Chapter 40 Exemption from Inspection and Navigation

Xi Yuan now knows that someone wants to buy him, of course he is excited, he only needs to find a small reason now, he can submit it to the imperial court to obtain approval, let him buy these two decommissioned small steamers, although the full amount cannot be returned to himself after buying, but he will also keep this as a salary, most of them will become empty salaries, and it is not up to him to sell how much to report, so he said the price according to the 20,000 taels and 10,000 taels that Ming An dug up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jiang Bo said: Two small steamers that are out of service, plus two idle barges, as well as some scattered accessories and coal storage cost 30,000 taels of silver. I don't know if it's expensive or not, and it's not easy to bargain with the official, and if I don't do it, I'll offend the official, but it should be okay to make some requests.

After thinking about it, I said to Jiang Bo: You can do it at this price, that is, it is the ship sold by General Jilin, give me the long-term inspection-free passage document in his jurisdiction, I want five copies of the paperwork, and find someone to make five small blue pennants, embroidered with five white five-pointed stars, I will draw the pattern now, and immediately arrange someone to do it, and then let the official confirm it, and all the flag-planting ships will be exempted from inspection and navigation in the future. Just these few small flags should be worth a lot of silver!

Jiang Bo thought for a while and nodded and said: There is a ready-to-wear shop not far from the side, I will let the guy go now after the painting is completed, and I will return when it is done; The purchase of the ship does not talk about the price, but to ask for five copies of the paperwork, and confirm that the flag is exempt from inspection, this matter should be possible, but it is best to make some silver first, to the Hu Che'er, let him and his sister and his brother-in-law talk together, move his heart, understand his reason, and use it to the right of falsehood, this is a good policy.

Mengqi agreed, and asked Menggong to give another 10% of the 3,000 taels of silver tickets for the purchase of the ship, and let Jiang Bo arrange to use it, and asked Jiang Bo to handle it as soon as possible, it is best to go now, I am afraid that there will be changes after a long time, and he will wait in the trading house. Jiang Bo and Meng Gong went to the front to handle the bank settlement first, and after finishing it, Meng Gong called the guards in, asked them to sit and wait in the trading house, and then took Yahuan and the little guy into the room, and talked and chatted with Meng Qi together; After Jiang Bo explained everything to the guys in the store, he immediately went out to do errands.

Mengqi waited for nearly an hour, Jiang Bo came back and said that the official family had agreed, and the payment could be handed over to the ship and documents, Mengqi asked Menggong to take five guards and wait for Jiang Bo to do it, and then entrusted Jiang Bo to find the boatman, Jiang Bo said that as long as he asked the guy to call Zhou Butou and let him find Xiaoyin; Zhou Butou is to help the merchants here contact private ships to ship goods, and he is also a small foreman of the wharf to carry goods, and he is very familiar with the local ships and boatmen who come and go here, and the official shipwrights will also go to him to discuss if they are smuggling, so that he can do the best thing.

After waiting for a while, the guy brought back a somewhat swarthy man, Jiang Bo called him into the room, introduced Mengqi and said to him: Give you ten taels of commission, and it will be completed when it is done, all you and your subordinates, please find the fire steamer, we want to hire a boatman, it is best to arrange it immediately, you can tell them that this is a long-term employment, and the reward for work, food and silver is higher than that of the official family, and discuss with Young Master Meng in detail, I don't know if this matter can be done?

Zhou Butou listened and thought for a while, the two brothers of the ship's boss, Lin Xun and Lin Li, were both helping idle workers in the shipyard, one of the first mate was also there, and another first mate had passed away, so there was one less chief mate, how to handle this matter? Dream thought for a while and said: Please Zhou Butou first find the Lin family brothers, the boss of the boat, you are arranging for your subordinates to find other people, I will let my little guy go with you, and take it to the shop after finding it, and then I will go back and talk to them to see if they have a solution, talking here will affect Jiang Bo's business, let's go back and wait.

Jiang Bo nodded and said yes, the guy will come back with a flag in a while, I will take Meng Gong to do the things of receiving and collecting the documents first, and then let them go back to you to lead the Lin family brothers to survey the ship, Zhou Butou, you are thinking about who else you can find, and arrange for someone to find and bring it to Young Master Meng to discuss the hiring of all things.

Zhou Butou thought for a while and said: There is one person in the second officer to help in the Liu family mill, there is one person in the Gaojia Iron Shop, and the big pipe wheel and ear wheel seem to be in the pot room, and the coal worker and shipwright are not clear, this can be replaced, and there is one less second officer to look for again, and the other engineer does not know where it is.

Jiang Bo and Mengqi both nodded in agreement, Zhou Butou took the little guy to look for someone, Mengqi took Yahuan and the guard who stayed, and went back to the shop to wait, and informed Uncle Tou, who arranged a vacant room for him in the courtyard for him to negotiate with someone to use.

Dream back to the house while waiting to read a book, with a small steamer, travel to and from everywhere will be convenient and fast, the Weisha River side of the construction of a good fixed wooden wharf, but also to hire people to build the construction, should recruit more craftsmen, build some houses in the Weisha River, arrange more manpower there, but now there are not many people.

Think again, what to do? By the way, now that I have bought a good gun, I can first hire someone to build a house wall in Weishahe, and then move all the people of Xinshengtun to Weishahe, hand over Xinshengtun to Uncle Mo to defend, and let him send his cousin Menggen to take people there, and there will be no problem after having a good gun, I will give up Xinshengtun and don't want it, so that the various forces of Weishahe will be enough for the time being.

Mengqi continued to think: Why don't you just build a big Zhuangzi on the side of the Weisha River, that place is very good, and you can also build a big water village, then it will be even more powerful, it is convenient to travel and transport goods, and it is fast and labor-saving and money-saving, so do it, but this matter will be discussed with Uncle Mo first, and then you must communicate with Uncle Mo well, and give Uncle Mo some good guns and new guns, you can get it.

After thinking about it, he went to discuss it with Uncle Tou, and Uncle Tou heard that this was a good thing, and it was much more convenient and faster to travel to Jilin Province to transport goods and travel in the future, and the safety was also high, so he directly gave the two wooden boats and even people and boats to Mengqi. Anyway, if you have a dream to open a village there, he will have no value and no role in leaving those two small wooden boats, and it can also reduce the cost, so Uncle Tou agreed first.

At this time, the young man and Zhou Butou came back with four men, and Mengqi hurriedly went to the vacant room to negotiate with them; These four people have the Lin family brother, the boss of the ship, and one of his cousins, Lin Zhuang, and the other is another second chief engineer found by the boss Lin Xun; Mengqi immediately discussed with them in detail, Zhou Butou went to find someone to find someone, and Menggong went to find Xiaoyahuan to deliver tea.

After Yahuan had tea, she dreamed about the wage standard at first, and the Lin family brothers, the two boat bosses, Lin Xun and Lin Li, ......