At this time, the interpreter on the side translated the words that the captain had just said hello at a very slow interpretation speed, that is, hello, welcome to the boat, thank you for the water.

After a brief greeting, the captain led them into a hall on the third floor of the ship, with the windows open, the light was bright, there was no cumbersome decoration, the four white floors were floored, the furnishings were extremely simple, the largest piece of furniture was a large rectangular table that occupied the middle of the room, and a circle of chairs was arranged, which looked like a place for meeting guests or gathering people for discussion.

The captain invited them to sit at one end of the long table, and the door was not closed, and in a few moments two crew members came in carrying a heavy bag.

Under Ma Zhiwen's enthusiastic gaze, the two of them cut the packing rope and opened the tightly pressed cotton bales layer by layer, and the snow-white cotton was like a swollen dough, quickly reaching several times the size of the previous one, and it was displayed in front of everyone present.

"Oh my God, that's a lot of cotton!" Ma Zhiwen couldn't help but stand up, resisting the urge to reach out and twist a flower, and turned his head to look at the captain first, "Can I get started and take a look?" ”

The interpreter translated faster this time, and everyone present smiled gently, stretching out their hands to signal them to be casual.

At this time, the village chief Jia and the two personal soldiers also stood up together, reached into the cotton bag and touched it, and twisted a ball out of their hands, grabbed it twice in their hands to see the fluffiness, pulled it a few times to see the silk wool, and it looked very professional and decent.

Ma Zhiwen raised his eyes and observed the expressions of his own soldiers and the village chief Jia beside him, they were all very satisfied with this cotton, and he also liked it very much, but he was a little weak when he wanted to ask the price, he had never talked about such a large business, and he didn't know what to say in the first sentence for a while, so as not to expose himself as a layman.

Village Chief Jia patted Ma Zhiwen on the shoulder very understandingly, turned around and began to inquire with the captain.

The captain first said something to the subordinates who sent the cotton, but the interpreter did not translate, so Ma Zhiwen and his soldiers naturally did not understand, so they saw that the people went out for a while and came back with something, which were a few round silver coins and a small scale.

The silver coin is the currency of the country of Zha Wabo, printed with the portrait of the current king, at first glance it is not the style of their own country, it was brought by foreigners who landed in their country in the early days, the silver content is more than ninety, and it is only used when trading large or high-value goods, and the captain uses these to act are earned by selling ice, and the whole family of Lord Keith is obsessed with ice.

The captain took five silver coins and placed them on the right weighing pan of the small scale, and the left weighing pan was weighted in turn, and when the balance was reached, he spread his hands to indicate that the price was reached.

Village Chief Jia dug into his pocket again, took out a few pieces of broken silver of different sizes, and the captain took out the silver coins and put the broken silver on them in turn, so that after a while, the balance between the two sides was finally reached.

Retrieving the weighed broken silver, Village Chief Jia checked it in the palm of his hand, "Four taels." You try. ”

Ma Zhiwen stretched out his hand to take the broken silver handed by Village Chief Jia, and also shook it twice, and nodded slightly, "Almost, it's this number." So ...... the price? ”

"Don't worry, we're inquiring now, asking for money on the spot, it's normal to bargain, and we'll discuss this when we go back."

"Okay."

Ma Zhiwen's heart relaxed, he thought that it was not his turn to worry about this matter in the end, they had already made preliminary contact, inquired about the quotation, and then reported the situation truthfully to ensure the safety of the ship and the whole transaction was reached safely, and the credit was in hand.