Volume 1 Bully Me, Insult Me, I Can't Bear Chapter 263 A Couple of Graces

Mo Zi thought about it, and finally asked, "Did you really help him?"

Yuan Cheng shook his head: "I accepted a bribe from him." I think he looks bullish, so I still remember his face. ”

Yes?! Mo Zi's eyebrows hung upside down, "You mean, he sent you money, you were greedy for him, and he still regarded you as a benefactor?" "Such a relationship, Niu Gao wants to kowtow to him a hundred times? It's better to insist that it's Yuan Cheng's shadow master who is a ghost. Maybe there's some kind of kung fu that can make people kowtow automatically?

"So, I'm also very uncomfortable. Doesn't it feel like sitting on pins and needles? "I've already walked back to the place where Mo Zi was grinding the wooden board just now.

"Not really." She looked at him very comfortably, and almost didn't help him count.

Yuan Cheng was amused by her boss's unceremonious truth, and echoed her, "It's rare to be a benefactor, and I'm sorry for the other party's sincerity." ”

Mo Zi couldn't stand it and rolled her nose and eyes, "Corrupt officials still care about these forms?" ”

"Let's get down to business." If it goes on like this, the two of them can chatter for a day, and Yuan Cheng picked up a broken board, "Why did this ship sink?" "Sure enough, something came." Mo Zi wrinkled his nose and said, "It's no problem to tell you, but why are you asking?" I thought that Major General Xiao should be more concerned.

"This time, nothing is huge, and it is all uniformly dispatched and verified by the Zhongshu Province. A few days ago, Xiao Wei reported to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War informed Lord Zhongshu Ling again. And I was in charge of this at his behest. In other words, Mao recommended himself. Zhongshuling now trusts him, and it is not difficult to get this errand.

"I see." Mo Zi is upright: "Then let me report to the adults." After four days of salvage, except for the part that was broken by hitting the river chuáng, the bottom of the ship is still well preserved. After assembling, it was found that there was a crack in the three shifts at the left half of the faucet, three feet long, and ten fingers were inserted wide. I guess it's the bottom of the starting leak. The broken wood is neatly cut inside, and the outside is rough, which should have been chiseled by someone with a sharp weapon. ”

Yuan Cheng and Mo Zi confirmed, "Chiseled from the inside out? ”

Purple is sure, "I know what you're thinking." I am ninety percent sure that this shipwreck was caused by Xiao Wei's own soldiers. I don't know the purpose, maybe it's another country, maybe it's a partisan fight. But beyond that, I made another discovery. ”

Yuan Cheng waited for her to continue.

"The bottom plate of the ship is three points thinner than that of civilian ships, the tung paint is easy to fall, the lime doping on the back cover is still adulterated, and the iron nails and wooden nails are mixed." Mo Zi said this, pausing slightly, as if hesitating to continue, "I don't know much about the materials and processes used in the shipbuilding of the Great Zhou Guanjia Workshop, so I only say my thoughts, not the final conclusion. I think that the reason why the hull accelerates and sinks and breaks is because the ship has not been touched at all. "Is it worse?" Yuan Cheng lowered his eyes and muttered to himself.

"There are dark rocks on both sides of the Hongyu River, but the river Chuáng is flat. After I checked the bottom of the boat, I found that in addition to the artificial chisels, the side plates all had strong cracks caused by water pressure. If it's ordinarily small

It's just a boat, it's an inland warship. In this way, even if no one deliberately destroys it, it won't be long before the bottom of the ship will be flooded. She just didn't know the process of Da Zhou's shipbuilding, but she could also feel that there was something strange in it.

"Did you know that this ship has only been launched for half a year?" New ship.

"I can see it." She knew it when she first got on the boat. The lacquer is still new, and the wood is pure.

"What is the lifespan of an average ship?" Yuan Cheng really didn't care about this.

"Not necessarily. Look at the texture of wood and various auxiliary materials, as well as the shipbuilding process, as well as the wear and tear of the ship type and natural conditions. The larger the ship, the more rigorous the workmanship and the longer the age of the ship. The average is twenty or thirty years, at least seven or eight years, and as long as 100 years. "I have seen a hundred-year-old ship in Daqiu Mozi, which is well preserved and can still sail.

"According to your estimates, how long will this ship last if nothing happens?" Yuan Cheng wanted to hear Mo Zi's judgment.

"Months or half a year." Mo Zi went to fetch a large piece of the bottom of the boat, "You look. "The knee was pushed up a few times, and the seams cracked.

Yuan Cheng frowned.

"It's like a recruit from Da Zhou Water Village, a plate of scattered sand, vulnerable." Mo Zi threw the wooden board in his hand and patted off the sawdust, "If you want me to repair such a ship, I have to ask Major General Xiao for more silver." "If you want her to come, you will never be so sloppy.

"Xiao Wei wants you to repair the boat?" Yuan Cheng asked.

"yes. Originally, I thought that the people who did things for the emperor were very generous. Didn't you pull the thread and take over the work in the palace? It's a net gain. But when I arrived at General Xiao's place, as soon as I mentioned the money to him, I looked like I was going to deceive him. How troublesome it is to fish for boats, I said two thousand taels, and he said that I would really make money. I discounted it, and he didn't even smile. The conscience of heaven and earth, just gave me eight hundred taels of silver, and I gave Leng Liu, the cat gang. Afterwards, because the boat helped my brother go into the water more times than I calculated, another person made up a big red envelope of ten taels, and the five hundred taels of silver were gone. If you count the cost of my subordinates pulling the boat and the work of the craftsmen, the cost is so great, and the account is more than two hundred taels. "Bullying is really rare hard-earned money" I think he changed his career to become an accountant, and most of them are more promising than generals. This time I want to mend the ship, and if I don't earn him double the silver, I won't do it. ”

"Brother Mo, this life, back to him." Yuan Cheng said. So it's not a joke.

Mo Zi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay." Anyway, his money is hard to earn, so it's better not to do his business. "Even if you double your earnings, you can't earn them." Yuan Cheng asked Mo Zi to push it away, not because he didn't like Xiao Er, "The ship came out of the Shangdu Factory, of course, it should be pulled back by them for review." Originally, the inspection should not have been done by you, because the official shipyard is the most taboo for outsiders to interfere in the ship's affairs. It's one thing for them to take your own slice of the road, it's another for you to inspect their ship without their permission.

The official and private shipyards are now starting to cooperate, but in the early stage, you still have to look at the faces of the official shipyards, you don't stand out too much, so as not to offend people and not know it, and make enemies for the red grass. Xiao Weiruo came to ask you, you don't have to say much, just push it on me and tell him that Hongyu can help salvage, and the province has its own arrangements for repair. "Zi is not open-minded when she sees money, whoever stands in her way, she will be awkward with whom.

Yuan Cheng was right. On the surface, it seems to be just a money transaction, but because it involves the official shipyard, the incident is complicated. If Hongyu participates in it, it will be a big wrong.

"Remember, what you just said to me, don't say it to the second person." When Yuan Cheng was leaving, he instructed Mo Zi again.

Mo Zi knew that he was proficient in the crooked ways of officialdom, where would he not listen to him, so he nodded hurriedly. Not only did Ming Nian learn from him, but why didn't she learn how to behave from him?

"I invited Xu Jiu to have a drink in the house in the third day, and you can also come and listen to the excitement." Yuan Cheng seemed to suddenly remember, and before he got into the car, he said, "Enter through the north gate." ”

Xu Jiu is back?

Mo Zi nodded in response and watched the carriage leave. When I turned around, I saw Niu Gao running wildly, and the bull's eyes were looking east and west.

"Brother Mo, where is Yuan Xiang?" Niu Gao spoke up and shouted Yuan Cheng's old official position.

Mo Zi patted Niu Gao's broad shoulders, "Master Niu, yesterday's events are like yesterday's death." I understand that you have your own difficulties, but he has been confiscated by Emperor Nande and sent to the Southern Wilderness, and he was almost tortured to the point of dying, and he finally picked up this little life, and he had to live a panicked life of not knowing when to be assassinated. Now, not to mention changing my mind, it can be regarded as a new person, and I am my righteous brother again, for the sake of my face, can I forget it? What's more, bribery is such a thing, one party gives, and one party receives, but no one can guarantee that the trust will be done. I wonder how much money you bribed him at that time?

If it's just a hundred taels, I'll help him give it back to you. "It's definitely not that she looks down on Niu Gao, she just thinks it's bitter, and she doesn't give much bribes.

"One or two." After Niu Gao said it, he jumped on both feet, "Hey, Brother Mo, where is this?" I just want to kowtow and settle my mind. How much silver you make up for me can't be compared with Yuan Xiang's efforts for my old cow. As he spoke, the man was going to run out of the door.

Mo Zi grabbed him, "Wait, Master Niu." You give him a tael of silver, and he still does things for you? "Really? Fake?

"It's all said it's not silver. ,, Niu Gao was anxious.

"Master Niu, if you tell me the cause and effect, I will tell you where his house is. As the saying goes, if you can run a monk, you can't run a temple. Mo Zi smiled.

Niu Gao's rectum was a "Brother Mo, don't you laugh so grits?" It's as if my old cow is going to harm Yuanxiang. ”

"If you keep shouting and make everyone know, then it will be a matter of time before you hurt him." Mo Zi didn't laugh when he smiled.

Niu Gao understood, hurriedly covered his mouth, and said angrily, "That Lord Yuan? Mo Zi shrugged, noncommittal, "Tell me about it, a bribe of one or two silver."

Niu Gao was a little incoherent because he talked about this, and the general meaning was as follows: He was originally a craftsman, lived by the river for generations, and opened a workshop. He was neither rich nor poor, and lived happily with his wife and daughter. One day, there was a small boat sinking by the river, because it was right in front of his house, he went up enthusiastically to help, and his wife also prepared dry clothes for people. Who knows, the young man who was rescued saw that his wife was beautiful, and he actually teased her. If he hadn't been bumping into him, the man would have done it. So, in a fit of rage, he drove the people out. Half a month later, the man took a dozen or so family members, forcibly snatched his wife and daughter, and severely injured him. After he inquired, he learned that this person was the son of the prefect, who bullied the people and bullied women, and did all kinds of evil. He complained that there was no way out, and in desperation, an old friend who came back from the capital lamented that only the prime minister of Nande could still receive money and money to eliminate disasters for others. At that time, he only knew the notoriety of Yuan Xiang, but since he was already desperate, he wanted to make a final attempt. He sold his property and rushed to the capital, a serious illness, almost exhausted everything, and finally stopped Yuan Xiang's official sedan chair on the road, leaving only less than one or two pieces of broken silver. Yuan Xiang saw his condition, accepted his silver, wrote a letter himself, and sent his relatives to accompany him to the mansion of the official Shangshu. At that time, the power of the Yuan Prime Minister was monstrous, and Lord Shangshu did not dare to delay, so he returned to his hometown with him and ordered the prefect to deal with the matter.

This is Yuan Cheng's kindness to Niu Gao, one or two.

However, the story doesn't end here. @。