When Pei Yan first looked at the nautical map, he was a bit careless because he had seen many charts, but the more he looked at it, the more serious his expression became.
Is there something wrong with this map
Although Yu Tang has confidence in her deduction, but she is facing Pei Yan, who was awarded a Jinshi at a young age. She has observed politics in the six departments of the capital and is well-informed. She can't help but doubt herself Come.
Pei Yan took a deep breath in the dark.
He looked at the map carefully again.
Yu Tang couldn't hold it back after all, and said tremblingly: "Third Master, this map..."
Pei Yan threw the concave-convex mirror in his hand on the copied map, frowned, walked to the small round table next to the desk with a solemn expression, pointed to the armchair beside the round table, and said, "Let's sit down and talk."
Yu Wen and Yu Tang couldn't help but exchanged a bewildered look, then sat down cautiously.
Pei Yan refilled a cup of tea for the father and daughter, and then said to the two in a deep voice, "Can you tell me the details of how you found this map?"
Looking at Pei Yan's solemn expression, Yu Wen knew that this matter might be very important, so he didn't dare to add more details, and was afraid that his unclear explanation would affect Pei Yan's judgment, so he pointed to Yu Tang and said, "You discovered this matter." Yes, you should come and tell the third master well."
Yu Tang organized his language and told what happened in detail.
During this period, Pei Yan has been listening very carefully.
The rhetoric of the father and daughter is similar, so it can be seen that the Yu family's discovery of this matter was purely accidental.
In other words, the Li family knew that there was something wrong with the painting.
This also involves Fuan Peng's family.
Pei Yan waited until Yu Tang finished speaking, thought for a while, and said, "I thought it was just an ordinary map. Since your family didn't want to get involved in this dispute, I came up with an idea that can help your family get out of trouble—take this Take out a map, and the Pei family will auction it for you as the client, and the highest bidder will get it. Your family can get some money, and you can get rid of this matter in a legitimate way. This can be regarded as the reward for Master Yu's good deeds."
Yu Tang felt his eyes light up when he heard it.
Master Pei San's idea is really great!
Rather than covertly making people suspect that their family already knows the contents of the map, it is better to open the auction and let those who are capable, powerful, and able to protect themselves get it. If you have the ability to find trouble with them, don’t bully them Yu family.
Their Yu family is just an ordinary merchant.
But hearing Pei Yan's tone, it seems that he can't do this anymore.
Yu Tang was anxious, and couldn't help interrupting Pei Yan's words, and said eagerly: "Then why can't it work now? Third master, you are really amazing, you came up with such a good idea in a blink of an eye."
She flattered her willingly.
If the Pei family is willing to act as the middleman and help their family auction this map, they can completely extract it from it. Moreover, the person who has the ability to take this map cannot be an anonymous family. Even if they are not as prominent as the Fu'an Peng family, they are probably not so easy to provoke.
At that time, the Li family will look good.
It is not the only map that they have worked so hard to obtain, so what else can they show in front of the Peng family
She looked at Pei Yan eagerly.
Yu Wen also looked at Pei Yan eagerly, and said: "Is there something wrong with this map? Although this map was copied by someone, the copyer was very skilled and even secretly stamped it with a private seal."
In case something goes wrong, I don't know if it is still useful to find Master Qian
It was only then that Pei Yan realized that he had unintentionally cheated. He laughed and said, "It's not that there's anything wrong with this map, but that this map is too precious. It's up to you to make up your own mind whether it's an auction, or which store to invest in."
This smile is too bright, right
At that moment, it seemed as if the ice and snow melted, and the earth rejuvenated, and the whole face seemed to be glowing, so handsome that people couldn't look directly at it.
Yu Tang looked at Pei Yan's face, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
This time he should be really smiling too.
How lucky I am to see Pei Yan's sincere smile twice in one day.
Yu Tang was amazed in his heart, not daring to think too much, and looked at his father.
I saw my father's expression was dull, as if he had been hit in the head by the news.
She hurriedly called out "Daddy".
Yu Wen was shocked, and his mind began to turn again.
Their Yu family's wealth is weak, this map is too precious, holding it in their hands is like a three-year-old child wielding a big knife, unable to lift it at all, either cutting others or cutting himself. Judging from the current situation, the probability of them being cut is much higher than the probability of cutting others.
Yu Wen immediately made a decision. He said: "Third Master, what kind of map is this? How can it be as valuable as you said? If we imagine what you said, we still invite the Pei family to be the middleman. Can we auction this map?"
Pei Yan was quite surprised, but his eyes fell on Yu Tang.
He knew that the young lady of the Yu family was very assertive, and Yu Wen might not be able to control her.
Yu Tang agreed with his father's decision.
Eat as much rice as there are bowls.
Eating what's in the bowl and looking at the people in the pot usually doesn't end well.
Although she was also curious about how precious this map was, the most important thing was how to get the Yu family out of this tornado-like incident and that the whole family was safe.
Yu Tang hurriedly nodded towards Pei Yan, expressing his opinion.
Pei Yan smiled self-deprecatingly.
He suddenly knew why he was willing to help the Yu family.
It's not that Ms. Yu is pretty, and it's not that Yu Wen is open-minded, but that the members of the Yu family have always been very transparent.
Even if the wealth is monstrous, it must be able to bear it.
He has seen too many people and lost his way in the clouds of power.
Including himself when he was young.
This is the most valuable thing about the Yu family.
Especially Ms. Yu——Yu Wen has such a disposition, which is related to his age and experience. It can be seen from the fact that he no longer takes the exams, and it is not unusual. But the young Miss Yu also has such a mind and bearing, which is impressive.
He took a deep look at Yu Tang, and decided to help the Yu family again in this matter.
"Although it's both sea business, do you know that there are several types of sea business?" Pei Yan put away his joking heart and said solemnly, "There are three shipping offices in the current dynasty, one is Ningbo, the other is Quanzhou, and the other is Guangzhou. .And the route of the ship on the sea is not to go to Sulu, or to Siam or Ceylon, but this map of yours is to go to Dashi.”
Yu Wen and Yu Tang were dizzy from hearing this, and looked at each other in blank dismay.
Where is Sulu? Where is Ceylon? Are big meals important
Yu Tang didn't want his father to lose face in front of Pei Yan, so he said before his father could speak: "Third Master, what do you mean by that? Is it because there are very few boats going to Dashi? So this map is very valuable?"
"No!" Seeing that the father and daughter didn't understand these things, Pei Yan carefully explained, "I'm looking forward to the existing fleet, whether it's going to Sulu or Siam, I hope that these things can be used in the end. What was sold was Dashi. Because Dashi is a very rich kingdom. In the past, none of us knew how to go directly to Dashi, so we had to send the goods to Sulu, Siam and other places, and then their merchants would deliver the goods. Go to Dashi. This map of yours is a new route, a route we wanted to go but have never been able to go. Moreover, this route is from Guangzhou, which is even more precious."
Yu Wen and his daughter still didn't understand.
Pei Yan told them: "Because of the Japanese pirates, the imperial court wanted to shut down the sea several times. In particular, the Ningbo and Quanzhou Shibosi have already been shut down once. Recently, another courtier proposed to abolish these two places. If the court meeting is passed, the two city ship divisions may be abolished again. The fleet will have to leave from Guangzhou. Tell me, is this map of yours precious?"
Both Yu Wen and Yu Tang's eyes widened.
In other words, their home is even more dangerous.
The father and daughter couldn't help saying in unison: "Auction! Master Pei San, this map will be auctioned off."
Yu Wen even felt that the auction was not safe, so he changed his mind and said, "Master Pei San, do you want to do maritime business? How about I give you this map? We don't want money. It's just a reward for helping Zhuojing find a doctor Thank you."
Pei Yan's face turned black.
He did good deeds, but he even managed to steal them!
Yu Tang felt that what his father said was too straightforward, as if throwing the pot away, and when he looked at Pei Yan again, her face was dark, her mind was spinning like never before, and the words came out quickly: " Dad, you are wrong. If Master Pei San wants this map, he can just trade with us directly, why would he say he will be a guarantor for our family and auction this map?"
"Yes, yes!" Yu Wen realized that he had said something wrong, and smiled at Pei Yan.
Yu Tang was afraid that Pei Yan would leave him alone.
Only a family like the Pei family could invite aristocratic families with comparable power to the Peng family to participate in the auction, so as to ensure the safety of their family.
She kept jumping out good words like giving them away for nothing: "The third master is not such a person! You don't know, I met the third master when I went to Pei's pawn shop..." She crackled the couple's conversation several times. Tell Yu Wen about all the chance encounters.
Yu Wen was ashamed, and apologized to Pei Yan: "It's because I didn't think about it..."
Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang's small ruddy mouth opening and closing, and felt as if there were hundreds of sparrows chirping around him, and his head felt a little painful.
He interrupted Yu Tang: "Okay, okay, don't mention the past."
Yu Tang didn't mention the past, and continued to hold Pei Yan: "But I think what you said is really reasonable. The best way is to auction it. However, since this map is so precious, you say, can we You can’t ask people to copy more copies and then sell them all at auction. I heard from my uncle since I was a child that eating alone is the most taboo in business. If you eat alone, everyone will be jealous, and they will join forces to deal with you. If you have more If we do business together, they can't be jealous of each other, can they?"
Pei Yan simply didn't know what to say.
This little girl is playing tricks on him.
Afraid that the Yu family would not be able to stay out of the matter, he just said that he made such a big turn because he missed the Pei family, and did he, Pei Yan, take the blame for it