Chapter 1837: The Straight Man's Romance

"Why are you in such a rush?"

Hu Xi'er, who had been cast aside by Mo Cheng, said with annoyance.

Mo Cheng scratched his head, recalled his rude behavior just now, and said with some embarrassment: "It's not like I'm not in a hurry to go home with you."

"It's been a long time since either of us has been back to Longyan." Mo Cheng's black eyes deepened; he did not know what he was looking at, but his gaze was very composed and longing, slightly sorrowful.

Mo Cheng turned his head, and Hu Xi'er read apology and love in his eyes.

Hu Xi'er felt a lump in her throat and gave Mo Cheng's chest a fierce pat, though the force was not heavy.

"If you're homesick, just say you're homesick; why look at me like that?"

Mo Cheng said bluntly: "Because you are the only Longyan person I can see in London."

Hu Xi'er could not help but throw herself into Mo Cheng's arms, snuggling against him.

"It's okay, we'll be going back soon. As long as we can contact Jiang Xuelan, we will have a chance to leave this place."

Mo Cheng nodded, and Hu Xi'er raised her little head to look at Mo Cheng, saying: "Mo Cheng, after we go back, shouldn't we consider that matter?"

"Liu Zheng and Xie Chan are already married; shouldn't we hurry up and have a child or something..."

By the end, Hu Xi'er's voice grew smaller and smaller.

Her face was flushed with shyness.

Hu Xi'er was usually eccentric and didn't take such things to heart, but when it really came to her own turn, she was still a bit shy.

Although she had been with Mo Cheng for so long.

But this guy Mo Cheng was a blockhead; no matter how she teased him, he just wouldn't get the hint.

Mo Cheng looked at Hu Xi'er in confusion and said bluntly: "Xi'er, what silly things are you saying?"

"When we return to Longyan, shouldn't we go to the Liangzhou Laboratory first to study our curriculum? This is very important."

Hearing this, the once bashful Hu Xi'er stiffened, shoved Mo Cheng away violently, blew out the candle, and pulled all the quilts over herself.

"Sleep."

Mo Cheng did not understand why Hu Xi'er had suddenly become so angry.

He could only mutter to himself: "Inexplicable..."

He also extinguished the candle by his bedside and was just about to sleep, but he didn't know what happened.

He was kicked off the bed...

By the next day, when Newton saw Mo Cheng, he discovered that his face was bruised and swollen.

"Brother Mo, what happened to you?"

"

Mo Cheng glanced at Hu Xi'er beside him, and Newton understood instantly.

Hu Xi'er ignored the fearful gazes of the two men behind her and snorted coldly.

Whenever she thought of Mo Cheng's performance last night, she felt a bit of frustration that he wouldn't live up to her expectations.

Just at this moment, Leibniz visited again.

He also brought his friend.

Pano, who did business with Jiang Xuelan.

Leibniz looked at the positioning of Hu Xi'er, Mo Cheng, and Newton, and then at the injury on Mo Cheng's face.

"Brother Mo Cheng, what happened to you?"

Mo Cheng said guiltily: "I fell..."

Hu Xi'er glanced at him, ignored him further, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Leibniz, aren't you going to introduce this friend of yours to us?"

Leibniz only then realized his previous impolite behavior; he stepped aside and introduced to the three of them: "Oh, please allow me to introduce my good friend."

"Mr. Pano, a famous European merchant who possesses countless wealth."

Hu Xi'er bowed slightly and extended her hand, and Pano shook it lightly.

Leibniz then introduced them one by one.

"This is a Noble lady from Longyan, Hu Xi'er."

"The gentleman beside her is Miss Hu Xi'er's boyfriend, and also a famous Longyan physicist, Mr. Mo Cheng."

"The gentleman next to him is a British physicist and mathematician... Mr. Newton. I think you are more familiar with him; he is the one who proposed the Gold Standard monetary system."

Pano suddenly realized, bowed seventy degrees, gripped Newton's hands with both of his, and said respectfully: "So it was you, sir, who proposed the Gold Standard."

The proposal of the Gold Standard had affected countless people, and among them, those most affected were merchants like them.

Especially merchants like Pano who frequently engaged in ocean trade.

He always had a headache because of the lack of uniformity in other countries' currencies, so much so that he could not use currency directly for transactions when doing business; sometimes a single deal would clearly make money, but after converting it back in Britain, it would be a loss.

But the Gold Standard solved this problem.

The price of gold was very stable, and without accidents, it would not fluctuate too much, which brought stability to his business.

When trading in his country, currency was equal to gold, and there was no need for back-and-forth conversion.

Newton did not know why this merchant had such

deep affection for him; he did not even realize how much change his Gold Standard system had brought about.

Hu Xi'er invited them to Newton's home, although they were under the surveillance of Britain.

But Newton's status and position were very high, so they would not be disturbed here, but it certainly would not expose who Hu Xi'er and the others had met today.

Regarding these matters, Hu Xi'er felt it was not necessary to hide everything.

As the old Longyan saying goes, it is darkest under the lamp.

This was also a way to confuse Britain.

"Mr. Pano, it is like this: I invited you here because there is a matter I would like your help with."

Pano looked at Hu Xi'er and smiled, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Hu Xi'er said somewhat embarrassedly, "Although this is our first meeting, making such a request is not appropriate, but we will compensate you afterwards."

Pano became interested and looked at Hu Xi'er.

Hu Xi'er said in a deep voice, "We would like to ask you to help us get an introduction to Jiang Xuelan; I believe you can also see our current situation."

Pano glanced at Leibniz beside him.

When he came, Leibniz only told him to introduce some Longyan people to him; he thought they were Longyan people who could do business.

Therefore, he did not have much guard, and he also wanted to find a new Longyan merchant to cooperate with, as the prices on Jiang Xuelan's side were truly too high, and many items were also in limited supply, but after arriving here and seeing those Britain guards. Please download the app iRead app for the latest content.

Before entering this door, he was almost stopped by the Britain guards.

Now Hu Xi'er was even proposing to get to know Jiang Xuelan.

"I apologize, Miss Hu Xi'er, a request like yours is not difficult for me, but we merchants must pay attention to bargaining chips when discussing matters."

"Miss Xi'er, what kind of bargaining chip can you provide for this transaction?" Pano asked.

Hu Xi'er let out a laugh, "I just like communicating with business people like you; it saves us a lot of trouble."

"I can provide you with a batch of Yinzhou Drunken, about fifty cases; you should understand the current value of this liquor."

When he heard the three words Yinzhou Drunken, Pano was already tempted.

That was Yinzhou Drunken.

It is a liquor that people in Europe are currently going crazy over; after the restrictions on Longyan, this kind of thing is at a point where it has a price but no market, and absolutely no one is selling it.