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Volume 1: Qingweidongtian Chapter 259: The restaurant owner recalls the past years, there are always strangers from foreign countries!

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    I won¡¯t express this first, but I will tell you something else.  But it was said that in the Zuihe Tower in Yujing, the waiter Li Dong was secretly peeking upstairs. The shopkeeper who was settling accounts looked at him for a long time and called him: "Sneaky, what are you doing?" Li Dong walked to the counter.  He stood in front of him, leaning against the front edge, and said with a mysterious expression: "Shopkeeper, who do you think lives in Room A and Three on the second floor?" The shopkeeper said without raising his head, "He comes in and out here every day.  There are so many people, I know which one you are talking about?" Li Dong said: "It's those foreigners with blue eyes, yellow hair, and monster-like appearance." The shopkeeper stopped what he was doing.  He raised his head and said with a sneer: "Young man, you still have little experience. You haven't even seen a foreigner, so what's the fuss?" Li Dong asked: "Shopkeeper, so you have seen him before?" Shopkeeper hehehe  Smiling, he said, "Do you know what my ancestors did?" Li Dong shook his head repeatedly and asked curiously, "What do you do?" The shopkeeper said with some pride, "My ancestors had a great ancestor who had a fleet of twelve ships.  In the caravan of a huge ship, he took eight hundred sailors and sold the tea and silk of our divine dynasty to the ends of the earth, in exchange for precious gold and agate from those ignorant natives. "Li Dong said with a smile.  I thought it was something, but it turned out to be a sailing ship." The shopkeeper scolded: "Bah! What do you know, little bastard? At that time, my great ancestor was not able to lead his own fleet to sail.  , that is an extremely glorious thing. I think that my great ancestor once brought back a mysterious treasure from the distant horizon and presented it to the Holy Emperor at that time, and it was praised and rewarded by the Holy Emperor.  The eternal glory of our family." Li Dong was stunned for a long time, and then whispered: "Shopkeeper, it turns out that your ancestors are so prosperous. If this is the case, why don't future generations continue to do this business?" The shopkeeper was a little annoyed after hearing this.  Said: "Isn't that the damn sea ban? Those damn" The shopkeeper spoke in a very low voice, but Li Dong's ears were particularly sensitive. When he heard what the shopkeeper said, it was  "Damn dignitaries." Although Li Dong is just a small person.  But in Jade Capital, especially in a place like Zuihe Tower with a huge flow of people, the news he could hear was definitely more than what the Holy Emperor knew today.  Even most of them are just gossips and fragments.  The implementation of the sea ban.  On the surface, it was to stop the water bandits who were wreaking havoc back then.  But what is actually going on is very clear to those who have some knowledge among the people.  It¡¯s because too many people took the overseas route and brought back too many benefits.  It really makes people jealous.  At first, the wealthy nobles did not take this benefit seriously.  Traditional thinking makes them think that this kind of investment is too risky.  And the time span to obtain benefits is too long.  But as the fleet returned from overseas, it brought back a ship full of treasures, carrying back huge wealth enough to build a family.  These powerful nobles were completely jealous.  In this.  There was a ship owner named Shen An, who was the trigger.  His caravan has brought him huge wealth over the years.  He became a wealthy man in Fucheng.  But this person is not very low-key.  Instead, they became arrogant because they were rich and powerful.  At that time, a royal prince passed by Fucheng.  I fell in love with a garden and wanted to buy it.  But as luck would have it, Shen An also fell in love with this garden.  When a girl falls in love with two families, a dispute naturally arises.  But even if both families like it, if it's a fair deal, that's it.  And this prince is not an ordinary playboy, and he only wants to buy a temporary place to stay here.  If Shen An insists on buying it at a high price, he won't do anything.  After all, even if you are a member of the royal family, you have a certain amount of money to spend, and you cannot squander it wantonly.  But there are some people.  When you have no money, you can pretend to be a grandson in any way you want.  Once you have money, you start to get carried away.  Always show off in front of others.  And since Shen An became a wealthy man in the city, he has never taken anyone seriously. Today, he actually heard that someone from out of town wanted to compete with him for the garden.  This is simply intolerable!  Shen An is also very interesting. He doesn¡¯t act like an ordinary nouveau riche, bidding high prices with others in person.  Instead, he found some way and handed a message to the prince.  There are no words on the post because the person is ignorant and even illiterate.  I only drew one picture.  The prince took the post and opened it to see two gold ingots painted on it.  Prince Wang didn¡¯t know why, so he asked his neighbors, what did this person mean?    The followers on the side were puzzled, but a counselor pondered for a while and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this person is quite interesting." Prince Wang asked curiously: "Did Mr. Wu see anything?" The counselor smiled and said:  "I heard that this person's surname is Shen?" The servant quickly said: "Yes, the person who sent the post reported his name as Master Shen." The counselor smiled and said, "I know that." Wang Shizi said:  "Sir, do you know who this person is?" The counselor nodded and said, "This person's name is Shen An, a native of Shanyin. He was born in the sea in his early years. Later, because he met a few long-haired people, he started a shipping business.  After that, the business grew bigger and bigger, and he made a fortune that rivaled the country." "As rich as the country?" Prince Wang couldn't help but raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "Is this too exaggerated, sir?  How much money can one person make compared to the treasury of our dynasty?" Mr. Wu said: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate the power of one person.  Mr. Shen¡¯s family collection is far inferior.¡± Wang Shizi had lost his smile and said in a deep voice, ¡°Is what Mr. Wu said true?¡± Mr. Wu said, ¡°Otherwise, the prince thinks that this boss Shen has something.  How dare you make such bold statements? He will pay twice as much as the young master can afford." After hearing this, Prince Wang was both angry and amused.  This person is really arrogant. Even if you are a rich man, can you resist the royal power?  Prince Wang waved his hands and said, "It turns out that he is a fool. It is really worthy of me to argue with such a person." Prince Wang did not want to talk anymore, and everyone lost interest in talking.  But Mr. Wu understands that the day when the people named Shen will be exterminated is not far away.  As expected, Shen An won the garden, scared away a nobleman, and was very proud of himself, using it as a basis for bragging.  But little did he know that in just half a year, disaster would come.  After Prince Wang returned to the capital, he immediately sent people to thoroughly investigate the shipping business. Among them, there were capable people who calculated carefully and calculated the true profits.  "You don't know if you don't check. After some investigation, it's really shocking!"  Of course, there is no need to say more about what happens next.  In less than a year, the imperial court issued a sea ban.  All private private boats are prohibited from traveling far into the sea.  and build a dock.  All foreign ships that want to dock must go through official inspection before entering.  But what about in private?  The real vested interest groups, the wealthy aristocrats who control a certain amount of resources, have taken over the shipping business.  As for the sea ban, to them, it was just in name only.  And what happened to those who made fortunes from shipping?  Each has his or her own fate.  Hard to say.  As for Mr. Shen, his home was confiscated and his family was exterminated in the end. As for the reasons, there is no need to list them in detail here. It is not surprising that this person ended up like this because of his flamboyant character.  And the shopkeeper¡¯s great ancestor was one of those who profited from these boating transactions. However, this financial path came to an abrupt end due to a sea ban.  It is precisely because of this that none of his descendants are outstanding. They cannot think of a way to make money, so they can only sit back and live in vain.  Therefore, by the generation of the shopkeeper, there is no money or resources.  The family was almost in ruins and could only make a living by working for others.  In this case, it is no wonder that the shopkeeper is so resentful of the imperial court's sea ban.  Li Dong, the waiter, didn't know. He was wondering secretly when suddenly there was a movement from above.  Li Dong was smart and quickly turned around and saw three men in strange clothes coming down the stairs. They were the foreigners living here.  "Guests, it's so late, are you going out?" Li Dong asked puzzledly.  One of the three people looked at Li Dong quietly. Li Dong was lost almost in an instant.  Because this person¡¯s eyes seem to contain a lake and are as bright as stars.  The man put his right hand on his chest, bowed slightly and said: "My friend, are you worried about us?" Li Dong stammered: "Yes, yes. At this time, it is a curfew. You still don't go out.  , Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be trouble." The man smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, you will be blessed by the gods, but we must prepare water and water for us.  That white bread. I think we will need it when we come back." Li Dong nodded blankly.  The three people just walked out.  The shopkeeper looked on and didn¡¯t say a word for a long time.  When I went out, it was dark outside and there were no pedestrians on the street.But occasionally there is the sound of dogs barking.  The three of them looked up at the sky in the distance, and one of them couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is the divine brilliance. I seem to have seen the horn of dawn, blowing the praises of the gods." The man who just talked to the waiter just now  , eyes calmly said: "Puli, you have very good eyesight. Such brilliance is fascinating. It does not belong to the human world, but it appears here." "Master Lancaster. Are you talking about the Heart of Heaven?  ?" The little man who had been silent said excitedly.  "No. That's not the Heart of Heaven. But it has the aura of the Heart of Heaven. I have a premonition. The lost property of the gods will be found there. This is our chance to find it back to the temple." Lancaster said.  .
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