Chapter Ninety-One: Reaching Cooperation (I)
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The once powerful "Fuchun" was on the verge of falling apart in a short period of time, which made Ren Siqi vigilant. He must not allow his "Flying Fish" to have such a situation as the "Fuchun" one day.
The partnership-like system adopted by the "Fuchun" made its cohesion very poor, and the crew stayed if they cooperated, and left one after another if they did not, and as long as they encountered the slightest setback, they would collapse.
Of course, Fu Bin has the money to recruit a large number of sailors, and there are poor fishermen along the coast who are willing to take risks, but it is not easy to recruit experienced sailors who have been to the sea several times.
Ren Siqi began to think about the system to be adopted in the future, not only to ensure the cohesion of the crew, but also to enable them to obtain sufficient benefits. In the next few days, Ren Siqi did not take Xiong Er to wander around the city again, but locked himself in the house and thought about the future.
Liu Defu has finally finished the business at hand, and it is time to return to Renjiawan. Mao Liu did not come as promised, and Ren Siqi was unwilling to wait any longer.
Unwilling to take the slow canal waterway, at the Qiantang River wharf, Ren Siqi found a two-masted sailing ship, and spent a high price of two hundred taels of silver, so that the boat boss agreed to send Ren Siqi and others to Renjiawan in Yinxian County.
The two-masted schooner spread its sails and entered the sea along the Qiantang River, then headed south along the coast.
Two huge sylopter sails are raised, carrying the sea breeze, and the sailboat rides the waves in the sea, with the rugged and lush coast on the right side and the endless blue sea on the left.
Every time he stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the rolling waves, Ren Siqi's mood was very open, and this feeling was much better than that on a calm river boat.
Liu Defu was accustomed to sitting on a calm inland river boat, and he couldn't stand the turbulence of the sea ship at all, so he vomited in the dark, and was lying in the narrow cabin at this time.
In two days, the sailboat arrived at Renjiawan from Hangzhou. The owner of the sailboat was amazed by the complicated sea conditions, and it was Ren Siqi's guidance that he was able to find the right path through the chaotic island chain into Renjia Bay.
The vicinity of the pier was empty, and the sails of the Exocet were gone.
Fishermen on the coast spotted the approaching boats, and several fishing boats rushed out of the bay and headed for the sailboats. When they saw the figure of Ren Siqi at the bow of the boat, the fishermen cheered.
After sending a fishing boat to lead the sailboat out of the complicated sea area, Ren Siqi asked about the whereabouts of the "Flying Fish", and learned from the fishermen that the "Flying Fish" had gone to sea for training.
"Senior Liu, take a break for the time being, the ship will be back soon." Ren Siqi said to Liu Defu.
Liu Defu nodded, he had been on a sea boat for three days, and he was already exhausted.
In the days when Ren Siqi left, the patriarch Ren Jizu had already sent someone to clean up the old house of Ren Siqi's family, and all kinds of daily utensils were also arranged, so Ren Siqi placed Liu Defu in his own house to rest.
Hearing that Ren Siqi had returned, the patriarch Ren Jizu sent someone to call Ren Siqi to his home and inquire about the outcome of the matter.
Before Ren Siqi went to Hangzhou, he sent Ren Xingfan and Ren Dongming back to Renjiawan, so the patriarch already knew about Ren Siqi's clearing, and now what he wanted to know most was whether Ren Siqi's fame could be restored, after all, Ren Siqi was the only person in Renjiawan who had a reputation for showing talent for hundreds of years.
Ren Siqi smiled and told the old patriarch the good news, and the old man almost jumped up with joy.
"It would be great if you could be admitted to the Lifting Rank again, then all the fields in Renjiawan will be under your name, and the big guys will no longer have to pay taxes." The old man smacked his lips, still not satisfied.
Ren Siqi grinned when he heard it, not to mention whether it was good to take the exam, how much he had to do now, and how could he have time to spend on studying. If it weren't for the convenience of getting the status of a scholar, he wouldn't bother Baal to restore his status as a Xiucai.
The patriarch Ren Jizu stopped Ren Siqi and nagged about the scenery of lifting people in the examination, and encouraged Ren Siqi to study hard and stop doing things that were out of tune.
Ren Siqi dealt with the old man with "uh-huh", and found an opportunity to break free.
At dusk, the "Flying Fish" returned from overseas, and Ren Siqi asked Xiong Er to pull Liu Defu to the dock.
Liu Defu, who had not rested yet, came to the dock very unhappily, and when he saw the huge hull and high sail shadow of the "Flying Fish", he suddenly grew his mouth.
He heard Ren Siqi say that there was a big ship, and he thought it was as big as the sea ship he took when he came back from Hangzhou, but he didn't expect it to be such a huge ship.
The huge three-masted galleon rested in the bay like a castle on the sea, the tall side of the ship was like a city wall, and the white sails that had not yet been lowered were like clouds in the sky!
Liu Defu has not seen a boat, but he has mostly taken river boats, and he has also seen the ships of the imperial navy, but what he has seen is not as big as the "Flying Fish".
The closer you get to the Flying Fish, the more you can feel the sheer you are.
Climbing up the rope ladder to the deck, the crew was busy, four large iron anchors were twisted by pulleys and lowered into the sea, and the sails hanging from the three masts were being put away, the crew was busy and nervous and orderly.
Seeing Ren Siqi on the boat, the crew smiled at Ren Siqi, but no one left their posts to greet Ren Siqi, and even Anthony, a Javanese Han who loved to pat on the back, only smiled at Ren Siqi from afar.
"Lord, you're back!" Fire Commander Sima Nan walked up to Ren Siqi with a smile on his face.
"Why are they so obedient?" Ren Siqi asked, pointing to the busy crew.
"It's not the Dutchman Ollie, he is very rigid, he stipulates that you have to concentrate when you work, you can't talk nonsense, you can't leave your post." Sima Nan's words were very sour, and I didn't know whether to praise Olier or sue in front of Ren Siqi.
Since it was only training, there was no need to go to sea, and when he left, Siqi assigned Olier to be responsible for the training, after all, Olier was the first mate of the Dutch ship before and was most familiar with the affairs of this ship.
Ren Siqi heard the jealousy of Olier from Sima Nan's words, and it seemed that Olier was doing a good job, which made Sima Nan feel the pressure.
took Liu Defu to look on the deck for a while, and then went down to the second deck, six guns were displayed in front of Liu Defu's eyes, and the Dutchman Monroe with Ren Likun and other gunners were busy in front of the cannons. The six bronze cannons were polished brightly, and several gunners were wiping the chambers with wooden poles wrapped in wet cloths, and Monroe was pointing in half-baked Chinese.
"So many cannons?" Liu Defu screamed in surprise. He had seen the fortune ships of the Ming Navy, and the small ones could not be equipped with cannons at all, because the vibration after firing the guns would cause the ships to fall apart. At most, the Daifuku ship is equipped with one Furlong cannon, which is not as large and heavy as any of the guns here! In other words, the firepower of this one ship is equivalent to five or six ships of the Daming Naval Division.
"How about Senior Liu, do you have confidence now?" Ren Siqi asked with a smile.
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