When he saw the appearance of the person coming clearly, he immediately moved to greet him with a look of surprise on his face.
"Brother Gillam, why is it you?"
The Gillam in Crich's mouth saw the surprised expression on Crich's face. He first turned his head and glared at the two middle-aged men a few steps away.
Immediately, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and punched Krich on the chest, not lightly but not hard.
"Hahaha, dear brother, are you surprised to see me appearing in your shop?"
After hearing Gillam's question, Kerridge nodded subconsciously.
"Good brother, I am surprised, I am indeed very surprised.
Brother Gillam, as far as I know, it seems that you took your caravan to Tianzhu for business more than ten days ago.
From the day you left with the caravan to today, it has been less than twenty days. How come you came back so soon?
Did you encounter any trouble on the road? Do you need my help?"
Gillam looked at Creech with some confusion at first, and then suddenly changed to a worried expression, and his eyes were instantly filled with gratitude.
He is indeed the good brother he considers himself to be, and he is still as sincere to his brother as before.
After thinking that I have encountered some trouble, my first thought is to help myself and help me solve the problem.
Gillam sighed secretly in his heart. After taking a few deep breaths, he looked at Crich and nodded with a chuckle.
"Good brother, your guess is correct. Brother, I do have a little trouble here. I need you to come forward and help me.
As long as you agree to help me, brother, my troubles will be solved immediately."
Hearing this, Krich frowned slightly involuntarily.
"Brother Gillam, you have not been in the royal city during the recent period, and you are not very aware of some of the things that have happened here.
You know best how the friendship between our brothers is.
Therefore, regarding some things, as a brother, I am not afraid of your jokes.
Good brother, I will tell you frankly for my brother's sake.
Brother, due to some special reasons, I have some problems with money allocation and expenditure, so if you encounter any financial troubles, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you much in a short time.
But, good brother, you can rest assured.
Although I can't help you much in the short term, it doesn't mean that I can't help you at all.
If the gap in money you need is not too big, brother, I can think of a way to get it together, and I should be able to help solve one or two problems.
As for other things, as long as they are within my ability, I will try my best to do it."
After listening to Creech's sincere words, Gillam turned his head and looked around at the endless stream of customers in the shop.
"Good brother, I'll tell you the truth, the trouble I encountered is due to money issues."
Krich's face suddenly tightened, and his brows that had just been relieved suddenly frowned.
"Brother, how much money do you need there?"
Gillam retracted his gaze from sizing up the customers in the shop, and watched with amusement as Creech gently stretched out two fingers.
"Brother, this is the number."
Creech glanced at the two fingers extended by Gillam, and his nervous mind suddenly relaxed.
I still know very well what Guillam's family fortune is, and he will definitely not come to me for help just because of a mere 20,000 silver coins or 200 gold coins.
As a result, the amount represented by the two fingers he stretched out was most likely two thousand gold coins.
Although my shop here has temporarily encountered some difficulties, I can still get two thousand gold coins by myself.
Creech thought of this, and immediately raised his hand cheerfully and patted Gillam's shoulder.
"Good brother, two thousand gold coins, right? Just wait a moment, brother, I will arrange for someone to allocate gold coins to you right away."
As soon as Creech finished speaking, Gillam waved his hand hurriedly.
"Brother, it's not two thousand gold coins, it's twenty thousand gold coins."
The moment the number of twenty thousand gold coins came out of Gillam's mouth, the smile on Keric's face suddenly froze.
"How many more gold coins?"
"Twenty thousand gold coins in reply to brother?"
"Twenty thousand? gold coins?"
"Back to brother, that's right."
Creech watched in astonishment as Gillam took a deep breath, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
"Twenty thousand gold coins, brother, are you sure you're right? It's twenty thousand gold coins?"
Gillam nodded without hesitation and replied loudly: "Brother, little brother, I'm sure I'm right. It's definitely 20,000 gold coins."
"Twenty thousand gold coins? Twenty thousand gold coins? How come there are so many?"
"Brother, are you willing to help me solve this trouble I have encountered?"
Hearing Gillam's question, Kerridge nodded without hesitation.
"Good brother, with the friendship between us brothers, of course I am willing to help you solve the problem."
Then, as Krich spoke, the expression on his face gradually became tangled.
"Brother Gillam, as a brother I really want to help you solve this troublesome matter.
It's just...it's just that, in my current situation, brother, even if I want to help you solve your trouble, I'm powerless for a while.
Now, if I add all the gold coins I have left in my hands together, I can't even make up to 20,000.
If I want to help you, I must immediately transfer money from our home country of Rome, or the nearby countries of Persia and Prussia.
However, if you want to transfer money from other countries, it will take about half a month at best.
Can your troubles over there wait for about half a month?"
As soon as Creech finished his questioning words, Gillam suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, hahaha."
The sudden loud noise he made here immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.
However, Gillam didn't care at all about the eyes of the people around him, and with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and punched Kerridge in the chest again.
"Hahaha, good brother, time is not a problem, as long as you are willing to come forward and help me solve the financial problem.
As long as you agree to this matter, brother, the trouble of the 20,000 gold coins will be solved immediately."
Brother Gillam, I am almost confused by you, what do you mean by this?"
Under Creech's doubtful gaze, Gillam immediately turned around and faced the door of the store and smacked his hands vigorously several times.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
"Harrison, please move your things in."
"Yes, I will obey."
Following a thick voice, a middle-aged man immediately strode into the store.
Immediately, a dozen burly men walked into the shop, and the first few of them carried a wooden box in pairs.
"Master, this old slave is polite."
"Master Kerry, little Harrison salutes you."
"No gifts."
Kerridge looked at Harrison, whom he knew well, and immediately waved his hand.
"You're welcome, no courtesy."
"Yes, thank you Master, thank you Master Kerry."
"Harrisan."
"The little one is here."
"Let them open the box."
"Yes, I understand."
Harrison nodded slightly, then immediately turned around and waved to the burly men standing next to him.
The strong men received the signal, and one of them next to the box immediately leaned over and opened the wooden box next to them.
In the blink of an eye, the shop that was originally bustling with people fell into silence.
I saw that the five medium-sized boxes on the ground were all filled with yellow gold coins.
Under the rising sun outside the store door, the boxes of gold coins were reflecting the dazzling golden light.
"Gudu! Gudu!"
"Gudu!"
"Gudu."
"Gudu..."
After a short period of silence, the shop suddenly resounded with the sounds of people swallowing saliva.
Five boxes of gold coins, which is at least ten to twenty thousand, right?
If these gold coins were mine, wouldn't I be rich? A big fortune?
For a time, most of the people had similar thoughts in their hearts.
After Creech came to his senses from his daze, he immediately stretched out his hand and pulled Gillam's sleeve with a confused expression.
"Brother, what are you doing? What do you mean?"
Seeing Crich's sudden expression of embarrassment, Crich turned his head and looked around for a moment, then happily bent down and grabbed a handful of gold coins from a box and gently rubbed them.
.
"Good brother, brother, I don't mean anything.
Brother, the trouble I have right now is that my good brother, who has been taking good care of me, Guillam, all these years, is now in trouble.
Moreover, this good big brother of mine urgently needs the help of my good brother.
I had no idea how difficult the problems my dear brother was facing were.
However, no matter how difficult my good brother is here, I, as a brother, will spare no effort to help him overcome the difficulties.
Even if it means losing everything, I won’t hesitate.”
"This, brother!"
"Brother, you don't need to say more.
Your business is my business. Your troubles are my troubles, brother.
We are two brothers, who follows whom?"
As Gillam spoke, he glanced disdainfully at the two middle-aged men who were a few steps away and looked embarrassed, then he smiled and put the gold coins in his hands into Creech's hands.
"Good brother, what happened to you is really too sudden.
My little brother, after I received the letter from the servant at home, I immediately rushed back to the royal city with a dozen guards.
It's a pity because time was too short.
Brother, even if I try my best here, I can only mobilize 20,000 gold coins for the time being.
If these 20,000 gold coins are not enough to solve your current predicament, brother, I will immediately send someone to mobilize money elsewhere.
However, little brother, I dare not make any judgments now about how many gold coins I can mobilize for you, big brother.
As far as the current situation is concerned, I can only promise you, brother, that I will do my best to mobilize the gold coins you need to tide over the difficulties.
As for how many can be mobilized in the end, it only depends on God’s will.”
After listening to Gillam's affectionate words, Creech tightly clenched a handful of gold coins in his hand, lowered his head and scanned the five large boxes of gold coins on the ground, and immediately blinked hard a few times, feeling a little sour.
's eyes.
"Good brother, I really did not misjudge you.
Good brother, I, Krich, am here today to thank you!"
Gillam raised his eyebrows slightly, held Creech's palm with his backhand, and let out a long breath of joy.
"Hahaha, good brother, if we talk about this evil among brothers, it will be obvious to others.
If it hadn’t been for your support and help, I, my younger brother, would still be living a life of survival guarding the few shops handed down from my ancestors in Rome, how could I have reached this stage today!”
As Gillam spoke, he looked contemptuously at the two middle-aged men standing behind Creech.
"Brother, little brother, I am sending you 20,000 gold coins today for a total of two purposes.
First, I want to help you ease your predicament and try to help you overcome the difficulties you are facing.
Secondly, I want some ungrateful bastards to take a good look at it. Not all people are like those ungrateful people and only have money in their eyes.
In this world, there are still people who value love and justice."
Creech glanced sideways at Gillam's brother, the two middle-aged men with red faces, and shook his head sadly.
"Good brother, everything has its own destiny, don't force it, don't force it!"
After Gillam took a deep breath, he saluted Amina who was not far away with a smile on his face.
"Sister-in-law, I'm so polite."
"Hey, okay, okay, no more courtesy."
"Hehehe, thank you sister-in-law."
"Yike girl, I haven't seen you for more than ten days, this girl is really getting more and more beautiful."
"Oh, Uncle Gillam, you complimented me, and Yi Ke was polite."
"Hahaha, no gifts, no gifts."
"Thank you uncle."
Gillam waved his hand casually, turned around and looked around at the people who were still staring at the gold coins in the box. He leaned forward again and grabbed a small handful of gold coins from the box on one side.
Immediately, he gently rubbed the gold coins in his hand with one hand, raised a faint smile on his lips, and looked faintly at the two middle-aged men whose faces were getting redder and redder a few steps away.
"Amul, Barus, please tell me quickly. How many gold coins did our brother Krich cost you two in terms of goods and money and didn't pay you?"
When Amul and Barus heard this, their expressions suddenly changed with emotion, their eyes wandered and they began to groan.
"me……"
"Brother Gillam, what is that! What is that!"
"What are you? What is that? What is that? Why are you two so hesitant?
Didn't the two of you come to Brother Krich today to get back the money he temporarily lacks for your goods?
Come, come, come, here are five boxes of gold coins, which add up to a total of 20,000.
Brother Krich owes you two gold coins for goods, you two can just count them in the box.
Amul, Barus, are these 20,000 gold coins enough?
If it's not enough, you two will take the 20,000 gold coins back today.
In three days, three days at most, I, Gillam, promise to make up the remaining payment for the goods to both of you.
Today, our brother Krich and all of you distinguished guests are here to bear witness. What I say is three days is three days.
Whenever I, Gilam, delay you for one day, I will leave the royal city of Dashi Kingdom and take my family back to our hometown.
From now on, I will never set foot in the royal city of Dashi Kingdom again in this life.
The gold coins are here, count them, you can count them."