Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Adventure of Donggu Island
Donggu Island is one of the larger of the 100 islands/countries in the vicinity, and it is also the closest one to the Ming Dynasty. Su Haoran, a number of other large islands/countries, has also investigated, regardless of property or prices, Donggu Island is the best choice for him.
Su Haoran left the people of the dart bureau to guard the goods on the ship, and he took Su Muling and Wei Huai'an to find a carriage and go to the best inn on the island to rest.
After walking on the boat for half a month, the feeling of finally stepping on land was a little unreal, Su Muling's feet were weak, and he could only walk steadily by holding the pomegranate's arm.
Wei Huai'an is not much better, the first time he took a boat and sat for so long through strong winds and waves, he has already subverted his first view of romantic travel, although he does not need to be supported like Su Muling, but he is also rootless and has no wind / flow in the past.
It took about half an hour for the carriage to reach its destination.
The architecture of Donggu Island is not very different from that of the Ming Dynasty, and the inhabitants are much more neatly dressed than the Ming people, and almost all men and women wear narrow clothes. Here is also more tolerant of women than Daming, and women who do not wear hats can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and there are women who open shops to do business.
Donggu Island speaks Wu Nong's soft language very well, that is, except for Su Haoran, no one else in this group can understand it.
The innkeeper was a man in his thirties who was very kind to let a few people into the room.
When Su Muling entered the house, he threw himself on the wide bed, full of joy: "Oh my God, I can finally sleep peacefully." ”
Pomegranate sorted out the young lady's luggage one by one, and then sat down to rest.
Along the way, Pomegranate has lost a lot of weight. During the three days that Su Muling accompanied Su Haoran at the helm in the fog, although Pomegranate was ordered to stay in the cabin, she agreed on the surface, but behind her back, she hid in no one's place and secretly protected the safety of the young lady.
Bingxue's smart Su Muling naturally knew that she was not so obedient, so he called her to the bed and pulled her to the bed to lie down together.
"You can sleep well for a while, and I'll call you when we eat."
The pomegranate said "yes", and the person did not move again.
Su Muling got up to look at her, she was already asleep.
For dinner, Su Haoran took everyone to eat local specialties, although Su Muling said that Wei Huai'an and Chen Sheng and Su Han were cronies sent by Xiao Wenxuan, but Su Haoran was experienced and still saw the difference between Wei Huai'an.
Su Muling saw that his father was suspicious, so he simply told him Wei Huai'an's true identity.
Su Haoran wiped his sweat: his daughter is so bold, not only chose the prince as her son-in-law, but also asked the mighty prince to be her bodyguard.
Su Haoran, who knew the truth, couldn't help but be much more polite to Wei Huai'an.
When you go out, you don't have so many identity constraints, and there are only seven people at the same table. I ate a simple and rough meal on the ship for half a month, and as soon as the dishes were served, everyone was welcome, and there was almost nothing left over from the table full of dishes.
After resting for one night, Su Haoran took everyone to start the big purchase of Donggu Island. Su Haoran's ship was loaded with tea, cloth, rouge gouache, and many goods that Donggu Island did not have. Bartering was his main way of trading.
Su Haoran took everyone to a shop that specialized in selling rare treasures that he often traded before.
Su Haoran's arrival was warmly welcomed by the boss. Su Haoran and the boss talked about business in a stiff Donggu language, but Su Muling and Wei Huaian couldn't understand it, so they looked around.
Su Muling's gaze swept to an ivory folding fan, and she motioned for the man to take it out of the counter and hold it in his hand to check it. This fan is cool to the touch and finely made, not much like the one she often uses in her hand.
She gestured with her hand and asked how much silver she wanted. The guy held out five fingers to her, and the other hand clenched into a fist.
Fifty taels?
"Daddy, this fan sells for fifty taels?"
Su Muling was so shocked that he couldn't care that Su Haoran was talking to the boss, so he directly interrupted him.
Su Haoran smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's fifty taels." ”
Su Muling was stunned, the same one sold in her shop cost five hundred taels.
Wei Huai'an was also amazed in his heart on the side: such an ordinary fan is ten times the profit, not to mention those rare things, and then thinking about the hardships and dangers of the journey, I feel that this thing in exchange for my life is indeed worth it.
Su Muling asked a few more bracelets and hairpins that were often sold in the shop, which were even more profitable than the fan.
What is unimaginable is that Su Haoran did not pay for cash, but the cloth that can be seen everywhere in Daming, and it was also sold to them at a staggering price.
The boss only came to such a big customer for half a year, so he naturally took out all the belongings and let Su Haoran choose.
Finally, after a morning, they exchanged all the cloth on board for several boxes of priceless jewelry.
On the way back to the inn, Su Muling squeezed into Su Haoran's carriage.
"Daddy, our brocade is so popular with them?"
Su Haoran knew that she had something to ask when she saw all this, and said to her unhurriedly:
"Here by the mountains and the sea, and with the country of Gary, Anji and other countries rich in gemstones, each has its own, coincidentally these countries do not have such a developed dyeing and weaving industry as our Ming Dynasty.
So let's look at ordinary fabrics, when we get to them, just like their gems to Daming, they can be sold at sky-high prices, and every time the cloth I bring is here, it will be robbed like crazy.
After many years of comparison, I fixed the jewelry business in this family, and their family got the good things that others coveted, and naturally they also gave me the jewelry that they thought was ordinary and could not be ordinary anymore. ”
"Their jewelry here is as ordinary as our silk?"
Su Muling didn't dare to imagine, no wonder the passers-by she saw on the road wore fine pearls and jadeite on their heads and bodies, and even the night pearls the size of Portugal/grapes were used for lighting at the counter of the jewelry store owner's shop.
The boxes containing the jewels were inlaid with rare tortoiseshell and amber, and these boxes alone could be sold for hundreds of taels of silver in the capital.
Su Muling's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but feel a little pity in her heart, such a good way to make money was cut off in her hands.
After eating at noon, Su Haoran did not choose any more goods. Instead, I took them shopping and tasted the life of different countries.
When they arrived in a foreign country, the completely different exotic customs made Su Muling and Wei Huai'an very curious, everything they had never seen in Daming had to buy some, and they had to taste what they hadn't eaten, and after a while, the hands of the few girls and guards who followed behind them were full of things. Even the special clothes worn by the ancient people in the East, they also bought several sets each.
In this way, they do goods in the morning and go shopping in the afternoon. I watched as the cargo brought with me turned into boxes of jewelry, porcelain, and woollen fabrics piled up in the cabin.
After the purchases, they were invited by Manhani, a porcelain shop owner, to attend a banquet at his house that evening.
Su Muling participated in a foreign-style banquet for the first time and deliberately dressed up.
She put on a local costume that she had bought when she was shopping before, a water-pink dress, and a lilac skirt tied into a double butterfly knot, showing that her waist/body was slender. A pomegranate combed her hair in the same way as a local woman, and a circle of silver ornaments sparkled in the sun. The pretty dress reveals the style of the Western Regions, and the beautiful appearance can't hide the gentleness of the Ming woman.
The pomegranate also changed into the clothes of local girls, with tightened cuffs and knee-length skirts, which made her more heroic than usual.
When the master and servant came out of the room, Wei Huai'an's eyes on Su Muling stayed for a while longer than usual.
Manhani sent a carriage to pick them up and take them to Manhani's private garden. It was already full of people, with bonfires lit in the open garden, and groups of men and women singing and dancing around the bonfires. In the distance, by the woods, there were people racing horses, people wrestling, and people trying their archery.
The arrival of Su Haoran and several people was welcomed by the locals, and Su Muling and Pomegranate were pulled into the dancing team by several local girls before they could figure out the situation.
Where can Su Muling dance these dances, just wanted to wave his hand to quit, but was caught back by the enthusiastic girls, and two of them took the initiative to teach them basic movements.
Su Muling failed to escape, so she had to follow them and try to learn how to move. The pomegranate couldn't come to this, so he ran away while people were not paying attention.
When Su Muling was dragged away, Su Haoran was also dragged elsewhere by several bosses who knew him on weekdays to catch up.
Wei Huai'an didn't dare to go too far away from Su Muling, so he chose a quiet place to look at her from afar.
Su Muling was a smart girl, and it didn't take long for her to find a pattern and dance to the music.
I saw that she sometimes raised her wrists and lowered her eyebrows, sometimes lightly soothed her hands, and the pomegranate skirt under her body swayed with her, like a blooming rose.
Su Muling's beauty and graceful dancing have attracted the attention of many people, including many young and handsome exotic guys.
At the end of the song, fine beads of sweat jumped out of Su Muling's forehead. She said goodbye to the girls and wanted to find her father and Wei Huai'an, and looked around, but she didn't see Su Haoran's shadow, and Wei Huai'an was leaning under a tree, squinting and looking at her lazily.
It was the first time that Su Muling had been so indulgent in front of everyone, and his face was crimson and he walked towards him with a crimson face.
Suddenly, Wei Huai'an's face changed, and Su Muling was surprised why he changed his face. Out of nowhere, a tall, well-dressed young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes stopped in front of her, and suddenly knelt down on one knee at her.
“#¥¥<·&£*……”
After the young man finished speaking, his eyes looked at Su Muling warmly.
Su Muling was dizzy, what is this talking about, I don't understand a word.
At this time, some people around laughed, and then many people began to gather around them, all smiling and muttering something that Su Muling couldn't understand at all.
"You...... What are you talking about? I don't understand. ”
Su Muling wanted him to get up, and a stranger gave her such a big gift, she couldn't afford it.
"Get up, I'm just an ordinary person, not a prince and noble, so I don't need to make such a big salute."
"#¥¥<·&£*......" The young man was very persistent, kneeling upright, and his eyes became more and more urgent.
"What the hell are you talking about? ……”
The reaction of the crowd overwhelmed her, she took two steps back, and looked around in a panic for Su Haoran, among the few of them, that is, Su Haoran could understand this person's words.