Guangzhou.

Ye Lusheng followed Master Lu in the same rickshaw to a restaurant.

Today, I was woken up by my uncle early in the morning, saying that he wanted to talk about business with an old man named Wood, and said that Mr. Wood had also had a cooperative relationship with the Ye family.

Ye Lusheng became interested, and after packing up, he went out with Master Lu.

Seeing the private room on the second floor, there was still no trace of foreigners, Master Lu said: "We're early, so let's go out for breakfast first." ”

The two went downstairs and ordered two bowls of noodles, Ye Lusheng turned around and ordered: "One of the bowls does not put spicy and green onions." Then he sat down again and smiled embarrassedly: "I remember that my uncle didn't love these." ”

Master Lu nodded at him and said with a smile: "Lu Sheng is indeed becoming more and more good at taking care of people. ”

Ye Lusheng smiled humbly, no longer said more, but said in his heart: "When I went out, Liangse warned me to pay attention to details, and it was really good. ”

But through the observation of the past half month, Master Lu felt that Ye Lusheng was indeed a lot more mature and stable, and most of the time he smiled approvingly.

Halfway through eating noodles, I heard someone at the next table:

"You know, I heard that there are six foreign countries attacking us!"

"You know what! It's eight! ”

"The fat aunt at the head of the village, I heard that her son died in battle, and two days ago I went to the yamen with her man to cry, but she was beaten half to death, and I heard that her man died last night."

“……”

Ye Lusheng couldn't listen to it, put down his chopsticks and sighed. Master Lu also looked solemn and said, "After eating, let's go up." ”

Ye Lusheng agreed, and helped Master Lu to the second floor.

After opening the door, Master Lu sighed and sat down, Ye Lusheng closed the door and asked, "Where is my uncle's trouble?" ”

"I'm thinking, after all, the ancestor of our Lu family used to be a big official in the imperial court, but now we are trading with foreigners, what is the matter?" After Mr. Lu finished speaking, he frowned, and said, "Alas, I shouldn't have told you this. ”

"Where," Ye Lusheng sat down, brought Master Lu a cup of hot tea, and said, "Fangcai's noodles are too oily, and my uncle drinks tea to relieve his greasy." ”

Master Lu took it, didn't drink it, just looked out the window and sighed.

Ye Lusheng knew that he was going out to study with Master Lu this time, and if he made Master Lu wither from the beginning, it would be more than worth the loss, so he smiled lightly and said, "I don't think Uncle needs to take it too seriously." ”

Master Lu retracted his gaze, fell on Ye Lusheng, and asked, "Oh? What do you think? ”

"Uncle is worried this time, but he thinks that doing business with foreigners has ruined the reputation of the Lu family's loyal ministers? I feel that this is a bit ......" Ye Lusheng couldn't say the rest of the words, but he heard Master Lu directly add: "It's insulting!" ”

"Since my uncle has this idea in his heart, it means that my uncle is still loyal to my Daqing in his heart," Ye Lusheng saw that Master Lu's face was slightly softened, and then said: "This time I am trading with foreigners, the situation is compelling. ”

"You're right." Master Lu nodded, and his brows were also soothed a lot.

Ye Lusheng lowered his voice and said: "Don't talk about it, just say that in the early years, you and my mother should know very well about the Humen, and then Lord Lin said, 'Shiyi has a long skill ......', if the uncle and the foreigners make a great cause, they can also provide a lot of benefits for the Qing Dynasty......

In this way, Master Lu can be regarded as at ease, waiting for Mr. Wood's arrival.

Unexpectedly, it was past noon, and there was still no one to be seen.

Master Lu asked someone to go out to inquire, and Ye Lusheng ordered to pass the meal. In the middle of the meal, the door of the private room was pushed open, and an old man who looked a little old man came in with two or three young men, including a Chinese, who explained that he was a translator.

Ye Lusheng saw a few people staring at the food on the table, and felt embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked Zhuo Gui to invite someone to clean it up.

Master Lu ordered tea and took a few people to the tea table by the window to sit down.

The two sides greeted each other, Mr. Wood pointed to the person behind him, and briefly introduced, and the translator said: "Mr. Wood said that these people are all partners who cooperate with their company, but this one is his son, David." As he spoke, he gestured with his gaze to the young man on the far left.

Master Lu praised with a smile: "Since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers! Mr. Wood's son looked very spiritual. By the way, this nephew of mine is the eldest young master of Ye Mansion, and I heard that Ye Mansion has also cooperated with Mr. Wood. ”

Wood smiled, shook hands with Ye Lusheng, and asked Old Madam Ye if she was healthy? Praise her for being a powerful woman.

Ye Lusheng personally added tea to a few people, and replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, everything is fine with my mother." ”

Wood nodded, and then casually retouched a few polite words, and then got to the point, although Ye Lusheng wanted to learn, but he still resisted in his bones, and after reading it for a while, he found an excuse to retreat.

The air outside is different from the inside, and the outside is exceptionally refreshing.

Ye Lusheng leaned on the railing, looked at the plum tree in a courtyard, and sighed: "I think the plum blossoms in my Ye Mansion should have bloomed, everything here is hypocritical, even the flowers are cold, and I dare not open." ”

"Young Master Ye, hello." There was an awkward-sounding voice behind him, but it was intelligible.

Ye Lusheng turned around and saw that it was the man who had just been called "David". He smiled politely and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

David shook his head, leaned against the railing like him, and smiled, "I don't like to be in there either, it'sveryb!" Feeling Ye Lusheng, he added: "I mean, it's boring inside. ”

Seeing him like this, Ye Lusheng couldn't help laughing and said: "You are very similar to me, the fourth brother...... Before he finished speaking, he felt that it was not good to say this, so he smiled and planned to ignore the past.

How do you know that this David asked with a smile: "Fourth brother?" Is it Young Master Lu Huan? ”

"You know?" Ye Lusheng was surprised.

David replied seriously: "I have met several times in Lianghe Town before, and we have had breakfast together, but his other brother is not very good-tempered. ”

Ye Lusheng heard Shen Yun mention this matter, and it turned out that Ye Lu'an and Ye Luhuan had gone to see the foreigner and the businessman was David.

David continued: "Lu Huan is very smart, it was the first order that my father gave me to make by myself, but I didn't expect it to be a loss. ”

Thinking of this, Ye Lusheng couldn't help but feel a little proud, but he still said humbly: "The fourth brother often mentions David...... Young master, if you have the opportunity, please come to Lianghe Town again. ”

David smiled and nodded, and when he heard someone calling him inside, he agreed to go in. Ye Lusheng was taking a step, when his throat suddenly itched, and he hurriedly stepped aside and coughed a few times. When he straightened up, he felt a fishy sweetness in his throat, swallowed, and didn't take it seriously.

Zhuo Gui came out to find someone, and Ye Lusheng followed him in.

Master Lu and Wood were drinking tea, and the translator also stepped aside, smiling at Master Lu's face, it seemed that the cooperation was successfully discussed, Ye Lusheng went in, apologized one after another, and sat down next to Master Lu.

After sitting for a while, Mr. Wood said that he had only been here for a short time, and he planned to take David to see more, and Master Lu and the others took their leave. Ye Lusheng was a little dizzy, and he also got up, and accidentally dropped the letterhead paper in his arms.

David picked it up, glanced at it hurriedly, and when he saw the word "Liangse", his heart was a little touched, and he remembered the picturesque girl he met in the north. He chased after him and said, "Young Master Ye, you dropped something." ”

Seeing this, Ye Lusheng hurriedly took it and put it away, and thanked him with a smile: "This thing must not be lost." ”

David asked, "Is it your wife?" ”

"The inner room Cao, let Master David laugh." Ye Lusheng thought of Cao Liangse, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

David silently recited in his heart: "Cao, Liangse, Cao Liangse...... Cao Liangjin? ”

Seeing Ye Lusheng looking at him, David smiled, pointed to the piece of paper and said, "Her handwriting is very beautiful, by the way, I also know a girl surnamed Cao." After that, he turned around and went back, Ye Lusheng didn't take his last sentence to heart, thinking that Master Lu was still waiting below, and hurriedly went downstairs.

I heard that Mr. Wood was very satisfied with this cooperation, and the contract was signed early, and the first caravan of the Lu family officially went to the Wood warehouse to transport goods.

On this day, the weather was suddenly cold, and Ye Lusheng and Master Lu were chatting while warming wine at the inn.

"It is said that foreign goods are cheap and have a very good market in China. Lu Sheng is here to wish his uncle all the best, and the business is also blooming, and the business is also rising! Ye Lusheng raised his glass first.

Master Lu also smiled and said, "Thanks to Lu Sheng, I heard that the foreign young master said a lot of good things about you in Mr. Wood, so it went so smoothly." ”

Ye Lusheng thought of David, smiled lightly, and said, "But if you dig deeper, they still earn a lot." ”

Master Lu sighed and said slowly: "Since the incident of the first day of the year, more and more foreigners have come to Daqing to open factories in the Qing Dynasty, and now most of the industries are dominated by them, but it is precisely our group of Chinese people who are like 'people under the eaves and have to bow their heads'." ”

"Uncle, don't worry," Ye Lusheng comforted: "There will always be a way." ”

In fact, it is not without reason that Ye Lusheng is so optimistic, as soon as he arrived in Guangzhou, Master Lu said: "We are here mainly to establish a good relationship with Mr. Wood, the sooner we get it, the sooner we go back." ”

In addition, he really didn't have a good impression of being here, and thinking of being able to get home early, Ye Lusheng laughed out loud.

After drinking, my body has warmed up a lot. Ye Lusheng first sent Master Lu into the house to rest, and then turned around and returned to his house, as soon as Zhuo Gui brought hot water to soak his feet, Master Lu sent a little servant to say: "Master said, there are several other masters who come to play every other day, and my master has to accompany him, let me inform Young Master Ye that he is not in a hurry to go back first." ”

Ye Lusheng's smile froze at the corner of his mouth, and the man asked again, "What else does Young Master Ye command?" ”

"It's nothing," Ye Lusheng laughed dryly twice, and said, "I'm sorry for you to tell my uncle to sleep for me." ”

At night, Ye Lusheng couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, the shadow of being kidnapped and brought to Guangzhou lingered, whipping, starving, filth, and life like mustard! He had walked to the deck many times to look at the churning river, and he wanted to jump in one go.

At this moment a hand held him tightly, and the man shouted behind him, "You must live well!" ”

"Why are you?" Ye Lusheng felt that his nose was very sour, so he buried his face in the pillow and fell asleep.