Zheng Chenggong looked at the few people who said that with an incredulous expression, and said with a cold face: "A few gentlemen, how can you say this?" No matter what happens to the DPRK, those are the money and goods of the adults, and they have to be according to the account book, how can we just divide it and take it away? ”

The steward who made the suggestion at the beginning was uncomfortable now, he pointed at Zheng Chenggong again and again, and then looked at the people around him who had just coaxed him, and said anxiously:

"Then how will your Zheng family compensate? So many adults, at least more than 600,000 taels of money, my lord wants it now, how many days will it take for your Zheng family to raise money? Isn't there five ships left now, those adults have committed a big crime, if you send these silver money back to them, won't it harm them, and the crime will be added to the first degree, and in the end, even we will be implicated, and your Zheng family will not be able to escape......"

Zheng Chenggong looked at this steward who seemed to be a little too excited and a little too wise, and he was overjoyed, this was to help him block all the roads, as if he was unforgivable regardless of the remaining five ships.

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong didn't speak, next to the overly excited steward, another smart housekeeper also hurriedly added fire: "Zheng Gongzi, we all know that you are kind, but Ling Zun may not agree to this matter, this is five or six hundred thousand yuan of money, shipwrecked, the old man has never heard of it and can be compensated. You have promised us here now, if Ling Zun does not agree, won't you and I be unable to explain? ”

Zheng Chenggong listened, his face pretended to be sad, and he seemed to be making a difficult choice, and the rest of the housekeepers also wanted to get the money and goods quickly, whether it was silver money or goods, anyway, in the land of Huaiyang, Nanjing, it was very easy to get rid of it, so they stepped forward to persuade Zheng Chenggong not to be too rigid and to be flexible.

After a while, Zheng Chenggong opened the door and called a sailor, asked him to bring the account book, and then sat down and said to the butlers:

"Don't hide it from you, sir, the remaining five ships are all the goods of Lord Liu, Lord Li, and my Zheng family, all of which are some Japanese goods and swords that were brought back by the way, which are worth 100,000 taels, and there are 200,000 taels of silver on board. Here is the account book, if you don't believe it, you can check it immediately, or you can go on the boat to check it at once.

Except for a few adults who can't come, 200,000 taels of cash is enough for you gentlemen, but my Zheng family also suffered heavy losses this time...... Not to mention this, after those things on the ship are sold, they can still make up 100,000 taels of silver, which should also make up for some losses. However, if there is still a vacancy, then the remaining silver can be replenished to you.

However, if you want to, you can also take these goods and sell them yourself, and the retail will be more profitable, and you will have the goods in your hands, so you can give an explanation to the adults when you return home. ”

The ledger is naturally forged, and the cargo on the ship is worth a lot of money, and it was also planned in advance, after all, Zheng Chenggong has the list given by Zhou Shixian in his hand, and he knows exactly who has fallen.

Hearing Zheng Chenggong say this, the housekeepers present discussed for a while, since there is still money and goods, then there is no problem. Just listening to Zheng Chenggong's meaning, it seems that the Zheng family's losses will also be made up, but nearly ten ships and more than a hundred sailors, this is not a small number, they must be together, just mean what the Zheng family means.

However, the group is not so simple, Zheng Chenggong specially mixed a few safe and sound petty officials in the account book, these people's housekeepers were not willing to offend Zheng Chenggong, and then, immediately a housekeeper said:

"I don't know any buyers for these many goods, and I don't know how to get rid of them, Zheng Gongzi, my family's silver is still there, you can just give us cash."

When the other dozen or so stewards heard this, they immediately made a fuss again, if they got out directly with the money, I am afraid that the remaining money would not be enough, especially the compensation for the Zheng family, why should they compensate, and these families will not compensate?

More than a dozen stewards were arguing and shouting for a long time, and Zheng Chenggong also pretended to persuade him, and said bitterly: "It's better to make a decision on this matter as soon as possible, let's do business together, pay attention to a ...... advance and retreat together, and share weal and woe."

After listening to Zheng Chenggong's words, a few housekeepers who were already tired of arguing finally stopped, and many people's eyes looked out the window at a few lucky boats docked on the shore, and someone said:

"We have also seen the books and account books here, and there is really no problem, we can't send them back the money of those departed adults, otherwise it will harm people, this kind of unkindness and injustice, loss of conscience, and falling into the well, we must not do it. But the money still has to be disposed of. ”

Before he finished speaking, he immediately asked eagerly: "Then how to deal with it, once those goods are sold, there are 300,000 taels, which is more than enough to distribute to us, but the Zheng family has suffered heavy losses this time, so many crew members and sailors still have goods, I'm afraid it ......."

This person's words came to his lips and swallowed back, if it is calculated according to this, the Zheng family will at least take more than fifty percent, and the remaining fifty percent is only enough for them to get back sixty percent, which is far from enough for them to explain.

Zheng Chenggong and the others naturally understood what he said, and they also knew that the other party had nothing to say, and they all had ghosts in their hearts.

Zheng Chenggong felt that he might be able to ask for more than 100,000 taels, including those that sank into the sea, it was enough to swallow 400,000 taels, while the other housekeepers were worried that Zheng Chenggong would open his mouth and ask for 150,000 or 60,000 taels.

Zheng Chenggong knows what these people are thinking, he is not greedy for money, but he must have something, otherwise he will definitely be suspected, and in the future, the Zheng family will have a bad precedent for this kind of thing. These are all things that Zheng Chenggong must take into account, and he has to grasp that measure, not only to let these deceived people suspect, but also to make them owe the Zheng family a favor.

Zheng Chenggong pretended to recall it again, as if after thinking about it carefully, he finally said:

"The money earned by those two adults, plus the goods they bought, and a few other departed adults, who are still on the ship, the books and account books are clear, if you can't harm them, you don't have to explain, that's really enough. My Zheng family has a 150,000 ...... In this way, my Zheng family has inherited all those goods, and the silver is only 50,000 taels, so I will take the silver for Mr. ”

As soon as Zheng Chenggong's words came out, there was a resurgence in the house, although this request was not excessive, and even reasonable, after all, everyone lost together, why should the Zheng family share less? But for them, it is unacceptable, or rather, they need to pull and bully this young man a little more.

Then, these stewards in the house began to concentrate their firepower on Zheng Chenggong again, one after another, and finally forced Zheng Chenggong to speak, so he had to explain:

"How can my Zheng family not be credited, how can I do such a thing as crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, this shipwreck happened, and it is not what my Zheng family thinks. Moreover, it was the original few adults who went to work, but they were also guests of my Zheng family, and now I can't get over it with my conscience, how can you gentlemen say such things? ”

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong seemed to be in a hurry, the dozen or so housekeepers were secretly proud in their hearts at this time, ready to come to the final blow. It's just that they didn't expect that in front of Zheng Chenggong, they were the real prey.

"Zheng Gongzi's heart is good, but it can't be too pedantic and short-sighted, think about it, in the future, the relationship between the Zheng family and our family will be good, wouldn't it be convenient to do things in Nanjing, this silver is silver, human favor is human favor, we get back our own capital, go back and explain, the Zheng family will be in Nanjing in the future, and it will be easy to do things, are you right or not?"

"This, this ......" Zheng Chenggong still looked very embarrassed.

The leading housekeeper waved his hand and said: "Zheng Gongzi, don't be embarrassed, you tell Ling Zun this, Ling Zun will definitely agree, Zheng Gongzi is still young, many things, he will understand in the future, if there is a person in the court, it is much more convenient to do things, not to mention that there are still more than a dozen friends." ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, his brows immediately furrowed together, he seemed to have gone mad, and his acting skills at this level were simply too deep into the play and he couldn't extricate himself.

These housekeepers looked at the young boy in front of him who seemed to be doing a hard ideological struggle, and they were also terrified, afraid that the other party would not understand the way of officialdom, and thought that these human relationships were not as important as silver, so they hurriedly said: "Zheng Gongzi, don't you understand the affairs of the court, do you really think that tens of thousands of taels of silver are as important as the relationship between the adults of our family?" ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he understood that the time had come, and a person of his age could just be able to provoke the law, so he hurriedly said: "Sir, why don't I understand this matter in the court, don't think that I, Zheng Sen, am young, so I underestimate me." Ben Gongzi was just calculating the distribution of the money. ”

When more than a dozen housekeepers heard this, their hearts relaxed, and they immediately calmed down, and the leader asked again: "Then how did Zheng Gongzi calculate?" ”

"There are still nearly 200,000 taels of silver left on the ship, and the value of the goods is 100,000, and you gentlemen will probably need 250,000 taels to go back to pay the difference, but my Zheng family needs nearly 200,000 taels to make up for the losses, and the ones that were originally earned are not counted. However, you have just said that you are right, this matter cannot be counted as such. ”

More than a dozen housekeepers were listening, and Zheng Chenggong continued: "However, it can't be exactly what you gentlemen said, my Zheng family can naturally pick up those goods, and the ship can also be talked about later, but the families of those sailors must be paid immediately." Therefore, in cash, my Zheng family also needs 15,000 taels. Of course, it is really hard for you gentlemen to go back and forth, and there is also a heart for you gentlemen, no less than two hundred taels. ”

As soon as these words came out, these housekeepers also began to be moved, they all felt that the current situation was unpredictable, and if they could earn a little, they would naturally have to make it quickly, so they agreed one after another.

And Zheng Chenggong also kept a hand, and did not give them all the money at one time, but left a final payment, and then delayed it a little longer, so that these incumbent officials could help deal with other family members who made trouble.