Back on the ship, Xiao Xiangui first found the chief manager Xue Yiming and told him about the arrangement of his retirement and Li Tu taking over as the owner. www.biquge.info When Xue Yiming heard this, he touched his beard, but he didn't look surprised.

Seeing that Xue Yiming had no opinion, Xiao Xiangui patted Li Tu's shoulder and said, "From today onwards, you will be the owner!" ”

Li Tu nodded, arched his hand at Xue Yiming and said, "Manager Xue, now that I am the owner of the ship, you will be the captain of the Crescent Moon in the future, and the annual remuneration will be six hundred taels." Manager Xue told me last time that he didn't like to be a ship, and he was afraid that things would be complicated, but this crescent did need a leader. You have to take care of the things on this ship! ”

Li Tu had just been promoted to the lord of the ship, and his position was unstable, and it was the time to sprinkle a lot of money. He didn't soften his hand, and when he came up, he doubled Xue Yiming's salary. Xue Yiming was originally the chief manager for three hundred taels of silver a year. Li Tu promoted him to the rank of shipmaster and earned six hundred taels of silver, twice as much as before.

Anyway, the money for hiring people is included in the operating costs. Calculated down, eighty percent is borne by Xue Yiming, and Li Tu only needs to bear two percent. Why not buy people's hearts with the kindness of others?

Xue Yiming has followed Xiao Xiangui for many years, but he is a person with no ambitions. Li Tu relied on merit and real skills to climb above him, and he had no complaints. Seeing Li Tu promote him, he happily accepted it.

Xue Yiming smiled and said, "Six hundred taels, tsk, it's really a lot, my pair of children should be blessed." The old man will replace the Xue family, thank you for Brother Li's promotion! After a pause, Xue Yiming said: "Little brother, don't worry, these six hundred taels of old men will not be taken for nothing." Brother Li is at sea, but if there is anything you don't understand in business, the old man will assist you. ”

Although he has been on the ship for a year, Li Tu still has a lot of things he doesn't understand about the sea trade, and he really needs Xue Yiming's assistance. Seeing that Xue Yiming accepted his arrangement, Li Tu said happily: "Then there is Lao Xue Chuanzheng!" ”

Xue Yiming has followed Xiao Xiangui for many years and has been relied on by Xiao Xiangui as his arm. Seeing that Xue Yiming calmly accepted Li Tu's arrangement and became Li Tu's subordinate, although Xiao Xiangui was happy, he said with some taste: "Isn't Xue Chuanzheng afraid of the risk of running to the sea?" ”

Xue Yiming arched his hand and said: "With Brother Li here, the old man is not afraid!" ”

Xiao Xiangui rolled his eyes and didn't speak.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Xiao Xiangui summoned two boatloads of people to gather on the Zaixing. Standing on the tail tower with Li Tu and Xue Yiming, Xiao Xiangui said loudly to the two boats: "From today on, I will retire and no longer be the owner of the ship!" ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

After a pause, Xiao Xiangui said again: "Chief Manager Xue Yiming has been promoted to the head of the Crescent Ship!" ”

Clearing his throat, Xiao Xiangui finally said loudly: "From today on, the original ship of the Crescent Moon will take over from me and become the new owner of the two ships!" ”

The old and new crew members were a little surprised when they heard this.

As soon as the new crew members were recruited onto the ship, they were naturally surprised to see that their ship was being promoted to the owner.

For the veteran crew, this news is both unexpected and reasonable. It is reasonable because the owner Xiao Xiangui, a rich man, has earned so much silver and has a large family, where is he willing to go to sea and adventure? Sooner or later, you have to retire. Chuanzheng Li Tu is outstanding, he has turned the tide several times, and his status on the two ships is second only to Xiao Xiangui, and he will definitely succeed Xiao Xiangui. Unexpectedly, this happened so quickly, Li Tu became the owner of two ships after only a year on the ship.

The crowd looked at each other a few times, and they all accepted the arrangement, and did not discuss anything.

Only Hong Ba had made trouble, afraid that Li Tu would retaliate against them if he became the owner, and there was an uneasy look on his face. But when they saw that everyone had no objections, they did not dare to say anything.

Xiao Xiangui asked Li Tu to say a few words, and Li Tu walked up and said, "From today on, I will be everyone's owner!" ”

After a pause, Li Tu said loudly: "I announce that from today onwards, the salary of the old man who originally carried the Xing will be increased by fifty percent!" The salary of the newcomers recruited this year has also been increased by five taels to 25 taels per person! ”

Hearing this, the crew below immediately cheered.

Li Tu, this is a big deal! Those crew members worked hard at sea for a year for the year's salary. Like Liu Huadian, the helmsman, has an annual remuneration of one hundred taels, and Li Tu raises it to one hundred and fifty taels at once, how can you not make him excited. Another example is Zhang Chunxin, the deputy finance deputy in charge of the accounts, who suddenly changed from 120 taels to 180 taels, a whole 60 taels more. Sixty taels is not a small number, enough for a family of four for a few years.

The new and old crew members were all in a state of jubilation. Li Tu spilled more than 1,000 taels of silver, so that everyone celebrated, and recognized Li Tu, the new owner, from the bottom of his heart.

Hong Ba and a few people who had once contradicted Li Tu, looked at each other a few times at this time, and they only had regrets. Silver is the head, where do these people still have the heart to fight against Li Tu? They all want to keep this job, but they are only afraid that Li Tu will still hate themselves and let themselves lose such a lucrative position.

Xiao Xiangui saw Li Tu's big deal in buying people's hearts, and he also secretly spoke to himself. At this moment, who still remembers the love of this old owner? Fortunately, this Li Tu has always been honest and trustworthy, and he has just negotiated an agreement with himself for 28 shares, so he should not be slippery. Otherwise, with Li Tu's wrist and collusion with the financial deputy, I am afraid that I will not get much silver. What is nineteen points, two or eight points, and it's not Li Tu who has the final say?

Xiao Xiangui stood on the tail tower and found that everyone was looking at Li Tu gratefully, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that everyone was excited about the increased salary, Li Tu waved his hand and said loudly: "Tomorrow the fleet will set sail for Japan." If they arrive in Japan safely, each crew member will be given another ten taels of silver! ”

Hearing this, the crew burst into jubilation again, literally from one climax to another, without pause. Everyone high-fived and celebrated, and they all said that it was okay now, and a generous owner came. Everyone only hated that they hadn't embraced Li Tu as the owner earlier, and made a few more taels of silver. They shouted loudly and applauded Li Tu's boldness.

"The new owner is so generous!"

"Thank you, owner!"

"With the owner here, we are not afraid of anything"

Hearing everyone cheering and calling himself the owner, Li Tu couldn't help but feel a faint sense of accomplishment in his heart. I traveled to this era and made achievements with insights beyond the people of the Ming Dynasty, so I have today's status. You must know that Li Tu before crossing has never enjoyed such a feeling of being embraced.

Looking at these crew members who supported him, especially those who had recruited new sailors, Li Tu suddenly had a sense of responsibility: a sense of responsibility to let his followers survive on this dangerous sea and make money to live a good life.