"Old shipowner, please help you buy a few sea boats."

Two days later, when all the troops finally boarded the fleet, Yang Renyu made a request to the old shipowner.

"How big do you want to buy?" The old shipowner replied.

"I don't know the size of the boat, so I have one request, at most two boats that can fit all my brethren, and that they be more relaxed, because the sea is rougher and too crowded." Yang Ren stretched out a finger and replied in a firm tone, he has been trained as a soldier since he was a child, and he already has a strong military style when he speaks.

"Your requirements are very broad, 2,000 materials can be used for one ship, 1,500 materials for one ship, and even five hundred materials for one ship." The old shipowner replied.

"The bigger, the better, but I don't know what the price is?" Yang Renyu replied quickly.

"The light wage of a sea ship of 2,000 materials is more than 7,000 taels of silver, including more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is the price of a new ship, and the sea ship of 1,500 materials is halved." The old shipowner is worthy of being an insider, and he immediately gave the answer.

"Then I'll buy two ships for 2,000 materials, the old ones can be used together, you don't have to buy new ones, I don't have time to wait." Yang Renyu didn't think about it, so he chose the largest 2,000-material sea ship.

This is what Yang Wenli has told him a long time ago, on the sea, the bigger the ship, the safer, don't be stingy with money.

In fact, the largest sea ship in the Ming Dynasty reached 5,000 materials, more than 160 meters long, and more than 20 meters wide, much larger than the five-masted galleon in the West.

In ancient times, the material refers to the net volume, which refers to how much grain can be contained, which is more scientific than the displacement adopted in the West. Because warships and civilian ships have the same displacement, civilian ships can carry more cargo, because civilian ships are thinner and lighter, and the same displacement is much larger.

"Okay, now the ship is easy to buy, but it's not easy to go at sea, and many maritime merchants have ships to transfer." The old shipowner nodded in agreement.

In fact, the old shipowner said that the sea is not easy to go, but also only refers to the Songjiang maritime merchants, now whether it is to go to the South Seas or to Japan, are monopolized by Fujian pirates, to Liaodong and monopolized by Dengzhou maritime merchants, they only have the Yangtze River shipping, but 2000 materials of the sea ships can not enter the Yangtze River, so the maritime merchants are interested in selling.

The leader of Fujian maritime merchants is Yan Siqi, and Zheng Zhilong is still his subordinate at this time, so this is not the peak of Fujian maritime merchants, and in a few years, even the Dutch must pay Zheng Zhilong for the road, which shows how majestic it was at that time.

Yang Renyu did not participate in the negotiation of the price, first! He is a black household, there is no way to lead, and it is difficult to come forward. Second! He's a layman, he doesn't know the price, and it's not much use to go.

The ancients were much more honest than today's people, because the ancient communication and transportation were not developed, and only honest people would be credited by business partners, that is, only by being honest could they make money. A film depicting the Dashenghuai trading house in the late Qing Dynasty is a good reflection of the commercial exchanges at that time.

Yang Renyu waited for about a week, and the old shipowner finally gave him good news, a maritime merchant agreed to sell two 2,000 ships at a price of 10,000 taels of silver, all of which were new and had only been launched the year before last.

This price is very fair, it can be said that the maritime merchants have made great concessions, you must know that it takes more than three years to buy a new ship from the deposit to the launch of the ship, including the sea trial, and the time and money actually spent by the maritime merchants is definitely more than 20,000 taels per ship, and 10,000 taels is only half of the price.

Of course, Yang Renyu didn't know all this, he only knew that he needed a boat, and he urgently needed a boat in a short period of time, so he agreed without thinking about it. However, he also made a requirement, the ship's sailors, helmsman, captain and other personnel must be complete.

He said this request but didn't say it, what else can the guys on the ship do except drive the boat? The salary for going to sea is very high, and he can't make so much money in ordinary business, so the requirements he put forward are actually undesirable for maritime merchants.

One was willing to buy and the other was willing to sell, and the business was easy to do, so two days later the boat arrived at the shore of the Tanmin fishing village. Yang Renyu took twenty slave soldiers and Lu Chuanzong to carry silver and took the boat of the old shipowner of the Tanmin on the big ship.

"Hahahaha! Mr. Chen, what a believer! I was courteous under it. As soon as they were aboard, a tall, wide-faced, big-eared man dressed in a man's robe greeted him.

"Wang Yuanwai, let me introduce you to you, this is what I told you, the shopkeeper Yang who intends to buy a ship, he is my old customer." The old shipowner introduced sideways, and faintly pointed out that Yang Renyu was his old customer and a real fortune owner.

"Hello Shopkeeper Yang!" Wang Yuanwai bowed to Yang Renyu with both hands.

"Outside the king, let's not talk about any false courtesy, let's pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other!" Yang Renyu is a social novice, and he doesn't know any etiquette, so he said bluntly.

"Okay, happy, I just like to deal with happy people, shopkeeper Yang, you show the silver first! I have my flag card with me. Wang Yuanwai's voice was very loud, and he laughed and patted his chest and said.

"Open the box for me and let the king accept it." Yang Renyu turned his head and ordered his slave soldiers.

Yang Renyu brought two boxes of silver, one box was just 10,000 taels, and when the box was opened, there were neatly stacked fifty taels of barefoot snowflake silver, a layer of twenty ingots, which caused a very strong visual impact, and the people present couldn't help but hold their breath.

Wang Yuanwai commanded his subordinates to inspect the goods in person, and the next person first bit it with his teeth, leaving clear tooth marks on the silver ingot, and then took out the ingots one by one to count, in fact, he only relied on the feel, he could judge whether the silver ingots were fake, and there was always a slight difference in the weight of the fake silver, even if it was lead, fifty taels and one ingots, the same volume, there was a big difference.

"That's right, 20,000 taels is not less, shopkeeper Yang, this is the ship's flag, please verify." After Wang Yuanwai finished watching, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yang Renyu.

The ship registration is the registration certificate issued by the government, which proves that the tax is paid, which is equivalent to the current combination of driving license and invoice, and is a necessary certificate for running ships at sea. But this Dongdong is useless to Yang Renyu, because he is not a legitimate businessman, and it is impossible for the court sailor to verify it. So Yang Renyu only glanced at it a little and handed it over to Lu Chuanzong, asking him to check the authenticity.

This is just a procedure, in fact, Yang Renyu doesn't care about the authenticity of the ship's flag, but Lu Chuanzong also checked it carefully before saying: "The shopkeeper's bookkeeper is real." ”

"Outside of the king, we make a deal." Yang Renyu stretched out his palm and high-fived.

"Deal," Wang Yuanwai also stretched out his palm to high-five him.

After the deal, Wang Yuanwai left with his entourage on the old owner's boat, and now these two big ships belong to Yang Renyu, so the guys on the ship came to visit him under the leadership of the captain.

The ship is not as good as the land, and the guys on the ship are similar to soldiers, or the minions of the cottage, not only to drive the ship, but also to participate in the battle in times of crisis, so the captain and the guys knelt down on one knee and clasped their hands and said: "The little ones meet the new owner." ”

…… To be continued