Yutan coughed lightly: "Maybe Sibylla's fingers are too fat and stretch the ring bigger, right?" ”

Is that so? Minna wondered if the ring would change with the thickness of her master's finger, and even if it was propped up by Sibyla's finger, she should change it back when she put it back on

Sibylla was very unhappy with this speculation, and pouted aggrievedly: "My fingers are not fat!" He glared at Minna, and ran out, and Minna saw that she was angry, and stuck out her tongue, and she couldn't say anything more, so she had to put the ring in her pocket first

"I heard you're going to use a rope to wear this like a pendant, right?" It just so happens that I have a few leftover ropes here, which have been soaked in moonshine grass juice, so give you one as a gift for that pipe."

Minna hurriedly took the silk rope sent by the other party, it was a thin rope made of six silver silks, soaked in moonshine grass juice, the whole body was snow-white, shining silver, it was said to be a very strong thing, even ordinary knives could not cut it, she thanked happily: "Thank you, Uncle Yutan, this has helped me a lot"

Yutan patted her head lightly, watching her movements, but the smile on his face was slightly bitter

As soon as Minna put on the necklace made of rings, there was a knock on the door, and the accountant walked in, holding a plate of orange cake in his hand: "I heard from the kitchen that the boss is here, so I sent this to Miss Minna, let's eat cake together, shall we?" ”

Minna was happy in her heart, and Tian Tian answered "yes", so she took the initiative to put away the cups, plates, knives and forks, and prepared tea for the two guests, and looked up to invite them to take a seat, but saw that Yu Tan and the accountant were making eye contact with something, but the atmosphere did not seem to be good, the former had anger between his eyebrows, and the latter was a little sneering

"What's wrong?" Minna asked curiously

"It's okay, it's okay," the accountant smiled and put the cake on the table, "I didn't do a good job, and the boss is angry with me, but the boss will forgive me soon, right?" He looked up at Yutan

Yutan paused, then nodded, sat down in the chair, and was about to take a knife to cut the cake Minna reached out to help, but the accountant snatched the silver knife and said, "I'll come, I'll come, it's a confession to the boss."

When Minna heard him say this, she retracted her hand, but somehow, the silver knife in the accountant's hand actually crossed her hand, she didn't notice it for a while, her hand was cold, the skin had been cut, and the blood fell drop by drop, just on the plate containing the cake, and she felt the pain at this time, and she couldn't help crying out

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the accountant hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief to cover her wounds, "I was so careless, I'm going to get you a mouthpiece" He turned and ran out the door, but took the bloodstained cake plate with him

Minna endured the pain, looked at the new wound on her already scarred finger, and wanted to cry without tears, she took out a small bowl and bottle from her small satchel, which was a hemostatic magic pot, and almost all of it was taken away by her grandfather, and only this bottle remained

You Tan looked at Minna's movements, and felt a little uncomfortable, so he hurriedly took the bottle and whispered while helping her put it on: "Minna, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

"Why did Uncle Yutan say sorry? It wasn't you who hurt me," Minna muttered quietly, complaining a little about the accountant's carelessness, her wound healed quickly after being stained with hemostats, but the deep scar would not disappear until two days

Yutan didn't answer, he bandaged her with a clean handkerchief, and said, "These wounds on your hands were cut to open the storage ring, right?" In fact, you don't have to use it for everything, if you want something, just tell the butler, and he will help you get it; If you buy anything, you don't have to put it in, just like the seafood the day before yesterday, ask the housekeeper to help you pack the box, and bring it on the boat together in two days.

Minna smirked a few times, very much in favor of this sentence in her heart, but how could Uncle Yutan know that she needed to bleed when she opened the ring?

When she asked, Yu Tan's face turned white and he squeaked, "Yes... Your grandfather told me before..."

Ay? Grandpa used to be able to open the ring without bleeding, why did Ai tell Uncle Yutan about this?

A cold sweat broke out on Youtan's forehead, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, it's late, you can rest early, I'll go first" After that, he touched Minna's head and went out of the room

Minna also felt a little sleepy, yawned, and planned to go to Sibylla to say goodnight, but the nanny said that she had already slept, so she had to go back to her room

In the study, Yutan and his two right-hand men, as well as the four of Corbin, gathered around the storage ring that had just been exchanged for a temporary ring, and with the help of Minna's blood and the spell that Corbin heard, the spatial hole connecting the storage ring was opened

Most people don't know, in fact, Corbin has a very strong memory, he has not been educated since he was a child, with this SE's memory ability and courtesy, he learned a lot of nautical knowledge from the senior crew, from a small boatman, hard work to the extent that today he is only one step away from the third mate That day, Xiao Tianjian taught his granddaughter spells in the stone room, probably because he was too excited, and he didn't find that Corbin quietly sneaked into the tomb on the side of the stone room aisle, and the stone room was silent, Xiao Tianjian didn't lower his voice, and repeated it several times, So Corbyn remembers it clearly, and now it comes in handy

As soon as the entrance of the cave was opened, everyone present could see the situation inside, because Minna had sorted it out when she had recently stuffed things in, so they could only see that not far from the entrance of the cave, there were a large number of items that they didn't know whether they were gems or magic crystals, shining and shining in the light, and almost everyone was stunned

The only one who can still keep a cool head is You Tan, he has known Xiao Tianjian for a long time, has been in business for decades, and has seen a lot of treasures, so he just flashed his mind for a moment, and then came to his senses: "Let's hurry up" He immediately went into the cave to find his target... The water-based magic crystal

The gems and magic crystals in the ring are stacked together, and he doesn't know which one is for a while, he rummaged for a while, only to find a few holes that look like something like the mouth and quickly closed it, he hurriedly turned around to check what he found, and found that only two were magic crystals, light green, inferior to the water magic crystal, and the others were aquamarines

Yutan had to try again, smearing the half-coagulated blood with the ring, and then asking Corbin to recite the incantation, but this time the opening of the cave was much slower, and the scope of the cave was smaller, and he knew that the time was urgent, so he said to the others: "Let's look for it together, specifically looking for crystals!" ”

The accountant and the others woke up from their stupor, and hurriedly reached into the cave with him, and pulled out what they found, and didn't bother to look close, just when the entrance to the cave was about to close again, Yutan found the target and hurriedly fished it out

Minna's blood had already coagulated and she couldn't open the hole again, Yutan didn't care, but there was a faint look of regret on the accountant's face

You Tan carefully looked at the water-based magic crystal and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally found it..."The deputy also smiled beside him: "This time it's thanks to the eldest lady, doesn't she really want a magic crystal?" Do you want to pick a good one for her here? ”

You Tan was also secretly glad that her daughter had found an excellent opportunity for herself, but on this issue, she hadn't fainted yet: "She is young and ignorant, she doesn't know the difference between magic crystals and ordinary crystals, take these to her, it's too wasteful When I went to Shaonan to buy goods, I bought a few sets of good crystal jewelry, and I originally planned to give them to the elders' wives in the New Year, just let her pick two sets of favorite ones" He took the two light green ones again, and the three magic crystals were packed together in a small box: "I can't find a magic crystal of the same level, With two second-class tops, it should be no problem, right? ”

Neither he nor the others were magicians, so they didn't know the grading of the magic crystal, but if it was defined as a gem, two inferior ones should not be worse than one large magic crystal

Everyone nodded, and Yutan handed the small box containing the magic crystal to the deputy: "Tomorrow morning, you take this, take the medium sea ship on the dock to Manado, bring a few more people, I have selected some restless crew, as well as slaves, you give these people to Wood along with the boat and the magic crystal, which can be regarded as meeting the other party's conditions."

The deputy hurriedly took the box and said, "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely do it properly."

Yu Tan nodded slightly, and saw that the accountant was still looking at the gems that he had picked up, so he said, "Don't look any further, those are not what we want."

The accountant was a little embarrassed: "Boss, I just want to see how Cheng Se is, how much money can be sold, this time our shipping company has lost too much, sell some gems, or give them to dignitaries, we can also relax"

Yu Tan frowned, silently took out a small wooden box from the cabinet next to him, put all the gems and the remaining magic crystals in and covered them, and said, "We must not move these things!" Xiao and I have been old friends for more than 20 years, he has always been very good to me, and he also lent me a lot of money in case he is not here now, maybe he will never come back, I can't take care of his family, but I have to calculate his little granddaughter, I am already very sorry for him, I stole a few magic crystals, it was a last resort, but these things, I must return them to Minna and her parents"

The accountant blushed, and didn't know what to say, and the deputy had always been a straight man, and said busily: "Boss, if we can't move these gems, then where do we have the money to compensate the orderer?" Do you really want to sell ships and shops?! Anyway, I've already taken a few pieces, and I'll take some more..."

"Enough!" You Tan interrupted him, "That piece of water system magic crystal, it was not Xiao's in the first place, and the means that Xiao got were not honorable, I gave it to others for him, it is not a bad thing The other two small pieces, I also plan to make up the money to Minna, even if I bought it from her and her parents, I have been thinking about it for a long time, so it is decided!" ”

The accountant opened his mouth to say something, but he still didn't say anything, but his eyes showed a look of disapproval, and he was still muttering: "We're all going bankrupt..."

You Tan glanced at him a few times and slowed down his tone: "Actually, I have already come up with a way to pay compensation, I negotiated with the other three He yesterday, and bought bowls and porcelain from them at a price two percent higher than the market price, they purchased the goods from us in the same place, but the quantity was not as good as ours, and the sum of the three is enough, if the goods on our ship really have problems, we will use these goods on top, and the orderer will not let us lose money If our goods are fine, we will sell the goods of those three companies separately, Then what we lost was only the two-percent price difference, and the original profit was three or four percent, and we just made less, not a loss."

The accountant and the deputy listened to it, and the gods relaxed: "This method is good!" How did we not think of it? However, the former quickly said: "It's a pity, two percent, in fact, one percent they are willing to sell."

Yu Tan snorted coldly: "The price is high, so they agreed happily" He picked up the top one from the envelope on the table and handed it to the deputy: "Their ship will arrive at Matt in three days, you will take my letter and set off tomorrow, and when you arrive at Manado to inspect the ship and the goods, if there is any problem, send the letter directly to Rudolph in the shop in Port Matt, and tell him to go to those houses to ask for the goods in time, so as not to delay the delivery date" The deputy solemnly responded and took the letter

The accountant thought about it left and right, but he was still a little unwilling: "But we still lost two boats, if we pay back Miss Minna's parents, then our loss is too big Boss, anyway, we have already taken their things, these gems are casually piled up in the ring space, they probably don't know how many they have, we will not notice the ring at all, we will find a chance to change it back, Miss Minna will not know, but we can't open the space of the ring again, once these things are sent back, Isn't that the same as telling them that we took what's inside? ”

"I should have told them, but now I'm in a hurry, and I'm afraid that Minna won't cooperate, so I did this kind of thing" Yutan was a little gloomy, "But if you keep hiding it, it's too shameless I've already written a letter and made everything clear, and I plan to give Minna's mother with the ring and these gems and crystals, after all, it's too unsafe for a child to carry so many valuable things... The family was able to forgive us for the past two days, I couldn't sleep at all, I had never done anything like this in my life..."

After a pause, he lifted his spirits slightly and turned to his deputy: "I know that you have to do all these things, and you will be very hard, but I trust you the most is the two of you, he wants to stay and help me manage the ship, so I have to ask you to run errands to get the big ship back, and you don't have to drive back to Camecah, just sell it at Manado or Matt, and sell all the shops, and the money you get, along with the money you recovered, will be sent to Minna's mother, not only to repay the money from the magic crystal, but also to the money owed to Xiao before... If there is a surplus, we will not provoke Wood after we get it back, but go to Gutenberg to do business, there are fewer ships, the distance is closer, and it is more secure to earn less."

When he said this, his face was already full of tiredness, and he seemed to be a teenager all of a sudden: "I'm old, and I don't want to worry about the ship in the future... Sibylla doesn't know how to do business, and I don't want to run around all day long You two have been working by my side since I was a teenager, and I am the person I trust the most, so you will be in charge of the ship's business, and I will leave my life's work to you..."

The accountant and the deputy both had red eyes, and the former was even more ashamed: "Boss, I..." You Tan waved his hand: "You are all for me, I know" He looked at Corbyn, who had been silent: "This time, thanks to you, I know that you are a capable child, but I am affected by my background If I can successfully pass this hurdle, I will definitely promote you to the third officer, even if... Lady Luck really won't be on my side, I'll also let you go to another fleet, don't worry"

Corbin bit his lip and forcibly suppressed the tears that were about to emerge from his eyes, his biggest dream in his life was about to come true, once he became the third mate, as long as he advanced half a year's salary, it was enough to pay off all the debts, and he could take his mother and sister out of the city and live a happy life

The accountant wiped the tears from his eyes, and inadvertently saw the letter on the table, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Boss... Miss Minna's mother... Is it the daughter of Viscount Jufa?! ”

You Tan nodded: "Yes, this is what Xiao told me, what's wrong?" ”

"The whole port of Matt, no, the most famous of the whole East's spice business is the family of Viscount Jufa, his family's spices, the quantity is not the largest, but it is the best if... If we can cooperate with them, we only need to transport four or five ships of spices a year, and within three years, we can earn back all the money we lost this time, and the Jufa family is very influential in Matport Harbor, even if Wood wants to be unfavorable to us, he will not dare to offend their family! ”

The more the accountant talked, the more excited he became, but the deputy poured cold water on him beside him: "But the boss sent this letter, even if the Zhu Fajia is not angry with us, he will not cooperate with us, right?" ”

Yu Tan frowned, shook his head and said, "I've already decided, you don't have to persuade me"

"I'm not persuading you to hide this matter from the Zhu Fa family," the accountant looked confident, "The money returned to them will not be less than a copper plate, as long as... Just change the wording of the letter a little! ”

You Tan was skeptical, he was a businessman, as long as he didn't violate his principles and was flexible, it was nothing, but what did the accountant want him to say?

(Actually, Yutan is not a bad person...^_^b)