The foreign merchants were overjoyed to overhear about it.

外国商人们狂喜地偷听到这消息。

He did not treat the rich foreign merchant any different than the servant who shaved him and the street-vendor whom he let cheat him out of some small change when buying bananas.

他对待这位富有的外国商人与对待给他刮胡子的仆人和街头小贩并没有什么区别，因为他让他在买香蕉时骗了他一些零钱。