After listening to the few elders who accompanied them in the hall, except for Yu Xiaotian, everyone else almost vomited blood on the spot, these old guys have been messing around at sea for a long time, and they are not young anymore, they don't know what to do!

Nowadays, based on the market price, even if it is a three-masted Dafu ship, the cost in Fujian is only more than 400 taels of silver, the cost of a smaller sentinel ship and a Haicang ship is only 300 taels of silver at best, and the cost of a smaller bird ship is only 200 taels of silver.

Even if it is the black ship in the most expensive Guangzhou ship built purely with iron pear wood, it is only seven or eight hundred taels of silver in Guangdong, and Chu Cailao's family will lose all the ships according to eight hundred taels of silver, which is obviously almost the same as robbery, and those small boats, even if they are more expensive long dragons and fast oars, the cost of each boat is only a few dozen taels of silver, even if it is made of the best wood, it is only a hundred taels of silver.

In addition, how many of Chu Cailao's ships were built or bought by themselves? Most of his boats were robbed, and most of them were old ships, so they were even less valuable.

In addition, Luo Xianbin and their two months south this time, they did kill and wound hundreds of Chu Cailao's subordinates, but Chu Cailao is different from the sea wolf, he will never be like Yu Xiaotian, who caressed the dead and wounded subordinates of the sea wolf, and the compensation is just talk, he completely treats his minions as a kind of consumables, and he can recruit them after death, as for giving his family a pension, it is simply a matter of no shadow.

And the lion surnamed Zhou opened his mouth widely, and one mouth was one hundred taels of silver per person, which was placed on the side of the sea wolf, and it could not meet such a standard at all.

At present, even if ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty are able to get by, every family can't earn a few taels of silver all year round, even if it is a county order, if you count his Yulu alone, it is only forty-five taels of silver a year, and one hundred taels of silver is a huge wealth that many ordinary people dare not think of, but Chu Cai Lao actually ......

After Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi, Li Gouzi and others heard this, they all immediately fell into the verge of going berserk, and their hearts were not only ten thousand horses galloping, but also ten thousand horses galloping, and they greeted this Chu Cailao and the whole family surnamed Zhou cordially.

But Yu Xiaotian looked like an old god was there, waved his hand to stop these subordinates who were about to go berserk, and said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhou said seems to be very fair!" But I think it's not easy to take out 90,000 taels of silver at once, and say that it's me Yu Xiaotian, even if I let Chu Da take out so much silver at once, I'm afraid it's not easy! Mr. Zhou, can you see if the compensation can be less? ”

Master Zhou looked at Yu Xiaotian, thinking that as soon as Yu Xiaotian heard this number, he would definitely jump up on the spot, 90,000 taels of silver is really not a small amount, ordinary people can't take it out at all, even if it is to let a rich county on the land, or even a state, it is very difficult to raise this money, let alone the sea wolf, even if there is money, it is impossible to take it out.

So when he opened his mouth, he was just a vain, in fact, he had already left room for bargaining for Yu Xiaotian, and he also wanted to test Yu Xiaotian's attitude in this way, to see if Yu Xiaotian had any ideas and spent money to solve this matter.

When he heard Yu Xiaotian ask him if he could have less, the surname Zhou had a strange feeling, and he always felt that Yu Xiaotian was behaving very strangely today, judging from his attitude just now, he didn't seem to be ready to spend money to solve this matter, but now he was actually bargaining with him, what does this mean? Could it be that he was intimidated by Chu Cailao's pressure, and he had plans to spend money to solve it?

Master Zhou looked at Yu Xiaotian, nodded and said: "I also know that such a large sum of silver, Yu Dangjia is really unbearable, the key to our big shopkeeper is to try to save face, silver is a trivial matter, if Yu Dangjia is really sincere, this silver is easy to say, our big shopkeeper said to Zai Xia before he came, if Yu Dangjia is really sincere, take out 50,000 taels of silver This matter can be written off from now on!" ”

Yu Xiaotian pinched his fingers and calculated, 50,000 taels of silver, one pound in the Ming Dynasty was sixteen taels, that is, more than 3,100 pounds, one pound in the Ming Dynasty was heavier than the weight of one pound in later generations, and if it was converted into tons, it would be nearly two tons of weight, and this guy really dared to ask for it!

Yu Xiaotian also roughly knows how much his sea wolf's income is in a year, although he has more money now, but it is fundamentally unrealistic to let him take out 50,000 taels of silver, 50,000 taels of silver, now it can be enough to feed an army of thousands of people, no matter how rich he is, it is impossible for him to be full of food, and give these silver to Chu Cailao.

But he still continued to tease this surnamed Zhou, and said with a sad face: "Fifty thousand taels of silver!" It's hard to do! My sea wolf is different from Chu Da Dang's wealth, and he often doesn't pay attention to tens of thousands of taels of silver, you have also seen it, I have few people and few boats here, and I can't earn much silver all year round, and this 50,000 taels of silver is an astronomical amount at all, please forgive me for being difficult to do it. How about I hope Master Zhou will reduce it a little more? ”

Master Zhou was very happy that Yu Xiaotian bargained with him, because in his opinion, if Yu Xiaotian refused, then this time he would come in vain, and after going back, he could only tell Chu Cailao to start fighting, but Yu Xiaotian was talking to him now, indicating that he had the idea of spending money to buy a peace, which meant that he had shown weakness, and then he would hope to knock a bamboo bar from Yu Xiaotian.

So Master Zhou shook his head and said, "Yu Dangjia is laughing!" I heard that Yu Dangjia guarded the shipping lanes around Fuzhou and Funing, and collected money to buy roads for passing merchant ships, so that in a year, it must have collected a lot of silver, and it is rumored that Yu Dangjia is still a very knowledgeable person who does business, and the business is very large, and the harvest must be good in a year, only 50,000 taels of silver, how can it be regarded as a large number?

But if Yu Dangjia is really in trouble, it's not impossible, it's just that it's not easy to explain in front of the big shopkeeper! What's this...... Well! ......" said as he put his left hand on the arm of the chair, showing his finger from his sleeve, and gently knocked it on the arm of the chair a few times.

Knowledgeable people know at a glance, the surname Zhou is in the benefit, this gesture is the standard gesture of wanting to rip off the bamboo, generally on land, someone looking for an official or an errand officer, when they want to ask for benefits, they will make such gestures and actions, the general discerning people can naturally see what they want at a glance.

After Yu Xiaotian saw the movement of the fingers surnamed Zhou, he despised this guy in his heart, Chu Cai's old man didn't seem to be good, and he didn't forget to get benefits for himself when he came out to do things, he was really a greedy person.

But he didn't show such a look on his face, nodded and showed a knowing look, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, please rest assured, I know this rule!" I will definitely not let Mr. Zhou run this trip in vain! If it can be negotiated, Yu will definitely thank him! ”

When Master Zhou heard this, he was happy, and he was even more sure that Yu Xiaotian was going to spend money to avoid disasters, and wanted to lose money to seek peace, and if the negotiation was successful, he could also take the opportunity to make a profit.

But now it seems that things are going much better than he expected at first, Yu Xiaotian was tough at first, but now there are obvious signs of resignation, so things are much easier.

So he nodded again and again, and began to discuss with Yu Xiaotian, and the price was pressed from 50,000 taels to 30,000 taels, but Yu Xiaotian still said that he couldn't accept it.

At this time, Liu Laoliu and Zhao Mazi and others had already seen their eyebrows on the side, and they were angry at first, but at this time, they all showed a narrow smile, and the old god was drinking tea on the side, because they all saw that Yu Xiaotian was negotiating with this guy, and he didn't have anything to do with this pastime, and he didn't plan to give Chu Cai old silver at all, so they naturally had nothing to worry about, and they all sat aside to watch the show.

"Thirty thousand taels can't be less! If you have any less, you won't be able to explain it when you go back next time! At least 30,000 taels! After all, you have ruined a lot of our ships, and all the shopkeepers are watching, and if you say less, you can't say that the big shopkeeper can't say it, even the shopkeeper below probably won't agree! When the price was pressed to 30,000 taels, Master Zhou said that he would not lower the price by himself anymore, shook his head and said.

Yu Xiaotian also said with an embarrassed face: "Too much, too much!" We sea wolves are small families, where can we get so much silver! By the way, Uncle Li, how much money do we have in the council hall now? ”

After hearing this, Li Gouzi hurriedly swallowed a sip of tea, because he was in a hurry, he almost choked, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then got up and hugged his fists and said: "If you go back to the big boss, our harvest is not good these days!" In addition, just after the New Year, the brothers paid salaries and rewards, and there were bereavement pensions, and this treasury silver had already bottomed out!

Yesterday, the subordinates let the warehouse manage the inventory of the warehouse, and now the total amount of silver in the warehouse is only 4,000 taels, if this month's payment can not be paid back, the end of February is probably not enough! ”

Li Gouzi's honesty does not mean that he is stupid, as soon as Yu Xiaotian asked him, he understood what he meant, standing up is crying poor, in short, it is two words, no money!

Hearing this, Master Zhou's face turned green, and it was equivalent to not saying it, Yu Xiaotian and his subordinates were singing double reeds, and he didn't plan to give silver at all, he was not stupid, otherwise he wouldn't be Chu Cai's old strategist, and if he couldn't see that Yu Xiaotian was not sincere, then he really didn't have to mix it up anymore.