Chapter 499: The Agreement Played Out (2)
"Hahaha......, Brother Tiger, this battle was won beautifully, my brother's naval battle skills are really good, and he is about to catch up with the majesty of Zhengzegong (Liu Renliang's honorific title)!"
After the war was over, Wang Haibin immediately led the "Shunyuan" and other merchant ships to come up, and joined the "Weiyuan".
"Brother smiled, it was a thief who was greedy, reluctant to divide troops to attack the merchant fleet, otherwise, the outcome of this battle is still difficult to predict."
Lin Hu was steady by nature, and although he fought a hearty victory, he did not like it, but pointed out the root of his victory very objectively.
"Brother Tiger is too modest, this battle is outnumbered, and he can win so wonderfully, it all depends on the command of the elder brother, and the elder brother is very impressed."
Wang Haibin is also the master of the fierce war at sea, when the Baicun River destroyed the Japanese naval army, he was already the commander of the detachment, he is a knowledgeable person, although he also agrees with Lin Hu's analysis, but still does not reduce the admiration for Lin Hu's ability to grasp the fighter, which smiled and admired.
"Brother Wang, although this battle is won, it will also offend the big cannibals fiercely, and I am afraid that this business will inevitably be affected."
Lin Hu's mind was very clear, and he would not forget the purpose of this time because of a big victory, and he didn't want to talk more about this naval battle that had become a thing of the past, but led the topic to the right thing.
"Well, maybe, I'm fighting left and right, just wait to see what the big cannibal plans to do, it's really not good, I'll wait for the other way and then turn around and poison it."
Although Wang Haibin has been to the Great Food a few times, he doesn't know much about the internal affairs of the Great Cannibal, and he really doesn't dare to make a conclusion about the changes that this battle may bring, but he doesn't care too much, the reserves of food and fresh water for the left and right fleets are still enough, and it's a big deal not to do business with the Big Food Empire, and it's not a big deal to go back and dump the goods of the fleet with poison, at most it's just a little less profit, in his opinion, it doesn't have much to do with the overall situation.
"What Brother Wang said is, then wait and see."
As early as the beginning of the war, Lin Hu had already considered Wang Haibin's strategy, and he also knew it in his heart, and he was inevitably a little unwilling in his heart, just because silk, porcelain and other things can only be sold at a good price in Alexandria, a hub with a large flow of goods, and only here can they be sold at a good price. can only wait for the other party's reaction before deciding.
"Uncle Tiger, Father, look, there is another ship coming out of the port!"
Just as Lin Hu and Wang Haibin were talking, Wang Yuanzheng on the mast suddenly let out a shout, which made Lin and Wang both slightly startled, and hurriedly rushed to the bow of the Wuzi bloodstained ship, each took out the telescope inserted in his waist, held it up in front of him, and observed it carefully.
"Wave the flag, wave the flag quickly, the amplitude is bigger, and the amplitude is bigger!"
Mua Via Aben, who took a dinghy out of the port again, had already lost the calmness and composure he had when he went to sea before, looking at the huge scale of the Tang fleet in the distance, his calves and stomach kept trembling, his white fat face was dripping with sweat, and he kept shouting loudly, instructing a sailor standing at the bow of the boat to shake a white flag that was not too big, lest the Tang fleet not see the flag clearly, in case he brought him a guy, the fun would be gone.
"Brother Wang, what do you think?"
The white flag on the big food boat was so conspicuous that Lin Hu would not be unable to see it clearly, and he vaguely guessed the meaning, but he was not in a hurry to make a conclusion, but quietly put the telescope into the barrel on his waist, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked in a flat tone.
"It should be the messenger, but it's hard to say what is being discussed, so it's better to improvise when it arrives."
Wang Haibin couldn't tell what the other party's intention was, and after a little hesitation, he replied in a somewhat uncertain tone.
"Hmm."
Lin Hu didn't say anything more, just whispered softly to show his approval, and his eyes were always fixed on the approaching big food boat.
"Listen, the Tang people on board, I am Mu'a Via Aben, the governor of the port of Alexandria, and I have come to negotiate with you and others on the orders of Lord Yazid ibn Abu, the governor of Egypt.
The big food dinghy was the standard configuration of eight oarsmen, and its speed was originally extremely fast, but all the sailors had been frightened by the previous battle, and rowed up, their hands and feet were stiff, and the speed was really not fast, and it took nearly two quarters of an hour to row before they approached the bow of the "Weiyuan", and Mua Via Aben's hands hidden in his wide sleeves clenched hard, and cheered up for his own good life, and then some of them stood up awkwardly, and pretended to be majestic and raised their heads to preach to everyone on board.
"Lower the rope ladder!"
After listening to Wang Haiyao's translation, Lin Huran's solemn face did not have a trace of fluctuation, but he waved his hand indifferently and gave an order, and several sailors hurriedly untied the rope ladder rolled up on the side of the ship, threw it out, and hung it next to the side of the ship.
"You, and you, go first, move quickly!"
Over the years, he has dealt with all kinds of merchants, and when it comes to the ability to maneuver and even the ability to observe the face, it is not bad, and when he sees that the rope ladder on the "Weiyuan" has hung down, he knows that the other party also has the intention to talk to him in detail, and the nervousness in his heart is immediately reduced by half, so he took out the posture of the chief manager, pointed at the two sailors with his fingers, and shouted for them to open the way first, and he himself followed with difficulty, pushed by the two attendants behind him, climbed up the high side of the ship very clumsily.
"Welcome to the Lord Steward, in the Xiawang Beach, it is the shopkeeper of this caravan, I don't know that the Lord Steward is here, there is a disappointment, forgive the sins, forgive the sins."
Wang Haibin is an old man in the world, and he will not make a mistake in the number of etiquette, and when Mua Via Aben climbed onto the boat panting, Wang Haibin immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, and greeted him very politely.
"Ah, it turned out to be the king's shopkeeper, long admiration, long admiration."
Wang Haibin's words were translated by Wang Haiyao according to Arabic etiquette, and when he heard Wang Haibin not mention the meaning of the previous naval battle, Mua Via Aben immediately felt a little more solid in his heart, and actually learned the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty merchants he had seen, and bowed his hand to greet him, but his movements were inevitably stiff, and he was quite a bit funny.
"Don't dare, don't dare, the manager is here in person, and the trumpet is not very prepared, so I have prepared some thin wine, and I ask the manager to appreciate it."
As soon as he saw the plausible etiquette of Mua Via Aben and others, Wang Haibin couldn't help but want to laugh out loud, but fortunately, in the deep city government, he finally forcibly endured it, and just waved his hand politely and motioned to Mua Via Aben to go into the cabin first.
"This ......, the chief was ordered to come to negotiate, this wine ......"
Mua Via Aben is a *** believer, although he is not very religious, but in the public, the taboo that should be kept is not daring to break, although the wine is not among them, but the meat and other things are not dared to eat indiscriminately, this listening to Wang Haibin invited the banquet, he hesitated a little, after all, he came to negotiate, if the host has an invitation, and does not accept, it will be too bad to give the master face, but if it is really a drink, in case someone sues, the consequences are even more unimaginable, for a while I can't help but have some sub-words plugged up.
"Rest assured, Lord Steward, apart from alcohol, there is only rice, and there is no meat, so there will be no illegal acts."
Wang Haibin has been here several times, and he knows more or less about the taboo of ***, and when he saw that Mua Via Aben was hesitant there, he explained with a smile.
"Oh? That's good, that's good, Wang Da Shopkeeper, please! ”
Since Mua Via Aben became the head of the port department, he has drunk the fine wine from the Tang Dynasty a few times, and he has always thought about the mellowness, but unfortunately the number of times the Datang merchant ships came, and the wine they carried was not much, even if they had money, there was nowhere to buy it.
Wine is naturally good wine, from the "Deng Ji Firm" of the "drunk" old cellar, as soon as the altar is opened, the aroma of wine will fill the whole cabin, not to mention Mua Via Aben, this uninformed guy, that is, Wang Haibin, Lin Hu and others are also in good spirits - wine is not among the commodities, the stock of supplies carried by the fleet is limited, the seven months of sailing, it has long been insufficient, that is, there are more than 100 altars left as gifts, Rao is Wang, Lin and the two are the main and deputy commanders, and they have not known the taste of wine for several months.
"Good wine!"
When the sailor poured the wine into the bottle, the aroma of the wine came to his nose, and Mua Via Aben couldn't help but take a deep breath and praise with a sigh.
"If you like it, come, for the friendship between you and me, Wang will first pay tribute to the chief manager."
Wang Haibin laughed and picked up the wine bottle, setting the tone for the negotiation between them in a bold manner.
"Good, good, good, toast to friendship!"
Mua Via Aben is here with a special mission, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a request for the Tang fleet, what he is afraid of is that the Tang people turned their heads and left, this heard Wang Haibin mention the word "friendship", his heart immediately opened, he did not hesitate to raise the bottle, and said a word very excitedly, and then he couldn't wait to drink the wine in the bottle, so impatient, as if he was worried that Wang Haibin had changed his mouth......