Gong Ziyi followed Huo Xi around the dock, thinking that she was just watching the excitement, but he didn't expect that not only did she have a unique eye for goods, but she could also talk calmly and calmly to foreigners.
Gong Ziyi was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.
"Good brother, good brother, you can actually say something?"
"What's so weird about talking?"
"No, you are the son of a fisherman. Who did you learn your words from?"
Huo Xi rolled his eyes: "I learned it from my master. I rescued a foreigner from the water before, but he couldn't find a boat to go back to. He stayed in my house for several years and I learned it from him."
Seeing Gong Ziyi's expression of disbelief, he said, "Believe it or not." He turned around and left.
"Believe it or not. I didn't say I didn't believe it. I just didn't expect you to say what you said!"
Gong Ziyi came to his senses and came to pull her back: "Since you are good at talking, you can do me a favor."
Huo Xi was stunned after hearing what he said. She didn't expect that Gong Ziyi would bring several ships of goods this time to find foreign businessmen in Songjiang Mansion.
"I didn't expect my dear brother to be able to talk. Isn't that just right? You can help me be a translator. I can't help but make money for you." He pulled Huo Xi and refused to let him go.
This is really wonderful, not only meeting a brother of the opposite sex whom I haven't seen for several years, but this brother is also good at talking.
Wonderful.
He hurriedly told Huo Xi what goods he had brought this time, and asked Huo Xi to help connect foreigners.
When Gong Ziyi said that there were two or three boats of silk, satin, gauze, velvet and other cloth, Huo Xi was stunned.
"Your family doesn't sell salted fish?" A salt merchant still wants to engage in maritime trade?
"My family doesn't just sell salted fish. There are many people in the family, and they all have to make ends meet. Let's go and take my brother to see that Nok."
With Huo Xi acting as a middleman, the business between Gong Ziyi and Nok went smoothly.
When Nock couldn't bear to eat, he also helped him find connections with other foreign businessmen. The business of several ships was settled in only two days.
"My good brother, I have fallen into your trap this time. If I had known I could meet my good brother, I would have brought a few more ships of goods, and I was careful not to lose my money."
Seeing his regretful look, Huo Xi gave him a big roll of her eyes.
"It's your first time doing sea trade business, and it's your first time taking on such a big responsibility. Your family can allow you to bring the goods of these ships out, even if they think highly of you, you are still arrogant. If you lose money, you are afraid
Aren’t you going to be locked up in the study room again, with your head hanging from the beam and your buttocks piercing your buttocks, immersed in studying hard.”
In the past two days, she had also heard some of his family affairs from Gong Ziyi's mouth, and knew how difficult it was for him.
It seems that he has plenty of money to eat and drink, but his father's generation has many uncles, his grandfather also has several brothers, and each family has a large population. It is not easy for his family to get ahead.
"How could you say I'm lucky?"
Gong Ziyi smiled and hooked Huo Xi's shoulder, but Huo Xi brushed it away, then hooked him up again, brushed it away, and hooked him up again.
"There will be less opposition in the clan now. I am afraid that I will have to run here more often in the future. My dear brother, just wait for me to sweep the couch to welcome you in the capital."
He even sweeps the couch to welcome you, and it’s almost as good as sweeping you out.
"Don't be like this. Brother Wei will come from Huai'an next time and bring you a boatload of Huai'an specialties. Thank you for your help this time. Brother Wei will watch over your Guangfeng water in the future. No one in Huai'an will dare to give it to you."
It’s not pleasant.”
"Are you a local coward?"
Gong Ziyi clicked his tongue and hit her on the forehead: "What kind of local bastard, what you say is so unpleasant."
"My Gong family is not the only salt merchant in Huai'an. However, the Gong family also has some influence in the local area. As long as Guangfeng water is protected by my Gong family, no one dares to get in trouble."
Before Huo Xi said anything, Yang Fu saluted him: "Thank you so much, Mr. Gong. My family is from a poor family and has no support. My shop is in Huai'an. I don't dare to stand out everywhere. People often look for trouble. If I can win over Mr. Gong,
With protection, Xi'er can worry less."
"Don't worry, my brother's business is my business."
He agreed, then patted Huo Xi on the shoulder: "When brother returns to Huai'an, I will give you orders. No one will dare to come to your shop to find trouble."
Huo Xi thanked him and was dragged to a restaurant by him to give him a meal.
On the dock, Mu Yan looked away from Huo Xi.
"I didn't expect Songjiang Prefecture to be so lively. This county is more prosperous than the southwest prefecture." Mu Xin held his son Mu Jie's hand and stood beside Mu Yan.
"With the sea ban lifted, the liveliness of Songjiang Mansion will probably be even greater in the future."
Three-year-old Mu Jie was only detained in the inner courtyard to accompany her mother because of her mother's poor health. She had never seen such excitement. Her eyes widened and she wanted everything she saw.
"Father has no money, so go find your elder brother."
Mu Jie was a little afraid of this older brother whom he had never met before. She looked up at him and pursed her lips, not daring to speak.
Mu Yan smiled and touched his head: "If you like anything, just tell your elder brother. Your father is stingy, but he doesn't have money."
"Can I be as rich as you?" Mu Xin looked at him with a joking expression.
"How can I be rich? I haven't opened a mansion yet."
"You didn't open a house, but my father left it for you, my eldest brother left it for you, plus what you stole from others, my son even bought the entire dock, you are very rich."
"Whose house should I rob?"
"Don't look at me. I don't know."
Mu Yan glanced at him, only twitching the corners of his mouth, not intending to continue.
Seeing that Mu Jie kept staring at him, he said warmly: "Jie'er, go pick it out. Brother will buy it for you. I'll also pick out some good things for your mother."
"Thank you, brother!"
Mu Jie responded with a sweet voice, broke away from his father's hand, ran happily to the stall, squatted in a ball on the ground, and started pulling with his little hands.
On the other hand, Huo Xi was in trouble. With the money given by foreigners such as Gong Ziyi and Nok, he bought some cotton and silk cloth with the help of the nanny, and also bought some glutinous rice from various places in Songjiang.
Our boat was fully loaded. It had been a few days since we got out, and we were ready to return to Beijing.
"Nanny, are you really not going back with me? If you are worried about the safety of me and Nian'er, you can live on the boat so that I can take care of you nearby."
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou clapped her hands and made ooh-ooh gestures.
Huo Xi half understood and half couldn't understand. She felt anxious and sad, and her eyes were so sore that she just wanted to shed tears.
"Go back. Your nanny is now in her prime and has not yet reached the age of needing care. She is right to worry. Now that she has gone to the capital, she will not be able to help you, and will also bring trouble to you. When Huo Nian grows up in the future,
When they are older, your sister and your brother will be able to protect themselves, and then you can take her in and live together."
After Ma Ma finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou nodded repeatedly. Touching Huo Xi's face, her eyes were red and she felt extremely reluctant to give up.
Huo Xi hugged her: "Then I will go back and sell the goods this time. After I get the money, I will come to Songjiang to open a shop. From now on, I can often visit the nanny."
The wet nurse was so frightened that she waved her hands desperately.
I uploaded the chapters in reverse order yesterday, sorry~ I guess it was painted by Rehu, haha