Chapter 172 Monkey

After listening to the several elders who accompanied in the hall, except for Yu Xiaotian, almost vomited blood on the spot. These old guys were not young when they were fooling around at sea, and they were not young. They didn't know anything!

Now based on the market price, even if the cost of a three-masted Dafu boat in Fujian is only more than 400 taels of silver. The cost of the smaller sentry ship and Haicang ship is only 300 taels of silver at best, and the smaller bird boat is 200 taels of silver.

Even the black ship in the most expensive wide ship built purely from iron pear wood is only seven or eight hundred taels of silver in Guangdong, and Mr. Chu Cai's lost ships are all calculated according to 800 taels of silver, which is obviously almost like robbing, and those small boats, even relatively expensive long dragons and fast paddle boats, The cost of each ship is only dozens of taels of silver, and even the best wood is only a hundred taels of silver. As soon as this man opens his mouth, he calculates 300 taels of silver, which clearly means money.

In addition, how many of Chu Cai's old boats were built or bought by themselves? His ships are basically robbed, and most of these boats are old ships, which is even more worthless.

In addition, Luo Xianbin and others have indeed killed and injured hundreds of Chu Cai's men during their two months south this time, but Chu Cai Lao is different from the sea wolf. He will never caresthe his subordinates who were killed in the sea wolf in battle like Yu Xiaotian. The pension is just a matter of words. He completely regards his subordinates as a consumables. It's okay to recruit when you die. As for the pension for his family, it's nothing at all.

And the lion surnamed Zhou opened his mouth, with a hundred taels of silver per person, which is placed on the side of the sea wolf and does not meet such a standard at all.

At present, even if ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty live a decent life, each family can't earn a few taels of silver at the end of the year. Even if it is a county magistrate, if it is counted as his salary alone, there are only 45 taels of silver a year. For many ordinary people, 100 taels of silver is a huge wealth that many ordinary people can't imagine. , but Mr. Chu Cai actually...

After hearing this, Liu Laoliu, Zhao Mazi, Li Gouzi and others suddenly fell on the verge of rampage. In their hearts, there were not only ten thousand horses galloping, but simply ten thousand horses galloping. They greeted Chu Cailao and this whole family of women surnamed Zhou cordially.

But Yu Xiaotian looked like an old god. He waved his hand to stop these men who were about to run away and laughed, "What Mr. Zhou said seems to be fair! However, I think it's not easy to take out 90,000 taels of silver at once and say that it's me Yu Xiaotian. Even if I ask Chu Da to take out so much silver at once! Mr. Zhou, can you see if the compensation can be less?

Master Zhou looked at Yu Xiaotian and thought that as soon as Yu Xiaotian heard this number, he would definitely jump up on the spot. Ninety thousand taels of silver is really not a small amount. Ordinary people can't take it out at all. Even if it is very difficult for a rich county on land or even a state to raise this money, not to mention the sea wolf, even No matter how rich it is, it is impossible to take it out.

So when he opened his mouth, he was just a virtual head. In fact, he had already left Yu Xiaotian room to bargain. In addition, he also wanted to test Yu Xiaotian's attitude in this way to see if Yu Xiaotian had any idea and spend money to solve this matter.

When I heard Yu Xiaotian ask him if he could be less, Zhou had a strange feeling. He always felt that Yu Xiaotian behaved strangely today. Judging from his attitude just now, he didn't seem to be going to spend money to solve this matter, but now he is actually What does it mean to bargain with him? Is it possible that he was deterr from the pressure of Mr. Chu Cai and planned to spend money to solve it?

Master Zhou looked at Yu Xiaotian and nodded and nodded, "I also know that such a large amount of money is really unbearable for the boss. The key for our big shopkeeper is to make face, but the money is a small matter. If the boss is really sincere, this money is good to say. Before our big shopkeeper came, if Yu If the family is really sincere, the matter of taking out 50,000 taels of silver can be stopped from now on!"

Yu Xiaotian calculated that 50,000 taels of silver, a catty in the Ming Dynasty was 16 taels, that is, more than 3100 catties. In the Ming Dynasty, a catty was heavier than that of a catty in later generations. If it is converted into tons, it would be nearly two tons. This man really dares to want it!

Yu Xiaotian also knows roughly how much his sea wolf earns in a year. Although he is relatively rich now, it is also unrealistic for him to take out 50,000 taels of silver at once. 50,000 taels of silver can now support an army of thousands of people. No matter how rich he is, It's impossible to be full and give this silver to Chu Cailao.

However, he continued to tease the surnamed Zhou and said with an embarrassed face, "50,000 taels of silver! It's hard to do! My sea wolf is not as rich as Chu's boss. It often ignores tens of thousands of taels of silver. As you can see, I have few people here and few boats, and I can't earn much money all year round. This 50,000 taels of silver is an astronomical figure. Please forgive me for being difficult to do. How about Master Zhou's reduction a little more?"

Master Zhou is very happy to bargain with Yu Xiaotian, because in his opinion, if Yu Xiaotian refuses, then he will come for nothing this time. After going back, he can only tell Mr. Chu Cai to prepare to fight, but Yu Xiaotian is talking to him now, which shows that he has the idea of spending money to buy a peace, which means that he has already Show weakness, and then he has hope to make a stick from Yu Xiaotian.

So Master Zhou shook his head and said, "The head of the family laughed! I heard that the owner guarded the waterways around Fuzhou and Funing and collected money for buying money from passing merchant ships in the past. In this way, there must be a lot of money in a year. In addition, it is said that the owner is still a person who knows how to do business very well. The business is very large, and the harvest must be good in a year. How can 50,000 taels of silver be regarded as a large number?

But if it's really difficult to be the head, it's not impossible, but it's not easy to explain in front of the big shopkeeper! Well...uh-huh! ..." He put his left hand on the armrest of the chair, showed his fingers from his sleeve, and gently tapped on the armrest of the chair.

Those who know how to do it can know that Zhou is for benefits. This gesture is a standard gesture that wants to rip off. Generally, when they are on land, someone is looking for officials or errand men to do things. When they want to ask for benefits, they will make such gestures and actions. Generally, well-sighted people can naturally see it at a glance. What do they want?

After Yu Xiaotian saw the movement of Zhou's finger, he despised the man hard in his heart. The old man Chu Cai didn't look good, and he didn't forget to get benefits for himself when he came out to do things. He was really a greedy person.

But there was no such a look on his face. He nodded with a knowing look and smiled, "Mr. Zhou, please don't worry, I know this rule! I won't let Mr. Zhou run this trip in vain! If it can be settled, Yu will definitely thank you!"

Master Zhou was happy when he heard this. He was more sure that Yu Xiaotian wanted to spend money to avoid disasters and wanted to get peace. And if the deal was done, he could still take the opportunity to make a profit. He would be cost-effective to come here. You know, he did this kind of thing, but he worked with his head on his belt. If Shen fell out, his head may stay here.

But now, things are going much better than he originally expected. Yu Xiaotian began to be tough, but now there are obvious signs of softening, which will make things much easier.

So he nodded repeatedly and began to discuss with Yu Xiaotian. The price went from 50,000 taels to 30,000 taels, but Yu Xiaotian still said that he could not accept it.

At this time, Liu Laoliu, Zhao Mazi and others had already seen their eyebrows. At the beginning, they blew their beards and stared one by one, but now they all showed a narrow smile and hid aside to drink tea, because they all saw that Yu Xiaotian was not serious with this man. Negotiation, there is nothing to play with this man, and they don't plan to give Chu Cai's old silver at all. Naturally, they have nothing to worry about. They all sit aside and watch the play.

"30,000 taels can't be less! No matter how few it is, you can't explain it when you go back next time! At least 30,000 taels is enough! After all, you have destroyed a lot of our ships, and all the shopkeepers are watching. Even the shopkeepers below will not agree!" When the price reached 30,000 taels, Master Zhou refused to lower the price by himself and shook his head and said.

Yu Xiaotian also said with an embarrassed face, "There are too many! We sea wolves are small, how can we get so much money! By the way, Uncle Li, how much money does our governing body still have now?

After hearing this, Li Gouzi quickly swallowed a mouthful of tea. Because of his rapid throat, he almost choked. After wiping the corners of his mouth, he got up and hugged his fist and said, "If we go back to the house, our harvest is not good these days! In addition, just after the New Year, the brothers received rewards and pensions, and this warehouse silver has long since bottomed out!

Yesterday, my subordinates asked the warehouse manager to stock up the warehouse. Now there are only 4,000 taels of silver in the warehouse. If this month's payment can't be paid back, I'm afraid there won't be enough money at the end of February!"

Li Gouzi honestly does not mean that he is stupid. As soon as Yu Xiaotian asked him, he understood what it meant. He stood up and cried. In short, he had no money!

Hearing this, Master Zhou's face turned green. He didn't say anything. Yu Xiaotian and his men were singing a double reed, and he didn't plan to give money at all. He was not a fool. Otherwise, he could not be Chu Cai's old advisor. If he still can't see that Yu Xiaotian has no sincerity, then he really doesn't have to fool around anymore.