Chapter 128: Trivia Before Sailing

Now that the "cooperation" with Li Qiankuan has been finalized, the matter of the goods has been solved, and the next thing is to go to Hangzhou to ship the goods, and then wait for the monsoon to set sail and go to Japan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the Renjiawan affair was settled, Ren Siqi took the "Fuchun" to Hangzhou to load the goods, while the "Flying Fish", which was already full of goods, went to Daishan Island, where the two ships converged and then went to Japan.

Ren Siqi personally went to Hangzhou not only for the goods, but also to buy a "water mark" from the Zheng Family Chamber of Commerce, that is, to pay protection money to the Zheng family in exchange for the right to trade with Japan, although he asked Lu Zonghan for help before, maybe Lu Zonghan is too busy now and has not replied to the letter. Seeing that the monsoon was about to rise, Ren Siqi did not dare to delay any longer and decided to go to Hangzhou to solve the matter in person.

Mao 18 was reluctant to go to Hangzhou, so he followed the "Flying Fish" to Daishan.

The two ships were separated on the sea, each going east and west.

Two days later, the "Fuchun" arrived in Hangzhou, and Ren Siqi asked Sima Nan and Cao Changjiang to contact Steward Li about the goods, and he went to visit Lu Zonghan. Sima Nan is experienced, Cao Changjiang is cautious, and Ren Siqi is very relieved to hand over the goods to them.

Lu Zonghan was really busy, and Ren Siqi waited for a long time to see him.

"Brother, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Seeing Ren Siqi, Lu Zonghan apologized again and again, and as he spoke, he asked someone to take a small box and hand it to Ren Siqi.

When Ren Siqi opened the box, he saw that there were two identical pennants inside, and when he took one side, he saw a big character "Zheng" embroidered with gold thread on the black brocade flag! It is the water mark of Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng family, with this flag, you can pass unimpeded on the southeast coast, and you don't have to worry about being attacked by the Zheng family's fleet.

"The price of this flag is not cheap, one is three thousand taels! These two pennants cost six thousand taels of silver. Lu Zonghan sighed.

"Brother Lu bothered!" Ren Siqi said, and asked Anthony and the others who followed him to carry over a large box, which was full of 20,000 eagles!

"Brother, why are you so polite, you already gave me a lot of silver when I left Daishan! Enough to buy this flag. Lu Zonghan shirked.

"Brother Lu, don't get me wrong, this silver is not a reward for you, this is a seizure in the pirate's lair, Brother Lu has provided me with a large amount of military supplies, so that I can successfully eliminate the pirates, and you have a share of the silver seized!"

Lu Zonghan has been interrogating the captured pirates for a long time, and the details of the pirates are already clear, so the more than 100,000 silver seized by Ren Siqi must be clear to Lu Zonghan. Although it is said that the attack on the pirates was completed by Ren Siqi and his subordinates alone, since the two sides are in a cooperative relationship, they will continue to cooperate in the future, and Ren Siqi cannot swallow all the silver alone, and must give Lu Zonghan a part.

Cooperation with others must be beneficial to both parties, otherwise no matter how deep the relationship is, no matter how good the relationship is, it will give birth to dirty. The uneven distribution of spoils is often the main reason why many teams part ways, such as the cooperation between the original "Fuchun" and Li Qiankuan.

Sure enough, hearing that it was obtained by the bandits, Lu Zonghan happily accepted it, in his opinion, he provided Ren Siqi with a large amount of military supplies, and helped find a guide, so it was natural that he had his own share of the silver seized from the pirate's lair, especially when he got the total amount of silver from the mouth of the pirate boss Zhou Min, there were more than 100,000 yuan, and he felt very uncomfortable. Although Ren Siqi gave him all the credit, and gave him another 20,000 Yingyang when he left, Lu Zonghan was still unhappy, which was why he dragged the Zheng family flag to Ren Siqi.

Fortunately, Ren Siqi was very knowledgeable, and sent 20,000 Yingyang, so he went to buy 6,000 taels of silver for the navigation beacon, and Lu Zonghan received a total of more than 20,000 silver. It didn't take much effort to get great merit and get more than 20,000 taels of silver, which made Lu Zonghan feel very good, and agreed to Ren Siqi's next request.

"Isn't it just a Daishan Inspection Division, just a minor official of the Nine Grades, wrapped up in my brother. Brother, you Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi is from the seventh grade, why give up the big and ask for the small? In Lu Zonghan's opinion, the inspection of a remote pirate is not a good thing at all, and he does not understand Ren Siqi's request.

"Big brother, you also know that I am engaged in maritime trade, and I have to have a wharf, Renjiawan is too narrow, so I took a fancy to Daishan." Ren Siqi explained.

"Okay, brother, if you like it, I will write to the Nanjing Military Department and recommend you to be the inspector of the Daishan Inspection Department, responsible for inspecting pirates. You are a showman, and you assisted me in setting up the merits of exterminating pirates, it is easy to do a patrol, brother, you are fine. ”

"I wonder how long it will take to do it?" Ren Siqi is a little urgent, he now needs a name to bring the entire Daishan Island under his rule, so that many things can be carried out.

"About two or three months, brother, aren't you going to Japan, when you come back, you will definitely be able to do it." Lu Zonghan is not very sure, because the efficiency of officialdom is too low.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, big brother. It doesn't matter how much silver you need! Ren Siqi arched his hand.

With the joint operation of Lu Zonghan and Hangzhou Governor Li Qiankuan, there should be no problem with the inspection of this Daishan Inspection Division.

Ren Siqi returned to the dock and was surprised to see Mao Liu, the original crew member of the "Fuchun", waiting for him on the ship.

"Xiucai!" Seeing Ren Siqi, Mao Liu shouted with a smile on his face.

"Brother Mao, last time you said you were going to board my Flying Fish, but I couldn't wait for you, and I didn't know where you lived, so I left first." Ren Siqi talked about what he met with Mao Liu in Hangzhou not long ago.

"I'm sorry, Xiucai, I was delayed last time. I didn't expect Fu Bo to master them..."Mao Liu mentioned Fu Bin and others, his voice was a little sad, after all, they were brothers who had been together for many years, and it was because of his whistleblowing that Fu Bin and the others died, it was impossible to say that he did not feel guilty.

Ren Siqi didn't know Mao Liu's secret, and thought that he was sad for Fu Bin and others, so he comforted him with kind words.

"Brother Mao, don't be sad, I have already exterminated the pirates in Daishan and avenged Brother Fu Bin and others. By the way, Xue Yulai is also with me, but he is not on this ship, on the 'Flying Fish'. Ren Siqi said.

"I didn't expect Xiucai that you have now become the owner of two ships, it's really amazing!" Thinking of Ren Siqi's down-and-out appearance when he first arrived at the "Fuchun" a few months ago, and then looking at his current majesty, Mao Liu sighed.

"Brother Mao, even if you stay with me, I just don't have a good archery player, and Brother Mao is here, and I just set up an archery team. However, the rules are not quite the same as the previous Fuchun, and the crew is no longer allowed to bring goods on board without permission, of course, these rules Brother Mao, you will naturally know them after staying for a long time. ”

Coupled with the ones captured from the pirate's lair, Ren Siqi now has a total of seven bows, but there is a shortage of crew members who can shoot arrows, so Mao Liu came to form an archery team.

Without further ado, the "Fuchun" stopped in Hangzhou for three days before all the goods were loaded onto the ship. This time, Li Qiankuan provided goods worth 50,000 taels of silver, including 500 quintals of raw silk, as well as other goods such as porcelain and tea. Of course, Li Qiankuan was not at ease with putting so much silver on the ship, so he sent an account office surnamed Ma on the ship, mainly responsible for the accounts of the transaction.

After loading the goods, the "Fuchun" headed for Daishan, where it joined the "Exocet" and headed for Japan.