Red House Shoufu

Chapter 114 Fan Ren
Since the beginning of April, the shops selling exotic treasures in the capital have seen a brisk business.

First, a decree was issued in the palace, and the noble relatives of Jiaofang built a relative's house.The nobles of each family began to look for rare treasures everywhere, and prepared to put them in the relatives' homes, so as to show their wealth.

Then it was approaching the 66th birthday of the Supreme Emperor. The emperor was benevolent and filial, and specially decreed that the "Thousand Seniors Banquet" will be held in the Longshou Palace on the sixth day of June, inviting long-lived elders near the capital, civil and military officials, and scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. The outstanding ones will enter the palace for a banquet.

Kings from all over the world and governors and generals from all over the world can choose the opportunity to go to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays. All the vassal states have begun to bring birthday gifts and tributes from thousands of miles away at the beginning of the year. The capital is full of envoys and merchants from all states in different costumes.

There are many kingdoms belonging to Great Chu, the largest being the Kingdom of Korea, but the most loyal one is the small and small Ryukyu Kingdom.

This day to rest, Lin Shu promised Daiyu to accompany her to Nanhufang City, of course he would not miss the appointment.

But by the time they set off, the team had grown to several people.The Wang Huan brothers and sisters naturally have no shortage, and they also brought Daiyu's little tail Xichun.

Nanhufang City is not far from the imperial city, and nearby is the Sifang Hall of Honglu Temple.Merchants from Fan and other countries gathered here, together with merchants from Dachu, the entire Nanhufang became the busiest market in the capital.

The carriage of Lin Shu and others stopped at the gate of Fangshi. Daiyu and the others wore light veils on their faces, followed by their respective maids, and Fuquan led a few guards to follow closely.

"Brother, do you see someone over there with red hair and green eyes, is he from the Kingdom of England you mentioned?"

Daiyu's curiosity was stimulated again after entering Fangshi, and gradually evolved into a hundred thousand whys.

Lin Shu approached this fan, and heard that he and his companions were not speaking English, so he said to Daiyu: "It should not be English..."

"Oh, God, you know England?"

This fan's Chinese has a bit of tongue-biting sound, but he is very proficient.Lin Shu asked curiously, "Where are you from?"

"Dear Excellency, Marco van Basten salutes you. I am Dutch. Three years ago my fleet lost its way at sea and docked in Guangzhou under the blessing of God. I heard that your country His Majesty the Emperor is about to celebrate his birthday, so he chose a gift...the tribute came to the capital."

Marco van Basten is the eldest son of a small noble family in the Netherlands. Magellan's feat of voyage around the world, coupled with the popularity of "Marco Polo's Travels" in Europe, made him obsessed with the rich and fairyland of the Eastern Continent.

After his father died of illness and inherited the family business, he spent a lot of money to gather four sea-going ships, bribed the high-level officials of the Republic to get the name of a diplomat, filled them with various commodities, and started traveling eastward.

It's a pity that the sea route at this time is not very perfect. After finally arriving in the South China Sea, there was a storm, and finally docked in Guangzhou.

One of the four ships sank, and the other three were seriously damaged.But this person is very powerful, that is, he is smart enough to learn the local language in only two months.

Hearing that the Supreme Emperor's birthday is approaching, and remembering that he happened to have a diplomat certificate issued by a high-level official, he wanted to take the opportunity to try his luck in the capital, to see if he could make a big deal.

After he got out of Guangdong, he realized that the language he learned was only a local dialect, so he stopped in Fujian for another month. After learning the daily language, he continued to go north, so he found that learning was for nothing.

In this way, I walked and learned all the way, learned several local dialects, and finally came to the capital.

It has to be said that this person is very good at observing words and expressions. From Lin Shu and others' clothes, words and deeds, he can tell that the person standing opposite is definitely an aristocrat of this magical country.

He told his own experience in humorous words, which made Lin Shu and others find it very interesting.

"Dear Your Excellency, this is my newly opened shop. If you don't mind, you can come and have a look. I brought a lot of interesting things from my distant hometown, which should satisfy you and all the beautiful girls."

Behind Marco van Basten is a shop with obviously different decoration styles, and the plaque on it should be written and made by someone.

Museum of Western Treasures, well, the name is concise and clear, and you can tell what it does at a glance.

Lin Shu and the others walked in curiously and saw that there was a dazzling array of everything.

"I kept stopping at Europa for trading, and got a lot of treasures. Like this necklace inlaid with gemstones, I bought it from Persia."

Marco van Basten introduced to everyone while carefully observing the leader Lin Shu.Lin Shu gave him the feeling that he was more noble than when he met Mr. Zhen's family in Jinling.

He felt that a good relationship with Lin Shu might give him a real foothold in this city.The strange and rich Eastern Continent will be his last chance to return home.

"Mr. Basten, I should be right to call you that." Lin Shu asked tentatively according to European habits: "My name is Lin Shu, and Lin is my surname."

"I know, the surname of your country comes first." Marko Van Basten seemed to be very happy that Lin Shu could take the initiative to tell him his name, and he said excitedly to Lin Shu: "Honorable Lin, you can call me Mal Coe, Basten is my surname. You were the first person to call me by my surname."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Okay, Marco, you don't have to call me the noble Lin, I'm just an ordinary person, you can call me Lin, or Lin Shu. Your Chinese is pretty good!"

As soon as Marco van Basten said this, he felt that the roots of his teeth were hurting. He invited Lin Shu and others to sit down, and asked the servant to bring a pot of drinks.

After pouring a cup for everyone, Lin Shu discovered that what was poured out of the teapot turned out to be coffee.

"coffee?"

Marko van Basten's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Shu's words: "Lin, you are really knowledgeable. I bought this from the Arabs. This drink can refresh you. You can try it."

Lin Shu thought it was quite interesting to serve coffee in a tea set.He picked up the teacup and was about to taste it, but was stopped by Fuquan: "Master, you need to be careful about the things you eat."

Fuquan was very vigilant. An inexplicable fan invited everyone so enthusiastically and brought out drinks he had never seen before, which really made him uneasy.

At this time, Lin Shu also felt a little regretful. After meeting Marco van Basten by chance, his curiosity about the unknown made him lose his vigilance.

Fuquan picked up the teacup and took a sip. The sugar-free and milk-free pure coffee almost made him think it was poisonous.

"How dare you poison me!"

A beam of cold light flashed, and the blade rested on Marco van Basten's neck.

"Fuquan, stop!" Lin Shu hurriedly stopped Fuquan.

Only then did Fuquan realize that he had misunderstood others because of the extreme bitterness of the coffee.This will gradually disappear the bitter feeling in my mouth, but it has a strange flavor.

Lin Shu apologized to Marco van Basten: "I'm sorry, my subordinates haven't had coffee, so I misunderstood."

After Fu Quangui put his sword into its sheath, Marco van Basten recovered from his panic.Your Excellency, this Lin must be an aristocrat of the Chu Kingdom, only nobles can have such loyal subordinates.

He replied indifferently: "No, no, I don't blame this warrior. A loyal warrior deserves everyone's respect."

Then he poured another cup of coffee for Lin Shu: "I met a Zhen in Jinling before, oh, yes, his name is Zhen Baoyu. He is very interested in coffee."

Speaking of this, Marco Van Basten seemed very disappointed, and he continued: "I was going to ask his housekeeper to discuss with me about buying coffee, but his family just bought a... Kirin, it should be like this Call, I want to send all the coffee to the capital to present to His Majesty the Emperor, but I probably forgot about it in the end, so I brought all the coffee to the capital."

Zhen Baoyu, the name Lin Shu is too familiar.However, the last words of Marco van Basten made him understand that half of his plan was successful, and the rest would depend on the confrontation at the Longevity Festival.

　Thank you for the 500 starting coins rewarded by Mango Bumang.

　　Thank you for the 100 starting coins rewarded by Life and Death.

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