"We just go about it every day, there's nothing to say. Let's talk about you! I heard that you have recently traveled abroad to study, and you have gained a lot! We've all heard about you in Hangzhou in Nanjing. Tian Jiadao.

"yes, yes! I've heard that you single-handedly defeated more than a dozen masters in Hangzhou, including Li Chengliang's grandson. Is it true? Liu Xi asked.

"Someone else said that you met several beautiful ladies from big families in Hangzhou. Isn't it time for us to eat your wine in a few days? Tian Jia continued.

Yu Ren couldn't laugh or cry when he was asked, and he could only sigh that these people who spread the news had too strong an ability to exaggerate the facts.

"It's not that exaggerated. I just beat a few of them one-on-one in a joust. As for the rest of this, it's pure rumors, rumors! ”

"I don't admit it yet, I have asked your family Cao An in private. He admits it all, but you still don't admit it! "Tian Jia is unrelenting.

"Not really. Cao An, that's for fun! It's not that Yu Ren doesn't want their brothers to know about his relationship with Li Ying, but he feels that it is a little inappropriate to talk about this matter now. Because he hadn't even told his father about it, if it had spread from the mouths of this group of guys to his father's ears first, he was afraid that he would suffer again.

"Is it that people have taken a fancy to you, but you have not taken a fancy to others. Brother Ren, it's not that my brother said you. Although you are now famous, it is not surprising that Autumn Boudoir High School is also expected. But don't be too high-minded. I've heard that people are much higher than ours, so don't miss the opportunity! Tian Jia's words are a bit pertinent, and Yu Ren is not good at casually perfunctory. He finally knew who the young lady they were talking about, it turned out that they were talking about Zhao Rui.

"You're mistaken. Miss Zhao has long been famous, which turn is my turn. "Yu Ren said that he was busy pouring wine for a few people." Don't talk about that, drink and drink. ”

When they heard this, they did not mention it.

The four of them ate and drank, and saw that the sun was already in the west. Yu Ren was afraid that his father would come back early, so he hurriedly met the account, said goodbye to the three of them, and went back. Naturally, he did not dare to go back through the gate, so he had to climb the wall again.

When Yu Ren returned home, according to normal calculations, his father Yu Yuanqian would be back soon. But Yu Ren pretended to read a book for a long time in the bookstore, and when it was almost dark, his father did not come back.

It wasn't until after dinner, when it was almost dawn, that Yu Yuanqian rushed back.

As soon as he got home, Yu Yuanqian hid in his study, as if he was in a hurry to write something. Yu Ren didn't care about this, washed up early and went to bed. Because tomorrow he's going to go out early!

The next day, Yu Yuanqian got up very early, and he didn't even eat breakfast at home, so he hurriedly went out with a small stack of books and other things.

When Yu Ren saw his father go out, he couldn't hold back in his heart. However, he knew very well that it was too early now, and he was afraid that even Mr. Sun on the other side had not gone out yet, and Huzi would not be able to help him climb the wall at this time.

After eating breakfast patiently, Yu Ren couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out of the window, and took the initiative to send out a secret signal by the wall.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the code on the other side to come. So, Sun Menghu and the three took Yu Ren out again. However, one took Yu Ren over. Sun Menghu said to him, "We have something to do today, so I won't accompany you." At the end of the Shen period, we met at the entrance of the alley. I'll send you over again. ”

The three of them finished speaking and were leaving. Yu Ren felt bored. In the city of Nanjing, he really didn't know a few people, and if he wanted to wander around the street alone, he would rather choose to sit in the study and read. "Wait a minute. What's the matter with you! Can't you just take me with you? ”

When the three of them heard this, their faces were sad. But everyone must be good brothers after all, and the three of them don't want Yu Ren to misunderstand. So Sun Menghu said, "Brother Ren, let's tell you the truth!" Actually, we are going to meet a group of guests today. The two boats we have made recently have not been sold, and they have been pressed for almost half a year.

If this continues, not only will we have to lose the little money we have earned in the past few years, but even the more than 100 taels of silver we have just borrowed will be lost together. So, we asked someone to find a guest and made an appointment to come to our place today to see the boat.

We intend to dispose of the ship to them at a low price. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Menghu sighed heavily.

Yu Ren understands that this childhood playmate is not very good now, so he doesn't want to let himself know about his current situation. However, as a friend, Yu Ren felt that he had an obligation to help these three iron buddies through the difficulties in front of him.

He didn't know how to get through this difficult time, but he felt that he had to at least do his part.

"You don't think of me as a brother anymore. Why don't you tell me why you have such trouble! ”

"Huzi is worried that these trivial things of ours have affected your studies. Seeing that it's almost autumn time, we don't want you to be distracted. Tian Jia said on the side.

"I know the matter of the autumn boudoir. The most important thing right now is to solve your problems first and sell the ship. If you continue like this, you will be ruined. Yu Ren said urgently. As a modern person, Yu Ren's financial outlook is fundamentally different from that of Sun Menghu.

In Yu Ren's mind, since Sun Menghu and the three of them had borrowed more than 100 taels of foreign debts, the daily interest was also very high. The longer it drags on, the more dangerous it becomes. But in fact, Sun Menghu's situation is not as bad as Yu Ren imagined. For the hundred taels of silver they borrowed from their friends, and they did not pay interest.

Sun Menghu knew that it would not work if he didn't take Yu Ren with him today. So the four of them walked out of the city together.

After walking a short distance out of the city, they came to a deserted garden by the river. Yu Ren was a little surprised, didn't he say that he was going to meet guests? How did you get to such a place? Could it be that this is where they agreed to meet their guests? Yu Ren was a little surprised, such a place, if you want to talk about robbery, it is really a good place to go. But to talk about connecting with guests here, it's a bit of a worry.

The deserted garden in front of me is terrifying, the walls have mostly collapsed, and you can clearly see the patches of artemisia grass inside, which are as tall as a man. From a distance, there are large patches of reeds, like reed beaches.

"How did you choose such a place to connect with the guests?" Yu Ren was a little puzzled.

"Our shipyard is right in front of us!" Huzi replied naturally.

"Why did you choose such a place as a shipyard?" Yu Ren is strange.

"This place was originally a deserted garden. It is said that when Zheng He, the prince of the Three Treasures, went to the West, he built a ship here. But later, the imperial court no longer sent people to sea, and there was no need for such a large building ship. As a result, the shipyard gradually fell into disuse. Today, it has long since become an abandoned garden, forgotten.

That's where they taught me when I first learned how to make boats. In addition to us, there are also several shipbuilders here, who are all descendants of the shipwrights who built huge buildings in the imperial court, and have been shipbuilding for generations.

But now, they have long since stopped building big boats like they used to be, but only small boats for fishermen. Occasionally, a few larger merchant ships were built. However, such opportunities are rare. Because there are very few maritime merchants here in Nanjing. Some of them came, and almost all of them came from other places to receive the goods. Almost all of the maritime merchants who go overseas in the Ming Dynasty are from Fujian. Therefore, no one customizes the sea ships here in Nanjing. Sun Menghu walked and introduced the situation to Yu Ren.

"Isn't it true that your customers place orders first, and then build them?" Yu Ren asked.

"Yes! Sometimes, however, a customer places an order and doesn't want it afterwards. In this case, we have to find another buyer. This was the case with the two ships we built recently. We put in more than 500 taels of silver, but the guests were not satisfied with the boat and did not want it. We had no choice but to find another guest to see if we could dispose of it cheaper. Sun Menghu said impatiently.

"Why? It's an order they placed, why not? ”