed down and apologized, to be honest, they didn't want to make trouble, but they were too worried about the business messing up to be so impulsive, this business was all the belongings on the bank, in case of bankruptcy, they could only jump into the sea.

"The old man accepts your apology." Deng Tong has a good temper, since people apologized in person, he naturally won't embarrass others.

"Everyone be quiet, listen to me, I don't know what's going on now, I have to go to the governor's mansion to inquire about the situation."

Deng Tong shouted, asked the foreign businessmen to calm down first, and sent a few representatives to the governor's mansion with him to ask the reason, and then said, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, a country of civilization and etiquette, and will definitely not snub foreign friends, the old man will not leave you alone, he will help you translate and contact the drop, you will elect a few representatives first.

It was a matter of gold and life, and the foreign merchants quickly selected a few famous businessmen as representatives, and followed Deng Tong to the governor's mansion to ask to see Xiong Wencan, and they waited at the dock first, don't make trouble, poke the big basket and take it personally, don't blame the old man for not warning you.

In the face of Deng Tong and the foreign businessmen's request to see, Xiong Wencan did not put on a score, this was originally a collusion to act and pit people, for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty, who else would you pit if you don't pit you?

Xiong Wencan met with foreign businessmen in the hall, and asked Yahuan to serve fragrant tea, foreign businessmen drank fragrant tea, one by one, and praised again and again, in China, the best tea in the East can only be enjoyed by nobles, pull a boat and a half back to make a fortune directly, as well as those gorgeous silk, exquisite porcelain, are good things that can make a lot of money.

"It is true that the emperor sent Li Zhitong to the sea to buy potatoes, but he bought good potatoes, not potatoes that have sprouted and grown and become moldy, Li Zhitong committed the crime of deceitful and deceitful of dereliction of duty, I will send someone to escort him to Beijing, let the emperor cut off his head, you are businessmen, you should know that keeping promises, and talking about reputation is the most basic criterion of a businessman, but you have no credibility at all, and you are good at rotten, deceive us, and deserve to be punished according to the crime."