Lao Fan, a person with skills to protect himself, doesn't mind how the owner feels about him. Anyway, there are not many people who can take this route, and if you don't look for me, you may not be able to find others. I don't eat from you, but I'm sure there will be food from someone else. With the market in your hands, whether you have money or power, you have to give three points of face after all.

From Shen Yujun's point of view, this is certainly unpleasant, but she has no way to solve this problem. At this moment, she saw that Xu Yuanzuo was talking to Lao Fan warmly, and there was no condescension, and she remembered more and more that Xu Yuanzuo said that he would run a school and train sailors who could read needles in batches.

Xu Yuanzuo is a person who likes to put ideas into practice. He chatted with Lao Fan for a while, cut to the chase, and said, "Lao Fan, this craft has been passed down from generation to generation in your family, so it stands to reason that you should be able to save a lot of money, right?" ”

Lao Fan said: "Money can be saved, but this craft is passed on to the elderly." When the man of the long house has earned enough money, and washes his feet and goes ashore, he will pass it down to his brothers. I learned it from my uncle. My cousin was a smart seed, and now he is dedicated to studying and not going to the sea, so he passed it on to me. ”

Xu Yuanzuo sighed, and asked again: "Then how much family business has your family accumulated over the generations?" ”

The corners of Lao Fan's mouth grinned: "How can this be calculated?" ”

"Why can't it be counted? They are all members of the same family. Xu Yuanzuo said.

Lao Fan said patiently: "Xianggong, you don't know something. Sometimes, when you go ashore, you may not be able to save your family business. For example, my cousin, who is already forty years old, if he does not go to school for the rest of his life, the family business will not fail? There are also relatives who have come out of the five suits, who still recognizes whom? So it's not a good idea. ”

Xu Yuanzuo let out a long sigh and said, "That's not right......"

"What's wrong?" Lao Fan holds the life and death of a boatload of people, and the occupational disease is "following the law", and he said that nothing should be questioned by the shipwrights and sailors below. Otherwise, who has the final say in case of danger in the future?

"It's not the right deal." Xu Yuanzuo looked puzzled: "Your ancestors paid so close attention to this eating craft, just to let their children and grandchildren live a good life." But as far as you look at yourself, it seems to be very average. Xu Yuanzuo looked Lao Fan's clothes and figure up and down, and couldn't help but shake his head: "Old Fan, to be honest, have you saved three thousand taels of silver?" ”

"Scared! Three thousand taels! Lao Fan was so anxious that he jumped up a foot high: "If I have three thousand taels, I will buy a big ship and go to sea!" Still working for people? ”

"Not three thousand taels!" Xu Yuanzuo shouted even more exaggeratedly: "Three, thousand, two, all, no, have?" ”

"Lao Tzu has never seen three thousand taels!" Lao Fan was forced by Xu Yuanzuo to even bring out foul language. shouted: "Lao Tzu is a serious person, and he has never entered the public door for generations!" I haven't done anything dirty that hurts the sky! How could there be so much silver! ”

- Are you saying that we have all done dirty things that hurt nature and reason?

Shen Yujun's face burned when he heard this, and his anger rose.

Xu Yuanzuo didn't feel anything, and shouted: "I'm really convinced, convinced." Okay, don't talk too much, I just wish you Lao Fan to save enough three thousand taels as soon as possible. ”

Lao Fan's face was distorted, and he said, "You are what the prime minister said, I don't know how difficult it is." The three major hardships of life: supporting the boat to grind the iron and grinding tofu. We walk in the wind and waves of the sea. If you have to take your life, you can have two or three hundred taels of silver in your life, buy a hundred acres of land, hire a long-term worker, and take care of it as a family, and you can already live a good life! ”

"You're a fire chief, you have a needle spectrum, or is that all?" Xu Yuanzuo just didn't believe it.

"Naturally! If it's those people. I can't turn over after three lifetimes! Old Fan pointed to the boatmen who came and went.

The shipwrights and sailors listened and did not refute it. It's just that the two mouths couldn't stop being idle and wanted to sarcastically mock Lao Fan, so Lao Fan scolded back again.

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head and said, "Don't do it, Lao Fan, this deal is not worth it." ”

"What are you not eating?"

"You find a group of boys to learn to read the needle book and recognize the needle path, and when these boys can lead the boat to sea, I will give you silver according to the head. Ten taels for one person. Xu Yuanzuo said.

"Ten taels to buy my family's craftsmanship?" Lao Fan sneered: "Xianggong's silver is really silver. ”

Xu Yuanzuo was unmoved: "One hundred taels for ten people." A hundred people is a thousand taels. I want at least five hundred, and that's five thousand taels. Can you earn 5,000 taels by sailing a ship all your life? ”

"I can't teach ten apprentices in my life." Lao Fan said coldly: "Xianggong, you are a Wenqu star, but we craftsmen are not necessarily fools." ”

Xu Yuanzuo raised his voice and laughed: "That's because you can't teach." If you teach as I say, it's not uncommon for you to teach a hundred in three years. ”

The corners of Lao Fan's mouth twitched: "I learned this craft back then." The sea ...... that has been running with the uncle for ten years"

Xu Yuanzuo said: "If you don't believe it, you can also change the way: I'll give you three thousand taels, and you can bring me an apprentice." ”

Lao Fan's eyelids couldn't stop jumping, and he couldn't speak clearly: "No, no...... How can I say that I want to sell my craft? It's a ...... that we've passed down from our ancestors."

"I've also taken care of your son's education." Xu Yuanzuo held his chest high.

"This, this, this...... This is not sorry for the ancestors! Old Fan said hurriedly.

"I'll give you another three acres of sacrificial land, guess what your ancestors said?" Xu Yuanzuo said.

Lao Fan choked for a moment, and cautiously stretched out three fingers: "Three thousand taels?" ”

"Yes, yes." Xu Yuanzuo said briskly: "But there are words first." When I return to Huating, I will go to the yamen with you to make a red deed, and I will sign the silver or something. Three thousand taels, I will give you three hundred taels a year, and you will teach me ten years. In the past ten years, if you regret it, or hide your hands and do not teach, and the apprentices you bring out cannot work for me, then you will not be able to get the money behind. ”

Lao Fan thought for a while and said, "How do I know that if I teach according to what you say, I will definitely be able to teach it?" And what if the apprentice is too stupid? ”

"Apprentice, you go and pick, I don't care. In the first three years, you teach according to what I say, but if my requirements are met, but people can't use them, then count them as mine, and you can teach them as you say later. I don't have a lot of money for you. Xu Yuanzuo said.

Lao Fan hesitated for a while and said, "Can Xianggong write it down in black and white?" ”

"You come with me, let's write and talk at the same time, and we will definitely not fool you." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Lao Fan said: "I can trust Xianggong. You are a big dealer, and you will definitely not play any tricks with me. ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "You are smart." To tell you the truth, I want to play tricks to make a lot of money. I'm here with you for three thousand taels of fun, and I can't get the capital back! ”

Lao Fan heard that this was Xu Yuanzuo's joke, and followed suit.

Shen Yujun watched Xu Yuanzuo take Lao Fan into the cabin, and was quite surprised in his heart: This is to deceive one? When I asked someone to teach, why didn't anyone teach me! Oh yes. I didn't give out such a large amount as three thousand taels...... Three hundred taels a year, is this learning to drive a boat or learning to turn stones into gold! I don't know who lied to whom! I've got to go and see, don't be a loser with this cousin who doesn't have a long heart......

As soon as she took two steps, her heart trembled again: if he didn't have a heart, there would be few people in the world who had hearts.

- But we have to check it out!

Shen Yujun always felt that Xu Yuanzuo's cousin was too worry-free and never took silver seriously. Although the Xu family has a big family, why can they follow him to mess around? Do the masters of the Xu family have a grudge against silver?

With heavy thoughts, Shen Yujun caught up with Xu Yuanzuo and saw Xiao Xu and Lao Fan sitting at the table. Like a friend, you discuss the details one by one. Mei Chenggong, who was writing for Xu Yuanzuo on the side, just listened, and was already indifferent to this situation.

"Three thousand taels is too much!" Shen Yujun stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Lao Fan's heart trembled: there is a clear-headed ...... I said, "How can silver fall from heaven?"

"I run my own school, and it has nothing to do with you." Xu Yuanzuo calmly blocked back.

Shen Yujun seemed to have been punched, and then he realized that he really couldn't be Xu Yuanzuo's home. She forced: "You are my cousin, of course it is related!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo sighed: "In business, if it's a family matter, let's talk about it when I go home." ”

Shen Yujun was so angry that he wanted to pull his hair: "Your silver is blown by the wind!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo really thought about it seriously: "Almost." ”

Black eats black, it's similar to a strong wind.

Lao Fan looked at the angry Shen Yujun tremblingly, and then looked at Xu Yuanzuo. He said softly: "Xianggong wants to stop totaling with his family?" ”

"My money, my way." Xu Yuanzuo pulled the deed that had not dried the ink: "You find someone to take a look, and if there is no problem, you can sign and draw it." ”

Lao Fan hurriedly said: "I am literate." Literate. After all, he didn't even look at it, and directly signed the monograph and pressed the handprint.

Mei Chenggong was forced by Shen Yujun's momentum, did not dare to raise her head, and quickly copied the second copy.

Xu Yuanzuo also signed the deed in duplicate and stamped his fingerprint. He had always been curious. I haven't heard that the ancients had special research and statistics on fingerprints, but how do they know that people's fingerprints are different?

Shen Yujun saw that the wood was already in the boat, so he could only leave with hatred.

Xu Yuanzuo said to Lao Fan: "Look, this matter is really criticized. Let's finalize this syllabus now. ”

"What syllabus ......" Lao Fan looked dazed.

"There must always be a program for everything." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Come." Let's talk about what you need to learn from a silly boy who doesn't know anything or even seen a boat or gone into the water, to become a fire captain or even a captain. ”

Lao Fan raised his head slightly: "Well, there's a lot to learn!" ”

According to the old tradition, the master and the disciple do not come first in theory. For example, Lao Fan, who got on the boat when he was thirteen years old, first served behind his uncle, serving tea and pouring water to deliver food. When the ship is mature, about three or five months, you can go to the room to help. Because of his young age, he couldn't do other jobs.

When it is bigger, you can follow the sailor to arrange the ropes and brush the deck. Until the age of seventeen or eighteen, when the strength comes up, can you learn to sail, learn to pull cables, and learn to steer. If you are an ordinary sailor, you basically stop there. Because of the blood relationship, Lao Fan is the heir to the internal needle spectrum, and he has to learn to read, draw, and calculate the speed of the boat festival by himself.

By the time he was twenty-five or sixteen years old, he was already fully familiar with the ship, and he stood beside his uncle and learned to watch the stars, memorized the mantras on the needle book, and used them to calculate the measures that should be taken. His so-called following his uncle to the sea for ten years to learn the skills was calculated from the age of twenty, five or six, until he was thirty-five or sixteen, and then he managed the route of a ship alone and became a fire captain. After another two years, he raised a team by himself, and only then did he have the capital to be a captain.

Strictly speaking, it takes less than 20 years of polishing.

Now he is over the age of confusion, and he has fallen ill in his perennial stormy career, and he looks more than fifty years old. As a child of a seafaring "family", he also knew that the average sailor would basically not be able to get on a ship when he reached the age of forty. Even if you can run for a few more years as a fire chief, you still hope to be able to go ashore early and enjoy the blessings, maybe you can live for two more years.

In Lao Fan's autobiographical narrative, Xu Yuanzuo distilled the history of the maritime industry he engaged in one by one.

In the Ming Dynasty, the efficiency of sea ships was two to three percent higher than that of the Song Dynasty. This increase in efficiency will naturally lead to an increase in the professionalism of the crew. The more rudimentary the seafaring technique, the more versatile the sailor, and vice versa. Now it's impossible to just pull a cook and take care of the sails.

Western navigators tended to specialize in one subject, so earlier democratic practices were born on pirate ships. Because even the leader can't ignore the little minions who are in charge of the profession below - if you feed him to the sharks, no one will be able to do that job. Of course, the oarsmen were not among them.

Daming's requirements for talents are relatively high, and if you want to become a captain, you must go through all the positions step by step. The captains who come out in this way have excellent professional skills, but the training cycle is also long.

According to Xu Yuanzuo's idea, the captain stood out in practice. Below the captain, from the captain to the sailor, professional training is possible. That is to say, it is a complete waste of time to let the fire captain who learns navigation to read the needle score and learn to operate the sail. Even if the captain becomes the captain of the ship in the future, he only needs to know what the sailor should do and who to call if something goes wrong.

This weakens the captain's authority, but greatly speeds up the development of talent.

Lao Fan scoffed at this idea, feeling that the half-finished products cultivated in this way could not cope with all the sea conditions at all. Of course, Xu Yuanzuo knows that people like Lao Fan who have worked in every position and have in-depth experience are stronger than those who have batch products, but businessmen are not artists, and the pursuit of the highest cost performance is the essence of businessmen.

"Division of labor and cooperation, this is my teaching, listen to me." Xu Yuanzuo made the final decision.

Although Lao Fan was still unconvinced, he didn't dare to confront the gold lord head-on, and deliberately shirked: "Then I will only teach the stars, the compass, and the needle." ”

"You're in charge of teaching the fire chief." Xu Yuanzuo emphasized.

——The fierce momentum of young people......

Old Fan nodded.

"You have to be responsible for finding teachers in other locations. Let's make it clear in black and white, you have to bring me the captain. "Of course, Xu Yuanzuo is not a big wrongdoer, since the three thousand taels are all-round talents, even if they are dismantled, other positions must be missing.

Lao Fan was about to argue, just when he saw Luo Zhenquan come in. As soon as he saw Luo Zhenquan's walking posture, he knew that this person was an old pirate, and immediately choked back his stomach with a grumble, and just said witheringly: "Okay." ”

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