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Chapter 142 Hirado Island

Since Yu Ren came to the Shen family, Chunmei has been taking care of her daily life. Later, her uncle got sick and Chunmei was transferred here, but every day she still worked tirelessly to her residence to arrange her own food, daily life and other chores.

Although they have been together for nearly a month, Yu Ren has never really noticed the appearance of the maid beside him. At this time, he found that Chunmei is actually quite beautiful, with a pretty melon-shaped face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and eyes not very big, but it flows with a gentle glow. He is a typical Jiangnan woman. Very attractive!

Yu Ren was a little moved and couldn't help but feel a little rippled in his heart. However, this was only a short moment. Reason told him that the girl in front of him was a good girl, but she did not belong to him. So Yu Ren reached out and patted Chunmei on the shoulder, and left without saying anything.

Cao An took several officials from the Shen family and sent Yu Ren out of the city. Then he went back. After Yu Ren left the city, he got on a carriage and then went to the river to transfer the boat.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yu Ren arrived at Nansha Island.

After staying on Nansha Island for a few more days, the fleet set out to sail towards the East.

This trip was quite good. It took only half a month to reach Hirado, Japan. This is the gathering place for Han people in Japan and the most important port for Japan to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

After the Xu family's fleet stopped at the port, many local merchants came to the ship to meet Xu Xinsu and discuss business matters.

You should know that due to the influence of the sea monsoon, the ships of the Ming Dynasty can only come once or twice a year. The Ming Dynasty's products, whether they are raw silk, copper coins, ceramics, books, and traditional Chinese medicine, have a huge market here, which can be said to be in short supply.

Therefore, every time the Ming Dynasty ship arrived at the port, these merchants waiting in the port flocked to the port, fearing that they would not be able to grab the goods if they were too late.

Of course, not everyone saw Xu Xinsu. He only saw two or three famous local merchants, and the others sent them to Xu Hai and Liu Long.

Because the Xu family never sells cotton cloth, none of these merchants do the cotton cloth business. Therefore, Yu Ren has nothing to do. Everyone is busy, and he is alone, and he is content and no one cares about it.

Seeing Yu Ren's lonely look, Xu Qian walked over.

"My brother-in-law, don't worry. I heard from my father that he had already spoken, saying that we had shipped two ships of the best cotton cloth in the Ming Dynasty this time, and the price was very cheap. Many customers said that they wanted to bring people to see the goods tomorrow! My father asked me to tell you that we should not go out tomorrow, just wait for them to come to see the goods. If you have any, try to get rid of it today."

Yu Ren thought for a while, "Then I'll go and visit the cloth shop here first today! Otherwise, they will come tomorrow, and I don't know what the price is right. I wonder if Xiaoqian can help me find a translation?"

Xu Qian waved her hand. "No need to translate it. In this small town, there are more Han people than locals, and almost all the cloth shops are opened by Han people. Just go and see it yourself."

When Yu Ren heard this, he went out alone.

After walking around the market town, there are three large cloth shops in this market town. They almost all use wholesale. However, although the cloths in these cloth shops are almost all claimed to be shipped from the Ming Dynasty. In fact, there are very few cotton cloths produced in the Ming Dynasty, most of which are local cloths with poor texture and color dyeing. The price is very high. Even these fake Ming products with low quality local products are almost two or three times that of the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Ren finally felt confident. From this point of view, the cotton cloth he shipped could be sold at least twice the price in Daming.

In the last cloth shop, Yu Ren seemed to have seen an acquaintance, but he couldn't remember who he was. This person only glanced at him, lowered his head, and hurriedly left. Yu Ren didn't care, after all, there were too many people in the world who looked similar. He believed that his luck would be so coincidental: the first time he traveled across the ocean and went to a foreign land thousands of miles away, he met an acquaintance.

Besides, if you are really an acquaintance, how could you leave without saying hello to him!

After coming out of the cloth shop, Yu Ren looked at it early and walked around the market. Although this was a Japanese market, it was filled with countless Ming Dynasty goods, making people think this was the Ming Dynasty. Yu Ren picked a few small things that girls liked and planned to take them back to Xu Qian and Xu Hai’s six-year-old daughter. Xu Hai loved this little daughter, and brought her with him every time he went to sea.

When they returned to the inn, everyone had already gone out. Yu Ren asked a brother who was guarding the yard and said that everyone had gone to the boat to see the goods. The boss also left a message and asked him to go directly to Zuifeng Tower after he came back. The boss would hold a banquet there in the evening.

Yu Ren shook his head, "I won't join in the fun. I don't know the business they are talking about at all, and I don't have to embarrass the boss. I'll eat in the inn!"

After Yu Ren finished speaking, he came to the lobby of the outer door and asked the waiter to bring him some food.

This inn is also a relatively large inn in the area, and it also runs a restaurant outside. However, most of the people who come to eat are guests who live in the inn. Today, because the people from the Xu family fleet almost booked this inn, they all went to Zuifenglou again. In the lobby of the inn, Yu Ren was almost alone sitting there for dinner.

It doesn't matter to Yu Ren. He is not a person who likes lively. After ordering two or three dishes casually, Yu Ren sat there and started drinking tea.

Before Yu Ren's food came, he saw a woman in a gorgeous dress in a pink kimono coming in from the inn. As soon as the woman entered the door, she asked the shopkeeper of the inn.

"I wonder if the shopkeeper is there a young master from Yu Ren from Songjiang on Xu's boat, but he lives here?"

The shopkeeper didn't know Yu Ren and shook his head. "Every time the Xu Dangjia's fleet arrived at the port, he would set foot in the small shop. I almost knew the leader of the fleet. Madam, this is the first time that the youngest husband you asked about. Xu Dangjia and others went to Zuifeng Tower today, leaving only the youngest husband there. Why not ask him about the wife!"

The woman glanced at Yu Ren, who was sitting at the table and waiting for food, and then walked over.

Yu Ren was still sitting there alone drinking his tea. Although he heard that the woman was asking for him, Yu Ren did not intend to reveal his identity so early. He was not worried that this woman would be detrimental to him. This was the first time he came back, and there should be no enemy. He was just wondering: How did this woman know him? What was her purpose inquiring about him?

The woman did not speak immediately when she came to Yu Ren's table, but looked Yu Ren carefully first, as if she wanted to remember every feature on him.

Yu Ren didn't say anything, and he was also quietly looking at the woman.

This is a young woman in her twenties. Because she had heavy makeup on her face, she couldn't see clearly. Just looking at her face, she should be a beauty, and this beauty is not short. Yu Ren simply took a quick look and it was probably 1.7 meters tall.

"This young husband invited you. The little woman took the liberty to ask you for personal information. I wonder if I can tell you?" The woman finally spoke.

Yu Ren raised his head. "Madam, please ask."

"Can your little husband know Yu Ren from Songjiang Mansion?" The woman still stood and talked to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren was a little uncomfortable talking to her like this, and the woman was not short, so Yu Ren felt a sense of oppression when talking to her like this. So he asked the woman to sit down first.

"I don't know what the lady calls her?"

"My husband's family's surname is Maeda, and he opened a small cloth shop here. I heard that Mr. Yu had transported two ships of Songjiang cotton cloth from the Ming Dynasty. My husband specifically asked me to come forward to find Mr. Yu. He wanted to ask Mr. Yu to leave some goods for our cloth shop."

After hearing this, Yu Ren felt relieved. It turned out that he was here to discuss business. It seemed that he had no worries about selling these two ships of cotton cloth. Before Xu Xinsu asked someone to make an appointment, someone had already come to him.

Since he was here to discuss business, Yu Ren did not vaguely and disclosed his identity.

"It turns out that it was Mr. Yu who was in front of him, so it was so rude." Mrs. Maeda said, and stood up and bowed again to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren politely asked her, "There is a problem I'm not sure about. Xu's ship never sells cotton cloth. This time we just arrived at the port again. How did the wife know that I brought two ships of cotton cloth this time?"

"A cousin of the husband came to see the porcelain goods this time, so I heard about it. He quickly sent someone to the store to notify us. It happened that the husband was not in the store these two days, so I had to come and visit us."

As the two of them were talking, the waiter had already brought the food.

"So, how much goods are planned to buy for Madam?" Yu Ren was not interested in having a meal when he saw that the business came to his house, so he simply went straight to the point.

Mrs. Maeda looked around and said, "There are so many people here. Can you please leave your husband Yu and talk to you in detail!"
Chapter completed!
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