Li Tu continued to interview candidates, and a tall, thin young man stood in front of Li Tu. www.biquge.info Seeing that Li Tu didn't recognize him, the young man said flatteringly, "Brother Li, do you remember me?" I'm Liang Lao Er in the west of the town! I used to play with you a lot when I was a kid! ”

When Li Tu heard this, he thought about it repeatedly in his memory, and finally remembered this Liang Lao Er and nodded.

Liang Lao Er said loudly: "Brother Li, we are childhood playmates, my family is now living in the fields of Huang Xianggong's family, and we are really poor!" Today I will go to sea with you, you must use me! ”

Li Tu pondered for a moment, and was about to nod, but heard a crisp voice sounding at the gate of the courtyard: "You can't use him, he always bullied me when he was a child!" ”

Li Tu looked up, but saw a bright girl standing at the gate of the courtyard, it was Cui He.

Seeing Cui He coming in, there was a stir in the queue waiting for the interview. Cui He is the most beautiful girl in town, and the young people who admire her beauty are like carp crossing the river. At this time, seeing Cui He walking into the courtyard, a group of young people who applied for the boatman secretly looked at her, as if she was beautiful.

Cui He walked up to Li Tu, pointed at Liang Lao Er and said, "Brother Li, don't use him, he always threw me with mud when he saw me beautiful when he was a child." ”

Liang Laoer's face changed when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "Childhood things, ignorant nonsense, Cui He, do you remember?" ”

Cui Hexiu frowned, and said arrogantly: "Three-year-olds look older than seven-year-olds, bullying people when they were young, and they won't become good people when they grow up!" ”

After speaking, Cui He looked at Li Tu, looking like you are going to be the master for me, and said coquettishly: "I am bullied by such good people, and I will definitely bully other good people when I get on the boat, and if I can't say it, I will ruin Brother Li's big thing!" ”

Li Tu glanced at Cui He, nodded, and said loudly to Liang Er: "Okay! You go back first! We'll let you know the results! ”

Hearing Li Tu's words, the second Liang seemed to have been slapped by someone, and said loudly: "Brother Li! I was your playmate when I was a kid! How can you not use me because of this Cui He's words? ”

Li Tu looked at Cui He, and said indifferently to Liang Lao Er: "We will comprehensively consider your various conditions, and finally if we decide to use you, we will find someone to notify you!" If you are not notified after three days, you are not needed! ”

Cui He knew that Li Tu would not recruit Liang Lao Er to get on the boat if he spoke like this, so he stood beside Li Tu proudly and said with a light smile: "I knew you would be the master for me!" ”

Turning his head, Cui He glared at Liang Lao Er again, with a proud face.

The second Liang glanced at Li Tu helplessly, and walked out dejectedly.

Ignoring that Li Tu was recruiting sailors, Cui He pulled Li Tu and said, "I heard that you came to find my father, and gave my father a sword, and later gave my father a hundred taels of silver!" ”

Li Tu nodded and said, "Your father introduced me to the thousands of households in Liuao, and I thanked him for the silver!" ”

Cui Heqian said with a smile: "My father came back that day and said a lot of good things about you!" The people who say you are young and smart, and say that the people in the town who say you are stupid are blind! Cui He blinked and said, "Daddy also made me a new set of clothes." ”

Li Tu said lightly: "Uncle Cui has won the award!" ”

Cui He became proud, and Lang Lang said: "My father has not rewarded you, you are indeed very powerful now!" It's only been a few days, and you've been promoted from the general shop to the ship! Recruitment of boatmen has begun! Cui He seemed to be overjoyed by Li Tu's promotion, clapped his hands and asked, "How many people do you have to manage on a ship?" ”

Li Tu replied indifferently: "Forty people! ”

When Cui He heard this, he laughed with wide eyes and said loudly: "It's amazing! It's amazing! How much do you get a year's honorarium? ”

Seeing that Li Tu stopped recruiting and sat there talking and laughing with Cui He, the young people who came to recruit the shipwrights were all mixed. You must know that Cui He is the most beautiful girl in the town, and she is the object of affection in the hearts of these young people. Among these young people, there are even some who are determined to go to sea and work hard in order to get ahead and get Cui He's favor.

However, at this time, the beautiful Cui He didn't look at them, and only pulled Li Tu to talk non-stop, which made their hearts cold a lot. A few young people sighed in the queue waiting for the interview, and secretly said Who let Li Tu be so good and be a boat at a young age?

Hearing Li Tu say that there was a salary of four hundred taels a year, Cui He took a breath and said, "Isn't that richer than my father?" After thinking about it, Cui He said again: "The sea is dangerous, Brother Li, you will earn money for another two years, so don't do it!" ”

Li Tu smiled, noncommittal.

Cui He thought for a while, and then asked, "Brother Li, you said that you want to build a new house, do you have a clue?" ”

Li Tu touched his head and said with a smile: "I've been busy with things on the ship these days, and I haven't started to worry about seeing the house." After a few days, I will go to buy land and recruit workers to make a house! ”

When Cui He heard this, he became unhappy, and his mouth was deflated and deflated into a strange shape. Looking at the young people who were anxiously waiting for the interview, Cui He said unhappily: "Then I won't bother you!" Recruit well! ”

After saying this, Cui He walked to the door. Halfway through, Cui He turned around with a smile and said, "I'll come back to you in a few days!" ”

After saying this, Cui He ran away with his legs!

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Li Tu recruited forty shipwrights in Qianting Town, and Xiao Xiangui divided these forty people into two ships. The newcomers plus the old men, there were thirty-eight shipwrights on the Zaixing and thirty-seven on the Crescent. The new crew members didn't know how to operate the ship, so Xiao Xiangui asked the old crew members to teach the new crew every day and train the boat operation skills.

By the end of April, the new crew had learned the most basic techniques. Xiao Xiangui took Li Tu and three eyes to buy goods for the new moon. Seeing the robbery of the nest owner Feng Songdao, Xiao Xiangui decided not to put all his eggs in one basket, he was going to Yuegang to buy goods for the Crescent Moon this time.

On the way, he had to pass by Xiao Xiangui's house, and Xiao Xiangui took everyone home first.

The six of them rented two carriages in Qianting Town, walked north for a day, and walked to a village called Xinan in the south of Haicheng County. As he walked, Xiao Xiangui suddenly smiled and pointed forward, and said to Li Tu: "That's my home!" ”

Li Tu looked up and saw a large mansion standing on a hill to the west of the village. Li Tu looked at the bottom of the hill and saw that the house occupied the entire hill, and there were at least five courtyards inside and outside.

When the three of them walked in, Li Tu looked carefully: the big house had white walls and black tiles, and the courtyard wall was three meters high, so he couldn't see the inside of the courtyard at all. At the gate of the house stands four or five meters high, the gate tower of three door holes, the gate tower is carved and painted on the top of the gatehouse, and there is a plaque of "Zhong Lingyu Xiu". In front of the gatehouse, there are two one-man tall stone lions, with fangs and claws vivid, and I don't know which famous stonemason's work it is.

Li Tu only said that this big mansion was magnificent, thinking that this Xiao Xiangui was a maritime businessman, and he didn't know how much silver he had earned.

Xiao Xiangui knocked a few times on the door buckle, and a slave guarding the door opened the side door. As soon as he saw Xiao Xiangui, the slave's face suddenly changed to a flattering smile, and he said loudly: "The master is back!" The servant shouted again into the courtyard, and then he heard the cry of "The master is back" from the courtyard. It didn't take long for only a creak to be heard, and the main entrance of the gatehouse was opened.

Xiao Xiangui looked at the open door, let out a long sigh of relief, and muttered, "I'm coming back alive!" ”