Fan Yongdou was not as shocked in his heart as he looked on his face. He had seen many people in his travels, including people on the grassland who were more bizarre than Catherine, the lust-eyed people from the Western Regions, and even the giant cannibals who came from farther away than the Western Regions.
, he has seen them all before.
What surprised him most was that Catherine spoke fluent Ming dialect with a strong Beizhili accent, not her appearance.
The guests came in a hurry, but they were strangers...
Adding up these keywords, and adding that he had been thinking about the opening of a saltpeter mine in Yan'an recently, he connected these clues almost instantly, and then came to a conclusion in his mind.
This foreigner woman most likely came here for the opening of a saltpeter mine in Yan'an Prefecture. After all, this foreigner was good at firearms, causing those guys outside the customs to suffer a big loss. It was not unknown to him, and let the people outside the customs
Those guys suffered a big loss from the Franco machine cannon, but it was not made by the Fan people!
These thoughts only flashed through his mind as a result of Catherine's few words. However, he immediately made a decision. Since this foreign woman was going to the city to buy things, this was a good opportunity for him to get in touch with her.
Otherwise, it is very likely that once he leaves Guanshan Town, he will never see this woman again.
Even if he hadn't come to You Baihu in Guanshan Town today, he might not have seen this woman.
This was an opportunity that fell from the sky and gave him a chance to get deeper into Nanhaiwei's affairs. In Fan Yongdou's heart, he was not willing to just be a businessman who only supplied food to Nanhaiwei, and he was not willing to let his Fan family face liquidation in the future.
He has no ability to protect himself.
If he can become indispensable in front of Jiang Wan, then there will naturally be a greater chance that the things he worries about will not appear.
From Guanshan Town to Taiyuan Fucheng, he faithfully played the role of an extremely enthusiastic host. As soon as he entered Fucheng, he took Catherine and others directly towards the most prosperous place in Taiyuan City. A group of people left the carriage,
Walking leisurely in the street, except for Catherine who attracted some curious eyes, everyone looked like a wealthy family going out for shopping.
"This, this, this..."
In the dazzling clothing store, Catherine's eyes lit up. She could not wait to buy all the extremely beautiful and expensive clothes.
Seeing her hesitant but reluctant to put down the clothes in her hands, Fan Yongdou smiled and whispered a few words to Fan Nian who was rushing beside him. Fan Nian turned around and walked towards the shopkeeper.
There were many shops on the street, and Catherine had a great time shopping. However, she did not buy many clothes and jewelry. After all, such unscrupulous purchases were rare for her. When the time was almost up, the group of them
He and Fan Yongdou said goodbye respectively, one heading outside the city and the other heading inside.
When she returned to Guanshan Town, Catherine began to take stock of the things she had purchased today, but she unexpectedly discovered that the boxes one by one brought down from the carriage were all her clothes and jewelry.
"I didn't buy these!" Catherine was a little surprised: "Although I like these clothes and jewelry very much, I didn't pay for them!"
"These are all yours, Miss Catherine!" You Yong said with a smile: "It was given to Miss Catherine by shopkeeper Fan, saying it was a welcome gift for Miss Catherine to come to Taiyuan!"
"Ah, this one, and this one!" Catherine exclaimed excitedly. She had held these before, but after asking the shopkeeper for the price, she was reluctant to put them back. She didn't expect that they would be bought by that
The merchant bought it and gave it to her.
Not only that, from these clothes and jewelry, she also saw a lot of clothes and jewelry that she was only slightly interested in and her eyes stayed on for a while. But at this moment, all these things appeared in front of her eyes and became
Her stuff.
"This shopkeeper Fan is really a little too generous!" She sighed, but she couldn't hide the joy in her words: "I know he did this not to curry favor with me, but because of you, Mr. Jiang.
reasons, but I still appreciate this person’s thoughts and methods!”
"He is quite rich!" You Yong said with a smile: "Now he has bought almost all the high-quality green salt produced in Yan'an Prefecture, and he has made a lot of money from us!
"
"But, didn't I hear you talking earlier, as if Mr. Jiang is still looking for him to buy food?" Catherine was a little surprised. Even a business partner would not be so generous.
"It's good to buy food, but I think he earns more. I don't know the details. Miss Catherine, you have to ask our adults!" You Yong laughed: "Anyway, these people in Taiyuan Prefecture, it seems
They are all easy to talk to. Maybe we killed a few of them because they were afraid of us!"
"Really?" Catherine held the clothes and jewelry in her hands and nodded thoughtfully. However, soon, she no longer struggled with this issue, but took these beautiful clothes and jewelry and made gestures on her body.
stand up.
You Yong lowered his head and withdrew with a wink.
In Fan Ji Liang's account, Fan Nian was reporting today's expenses in a low voice to his father.
"The expenses on clothing are not much, but the expenses on jewelry are a bit more. The total amount is more than 1,300 taels of silver!"
Fan Nian hesitated for a moment: "I'm not questioning my father's approach, but I don't quite understand. Is it worth spending so much money on such a beautiful girl?"
"I have no idea!"
Fan Yongdou shook his head calmly: "Maybe it's worth it, maybe it's not worth it. If you only spend the money knowing that you will be repaid, then there will be too many people willing to spend the money, and it won't be our turn!"
Seeing that his son still looked confused, Fan Yongdou laughed: "Let me ask you, in Taiyuan, apart from this Fan girl, have you seen other Fan people like this?"
"I seem to have seen some..." Fan Nian hesitated and replied.
"I mean this kind of red-haired and green-eyed people, not those with lustful eyes!" Fan Yongdou said angrily: "She is from the south, not from the west!"
"Oh, what's the difference?" Fan Nian scratched his head: "Aren't they all from Fan, they are equally ugly!"
"You know what the heck!" Fan Yongdou was so angry that he almost jumped up: "You should go less to places like brothels and pay more attention to things outside. Don't you know what's going on in Ningyuan? Stop us now.
On the Nanhaiwei side of our neck, a Nanbian fan suddenly came here who may be able to make cannons or sell cannons to Nanhaiwei. Don’t you have any idea at all?”
"But... this doesn't seem to have much to do with our Fan family, so we don't need to spend money on her!"
"If she is here to do business with Jiang Wan, can't we do business with her?" Fan Yongdou sighed and looked at his son: "What if she is not here to do business with Jiang Wan, but Jiang Wan?"
If she is invited, then it is not a worthwhile deal for us to spend so little money to leave a good impression in front of her. If she is invited by Jiang Wan, in front of Jiang Wan, a good word from her may be worth ten words from us.
sentence!"
He lowered his head and suddenly felt desolate: "Nian'er, our Fan family is no longer what it used to be. The so-called walking on thin ice is probably just like this..."