Daming pirates

Walking on the streets of Fuzhou Prefecture, Yu Xiaotian's height made him stand out a bit, attracting some people's attention. However, Yu Xiaotian looked calm, talking and laughing with Manager Li who was accompanying him, and looking at him curiously from time to time.

this ancient city.

This time Yu Xiaotian landed ashore, which was also his first serious landing since he came to this era. Unlike the previous landings, they were all for doing dirty work.

But this time he went to Fuzhou City for a very simple purpose. First, he wanted to visit Maoshengyuan's main office in Fuzhou City. After all, it was his business. If he, the big boss behind the scenes, didn't even see his company's headquarters,

If so, it’s really a bit unjustifiable.

In addition, when he went to Fuzhou this time, he took a break from the busy work to relax himself, because he knew that he would be even busier in the coming days. If he wanted to set foot on land again in the future, God knows it would be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

Of course, there is another important thing, that is, his marriage to Lan'er can no longer be postponed. Lan'er has now committed to him. This kind of thing will not be a big deal in future generations. At most, it is just unmarried cohabitation. But let go

In this day and age, it is a big deal.

Liu Laoliu is also a face-loving person. Although not many people know about this kind of thing, Liu Laoliu also feels that he can't care about face. He secretly asked Yu Xiaotian to mention his marriage to Lan'er again. Yu Xiaotian touched his nose and found nothing.

It can be said that in the past he always used Lan'er as an excuse to delay doing anything.

But now that he had "showed his bestiality" and punished Lan'er on the spot, this excuse was no longer useful, so in desperation, Yu Xiaotian had no choice but to agree and let Liu Laoliu choose a day.

Married Lan'er on Nanri Island.

What's more, Yu Xiaotian also liked Lan'er very much. When things came to this point, he felt that he had to give Lan'er a status, otherwise he would be sorry for Lan'er's deep love for him.

So after arranging things on the island, Yu Xiaotian took a boat ashore and, accompanied by Manager Li, came to Fuzhou City together.

The purpose of coming here is not only to relax and have a rest, but also to buy some gifts for Lan'er to make Lan'er happy.

As a landowner, Li Yi attached great importance to Xiaotian's landing this time. He left Mao Shengyuan in Fuzhou City to personally wait for Xiaotian's arrival, and asked his confidant Li Guanshi to accompany Yu Xiaotian throughout the process to ensure Yu Xiaotian's safety.

Although in this era, when entering a city like Fuzhou City, there will be some officers and soldiers at the city gate to check the passers-by.

But based on the principle that money can make the world go round, it is not difficult for people like Yu Xiaotian to enter Fuzhou City.

What's more, the Li family's business is now big enough, and they have connections with both black and white in and outside the city. Getting Yu Xiaotian into the city is simply a piece of cake.

The city of Fuzhou in this era was far smaller than the city of Fuzhou in later generations. It was probably about the same size as a small county in later generations. However, in this era, this important town in the south, which was the capital of Fujian Province, was already quite large. The whole city had a total area of

There are seven city gates, in addition to the four gates in the east, west, north and south, there are three gates in Tangjingshui, and there are also four water gates for ships to enter and leave the city directly.

The water inside the city is connected to the outside of the city, and the transportation is relatively convenient. Once heavily garrisoned, it will be a strong city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

As an important town in the south, Fuzhou City is also a place where commerce gathers. Shops, wine shops, teahouses, and brothels can be said to be lined up in the city. There are also many pedestrians on the streets. Even if they are not crowded, at least they are bustling with people and vendors line the streets.

The sounds of hawking came and went.

This all made Yu Xiaotian, who had been separated from society for more than a year, feel very fresh. He simply gave up taking the bus and asked Manager Li to get off the car and accompany him to Maoshengyuan. He walked along the way and took a stroll along the way.

If he feels new about visiting some shops, he will also walk in and take a look around.

Not far from the street where their prosperous source was located, Yu Xiaotian saw a shop that looked like a shop specializing in selling women's products, so he wanted to buy some gifts for Lan'er, so he walked in.

It stands to reason that Lan'er is not short of things now. Yu Xiaotian has been working at sea with his men for more than a year and has robbed a lot of gold and silver treasures. However, Lan'er is used to simplicity. Although she likes these gold and silver jewelry

, but she didn’t like wearing it, so Yu Xiaotian came out this time and wanted to buy her some women’s rouge and gouache to make her happy.

When Manager Li saw Yu Xiaotian walking into the store, he quickly followed him in. Yu Xiaotian was now dressed in ordinary people's clothes. Under the blouse was a smart outfit, and there was a short knife hidden at his waist.

The most important thing is that he has grown his short hair a little longer now. In order to come to Fuzhou City this time and have his identity recognized by others, he had someone add some long hair to his hair before coming.

After it is tied up, no one can see his short hair.

Although his clothes were very ordinary, his temperament and figure made him stand out from the crowd. After walking into the store, the clerk did not dare to look down upon him when he saw him, and quickly came up to him and asked him if he wanted something.

What, and led him into the store to look at the various goods displayed.

Yu Xiaotian took a look and saw that this shop was indeed a shop selling women's things. It had a dazzling array of rouge, gouache, bronze mirrors and gold and silver jewelry.

So he randomly selected some rouge and gouache and asked the waiter to put it on him. The waiter saw that he was generous, and the few people following him didn't look like ordinary people, so he was even more enthusiastic, serving tea and pouring it.

It's water and the service is quite attentive.

Yu Xiaotian was not polite. Da Ma Jin Dao sat down and asked casually: "Although the goods you have here are relatively good, they are not too surprising. I want to know if you have any good goods here."

, how about you take it out and let me see it?"

When the clerk heard this, he immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly: "This man has such a high vision! The things displayed in the shop are indeed relatively common goods. Although they are good, they are really for people like you to see.

It's not eye-catching, haha! I didn't expect this uncle to guess that our store has better things!

Please wait a moment, to be honest, our store really has some good things, I will bring them to you to take a look at, if you like them, the price is easy to tell!"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Okay, you go get it and let me take a look. If it is really a good thing, the price is easy to negotiate!"

The waiter nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face, asked Yu Xiaotian to wait for a moment, turned around and entered the inner room, and after a while he carefully took out a few boxes.

When Yu Xiaotian saw these boxes, they were actually made of high-quality mahogany. The workmanship and materials used in this kind of boxes alone would definitely make them worth a lot of money, so he was very curious about what was inside.

He put down his tea bowl and stood up and walked to the table.

The clerk opened the boxes one by one as if he were presenting treasures. Yu Xiaotian was a little happy when he saw it. At first, he thought the box contained something good! When he opened it, he realized that it was just a few glass products.

Among them are two glass wine glasses that are not very translucent in color. They are in the style of Western goblets. In later generations, even if they were thrown on the street, no one would pick them up. Not only are the colors not translucent enough, but they also have a slightly greenish feel to them.

The manufacturer did not fully master the process of decolorizing glass, and during blowing, the bubbles in the glass liquid were not completely removed, so that there were obviously still some bubbles in some places.

Several other items were also made of glass. One of them caught Yu Xiaotian's attention. He reached out to pick it up and looked at it. It was a small mirror with a diameter of less than ten centimeters.

Yu Xiaotian became interested now. To him, this small mirror was an ordinary object. Such small things were very cheap in later generations. Who didn't have such a small mirror in a woman's bag? What's more?

Who doesn’t have a few big mirrors in their house?

But in this era, this thing is regarded as a treasure. Such an inconspicuous thing, the workmanship is not very good, but it is placed in a valuable huanghuali box and is treated like a treasure.

In fact, glass is not a high-tech thing. The Chinese have been making it a long time ago. However, glass was not called glass in the past, but was called colored glaze. The raw materials and methods of making glass are different from those of later generations and even now in the West.

She is treated more like a treasure.

Western countries have now mastered the technology of glass manufacturing. Judging from the small mirror I saw today, this mirror should be produced in Venice or France.

Yu Xiaotian had seen an introduction to the history of glass mirrors before. It was the Venetians who first invented glass mirrors. Venetian glass craftsmen made the world's first glass mirror. The clear mirror image shocked the world and became a nobleman.

The object of their pursuit, in order to keep business secrets, the Venetians issued a decree that no one should disclose the manufacturing method of glass mirrors to the outside world, and moved all the factories manufacturing glass mirrors in Venice to an isolated island, and no one was allowed to approach easily.

It is said that when a French king got married, he got a small and not exquisite glass mirror. The value at that time actually reached 150,000 francs!

What is the concept of 150,000 francs? In this era, a large sail warship, equipped with dozens of cannons, only cost tens of thousands of francs. A small mirror was sold at a sky-high price by the Venetians.

Later, the French managed to steal the Venetian method of making glass mirrors, which gradually lowered the price of glass mirrors.

Now Yu Xiaotian did not expect to see such a small glass mirror here, which shows that Westerners have begun to export this kind of thing to the land of China as a commodity.

Yu Xiaotian is not an outsider in making this kind of thing. He knows the manufacturing process of this thing very well. Now suddenly seeing such a modern product made him feel a sense of intimacy, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of joy when holding it in his hand.

After looking at it for a few times, he played with it in his hands and asked, "This glass mirror is quite interesting. What's the price of this?"

"This man has really good eyesight! This thing is a rare thing, it's called a Taixi colored glass mirror. I think this man is a person of some status. If anyone else wants this glass mirror, it will cost at least one hundred and fifty taels of silver. If it's like this

If you really want it, I'll give you a cheaper one, one hundred and thirty taels of silver!" The waiter replied to Xiaotian with a happy face.

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, his hands trembled, and the small mirror suddenly fell from his hand and fell to the ground. Yu Xiaotian hurriedly went to catch it. Finally, he caught the small mirror in his hand before it landed.

That's why I didn't break it on the spot.

Even so, the waiter was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly shouted: "Ouch! Master, be careful! If this breaks, who does it belong to?"

Yu Xiaotian sweated violently and said with a smile: "Why is this thing so expensive? Such a small thing actually costs more than a hundred taels of silver?"

(Whoops, I ended up over 7,000 words today. It was the most coded day in recent times, and I finished it despite being sick! Praise yourself!)