Chapter 119 Transaction
Yu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and turned his head and asked, "What? What did you say?
"Zhou, you don't have to take an inch! We have agreed. Do you want to go back on your word? Liu Laoliu couldn't help but have such a good temper. He pointed to Zhou Xian and asked.
And the Meng madman next to him jumped up and shouted, "Mom, can't we be sick cats if the tiger doesn't be powerful? Helms, copy the guy and do it. Let's see how capable they are!"
Zhou Xian quickly waved his hand and said, "All good men, calm down your anger first! It's not too late to get angry after listening to the next word!"
Yu Xiaotian nodded and waved his hand to stop the noisy men, and let Meng madman retreat first. Meng madman had to shut his mouth and stood behind angrily.
Yu Xiaotian frowned and said to Zhou Xian, "Well, I'll give you another chance to explain that if you are not sincere and want to delay, then don't blame someone for being rude to you!"
Zhou Xian then wiped his cold sweat, thanked repeatedly, and said, "Yu Dajia, it's not that we don't agree. After going back, we have talked to the other two shipowners. They have also agreed on the price, but we should also ask Yu Dajia to understand our difficulties!
In fact, it is not easy for us to run on the sea. It costs money to buy a boat and money to raise a boat. It also costs money to hire a boatman to give silver. When we come out, we have to hire someone to protect the boat. It is not a small expense to go back and forth.
But when you come out to run the boat, sometimes it may not go well. If you can't do it well, you will lose money. To be honest, this time we went to Guangdong. At least God took care of it, we also made some money, but we didn't make a lot of money. After digging out 150 taels of silver to honor you, there was nothing left on this trip. How many!
I'm afraid that some people have done this industry before doing this industry. You should know that it is not easy to do this job. Not every owner who runs the sea is a giant. Our shipowners are actually a small business. This ship was also bought by gathering money everywhere, and now we still owe a lot of debts.
In front of us is Haishan. As well as the owner of Haishan, there are a lot of people in your industry, and it's okay to meet you. At least we can still live after going back, but in case we meet again, even if our ships are not dead, we will have to take off their skin after going back. If we can't get some back a few years ago. If we are in debt, I'm afraid that even the ship will be bought to pay off the debt, and we will really have to hang the whole family!
So after our discussion, there will be such a ruthless invitation. I hope the big man can pity us and give you the money, but I hope that the big man can escort us!"
Speaking of this, Zhou's conspicuous circle also turned red and his eyes were moist. He slowly knelt in front of Yu Xiaotian and kowtowed several times to Xiaotian and the people behind him.
Yu Xiaotian silently looked at Zhou Xian and the older person behind him. Both of them knelt down and kowtowed hard.
The sea wolves, who were still angry just now, couldn't help but feel compassion at this moment. Most of them are actually not cruel people. They have their own unspeakable grievances when they take this road. Now, there are not many people who are not soft-hearted to see Zhou Xian and others beg so much.
Especially Liu Laoliu, a person who ran on the sea for a long time in his early years, was even more angry when he saw this, and the expression on his face softened and looked at Zhou Xian silently.
Even the Meng madman couldn't help turning around and no longer shouting.
Yu Xiaotian's mind kept turning. Today, he encountered a new problem. After negotiating the conditions, the shipowner brought by Zhou Xianhe once again put forward a new request, that is, they can give him 150 taels of silver per ship, but a new condition is added, that is, to ask Yu Xiaotian Their three ships escorted across the sea to prevent them from being attacked by other pirates in the waters of Haishan, that is, Haitan Island.
Originally, Yu Xiaotian could have completely refused, and took this opportunity to control Zhou Xian and another shipowner, forcing them to hand over their goods and then leave here.
However, Yu Xiaotian has his own moral code. In his opinion, even if he is a pirate now, he must keep the minimum moral bottom line. Now the two sides are still negotiating, and the two countries are still fighting. It is really a little unreasonable to take this opportunity to win these two negotiators.
In addition, during this period, he also learned that in fact, the people who run boats on the sea are not necessarily giants and so on. There are also many sea merchants who do not have strong financial resources. They just took the risk to work in this industry just to make a fortune. Their endurance is not very high. Sometimes they may be robbed, which may cause them to fall into their families. Bankrupt.
Now it seems that Zhou Xian and the shipowners of the other two ships generally belong to this kind of maritime merchants whose strength is not very strong. Otherwise, they would not have begged so bitterly and repeatedly negotiated.
But the condition they proposed today made Yu Xiaotian a little embarrassed, because they are thieves, pirates who specialize in looting at sea, not bodyguard bureaus, and hijacking ships is their job, but now they require themselves to escort their ships and give them a ride, which is a little contrary to their line.
So Yu Xiaotian was a little embarrassed about this. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly made up his mind and nodded, "Okay! Manager Zhou! Today, Yu promised you this condition. Don't look at the work of our sea wolves, but we are not born bad people. Business belongs to business and morality belongs to morality!
This time, it's not easy for Yu to see you, so he agreed to your terms and should help you with this, but Yu wants to make it clear that it's okay to escort you across the sea and mountains, but we can only send you to the north of Dalian Island, and further north, it depends on your own luck!"
After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Zhou Xian and the elderly man who accompanied him were overjoyed and even nodded and agreed, saying that it was completely okay.
So after a while, the owners of the three ships sent their respective silvers, and a total of 450 taels of white silver were presented to Yu Xiaotian.
After Meng madman waved away the others, he whispered to Xiaotian, "Steer, this deal is not cost-effective! If you escort them to the north of Dalian Island, it will take at least four days to go back and forth. Didn't you promise Wang Hong to go to Nanri Island before the festival? In this case, I'm afraid it will be delayed!"
Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said, "Uncle Meng, don't worry, I actually didn't expect them to put forward such a condition, but we also pay attention to stealing. We can't just look at money. This time, we forced 150 taels of silver from each of their family, which doesn't count. Less.
What they said is true. It's enough for them to meet us this time. If they meet again, even if they save their lives and ship back, they will almost go bankrupt. The whole family will not hang themselves, but they will definitely not be able to do this job!
In this industry, we can't exhaust our fishing. This is also the reason why our industry is not easily robbed of boats. So in this case, we have the right to buy one and get one free, so what can we give them a ride?
I have calculated the time. Although we don't make much money, it is enough for us to celebrate the holiday. In addition, on the way back, we can also go to Dalian Island by the way and take some holiday things for our island. If it's fast, we can go to Nanri Island before the New Year and visit Zhang Hu's wharf. Time is enough. Don't worry!"
Liu Laoliu agreed with the saying that filial piety is also a thief and exhausted. He nodded repeatedly: "Although we don't do this in accordance with the rules, it is not without precedent. In fact, there are colleagues in Guangdong who also do the same. After the hijacking of the ship, they took the goods. If the people on the hijacked ship are obed, they have At that time, we will also follow the escort for a while. It's not a bad rule for us to do so!"
Yu Xiaotian took a look at the bay and waved his hand, "Since I have agreed, let's do it this trip!" They have already anchored and raised their sails. Let's move! The rain has stopped and the wind has also been less. Tell Xianbin to take the boat back first! Their boat is slow, and it takes more time!"
(Today, I would like to thank my old friend for giving me a reward. I haven't seen you for a long time! Ha ha!)