Chapter XXVII
Xia Nan nodded, stopped a few people, and said, "You have to return the purse you stole from others." The pen "Fun" Ge www.biquge.info thought in his heart that it was best to fall into the water, these foreigners had no money, the language was not understood, and it was difficult to move an inch in Guangzhou, so they had the opportunity to implement their plans.
One of them groped in his arms with a sad face, and Xia Nan stared at his hand, silently saying in his heart: Wallet fell into the water, wallet fell into the water.
The man touched it for a while, his face became even more ugly, and he said tremblingly, "Drop...... fell into the water...... "The teeth began to fight up and down, and I don't know if the river is too cold or I am afraid of being beaten again."
Xia Nan let out a sigh of relief, and turned to Maria with a regretful expression: "Beautiful Miss, your wallet fell into the water." ”
“OH,NO!” The three of them shouted in unison.
Maria said excitedly: "What can I do about this, because I heard that silver circulates in the East, and the silver we specially exchanged in Manila is two hundred taels, without which we will be living on the streets." ”
Xia Nan turned around and pretended to be vicious and said to a few ruffians: "There are five hundred taels of silver in people's purses, you should pay others quickly, otherwise you will be thrown into the river!" ”
When several people heard this, their faces turned green, five hundred taels, and they couldn't afford to pay for their pants, so they just kowtowed like pounding garlic, begged for mercy again and again, and knocked down a few times, and blood flowed out of their heads.
Xia Nan spread out her hands and shrugged her shoulders and said to Maria, "They say that even if you go bankrupt, you can't afford to pay for your losses. ”
A woman's heart is always soft, and seeing the tragic situation of these people kowtowing, Maria forgot what they looked like when they were vicious just now, and said, "Forget it, let them go." ”
When William heard this, he was anxious and said loudly: "How can this be done, you sympathize with a few scoundrels, who will sympathize with us, how can we survive in this strange place." Even if you go back, you can't go to Manila without money, let alone London. ”
He looked at Xia Nan: "It's all his fault, if he hadn't thrown these people into the water, he wouldn't have lost his wallet." ”
Maria looked at him with round eyes and said unhappily, "William, how can you say that".
William wanted to refute, but the older man spoke: "Enough, William, if it weren't for this young man, we would still be entangled by a group of scoundrels, and we wouldn't be able to get our wallets back either." At least, he helped us out, didn't he? Hearing him speak, William had to keep his mouth shut.
Xia Nan coughed twice to attract their attention, and then smiled and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, I'm ashamed of the trouble my actions have caused you, in order to express my apologies, let me be responsible for your food and living expenses next." ”
At this moment, even William has nothing to say, people help you beat the scoundrel, and they are willing to bear the cost of room and board, what can a good person say if he does this.
Maria said uneasily, "Actually, it has nothing to do with you when you lose your wallet, so it's not fair to you......"
Xia Nan still maintained a charming smile, "Beautiful young lady, please give me a chance to show your gentlemanly demeanor." ”
Maria was defeated by his smile, such a perfect gentleman is rare in England, and more stars appeared in her eyes.
The episode ended soon, and the trio from Britain lost the east corner and received the mulberry elm, although they lost their wallets, but they ran into Xia Nan, the big financier.
Xia Nan handed over the matter to Liu Quan, and acted as a temporary escort, leading the trio to wander around the bustling streets of Guangzhou City, where to have fun. At this time, London was still a place where sewage flowed, and both the population and business prosperity were far less than those of China's current big cities. The trio had never seen such a bustling cityscape, it was like coming to paradise, and they had a lot of fun.
Maria dared to eat, all kinds of snacks in Guangzhou were eaten, full of praise, in the summer, Nan sacrificed his life to accompany the gentleman, and also ate with him, but he didn't see diarrhea, so he also let go of eating and satisfied his appetite. As for living, Xia Nan let them live in the best inn in Guangzhou. The three of them ate well and lived well, and they all felt that the trip was worthwhile.
Summer South also had a harvest, through the side knocks, learned that Maria's full name is Maria Edward, born in the English aristocracy, because dissatisfied with the arranged marriage, secretly ran away, heard that there is a beautiful country in the far East, so he boarded the ship to the East.
The older man was her uncle, Charles, a veteran shipwright at the Royal Shipyards in Kent, England, who quit his job and followed him because he was worried about his beloved niece. The young man, William, was an active sailor in the Royal Navy and Maria's suitor, and he followed on the spur of the moment.
After understanding their origins, Xia Nan was dark and cool, and these people must be taken down, this is a treasure given to him by God.
Three days have passed, Liu Quan came to report, the first batch of 200 people have been sent to the ship, this time the specially selected big ship, and it is the fleet, through Lingao to Fucheng, there are full-time bodyguards to protect the ship, do not have to walk along the coastline, two days can go to Lingao, the second batch has been bought one after another, it is expected to be about 200 people.
Things went smoothly, except for one thing that was unexpected, the local government sent someone to come to the door and ask what they wanted to buy so many people. Fortunately, the people who bought it were all women, if they were all men, I am afraid that the government would directly send officials to detain people, and a crime of gathering a crowd to plot misdeeds would not be able to escape. In ancient times, the government was most taboo about the gathering of ordinary people, and it was easy to make trouble when there were too many people.
Xia Nan pondered for a moment and asked, "What level of government is it that you are here?" How do you answer? "This information is very important, and it is related to the attention of the Ming Dynasty government and its own coping strategy.
"Nanhai County, Guangdong."
Liu Quan had already found out that this city was under the rule of Nanhai County: "I answered truthfully, I bought a woman to work in Lingao, which can be regarded as contributing to the government's efforts to deal with these victims." ”
There should be no problem with this answer, a county government should be easy to deal with, it is estimated that it is because of the generosity of this side, and I want to knock on the bamboo pole. Just as Liu Quan was about to be sent to deal with it, Yang Youji came and sent a famous post, which had only one high character on it.
High? Xia Nan couldn't remember what kind of person surnamed Gao he knew in Guangzhou, so he asked, "Is the person who sent the name post still there?" ”
Yang Youji replied: "Yes, he sent him to the mule and horse shop, and I brought him here." ”
The person who came was brought into Xia Nan's room, Xia Nan felt a little familiar when he saw it, Liu Quan had a good memory, and said directly: "Isn't this the person I met in Zhang's cloth shop that day?" I bought forty pieces of cloth at a time."
The man was surprised, "Have you seen me?" ”
Xia Nan didn't answer, but asked, "Who is your master, and why did you come to me?" ”