Section 141 Outer Chapter On the river
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On the river, a big ship sailed as it had done in the past, followed by one after another, no smaller than this big ship, and even larger ships.
This ship was Yang Chao's warship, and behind it were the merchant ships he escorted.
There were only ten of these merchant ships at a time, but far more than ten ships had to cross the river, and the number was growing.
As a result, the ships changed in the direction of getting bigger and bigger, and at first most of the ships were not as large as the warships, but now they are the smallest ships, which are larger than the ships of the escort.
Some of these ships were merchants' own boats, some were rented by merchants, and some were ships that the shipowners helped people deliver goods.
At the beginning, the ships escorting the ships were all ships from Nanjing and Pukou, but now they extend from Xinjiangkou and Puzikou to the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, upstream to Hexian, and even to Wuhu to cross the river, and they are first transferred to Xinjiangkou by river boat, and then transported to Jiangpu from here. There are many fewer downstream, and there will be no goods to be transferred from here after Yanziji, and I heard that there is also its own fleet to escort it, but the money is very ruthless.
So from Xinjiangkou to Puzikou, this route is getting busier and busier, and there are some small boats who want to borrow the east wind and want to cross the river behind the fleet, but Wang Pu, who led the team, refused arrogantly, anyway, the big fleet opened its sails, and it didn't take long to get rid of the boats, plus there were several small boats that were robbed, and there was no such plan since then.
Therefore, there are more and more ships looking for Yang Chao, the ships are getting bigger and bigger, and the fees are naturally rising, and now Yang Chao costs twenty taels of silver per ship.
Two hundred taels for ten ships a trip, eight hundred taels for four trips a day, this money makes those merchants greedy, but there is nothing to be done, who let their subordinates not dare to play with the Jiang bandits.
Therefore, they can only pay this 'expensive' dart silver, at least the premium charged by Yang Chao is much less than the commission they hired by the dart shop. If there is no Yang Chao, their payment of thousands of taels per ship is not too much.
But only these ships, which were engaged in the business of silk, raw silk, leather goods, porcelain, etc., could pay these premiums. Even those who do the grain business refuse to pay this money, you must know that a shipload of grain is thousands of quintals. It also costs several thousand taels of silver, but because of the government's level, the profit of grain is not comparable to that of silk and other goods, and the advantage of the grain business is that it is stable, and you can always get a long-term profit.
Of course, twenty taels is not a small amount, for businessmen, to be able to pay less is to earn a little more, especially some shopkeepers who charge the goods. They're counting on a kickback.
It's a pity that the little military master under Yang Chao is very difficult to speak, don't give silver, please drink and eat, don't go to beat and scold them at every turn, and simply don't want their cargo ships if they say too much, anyway, there are many commercial goods waiting to cross the river now.
Merchants are always very proficient in drilling, and the shopkeepers soon find another way to make money, and that is partnership.
Their boats are often not fully filled, and there is always some room to be left behind. Therefore, they began to solicit small and medium-sized merchants on the docks who had goods but no ships, or those who had few goods and could not pay the premiums, and let these people's goods be placed on their ships. Pay them a part of the freight, the amount is not much, they collect one, two, two, two, two, and they all collect it, and this money becomes the extra money of the shopkeeper and the man, and it is a lot of money when there are many times.
There are even cargo ships in ** and other places that do not go back immediately after crossing the river, but use the excuse to stay at the Xinjiangkou wharf for a few days, and help some small and medium-sized businessmen send a few trips of goods by empty boats. The money earned far exceeded the premium paid to Yang Chao.
As a result, the fleet gradually became larger, and a ship was no longer the cargo of a big merchant. Probably several, a dozen small merchants' goods. These big shopkeepers with big ships acted as middlemen, and they gave Yang Chao twenty taels of premiums, and they could receive thirty or forty taels of freight, which was quite profitable.
Wang Pu is on the boat every day, and except for him, the other teams have to take turns to train.
Yang Chao's idea was that Wang Pu's team had killed the Jiang bandits, so with combat experience, it was more reassuring to stay on the ship.
And Wang Pu thought that Lord Yang was very satisfied with his team, and there was no need to train, faintly they had already made a difference with other teams, they were stronger, they were more powerful, and an inexplicable pride from this spread up and down Wang Pu's team, and there was a gap between them and other teams.
Some teams are naturally unconvinced, but they generally don't show it, because Wang Pu has killed Jiang bandits after all, which makes them both envious and sigh, and the momentum of those who have killed people and those who have not killed people are different.
There is only one person, one team, many men and his team, who are completely unapologetic to Wang Pu, which makes Wang Pu very annoying.
Fortunately, many men don't get on the boat every day, otherwise Wang Pu thinks he will fight with him.
Wang Pu knew that many men were not convinced by him, and when many men were training, they were often praised by Lord Yang, thinking that he was the first in military training and suppressed Wang Pu, so many men often said publicly that it was Wang Pu who took the shit luck, and if Jiang Bandit met his soldiers, he would have been killed a long time ago.
Wang Pu was disdainful of this, the scene at that time was extremely shocking, life and death were just a millimeter, it was Wang Pu himself, if he encountered the last situation, he didn't dare to guarantee that he could kill the Jiang bandits, not be killed by the Jiang bandits.
But Wang Pu is not in a hurry, because Lord Yang's merit report documents have been sent, but they are still operating, Wang Pu knows that if he wants to make himself an official, he is afraid that Lord Yang will have to spend money, so during this time he didn't pay attention to those businessmen bribing him, he felt that if the money was given to Lord Yang, Lord Yang would use it to buy him an official.
Besides, there are several pairs of eyes staring at him all the time, and he doesn't dare to deceive in front of many openly and secretly dissatisfied with his team.
Mr. Qi, is now Wang Pu's only expectation, in the middle of the eight teams, he was the first to be the head of the flag, and after the official documents came down, he wanted to see if other people disobeyed him, whether many men were still dissatisfied with him, whether they were still against him.
The only thing that makes Wang Pu feel a little depressed recently is that too many of his soldiers have been withdrawn, because the eleven soldiers under his command have killed Jiang bandits, and many of them were directly appointed as captains last time, but they have remained under his subordinates, but after this recruitment, most of them have been drawn to be the team.
Wang Pu had an opinion on this, and under his efforts, he did not become the commander of the light pole, leaving five people, and together with him, there were six.
However, these five people were a little dissatisfied with him, seeing that most of their companions had been promoted to become team leaders, and they still had to be small soldiers under Wang Pu, Wang Pu leaving them was tantamount to delaying their future, which was equivalent to sacrificing them for his own sake.
Others are not convinced, gossip and rumors, and his subordinates also complain, which makes Wang Pu a lot more angry recently, so he will not be pretentious to those annoying businessmen, and he wants to beat and scold them at every turn.
On the boat, Wang Pu was not as nervous as the other teams, and generally lay lazily on the deck to bask in the sun.
"Team up, no, there's a situation!"
A soldier shouted, not Wang Pu, because the soldier was a soldier of many men, and he shouted many men.
Wang Pu sat up and immediately looked over.
"A lot of men were on the starboard side. Chen Baodi guarded the back, and Song Kun guarded the front for Lao Tzu. ”
After shouting a few times, Wang Pu himself led five soldiers to the port side.
Many men sneered: "Take care of yourself." ”
Wang Pu is used to it, ignore it, Yang Chao asked him to temporarily take charge of the escort, he thinks it is his promotion, but some people are not convinced, he did not sue, he feels that the complaint is too unplanted, he has never had the habit of sueling, when he was in the military office, he was the leader of a group of small partners, who did not accept it until the end of the service, but in the army, Yang Chao's military discipline did not allow fighting, if he fought in private, whether it was right or wrong, reasonable or not, it was indispensable to be beaten on the board, Wang Pu had not been beaten by the board, Therefore, he can only endure the cynicism of many men.
What's more, they didn't care about many men at this time, because three small ships were approaching their fleet, and the target was the warship at the head, as if they were not interested in the merchant ships behind.
"Lao Zhang, let the merchant ships behind drop anchor, let's catch up!"
Wang Pu immediately shouted to Zhang Dawei.
Zhang Dawei is the oldest, but he has never said anything irresponsible about Wang Pu's orders, which makes Wang Pu very satisfied, and for the first time in his life, he feels that the old man is also good.
Zhang Dawei nodded, waved to the merchant ships behind him, let them anchor, and then let the warship Zhang Fan, and he took the helm to sail ahead.
A battle was inevitable. To be continued
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