Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 878 Mumbai Riot
Shi Anming has been doing business in Mumbai for more than four years.

He runs a Ming goods store, specializing in all kinds of goods from Ming Dynasty, from cheap ironware and cotton cloth to high-end porcelain, glassware, silk, as well as sugar and candy, but does not sell grain and salt.

Not to mention making money every day, after a few years, he has made a lot of money.

Because he didn't go home all the year round, he married two local women as concubines and gave birth to him five children.

Seeing that the business is so good, he plans to open a branch next year.

Perhaps it was because of his good luck in the past few years, but in the past few days he encountered an unfortunate incident—his wife actually traveled across the ocean and came here from Guangdong.Seeing that he took in two concubines quietly, he has been arguing with him every day these days.He said that he must either get a divorce, or send the two concubines back to Daming and let her stay here.

This matter made Shi Anming very anxious.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he would divide a large amount of property to his wife in divorce, and he was reluctant to part with it.But if he was asked to send away his concubine and leave his wife behind, he would also be unwilling.

The wife is already forty, and even if she takes good care of her, her beauty is no match for two concubines who are under 20 years old.He didn't feel bad about sending away the two concubines. The problem was that if his wife stayed here, it would be difficult for him to take in concubines.

"Shi Anming, I must give an explanation when I come back tonight, otherwise I will go to the store tomorrow to make trouble!"

Hearing the roar of the tigress, Shi Anming went to the shop with a dark face, without looking back.

His Minghuo store is not far from his residence, and occupies a large area. One shopkeeper and three big guys are all from the Ming Dynasty brought by him, and he also hired four clever local teenagers.

There is no way, the hands and feet of the people here are not clean, and his store is not small, if they don't hire more guys, the number of things stolen every day will be comparable.

The law and order in Mumbai was not good at all. After the Portuguese left and the Mughal government took over, the law and order became even worse.

If you don't hire a few more guys, let alone the things in the store are stolen, it is possible to be robbed.

"Morning, my host!"

Seeing Shi Anming enter the store, whether he is a Ming guy or a local guy, they all greeted him with a smile in Chinese.

Shi Anming nodded and came to the counter.

The shopkeeper is Shi Ansheng, his younger brother. Seeing his lack of sleep, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Why, sister-in-law made trouble last night, and fourth brother didn't sleep well?"

Shi Anming sighed, "When will she stop making trouble after she comes?"

Shi Ansheng said: "If you want me to say that this matter is very easy to solve, my sister-in-law is unhappy because I haven't seen her for many years. Fourth brother only needs to spend one night to persuade her."

Shi Ansheng deliberately added the accent on the word "persuasion", showing an expression that any man could understand.

Shi Anming was speechless, and said: "I get annoyed when I see her, how can I be in the mood?"

Shi Ansheng leaned over and said in a low voice, "I heard that there is a kind of magic medicine in the local area that is very effective in boosting the mood. Fourth brother might as well try it."

After hearing this, Shi Anming became even more speechless. Just as he was about to say something, he heard waves of shouts coming from outside, getting louder and louder.

When doing business overseas, you may encounter various dangers, so Shi Anming is still relatively alert, and hurried outside to look.

From afar, I saw a large group of soldiers appearing on the street, rushing into the shops and dragging out the people inside.

Taking a closer look, those shops seem to be Ming people's shops!
Although he didn't understand why this kind of thing happened, he still ran back to the store with a pale face, and said, "The government here didn't know why they were crazy, and they sent troops to seal down Mingren's shops on the street!"

Shi Ansheng and a few Mingren guys panicked when they heard this.

Shi Ansheng also ran out to have a look, and when he came back he said, "Fourth brother, these Indian soldiers are no different from robbers. If they really rush in, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep everything in the store. Before they get here, we have to Hurry up and pack up your valuables!"

"exactly!"

Shi Anming came to his senses and hurriedly brought Shi Ansheng and three Ming men to pack up.

As for the four local guys, let him grab a few handfuls of candy and play outside to watch.

At the beginning, a few people started to clean up from the valuable ones, but soon found that even so, the speed was too slow.

Shi Anming gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about the rest, pack up the precious porcelain, glassware, and silk in the shop and take them away!"

Shi Anming didn't say anything about the money in the store, because he took it immediately.

Just when they were about to finish packing, they saw a few Indian men pushing the young man into the store.

"What are you doing?" Shi Ansheng yelled in local dialect, trying to scare the other party.

Most of them were frightened, but one man grabbed a shovel by the store door and ran away.

Then other Indian men followed suit, took their things and ran away.

"What are you doing? It's against the law to steal things!"

Shi Ansheng yelled and tried to stop it, but it was useless. He and a Ming guy were pushed down.If it wasn't for Shi Anming's quick eyesight and quick hands to pull them up, both of them would have been trampled to death.

Seeing more and more Indians rushing into the store, they even started to pick and choose without rushing to run away after taking their things. Shi Anming knew that the situation was irreversible even though his heart was dripping with blood.

Through the crowd above, one can see that the crowd outside is also turbulent, and the sky is filled with boiling, and the sound of scolding and crying of Ming people keeps coming!

Shi Anming's face turned even paler, and he yelled in Cantonese: "Don't worry about the things in the store, follow me through the back door!"

Several people each carried some precious porcelain, glassware, and silk. Shi Anming and Shi Ansheng brought muskets, and the three big men brought knives, and then went out through the small door in the backyard.

I saw chaos on the street, and countless Indians rushed into the shops—not only the shops of Ming people, but also the shops of Westerners and even Indians.

At the beginning, the Indian soldiers who blocked the shops were scattered by the crowd and caught in the middle, as if gravel had fallen into the sea, without any notice, and could no longer control the situation.

Several people were frightened by this scene, their faces turned pale.

After regaining his senses, Shi Anming said, "Choose a place with few people and go to my house!"

They have lived in Mumbai for several years, and they are very familiar with the city. In addition, the roads in the city are complicated, and they only walk on small paths with few people. They arrived at Shi Anming's house without any risk. He was scared away by Shi Anming's shot.

After entering the house, Shi Anming saw his wife, Mrs. Chen, looking nervously at the door.

Seeing them coming in, they ran over and asked, "What's going on outside? Is there a war?"

"It's not a war, it's a riot." Shi Anming said with an ugly face, "A riot against our Ming people!"

"Ah, what should we do now? Can we escape?" Mrs. Chen encountered this kind of thing when she came overseas for the first time, and she panicked for a while.

Although it was the first time for Shi Anming to experience this kind of thing, he had heard of similar experiences.

He thought for a while and said: "Now there are mobs everywhere outside, and the Indian government is also driving us away. It is too dangerous to go out of the city. And it is even more dangerous to go out of the city unless you run to the pier in one breath."

As he spoke, he looked at Shi Ansheng and said, "Go and bring your family to me, and the three of you, before there is any chaos around here, go out and see if you can buy some food.

From now on, we will stay at home together - our Ming Dynasty has a fleet at sea, and there are many armed merchant ships at the docks. When we learn of the riots in the city, someone will definitely come to rescue us! "

Ever since Ming Dynasty began to explore overseas, it has always been very protective of the people of Ming Dynasty who are doing business and wandering overseas.If people are in danger, as long as they can be rescued, they will be rescued.

Therefore, several people still have a certain amount of confidence in the Ming Dynasty's court, army, and even those big merchants with armed merchant ships.

After listening to Shi Anming's words, no one questioned them, and they split up immediately.

Shi Ansheng's house is nearby, and he also married an Indian woman as his concubine and had two children.

After picking up the mother and child, Shi Ansheng also ran out to buy food and observe the situation by the way.

(End of this chapter)