Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 198 Yang Yuan's Assist

Wadiye and Pu Yama welcomed their distinguished guests in the magnificent reception hall.

Mrs. Li from Shifeng wore a "shallow veil" on her head. The "shallow veil" was like the veil on the face of a Persian dancer. It just covered her face perfectly, yet revealed a mysterious beauty.

Wadiye and Pu Yama, the leaders of two large sea merchants from the Utsuri and Arab kingdoms respectively, were both already old and frail.

As they age, they gradually lose many desires, including delicious food and beautiful women.

Even so, they still felt a genuine sense of pleasure when they saw Mrs. Li.

Although you can't see her face, you can tell how beautiful she is just by looking at the maids around her.

No woman wants to have a woman who is more beautiful than her by her side.

But this maid had eyes as clear as autumn water, a beautiful face, a tall figure, and was very charming.

From her, you can imagine how stunningly beautiful Mrs. Li was.

Lady Li's younger brother looked as good as his sister. He was a very handsome young man from Song.

But Wadiye and Pu Yama just glanced at him and left.

He is just a young man who is new to the business and is self-righteous, and a little frivolous and impetuous.

Yang Yuan's eyes were gleaming with a sly light as he stared at the Egyptian maid who was bending over to serve him tea and fresh fruit.

She was barefoot and used a piece of cloth as thin as a cicada's wing to wrap and drape it into a piece of clothing.

Therefore, this bending down was like a melon floating on the water, which was a feast for Yang Yuan's eyes.

She wore a golden necklace, bracelets, anklets, and snake-shaped earrings.

All of these make her, with her honey-colored skin, present a wild beauty that is different from the women from the water towns of Song State.

She also dyed her hair blue.

Women in Besri love to change the color of their hair.

Among the beautiful exotic maids in the hall, many had their black hair dyed blue, green and yellow.

Of course, it is not a primary color, but a sub-color that is soft and pleasing to the eye.

Perhaps it was this sense of novelty that made the young master of Shifeng Tea House stare at them.

Cats always like to eat fishy food, and the fresher the fishy food, the more they like it.

After discovering that the eldest son of the Li family was unpromising, the two shrewd businessmen turned their attention back to Madam Li.

"I have heard that the owner of Shifeng Tea Plantation is a distinguished lady! Today, when I met her, I realized that she is so beautiful."

Wadiye exclaimed: "Only with the blessings of Ceres, the goddess of wisdom, Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, and Fortuna, the goddess of wealth, can a woman as perfect as your wife appear in the world."

"Sister, listen to what this person says. It's as greasy as the honey on this plate."

Yang Yuan sat cross-legged carelessly, holding a piece of fried food similar to Sanzi, poking it in the dish of honey and cream mixture.

"Sister, you should tell them the real business as soon as possible. Really, we shouldn't have come here.

Why don't we just ask them to come to the teahouse to meet us? Even the carpets here smell like mutton."

Yang Yuan played the role of an uneducated and unskillful playboy to perfection.

He grabbed the wrist of the maid who was about to stand up after arranging the grapes, stroked her hand with a lustful look, and said softly: "Come, let me smell it to see if there is any smell of mutton on you, hehehe..."

"Xiao Yuan, please behave yourself."

Mrs. Li shouted angrily.

The pretty little maid beside her also rolled her eyes at Young Master Li at the right time.

Yang Yuan let go of the maid's wrist, snorted twice, and said nothing more.

Madam Li said to Wadiye, "My brother is young and frivolous, and he is impolite. I hope Mr. Wadiye will not be offended."

Wadiye smiled and said, “Everyone has been young before. I, old Wadiye, was once a young man like this.

Haha, it's okay. I wonder what the distinguished lady is visiting you for today?"

Li Shishi said: "The most powerful person in Fanfang is you, Mr. Wadiye. I have a business deal I want to discuss with you, but..."

When Pu Yama, who was sitting nearby, heard the word "business", he became like a wolf seeing its prey, and his old eyes instantly became sharp.

Wadiye smiled and said, "Madam, please feel free to speak. This is my most trusted friend, Mr. Pu Yama from the Arab Empire.

As for these maids, they have never left my house since they came to Song Dynasty, and they do not understand your language. "

Li Shishi nodded and readily explained her purpose to Wadiye.

After hearing what Madam Li said, Pu Yama and Wadiye looked at each other quickly, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Madam Li actually wanted Wadiye to use the foreign ship to help her bring a batch of roasted tea out to sea.

Once at sea, she arranged for another ship to pick her up and sell the tea to the Kingdom of Jin.

Wadiye and Pu Yama were just about to swallow up the goods that the Jin smugglers had entrusted them to carry, but then here came Madam Li, who was eager to take the risk. Is her luck in making a fortune so good recently?
Hahaha, even if you are blessed by the goddess of wisdom, the goddess of love and beauty, and the goddess of wealth, so what? The god of luck is on my side.

Wadiye suppressed his excitement and said, "Ah, you want to take some cargo to sea?
My dear lady, you should understand that it is illegal to trade without going through the Maritime Customs. Aren't you afraid that I will report you to the court?"

Li Shishi said calmly: “Mr. Wadiye, there is no need to test this lady.

I believe that since you are a successful businessman, you will never do this."

“How come you see?”

“No one understands businessmen better than businessmen.”

Li Shishi said calmly: “We businessmen only want to make money and don’t like to make enemies.

If you are afraid of the laws of our Song State, you can refuse to cooperate with me, but you will not sue me." Li Shishi said confidently: "Because, you are cutting off your own business path. You will gain an enemy because of this.

At the same time, let other merchants stay away from you. After all, who can guarantee that they will never make mistakes? "

“Hahahaha, madam is really wise! Yes, I, Wadiye, will not report you, but doing so is very risky…”

"The rewards this lady will give you will also be very generous."

"For example?"

"I want to take advantage of the fact that tea frying has just become popular and I have taken the lead, leaving my peers far behind. I will gallop forward and become the largest tea supplier in the Song Dynasty and the world in one fell swoop."

“I want all the tea in the world to pass through my hands before it can be sold.

Even if it is not the tea produced by my Shifeng Tea Farm, it can’t go far without passing through me.”

Mrs. Li suddenly spoke in a strong and domineering tone, just like a confident and ambitious businessman.

"My strategy is to make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones! I want to seize the tea trade in Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Xia Dynasty, Dali, and even Japan and Luzon first."

"After that, there are Srivijaya, Siam, Kunlun, Zhunyan and other Southeast Asian countries."

"By then, I can conquer the Western countries without fighting and monopolize them without any effort!"

Mrs. Li looked at Wadiye and said meaningfully, "And you, Mr. Wadiye, you are a big Western businessman."

"Um……"

Wadiye stroked his beard and exchanged a quick glance with Pu Yama.

In fact, he was already interested when Mrs. Li just explained her purpose.

We had already decided to rob the Jin smugglers, and now someone came offering himself to us, why not take it?
However, due to his suspicious nature, he couldn't help but test it out.

However, he didn't expect that Mrs. Li, a woman, had a bigger appetite than him.

He just wanted to be a valve for the flow of goods between Wushili and this distant eastern country, but people...

Wadiye suddenly felt ashamed of himself.

The young and energetic young master of the Li family was impatient again: "Sister, when I came here just now, I saw a lot of Japanese and Nanyang people in this Fanfang, most of them are brave and aggressive people!"

"Those people are worthless, and they will work for us as long as we give them a bite to eat.

Our Li family is not unable to afford a large ship, so why don't we buy a ship ourselves and support those wanderers to serve us? Why do we need to beg for help here?"

Pu Yama laughed and said, “Master Li, those prodigals are all good at sailing.

As long as there is a large ship, they can indeed put it into use immediately.

But the hard part is not learning how to sail a boat, but...making sure they are loyal to you."

Wadiye said: "Yes! We have a home and business in Lin'an, and we have been operating in Song for more than ten years.

"The golden signboard is trustworthy. As for those prodigals, can you guarantee that they will not take your goods and run away when they go out to sea?"

The "Young Master Li" was suddenly speechless. He didn't want to admit that he was stupid, so he straightened his neck, took a sip of tea, and started muttering with a "Puh" sound.

"Since the advent of roasted tea, I can no longer drink cake tea!
The tea soup is lukewarm, bitter, and makes the tip of the tongue numb, as if it is locking the throat. And you are the biggest sea merchant in Fanfang, and you drink this tea..."

Seeing Yang Yuan's look, even though Leng Yuchan knew who he was and that he was just pretending, she still almost got drawn into his act.

Leng Yuchan suddenly felt a sense of fear.

This man is so pretentious!

Fortunately, he readily admitted that he was intentionally trying to sow discord between Bingxin and me.

Otherwise, if he pretends to be affectionate towards me, what will be my fate?

Mrs. Li was too lazy to scold her useless brother anymore.

She sighed and said to Wadiye, "How about it, Mr. Wadiye, are you and your brother, beloved relative, willing to establish a long-term cooperation with me?"

Pu Yama was afraid that Wadiye would refuse, so he hurriedly said, "Dear Madam, Wadiye and I are of course willing to cooperate.

If, in the future, Madam agrees to cooperate only with us in the ocean trade in tea."

"That's no problem!"

Even through the "shallow dew", Wadiye and Pu Yama had the feeling that they saw her sweet smile, as bright as a spring flower.

"As long as you can drink my tea, why should I look for another buyer? This is a win-win situation for both sides."

"Okay, then, we can work together."

Pu Yama agreed and said, “However, I will send someone to your tea farm to supervise you in packaging the tea leaves.

My people will be in charge of the transportation and loading, and Madam can send guards to supervise along the way."

“Besides… our long-term cooperation is, after all, a matter for the future.

This time we are risking our lives to transport this batch of goods to the sea for Madam, and we need to take one tenth of the goods as a reward. I wonder what Madam means by that?"

"No problem!" Li Shishi agreed readily.

"cough!"

The eldest son of the Li family spoke again: "You have already discussed it, right? Then let me interrupt.

Mr. Wadiye, are you selling these maids? I want to buy the one with blue hair and the one with green hair. "

Li Shishi and Leng Yuchan said in unison: "Shut up! (No!)

(End of this chapter)