Chapter 199 Where is the ship? Take me to see it

He Zhiran answered modestly: "I learned a little bit by chance, and I can barely communicate."

Hu Cong was silent for a long time before speaking again.

"When I first arrived in the Northwest, I worked as a coolie at the docks to make a living. My wife went to bring me food and was spotted by a passing foreigner.

I don't know what tricks that foreigner used to make my wife go with him willingly..."

For so many years, Hu Cong has always regarded this matter as his shame and never mentioned it to anyone.

Perhaps it was the sight of the foreigner today that triggered the anger that had been buried in his heart for many years, or perhaps it was the sight of an acquaintance that made him want to vent his grievances.

Whatever the reason, he couldn't help but speak it out.

Mo Jiuye had some understanding of Hu Cong's situation. He relied on the imperial examination to step by step reach the position of Minister of Works.

Moreover, Hu Cong was a kind man and only married one wife. Not only that, he still had no children at home even when he reached middle age.

Some people advised him to marry more concubines to have children, but Hu Cong did not do so.

Hu Cong was sentenced to exile, and his nine clans were not implicated, so only he and his wife were exiled here.

The wife who depended on him for life was abducted by a foreigner. Not to mention Hu Cong, any man would not be able to bear it.

Mo Jiuye reached out and patted Hu Cong's shoulders a few times: "Brother Hu, it's over."

Hu Cong nodded with difficulty, his eyes falling on Henry again.

"Where is the ship? Take me to see it."

Henry was still confused because He Zhiran did not help him translate Hu Cong's words in time.

He Zhiran quickly started translating again.

He first translated what Hu Cong said first, and then told the story of Hu Cong's wife being abducted by foreigners.

Henry could only try to defend himself.

"Ms. He Zhiran, please tell me that this is my first time here, and I'm definitely not the one who did this.

Also, there are good people and bad people everywhere, and I am definitely a good person in our country."

Hearing Henry's explanation, He Zhiran felt amused and translated his words verbatim to Hu Cong.

Hu Cong sighed.

"I know that every wrong has its perpetrator, and since he didn't do it, I naturally can't vent my anger on him."

As he spoke, Hu Cong stood up and called Mo Jiuye and others to go check Henry's boat together.

The mule cart could only accommodate two people outside. This time, Henry and Hu Cong sat in the carriage, while He Zhiran sat outside to drive the cart with Mo Jiuye.

Walk along the beach for about twenty minutes and you will arrive at the pier.

Although it is called a wharf, it is completely different from the prosperity of the Salt Lake Wharf.

This place belongs to the border of the Dashun Dynasty. Apart from cargo ships from a few coastal cities, there is nothing else docked here.

Only three cargo ships docked at the port today.

One of the cargo ships was farther from the shore and had a completely different appearance from the other two.

This cargo ship not only has a tall hull, but also has a sail on it.

Obviously, the other two Dashun domestic cargo ships had no sails and relied entirely on manpower to move forward.

There is no doubt that Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran can conclude that the boat with sails belongs to Henry.

The mule cart stopped and Henry anxiously lifted the curtain to look outside.

He pointed to his cargo ship and said, "That's the ship. That cargo ship is mine."

The group followed Henry to the beach, where a small boat was docked in an inconspicuous place.

Obviously, the cargo ship was so far away from the shore that Henry went ashore on this small boat.

He jumped onto the boat first, then turned around and called He Zhiran and others to join him.

After successfully reaching the bottom of the cargo ship, Henry shouted a few words towards the ship and someone lowered the rope.

After all, the hull was too high, and Henry was worried that they would be scared, so he explained: "This rope is very strong, don't worry."

After saying that, Henry took the lead in climbing up the rope to prove that he was not lying.

Mo Jiuye asked Hu Cong: "Brother Hu, can we go up?"

Hu Cong nodded: "No problem." After that, he also started climbing like Henry.

Seeing Hu Cong standing safely on the deck, Mo Jiuye put his arm around He Zhiran's waist, jumped, and landed lightly next to Henry.

This action made Henry and his companions dumbfounded.

As far as he knew, he had never known anyone could fly.

He stared at Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran with envy.

"You guys are so amazing, you can actually fly."

He Zhiran shook his head and laughed, but did not explain anything.

Hu Cong was accustomed to this. When he was in the capital, he had seen those guards climbing walls and climbing over rooftops.

As a military general, how could Mo Jiuye not know such kung fu?

After the foreigners were surprised, He Zhiran urged them on.

"Henry, don't you want to repair the boat?"

Henry brought his wandering thoughts back and went to the top of the cargo ship with his companions and a few others.

He Zhiran didn't know how to repair ships, so all he could do now was help Henry translate.

After some explanation, Hu Cong had a general understanding of the problem with the cargo ship and started to check it out alone.

Henry left his assistant there to cooperate with Hu Cong, and planned to take Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran on a tour of the cargo ship.

He Zhiran had no interest in this primitive cargo ship.

She knew that the foreigners of this era came here across the ocean just to make money.

When foreigners came, they would fill the warehouses of their cargo ships with their own country's goods, sell them in Dashun, and then take some Dashun specialties back with them.

So what interested her were the goods Henry brought with him.

"Henry, can you show me your goods?"

Although it was Henry's first time in Dashun, he had discovered during the past few days while looking for ship repairmen in Yuncheng that whether the people here lived a wealthy life could be seen from their clothes.

He was sure that He Zhiran and her husband were not rich.

Therefore, he never thought about doing business with them.

Even so, Henry readily agreed to He Zhiran's request.

He Zhiran has helped me so much, it would be good for them to broaden their horizons.

Henry took the two men into the warehouse and lifted the tarpaulin covering the goods.

All the goods he brought fell into the eyes of the two men.

Henry pointed at the goods and said proudly, "These are all good things from our country. Feel free to visit them."

He Zhiran was not unfamiliar with these things at all.

In addition to some grains that were not available during the Dashun Dynasty, there were also tiles that did not appear to be very finely crafted, fabrics woven by foreigners, flat glass and glassware.

When He Zhiran saw the glass, he thought that he would need to build a house in the future, and these glasses would come in handy.

Moreover, it was obtained from foreigners in a fair and open manner, so there was no problem of being shameful at all.