Chapter 117: Hard and Soft
For Xiaotian, today's bowl of rice is also a bowl of raw rice, his strength is now more than enough to deal with one ship, if the situation is good, it will not be too much of a problem to deal with two merchant ships, but this time God sent him three boats.
The boatmen on the other party's three boats combined, the number of people is only a lot more than the people he brought this time, let him eat these three boats, even he has no bottom in his heart, I am afraid that after these three boats are discussed in advance, the three families will play with him together, in that case, it is really not easy for him to eat the fat meat to his mouth, but if he is not careful, he may be bitten hard by others.
He didn't rest well all night, and he kept thinking about how to eat these pieces of fat until dawn, and then he squinted for a while.
Just when he had just woken up and was still a little dazed, Liu Wang suddenly shouted loudly outside his cabin: "Kick off the helm, the ship over there has lowered a sampan and is coming towards our ship!" ”
Yu Xiaotian suddenly sobered up a lot after hearing this, stood up and rubbed his face with his hands to make himself more sober, and then walked out of the cabin with his legs, Liu Wang hurriedly handed him an oilcloth poncho to cover the rain for him.
Yu Xiaotian walked to the side of the boat, raised his eyes, and really saw a small sampan carrying a person towards their boat under the rowing of two boatmen, so he understood what they meant.
"Pick him up! Let's salute before we soldiers, talk to them! Yu Xiaotian said to the Meng madman who came out with him.
Meng Maniac muttered: "What are you talking about, the rain will stop for a while, just pull it down directly!" ”
Yu Xiaotian turned his head to look at Meng Maniac, smiled slightly, and asked him, "Uncle Meng, are you sure that you can take down all three of their boats?" ”
After hearing this, Madman Meng pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "One is not much of a problem, two are a bit reluctant, and three are estimated that we are not enough!" If it doesn't work, let's let one go, find a way to leave two, let Binzi drag one first, and then deal with the remaining one after we take one! If it really doesn't work, one can be done! ”
Meng Maniac's proposal was more realistic, but after thinking about it for a while, Yu Xiaotian still shook his head and said, "If they are tied to three boats together, what if they fight with us?" ”
Meng Madman spread his hands and shook his head and said, "Then it's no way!" We can deal with two boats at most, and we can't eat three! ”
Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "So, instead of forcing them to jump over the wall in a hurry, it is better to talk about the conditions first, the New Year is approaching, if you can negotiate, it is better not to do it or not to do it!" There are brothers in the province who can't make it through this year! ”
After hearing this, Madman Meng nodded: "That's the same!" If they knew each other, it would have been possible! ”
As he spoke, the sampan rowed to the side of the sea wolf's boat, and a middle-aged man stood on the sampan, raised his head and clenched his fists at the boat, and said loudly: "Dare to ask who is in charge here?" Can you let me get on board for a while? ”
Yu Xiaotian looked up at the sky, the rain at this time was getting smaller and smaller, and it became a drizzle, seeing that it was about to stop, he turned his head and explained two sentences to Meng Maniac, Meng Maniac nodded and turned his head to go down to the cabin, and roared, and the sea wolves sheltering from the rain in the cabin immediately agreed, and they rushed out of the cabin quickly, and lined up at the side of the ship at a very fast speed.
I saw the sea wolves with black scarves on their heads, wearing indigo cloth clothes, cowhide straps tied around their waists, short cloth boots with thin soles, and leggings on their legs, lined up on the side of the ship in high spirits, and looked towards the sampan under the boat.
The person who came to negotiate was taken aback when he saw such a scene, and almost fell on the sampan, Yu Xiaotian leaned over and hugged his fist and said: "Fortunately, I will be lucky!" Hehe! Down there are sea wolves! Ask this friend to come up and talk about it! ”
A soft ladder was thrown off the side of the boat, and the middle-aged man trembled and grabbed the soft ladder, and with the help of the people above pulling and the people below pushing, he climbed onto Yu Xiaotian's boat.
Yu Xiaotian looked at the man, and saw that he was wearing a cloth robe, which revealed an embroidered silk, such a dress is the standard dress of a businessman, although the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were rich, but their status in the Ming Dynasty was not high, Zhu Yuanzhang looked down on the merchants, and ordered that all businessmen should not wear silk clothes, only they were allowed to wear cloth clothes, otherwise it would be a crime.
So although the merchants are very rich, but subject to this, they dare not wear silk products in public, they can only secretly wear them at home, and after they come out, they can only put on a cloth coat outside, and the merchants will often put a silk dress inside, but they have to show off their wealth a little bit.
This kind of psychology makes people a little funny, but it is also a little helpless, Yu Xiaotian always feels that this is a bit of a cover-up feeling.
The merchant was of medium stature and looked quite upright, but his complexion was darker and rougher, and it was evident that this man was also a perennial outsider.
"In Pingyang Zhouxian, Wenzhou Prefecture, this is polite! Dare to ask, I don't know what this hero is called? After the merchant got on the ship, he did not dare to slack off, and while secretly scanning the sea wolves on the ship, he hurriedly bowed and clenched his fists to salute Xiaotian, and reported his name and origin.
Yu Xiaotian listened to his accent, which was indeed the accent of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he waved his hand with a big grin: "You're welcome, my surname is Yu, just call us sea wolves!" ”
Zhou Xian was very nervous at this time, the clothes on his body were also a little wet, he shivered slightly, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or frozen, in short, he looked very stiff, accompanied by a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said to Xiaotian: "Fortunately, I will be happy!" Today, I don't know if it's Yu Da Boss, I'm disrespectful! ”
Yu Xiaotian didn't bother to be polite to him, and replied strongly: "You don't have to be polite to me, just say something!" I'm a person who likes to go straight, it's best to be happy! ”
Zhou Xian's expression was even more rigid, he forced out a smile, bowed and said, "Oh! That's the best! I have just come back from Guangdong, passing through here, I don't know that this area of the road is the territory of the big boss, not in advance, and I hope that the big boss will forgive me!
We are all eating at sea, making a living is not easy, today I met Yu Da Boss, and I hope that Yu Da Boss can raise his noble hand and let me wait for a horse!
Of course, we can't let the big boss and the brothers go in vain, and they will have some gifts and filial piety! I don't know if the big boss can sell it in the next thin noodles, let's leave! ”
"Oh? It seems that Shopkeeper Zhou knows the rules! Well said, well said! Seeing that this is also almost the New Year, who doesn't want to have a safe and stable festival? It is estimated that Shopkeeper Zhou and the people on the ship, there are also family members waiting for you to go back at home, Yu is not an unreasonable person, as long as it is appropriate, we don't want to make too much trouble, so it depends on how much you are willing to take! Yu Xiaotian didn't talk nonsense with them at all, and directly expressed his attitude, just waiting for the other party to make an offer.
Hearing Yu Xiaotian say this, Zhou Xian relaxed a little, Yu Xiaotian's words at least made him understand that this time, they, the sea wolves, also knew how difficult their ships were to deal with, and they were willing to take money to let them go, which was the basis for negotiations.
So Zhou Xian said with a smile: "This is the best, Yu Da Boss is really refreshing, since this is the case, it is easy to say, last night we were in charge of the three boats together to discuss it, this is about to be a holiday, and it can't be too shabby, so when I came, the other two owners said that they were willing to take thirty taels of silver for each boat, and take some more in the next, and make up forty taels of silver, a total of one hundred taels, and hope that Yu Da Boss will laugh!" ”
Yu Xiaotian's eyebrows were twisted together when he heard this, he looked at the three boats in the bay, and said with a sneer: "Shopkeeper Zhou, it's not that I'm unreasonable, you three boats have just come back from the south, and I guess you have made a lot of money from this trip back and forth!" Three boats only took out a hundred taels of silver, are you looking down on me? Although Yu Mou has not seen many big scenes, he has not seen this hundred taels of silver!
Go back! Tell them the other two shopkeepers, if you are so sincere, then forget it, we will see the real chapter under our hands in a while, you rush out of the Lu, it is your ability, you can only blame Lao Tzu for not having the ability, if you can't rush out, then you can't blame me for not giving you a chance! This one hundred taels of silver is free to negotiate! ”
When Zhou Xian heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't be angry, it's easy to say!" Let's not turn our faces! If you are not satisfied with the big boss, we can still discuss, I don't know how much you want to be satisfied with the big boss, you might as well say the number, and discuss it with them when you go back next! ”
Yu Xiaotian frowned and observed the three boats opposite, and after thinking for a while, he stretched out his hand and said, "Since this is the case, then I, Yu, will give your shopkeeper Zhou a face!" Go back and tell them that a boat is worth two hundred taels of silver, and if the negotiation is successful, I can save you fifty taels of silver, for a total of five hundred and fifty taels of silver, and take it and you will leave!" ”
Zhou Xian's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd when he heard this, and he cried and mourned, and repeatedly hugged his fists and kowtowed to Yu Xiaotian like a worm and said: "Yu Da is in charge, this is too much!" You must know that Lu Dao is now running the boat this business, making really little money, a trip down a few months, in addition to the expenses to the boatmen, but also to the local government filial piety, really not much money, if you take out two hundred taels of silver, this trip back will lose a lot, and I hope that the big boss will raise his noble hand, and then give a little more, at least let them go back next to discuss with them! ”
Yu Xiaotian was a little impatient and threatened: "So judging from the shopkeeper Zhou, is it appropriate for you to even leave the ship and goods here?" Or is it appropriate to go back safely with some blood? We people are cheap, and we are not worth much silver, and if we don't succeed, we will be scattered in two! ”
"Helmsman, don't talk to this guy, just let them see how powerful we are, I see that they have a lot of good things on board, why bother to say anything to them, just stay and pull them down! It's also a province for them to treat us as flowers! Madman Meng listened on the side, jumped out and pointed at Zhou Xian and said.
Zhou Xian was frightened enough, and hurriedly persuaded him, please Yu Xiaotian don't be in a hurry, everything is easy to say, it's better not to make a fuss, give them a little more, let them go this time!
As a result, Yu Xiaotian turned around, stopped talking to him, and waved his hand to let Liu Lao Liu come over and follow Zhou Xian to continue.
(It seems that today I still have to thank the baggio770526 brothers!) Give me a reward for three days in a row, and the cold wind can't repay me! I can only say thank you! )