Lin Jue had indeed been living very casually these past few days, swaggering around in front of everyone in the Lin family without any etiquette. He also swaggered in and out of Wangyue Tower almost every day, seemingly without any scruples.
But obviously, Lin Jue would not do this without reason. After several swaggers, Lin Jue also found the stalkers following him. They turned out to be two maids in the Lin residence. Lin Jue really admired these people in the Lin family. I don’t know why.
Due to their psychology, when they were out guarding against stalkers, they mostly focused on the men around them and ignored the women on the street. They took advantage of this.
In this way, every time Lin Jue went to the street, two maids were following behind him, and Lin Hu was responsible for keeping an eye on the two maids. The mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole followed, and the whereabouts of the two maids were also tracked by Lin Jue.
Under control.
Lin Jue spent more and more time in Wangyue Tower every time, giving people the illusion that he was obsessed with the spring beauty of the brothel. It was still daytime at first, and then for several days in a row, it was always dark in the evening, and he didn't come out until very late.
Even a fool knows what Lin Jue is doing in Wangyue Tower. This information is quickly reported to Lin Ke, Huang Changqing and others.
At nightfall on July 29th, Lin Ke had been busy all day. Because the Lin family's two maritime trading cargo ships had docked in Quanzhou Prefecture a few days ago. The goods were transferred from land to Hangzhou Prefecture by large trucks. For a whole day, hundreds of large trucks
Cars arrived one after another, transporting carloads of French spices, medicines, pearls, fragrant wood, furs and other goods to the Lin family's large warehouse. Lin Boyong personally sat in charge of the warehouse, and the three brothers Lin Ke, Lin Song, and Lin Run were busy all day long before the warehouse was full.
, finally put all the goods into the warehouse at nightfall.
Although I was tired, the trade with the foreign country went smoothly this time. There were no accidents on my own ships at sea, and I did not encounter any harassment from pirates. Two other ships that went to sea together capsized, and all the people, ships and cargo were lost.
, it can be said that they lost all their money. But this is good news for the Lin family. I will not pay until others fail. This is a self-evident relationship between merchants who compete with each other. At least this year, there are fewer goods from overseas countries.
Two ships, that is to say, the price will become more expensive. The returns from taking risks in overseas trade will also be more generous.
More importantly, the two peerless treasures purchased for the Liang Palace to celebrate the birthday of the current Queen Mother also arrived unscathed. One of them was a top-quality red coral tree purchased from the Kingdom of Zhapo. The coral was more than six feet high, with branches spreading in all directions.
It is eight feet square. It is full of vermilion and is as crystal clear as blood. It is placed on the ground like a living tree, emitting red light in the dark night, which is beautiful. Corals are inherently precious, and red corals are among them.
It is the best of the best, and such a huge red coral tree is rare in the world. This was originally owned by the king of the Kingdom of Jaya. In order to get this treasure, he spent a lot of effort. He used goods and gold and silver to coax and scare him, and then he let Jay.
The head of the mother-in-law country agreed to transfer this treasure.
Think about it, just to collect such a large coral tree from the sea unscathed, you can imagine how difficult it is. And the bumpy sea transportation along the way makes it even more difficult to survive unscathed. Smart people
The merchants had their own way of building a huge and strong wooden box to load it, then filled the gaps with fine sand, wrapped it tightly with straps, and fixed it firmly on the ship. This ensured that it would arrive unscathed.
Another treasure is equally remarkable. It is a nine-story ivory tower. It was a treasure obtained from the Kingdom of Ceylon. Ivory is not uncommon in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are many wild elephants in the Lingnan area of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so there is no shortage of them. Ivory. However, the quality of those ivory is not high, the color is gray, and the longest one is only two feet five six, and the thickness is only as thick as a child's arm. This is related to the species of elephant. But this ivory tower uses a whole ivory. It is carved, as thick as a sea bowl, and more than four feet long. Its whole body is milky white and its color is soft and gorgeous. It can be called a rare treasure.
Ivory tusks as thick as a sea bowl are very rare, let alone more than four feet long, which is even more rare. The most amazing thing is that this is a straight ivory, not the kind of ivory that is bent into the hook. It is said that 10,000 tusks are big Only one elephant can be seen with such a straight ivory. That's okay, this ivory was carved by the most famous carving master in Ceylon. These factors combined, the value of this ivory tower One can imagine.
The Queen Mother today is very dedicated to worshiping Buddha, so it is most appropriate to give the Queen Mother this ivory pagoda as a gift to celebrate her birthday.
It is no exaggeration to say that these two treasures alone are equivalent to the total goods purchased by the entire fleet for this sea trade, and it is more than enough. This is the handiwork of the current King of Liang, one of the two birthday gifts. The share was prepared for the present Holy One, and the two brothers were unparalleled in their generosity.
The safe arrival of these two treasures is the top priority of the Lin family's overseas trade. All goods can be lost or damaged, but these two treasures must not be lost.
Lin Boyong was very happy. He saw with his own eyes that the two treasures were moved into a separate warehouse secret room. Lin Boyong breathed a long sigh of relief. Tomorrow he can go and report to Prince Liang to come and inspect the goods. After they are safely transported to Bianliang, he and Liang will be together in the future. Wang's thread was officially connected.
After instructing the relevant people to strictly guard and protect him, Lin Boyong made an unprecedented proposal to celebrate. He prepared a banquet at Desheng Building, the best restaurant in Hangzhou City, Xihe North Street, and entertained the two sailors who were sailing this time with his three sons. The shopkeeper and a group of boatmen.
Several large tables with exquisite dishes were set up in the hall to entertain the boatmen and others. Lin Boyong took his three sons and two shipkeepers to drink in the box on the second floor. Everyone exchanged glasses and drank wine. Soon everyone had a drink. Meaning.
At this moment, the curtain of the box door was opened, and Huang Changqing came in with half of his face in. When Lin Boyong saw it, he smiled and said: "Oh, I forgot to ask Changqing to come and drink. Come on, come on, let's take a seat and drink."
Huang Changqing said with a smile on his face: "It's up to you, the master of the house, but I've eaten it. I haven't seen the master and the young masters back home for a long time, and I felt a little uneasy, so I went to the warehouse to ask. They said that the master of the house and the young masters were there. Let’s have a drink at Deshenglou, and Changqing is here.”
Lin Boyong pointed Huang Changqing with chopsticks and said to Lin Ke and others: "Look, learn from your uncle Changqing. When you are in the house, you are always concerned about things outside. If you don't come home for a while, he won't worry. This What is it? This is loyalty."
"What the head of the family said is that Uncle Changqing is a role model for his sons." Lin Ke and others hurriedly said.
Huang Changqing was humbled and winked at Lin Ke. Lin Ke didn't know what he meant and excused himself to go to the toilet and left the box. Huang Changqing hurriedly pulled him to the corner.
"What's the matter?" Lin Ke asked.
Huang Changqing whispered: "Just now, the maid you sent to follow Lin Jue went to find me and reported that Lin Jue went out after dark and went straight to Wangyue Tower. This boy is getting bolder and bolder. Knowing that you are not at home tonight, what is wrong with you? Chi, I actually went there at night."
Lin Ke frowned and said: "Why are you talking about this at this time? Everyone has been tired for a long day, so how can we be in the mood to care about his troubles. Let's talk about it later."
"No, eldest son, tonight is a good opportunity for him. He will definitely stay overnight in Wangyue Tower tonight, and we will check him out. Besides, didn't you say that you wanted to make things bigger? Today happens to be the head of the family. Yes, go get it now. After things get serious, you can take the head of the house to see him together. As long as the head of the house sees it, will the boy be finished soon? If he doesn't take advantage of him today, will he ask the head of the house to go and have a look next time? ?Then what he did was too obvious. With the family master’s intelligence, he must have doubts afterwards.”
Lin Ke pinched his beard and frowned, thinking for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. Today is indeed an opportunity. This place is not far from Wangyue Tower. If there is a commotion, we can get there quickly with dad."
"That's right. I have to do this thing all the time, so I just have to do it tonight. In a few days, he will go to the academy to study, but there will be less opportunities. I guess it is precisely because he has to study that he has to do it tonight. Love is so intense that it is hard to let go. Maybe after today, it will be difficult to find this opportunity again."
Lin Ke nodded slightly and said: "That's fine, I'll listen to you. But I can't get away from here, so you need someone to handle this matter. Ask a few people to rush in, drag them from the bed to the street without saying a word, and start making trouble. You can come again later to deliver the letter. We will rush over there together with the owner of the family."
Huang Changqing nodded and said: "Okay, eldest son, let's wait and see the good show. If we just make such a fuss, the head of the family will definitely blame us for making the matter bigger. When the time comes..."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. Besides, what can Daddy do to you? Don't forget that you are an old man of my Lin family. At most, you can get angry and curse a few times, but you won't get a beating. If you get rid of this thorn in your side, it won't hurt you either. Is it your wish? So what if you get scolded?"
Huang Changqing kept saying yes, but in his heart he said: Bah, did my wish come true? I’m afraid it fulfilled your wish. You want to take over the family property of the third family, and you pretend to be like a saint, bah.
