Chapter 356 Offering Coral
"Let's wait until we see your coral tomorrow. If the coral is good enough, let her go with us." Lord Zheng said casually.
"Of course, Coral, I won't have you for nothing."
Jiang Hongyu chuckled: "The quality of the coral is definitely fine. If it's not good, I wouldn't dare bring it to you, my Lord."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "It's true that my wife is taking the two children out, and I'm a little worried."
"Two children?" Lord Zheng looked at Jiang Hongyu: "Are you planning to let Ludou go with you?"
Jiang Hongyu nodded: "Ludou calls my wife sister, and my wife has already treated Ludou as her own brother, so it is natural for her to take him with her when she goes out."
Lord Zheng waved his hand to let Jiang Hongyu leave, and the expression on his face did not reveal whether he was satisfied or not.
Jiang Hongyu didn't say much, but he felt that Lord Zheng would most likely take Ye Mingzhu and the others to the provincial capital.
When Lord Zheng went out, he must have taken the official ship arranged by the government. It was not only safe but also fast, which was better than Ye Mingzhu and the others going alone. He only had to think about how Ye Mingzhu would come back.
Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that he would actually lend a boat to Lord Zheng. She really wanted to give him a thumbs up for his courage.
Jiang Hongyu didn't know what Ye Mingzhu was thinking, and continued, "Uncle Yan is preparing for my mother's wedding, so I'm afraid it's not convenient for him to go with you this time. I feel more at ease if you go with Master Zheng. Plus, Master Zheng will probably pay more attention to you if you bring mung beans with you."
Ye Mingzhu never thought about getting anything from Lord Zheng by relying on Luodou. Since she agreed to adopt Luodou, she would treat him as her own brother.
Jiang Hongyu saw her expression and knew what she was thinking. He said softly, "I just hope that Lord Zheng will take good care of you on your way to the capital. That's all."
Only then did Ye Mingzhu nod.
"I've made an appointment with Lord Zheng. He will come over tomorrow to move the corals." Jiang Hongyu reminded Ye Mingzhu: "From what Lord Zheng said, it seems that they are needed."
Ye Mingzhu went back to the house and took out the prepared golden coral.
This is a very beautiful coral tree with a golden trunk, golden branches on one side, and partially red branches on the other side.
This is definitely not from the sea, and the corals in her space grow together, which is very rare.
This was the first time Jiang Hongyu had seen such a coral. His hand paused in mid-air: "This coral, where are you nagging about this?"
Ye Mingzhu had thought about this problem in advance. She looked outside and whispered in Jiang Hongyu's ear, "I found this when I went to the capital last time. Even my uncle doesn't know about it. Don't tell anyone."
Jiang Hongyu's ears were itchy and he didn't hear what Ye Mingzhu said for a while.
Ye Mingzhu said it again in a low voice, and he finally heard it clearly.
"Fucheng?" He kept repeating these two words, with an inexplicable expression on his face: "How could you go to the sea if you were going to Fucheng?"
Oh no! Ye Mingzhu remembered that she couldn't tell anyone about the shipwreck, so it would be very strange when she went to the sea.
She looked a little guilty, thinking hard, and finally explained reluctantly: "I, I went there quietly, just to play in the sea, and unexpectedly came across this coral, so I quickly fished it out."
Jiang Hongyu looked at the coral carefully. It was about one and a half feet tall and could be taken back after being placed in a box.
He was not sure whether Ye Mingzhu brought such a big box when she returned from the provincial capital, and it was not convenient to ask Aunt Jiang and Uncle Yan now.
"Corals like this are really rare. Don't tell me where you found them, or someone might ask you to fish them out," Jiang Hongyu reminded her.
With his current status and position, there are still many people he cannot afford to offend. If a powerful family asks Ye Mingzhu to collect corals, he probably won't be able to protect her.
Ye Mingzhu nodded heavily: "I only got this big coral. Lord Zheng is the most senior official we have ever met, so I want to sell this coral to him."
When she saw the coral in the space, she was a little surprised. It was so beautiful, with glowing gold and pure red. Such a thing was really not something that ordinary people could own.
Either don't take it out, or give it to the most powerful person.
Although she didn't know what Lord Zheng's official position was, seeing how respectful Yu Jiaming was to him, and that he could enter and leave the palace and often visit Ludou, she thought his family must be very prestigious. Giving Shanhu to him was the best choice.
Jiang Hongyu put the box away carefully. For corals like this, any slight bump would result in loss.
"Just say that you found this coral in the sea of Yuanshan Village. There is only this one, no other." Jiang Hongyu found a source for this coral tree.
"I have to ask Master Zheng to keep it a secret. Don't tell anyone that this is coral from our family."
Jiang Hongyu's face was full of caution. "There's a gold mine in Yuanshan Village, so those people have been paying attention to this place. If they knew it could also produce coral, I'm afraid even more people would come here."
He originally wanted to discuss consummating his marriage with Ye Mingzhu, but he felt a little uneasy with such precious corals in his home.
Ye Mingzhu nodded. "It's rare to find coral when going out to sea from the village. Over the years, only a few people have found some coral branches, but no one has ever found a large coral. This coral has signs of being broken, which could explain why it floated here from somewhere else."
Jiang Hongyu opened the box again and took a look at the traces that Ye Mingzhu mentioned. He guessed that some animal in the sea accidentally hit the coral, causing the coral to float in the sea water and was accidentally collected by Ye Mingzhu.
Ye Mingzhu, who was mistaken for a sea animal, did not object to his guess and nodded.
Jiang Hongyu carefully carried the coral to his bedroom. The next day, when Lord Zheng and Yu Jiaming came, he also carried it out personally.
Lord Zheng was a little disappointed when he saw the size of the box he brought out, but he still signaled Jiang Hongyu to open the box.
When the entire coral was exposed to the air, Mr. Zheng sat up straight, and Yu Jiaming opened his eyes wide: "Oh my God, where did you find this coral? Why is it so beautiful?"
The gold and red colors do not look out of place on this coral, but appear very harmonious.
If such a coral tree were sold, it could be fetched at a sky-high price!
Ye Mingzhu didn't come out today. She went to Aunt Jiang's room to talk.
Lord Zheng also looked at Jiang Hongyu, wanting to know where he found it.
Jiang Hongyu carefully put the coral tree away and walked two steps further away, a wry smile on his face: "To be honest with you two, this coral tree was found in the sea outside the small village where we live."
"My wife used to be a pearl diver, spending almost every day in the ocean. She discovered this coral by accident, but it's so beautiful. How could commoners like us keep it? It was only when we met Lord Zheng this time that I decided to give it to you."
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