Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 288

After a month of sailing, the returning fleet finally returned to the navy base on the Yangtze River. Mingren and Mingli said goodbye to Zhu Lin and Zhao Zongshi immediately, and hired a cargo ship to return to Pingjiang Mansion.

They left their hometown to go to sea in spring, and when they came back, it was already late autumn in October. They had been away for more than half a year. Standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the scenery and figures in their hometown, they felt as if they had passed away.

Of course, compared to Fan Ning, they are luckier, at least they may come back to reunite with their relatives for the New Year, but Fan Ning and the others have to survive the cold and long winter in a distant foreign country.

Two days later, the cargo ship arrived in Mudu Town, and someone had already rushed to the hospital to tell Fan Tiezhou that the twin brothers had returned.

Fan Tiezhou rushed out to greet him, but he didn't see his son. His heart sank, and he asked, "Didn't Ah Ning come back together?"

Ming Li shook his head, "Uncle, I'm sorry, Aning can't come back with us, there are too many complicated things over there, he is the chief officer, he can't leave at all."

"let it go!"

Fan Tiezhou had no choice but to sigh secretly, and said with a smile: "It's not bad for you to come back, and your aunt and I can also know about Aning's situation. He is okay over there!"

"Of course!"

Mingren hurriedly said: "He is the number three person. Everyone should respect him when they see him. The official authority is so great. When we see him, we have to salute obediently and call him a senior official!"

Fan Tiezhou laughed loudly, "As for it? I won't believe it. Others may call it, but you two will never."

Mingren scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Actually, we still call him Aning, but he is really powerful. Everyone really respects him when they see him."

"Okay! If he becomes an official again, he will be my son. You should quickly move your things back, and I will help you."

Mingren and Mingli brought back more than a dozen large boxes, most of which were expensive specialties. They traveled overseas so hard, how could they be worthy of themselves if they didn't make a lot of money.

The most expensive item was a piece of ambergris, which weighed thirty catties and was worth tens of thousands of guan. They exchanged two sharp Song knives from the Kun people.

The two brothers quickly separated the three large boxes, "These three boxes are gifts from Aning to you."

Ming Li patted one of the big boxes and said with a smile: "This box contains treasures, it's for grandma."

"What is it?"

Fan Tiezhou was a little curious in his heart, he slowly opened a slit, and suddenly he was shocked, he saw a bear's head.

"Bear!" he yelled.

Mingli patted the big box, and said with a smile: "To be precise, it's a bear's skin, and it's an old bear's skin. You can't buy it even if you have money in Song Dynasty. Isn't grandma afraid of the cold in winter? It's very warm to sleep on. "

Fan Tiezhou was really worried that his mother would sleep on the bear skin?But not necessarily, it was a gift from her precious grandson, maybe she would really appreciate it and replace the old sheepskin on the bed with bearskin.

Mingren pointed to another box and said: "Inside this is a tiger skin and two high-quality fox skins, which are for uncle and aunt. In addition, Hodo has a box of very beautiful and valuable conch shells, as well as some precious dried medicinal materials. Also in the box."

"Okay, I see, let's move things back first."

Everyone moved the box back to the medical hall and put it here temporarily.

The two hired an ox cart and carried a box to Zhu's mansion. Fan Tiezhou told them that both Zhu Yuanfu and Zhu Pei lived in Mudu.

Hearing that Mingren and Mingli brothers had returned, Zhu Yuanfu personally came to greet them at the gate. He especially liked the pair of twin brothers. The cleverness, liveliness, optimism, and shrewdness of the twin brothers had always left a deep impression on him. Zhu Yuanfu I have worked hard on them, cultivated them deliberately, and let them enter the trading market.

Zhu Yuanfu especially likes Fan Mingren, and he is even considering asking his third brother Zhu Yuanfeng to recruit Mingren as his son-in-law, so that Mingren can inherit his third brother's property.

In the lobby, the two brothers opened the box and took out the shell king clam. Mingren smiled and said, "This is a gift from Ah Ning to the old man. He said that this shell king is thousands of years old and has been completely jaded. It is very precious. I hope the old man I can like it!"

Of course Zhu Yuanfu had seen this kind of giant clam before. He had one in his hometown in Wujiang, but it was not as big. Smiling from ear to ear, "Good! Good!"

At this time, Mingli took out another wooden box and handed it to Zhu Yuanfu, "This is our gift to the old man, a catty of ambergris, very mellow."

Zhu Yuanfu took the box, smelled it, and said with a smile, "You two misers have a bit of a conscience, and you didn't forget to bring me some presents. This ambergris is pretty good, I'll accept it!"

In fact, the two brothers also brought a bear skin, but they wanted to sell it at a high price, and they were really reluctant to give it to Zhu Yuanfu. It was only when they were on the boat that they remembered that they hadn't brought gifts for Zhu Yuanfu and Zhu Yuanfeng. Cut two small pieces from the incense, which is also a lot of money!The two brothers were in pain.

The market price of ambergris in the Song Dynasty was a small piece of ambergris, which may be less than half a tael, and it would cost 20 taels of silver, which is very expensive.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Zhu Pei ran in like a gust of wind. When she saw Mingren and Mingli, she froze for a moment, "Why are you two?"

The two brothers rolled their eyes, do they just despise themselves so much?The girl only had Fanning in her heart.

Akihito said lazily: "Officer Fan is now the owner of the island, and thousands of people have to listen to his arrangements. It is said that he will command the army to fight the Japanese. He can't come back now."

Zhu Pei blushed, and worried again: "Are you going to go to war with Japan? Isn't that very dangerous?"

"not dangerous!"

Ming Li hurriedly said: "Kunzhou and Japan are separated by the sea! Japan came to protest. If there was a fight, Japan would not be an opponent at all."

"Oh!"

Zhu Pei wanted to ask about Fan Ning's situation, but he was too embarrassed to ask, so he winked at his grandfather.

Zhu Yuanfu laughed and said, "Ah Ning is not bad, and he actually sent me a Dabei King as a gift!"

What he meant was to remind these two guys, if Fanning had any gift for Jupe, take it out quickly.

Ming Ren came to his senses, and quickly took out a brocade box from his leather bag, and handed it to Zhu Pei, "This is a gift from Fan Ning, it's a good thing!"

"What is it?" Zhu Pei happily took the brocade box.

"Open it yourself, let me remind you, it's much more valuable than the old man's Da Bei Wang."

Zhu Pei opened the brocade box, and inside was a bright white pearl, the size of a pigeon egg. Zhu Yuanfu was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, "Could this be the night pearl?"

"The old man still has something to do, what a night pearl!"

Even though Zhu Yuanfu was the richest man in Pingjiang Mansion, he was still shocked. Ye Mingzhu was always the property of emperors, not for ordinary people to own. Fan Ning actually got a Ye Ming Pearl and gave it to his granddaughter. This kid has affection!
Zhu Pei suddenly smiled, and Fan Ning's annoyance of not being able to come back was completely diluted by the friendship brought by Ye Mingzhu. She also became enthusiastic about Mingren and Mingli, "You two stay for dinner, tell me about Maoren Island thing."

Zhu Yuanfu set up a sumptuous banquet to welcome Mingren and Mingli. During the banquet, the two talked about how the Song army seized Tamna Island and Maoren Island, and Fan Ning changed the name of Maoren Island to Kunzhou. , and when it comes to the vastness of Sakhalin Island, Juppe is yearning for it.

However, the two brothers are most interested in making money. Mingren said with a smile: "The Kun people often go out to sea in canoes, and they can often get valuable treasures, such as sea pearls, hawksbill shells, corals, luminous snails, nautilus, and ambergris. Not serious at all.

I exchanged a pair of leather boots for a tortoise shell with them. They especially like ironware. Mingli exchanged a sword for a three-foot-long coral. As for sea pearls, there are more. We exchanged a bunch of toys with children. There are dozens of sea pearls, all of which are as big as longan.”

Zhu Yuanfu laughed and said, "You two are going to become profiteers!"

Ming Ren hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Old man, we are not profiteers. There are a lot of them over there. They don't think it's unusual at all. We are completely exchanged, and we are conscientious businessmen!"

Zhu Yuanfu raised his glass and said with a chuckle, "Come on, let's drink to the return of two conscientious businessmen!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity when his grandfather left the table, Zhu Pei whispered to Mingren and Mingli: "You should go back next time!"

The two looked at each other, and smiled triumphantly: "I guess I will go there again tomorrow spring. It would be a sin to miss this opportunity to make money!"

Zhu Pei sighed distressedly and said, "The one surnamed Liu is really annoying. He always haunts you. Tell me what to do!"

Ming Ren and Ming Li immediately understood what she meant, and Ming Ren smiled and said: "Then I will tell you, on the third day of March next year, we will wait for you by the Yangtze River, if you can catch up, we will go together!"

Zhu Pei was overjoyed, and her heart had already flown to the distant Kunzhou.

(End of this chapter)