Chapter 21: The Method
Fang Zhongjin magnified his internal force point by point and pressed it on the long sword. Directly forced Yan Junhao into internal chaos, his legs trembled, and he was about to fall.
At this time, Zheng He suddenly spoke up and asked Yan Junhao to discuss it well. In fact, it is false to ask him to discuss, please ask Fang Zhongjin's subordinates to show mercy and let Yan Junhao go. It's just to take care of Yan Junhao's face, so he deliberately said it euphemistically.
When Fang Zhongjin heard this, his face did not show the slightest unwillingness, but generously unloaded his internal force and put his sword into the sheath.
As soon as this strength was retracted, Yan Junhao suddenly fell to the ground. He slowly braced himself up, but his blood was still churning. I hate that I didn't even bring a servant. Now Yan Junhao almost couldn't stand up in one breath, but no one could help him.
Now he can't just lie on the ground and not get up, but he doesn't have the strength to leave with a cruel word. If the stalemate continues, it is really a shame.
It is still the county order Bao Guoxing who is the best at looking at people's eyes. He hurriedly parted the crowd and struggled to squeeze it out. Step by step, he came to Yan Junhao's side. Carefully helped the half-royal prince back to the seat he had just made.
At this time, all the drinks on the table had been spilled, and the soup had flowed all over the table. Bao Guoxing hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve, and shouted loudly to the servants of Lingbo Pavilion to hurry up and change wine and food.
Fang Zhongjin had already guessed that with Yan Junhao's identity, of course it was impossible to kill him on the spot. Otherwise, he really wanted Ji Changan to form a blood feud with him, and there were constant disputes since then.
But if you let him go lightly and skillfully, I don't know if this kid will come to provoke. He took advantage of the fact that no one had come to stop him, and he was wearing down Yan Junhao's internal strength inch by inch. At least tonight, Yan Junhao didn't have the strength to make noise again.
After today, he Fang Zhongjin is already a wide sea with a leap of fish, and the sky is high and birds are still flying. They never see each other again, and they can't talk about any feud.
Fang Zhongjin sat back at the main table. Ji Changan, who was at the same table, had recovered a lot, and he didn't see much wrong when he sitting. And Yan Junhao, who was helped to the table, had a disgraced face, and he couldn't tell whether he was annoyed or ashamed.
The three of them were eager to kill each other just now, but they were able to sit together again at this time.
Some businessmen on the side saw that the matter seemed to have subsided, and they probably didn't know how to fight again. The trembling ones were dragged back to the tables and chairs and sat down. In the end, it was because the list brought by Zheng He was too tempting, that is, he fought for his life, and he didn't want to let go of this opportunity.
Bao Guoxing walked around, constantly instructing the servants to clean up the mess, looking like a master.
Old Man Shen and Widow Yan couldn't wait to disappear now. This game is really a stinky game, and I don't know if I can continue to mix in Ninghai in the future.
Zheng He stood up and bowed his hand to everyone again, cleared his throat and said: "Our family came to Ninghai this time to share the emperor's worries and buy a big ship of 2,000 materials. We knew that such a ship would not be easy to build. Fortunately, the two masters of Jianghuai Shipping Company and Shanglong Shipping Company sympathized with our family's work and took the initiative to hold this shipping industry conference for our family, so as to gather the heads of various shipping companies in Daming here.
Everyone is the leader, please don't hesitate to come up with a way for our family, so that our family can live up to the emperor's mission. If anyone's method works, our family will definitely reward the emperor heavily. ”
As he spoke, he bowed again. Zheng He is worthy of being a celebrity in front of the emperor. After he finished speaking, he pacified all parties, but did not say a word about the fight. The conversation is back to shipbuilding.
The people in the pavilion also had a tacit understanding, and no one mentioned the desperate fight just now. Everyone at the same table discussed with each other, and finally they all shook their heads, no one could build such a big ship.
Zheng He couldn't help frowning when he saw that everyone had no choice. The boat owners here come from all over the place. If you can't find a way here, then even if you run all over the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that it will be the same.
Only Old Man Shen and Widow Yan were careful not to let themselves show a gloating expression. It's just that they didn't think about it, and the person who made such a big fuss was actually themselves and not others.
Just when Zheng He wanted to say a few words to end today's farce. Suddenly, a small voice said, "Maybe the little old man has a way to build such a boat." ”
It was a quiet sound, and it came from a remote corner. The crowd searched for a while. Only then did I find the person who made the sound. I saw that this man was a short, thin old man, unlike other shipowners, who tried to dress themselves decently. The old man may have worn his clothes directly to the banquet when he was at work, and he looked so simple that he was unorthodox.
And the look on his face seemed to be that even he didn't quite believe his own words, and showed a cautious look.
When Old Man Shen heard this, he directly grabbed the white and said, "You can speak after you think about it." Can you afford to commit the crime of deceit?"
When the old man heard this, he couldn't help shrinking his neck, as if he was really afraid, and wanted to sit back in his seat as if he hadn't said anything.
When Zheng He heard this, he hurriedly stopped in a loud voice: "Don't worry, this old man must not worry, if you have any ideas, just say it, and no one will punish you." ”
The old man snorted for a long time, and finally said, "I just guess, although there is no such long wood to make a big ship." And the wood that is spun together with ship nails will be broken up by the waves as soon as it goes out to sea. However, I have recently developed a method of splicing ship wood, which requires the use of several new ship nails such as shovel nails, shovel nails, shovel nails, leech nails, etc., and then use the technique to splice the ship beams. This splicing is a hundred times stronger than the original ship spikes.
Xiao Lao'er's boat was too small to buy a large ship's materials, so he figured out this method, so that he could make a big ship out of shorter wood...... "The more he said this, the lighter it became, and finally he shook out the secret of making a boat with inferior materials. The old man was furious in his heart, if this idea didn't work, I was afraid that he would not have to do business from now on.
Zheng He's eyes lit up when he heard this. I hope that the problem that I have been worrying about for many days will finally be solved.
But others were not willing to listen to it. Especially Widow Yan said from the side: "Boss Jia, you can cheat and cheat in your own business, and we can't control it." But do you dare to fool around like this on the big ship that the emperor wants?"
When Old Man Jia heard this, his face turned red and white for a while, and he felt that he really shouldn't be out of the blue. In this way, everyone already knew that the boat they built was made of short wood, and they were really remorseful.
Zheng He said in a gentle voice: "Boss Jia, you don't have to worry. I'll pay your deposit, and you'll build a smaller boat first. Let's see if it's sturdy. If it is feasible, I will pay a deposit of eighty percent in advance, and ask you to build me a batch of treasure ships. If it doesn't work out, you don't have to take it to heart, we're here to discuss each other, aren't we?"
When Old Man Jia heard this, his heart was a little settled. But the widow Yan was still not convinced, and said: "How can this ship be tried? Your ship cannot touch such a strong wind and wave in the deep sea on the seashore." If you sail to the deep sea, it proves that the spliced boat can't withstand the wind and waves, but then the boatmen on the ship will also die in the sea!"