Chapter 99 Myron Shamai's Story of Pursuing a Beautiful Woman-4

The words of the ascetic had a profound influence on Merun Shamai.He was thinking of that beautiful and lovely girl in Basra.The next morning, he came up and said to his father: "The sons of merchants are used to go out to do business and make money. Fathers always prepare goods for their sons to take to other cities to make money. Father, why don't you prepare for me? Some goods, let me go out and try my luck?" "My son! Those who do that kind of business are small traders with little capital. They send their sons out to do business in order to earn money to support their families. I have money and property that are inexhaustible, and I have nothing Begging, how can I let you go out to suffer hardships? Our father and son have a deep bond, and I don’t want to be separated from you for a moment, not to mention that you are so handsome and grew up in a greenhouse. I am so relieved to ask you to go out and run the business alone. No more."

"Father, you must prepare goods for me, and let me go out to do business. Otherwise, even if I have no capital or goods, I will sneak away. If you want me to listen to you, please prepare goods for me, Let me go out to do business, so I can also appreciate the customs and customs of various places." Seeing that his son must go out to do business, the merchant said to his wife, "My son wants me to prepare goods for him so that he can go out and do business. In my opinion, leaving home is not a good thing." "What's wrong with him going out to do business? This is the custom of the merchant's family. The children of the merchant are all proud to go out to do business and make money."

"Many businessmen are actually very poor. They want to make a lot of money, so they have to leave their hometowns and go out to work. As for my money, I have enough." "There's nothing wrong with having more wealth. If you don't agree to his request, I'll use my private money to prepare the goods for him." "I'm afraid something tragic and terrible will happen to him when he travels away at such a young age." "Going out to do business in the hope of making a fortune is an upright thing. We shouldn't stop our son. Otherwise, he will go out secretly and we can't find him, and that would be a shame."

The businessman felt that what his wife said made sense, so he simply took out 70,000 gold coins to prepare goods for his son, and at the same time, the businessman's wife also gave his son forty valuable gems.The price of these precious stones is at least five hundred gold coins.She told her son: "Son, take this bag of gems with you, it will bring you benefits in case of emergency." Merun Shamai hung the bag of precious stones on his waist, took the goods, said goodbye to his parents, and set off for Basra. He trekked all the way, and when he was only one day away from Basra, he was unfortunately robbed by bandits.His clothes were stripped, his entourage was killed, and he himself fell blood-stained among the dead.The robbers thought he was dead, robbed the goods, and scattered.

After the robbers left, Merun Shamai got up from the pile of dead people and found that all the goods had been robbed, leaving only the bag of gems hanging around his waist.In spite of his grief, he continued on his way and finally came to the city of Basra. Coincidentally, when he arrived in Basra, it happened to be Friday, and the whole city was silent and deserted, exactly as the ascetic had described.There was no one on the street, the shops were filled with all kinds of goods, and the doors and windows were all open. He walked into a restaurant, had a hearty meal, and then walked on the street to visit.At this time, there was a sudden noise of people, and he immediately hid in a shop, and saw the girls with his own eyes as they passed by the shop.

After the girls went, people gradually appeared on the street, and then more and more, bustling and flowing.The whole city is vibrant and lively.Merun Shamai found a jeweler's house and sold a gemstone for a thousand gold coins as living expenses. He spent this first night in the city.