Yutan coughed lightly: "Perhaps Sibylla's fingers are too fat, which makes the ring bigger?"
is that so? Minna was confused. This ring will change according to the thickness of the owner's finger. Even if it is stretched by Sibylla's finger, it should change back when you put it on again.
Sibylla was very unhappy with this speculation and pouted aggrievedly: "My fingers are not fat!" She glared at Minna and ran out. Seeing that she was angry, Ming Na stuck out her tongue, and couldn't say anything else, so she had to put the ring in her pocket first.
Yutan said: "I heard that you plan to use a rope to wear this like a pendant, right? I happen to have a few leftover ropes here that have been soaked in moonlight grass juice. I'll give you one. Take it as a gift in return for that pipe."
Ming Na hurriedly took the silk rope sent by the other party. It was a thin rope made of six intertwined silver silks. It had been soaked in moonlight grass juice. It was completely snow-white and shone with silver. It was said to be a very strong thing, even the ordinary rope. No knife can cut it. She thanked him happily: "Thank you, Uncle Yutan, this has been a great help to me."
Yutan patted her head gently and looked at her actions with a slightly bitter smile on his face.
As soon as Ming Na put on the necklace made of rings, there was a knock on the door, and the accountant came in with a plate of orange cake in his hand: "I heard from the people in the kitchen that the boss was here, so I sent this over." Ming Na Miss, let’s eat cake together?”
Ming Na was feeling happy and sweetly responded "Okay", then she took the initiative to place cups, plates, cutlery and tea for the two guests. She raised her head and was about to invite them to sit down when she saw a gap between Yutan and the accountant. They were communicating with their eyes, but the atmosphere didn't seem to be good. The former had anger hidden in his eyebrows, while the latter was a bit sarcastic.
"What's wrong?" Minna asked curiously.
"It's okay, it's okay." The accountant smiled and put the cake on the table. "I didn't do a job well, and the boss is angry with me. But the boss will forgive me soon, right?" He looked up at You. Tan.
Yutan paused, then nodded, sat down on the chair, and was about to take a knife to cut the cake. Ming Na reached out to help, but the accountant snatched the silver knife and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll show off to the boss."
When Ming Na heard what he said, she retracted her hand, but for some reason, the silver knife in the accountant's hand actually hit her hand. She didn't notice it for a moment, and her hand got cold and the skin was scratched. , the blood fell drop by drop, just on the plate holding the cake. Only then did she feel the pain and couldn't help but scream.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The accountant hurriedly took out a handkerchief to cover her wound. "I was so careless. I'm going to get you medicine right now." He turned around and ran out the door, but took away the blood-stained medicine. cake plate.
Ming Na endured the pain and looked at the new wounds on her already scarred fingers, wanting to cry without tears. She took out a small glass bottle from her small satchel, which contained a hemostatic agent. Grandpa had taken almost all the potion away, except for this bottle.
Youtan looked at Mingna's actions and felt a little uncomfortable. He quickly took the medicine bottle and helped her apply the medicine while whispering: "Mingna, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
"Why did Uncle Yutan say he was sorry? It's not you who hurt me." Ming Na muttered in a low voice, complaining about the carelessness of the accountant. Her wound healed quickly after applying hemostatic agent, but the deep scar would take two days to disappear.
Yutan did not answer. He bandaged her with a clean handkerchief and said, "Are these wounds on your hands made to open the storage ring? In fact, you don't have to use it for everything. If you want something, just Tell the butler and he will get it for you. You don’t need to put anything you buy in. Just like the seafood the day before yesterday, ask the butler to help you pack it in the box and take it on board in two days. In order to get something If you hurt your finger like this, your grandpa will definitely scold me if he finds out."
Ming Na giggled a few times and agreed with this sentence in her heart. But how did Uncle Yutan know that she needed to bleed to open the ring
When she asked, Yutan turned pale and said, "Yes... your grandpa told me before..."
Why? Grandpa used to be able to open the ring without bleeding. Why did he tell Uncle Yutan about this
Cold sweat broke out on Yutan's forehead, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, it's very late. You should go to bed early. I'll leave first." After saying that, he touched Minna's head and left the room.
Minna also felt a little sleepy, yawned, and planned to go to Sibylla to say good night. Unexpectedly, the nanny said that she had already fallen asleep, so she had to go back to her room.
In the study, Yutan, his two capable subordinates, and Corbin all gathered around the storage ring that had just been exchanged for a makeshift ring. With the help of Minna's blood and the spell Corbin heard, The space hole connecting the storage ring was opened.
Most people don’t know it, but Corbin actually has a very strong memory. He had no education since he was a child, but with his excellent memory and his eagerness to please, he learned a lot of navigation knowledge from the senior crew members. From a small boatman, he worked hard to the point where he is only one step away from being a third mate today. That day, Xiao Tianjian was teaching his granddaughter spells in the stone chamber. Probably because he was too excited, he didn't notice that Corbin had quietly sneaked into the tomb on one side of the stone chamber's passage. The stone room was silent, and Xiao Tianjian did not lower his voice and repeated it several times, so Corbin remembered it clearly and it just came in handy now.
As soon as the cave entrance was opened, everyone present could see what was going on inside. Since Minna had tidied it up when she stuffed things in recently, they could only see a lot of gems or magic not far from the cave entrance. The crystal objects sparkled under the light, and almost everyone was stunned.
The only one who could still keep a cool head was Yu Tan. He had known Xiao Tianjian for a long time, had been doing business for decades, and had seen many treasures. Therefore, he only regained his consciousness for a moment and said, "Let's hurry up." He immediately Minato entered the cave to find his target...the water magic crystal.
The gems and magic crystals in the ring were all piled up together. He didn't know which one was right for a while. He rummaged through it for a while before he found a few that looked similar. The entrance to the cave was quickly closed, and he hurriedly turned around to check what he had found, and found that only two were magic crystals, light green, which were inferior to the water magic crystal, and the others were aquamarine.
Yotan had no choice but to try again, smearing the half-coagulated blood on the ring, and then asked Corbin to recite the spell. However, this time, the opening of the cave entrance was much slower, and the scope of the cave entrance was also smaller. Knowing that time was urgent, he said to the others: "Let's all look for it together, specifically looking for crystals!"
The accountant and others woke up from their stupor and hurriedly reached into the hole to search with him. They pulled out whatever they found without taking a closer look. Just when the cave entrance was about to close again, Yutan found the target and hurriedly fished it out.
Mingna's blood had solidified and she could no longer open the hole. Yutan didn't pay attention, but there was a faint look of regret on the accountant's face.
Yutan looked at the water magic crystal carefully and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally found it..." The deputy also smiled and said: "Thanks to the eldest lady this time. Doesn't she really want a magic crystal? Do you want it?" Choose a good one here for her?"
Yutan was also secretly glad that his daughter had found an excellent opportunity for him, but he was not dizzy on this issue: "She is young and ignorant, and does not know the difference between magic crystals and ordinary crystals. It would be a waste to give these to her." Yes. When I went to Shaonan to purchase some goods, I bought several sets of good crystal jewelry. I originally planned to give them to the elders’ wives during the New Year and let her pick two sets that she likes." He then put the two light green crystal jewelry He brought it over and put the three magic crystals together in a small box: "If you can't find a magic crystal of the same level, use two second-class ones on top. It should be fine, right?"
Neither he nor anyone else is a magician, so they don't know the grade of magic crystals, but if it is defined as a gem, two second-rate ones should be no worse than one large magic crystal.
Everyone nodded, and Yutan handed the small box containing the magic crystal to his deputy: "Tomorrow morning, take this with you and take the medium-sized ship on the pier to Manado. Bring a few more people, I have selected them. We have some restless crew members and slaves. If you hand these people, the ship and the magic crystal to Wood, it can be regarded as satisfying the other party's conditions."
The deputy hurriedly took the box and responded, "Don't worry, boss, I will do it properly."
Yutan nodded slightly, and seeing that the accountant was still looking at the picked out gems, he said, "Don't look any further, those are not what we want."
The accountant was a little embarrassed: "Boss, I just want to see how the quality is and how much it can be sold for. Our shipyard has suffered too much loss this time. We can relax a little bit by selling some gems or giving them to dignitaries." .”
Youtan frowned, silently took out a small wooden box from the cabinet next to him, put all the gems and the remaining magic crystals in it, closed the lid, and said: "We must not touch these things! Xiao and I are two I have been an old friend for more than ten years. He has always been very kind to me and even lent me a large amount of money for emergencies. He is not here now and may never come back. I cannot take good care of his family and instead plot against him. His little granddaughter, I feel very sorry for him. I stole those magic crystals out of necessity, but I must return these things to Mingna and her parents."
The accountant blushed and mumbled, not knowing what to say. The deputy, who was always straight-tempered, hurriedly said: "Boss, if we can't move these gems, how can we have the money to compensate the orderer? Do we really want to sell the boat?" Are you selling a store?! Anyway, I have already taken a few pieces, and I will take some more..."
"That's enough!" You Tan interrupted him, "That piece of water magic crystal was not Xiao's in the first place, and the means Xiao obtained were not honorable. It's not a bad thing if I return it to others on his behalf. The other two small pieces I ordered it, and I plan to give the money to Ming Na, as I bought it from her and her parents. I have been thinking about this for a long time, and it’s decided!”
The accountant opened his mouth to say something, but remained silent. There was a look of disapproval in his eyes, and he was still muttering: "We are almost bankrupt..."
Youtan glanced at him for a few times and softened his tone: "Actually, I have already figured out a way to pay compensation. Yesterday, I negotiated with three other shipping companies and bought it from them at a price that is 20% higher than the market price. When it comes to buying glassware and porcelain, they buy it from the same place as us, but the quantity is not as good as ours. The three of them combined are enough. If there is really a problem with the goods on our ship, we will use these goods to top up the orderer. They won't let us lose money. If our goods are fine, we will sell the goods of those three companies separately. Then our loss will only be the 20% price difference. The original profit would have been 30% to 40%. We just Earning less is not considered a loss.”
The accountant and the deputy listened, and their expressions relaxed: "This is a good idea! Why didn't we think of it?" However, the former quickly said: "It's a pity, it's 20%. In fact, they are also willing to sell it for 10%. "
Yutan snorted: "The price is high, so they readily agreed." He picked up the top one from the envelope on the table and handed it to his deputy: "Their ship will arrive in Matt in three days. You can bring it with you tomorrow." My letter set off and I inspected the ship and cargo when I arrived at Manado. If there were any problems, I sent the letter directly to Rudolf in the store in Port Mat and asked him to ask for the goods from those maritime merchants. You must hurry up and don't delay. Delivery date." The deputy responded solemnly and took the letter.
The accountant thought about it, but he was still a little unwilling: "But we still lost two boats. If we pay back the money to Miss Minna's parents, our losses will be too great. Boss, we have already taken them anyway." These gems are piled randomly in the ring space. They probably don't know how many there are and they won't notice it at all. We will find a chance to exchange the ring. Miss Minna won't know about it, but we can't open the ring again. Space, once we send these things back, isn’t it equivalent to telling them that we took the things inside?”
"I should have told them in the first place. Now I am in a hurry and I am afraid that Mingna will not cooperate, so I do this kind of thing." Yutan felt a little sad, "But it would be too shameless to keep it secret. I have already written it I wrote a letter and explained everything clearly. I planned to give the ring and these gemstones and crystals to Mingna’s mother. After all, it is too unsafe for a child to carry so many valuable things... I hope their family can forgive us. In the past two days, I have been completely unable to sleep. I have never done anything like this in my life..."
After a pause, he cheered up slightly and turned to his deputy: "I know you have to do these things, and it will be very hard for you, but the two of you are the ones I trust the most. If he wants to stay and help me manage the shipyard, he has no choice but to entrust you to him." Go run errands. After you get the big boat back, you don’t have to drive it back to Carmecca. You can just sell it in Manado or Mat. All the shops will also be sold, and the money earned, together with the recovered payment, will be sent to Go to Ming Na's mother, not only to pay back the money for the magic crystal, but also what you owed Xiao before... If there is any leftover, we will get it back. From now on, we won't provoke Wood anymore. Let's do business in Gutenberg instead. There are fewer ships. , the distance is also short, the income is less, but it is safer."
When he said this, his face was already full of fatigue, and he seemed to have aged by more than ten years: "I am old, and I don't want to care about the shipping industry anymore... Sibylla doesn't know how to do business, and I don't want to do it anymore." Running around all day long. You two have been working by my side since we were teenagers, and you are the people I trust the most. From now on, you will be responsible for the ship operation. Work hard, and I will leave my life's hard work to you. …”
Both the accountant and the deputy had red eyes, and the former was even more ashamed: "Boss, I..." Yutan waved his hand: "You are all for me, I know." He looked at Corbin, who had been silent: "Thanks to you this time, I know that you are a capable child, but you are just affected by your background. If I can successfully pass this test, I will definitely promote you to third officer, even if... the goddess of luck really refuses to stand by From my side, I will let you go to other fleets, don’t worry.”
Corbin bit his lip, forcing himself to suppress the tears that were about to appear in his eyes. His biggest dream in his life is about to come true. Once he becomes the third officer, half a year's salary in advance will be enough to pay off all his debts, and he can also take his mother and sister out of Xiacheng and live a happy life.
The accountant wiped the tears from his eyes and accidentally saw the letter on the table. His eyes widened immediately: "Boss... Miss Ming Na's mother... is the daughter of Viscount Zhu Fa?!"
Youtan nodded: "Yes, Xiao told me this. What's wrong?"
"The most famous spice business in Matt Port, no, the most famous spice business in East is Viscount Zhufa. His spices are not the largest in quantity, but they are the best. If... if we can cooperate with them, one year We only need to transport four or five ships of spices, and within three years, we can make back all the money we lost this time. Moreover, the Zhufa family is very influential in Port Matt. Even if Wood wants to be disadvantageous to us, he will not dare to offend their family. of!"
The accountant became more and more excited as he talked, but the deputy poured cold water on him: "But after the boss sends this letter, even if the Zhufa family is not angry with us, they will not cooperate with us, right?"
Yutan frowned, shook his head and said, "I have already decided, you don't need to persuade me."
"I'm not advising you to hide this matter from the Zhu Fa family." The accountant seemed confident, "The money you will pay them back will not be less than a copper penny, as long as... you just change the statement in the letter a little!"
Yutan was dubious. He was a businessman. As long as he did not violate his principles and was more flexible, it would be fine. However, what did the accountant want him to say
(Actually, Yutan is not a bad person...^_^b)