Chapter 55

Sri Lanka, named Ceylon at this time, is like a tear on the Indian peninsula, embedded in the vast Indian Ocean.

The Aeolus sailed slowly along the coastline at the bottom of the tear.

What Ling Qingyu knew about Sri Lanka was destroyed after years of war. At this time, she only remembered the port of Ceylon in the second half, but the specific location was not very clear.

After walking around the bottom of tears for half a day, a village at the mouth of the river appeared in the distant sight.

Ling Qingyu looked at the map and estimated that it was not far from Colombo, that is, not far from gem city.

Fengshen stopped far away on the sea. Ling Qingyu, Zhou Tan, Yan San, Yang Zhao and several skilled sailors slowly approached the village in a small boat.

Several dark skinned women were fishing for fish near the water. Seeing the boat approaching, they shouted and ran to the village.

"The people here are belligerent, and we try to avoid disputes with them." Ling Qingyu gave an order and got off the boat.

Holding several silks and satins, Ling Qingyu greeted a group of people with various weapons running out of the village with a smile.

She said hello in Indian, which she didn't know much. Ling Qingyu put the silk on Yan San's hand next to her, and folded her hands together to give a salute.

The group of people had been shouting all the way. Seeing her like this, they stopped their steps, whispered in doubt, and then made way, and an old man came from the middle.

"We are merchants from Dazhou. This is a gift for you." Indian is too difficult to learn. She doesn't know much. These two sentences are stumbling. However, Ling Qingyu said that this is the most practical skill for him to travel around the world and learn a few daily expressions in previous years.

The old man's face eased down, changed a smiling face, said a word to the people around him, and the people next to him relaxed, put down their weapons and laughed.

Ling Qingyu took the silk from Yan San's hand, respectfully put it on the old man's hand, smiled and asked in Chinese, "can we supply in your village?"

The old man looked at her with a smile and didn't speak. Ling Qingyu saw that he didn't understand, so he made a gesture to eat. Now the old man understood and hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, bringing several people into the village.

The more you go inside, the village shows that it is not as dilapidated as the sea. The houses built inside are very beautiful, with all kinds of flowers and plants planted around. There are several stone paved roads in the village, and the whole village looks neat and beautiful.

The old man took them into a big house in the middle of the village. Outside the big house is surrounded by a fence, covered with vines and flowers. In the front of the yard is a gorgeous pagoda, gilded with silver.

On both sides of the door of the main house, several people are selecting the gemstones in the bamboo basket. The gemstones are not small and shine in the sun.

Ling Qingyu resisted the desire to look over, smiled, took off his shoes in a very modest and polite manner, and followed the old man into the house.

The room was spacious and bright, with some cushions on the ground. According to the old man's instructions, Ling Qingyu sat down on the cushion on the left.

Because they wanted to take off their shoes, Yan San and the others stood outside. Yang Zhao followed Ling Qingyu in. Unlike Ling Qingyu's cross legged posture, he was sitting on his knees.

"Are you not tired?" Ling Qingyu looked at him and asked in a low voice.

"Okay." Yang Zhao also answered in a low voice.

Not long after, a woman brought food, fruit and two bowls of water.

Ling Qingyu let go of the two bowls of water, and then whispered to Yang Zhao, "wash your hands on the left and drink on the right."

wash hands? Yang Zhao looked at her puzzled, and saw that she washed her hands gracefully in the clear water bowl, then grabbed a small ball of rice in the basin containing rice with the thumb, index finger and middle finger of her right hand, put it in her mouth, and smiled at the old man in Hindi, "it's very delicious, thank you."

The old man looked more happy and asked again and again.

Ling Qingyu ate half of the rice in the basin to express his intention, but Yang Zhao only used some fruit. During this period, the old man was called into the inner room once. Ling Qingyu glanced inside and saw an old woman saying something to the old man with the red silk and yellow yarn she gave him. When the old man came out again, the smile on his face became brighter.

Ling Qingyu washed his hands and signaled that he was ready to eat. The old man waved someone to clean it up and sent the juice. Then he smiled and asked someone to put the yarn and silk in front of him.

In front of a piece of yarn, the old man put a few gemstones in front of a silk, and then pushed it to Ling Qingyu and said a few words with a smile.

Although Ling Qingyu couldn't understand it, he could understand his meaning. Seeing that the gem was just ordinary Amethyst Topaz turquoise, he shook his head and gathered the gems on both sides to the side of the silk.

The old man frowned, turned around and said a few words to the woman next to him. After a while, the woman took a large box of precious stones out of the house and put them in front of the old man and Ling Qingyu.

Ling Qingyu glanced at it and saw that there was really everything in it, sapphire, ruby, opal and Moonstone. He took a smoke in his heart and said to Yang Zhao, "move 100 pieces of medium-sized silk yarn and silk respectively, bring more red, white and yellow colors, and then two red Luos."

Yang Zhao got up, first saluted the old man with his hands folded, then turned around and went out with some sailors to the sea.

Ling Qingyu winked at Zhou Tan, but Zhou Tan didn't see it. He was stabbed by Yan San before he found it. Then he took off his shoes, also learned from Yang Zhao to salute the old man, and sat down next to Ling Qingyu.

The old man nodded, motioned that you could look as much as possible, and then touched his beard and smiled.

Ling Qingyu said thank you, impolitely dragged the box closer, then took a piece of white satin from his arms, took out a handful of gemstones and put them on the white satin.

auzw. Zhou Tan looked at it one by one and said to Ling Qingyu, "good things, good quality, these can sell at a high price."

After examining all the gemstones in a box, Zhou Tan breathed, "there is no top-level one, but these can sell for more than 100000 liang of silver. If we reprocess, it is estimated that it is possible to double it."

His voice was still fading, and there was a noise outside. Yang Zhao came back with people. More than 20 people held silks in their hands, shining brightly in the sun.

Four hundred pieces of silk with various colors and patterns were placed on the floor, and the old man's eyes were straight.

"Ah!" With a scream, several women ran out of the room, holding their favorite silk and unfolding it. Suddenly, the whole room was overflowing with the lustrous color of silk. Several women shouted happily in the old man's ear.

Ling Qingyu looked at the old man and smiled silently. The old man was stunned by the woman's noise. Seeing that there were many red, yellow and white in those satins, he glanced at Ling Qingyu more and gave an order to the lady behind him. Soon, the woman took out a small box from the inner room and opened it in front of Ling Qingyu.

Inside, there are more than 20 semi prismatic stones of top gemstones, including dark green and amber cat's eyes the size of a fingernail, red and sapphire the size of a little finger, and several rubies of dove blood red.

"After processing, it is worth ten thousand gold." Zhou Tan whispered in Ling Qingyu's ear.

Ling Qingyu smiled and pushed the silk forward. The old man also pushed two boxes of gemstones to her. At the same time, he threw the ones that were first put on the ground into the box.

Ling Qingyu asked Yang Zhao to put away the gem, took a red Luo, and gently pumped it. The light red Luo brought the room full of splendor. The red was like floating in the air, making people stop breathing for a moment.

"Wow, Lala!" A woman jumped up, ran into the inner room, and soon ran out of it. She put a pigeon blood red treasure the size of red dates on Ling Qingyu's hand, picked up the red Luo and ran away.

Before Ling Qingyu recovered, the red Luo in his hand turned into a red treasure. With a blink, he saw the other women jumping on their heels and the old man shouting. So he smiled very appropriately and showed another red Luo.

This red Luo is different from the other one. There are some silver wires in it, so the magnificent red is glittering with silver, which is more gorgeous.

At this time, all the women ran to the back. The old man's eyes were fast and his hands were fast. He jumped up and rushed in front of Ling Qingyu. Yan Sanben stood at the door and saw him take something out of his arms, and his feet flew in a little. When he saw that the old man didn't take out a weapon, he flew back a little too fast, and the ceylons around didn't notice that this man had come and gone for so long.

What the old man took out was a pair of starlight gemstones, a red starlight gem and a purple blue starlight gem, all of which were the size of pigeon eggs.

Throw the gem to Ling Qingyu, and then the old man hugged Hong Luo in his arms. When the women rushed out of the inner room, they had already returned to their seats with Hong Luo in their arms.

It was so lively that several women almost didn't fight. Later, the old man couldn't help shouting, and the women calmed down.

One of the women was very beautiful, although her skin was dark. Seeing that the old man refused to let go, she moved to Ling Qingyu, put the gem in her hand in front of her, and looked at her pitifully.

Those are two original stones, which are not big enough to see the real state of the gemstones inside. When other women saw the two original stones, they all laughed. The woman's dark face seemed to be red, lowered her head, and seemed unwilling to give up, pushing the two gemstones towards Ling Qingyu.

People around all wore disdainful smiles, but Zhou Tan said in Ling Qingyu's ear, "try to get it over, this is a good thing!"

It is estimated that if you take out the red silk again, it will be inappropriate. Rare things are more expensive. After thinking about it, Ling Qingyu said to Yang Zhao, "go and get a colored and red high-quality silk."

Yang Zhao answered, holding the gem box, and walked out quickly. The sailors outside followed. The boat was rowed by someone.

"Wait," Ling Qingyu gently treated the woman in Hindi.

The woman's eyes suddenly flashed, and she sat beside Ling Qingyu affectionately and poured her a glass of juice.

The old man's eyes also lit up, pointing to the red crow, Ling Qingyu quickly shook his head, meaning that this is really gone. It's a joke. Hongluo brought a total of 500 horses to rob the Indian royal family and the Arab royal family.

"Yan San, you ask Yang Zhao to bring some more porcelain. Ordinary utensils are OK." Ling Qingyu said to Yan San. Seeing that Yan San glanced at the Ceylon man and didn't move, he said, "it's all right, don't worry. Just go and get back quickly."

Then, the ceylons in the yard saw that the man in black who had been standing outside the door disappeared. After a while, he appeared outside the door again. After a long pause, he was a few steps away from him.

When waiting for Yang Zhao to come over, Ling Qingyu drank ten cups of the woman's cordial juice. She only felt uncomfortable with her stomach. She wanted to ask where the toilet was, but she couldn't remember how to say the word in Hindi.

Counting the seconds, Yang Zhao finally brought two silks and a pile of porcelain. Ling Qingyu heaved a long sigh, pushed the silks in front of the woman, and then asked the sailor to put the porcelain in the yard. At the same time, he said to the old man, "it's free for you, just give some water and food." He picked up the cup filled with water again.

The old man finally understood when she gestured for the third time. He told the people outside to fill the water, and then he held Hong Luo to check the porcelain. Seeing those exquisite porcelain, the old man said he was very satisfied. He is the Lord of this land. In a few days, that is, the king's birthday and the election of a new wife. The silk fabrics of the Zhou Dynasty have always been owned by only royal families and nobles. As the Lord here, he can buy more than a dozen at a high price from merchants a year, which is simply not enough for his wives, daughters and daughters-in-law. Recently, even merchants in the capital can't get new silk products, Dazhou's silk goods have become a very hot commodity. This time there are so many! So many! Moreover, this red horse has never been seen by nobles or even kings. As long as he offers one, the king may even give him a large area of land next to him. What are some gemstones? His land is full of such things, as long as slaves dig again. This time, those people in the capital will look at me with new eyes!

The woman took two silks and smiled happily at Ling Qingyu. Although the two silks were not as gorgeous as Hongluo, they were also much more beautiful than others. This year, her sister who married the king must be able to show her face at the banquet.

Ling Qingyu picked up the two stones and then got up. She sat cross legged for too long, and her feet were numb. They fell before they stood together. Fortunately, Yang Zhao hugged her waist and didn't fall.

After stabilizing his body, Ling Qingyu walked out of the door and saluted the old man. Seeing that the villagers had led the sailors to fetch water, he also left.

Walking on the road, Ling Qingyu handed the two stones to Zhou Tan and asked, "what baby? Are you so nervous?"

"I heard from my master that someone once brought back a ruby with a tear in its core from the Lion Kingdom. That Ruby can avoid the disaster of blood and put it at home to make the family rich and prosperous." Zhou Tan took the gem and looked carefully, saying, "I don't know if it's this one. Oh, little girl, anyway, you don't suffer a loss. One of the three in the back is worth ten thousand liang of silver."

"Yan San, take me back to the ship." Ling Qingyu despised him and said to Yan San. God! I'm suffocating. I knew it was such an unreliable thing. I would never wait!

While resting on the boat, ye Xi asked Ling Qingyu, "sister, that silk yarn can be exchanged for so many gems, why don't you change more?"

"Everything has a degree. If we give them too much silk yarn, it will be worthless. The old man is estimated to be the Lord of that area. How many silk yarn can he need? How many clothes can be cut out of a silk? I was afraid that 400 silk would be too many. Maybe they have some big events." Ling Qingyu leaned against the head of the bed and answered him with a smile. When it comes to gems, she has several large boxes hidden on Fengshen island. Those gems are not sold in the big week. First, she is afraid of being sold when she goes back. Second, so many gems are put into the market, and the price will be suppressed immediately. What things are rare and expensive.