Chapter 1174: The Calm Before the Tribulation
Seeing Lu Jinyi away, the owner of the boat looked at the fishmongers with a disgusted face, and suddenly shouted, "Half price for ice cubes!" ”
Naturally, the fishmongers were happy, and the big cost of ice cubes was halved, and their profits from selling fish increased a lot in disguise.
The guy who transported the ice boat was puzzled, and the captain of the ship asked with a puzzled expression, "Owner, our ice cubes are in short supply, and it's only noon, so there is no need to reduce the price at all." ”
The owner of the ship crooked his mouth and chuckled, "I've done enough of this business, it's hard work, I can earn so much money on one trip, and I can't afford to raise a few more little wives." ”
The ship's handle was still puzzled, "But isn't this trade even more unprofitable now?" ”
The owner of the ship took a deep breath, "I'll tell you quietly, we have a big deal to do tonight, what is this small deal?" ”
He pointed to the back of Lu Jinyi who was far away, "Did you see the boss in white?" This kid has done the sea dragon business for the first time, and he doesn't understand the market.
He wanted to use our ship to bring a batch of goods to the Song Dynasty, but he couldn't find a way to find us, guess what price he offered? ”
The ship's head shook its head in a daze.
The owner of the ship looked proud, "I want to help him bring a batch of goods across the sea, at most it will take us seven or eight days of work, which is about the same time as our ice trip, so I want to take this deal."
We can make a trip to the ice to make a lot of silver, you and I have a number in our hearts, so I made a price for the kid, wanting to open a number of one hundred taels, so I stretched out a finger and came out.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, that kid is stupid, he is a good woman, he actually thought that the price I offered was 1,000 taels!! ”
"Hmm!" The boat screamed in shock, lest others might hear their conversation, so he hurriedly covered his mouth again.
"Haha!"
The owner could no longer hide the ecstasy in his heart, "Later, this kid thought that Lao Tzu made a high price, so he paid back the price and offered a price of five hundred taels."
It seems that this kid is not so stupid that he can't be saved, and he knows that the asking price of a thousand taels of silver is too high.
But this is five hundred taels, Lao Tzu only earns these for half a year by selling ice, our broken ship, five hundred taels is enough to build a new ship.
I didn't expect to make so much money by running across the sea dragon, you say, what are we doing selling ice with all our strength?! ”
"But ......" the handlebar still felt that things were a little too sudden, and it seemed a little inappropriate.
The owner of the ship waved his hand at him, "I know what you want to say, this business has always been a big business, and we are suspected of changing careers at first glance."
But this is a trip to five hundred taels of silver, think about it, why is it so easy for other people's silver to earn, we have to make a lot of money and make it so difficult? ”
The head of the ship seemed to be a little moved, but after all, the owner's mind changed too quickly, and he was a little uncomfortable, so he inevitably still had some worries in his heart.
"Then how are our guys going to explain to them?"
The owner of the ship craned his neck, "Do you still need to explain to them?" Is it okay for Lao Tzu to be the owner of the ship? Han Toutou, it's not been a day or two for us to cooperate, I know that your ancestors have also been officials.
But look at you now, aren't you still reduced to the point of selling stupid strength to Lao Tzu? Are you willing to live like this for the rest of your life? Your son is also older, will it take a lot of money to marry a daughter-in-law in the future?
So, these days, support the bold, starve the cowardly, we have boats and people, as long as you are willing to follow Lao Tzu, who said that we can't pull up a man and horse to cross the sea dragon?
As for the others, you can go and talk to them, if you are willing to follow us to do a big deal, Lao Tzu will definitely not treat them badly, if you don't want to, ask them to find another way. ”
The captain thought about his family, and it was indeed too cold, so he chewed on the owner's words over and over again, and felt that it seemed very reasonable, so he quickly made up his mind.
"Boss, don't worry, I'm willing to follow you!"
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At night, Yongle Harbor gradually calmed down, under the bright moonlight, the harbor was lit up, the sea was sparkling, and the quiet harbor was particularly charming.
A large ship quietly sailed out of the harbor and set sail slowly south in the moonlight.
In the cabin, Tianba's younger brother complained, "I'll go to his grandmother's, it will cost five hundred taels to take a boat, Brother Lu Jinyi, you are really generous, do you know how many delicious things you can buy for five hundred taels of silver?" ”
Lu Jinyi held back a smile, and Yang Huairen came out to reassure, "If you don't have so much money, how can people take us across the sea overnight?" Besides, they treat us for fools, and our identities are not so easily suspected. ”
Lu Jinyi then spoke, "My brother is right, the owner of the ship is fat-headed and big-eared, and at first glance he is a greedy person, and we are in a hurry to leave, so I deliberately guessed the price a little higher, and then pretended to cut the door and cut a price, so he hurriedly poured out the cabin and took us across the sea overnight." ”
When the ship left the port and arrived at sea, it began to become bumpy, Yang Huairen was nothing, and the ghost sister, who had never been a sea boat, seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and there were signs of seasickness.
As a cook, Yang Huairen naturally knows a lot of tips in life, such as seasickness, so he can drink some warm vinegar to relieve discomfort.
Another method is to pour a small amount of alcohol into the ears, so Yang Huairen ordered people to prepare these things in advance before everyone got on the boat, which is to prevent many of his subordinates from getting seasick when they take the sea boat for the first time.
Yang Huairen personally fed Sister Ghost and drank some warm vinegar, which made her feel a little better.
Brother Hei Niu also carried a large pot of warm vinegar to help some other soldiers who had symptoms of seasickness relieve their pain.
Sister Ghost relieved herself and asked with a tired face, "Is it so uncomfortable to take a boat?" ”
Yang Huairen held her in his arms and said with a smile, "No, some people are seasick, and some people are not seasick, maybe it's because you haven't experienced it before, so you suddenly get seasick, so it's just so uncomfortable."
However, after drinking some warm vinegar, I should feel better, I estimate that this ship will sail across the ocean and land on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, at least three or four days, so, these days, you have to work hard. ”
"Three or four days? So long? ”
Sister Ghost was worried in her heart, and she had some thoughts of nausea, Yang Huairen hugged her hard, "Don't think about it, the more you think about it, the more dizzy you become, close your eyes and sleep, and when you fall asleep, you feel that the time is too fast." ”
From Yongle Port to the landing on the Shan-Dong Peninsula of the Great Song Dynasty, it only took about half a day to take a steamer in later generations, but now this kind of sailing ship, the sailing speed is really incomparable, and the voyage of three or four days is also roughly estimated by Yang Huairen.
It was late at night, and everything was calm, except for the "whoosh" sound that echoed in the ears of the bow of the ship breaking the waves, but what Yang Huairen didn't know was that a catastrophe might be about to befall them......