Getting off the cargo ship, Tang Ning was a little tired, these guys from the East were generally very vigilant, and the shrewdness of business was terrible, and in the end they did not reach a contract, they proposed to discuss it overnight, and they would give an accurate answer tomorrow morning.

Of course, Downing didn't want the other party to finalize this business soon, because in that way, he would need to come up with an unimaginably large amount of money, and at the same time, Alkamal himself was involved in the tea and silk business, and as a representative of the spice business, he openly opposed his own people, which would make those people complain to Alkmaar.

He just wanted the opponent in the spice business to retreat, and the next thing was to wait for the opponent's reaction tonight, of course, Font had already greeted him in advance, and it was just a pre-arranged play.

"Mr. Downing, are you sure that the other party will respond to this crazy plan?" the spies sent by Mace were not sure if this trick would really work.

"There will be news tomorrow morning, so we'll see when the time comes. "Downing sent the spies, and sat in one of the most luxurious hotel suites on the Gold Coast, with a glass of red wine, he didn't put all his treasure on this fellow who was both an enemy and an ally, and if he didn't get the desired result tomorrow, he would use a real plan to make Font regret it.

Barak arrived at the Gold Coast a day earlier at Downing's orders, this was his first time on the Gold Coast, and the oriental faces that were different from those of Westerners seemed new to him, but this time he came here for more important things to do.

Causing great distress to some people at the lowest cost, the first target of the new task that Downing gave him was those hard laborers, the income of a silver Caesar was enough to make them ecstatic, but he could take out a golden Caesar, a hundred times the reward, and the laborers were enough to do anything for it.

It was learned from the port that the laborers had a foreman who was responsible for taking over the work, and these foremen formed a trade union, ostensibly to ensure the rights and interests of the laborers, but in fact it was only to make it easier to exploit these laborers, and after joining the union, the laborers had to pay 10% of their monthly income to the union.

The foremen had a very wide range of contacts and complex relationships, and they controlled these laborers, and the merchants of the East liked to cooperate with these foremen, which was much easier than them going to find the laborers who carried the goods one by one, and at the same time, they could have a standard of remuneration for the laborers, so that they would not be falsely accused because they did not know the price of the labor.

As the largest foreman in the port of Gold Coast, Sara has a total of nearly 8,000 laborers, which gives him a high reputation in the port, and as a thug who used to be in the port, he is now very satisfied with his achievements.

Sitting late at night in a somewhat humble hut, this is his office, about ten square meters, there is a bed, and a table and chair are placed next to the bed, Sara learned from the merchants, bought a cheaper suit to wear on his body, the inferior suit made him look a little funny, he only has one arm, and his right arm was cut off by another foreman in the process of struggle.

But all was over, and Sara sat down at the table, counting with one left hand the reward placed on the table, which was the reward for carrying two cargo ships, a total of one hundred golden caesars, of which more than seventy were to be used to pay nearly eight thousand hard laborers for a day, and he was able to drop twenty golden caesars a day.

This is already a very good income for him, he can earn 600 gold Caesars a month, compared to the miserable life he once had, it is like living in heaven.

After a burst of excitement, he divided the golden caesar who was going to be paid to those hard laborers, carefully hid it in a secret small window next to the eaves, and hid his income in the dark cabin under the bed, there were many idle young people in the harbor, like he used to do some petty theft, so he had to be careful.

In the past, because he had no skills, he was thin and weak, and he was not even qualified to do hard labor, and those foremen were unwilling to hire him, which made him quite disappointed, and he came to the Gold Coast with confidence, but in the end he was about to starve to death here.

"Mom, rest assured, your child will earn money for you and your sister to live in a big and bright house. Sarah, who had left home for the Gold Coast, made a vow, but when he arrived, he realized that it was not as simple as he thought.

If he goes back, he will be laughed at, and the young man with strong self-esteem finally decided to stay, in order to survive, he started the business of stealing, but this does not mean that he is a bad person, but he has a strong desire to live, make a career, give his mother and sister the best life, and he has a rule, never steal the hard-earned money of hard labor.

Later, he finally found an opportunity, and on a rainy night when the foremen were fighting for business, his kind heart prompted him to rescue a dying foreman, who thanked Sara for saving his life and finally left him and took him with him.

The clever young man was very studious, and when the foreman had saved enough money and wanted to get involved in other businesses, he gave him the position of the foreman, and he never owed wages to those laborers, which made his good reputation spread, and many of the laborers volunteered to join his men, making him the largest foreman in the area, and the foreman who had fought with his boss chose to cut off one of his arms and cut it off.

The weather on the Gold Coast has been very changeable, one moment the sun is shining, the next is a downpour, especially at night, when the sky is pouring rain, Sara lies in bed, reminiscing about the painful years and thanking God for his young man's kindness.

Suddenly, he remembered what a slave had told during the day, whose family was seriously ill and needed money for medical treatment, and wanted a month's salary advance.

Sara got up from the bed, took out three gold coins from the hidden under the bed, put them in the dark compartment on the table, and lay back on the bed. "No one will stand idly by in the face of other people's suffering. Sara thought so and lay down with her arm under the back of her head, looking forward to a better life ahead.

"It would be nice to be able to live with my mother and sister, but there are no good teachers on the Gold Coast, and my sister needs to go to school. "Sara has his own worries, if he leaves here and goes home, the business will suffer, it's a real headache, he misses his relatives too much.

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and a perceptive Sara flipped to her feet, her fingers reaching for a knife under the bed, in case someone stole the workers' pay, the other thieves were not as conscientious as he was.

There was a sharp knock on the door, and Sara struggled with whether to open the door on a dangerous night, and the rain outside the door was loud.

After struggling for a while, Sara decided to get up and open the door, maybe just a person hiding from the rain, and he would feel guilty if he was locked out.

The kind young man held the knife and opened the door through a crack, and saw the figure outside, an old man carrying a suitcase, drenched in the rain, very bad.

Experience taught him that an old man could not be a thief, but a businessman, so he let his guard down, opened the door, and welcomed the old man in.

"It's terrible, damn the weather, it was fine half an hour ago, and suddenly it started to rain. Barak, who entered the door, complained about the weather, put the suitcase on the table, and looked back at the young man with the knife, a little worried. "Rest assured, I won't be a threat to you. ”

Sara was a little embarrassed to put the knife at the door, closed the door, and carefully looked at the visitor, the jacket and suit on her body were not cheap, the leather shoes were bright, it was obvious that it was a businessman, Sara was busy pouring hot water, and turned back to explain. "The weather on the Gold Coast is like a baby, no one can understand him. ”

Hot water was delivered to the guest, and Sara motioned for the guest to sit while he stood. "Sir, don't worry, the rain will stop in a while, and it won't delay your business. ”

Barack wrung the rain out of his clothes, sat down in a chair with hot water, and looked at the one-armed young man. "It's unbelievable that a one-armed young man turned out to be a foreman. ”

Sara didn't expect the old man to know about him, he was a little shy. "I'm far worse than you. ”

"No, you're still young, and no one can say what you'll be like in the future. Barak took a sip of hot water and put it down. "I knocked on so many foreman's doors, and in the end you were the only one who chose to open the door, and obviously opportunity chose you. ”

Sarah's keen sense of smell made him understand that there was business delivered to his door. "Sir, do you have any goods that we need to carry them, but the workers are reluctant to go to work at night, so you need to pay a little more. ”

According to the rules here, workers do need to be paid more for night shifts, and Sara doesn't talk nonsense.

Barak waved his hand and opened the suitcase, and a stack of Caesars was hundreds of thousands. "I don't need you to do my work, you just need to move your mouth, and the revenge will be a hundred, if not a thousand times higher than usual. ”

A hundred times or even a thousand times, Sara was frightened, he felt that this business was not simple, he needed to be careful in such a business, he would not make some money with no conscience, kindness made him make a decision quickly. "Sir, you can stay here until the rain stops, I'm not interested in this business. ”

Barak did not expect that the foreman would refuse such a good deed, and he was a little disappointed. "Young man, do you think I'm lying to you? Rest assured, there will be no problems with this business, and I can pay you first as a sign of my sincerity. ”

Sara felt that this man's business must not be clean, otherwise he would never have paid such a big price, and he would never have anything to do with this dirty business. "Sir, I will never do anything that violates the law, and I will not allow my people to help you, you go. ”