It seems that I am still too full [travel]

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the sixth day after the street assassination incident, it was noon, in the West Courtyard of the Han Family.

"Officer Shen, this way please."

"Okay, please excuse me." The servant led the way, Shen Sen, who was wearing a brocade robe and a tasseled cap, followed and walked in the courtyard of the Han family.Although it was his first visit to the Han family's ancestral house in Fuzhou, he had no time to wonder about the scenery of the surrounding courtyards and deep courtyards. Instead, he was completely immersed in thinking about how he should behave when he saw Mr. Xie later, so as to persuade him to have a relationship with Shen. cooperation.

I don't know how many yards I walked through, and how many thresholds I crossed. Following the reminder of "Officer Shen, we are here" from the servant, Shen Sen raised his head and found that he had come to an exquisite and well-organized courtyard.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is exquisite. I can only look around, a scene in three steps, and a painting in five steps. The stone platform is built, and the Taihu Lake stones are piled up. There are two crabapple trees in Xifu, with flowers blooming on the wall, like dawn and rosy clouds, fragrant and misty, and there are magnolia trees standing gracefully in between, with white flowers like jade and snow.There is a national beauty peony planted in Megan, which is still blooming in the middle of winter, and there are frost chrysanthemums beside it, which are graceful and peaceful...

For some unknown reason, the owner of this place was so ingenious and spent countless financial, material and manpower efforts to manage such a colorful and vibrant garden in the cold winter months.

Fortunately, the wealthy Shen family in the south of the Yangtze River has seen more extravagant and extravagant scenes than Shen Sen, so when he saw this scene, he just sighed in his heart that the Patriarch of the Han family had shown great sincerity to Mr. Xie. Forget about it, straighten your clothes, and step into the house.

Inside the house, the earth dragon is burning vigorously, and the room is full like spring.Xie Shi was teasing the kitten he picked up, when he heard his servants report that Young Master Shen had arrived, he got up to greet him.As soon as the heavy cotton curtain was lifted, a young man in brocade clothes, about 25 or six years old, of medium build and plain appearance came in from the outside. The elegant temperament of favorability does not look like a businessman, but like a bookish Confucian scholar.

When he thanked him, he immediately cupped his hands in salute, and said with a smile: "I have admired your name for a long time, Mr. Shen, when I thank you."

Although Shen Sen knew that this strange Mr. Xie was twenty years old and young and promising, but when he met him, he was still startled and stunned. It was unexpected.Shen Sen originally thought that he would meet a mature young man who was proud of his talents.

"My lord, Shen Sen, from Suzhou, has been fascinated by Mr. Xie for a long time, and today is finally a long-cherished wish to meet."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down respectively, and Xie Shi personally poured a cup of tea for Shen Sen, "I haven't thanked Mr. Shen for donating the medicine. I heard from the disease doctor that thanks to Mr. Shen's secret medicine, Shi can recede." High fever. This time I was supposed to visit Mr. Shen personally to express my gratitude, but now my body has not fully recovered, so I had to work hard and Mr. Shen came to the humble house."

Shen Sen said with a smile: "The Shen family accidentally exchanged the medicine from overseas natives on the way out to sea. The locals use it to treat various diseases. According to the family doctor's test, it is found that it has a miraculous effect on reducing high fever. It's a pity. That. Recently, Shen happened to be visiting Fuzhou City, and just heard that the Han family advocated posting notices to ask for medicine, but he did not expect to be able to help Mr. Xie, it is really a great honor."

Xie Shi later heard about these things from Cen Yu. It is said that he had a high fever due to a wound infection that day. He approached Cen Yu and offered him a magical medicine that was said to have been exchanged from people from foreign lands overseas.

Although even the genius doctor hadn't analyzed the specific ingredients in the medicine from overseas, after taking the medicine, Xie Shi's high fever subsided that day and he woke up.This medicine is said to be the Shen family's secret, and I don't know what the eldest son of the Shen family is asking for, and he is willing to donate this medicine.

When Xie Shi heard that the so-called medicine was obtained overseas, he was also very interested.I heard that Mr. Shen had handed over invitations to meet me before, but Xie Shi felt that he was not as smart as the treacherous businessman Cen Yu in dealing with people before Xie Shi, so all matters related to this kind were handed over to Cen Yu. Yu took full responsibility, so he politely declined Mr. Shen's visit.

Later, the eldest son of the Shen family met and discussed with Cen Yu, but it was a pity that Cen Yu saw what he meant. The way the Shen family wanted to cooperate most was to bypass the Cen family. Naturally, it was impossible for Cen Yu to agree to this form of sale.In addition, the eldest son of the Shen family asked Xie Shi many ways in between words, how could Cen Yu not know his little thoughts and want to poach a corner?Not only is there no door, even a window is not left for these people!The eldest son Cen, who was protecting the calf, should practice Tai Chi, and sent him away on the grounds that Shen Sen had no right to make decisions and he wanted to talk to the Patriarch of the Shen family in person.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, this Shen Sen saved Xie Shi's life. With such great kindness, not only Cen Yu and Han Ji, but even Xie Shi couldn't refuse to see visitors. Even if he wrote a letter, inviting him to come to the government for talks.

Although Xie Shi was very curious about which overseas country the Shen family got the medicine from and what kind of medicine it was, but since this thing is a secret of the Shen family, and Xie Shi's understanding of medicine is relatively shallow, I'm afraid that even if Shen Sen is willing to teach him everything, he probably won't know.So he just asked curiously: "I don't know where the Shen family's sea boat went the farthest?"

Xie Shi was originally just exchanging greetings, but he didn't expect that the Shen family's maritime business layout would surprise him. Their sea ships departed from the port of Hangzhou, not only arrived at various ports in India, but also crossed the Indian Ocean to the southeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and landed on the island from there. Going ashore, according to Shen Sen's description of the local customs, this so-called "Yiman" country should be the Sultanate of Oman.

In addition, these ships loaded with silk, porcelain, metal utensils and other goods can sail to the so-called "dumb" port, that is, the port of Aden. The natives exchanged exotic items such as ivory, rhino horn and spices.

Xie Shi listened to him talking, asked the boy to bring a pen and paper, spread out the paper, and drew a road map on the paper. He didn't know if he didn't see it. When he saw it, he was shocked. The Shen family's maritime trade map was so fast. It has crossed more than half of the world, and it is worthy of being the home of Shen Wansan, who has accumulated a wealth of wealth through overseas trade!

"Mr. Xie, this...where did you get the sea chart?!" Xie Shi was still sighing to himself, but Shen Sen, who was at the side, saw the contents of his painting, but his expression changed drastically, and he uttered a voice of surprise, lol He was so excited that he leaned forward, he almost lay down on the table to carefully examine the content of Xie Shi's painting.

From Xie Shi's point of view, this sea chart was just sketched by hand, and the accuracy may be less than 20.00%, but from Shen Sen's point of view, it was a shocking discovery, comparable to a fetish.In today's world, ordinary people and even the emperor on top of him have a very vague understanding of the world they live in. Most of the people are only limited to one-third of an acre of land for a lifetime, and they don't even know what small vassal states around the Mongolian Dynasty Miles!

The nobles and emperors at the upper level knew better. After all, this dynasty expanded to the European continent through wars, so the upper level still had a general idea of ​​the territory of the Eurasian continent. Those merchants who have their own shipping lines and conduct maritime trade all year round to reach various overseas countries are relatively clear.

But this world is vast, and the sea is dangerous and mysterious. Even the Shen family and the Cen family, the top business families with sea ships all over various routes, cannot fully see the whole picture of the whole world.In their cognition, this dynasty is located in the middle of the whole world. The easternmost sea has small countries such as Koryo and Dongying, the westernmost continent is the land of the Western Regions, and the southwest continent is the origin of Buddhism. On the long coastline, there are countries with different skin colors and eyes, large and small, and they call the people there collectively "Fan people".

However, Xie Shi comes from the 21st century. In his cognition, the territory of the earth is roughly composed of seven continents and four oceans. Therefore, when he drew the route according to Shen Sen's description, he casually took the shapes and shapes of the seven continents and four oceans. The distribution is roughly outlined with a few simple strokes.In Shen Sen's eyes, this inadvertent sketch was astonishing!

He pointed to Oceania drawn by Xie Shi, and his fingers were trembling slightly because he was so shocked, "Is there an island with such a large territory so close to the territory of our country?" He looked at the end of the map again On the right, excitedly said: "In the far east, there is such a vast world, this could not be the legendary Eastern Sea Fairy Mountain!"

Xie Shi was stunned for a moment, speechless. When he drew this map, he habitually drew a few large plates without thinking. Firstly, it was a good positioning. Second, it was due to the habit of drawing world maps developed in middle school. Unexpectedly, In this era, Columbus had not yet discovered the New World, let alone Magellan’s voyage around the world proved that the earth was round. At this time, the ancients had not yet formed a complete concept of the world map, so how did he explain these places on his paintings?

In the end, Xie Shi who "showed his feet" had no choice but to lie that it was the sea chart he got from the Cen family, so he dealt with the emotional Mr. Shen, but judging from the expression of Mr. Shen, he seemed not quite Just the letter.With this accident, the two of them seemed a little absent-minded when discussing business cooperation. Even so, Xie Shi still followed the original plan and talked about the cooperation plan he had prepared.

"Mr. Shen rejected the reward promised by Patriarch Han, but there is no way to repay the great kindness. I heard that Mr. Shen intends to cooperate with me before. I wonder if he still has this intention now?"

Shen Sen settled down, and replied: "It's natural. If Mr. Xie is interested, I, Mrs. Chen, will naturally be willing to cooperate. I don't know what Mr. Xie's plan is?" Regardless of the small details, businessmen value profits, and face and face are secondary. As the son of a businessman, Shen Sen naturally would not hypocritically push such good things out, and immediately climbed up the pole.