Not far from Tanzhou City, I saw an unkempt man squatting by the roadside in the woods, crying loudly.
Taking a closer look, he turned out to be a foreigner, with a Western-looking face and deep facial features.
In this era, foreigners are still relatively rare in inland cities like Tanzhou.
The passers-by in front just looked at it, and no one went up to ask.
"Hush!"
Lu Fang was moved in his heart, reined in his horse beside this man, and asked, "Brother, why are you crying here?"
The man's eyes brightened slightly, and he said to Lu Fang, "Uh-huh... Uh-huh..."
Lu Fang, "..."
It turned out that he didn't understand Chinese.
You don't know Chinese, but you dare to hang out in Da Yu. No wonder you have ended up in such a miserable situation!
He had a headache.
If this guy spoke English, he would be able to understand a few words. However, he didn't even know which country this guy spoke.
Can this be learned?
"Congratulations to the host, you have independently awakened the Maccabi language skill. Do you want to learn it?"
Makashi?
What a lovely system.
"study."
Lu Fang quickly thought to himself.
Then when I looked at the skill bar, I saw that the full proficiency level in the Maccabi language was only 100 points.
This is very nice.
After learning equestrian last time, I still had more than 60,000 adoration points left. In the past two days, with the contributions of Xu Zhen, Liang Siqi, Liang Dong and some strangers, it just exceeded 90,000.
"Ten draws in a row!"
Lu Fang's face turned a little dark.
"Congratulations to the host, you have obtained skill point 1"
"Congratulations to the host, you have obtained skill point 1"
"..."
"Congratulations to the host, you have obtained skill point 1"
The ten waves of draws are all filled with skill points.
He couldn't afford to offend the system father, and there was no point in provoking him. He could only add all ten skill points to Makasi language with depression.
An overwhelming wave of knowledge poured into my head.
Lu Fang instantly knew many basic vocabulary words of Makasi language.
Then he asked again in Makasi: "Brother, why are you crying here?"
The Makasi man's eyes lit up and he blinked hard, his face full of confusion.
Didn't this person still not understand what he was talking about just now? Why did he suddenly become able to speak?
Then he quickly replied: "My name is Marco Polo, I am a businessman from the Mediterranean. I was deceived here. I am penniless and have not eaten for two days and two nights. Brother, can you give me some money to buy food?"
This line... why does it sound so familiar!
Lu Fang could barely understand the words of this alien Marco Polo.
He got off his horse and said, "How did you get deceived?"
He didn't want to be deceived by foreigners on his own territory, so he had better ask for details, although the possibility was low.
Marco Polo started talking again.
We talked for several minutes.
Lu Fang understood roughly.
This Marco Polo used to have a good family, but his family fell into decline and he was brought to Dayu for trade business. But the "translator" that man introduced to him turned out to be unreliable. Seeing that he didn't understand anything, he took him
All the goods and gold and silver that came were swindled away, and then disappeared without a trace. Marco Polo was unfamiliar with the place, didn't even understand the language, and couldn't find his companions. He walked randomly along the official road, bumping into each other.
Outside Tanzhou City.
What a poor guy.
Lu Fang casually handed the food he bought for Fu'er and the others to Marco Polo, and asked: "What kind of goods are you bringing?"
Marco Polo devoured his food and answered vaguely, "It's some jewelry cloth and precious stones we have there."
Lu Fang touched his chin, "Do you have any cows there?"
Marco Polo nodded and said in surprise: "Yes, brother, have you been to our Makasi?"
"I heard what others said."
Lu Fang said: "Do you have any milk powder?"
Marco Polo blinked, but he couldn't understand.
Lu Fang explained: "It is the milk squeezed out by the cow and then made into powder."
Marco Polo shook his head with confusion on his face, obviously not understanding how milk could be made into powdered milk powder.
Lu Fang was a little helpless.
It seems that there was no milk powder in this era.
In previous lives, the method of making milk powder seemed to have been invented by the Mongols.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
Anyway, we just need a channel. Whether Makasi has milk powder or not is not important. What is important is that the Dayu government will never send anyone to Makasi to investigate this matter.
Lu Fang said again: "When you Makasi merchants come to our Dayu, are there any officials who will interrogate you and collect taxes?"
Marco Polo shook his head, "The officers of our merchant ship Dayu will not interrogate or collect taxes. It is precisely because of this that all our merchants who go to Dayu make a lot of money."
Lu Fang's eyes brightened slightly.
The Chongqing court has not yet realized how rich the tax revenue from sea trade is. This is definitely a loophole that can be exploited.
Looking at Marco Polo again, it looks a bit like a piece of cake.
The look in his eyes made Marco Polo shrink back.
Lu Fang followed the temptation, "How about I give you a way to get rich?"
Marco Polo's eyes were suspicious, "Brother, do you plan to do business with me? But my goods have been defrauded, and there is nothing left to sell to you."
Lu Fang touched his chin and said: "You can come again in the future! I have packed all your goods, but you have to make the goods list according to my instructions, and I said that those are your Makasi's things, how about it?"
Marco Polo looked deeply at Lu Fang.
He is not stupid, he guessed that this young man from Dayu was trying to make money through sideways.
But Dayu's laws have nothing to do with him. They just make a list, so there is no problem.
After thinking for a while, Marco Polo nodded and said: "Brother, you are kind to me, and I am very willing to help you. But now I can't even find my companion."
Lu Fang said: "Where is your companion?"
Marco Polo replied in very poor Chinese: "Tanzhou."
Lu Fang almost rolled his eyes.
This guy has almost reached the gate of Tanzhou, and he doesn't even know that this is Tanzhou. He is a big blind person in terms of feelings, but this is better.
God still takes good care of me.
He continued: "Tanzhou is here, I can take you to find your companions."
At the same time, I thought about getting to know the companions who knew Marco Polo. If Marco Polo was unreliable, I might be able to cooperate with his companions.
Since he is doing business in Dayu, there is no reason why he should have trouble with money. It's just that he may have to pay some hard work fees when the time comes, and he doesn't care about the money.
Marco Polo's eyes were bright and he kept saying: "Thank you, thank you. Brother, you are really my God."
When he finally filled his stomach, Lu Fang took the horse and took him to Tanzhou City.
Marco Polo was not too stupid. Although he could not speak Chinese, he finally remembered the name of the inn where his companions took him to stay.
Tongfu Inn.
It's not far from the city gate.
Before Lu Fang had time to ask anyone, he saw the sign.
I was a little dumbfounded when I saw the boy at the door.
It's the one he teased last time.
Bite the bullet and lead Marco Polo to the door of Tongfu Inn.
As expected, the boy recognized Lu Fang, and the smile on his face disappeared. He rolled his eyes and snorted, turning his head away.
"The hatred value from Ai Sansi is 44!"
This guy really holds a grudge.
Lu Fang stopped playing tricks on him this time and directly took out a tael of silver and stuffed it into his hand, "Hey, are there a bunch of foreign businessmen in your Tongfu Inn?"
Ai Sansi bit the silver with his teeth, changed his face as soon as he said it, and smiled shyly, "When I came back to the young master, there was a group of foreign businessmen who said they were from Makasi."
Lu Fang waved his hand and said: "Go and help me tell them to come down. Just say that Marco Polo is back."
"Okay!"
Ai Sansi quickly agreed, took the reins from Lu Fang enthusiastically, tied the horse to the pillar in front of the door, and ran inside.
Marco Polo looked inside impatiently.
Lu Fang led him inside and said, "Don't worry, I just asked, your companion is still here."
Marco Polo's face was filled with joy.
When we got inside, as soon as we sat down at a table, seven or eight people with Makashi faces came running down.