"Master, I'll help you call the maritime merchants to come up, it's much more pleasant to chat with them than with Weng Ya." Before Hong Tao could figure out how to punish this bold Wengya, Martini's fat face came over and began to make peace with the mud.

“…… Lao Wen, do you think so too? Hong Tao didn't expect that he would be alone on this issue, he was unwilling, and suddenly remembered that there was a Wen Nan, and he would definitely support him.

"Maybe they also know how to sail, didn't Sir say that technology is always improving, and it's just a coincidence that they follow us." Wen Nan's answer choked so much that Hong Tao almost didn't vomit blood, this Nima is unscientific! Wen Nan usually doesn't talk about letting himself kill less every day, why is it that when it comes to real killing, he can't see it.

“…… Let the kitchen bring some wine, hold a meeting, and call all the maritime merchants who are willing to come! Hong Tao didn't insist on his own opinion, since they didn't agree with his opinion, why should he force himself to be this bad guy. There are enough basins on their heads, and it doesn't matter if there is one more, anyway, this world belongs to them, of course they have the right to choose, and they have this kung fu to grind their teeth and play, so it is better to listen to the high-minded talk of the maritime merchants. Hong Tao likes to chat and play with those people, not because they can say anything good, but because chatting with them can give him a better understanding of the Southern Song Dynasty and the entire era. It's not enough to see with your own eyes, there are too many things to see in a lifetime.

As the command to speed up was transmitted to each ship via the signal flag, the sail pilots began to get to work, and like monkeys, they climbed up each of them with agility, opened the rolled canvas, and pulled it with the sail cord. Make sure each sail is oriented correctly and tightened properly. With the help of these sails, the fleet began to increase its speed as a whole, gradually rising from four or five knots near the sea to seven knots at full speed, and with the help of a strong north wind, it split every wave that blocked the bow of the ship and sailed due south.

"Leader. They ran so fast that we couldn't catch up, and they didn't paddle either, hell! The four Southern Song Dynasty ships that followed were all from the Wu family in Guangzhou, and the leader was that Wu Zuotou.

Ever since he heard that the fleet of the Straits Company was going to eat a big meal, he had become restless. If this fleet really came back safely from the Great Food Country, then the ranking of maritime merchants in Guangzhou City should be re-ranked. I am not afraid of a chance success, I am afraid that there is a mature route and a group of skilled boatmen, if you add a bold leader. Then this route is a cash cow, and you can shake down as much money as you want.

If you have money to earn, who can form a guild with yourself? Who will listen to themselves? Without everyone's support, how can I control the annual price of seafood? If you can't control the price of seafood, isn't it no different from an ordinary small maritime merchant? In less than two or three years, he will be annihilated in the big commercial city of Guangzhou, and in addition to becoming a material for others to educate their juniors, the value of farts will be gone.

So he was going to take a risk and try it. Relying on the first-class shipwright under his own control, he snatched a route from the other party. He took with him almost most of the prime sailors in his family on this voyage. There was no loading at all, but he planned to rely on the light speed of the ship to forcibly follow behind the fleet of the Strait Company and explore this new route. In the future, their own fleet will also be able to get a share of this route, and if they can pull other sea merchants to sell goods together, Guangzhou City will still have a lot of weight!

It's very, very shameless to do so. And it is easy to cause a fight, but for the sake of the family, Wu Zuotou no longer intends to ask for face, as for the fight, he is also prepared. Maritime merchants. A small maritime merchant is a small pirate, a maritime merchant is a great pirate, we are not scared, we will fight. This strait company can hack the Pu family, but it may not be able to hack itself. No matter how rich the Pu family is, it is also an outsider, the Wu family has been in Guangzhou for hundreds of years, and they want people and money, are they still afraid of a strait company of unknown origin? For ordinary businessmen, this sentence is just an inspirational paragraph, but for maritime businessmen, it is a real risk.

At the beginning, there was really no problem, since the Pearl River estuary, the two sides have maintained a distance that is inseparable and not close, Wu Zuotou is not even so worried about this strait company, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and they all say how powerful their ship is, and they travel thousands of miles a day. Now it seems, but so, that is, the shape of the sail is a little strange, if you want to be practical and reliable, you have to say that it is a five-masted ship like yourself, which is the hard goods at the bottom of the Wu family's pressure box.

But before Wu Zuotou's pride was finished, the galleon in front began to raise its sails like flowers, one after another, Wu Zuotou had never seen or even thought that so many sails could be hung on a ship, and he was a little dizzy when he looked at it. Then it's easy to guess, the other team's fleet is like a light cloud, running so chic, and his own fleet is like carrying a 10,000-pound boulder on his back, no matter how hard the boatmen work, the distance between the two fleets is still getting farther and farther. Until the shadow of the sail completely disappeared into the sky, Wu Zuotou was still staring at the sea area where there should be a fleet with his mouth open.

"Let's go back......" Wu Zuotou seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, and his originally straight waist collapsed a little.

"Dad, why don't we go to the Pu family! I don't believe they won't come back, we can't catch up, can't we stop them? As long as the Pu family is willing to share the route to the Great Food Country with our family, with our strength and the Pu family, even if their ships are doubled, they will not be able to keep them back! As soon as he heard that Wu Zuotou was about to sail back, a short man in his thirties standing behind him stepped forward, supported Wu Zuotou, and muttered in his ear.

“…… It's not proper, there are Great Song merchants on the ship, they are fast and fast, once they are escaped back, you and my father and son will have to suffer a lawsuit, this is a felony! Wu Zuotou made his son stunned, but after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head again.

"The boat of the Pu family is not slow, and when the time comes, we will all wear the clothes of the Pu family, who can tell if it was our father and son who did it? Otherwise, when they come back, the next time they go to sea, it won't be these ships, and it will be even more difficult to deal with them. "Wu Zuotou's son, don't look at the short and small child, this heart is very big, and it is ruthless enough.

"The Pu family in Guangzhou alone is not enough, if you want to contact, the Pu family in Quanzhou also has to be together, you still don't quite understand, the Pu family and the Pu family are not the same heart, this matter has to be discussed in the long run, our family also has a lot of relationships in the Three Buddhas, if you really want to stop them, you must start together with the three parties to be safe! …… Let's go back and explore the tone of the Pu family first, those people are not easy to get along with, but when you take my name to invite them to the banquet, don't talk about it, just say that it is for this year's goods market. Wu Zuotou was moved by his son's words, this method is the cleanest and neat, and it can be done once and for all, but he is relatively calm and wants to calculate everything clearly.

Hong Tao didn't know that he was followed by a vicious wolf, and if he knew, he would definitely slow down. At this time, he was having a tea party with a large group of Southern Song Dynasty maritime merchants in the spacious captain's room, chatting while eating and drinking, and there were all kinds of topics. From the official system of the Southern Song Dynasty to the trivial matters of life, as long as he doesn't know, he will listen patiently, and a group of people will talk about a topic, which is very lively.

"Hahahaha, Lao Huang, there is a saying in our hometown, divorce is bankruptcy! Bankruptcy means that the family wealth is lost, and you are almost the same! Hahaha...... Let you be calculated! Suddenly, Hong Tao laughed loudly, leaning forward and backward with laughter, and the wine in his hand was sprinkled all over his legs, still laughing wildly.

Why is Hong Tao so happy, because he heard that others were unlucky, and everything that was unlucky to others, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't control it. The unfortunate maritime merchant is also surnamed Huang, and the story he tells is what happened to him. A few years ago, he died and married a young woman, an old husband and a young wife, and he was a maritime merchant who had to run out for a few months every year, and he could live this life at first, but after a few years, the two of them had nothing to talk about. In the end, the woman proposed to divorce him, but not only took away the dowry when she got married, but also took away part of the family property that originally belonged to him. This made him feel distressed, anyway, many people in Guangzhou City knew about this matter, and he himself was thick-skinned, so he took out this matter and laughed at himself when he was happy. (To be continued.) )