Since Yu Ren came to the Shen family, he has been taken care of by Chunmei. Later, her uncle fell ill, and Chunmei was transferred here, but every day she still rushed to her residence to arrange her own food and daily life and other chores.

Although they have been together for nearly a month, Yu Ren has never really paid attention to the appearance of the servant girl next to him. At this time, I found that in fact, the spring plum is still very good-looking, with a delicate melon seed face, willow leaf eyebrows, and although the eyes are not very big, they flow with a gentle shimmer; She is a typical Jiangnan woman. It's very attractive!

Yu Ren looked a little moved, and his heart couldn't help but ripple. However, this was only for a short time. Reason told him that the girl in front of him was a good girl, but she didn't belong to him. Therefore, Yu Ren reached out and gently patted Chunmei's shoulder, and left without saying anything.

Cao An took several stewards of the Shen family and sent Yu Ren out of the city all the way before going back. After Yu Ren left the city, he got into a carriage and then went to the river to transfer boats.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yu Ren arrived at Nansha Island.

After a few more days on Nansha Island, the fleet set off for the Eastern Ocean.

The trip was quite smooth, and it only took half a month to reach Hirado, Japan. It was the gathering place of the Han people in Japan, and it was also the most important port for trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty.

After the Xu family's fleet stopped at the port, many local merchants came to the ship to meet Xu Xinsu and discuss business matters.

You must know that the ship of the Ming Dynasty, due to the influence of the sea monsoon, can only come once or twice a year. The commodities of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are raw silk, copper coins, ceramics, books, or traditional Chinese medicine, have a huge market here, and it can be said that they are in short supply.

Therefore, every time the Ming sea ship arrives at the port, these merchants waiting in the port will flock to the port, lest they will not be able to grab the goods if they are late.

Xu Xinsu is naturally not seen by everyone. He only saw two or three well-known local merchants, and the others were sent to Xu Hai and Liu Long.

Because the Xu family has never sold cotton cloth, none of these merchants are in the cotton cloth business. Therefore, Yu Ren had nothing to do. Everyone is busy, and he is the only one who is idle and no one cares.

Seeing Yu Ren's lonely look, Xu Qian walked over.

"Brother-in-law doesn't have to worry. I heard from my father that he had already let out the word, saying that we had brought two ships of the best cotton cloth from Daming on this trip, and the price was very cheap. There are many customers who say that they want to bring someone to see the goods tomorrow! Daddy asked me to tell you not to go out tomorrow, just wait for them to come and see the goods. If there's anything to do, try to get it done today. ”

Yu Ren thought for a while, "Then I'll go to the cloth village here today!" Otherwise, tomorrow they will come, and I don't even know what the right price is. I wonder if Xiaoqian can help me find an interpreter? ”

Xu Qian waved her hand. "No need for an interpreter. In this small market town, there are more Han people than locals, and almost all of the cloth houses are owned by Han Chinese. Just go and see for yourself. ”

When Yu Ren heard this, he went out alone.

Take a walk around the market town, where there are three large cloth houses. Almost all of them are wholesale-based. However, almost all of the cloth in these cloth houses claim to have been shipped from the Ming Dynasty. In fact, there are very few cotton cloths produced in the real Ming Dynasty, and most of them are local cloths with poor texture and color dyeing. The price is also very high. Even these low-quality locally-made counterfeit Daming goods are retailed at almost two or three times the price of Daming.

Yu Ren finally had confidence in his heart. Looking at it this way, these cotton cloths that I shipped can be sold at least twice the price of Kai Daming.

In the last cloth house, Yu Ren seemed to see an acquaintance, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. The man only glanced at him, then lowered his head and hurried away. Yu Ren didn't care, after all, there were too many people in the world who looked similar. He believed that his luck would be so coincidental: the first time he traveled across the ocean, to this foreign land thousands of miles away, he met an acquaintance.

Besides, if it's really an acquaintance, how can you leave without saying hello to him!

After coming out of Buzhuang, Yu Ren saw that it was still early, so he walked around the market. Although this is a Japanese market, it is filled with countless kinds of goods from the Ming Dynasty, which makes people think that this is the Ming Dynasty. Yu Ren casually picked a few small things that girls like, and planned to take them back to Xu Qian and Xu Hai's six-year-old daughter. Because Xu Hai loves this little daughter, he takes her with him every time he goes to sea.

Back at the inn, everyone had already gone out, and Yu Ren asked a brother who was guarding the yard, saying that everyone had gone to the ship to see the goods. The big boss also left a message, asking him to go directly to the Drunken Wind Building when he came back. In the evening, the big boss held a feast there.

Yu Ren shook his head, "I'm not going to join in the fun." I don't understand the business they talked about at all, so I don't have to embarrass the big bosses. I'll eat at the inn! ”

After Yu Ren finished speaking, he came to the lobby of the outer gate and asked Xiao Er to bring him some food.

This inn is also one of the larger inns in the area, and it also operates a restaurant outside. However, most of the people who come to eat are guests staying in the inn. Today, because the people of the Xu family's fleet almost chartered this inn, they all went to the Drunken Wind Building again. In the lobby of the inn, Yu Ren was almost the only one sitting there eating.

Yu Ren doesn't care, he's not a person who likes to be lively. After ordering two or three dishes casually, Yu Ren sat there and drank tea.

Before Yu Ren's food came up, he saw a woman in a pink kimono come in from the inn. As soon as the woman entered, she asked the innkeeper.

"Dare to ask the shopkeeper, there is a Yu Ren Yu from Songjiang on the ship of the Xu family, but he lives here?"

The shopkeeper didn't know Yu Ren and shook his head. "Every time Xu Dangjia's fleet arrives at the port, it is a small shop, and I know almost all the leaders of the fleet. Madam, the little minister you asked, this is the first time I have heard of it. They all went to the Drunken Wind Building today, leaving only the little minister over there. Why don't you ask him? ”

The woman glanced at Yu Ren, who was sitting at the table, waiting for a meal, and walked over.

Yu Ren was still sitting there alone, drinking his tea. Although he heard that this woman was inquiring about himself, Yu Ren did not intend to reveal his identity so early. It's not that I'm worried that this woman will do him any disadvantage, but this is the first time he's here, so there shouldn't be any rivalry. He just wondered: how did this woman know about him, what was the purpose of her inquiring about herself?

The woman came to Yu Ren's table and did not speak immediately, but first looked at Yu Ren carefully, as if to remember every feature on his body.

Yu Ren didn't speak, he was also quietly looking at this woman.

It was a young woman in her twenties. Because of the heavy makeup on her face, I can't see her clearly. Just looking at the shape of her face, she should also be a beauty, and this beauty is not short. Yu Ren made a simple visual inspection, and it was estimated that it should be 1.7 meters.

"The little minister is invited. The little woman took the liberty to ask you about a person, I wonder if she can tell you? The woman finally spoke.

Yu Ren raised his head. "Madame, excuse me."

"Can the little minister know Yu Ren from Songjiang Mansion?" The woman was still standing and talking to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren was a little unaccustomed to talking to her like this, and this woman was not short, Yu Ren felt that talking to her like this felt oppressive. So he invited the woman to sit down.

"I don't know what Madame is called?"

"My husband's family name is Maeda, and he opened a small cloth village here. I heard that Yu Xiaoxianggong transported two boatloads of Songjiang cotton cloth from Daming this time, and my husband specially asked me to come forward to find Yu Xiaoxianggong. I want to ask Yu Xiaoxianggong to leave some goods for our cloth village. ”

Yu Ren heard this and put his mind at ease. It turned out that he was here to talk about business. It seems that his two boats of cotton cloth are really not worried about selling. Before the guests invited by Xu Xinsutuo over there came, someone had already taken the initiative to find them.

Since he came to discuss business, Yu Ren was not vague, so he disclosed his identity.

"It turned out to be Yu Xiaoxianggong in person, which was really rude." Mrs. Maeda said, standing up and bowing to Yu Ren again.

Yu Ren exchanged a few polite words with her and asked, "There is a question that I am rather puzzled about. The ship of the Xu family has never sold cotton cloth, and we have just arrived in Hong Kong this time, how can my wife know that I have brought two boatloads of cotton cloth this time? ”

"A cousin of the clumsy husband came to see the porcelain goods this time, so he heard about it. He quickly sent someone to the store to inform us, and it happened that the clumsy husband was not in the store for the past two days, so I had to take the liberty of visiting us. ”

While the two were talking, Xiao Er had already brought the meal.

"So, how much does Madame plan to buy?" Yu Ren saw that business came to the door, but he didn't want to eat, so he simply went straight to the point.

Mrs. Maeda looked around and said, "There are a lot of people here, can I ask Yu Xiaoxianggong to move down and talk to you in detail!" ”