Chunying immediately stood up. After a pause, he took a deep breath before asking, "How?" He is now ...... Where? His voice trembled slightly.

Mo Han hurriedly said: "Today, I was talking to people outside about business, and I met a familiar merchant, so I came from Liujiagang, saying that there was a red-haired and green-eyed foreigner from England, who had just been to Ceylon, and a few months ago in Sadi Harbor in Punggara, I had seen our Ming mission!" The foreigner said that there was civil strife in India, the king was seriously ill, several princes fought, and the third prince, who had the upper hand, was cold and tyrannical, and actually sent troops to attack our Ming mission! ”

Chun Ying shook her head desperately, calmed down, and hurriedly asked, "Are there any casualties in the mission?!" Where are you now?! Since the foreigners said that they had seen the mission, they should have escaped, right?! Why did the third prince attack them?! ”

The merchant could not tell clearly, but said that the mission lived on the treasure ship, and that a large amount of water had been prepared early. Just about to return to China, the king of India was afraid that they would leave, so he had sent people to chase him, and promised to open the port to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Mo Han frowned, his face did not hide his worry, "The foreigner also mentioned that the third prince holds military power, and he can't be easily moved, even if the king personally takes the lead for the prince, the third prince doesn't buy it, and I heard that there are also the lives of several subordinate officials of the second prince in the middle, and the missions of other countries are involved." This kind of civil strife has always been the easiest to kill, and our Ming mission won't fall into it, right? ”

"What does this have to do with our mission?" Chun Ying barely suppressed the fierce heartbeat, "Since you are willing to negotiate, it can be seen that the matter is not yet Jedi, at least the king is not hostile to our Daming." As for the third prince, since he is still making trouble in the capital, it can be seen that the influence is not too great, and when our mission signs a trade agreement and leaves the ship, even if India is in trouble, what does it have to do with them? "When the time comes, even if the third prince tears up the agreement after he ascends the throne. The responsibility is also on the Indian side, and the envoy will not be rebuked by the emperor. At most, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty make less money, and the dignitaries can't eat curry and wear less gems, what's the big deal?!

The heartbeat gradually returned to its original frequency, and Chunying began to ask more important details: "When did these things happen?" How long ago did the foreigners see our mission's ship? From there to Daming, it will take at least a few months, right? ”

"It was summer, and we were still in Kyoto. The foreigner did not come by sea, but after leaving Sadi Port, he entered Burma, entered Kunyang Prefecture by mountain road, and then followed the Yangtze River by water. Now it is the flood season, and he walks very fast, earning a lot of money along the way. For the batch of high-quality ordinary tea in his hand, many merchants have rushed to Liujiagang. ”

This Englishman is shrewd enough, people come to China to sell Western goods in exchange for Chinese goods, but he directly sells Chinese goods, sells them to Chinese merchants, and earns money from the Chinese. Chunying's belly is finished. I thought again: If Hu Fei and the others could enter Burma by land like the British, and then cross the Yunnan border to return to China, then they should return to China soon, right? It's a pity that they still have treasure ships, and there is no reason to throw something so big in a foreign country......

Chun Ying sighed with pity, and asked, "Did the foreigner mention that the mission talked to the Indian businessmen about it?" Was it about to sign a contract at that time? ”

"The merchant didn't say anything." Mo Han hesitated, "Why don't you ...... Let's go ask the foreigner too, shall we? He came to collect silk porcelain, the price is not high, only tea and a few bags of gems in his hand, the gems have been dragged out, and we don't sell tea, otherwise it will be better to take the business to lead him. ”

Chunying said: "Then sell the goods to him, the two hundred silk horses recovered from the last collection, the color is still bright, and the texture is also good, that is, the pattern is five or six years ago, and it can't be sold in Suzhou, so it can only be pressed at the bottom of the box, and I am unwilling to discount it, if it is not for the cheap bid, I will not come down." Originally, I was going to ship it to Shanxi and Gansu to try it, but I didn't think it was too troublesome to do it, so I simply sold it to him! He is a foreigner, how do you know what fashionable tricks he has?! One or two and a half dollars of silver, it's cheaper for him! "If it had been five years ago, it would have been sold for two or three taels of silver!

Mo Han hurriedly responded when he heard this. Chunying sat back in place to read the accounts, but she couldn't calm down, so she simply threw away the account book and carefully pondered Hu Fei's situation in the mission.

Since they can sit together for business negotiations, then the damage to the mission should not be great, especially the King Wen Jun who led the group, is absolutely unharmed, Hu Fei is a clever person, and he will always remember to stick to the back of King Wen Jun, and it is unlikely that he will be injured. So no matter what, this negotiation will not last too long, there is civil strife in India, so naturally there is no energy to discuss trade with foreign countries, probably a draft contract will be signed in a hurry, and it will be over, right? The mission has been attacked, so naturally it will not stay in the area for long, maybe it is already halfway by now......

Chun Ying's mind was full of thoughts, and she finally managed to come back to Mo Han two days later, so she immediately greeted her and asked, "How?!" What do foreigners say?! ”

Mo Han was a little breathless: "He said that the people of the mission were very angry about the attack, and scolded the minister sent by India, and the Indian side agreed to many requests in order to beg them to quench their anger, and the negotiations were completed in only a few days." When he left the port of Sadi. Someone in the Indian capital had already come to urge the minister to return, but I heard that someone in the mission seemed to be sick, so the return date had not been set. When he entered Burma, he didn't know what was going on. ”

Chunying breathed a sigh of relief, Hu Fei's status was not to the point where the entire mission postponed the trip for the sake of his illness, so it can be seen that if he is not sick, then at least he should be the deputy envoy, right? Maybe it's King Wenjun? I heard that this noble man is not too young, and it must be very hard to be hunted down and killed, right? It's inevitable to get sick or something!

Chunying let go of half of her heart and counted the days carefully. The king of Wen or any member of the venerable mission had to recuperate from his illness for a month or two, and now that it was almost Mid-Autumn Festival, they should have left the port and were on their way home. I just hope that they can have a smooth journey.

Chunying silently prayed for Hu Fei, and then smiled at Mo Han: "You have worked hard, go down and rest, and when someone comes to Liushuzhuang, I will tell him the news, so that Grandpa Zhang and they will be happy." If everything goes well, Xiao Fei Ge will be back at the end of the year at the earliest, and next year at the latest. ”

A suspicious look of embarrassment flashed on Mo Han's face, and he hesitated for a moment before kneeling down and saying, "The little one has done something wrong, so I apologize to the girl." ”

Chunying was taken aback: "What are you doing here?" Get up! ”

Mo Han insisted on refusing to get up: "Small...... Before reporting to the girl, I embezzled the twenty taels of silver obtained from the sale of silk and satin, which is an unrighteous act, and I ask the girl to punish me. Then he offered the silver from the profits of trading with foreigners, of course, twenty taels less.

Chunying hesitated: "Why are you embezzling this money?" "That's a very critical question!

"Small...... found their parents, the two of them were doing hard labor on the docks of Liujiagang, and the little ones couldn't bear it, so they could only buy them back at a high price. Now they were outside the door, and the little one did not dare let them in without the girl's permission. With that, Mo Han took out two pieces of paper from his arms and presented them to Chunying.

Chunying took a look, it turned out to be the deed of sale of Mo Han's parents, and she couldn't help but soften, and was about to ask him to take the deed back, but suddenly stopped.

Mo Han is Hu Fei's little servant, and his parents are also the children of the Hu family, so let's wait for Hu Fei to come back and deal with it, after all, there is still a "master" of the Hu family who is eyeing Hu Fei's industry. He accepted the deed with a smile and said, "What are you polite to me?" Since you are your parents, you are naturally our own people. Isn't there a spare room in the front yard with miscellaneous items? Remove the clutter to an empty house in the backyard and let your parents live there temporarily. You're always away from home. My sister-in-law and I were also a little frightened at home, but now that we have two people, our hearts are more stable. ”

Mo Han kowtowed excitedly: "Thank you, girl!" Ignoring Chunying's frowning brows, she turned around and pulled her parents in.

Chun Ying glanced at the two old men a few times and sighed secretly. Mo Han's parents should only be in their forties, but they didn't expect that their hair is gray, thin and black now, his father is wearing his clothes, and his mother is wearing clothes that he knows at first sight that they were bought from a clothing shop, which shows how depressed they are these days. stopped them from bowing down and said, "Since they are Mo Han's parents and their own people, the two old people can live in peace and recuperate for a few days, and then talk about other things later." I just don't know what to call you? ”

"The little one's surname is Yao, and the girl is called the little old Yao."

Chunying smiled: "Then call it Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao, our family is not as big as a big family, there are not so many rules, you can relax." He said to Mo Han again: "Today's matter, although it is said to be a matter of urgency, but if you encounter other things in the future, you can't do the same." Twenty taels is not a small amount of money. After a pause, he asked as if he was a little inadvertent, "Speaking of which, when you go to Liujiagang this time, have you ever been in Changshu?" That Young Master Hu, can you come to the door and look for trouble again? ”

Mo Han has been doing business with Chunying these days, negotiating with others, and has also practiced a pair of fiery eyes, and immediately grabbed a few hints from Chunying's demeanor, bowed his head and said: "Young Master Hu has been released, Grandpa Zhang invited the officers of the county government to eat and drink, and now as soon as Young Master Hu goes to Willow Village, the servants will go to trouble him, so he didn't dare to go again, he only rented a room in the town, the family was crowded together, and Kao sold his old lady's jewelry to live." It's just that he has a bad mouth, and he always shouts around that the second young master is not filial to his mother and does not love his brother, Grandpa Zhang is so angry that he can't do anything about him. ”

"How can it not be helped?" Chun Ying had a gloomy face, "There are a lot of people in Zhuang, and he doesn't recognize all of them, won't you call him a fresh face and lead him to cause trouble?" When he becomes a suspicion, are you afraid that someone will believe his words?! "Damn Hu Peng, it's a long life?! She glanced at Mo Han lightly: "You have found your parents back, and you think that you have less hatred for him, right?" ”

Mo Han was stunned and hurriedly said: "If it weren't for him, how could my father and mother suffer so much?!" If you want me to spare him, the girl will not let me! "I'm going to Changshu right away.

Chunying stopped him with a smile and asked him to arrange his parents' lives first, and then let him go to Changshu when the old man's complexion was slightly better, but he didn't allow Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao to follow. After returning to the room, after thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel a little tired, could it be that this is the master's scheming?

Mo Han hasn't gone out yet, and Lu Yougui has already arrived. As soon as Chunying received the letter from the dock, she immediately rushed over and saluted her father happily: "But my father is back, I have a lot to tell my father!" ”

"Dead girl, think about what you want to say to me first!" Mother Lu's gloomy face appeared behind Lu Yougui, and the latter looked helpless: "Your mother doesn't worry about you, so she just came with ......"

Mother Lu glared at him and continued to scold Chunying: "It's really hard wings, you dare to ......" Before she finished speaking, Chunying had already quickly given Sister-in-law He a look and signaled her to act. Sister-in-law He greeted her with a smile on her face, and politely interrupted Lu's mother's words: "Say hello to my wife, how is my wife doing along the way?" Go home and rest first, the girl has already ordered to go down, prepare the wine and food, and wait to catch the wind for the old lady! ”

Mother Lu was praised by her words, and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy: "You...... What do you call me? ”

"Ma'am!" Sister-in-law He had a reasonable expression on her face, "Our family is now a decent family in Suzhou City, of course you are your wife!" So he helped Lu Ma to walk forward, and called the sedan chair man who was standing on the edge of the pier and waiting for work to wait. Mother Lu is floating, where can she care about scolding her daughter? was helped by her all the way to the sedan chair.

Chunying secretly snickered, turned her head to meet her father's knowing eyes, blinked, and smiled again! ~！

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