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The corner of Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched a couple of times with such a beating expression, he took a few deep breaths before calming down, waved his hand and said, "It's alright, alright, you haven't done anything wrong, sit down and talk."
Immediately, Wang Lici found a stool and sat down, with his buttocks only a little bit up, and put on an appearance of obediently listening to his fourth uncle's teachings.
"It can be seen that the ancestor likes you quite a bit." Wang Shouzhe said, "When you are on the boat, you can talk to the ancestor more to make her happy."
So this is what happened? It's not good to be trained.
Wang Lici relaxed from the tense state, and nodded repeatedly in agreement. He moved his butt towards the back half of the stool and sat up a little more. He habitually took out a piece of candied fruit to suppress his shock, and then he calmly began to eat happily.
Such a heartless appearance made Wang Shouzhe's eyelids twitch.
Therefore, he calmly took out two books from his arms and threw them to her: "This is "Selected Poems of Longzuo Past Dynasties" and "Bi Tan of a Hermit in Cuiju Mountain", which my fourth uncle bought in Donggang just now. Quite literary."
After a pause, he continued: "In the morning, I heard you reciting the famous article "Climbing the Sky and Viewing the Sky at Night", your voice was full of emotion and rhythm. It seems that you are quite good at literature. You might as well use the fastest time to recite these two books. Read the book well, and then recite it to the ancestor to relieve boredom. The ancestor likes children who study hard, and she must be very happy."
"scare?"
Wang Lici's eyes widened, and he stopped chewing the candied fruit in his mouth. Some of the baby's fat faces were full of horror, four, four, four, uncle... you, you, are you a devil
"Well, fourth uncle is very pleased with your expression of surprise and surprise." Wang Shouzhe said kindly, "Do you like it?"
Tears rolled down Wang Lici's cheeks, but he could only resist the grievance, pulled out a "joyful" smile, choked up and said: "Many, thank you fourth uncle, I like it so much..."
"Lici, seeing you crying with joy shows that my uncle's hard work has not been in vain." Wang Shouzhe touched her head and said apologetically, "It's all uncle's fault. This trip is too hasty, so I bought it in time. I bought two copies. When I go back to Baidaowei, I will definitely buy you a few more copies, maybe our family will produce a writer in the future."
Wang Li was heartbroken, and suddenly felt that the color of life was far away from him, and his eyes were full of grayness.
Fortunately, there are also preserves.
The sweet taste in her mouth seemed to be the only bright color in her gray life in the future, the source of hope.
"That's right." Wang Shouzhe frowned again and said, "Snacks like candied fruit are okay to eat occasionally, but eating too much hurts your teeth and makes you easy to gain weight. Look at your face is round. Take it out, fourth uncle will help you custody."
boom!
These words hit Wang Lici's head like thunder from the sky, tears burst out uncontrollably, and he took out a bag of candied fruit frantically.
"More than that?"
Then she pulled out another pack.
"Hehe~"
Then another pack.
After taking out five bags back and forth, Wang Lici held the two books and burst into tears: "No more, really no more. Fourth Uncle, it's getting late, I, I'm going to study..."
Then she ran away in a flash, as if fleeing from a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
After she ran away, Wang Shouzhe chuckled, made a pot of tea and drank it with satisfaction, little girl, fourth uncle can't cure you
Training the eldest niece is just a small episode.
After Wang Shouzhe rested for a while, he took out the brochure given by his future brother-in-law Chen Fangjie and slowly flipped through it. Although the Wang family has heard about Baidaowei, there are relatively few relevant information records in the clan, and the information is relatively old.
The Donggang Chen family had a lot of contact with Baidaowei, so the information was naturally detailed. This pamphlet records some of the Hundred Island Guard's powers, families, situation, characteristics of those who should not be provoked at will, and so on.
The more he read the booklet, the more Wang Shouzhe was shocked. The power of Baidaowei was indeed much more complicated than that of Changningwei. First of all, it was the dozens of big and small families.
Some of those aristocratic families are relatively weak and occupy an island alone. Some are powerful and powerful, spanning several or even dozens of islands.
Among them, the main island is called Jinsha Island. It is said that thousands of years ago, this island was rich in golden sand, which triggered a bloody struggle among some Xuanwu families. The Dagan government dispatched experts to forcefully suppress it, and the situation stabilized after the Baidao Guard was built here. Hundreds of years later, the sands had been mined, and some surviving Xuanwu families divided the islands into separate regimes, which gradually led to the current pattern.
Due to the complex and remote geographical environment of Baidaowei, and now that there is no Jinsha, the control of the Dagan government here is gradually weakening. Therefore, there will be some casual cultivators who have committed crimes and are wanted, families who expelled their children, or some pirates who want to clean up their crimes, etc., will also come to Baidaowei.
Fortunately, the Chen family of Donggang has been operating on the main island of Jinsha in Baidaowei for many years, and has a wide network of contacts and a solid foundation.
As long as you don't cause trouble indiscriminately, the safety problem is not very big. Otherwise, Chen Fangjie would definitely not dare to let Wang Shouzhe go to Baidaowei. If something serious happened, how could Chen Fangjie get it right
However, the chaos in Baidaowei was chaos, but it also gave birth to some characteristic industries that were not found in other places.
Such as the black market!
The Jinsha black market is the property of the only Tianren family in Baidaowei, with a history of two hundred years. In the black market, all identities can be disguised and hidden. As long as you have money, you can buy what you want in the most secret way, and you can also secretly sell your things at will, even some contraband, or It's swag!
The black market doesn't care who you are, let alone where your money and things come from. They are only responsible for maintaining order, reputation and commission.
Order and reputation are the foundation for a black market to survive.
Because people who go to the black market are often very sensitive to the exposure of their identities, if there is any trouble, they will be discouraged. It can be seen from this that the Sands black market has been able to stand for two hundred years, and its development scale is getting bigger and bigger. It must pay great attention to credibility and order.
As soon as I saw the news of this black market.
Wang Shouzhe had some vague guesses in his mind. The ancestor of Longyan should have come for the black market, and Wang Shouzhe's wisdom probably guessed the reason for her trip.
Immediately, his brows frowned, this kind of thing he didn't want to see. After getting off the boat, I need to talk to Patriarch Longyan. There are some things that don't need to be done at all.
But she is an ancestor after all, once she made up her mind to do something, I'm afraid she has been thinking about it for a long time, how can she be persuaded
Wang Shouzhe's face became more and more solemn, he tapped his fingers on the table and thought quickly.
Time, little by little.
More than 20 hours passed in a flash, and the huge ship docked in the deep-water port of Baidaowei Jinsha Island.
Wang Shouzhe and his party walked out of the Junyao, smelling a strong smell of sea breeze. Speaking of which, the Merchant Ship Junyao was really stable in the sea, safe and sound, and arrived at Baidaowei without any surprises or dangers.
At this time, Chen Fanghua, a member of the Chen clan, came up to welcome him, bowed his hands respectfully, and said, "Young Master Wang, according to the instructions of the young patriarch before leaving, I will arrange accommodation and guide for your group."
Wang Shouzhe smiled, guessing that the future brother-in-law was afraid that he would be in danger if he wandered around the island, so he specially arranged for the clansmen to even arrange his accommodation and itinerary.
"If that's the case, I'll thank Brother Chen." Wang Shouzhe was not familiar with the place where Jinsha Island lived, so it would be best if someone arranged for him. And Chen Fangjie's future brother-in-law's kindness still deserves it.
Knowing that "Young Master Wang" has a family member, Chen Fanghua specially arranged for a carriage to come, and the ancestor Longyan, his fourth aunt and the eldest girl all got into the carriage. The two generals, Wang Shouzhe and Wang Zhong and Wang Yong, were temporarily assigned three horses.
Afterwards, Chen Fanghua led Wang Shouzhe and his party to the inner city of Jinsha Island with a family general.
While walking, Chen Fanghua chatted with Wang Shouzhe about the local conditions and customs of Jinsha Island. For example, Jinsha Island is the largest island among the Hundred Islands, but because there are many rocks and other impurities in the land, there are very few fertile fields that can be developed.
"So, half of our cargo is food crops, all kinds of meat and poultry, and some daily utensils. These ordinary items are profitable in Baidaowei." Chen Fanghua did not shy away from these well-known things. Business knowledge, obviously also want to get closer to Wang Shouzhe.
"The Dagan law stipulates that food should not be speculated?" Wang Shouzhe asked slightly strangely.
"Young Master Wang, the law of Dagan is not very binding on Baidaowei." Chen Fanghua said with a smile, "Besides, we are not speculating on food, but bartering. Although Baidaowei produces less food, it is rich in various If you grow sea treasures and oyster ash, you can still earn some gross profit if you transport them to the inland.”
Wang Shouzhe also knows that in this era, shipping must be very profitable, but it is also very difficult and risky. Building a merchant ship is not only expensive, but also requires a lot of professional knowledge.
In addition, the training of nautical boatmen and professional navigators is also very difficult. Even with a little carelessness, if a ship is wrecked, it will be a loss of nothing.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for ordinary families to cross borders and enter the maritime business field. It is no wonder that the Donggang Chen family has become stronger and stronger in just a hundred years.
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