"Hahaha, President Wei is really open-minded!" Ma Junshi stretched out his thumb and praised, but then his voice changed and continued: "Having said that, now that our two families are in an alliance, there are some words that we Xu Fudao can't hide. ”

"This time, the reason why the big boss is eyeing Laoshan is actually that someone secretly paid for the brothers to teach you a lesson. It's just that we are especially righteous and can't bear to destroy President Wei's foundation, so we sent someone up the mountain to invite President Wei to come for a while. Is President Wei interested in knowing who is secretly dealing with you? ”

"Hehe, there are many people who want to deal with us, and this one is not bad."

Wei Shuo said secretly: Sure enough, someone is making a mistake! I just don't know who it is?

"President Wei is really not interested in knowing who is behind it?" Ma Junshi was a little surprised by Wei Shuo's performance.

Wei Shuo smiled bitterly and replied, "Even if you know, what can you do?" If you can ask for it, you must explain that the origin must be not small, since there is no way to take the other party, why should I bother myself? ”

In fact, Wei Shuo has a little bit of a spectrum in his heart, and the horizontal and vertical are just the refined salt of some families, and he doesn't know what makes it inconvenient for the other party to do it openly, so he has to make a stumbling block secretly.

Looking at Wei Shuo, who was calm and calm in front of him, Ma Junshi suddenly envied Zhu Wenlai for some reason. Both of them are from the same background, and now they are also working as staff members for others, but how can you be as good as the personable President Wei. Even in terms of identity, it can't be compared, Wei Shuo is now an official, but You Da is still a pirate on the island.

From the perspective of future development prospects, the Laoshan Trading Company led by Wei Shuo is also stronger than Xu Fu Pirates, as long as he can survive the first wave of blows from the family, the future upward momentum is absolutely unstoppable.

On the second day, You Da invited Wei Shuo and the others to visit Xu Fukushima. After observation, Wei Shuo found that most of the warships on the island were small boats such as Mengchong, which was improved from the Mengchong of the river, which was small in size and agile, and was the main attack ship of the pirates.

"President Wei came to see our Mengchong boats, Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, commanded hundreds of Mengchong ships to defeat Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, in Chibi. The basic structure of the ship is made of wood, but in order to prevent enemy fire, it is usually necessary to cover the entire cabin and board with raw cowhide. ”

Wei Shuo touched the hull of the ship with his hand and felt the ancient warship up close. He found several holes in the oars on both sides of the boat for inserting oars, and a huge sail in the middle of the boat.

"Master Youda, can I go up and have a look?"

"What's not to see about this? Hey, military advisor, you accompany President Wei to go up and have a look, and by the way, introduce him to our warship. ”

"Humble to take the order, President Wei, please!"

"There's a Rauma Division!" Wei Shuo bowed his hand to express his gratitude, and then boarded the Mengchong warship accompanied by Ma Junshi.

Wei Shuo felt that the biggest discovery of this visit to Xufudao was to see the Mengchong warship with his own eyes, although the Mengchong ship was small in size and not conducive to long-distance sailing, it was very easy to operate, and it was very suitable for the rabble without background. Moreover, in the offshore area, it is not suitable for the activities of large warships, but this kind of Mengchong warship with a length of about ten meters is very suitable.

After stepping onto the deck, Wei Shuo looked left and right, looking interested. Mengchong ships were generally long and narrow, and inherited the tradition that Han Dynasty warships usually had three cabins. On the deck a few feet from the bow of the ship, there were also three levels of cabins, and Wei Shuo leaned in and found that there were windows on all sides of each cabin.

"These are the crossbow window spear holes, from which soldiers can attack enemies from any direction from a distance in naval warfare."

"Sure enough, it's a sharp weapon at sea!"

After visiting the Mengchong ship, Wei Shuo was full of praise for this short and concise warship. When he got off the ship, Wei Shuo casually asked the Ma Junshi next to him: "Junshi, I wonder if you have considered selling this kind of warship?" ”

"Huh?!" Ma Junshi's eyes tightened, stared at Wei Shuo and said, "Why does President Wei ask like this? Are you interested in buying this ship too? ”

"Such a good boat, of course I would like to buy some. At present, Laoshan is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and I will not let go of any opportunity to strengthen my Laoshan defense. If the big boss is willing to sell the sea vessels, we at Laoshan Trading Company are willing to exchange refined salt. In the future, our cooperation between the two sides will be based on this, but I don't know how much a Mengchong is worth? ”

When Ma Junshi heard this, his heart moved: "President Wei means that in the future, the cooperation between our two sides will be the model of exchanging salt for ships?" ”

"Yes, the refined salt is all made by the hard work of the Laoshan people, and it must not be provided to you for free. In the past two days, I have also learned a little about it, and you say that you are pirates, but in fact you are also very poor, and you can't get anything good except for warships. If you are the boss, I can produce fifteen catties of refined salt from one such Mengchong ship. ”

"Fifteen catties of refined salt?" Ma Junshi's eyes widened, he didn't expect the conditions given by Wei Shuo to be so superior. The cost of a small Mengchong ship is only 1,500 yuan, and the value of 15 catties of refined salt is 3,000 yuan. In other words, if Xu Fukushima is willing to exchange boats for salt, he can make half of the money by selling each boat.

Next, Ma Junshi was no longer in the mood to accompany Wei Shuo for a walk, so he hurriedly sent Wei Shuo back to rest, and then hurried to see You Da Boss.

"What do you say?! President Wei wants to exchange salt for ships? ”

"Yes!" Ma Junshi nodded and said with excitement on his face: "Big boss, this is an opportunity to make a fortune that should not be missed." Although the Mengchong ship is also a kind of warship, it is still much smaller than the large building ship, and the threat to us is also small. Even if a naval army is established in Laoshan in the future, it is not a cause for us to worry. ”

"Moreover, we can also use this to pinch the lifeblood of the Laoshan Water Army, no matter how she develops in the future, it is impossible to escape our surveillance. In the event of any problems, the big boss can immediately cut off the supply of warships, and if necessary, he can also send our naval army to destroy the other party. ”

When you heard this, you smiled and said, "Those who know me are also military advisors!" The Laoshan people are willing to build a water army, so let them build it, a group of mud-legged people, Lao Tzu really doesn't believe that they can toss out any flowers. Don't say it, President Wei's head is really good, and he can think of such a good idea. ”

"That's true, we have taken a big advantage in exchanging salt for ships. In fact, the Laoshan people don't know that most of the boats in our hands are robbed, basically there is no cost, and it can be said that it is a net profit. ”

"But then again, with refined salt in the future, we can buy new ships from Jiangdong, and then sell them to Laoshan, and we will make at least a thousand dollars per ship back and forth. If we sell him a hundred and ten ships, won't we make a hundred thousand dollars? ”

"Grandma's, this business is really good! It's even easier than grabbing money! I knew that it was so easy to make money, and Lao Tzu was still a pirate. "You Da Boss also realized that cooperating with Laoshan is a bright road.

It can't be said that You Da is shallow-eyed, but it is really that the pirates of the Jin Dynasty lived too aggrieved, and the surrounding forces of China at this time were far from being as powerful and wealthy as those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Maritime trade has not yet risen, and there is too little oil and water to be pirates. There is nothing valuable to rob all year round, otherwise the pirates at this time would not always be obsessed with going ashore to plunder, and there is really no valuable thing at sea for them to rob.

Wei Shuo stayed on Xufu Island for a total of three days, and before leaving, he reached a cooperation agreement with You Da's family, and the two sides agreed: in the next two months, Laoshan would exchange refined salt for twenty Mengchong ships.

During Wei Shuo's departure, although the various businesses on Laoshan were expanding in an orderly manner, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Laoshan was a little absent-minded. Zhang Erlang was the only one training the members of the escort team to the death, and this time the threat of pirates was close at hand, which completely gave Zhang Erlang a sense of crisis.

He didn't want the same scene to happen in the future, and every time he remembered that everyone was helpless in the face of the threat of pirates, Zhang Erlang's heart felt like a needle had been pricked. As the leader of the defense forces on Laoshan Mountain, if he can't bring everyone a sense of security, it means that his work is a failure.

"It's back, it's back, the president they're back!"

Zhang Erlang, who was training seriously, suddenly heard someone shouting, took him to listen attentively, and immediately put down the guy in his hand and ran towards the coast. I saw that a lot of people had gathered on the beach, and Wei Shuo seemed to stand out from the crowd.