Shang Yi and Lin Zhiyang exited the reception hall together. Lin Zhiyang then bowed his hand to Shang Yi and said: "This gentleman saved Qufu County and killed the bandits on the first day of guarding Yanzhou." With more than 1,800 levels, will Qingzhou Prefecture's Qian General Merchant of Muling Pass turn the tide again during the day and repel the rogue bandits who stormed the city wall?"
Shang Yi also returned the favor and said: "Mr. Lin, thank you. I am Shang Yi." Before Shang Yi traveled through time, it was an era where commercialization was extremely common. Even in daily life, he was playing tricks with various businessmen, big and small, almost every day. Therefore, he was different from people of this era. Not only did he not discriminate against businessmen, but he felt very close to them. His tone was also sincerely polite.
As a businessman, Lin Zhiyang was naturally good at reading people's words. He also noticed Shang Yi's attitude and developed a lot of affection for him in his heart. He said: "The survival of Yanzhou City depends entirely on Lord Shang. Speaking of which, Mr. Shang is also our savior."
Shang Yi said with a smile: "Mr. Lin is too polite. He is guarding Yanzhou. There are two governors on top to take charge of the situation, and soldiers from the three armies below are fighting to the death. I am just a small official. How can I dare to do great work alone?"
The two people talked and walked out of the hotel to the street. They saw more than ten strong men standing on the opposite side of the street. When they saw them coming out, they immediately greeted them. The leader was a man in his thirties. The young man cupped his fists and saluted, saying: "Master, you are out."
Lin Zhiyang nodded and said to Shang Yi: "Sir, these are my family members." Then he pointed at Shang Yi and said: "This is Mr. Shang Qian who turned the tide today and defended Yanzhou Mansion. Come quickly to see me." Then he pointed at the leading young man and said, "His name is Lin Feng. He is an orphan adopted by my family. He is now working with me."
Several people immediately saluted Shang Yi. Lin Feng took a step forward and said, "I have met Mr. Shang."
Shang Yi also bowed his hands to everyone and said, "Everyone, there is no need to be polite."
Of course he knows that the so-called family members are just nice words, but they are actually Lin Zhiyang's bodyguards and thugs. This is not surprising, most rich people will do this, even in modern society, there is no exception. But Lin Zhiyang This group of foreign bodyguards are all tough and tough, with excellent physiques, and they are obviously not ordinary people. Because of Lin Feng, his eyes are full of energy, Shang Yi instinctively feels that this person is not an ordinary master. And he He was raised by the Lin family. It seems that Lin Zhiyang is not an ordinary businessman. He probably comes from a business family.
At this time, Shang Yi said: "Mr. Lin, please wait a moment, I will go back and arrange the manpower."
Lin Zhiyang nodded and said: "Sir, I will go back to the store to prepare first and wait for you." After saying that, he ordered one person from the bodyguard group to follow Shang Yi, paying him to lead the way, and then both parties left separately.
Because there was a fierce battle today, and starting from tomorrow, the Muling Army will start to divide into two groups to take turns defending the city, and the food escort will be in the city, so safety can be guaranteed. Therefore, Shang Yi did not mobilize the soldiers from each group, but The youth team was called out, and twenty soldiers from the reconnaissance team went with them to Lin Zhiyang's shop. However, Zhou Shaohuan, Tong Dayong, and Cheng Jin, three young people who were good at doing things, also went with them.
Lin Zhiyang's store is in the southeast of Yanzhou City, and when Shang Yi arrived, there were cars parked in front of the store, and Lin Zhiyang was directing his family to load bags of food into the car. Lin Feng followed By Lin Zhiyang's side.
Only then did Shang Yi pay attention. Lin Zhiyang's store was not small. It covered an area of nearly a thousand square meters. There were shops in the front and residences and warehouses in the back. The warehouse accounted for most of it. It seemed that Lin Zhiyang's business was
It's no small feat.
It would not take a while to load all three thousand shi of grain into the truck. When nothing happened, Shang Yi asked Lin Zhiyang, "I wonder what kind of business Mr. Lin is doing?"
Lin Zhiyang smiled and said: "To be honest, I do a little bit of all kinds of business." Seeing Shang Yi's confused look, he further explained: "Don't you understand, sir? In fact, I am a maritime merchant, and I have ancestors.
From the beginning, I have been engaged in maritime trade, and now I am the fifth generation. What do the foreigners overseas need? What do I sell? So I do a little bit of everything."
Shang Yi couldn't help but laugh and said: "So that's it. But maritime merchants are usually in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. How can Mr. Lin open a shop in Shandong?"
Lin Zhiyang said: "Because my ancestral home is Shandong, and my ancestors started their business here. However, now the whole family has moved to Zhejiang and settled down. However, we dare not give up this ancestral business, leaving one or two distant relatives to take care of it here."
.This time I came back to take care of some things, and I didn’t want to run into something like this. But it’s okay, I’m lucky enough to meet you.”
When Shang Yi heard this, he was immediately interested and said: "It turns out that Mr. Lin is engaged in overseas business. I wonder if Mr. Lin uses his own ship to go to sea or rents a ship to go to sea?"
Lin Zhiyang smiled. Of course he understood what Shang Yi meant. The merchants who use their own ships to go to sea are naturally much larger than those who rent ships to go to sea. Therefore, he was a little proud and said: "Of course, I use my own ships to go to sea."
When it comes to going to sea, my family has two large ships and five small ships. We go to sea at least ten times a year."
Shang Yi couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Lin Zhiyang's family had a total of seven ships, which was not an ordinary maritime business. So he asked again: "I wonder if Mr. Lin has ever gone to sea personally?"
Lin Zhiyang chuckled and said: "I ran there in the early years, but in recent years I have gotten older and have more affairs here, so I haven't been to the sea for more than ten years. Is Mr. Shang interested in overseas affairs?
?”
Shang Yi was slightly startled and didn't know how to answer. It turned out that he made up a story for himself: both his parents died when he was young, and he had no relatives or friends. When he was ten years old, he went to sea with several distant relatives on a boat and traveled to many places overseas.
He just returned to his hometown recently, etc. When necessary, he can even say that he has been to Europe. He said this to the villagers, Zeng Hualong and others.
However, this kind of talk can be used to frighten inland people, but it may be difficult to frighten people like Lin Zhiyang who are doing business overseas. Because I only know about the Southeast Asian countries of this era from some information, once I ask about the details,
I'm afraid I missed the mark.
Just when Shang Yi was hesitating whether to tell this lie to Lin Zhiyang, three foreigners walked out of the house, one with red hair, one with yellow hair, and one with brown hair, but they all had the same concave eyes and nose augmentation.
One has a beard, one has no beard.
Zhou Shaohuan, Tong Dayong, and Cheng Jin all saw foreigners for the first time, and they felt very fresh. Although Shang Yi was not very surprised, he was a little surprised. Among these three people, the red-haired and the yellow-haired were both Westerners of this era.
He was dressed as a gentleman, but the foreigner with brown hair and a big beard was dressed in black robes, with a cross hanging on his chest. Looking at his attire, he was obviously a foreign monk - a Catholic missionary.
The three people met Lin Zhiyang, bowed to him first, and then murmured some bird songs. Then Hongmao translated in Chinese with a big tongue, probably asking Lin Zhiyang what happened. Zhou Shaohuan, Tong
Dayong and Cheng Jin heard it in confusion, but Shang Yi could understand clearly. What Red Mao and Huang Mao spoke were either Spanish or Portuguese, but what the foreign monk spoke was French. Shang Yi couldn't understand
Spanish and Portuguese, but speaks French.
In modern countries, soldiers are no longer just rough and tumble men. They generally have cultural qualities that are higher than the average level of their country. And special forces have knowledge levels comparable to those of social elites. Shang Yi's batch of special forces not only have higher military quality
They must be strong and have some knowledge of other industries, so that they can cope with fighting in various complex environments. For foreign languages alone, everyone is required to master at least three foreign languages. Shang Yi can speak English, French,
Three kinds of Japanese.
In this era, the three countries that dominate the world are Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Although Spain and Portugal have begun to decline since then, they are still too skinny. A camel is bigger than a horse, so Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch are naturally also spoken.
It has become a universal language.
Now, under the rule of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third generation general of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan has long been in seclusion and has no contact with the outside world. The British Empire, which will be famous in later generations, is now falling into the shadow of the king and parliament.
During the armed conflict, Cromwell had just come to the fore. It was not until six years later that he led the British bourgeois army to defeat the king's army and sent King Charles I to the guillotine. After that, Britain repeatedly suffered
It took several decades, and it was only 40 years later that it was completely transformed into the first modern capitalist country. And the famous Sunless Empire did not appear until more than a hundred years later.
Since the Hundred Years' War, France has become a major European country and has had a hand in everything. Especially during the reign of King Henry IV (1589-1610), France was not as good as the later Napoleonic era.
, but it was also very prosperous for a while. Although its overseas colonies were not as good as those of Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, it began to compete with Spain for hegemony on the European continent. After Louis XIII (1610-1643) succeeded to the throne, he even began to compete with Spain for hegemony on the European continent.
Spain launched the famous "Thirty Years' War". Although this war would not end until six years later, France was now in sight of victory.
Therefore, in this era, Japanese and English are still minor languages. Only French is one of the popular languages in Europe. Therefore, even if the foreigner is not necessarily French, it is not uncommon to speak French.
Mao and Hongmao obviously also understand French. But French is considered a rare language in China at this time. Of course, to Chinese ears, they all seem to be the same.
At this time, Lin Zhiyang called three foreigners over to introduce Shang Yi. After listening to Lin Zhiyang's introduction, Hongmao bowed to Shang Yi and said in blunt Chinese Mandarin: "Shang Daren, what's your name?
Those who are good at stone hate doing hard work." (Note: Hello, Mr. Shang, it is a pleasure to meet you.)
Shang Yi also bowed in return, and then said in French: "It's a great honor to be able to meet three of you, especially a priest." As he spoke, he scratched his chest in a pretentious manner.
made a cross.
At this time, everyone present was stunned, especially the foreign monk, who opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time, and stammered: "You...you can speak French?"