At the wharf outside the east gate, in the Lin family's big warehouse, the guys didn't dare to untie the tarpaulin wrapped in cloth without saying a word. The fine silk that should be gorgeous and dazzling is now lying on its stomach and spreading on the black oilcloth, which is really frustrating and angry.

Lin Kui, the chief shopkeeper of the shipping ship, looked through the purchase account book and said distressedly, "This batch of fine silk is eighty-one taels of goods imported from Huzhou, plus the freight, the cost of these goods in the warehouse is sixteen thousand one thousand and thirty taels."

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is a good time to make new clothes in the new season, and it is not a problem for this batch of first-class fine silk to sell a hundred taels. But after being dyed with variegated colors, no one wanted twenty-one horses!

More than 10,000 taels of silver were blistered, and Second Master Lin was so distressed that he gasped.

Lin Ruyu quickly calculated in her heart, and ordered, "Go and invite Lin Mao over."

Before Uncle Xiang could say anything, Lin Ming jumped out, "What did the girl tell my father to do? A manly man, one person does things and one person does everything, and the girl can punish me as much as she wants, just don't implicate my father."

Lin Ruyu glanced at him, "Lin Mao is your father?"

Lin Ruyu was born extremely beautiful, and she was also an ice beauty with a cold face, Lin Ming was glanced at by her, and her soul almost flew out again, only to react to the excitement The girl didn't even know who he was, and she was very annoyed in her heart, "Yes, villain Lin Ming."

Lin Ruyu nodded, and her gaze turned back to the cloth, "This girl's name is Lin Mao, because he is the big shopkeeper of my Lin family's silk village, Uncle Xiang."

"Yes." The chief butler Lin Xiang immediately bowed down and ordered someone to call Lin Mao over.

There was little light in the storehouse, and two hundred horses of fine silk were spread out on the long bamboo shelves of the storeroom, dripping with water. In a trance, Lin Ruyu seemed to have returned to the dilapidated Guanyin Temple in Wusha Town. When Chen Hong took her clothes back from Matou Cottage, she opened her bag and touched her clothes, which was this damp touch.

Lin Mao entered the warehouse and saw the fine silk spreading, his heart was half cold, and after glaring at his son fiercely, Lin Mao quickly stepped forward to salute Lin Second Master and Lin Ruyu, "It's the villain who has no way to teach his son, so he has caused such a big disaster, please punish the second master and the girl."

Lin Ruyu didn't raise her eyes, "The responsibility for the water immersion will be investigated later, Uncle Mao will first come and see how to rescue these fine silks."

"Yes." After Lin Mao stepped forward to take a closer look, his heart became even colder. However, this incident was caused by his son, and Lin Mao could only try his best to make up for it, "Girl, or ...... Wash it first, iron it and dry it before you look at it carefully?"

Lin Ruyu nodded, "The silk is dyed with variegated colors, how should it be rinsed?"

Lin Mao was ashamed, "Variegated...... I can't wash it off."

Unable?

Lin Ruyu took the Jinpa handed by Yunjuan and wiped her white fingers. She remembers that there was a question in the chemistry exam paper in the third year of high school, which mentioned that in ancient times, shellfish were burned and mixed with ash water to produce potassium hydroxide, which could be used as a bleach.

Won't this work?

Lin Ruyu lowered her eyes and thought about it carefully, it really didn't work. Because silk is a protein and is not alkaline-resistant, while potassium hydroxide is strongly alkaline.

"Then according to your idea, wash and dry it first and then see how to dispose of it, so that it can be sold at a high price."

"Yes, the villain will arrange it."

After Lin Mao withdrew, Lin Ruyu set his eyes on Lin Ming, Lin Ming was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. ….

Second Master Lin looked at his niece with a tight face, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he was not as good as a fourteen-year-old girl, and he had really lived in vain for so many years.

Out of the warehouse, Lin Ruyu asked the second uncle to sit down in the steward's room with her, and then instructed, "Uncle Xiang, Uncle Kui, please investigate the accident of the cargo ship entering the water clearly, and then make a list of responsibilities for this accident according to the rules of the ship. How long will it take to get this done?"

Although the girl's words were a little strange, Lin Xiang understood what she meant after a little pondering, and replied, "Go back to the girl, you can do it in one day."

Lin Ruyu turned sideways to discuss with Second Master Lin, "Second Uncle, can you watch it for a day?"

"Yes, yes!" Second Master Lin nodded.

"Okay, it's just one day. Tomorrow at this time, my second uncle and I will see the list." Lin Ruyu made a decision and asked the two to investigate the accident.

That's it? Lin Kui was stunned.

Lin Xiang pulled him, Lin Kui came back to his senses, and then dragged Lin Ming, who was stunned in place, and retreated together.

Second Master Lin lowered his voice and asked his niece, "Jiaojiao, can this be done?"

Lin Ruyu lowered her voice and replied, "Don't hide it from the second uncle. I only know Lin Kui about the people in the boat, and I don't know anything else, so I can only brake with static, so as not to respond to all changes."

Second Master Lin suddenly realized and gave his niece a thumbs up, "Jiaojiao's move to control stillness is really high, and your second uncle doesn't know much."

The uncle and nephew gathered together and smiled silently and helplessly.

After laughing for a while, Second Master Lin asked in a low voice, "What should I do with this fine silk?"

"Second uncle, we've had this before, how did we deal with it?"

Second Master Lin shook his head with great certainty, "I haven't been out, this is the first time. With such a valuable cargo, we have a martial artist on board to escort it, and the stewards are also very careful, so it stands to reason that this kind of thing should not happen."

Something that shouldn't have happened is still happening, so there must be something wrong here. Lin Ruyu instructed, "Sister Xianyin, send someone who works carefully to inspect the cargo ship with the big butler."

After arranging the affairs of the wharf, Lin Ruyu discussed with Lin Erye, and Lin Erye's pharmacy checked the stocking of the yamen's requisition list, and Lin Ruyu returned to the house to arrange the cultivation of rice seedlings.

In the evening, Xianyin entered the study and said, "Girl, Luo Er has returned from the dock."

The twenty people sent to Lin Ruyu by the uncle, except for the names of Xianyin, Xianzhen and Luo Xian, the names of the remaining seventeen people were from Luo Er to Luo Seventeen according to their age, which was very confusing, but it was easy to remember.

Lin Ruyu put down the book in his hand, "Please let him in."

Luo Er, who was in his thirties, came in and saluted, and gave a detailed account of his findings, "There were 400 horses of fine silk on the cargo ship, and every 10 horses were tightly wrapped in thick oilcloth and placed in the cabin, and the 200 horses in the bottom compartment were soaked with water. The bottom of the cabin was damaged and flooded, and the tarpaulin covering the fine silk was cut with a sword."

Someone deliberately vandalized the ship and damaged the fine silk. Lin Ruyu clenched the pen in her hand and asked, "How was the cabin damaged?"

"The hole was pierced from the inside of the ship, and because the hole was blocked by silk placed in the hole, the sound of water entering was not noticeable, and the people on board found that the cabin was flooded at dawn. Judging by the amount of water coming in, the leak was caused by water in the middle of the night last night." Luo Er continued, "A certain person opened the leak that had been sealed with a wooden plank and examined it, and found that the leak was poked out of the inside of the cabin with a two-inch-wide double-edged sword."

A double-edged sword two inches wide? Lin Ruyu's mind immediately flashed the weapon used by An Jiachun, and Bei Yan bit her upper lip lightly, and asked, "Can anyone use a sword on the ship?"

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