After the Legend Chapter 55: The old man

The clerk's eyes lit up and lowered his voice: "That's the deputy steward and guard of Wood Auction House. They're not easy to mess with, little sister, don't offend them."

Xiao Tianjian felt very complicated, and the little granddaughter actually learned this trick. However, he quickly took over the role: "I think you guys seem to be a little afraid of them. What's so great about an auction house?"

"Don't say that." A trace of panic flashed across the clerk's face, "Mr. Wood has a good relationship with the nobles in the capital, and I heard that the things he bought there were also sold in the palace. There are many auction houses. Even the merchants on the wharf don’t dare to provoke them, let alone the little people like us.” He shrank his head, turned around and was about to leave, when Ming Na grabbed the corner of his shirt: “We also want to send something. What about the auction, where is their shop?"

The clerk felt a little relieved after hearing the words, and after giving the address, he left quickly. Ming Na and Xiao Tianjian looked at each other, hurriedly ate the rest of the food, and walked towards the Wood Auction House.

When the grandfather and grandson asked for directions on the way, they also inquired a little about this auction house, but the people who asked either ran away in fear, or looked at them with vigilant eyes for a long time, and then left the sentence "I am here. I don't know anything about buying cod liver oil." Then he turned and walked away. The grandparents and grandchildren were a little frustrated, but from this we could also tell that this Wood Auction House was not a good place.

When they came to the street where the auction house was located, they were looking around, looking for a target, but were attracted by a commotion. I saw a group of big men surrounded by a gray-haired man, the latter turned his back to Xiao Tianjian and his grandson, bowed his head and begged to another bald, short, fat middle-aged man with a curly moustache: "Please give me two more graces. God, I have a payment for the goods soon, I will go to Matt in the afternoon to get the money back, the day after tomorrow, no, I will be able to repay the money tomorrow."

Minna noticed that the high-rise building next to the shop they were standing had a "Wood Auction House" sign on the door. And the big man around the gray-haired man, wearing the same clothes as the one I saw in the tavern just now, are they a group? Who is that gray-haired man?

The bald man glanced at the person in front of him contemptuously: "I didn't tell you, Lao You, you have said this three times, this interest is pushed day by day, I will continue to forgive, other debts of people thought it would be nothing if they didn’t pay back the money.”

The "Old You" bent lower: "This time it's true, just one day! There will be no delay."

The bald man said casually, "You say that every time, but it's common for the payment to be delayed for a few days. Can you guarantee that you will have money tomorrow?" : "Old You, we have been friends for more than ten years, and I don't want to see you embarrassed. Well, your shop is also worth hundreds of gold coins, you can use it to offset this month's interest, This will make it easier for everyone."

"Old You" looked up and exclaimed: "No! I, I can't..."

"Yotan?" Xiao Tianjian suddenly said, Ming Na gave him a surprised look, thinking that Grandpa knew this person.

The other party turned his head when he heard the sound, and was also surprised: "Xiao?! You, why are you here?"

"Just passing by." Xiao Tianjian walked over with a frown, and Ming Na hurriedly followed. "Do you owe this person money? Why don't you come to me when you are in trouble? It's not like you don't know the people in my firm, so just ask them to borrow it."

Yutan bowed his head with shame on his face: "I owe a debt in a moment of confusion. Where can I find the face to go to you? I can't borrow money from you every time, right?"

The bald head looked at Xiao Tianjian proudly and seemed a little unhappy: "Who is your Excellency?"

"How much does he owe you?" Xiao Tianjian didn't answer his question, but asked directly.

The other party's face was not very good-looking, and he said lightly: "7,500 gold coins, 500 interest per month. Do you want to pay for him?"

Xiao Tianjian frowned again and turned to Yutan: "Why so much? What are you doing with this money?"

"Nothing, Mr. Wood hired a ship of my fleet to transport a batch of goods. When there was a storm on the road, the goods were destroyed. According to the contract, I must double their losses." Yotan lowered his head and whispered. , and then added: "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at first, it's obviously just a small storm, and the cargo of other ships is fine, but..."

"Have you inspected the goods before loading?" Xiao Tianjian felt that something was wrong.

The bald man's face changed: "What do you mean by this, Your Excellency? It was a ship that was inspected by Yutan's men before it was loaded! Those are all the finest silks, precious spices and crystal vessels from Shaonan, precious and precious. Incomparable, it was specially used for the tribute to the palace during the National Day in November. As a result, all the crystal utensils were broken, and other goods were also damaged by the sea. We have to find another person to buy the goods, and ask him to pay only 7,500 gold coins. It's already for the sake of old friendship!"

Xiao Tianjian just stared at You Tan, the latter nodded, indicating that the other party's words were true, but added: "The person who inspected the goods... is the posthumous son of a member of my fleet, and he returned to his hometown to take care of it two months ago. The sick mother went."

These words made Xiao Tianjian and the bald man narrow their eyes. The former smiled and said to the latter, "Isn't it just 7,500 gold coins? It's a trivial matter." He took out a specially printed letter and hurriedly said. Wrote a few words on it, signed and stamped it, and handed it to the bald head: "Take this to the headquarters of the Xiao Family Commercial Bank in Yidong City, and they will pay you." After pulling Yutan, he will leave.

The bald head hurriedly stopped them: "You... it turns out to be Earl Xiao... Youtan has such a generous friend as you, really..."

Xiao Tianjian ignored him and continued to drag Youtan away, and Ming Na followed closely.

After walking two streets, Yutane reacted from the sluggishness, and hurriedly pulled Xiao Tianjian to turn into another street, and came to a building: "Thank you, thank you so much, I don't know what to say, I'll return the money to you as soon as possible..." He was a little excited.

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "What's the matter? We are friends. You can pay the money back when it's convenient for you, can I still trust you?" He patted the other person's shoulder: "I have something to go out, this It's my little granddaughter Ming Na, it's not convenient for me to take her there, you can take care of her, I'll be back soon." After saying that, he flashed away, and someone was already outside the door.

Ming Na was stunned, and hurriedly chased out. Where can I see people? Gritting his teeth, he turned back: "Damn grandpa, left me and ran away..."

Yutan wiped away the tears of excitement in his eyes, smiled and said to Ming Na: "Your name is Ming Na, right? Xiao has something important to do, so please wait for him for a while. I also have a little daughter, similar to you. It's a pity she's at the Cameron house now, otherwise she'd be able to play with you."

Minna was a little curious: "Are you a Camoccan?" She looked at the man's bronzed complexion and curly gray hair, exactly like the Camoccans in the textbook: "There is What's it like? How far is it from here?"

“Camergan is on the sea to the east. It’s only a three-day boat ride away from here. It’s very close. It’s a big island. There are many small islands around it. The scenery is charming. Go and play." Yotan smiled and ordered the servant to bring refreshments, and sat down to talk to Minna.

Minna remembered Coral Island, so she pestered Yutan to talk about Cameron, until it was dark, and she didn't wait until Grandpa came back.

Xiao Tianjian didn't come back alone, he also brought the fat man with him. Ming Na opened her eyes wide to see the scars on Fatty's body and face, and turned to ask Grandpa, "Grandpa, did you rescue him?"

Xiao Tianjian nodded and asked the fat man, "You said that the foreigner was buried at sea, so do you still remember where he came from?"

The fat man seemed to be very afraid of him: "I just found him at the beach, but I don't know where he came from. The boat he was on is still at my house."

Xiao Tianjian then carried him out the door again, Ming Na followed, but he was quickly driven back by him on the grounds that the child could not go out after dark, and stayed in the guest room angrily, waiting until Grandpa came back in the middle of the night, she shook her head, snorted coldly, ignored him, and went to sleep by herself.

Only when she woke up the next day, she found that her grandfather didn't say a word about what she found last night, as if nothing had happened. She was itching for a long time, and finally lowered her head first: "Grandpa, are you here? What did that fat man find?"

Xiao Tianjian smiled and scratched her nose: "Little girl, don't you get angry anymore?" Before the granddaughter was really angry, he gave the answer: "Nothing was found, that fat man looted everyone's things. It was clean, and the people were buried at sea, but the boat was left behind because of greed, with the logo of a certain boat company in Matt Harbor. Your uncle Jutan is going to Matt today, so let's take a downwind boat."

From Manado to Matt Harbor, it only takes half a day by boat to arrive. During this journey, except for the farmland and mountains on the shore, and the sea on the other side, there is no interesting scenery, and the sea water is also a little dirty. Minna wasn't bored though, as she could appreciate Yotan's collection of fun toys.

The nearly half-hundred-year-old businessman is a kind father. Because he only had a daughter at the age of forty, he dotes on her very much. When he does business outside, he always brings a lot of money to his daughter. Gifts, such as small baskets made of reeds, dolls carved from wood, figurines of small crystal animals from Yini, strings of coral beads from Doro, and alchemy toys from the Magic City, etc.

Minna carefully fiddled with some of the more sturdy things, and listened to Yotan telling an interesting story about her daughter, and before she knew it, most of the day passed.

Matt Harbor, located south of the mouth of the Babe River, is like a giant pincer facing northeast. There are thousands of boats docked in the bend, which is no less than the port of Doro, but it looks a little messy, but it is more lively.

Minna walked into the city as her grandfather bid farewell to Yotan temporarily. Although she has never been to her grandfather's house, Xiao Tianjian has been to Matt, and she is no stranger to this place, and Viscount Zhufa's house is quite famous here. The grandparents and grandchildren only asked twice and found it not far from the port. destination.

Ming Na looked at the tall iron railing with golden carvings, the vast and beautiful garden inside, and the magnificent and solemn mansion in the distance, and sighed: "It turns out that the grandfather's family is so rich and the house he lives in is so beautiful... "

Xiao Tianjian said with a smile: "Zhufa's business is very famous for its spices. Our Xiao family's business has barely surpassed them in the last ten years. Your grandfather is considered a rich man in Matt." /

Ming Na tilted her head, took her grandfather's hand with a smile, and walked towards the gate. Not long after, she found her mother Dora standing in front of the gate. She happily wanted to call out to each other, but was caught Grandpa covered his mouth and dragged him behind a tree by the roadside. She glanced at her grandfather in confusion, only to see him motioning for herself to take a closer look. Ming Na turned to look at her mother and was stunned.

Besides Dora, in front of the gate of Jufa's house, there is another, it is Goodwin Chuloff. He held a large bouquet of red roses in his hand, and took out a small object from his bosom, which gleamed in the sun. Almost everyone could see that it was a ring with huge diamonds on it. Goodwin knelt on one leg in front of Dora, offering flowers and rings, with a face of piety and affection. Dora blushed, looked left and right, didn't know what to say, she pulled Goodwin and walked into the gate together, Goodwin's face showed ecstasy.

Ming Na was in a panic. She was no longer the little girl who didn't know anything before. In the past two years, she has been able to see Luba's sweet performance almost every day. Why don't she know what that scene just means? She was so anxious that she almost cried: "Why didn't my mother refuse? Did she agree to someone else's proposal? What about me and my father?!"

Xiao Tianjian is speechless~IndoMTL.com~ He has never liked this daughter-in-law very much. If the scene just now is true, then the son is too pitiful. After thinking for a while, he said sharply: "Let's go and ask clearly!" After that, he pulled Ming Na forward.

Ming Na broke away, bit her lip, raised her sleeves to wipe her tears, turned around and ran away. Xiao Tianjian quickly chased after him.

In the hall of the Viscount Jufa's house, Goodwin looked at Dora with a pale face: "Why? Why did you refuse? You didn't refuse me just now!"

Dora said lightly: "If I turned you down outside the door, you'd be the laughing stock of the whole town tomorrow. You're so careless, how can you do something like this in public? Goodwin, you My friend, I don't want you to put yourself in an embarrassing situation."

"But why did you reject me?!" Goodwin didn't understand, he thought he was very sure, "Anlong can't make you happy at all! It's been three years, and he's never been here. Here, even if Viscount Zhufa fell ill last year, he just sent letters to greet him. He also made you sad and sad again and again, and had to run back to your parents' home. Why do you still insist on guarding this person who doesn't know how to cherish you? "

Dora turned her face away: "I believe he has his own ideas, and I believe he will explain it to me one day. I'm sorry, Goodwin, I love Anron. I can't accept you."

Goodwin staggered back a few steps, the roses in his hands scattered on the ground.

(Recently, I was thinking, is it necessary to change the previous currency value setting? One silver coin = ten copper plates, it seems not suitable, one hundred would be better...)

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