As soon as Li Tu said this, Zhou Pingde had no reason to pretend to be reserved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system withered, and a thousand households were not as good as a general of the battalion, and they were not officials at all. Being able to get 1,000 taels of silver is already his biggest income, where does he still have the confidence to bargain with Li Tu.

Laughing a few times to break the embarrassment of suddenly turning his face, Zhou Pingde smiled:

Little Brother Li laughed! Since it's a rule that has been passed down from generation to generation, how can I break it? Brother Li is bold, I will accept your silver ticket. You can rest assured, within two days, all the patrol boats of the Thousand Households in Zhangpu County will be removed! It's the command of Zhenhai Weidu, and I'll go to the point! ”

Seeing the chameleon-like face-changing ability of this thousand-household official, Li Tu sneered, but he was a little disdainful of this thousand-household.

If it weren't for Li Tu who unloaded the goods on a fishing boat and broke the situation of these thousand households, this thousand households didn't know how much silver they wanted to extort from Zaixing. With some chills in his heart, Li Tu did not answer.

Seeing that the scene was a little cold, Cui Guangzhi said loudly: "I see! In this way, you have the best of both worlds! Come, I'll toast a glass of flat. Li Tu, you drank it too! ”

This Qianhu is a villain, but Cui Guangzhi is a master. Seeing Cui Guangzhi's gracious matchmaking, Li Tu was grateful, and quickly raised his cup and drank it all with the two.

After drinking, Li Tu took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his arms and handed it to Cui Guangzhi.

"Uncle Cui is on top, this is a little bit of the nephew Li Tu's heart. Thanks to Uncle Cui for his matchmaking. ”

At this time, Zhou Pingde had already taken off his style and showed his true colors. Seeing that Li Tu gave Cui Guangzhi a hundred taels of silver, Zhou Pingde applauded loudly and said, "Okay! Brother Li is really an interesting person. Not only do I have the silver, but Brother Cui also has the silver to take this matter! Good! Very good! ”

Cui Guangzhi was a cheerful one, laughed a few times, and he took Li Tu's silver ticket and put it in his arms. After getting the silver, Cui Guangzhi looked at Li Tu's gaze, and he had a little more recognition.

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Zhou Pingde took the silver, and after two days, the patrol boats outside the various harbors really drove away.

Li Tu returned to the Zaixing that was parked in the open sea and told Xiao Xiangui what had happened, and Xiao Xiangui was overjoyed and let the Zaixing sail into Meiwan with the captured Fu ship. Everyone came to the shore, and they no longer had to suffer in the boat, and their faces were full of joy.

Waiting for the Zaixing to put down the iron anchor and park the position, Xiao Xiangui found Li Tu and said loudly: "The general shop only used 1,100 taels to bribe thousands of households this time, so that our two ships can enter the bay, and we have a great credit." ”

Li Tu said lightly: "The owner has won the award. ”

Xiao Xiangui was in a good mood, laughed when he heard Li Tu's words, and said: "If we can enter the port, we can let go and sell goods elsewhere." Thinking that Feng Songdao, the owner of the nest, also had to change his words, and he wanted to spit out the twenty percent of the money that blackmailed me. ”

Hey, Xiao Xiangui said dissatisfiedly: "This Feng Songdao is so ruthless, as soon as he came up, he wanted to blackmail me for three thousand taels of silver." ”

Looking at Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui said loudly: "The general shop has made friends with thousands of households, and it has been a great achievement." The nine hundred taels of silver you returned, I will award you thirty percent, and I will award you three hundred taels! ”

Li Tu got the silver, and then there was a happy look on his face, and he arched his hand and said, "Thank you, the owner." ”

Xiao Xiangui looked at Li Tu and said, "The captured lucky ship can be used if it is repaired a little." Recruit some boatmen, and this year we will have two boats on the Japanese route. ”

Looking at Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui said, "You can choose a name for this new ship." ”

When Li Tu heard this, he thought about it and said casually: "Then call it the New Moon Number!" ”

Xiao Xiangui thought for a while and said, "It's a good name!" After a pause, Xiao Xiangui said, "Then I will appoint you as the ship's leader of the Crescent!" A year's honorarium of four hundred taels of silver! In the future, you will be fully responsible for the advance and retreat of the crescent number! ”

The ship is the captain of the ship. Although the shipowner is not the owner of the ship, and the power is less than that of the shipowner, the shipmaster also has the command and most of the personnel rights of a ship.

Li Tu was stunned for a while, and only then did his face appear happy, and said with a smile: "According to qualifications, shouldn't you let the chief manager Xue Yiming be the ship?" ”

Xiao Xiangui waved his hand, and Lang Lang said, "Xue Yiming's martial arts are not good. You have made so many contributions, and your ability is outstanding, I can rest assured that you are here to do it! ”

Li Tu was no longer humble, and agreed with a smile.

After talking to Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui announced the news to the whole crew of the Zaixing. After the battle with Chen Shengning, everyone saw that Li Tu had made a lot of contributions by receiving goods with fishing boats, and they all admired Li Tu, and no one had any objections. Even Xue Yiming, the head manager, has no opinion.

Hearing Xiao Xiangui's announcement, Xue Yiming bowed his hand to Li Tu and said to Li Tu: "Old man, congratulations to Little Brother Li!" ”

Li Tu replied respectfully, and said sincerely: "In the next six months, I can make some contributions, all thanks to the support of Chief Manager Xue." If Manager Xue is willing to be this ship, he should let Xian be. ”

Xue Yiming laughed when he heard this, and said, "Little brother is serious. The ship was about to deal with all aspects of affairs, but he really didn't have to be a manager, and the old man didn't have much interest. Since the owner asked Brother Li to do it, Brother Li let it go. If you need the help of the old man, the little brother will speak. ”

Li Tu arched his hand and said, "Chief Xue is in charge of Gao Yi! ”

Xue Yiming smiled and said, "Little Brother Li has made a ship, and the first thing he does is to recruit shipwrights." I assigned from the Zaixing a few sail-handling masters, a lookout Aban, a ballast stone and cargo master, a needle-bearer fire chief, and a rudder's helmsman to the new ship to do the work. Brother Li has recruited newcomers, so let these old people train newcomers. ”

Li Tu arched his hand again and said, "Thank you, Manager Xue!" ”

Xue Yiming laughed a few times, waved his hand, and went to allocate personnel.

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In addition to the personnel allocated by Xue Yiming, Li Tu and Xue Yiming asked Xu San and Wang Mazi to be the main and second shops of the crescent number. Nowadays, Li Tu introduced firearms on the ship, and the combat was mainly based on firing iron cannons and throwing bombs, which did not require the crew to have outstanding martial arts, but mainly discipline and execution. Xu San and Wang Mazi's high degree of obedience to Li Tu was the key to ensuring the smooth implementation of the combat procedures.

The two of them were promoted to the general shop and the second shop at once, although the salary was only sixty taels and forty taels, they were still excited for a while, and they were a little more grateful to Li Tu.

With Xu San and Wang Mazi with him, Li Tu returned to Qianting Town and began to recruit new sailors for the Crescent. Now that the county order and the Qianhu Office have been arranged, Li Tu has opened up and recruited sailors in Qianting Town openly.

After returning home, Li Tu asked Li Tong to spread the news that he was going to recruit shipwrights: recruit forty shipwrights, each with a reward of twenty taels.

When Li Tong heard that Li Tu had been promoted to the head of the ship, his eyes lit up, and he shouted that he was going to sea too. It took a while for Li Tu to learn a lesson before he pressed him down and honestly spread the news of recruiting shipwrights.

Hearing Li Tu say that he was promoted again, Li Tu's mother Zheng was also full of joy. Grabbed Li Tu and said, "Tu'er, now that you are on the right boat, this is a happy event." Our Li family has not had any happy events for many years. Why don't you take advantage of this joy and put a few flowing water seats on the scene, so that the neighbors can also come to live? ”