Chapter 120: First Encounter with a Foreigner
If Cui Lao Er is bent on breaking away from the Haihe Gang, without turning his face, Hao Fei will give him the best attention.
The sea ban, that is for the little people. What powerful dignitary did not have one or two sea ships to amass wealth outside.
As for the people in the rivers and lakes, they generally pay attention to reputation, and they can make a resounding name faster on land, and when they reach the sea, they are pirates and pirates, and no matter how high their force is, they are limited by the sea.
Cui Lao Er has no other way to go at all, he didn't have a sense of saving money before, but now he has no money and no one, after so many years, he also understands that the strong have their own strong players, and his name can only be called in a city at most.
But when you go to sea, as long as the ship is fast, don't be surrounded and suppressed by official ships, you can't break into something.
"Your previous buddies can't be used, let's recruit people again, character comes first. I have five little brothers, and my character is still good, so I can use them directly. "Hao Fei wants to get a piece of the pie on Cui Laoer's ship in the future, so he can't just come up with ideas, he has to invest manpower and money.
"Okay! You call them. Cui Lao Er thinks that Hao Fei is someone who wants to install himself, and he also thinks it is reasonable.
Hao Fei continued: "There are still many details that novices like you and me can think of. Chu Liuxiang has been on the sea ship all year round, so she will definitely be able to learn more, so without further ado, you have to send us over as soon as possible. ”
"You won't lie to me, will you!" Cui Lao Er is very worried about the current state and is very suspicious.
Hao Fei knew how to deal with his current state, and explaining more would make him even more suspicious, so he just waved his hand and said: "A manly man must be decisive in doing things, and in the future, I want thirty percent of the dividends of your running boat, what else is the problem?" No problem, just hurry. ”
"Follow me!" Cui Lao Er ate this set, walked directly to the front to lead the way, twisted through several small alleys, and took them to a small fishing boat.
This is a small canopy boat, people hide inside the tent, people are invisible to outsiders, Cui Lao Er personally took charge of the boat, went out of the Haihe River, rowed to the vast sea.
Although there is still the law of the sea forbidden, it is still quite lively on the offshore sea. Tianjin Port is a big port, there are not few ships coming and going, especially foreign ships, Hao Fei saw seven or eight ships of different nationalities, the Netherlands, Japan, Britain, Spain and so on.
These foreign ships were more than fifty or sixty meters long, with as few as a dozen cannons and as many as fifty or sixty guns, and they were reinforced with iron plates and had many sailors.
An ocean-going ship of this size is simply small and pitiful from a realistic point of view, but in Hao Fei's eyes now, it is already a monster-like big guy.
There is no harm without contrast. Zhu Yuanzhang's "Da Ming Law" presided over and formulated in 1374 clearly limited the scale of Chinese ships, and was systematically used, resulting in the tax collector ships cruising around these foreign sea vessels, like ugly ducklings, can only look at the tall and beautiful swans around them.
As long as the boat moves, it costs money. As soon as the boat left the port, an official ship approached. An officer-like figure in the bow of the ship stood steadily, with a knife in his right hand and a stop gesture with his left hand.
Cui Lao Er did not stop the boat, but the speed increased.
Hao Fei and Wang Dashan glanced at each other, and they both felt that something bad was going to happen, but they kept shaking on the boat, and they couldn't stand up at all, so they could only half-squat to guard against it.
Cui Lao Er's boat showed no signs of slowing down at all, but the officer didn't want to intercept the **, just squinted and watched Cui Lao Er's boat sail by.
An ingot of snowflake silver, which was full of ten taels, flew into the officer's hand accurately from Cui Lao's second-hand when the two ships intersected. At the same time as the silver arrived, a dart flag flew out of the officer's hand and plunged into the straw buttress at the stern of the ship.
Not a word was said from beginning to end.
Hao Fei and the others relaxed and sat down again.
"The tax on the shore is only a few cents, and this is ten taels when you just go to sea, and it's really dark." Wang Dashan looked at the official ship that went away and said disdainfully.
"Black? It's already cheap. Cui Lao Er said while paddling: "I am the smallest boat, ten taels a day, and the larger cargo ships are one hundred and two thousand taels a day." Without such a big profit, I would not agree to go to sea to do this business. When you're done, I'll take you to the black market and see the prices of second-hand sea vessels. ”
“you, e here! Cabbage, mushrooms! Fluent English and awkward Chinese shouted from a British cargo ship not far away.
"Oops!" Cui Laoer's face changed slightly, and he said to Hao Fei and the two: "This boat is usually my little brother transporting some vegetables and fruits to sell here, but today I lent it to you without bringing the goods." These red-haired ghosts are not easy to deal with, so don't move around. ”
"It's gone! Sold out today! Cui Lao Er smiled heaped, waved his hands crossed, and shouted loudly.
“e! Come by the pot! The foreigner on the cargo ship didn't believe it, and still hooked his hand to lean over.
"Don't move!" Cui Lao Er told Hao Fei and the two of them again, and rowed the boat over.
The boat leaned on the cargo ship and tied the cable, Cui Lao Er lifted the partition, took out a few radishes and cucumbers and a salted fish from it, tied them with straw, and threw them on.
"The vegetables are sold out, this is for you, no money."
A few foreigners came out and took a closer look at Cui Laoer's canopy boat, and their eyes were covered by the canopy.
“geo and see!” One of the leader-looking foreigners turned his head to let the other go down and take a look.
Hao Fei and the two sat honestly in the cabin and waited, when suddenly there was a "bang", there was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and a tall figure appeared at the bow of the boat.
This is a blonde and blue-eyed Englishman, more than 1.9 meters tall and weighing more than 100 kilograms. For an indigenous like Cui Lao Er, this body type is definitely a deterrent.
"Friend, it's really sold out, I didn't lie to you, don't believe you." Cui Lao Er smiled and pointed to the empty cabin.
"You don't bite and lie to me! Throw Ni in the air! This foreigner named George spoke not bad Chinese, and after saying to Cui Laoer, he hooked his hand at Hao Fei and the others, and said, "Ni come out, I want to check!" ”
Hao Fei and Wang Dashan glanced at each other, frowned at the same time, and after making eye contact, they still decided not to cause trouble.
The two of them got out of the canopy and stood at the stern of the boat. The foreigner was too heavy, and there was no one standing on the bow of the ship.
Hao Fei's stature is medium, but Wang Dashan is also more than one meter and eighty, weighing more than one hundred and eighty pounds, although he looks one size smaller than that George, but there is a strong momentum.
Attracted by Wang Dashan's size, George stared at him for ten seconds before entering the canopy to check.
He was huge, and the small canopy couldn't stand him moving and turning, and many places were broken and cracked by his support in three or two clicks. Fortunately, the boat was very small, so there was nothing to inspect, and it only took three to five minutes to check it.
"Ni sold all the good things to Beiren, I don't feel good, you go to Hiri to play with the bowl!" The first thing George did when he came out was to grab Cui Laoer's shoulder and throw him out.