Chapter 243: Manipulating People's Hearts
Wufeng maritime merchants have been using Hirado as their home port for more than 20 years, and there are many jars and jars in each family, so it is not so easy to clean up.
In the second half of the night, Qin Lin stood on the trestle and saw a dark-skinned sister-in-law in her thirties not far away, holding a wooden spinning machine in her left hand and a bulky suitcase in her right hand, moving to the dock with difficulty.
"Hey, what are you doing with all this?" The woman's husband was carrying a burden in his left hand and a white-haired old lady in his right hand, and he came over and snatched the wooden spinning machine from the woman's hand: "The owner of the golden ship said that each person can only carry thirty catties of things, and your textile machine is clumsy and heavy, can you take it on the boat?" ”
There are many large ships in Wufeng Maritime Merchants, but Pinghu Port needs to transfer more family members, and they have to leave part of the load to load food and fresh water, and carry self-defense weapons, so there are not many things that each family can carry.
Every family is a family journey, and they want to bring everything, cups, plates, dishes, iron pots, and wooden chopsticks, which ones are not exchanged for sweat and eight petals? The diligent and thrifty hostesses are reluctant to throw down the stone grinding plate!
Therefore, Jin Yingji had no choice but to stipulate that no matter men, women, young or old, each person could only carry thirty pounds of things, and weigh them before stepping on the gangplank on the dock.
Of course, it is very difficult to implement, every family wants to carry as many things as possible, whether it is worth it or not, these are all sweat in exchange!
The woman whose spinning machine had been taken away by her husband cried out with red eyes: "! If I don't bring a spinning machine, what will I use to spin the thread, and what will I use to sew the nets for you? What is the reason for staying up vigil every day with oil lamps? ”
"You!" The husband's eyes widened, facing the fate of the uncertain future, he was in a bad mood, and his heart was touched by his wife's robbery.
The woman immediately started crying, holding the two children and wiping her tears: "Okay, Wu Erwa, you can beat your wife again, you have the ability to beat my mother and son to death!" ”
For a while, the woman howled and the child cried, and Wu Erwa was so anxious that she rubbed her hands.
The cry reached the wharf, and many of the hostesses looked back at the houses they had worked so hard to build, the vegetables that had not yet had time to be harvested in front of and behind the houses, and the chickens and pigs that could not be taken away from the yard, and tears flowed down as if the floodgates had been opened.
Originally, the seafarers on the wharf who were responsible for checking the weight of the things carried by each family were very unbearable, and when they saw this situation, they became more and more sour, and they wanted to force each family to throw away their things.
Looking at this scene, Rao is Qin Lin's heart was like an iron stone, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth fiercely at this time.
Quan Zhengyin and other maritime leaders watched the situation by the trestle, their own ships were all called up, and now the valuable goods in the warehouse, no pepper, sumac, silk, and satin could be transported, and they tried their best to tell them not to have any hope, but the feeling of throwing away a large amount of wealth in vain was as uncomfortable as scratching the heart.
Suddenly, the small square in front of the Mazu Temple was lit up with a sky-high fire, and the people on the pier looked at it in surprise, and immediately their eyes fell to the ground:
What is burned there is not firewood, but valuable Ning silk, cloud brocade, and Shu embroidery! These goods, which were said to be worn by high-ranking officials and nobles, and whose value had to be doubled several times when sold overseas, were piled up and ignited like worthless timber and coal!
Before the blazing fire, the golden cherry blossom in a black coat was directing the maids to keep throwing the silk into the fire, the face of the melon seeds was baked red by the heat, and the dancing fire reflected the charming face, and the flames rose from behind, making her like a phoenix reborn from the fire.
No one objected to Jin Yingji's decision anymore, and the maritime merchants below the power of Zhengyin lowered their heads in shame, and the woman who was crying with a pair of children silently wiped away her tears, and silently put the spinning wheel that had accompanied her through countless nights on the side of the road.
"Mother, father, I'm confused......" The woman lowered her head.
The man's guilty smile was actually more ugly than crying, he didn't know how to express his apologies, he just stroked the top of the two children's heads with his big rough hands.
But the old woman coughed for a while: "Feng'er, second baby, do you remember what it was like to go to sea with the old lord to escape?" We, we came to Hirado with our bare hands, more than 20 years have passed, you two have grown up, married, and have children, and we have accumulated a lot of silver - compared to the villagers who were sunk by the wind and waves, we have not lived in vain in the past 20 years! ”
The husband and wife looked at each other, and the woman's face showed a shyness that only girlhood can only have, and the husband was full of strength as when he was a teenager.
Back then, he had nothing, but he was able to build a home in Hirado, and now he still has the appeasement and official identity of the imperial court, so he is not afraid of it wherever he goes!
The order of the boarding ship was restored, and everything that was overweight, whether it was the fine soft carried by the rich merchant or the pots and pans of the sailors, was thrown into the water.
"Hey, it's a pity," Lu Fatzi chirped, seeing those abandoned valuable goods and the silk burned by Jin Yingji, he couldn't help but mutter: "It seems that we can still bring something on the ship......"
Poof-Qin Lin squirted out.
Jin Yingji is worthy of being the owner of the new generation of Wufeng ships, and she can be called brave and resolute, and she will uniformly requisition all ships, distribute the load evenly among all members, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, and burn the satin goods that cannot be taken away...... It's a genius strategy to make sure the transfer goes smoothly!
It is conceivable that from now on, the status of the owner of the Golden Sakura Ji Wufeng will be unshakable, and in the minds of all maritime merchants, she is the embodiment of fairness and justice.
But what about the valuable goods...... Qin Lin couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Lu Fatzi's pity.
Quan Zhengyin sighed and said: "The chief is naturally happy if he succeeds in appeasing him, alas~ The little furniture that the poor little ones have worked hard to accumulate can't take away, so they have to cheapen the Sea Dragon King - Sir, you can still load a lot of goods on that ship, right?" Help the little one pretend, how about we get five or five points? ”
Maritime merchants started from trade, and naturally had a sense of equal consultation, and it was very rare for businessmen in the mainland to talk to officials like this, but Quan Zhengyin felt that it was normal to talk to Qin Lin about five or five openings, and it was beneficial for both sides.
Qin Lin smiled dumbly, narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "If this official wants to make a profit, why bother with five or five points? ”
Quan Zhengyin almost fell into the sea when he heard this, and he admired this black-hearted and spicy chief, indeed just like Qin Lin said, he can take away all the valuable goods that he can't take away, and he doesn't have to share them with others at all.
Hearing this, the Wufeng maritime merchants could only secretly say bad luck, while Huo Chonglou and Lu Fatzi had bright eyes, ready to take advantage of the fire to rob and make a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Qin Lin changed his words, and looked at Quan Zhengyin with a smile: "If you want to bring more valuable goods, it's not simple?" It's better to ask for others than for yourself. ”
"What do you mean, sir?" Quan Zhengyin followed Qin Lin's gaze and looked at the sailors who helped the old and the young, and brought their own pots and pans.
"At the critical moment, resources should be allocated reasonably," Qin Lin nodded with a smile.
Other maritime merchants were still confused, and the nimble Quan Zhengyin had already rushed over to find his men: "Hurry up, throw away your rags, bring valuable goods for me, and we will divide them after we dock!" ”
Every family is feeling sorry for the spinners and stone grinding discs that they threw away, but they didn't expect that pies suddenly fell from the sky, and there were such good things.
Throw away some pots and pans, help the rich merchant shipowner bring valuable goods, and you can get five or five points when you get ashore, this is simply a profitable deal, whoever refuses, who has a pig's brain!
At that time, many sailors and their families abandoned their belongings and turned to bring gold and silver for the rich merchants, anyway, they were originally the owners and employers, and they were afraid that they would not have a friendship of one or two decades, and they could trust each other.
The other wealthy merchants followed the same example, and consulted with their sailors and men in this way, and talked about it in three or seven or four or six, but fortunately they all knew that the matter was urgent, and an agreement was reached in a while.
Huo Chonglou and Lu Yuanzhi watched the duck fly away again, the pity in their hearts, the fat man pushed Huo Chonglou: "Hey, old Huo, can you swim?" ”
"What?" Huo Chonglou blinked his eyes.
"There's a lot of stuff in the water, let's go and fish it up......"
Not to mention, Huo Chonglou is really a little excited.
"Where are you, just that?" Qin Lin pursed his lips disdainfully.
The fat man was the roundworm in Qin Lin's belly, seeing him like this, his small eyes lit up: "Could it be you, Brother Qin?" ”
Jin Yingji shook lightly and walked over with a smile.
Lu Fatzi suddenly realized: Qin Lin gave Quan Zhengyin the method he came up with, how could he not have a plan? This is clearly the double reed that he sang with Jin Sakurahime! I'm afraid that Jin Yingji's valuable goods have already been quietly loaded onto this big ship...... "Brother Qin is so leisurely", Jin Yingji deliberately pursed her little mouth, and whispered as if resentful: "Seeing that the slave family is busy like that, the little wrongdoer will not come to help." ”
Qin Lin smiled dryly: "I'm afraid that the owner of the ship will be worshiped by the tens of thousands of sailors and their families of Wufeng Maritime Merchants from now on!" ”
Indeed, the sailors thought that they had suffered heavy losses, but they didn't expect that the transfer of the family could also get an unexpected fortune, and it was really a joy from the sky, and it was not because of the fair distribution of the load by Jin Yingji?
The wealthy maritime merchants also understood that the basis of their wealth was not the small amount of gold and silver, but the ships and experienced sailors, and the loss of a little floating wealth during the great migration, in exchange for the allegiance of the sailors, would come from the time of resurgence.
"You're cunning, I really don't know how the brain was born!" Jin Yingji's fingers were also like spring onions, and the corners of Qin Lin's forehead were lightly touched, and her eyes were extremely soft.
Tens of thousands of people and hundreds of ships from Wufeng Maritime Merchants were basically boarded until noon, and several scouts sent out at this time flew back and reported: "The forward of the Shimazu family is only fifteen miles away from Hirado!" ”
(To be continued)