Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 424 - 235: Big Deal_1

Chapter 424: Chapter 235: Big Deal_1

Qian Yixiu certainly didn’t dare to greet the foreigner in English. After deliberately giving the old foreigner a couple of curious glances, she smiled at Lin Qing and said, "Uncle Lin."

Lin Qing’s father was the deputy head of the Armed Escort Bureau, and Qian Sangui had started his career following his father on escort missions. Qian Yixiu had met him twice before.

Lin Qing also smiled and said, "Yixiu, you’ve grown taller again since I saw you last year."

The old foreigner, seeing that the little girl wasn’t scared by him and was even curiously looking at him, smiled and said, "Hello."

The old foreigner spoke in English.

Qian Yixiu certainly didn’t dare to converse with him in English, but she just smiled and nodded her head to welcome him.

There were many items laid out on the table, including glass vases, small glass marbles, some spices, an ivory carved ornament, an exquisite sitting clock, also two glass round mirrors, and two pocket watches.

She had indeed travelled to a turbulent era. The Great Qian Kingdom’s economy was booming, encouraging handicrafts and commerce, but its firearms technology was comparatively backward, at present only having developed fire muskets, while clay cannons were still under research. The Great Qian Kingdom was known as a military power, but this was in comparison to neighboring countries which still used cold weapons.

Looking at the items from across the ocean, the craftsmanship was extremely exquisite, and it was uncertain how advanced their development was, whether they had already reached the early stages of capitalism.

According to her inference, because piracy was so rampant, and the Japanese harassed them from time to time, the Imperial Court had implemented maritime bans. That their big ship could stay so long on the small islands without being destroyed by pirates indicated that there surely were powerful weapons on board against the pirates.

While contemplating, Qian Yixiu glanced at the foreigner out of the corner of her eye.

The old foreigner was quite adorable. Seeing the little girl stealing glances at him, he smiled, pressed his big nose upwards with his finger, and even made snorting sounds like a pig. His comical expression successfully amused Qian Yixiu.

Seeing Qian Yixiu laugh, he became even happier. He picked up a glass mirror, first looking at himself in it before turning it towards Qian Yixiu. Then, he presented it to her with a gesture of offering a treasure.

Qian Yixiu pretended to be extremely interested as she accepted the mirror. Qian Hua said with a smile, "If my sister likes it, let’s trade something good for it."

Qian Yixiu pointed at the objects on the table and said, "All these items are great, no matter the cost, let’s buy them all."

Qian Hua said, "This foreigner doesn’t want silver, but only goods in exchange. The very reason he risked coming to the hinterland with the Lin brothers was to find some better and rarer items. We’ve already traded twenty jin of Xi Shan Mao Feng for four glass marbles and one glass mirror, and one blue and white porcelain large flower vase for five jin of spices. I had someone bring some silk fabrics, but this foreigner has quite high standards and is not interested in them."

Upon hearing this, Qian Yixiu’s mouth twitched; the foreigner who wasn’t afraid of death and ventured into the hinterland was indeed having a ball.

Thinking of another possibility, Qian Yixiu said, "There are many good things from the Capital City at my home, even better than the goods in Jinxiu Embroidery Workshop. Let him come to my place for an exchange."

Qian Hua disagreed, saying, "That doesn’t sound like a good idea, we don’t understand this foreigner."

Lin Qing was an open-hearted man and said, "Shopkeeper Qian, don’t worry. Li is merely a businessman. He’s not afraid by himself, what have you to fear? Since Yixiu says she has good things at home, let’s go take a look. If Li is satisfied with the items and Yixiu can trade for some good things, it would be great. It’s also been more than a year since I saw Uncle Qian, so it’s a good chance to visit him as well."

Because the first syllable of Lin Qing’s name sounded similar to Li when the old foreigner spoke it, he referred to the old foreigner as Li.

After Lin Qing made gestures to explain, Old Foreign Li understood the meaning and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Qian Hua could only agree. Even if he didn’t, with the young lady’s insistences, they wouldn’t listen to him.

Soon, Qian Yijin also arrived at the Jinxiu Embroidery Workshop. When he heard that a Golden Hair Ghost had come to the shop, he rushed over in a hurry to join the excitement. It was his first time seeing a foreigner, and he was incredibly fascinated, staring straight at Old Foreign Li.

Old Foreign Li, used to being stared at, wasn’t angry. Repeating his old trick, he pressed his big nose upwards with his finger to imitate a pig’s call and successfully made Qian Yijin laugh as well.

The young lad, upon hearing his sister say that she would take him home to trade for good items, nodded in excitement, especially fascinated by the transparent glass marbles.

Lin Qing, not wanting Old Foreign Li to scare anyone, put a large hat on him before leaving and had him cover half of his face with his sleeve.

Back at Guiyuan, as soon as Old Foreign Li appeared, the sheltered Lady Wu and others screamed, frightened, claiming that wild men from the mountains had appeared. Qian Sangui wasn’t too scared; having escorted valuable goods before, he had seen foreigners himself.