"Of course, Uncle Cai reminded me, I almost forgot." Wan Ban, who is new to working with Ding Kui, is not familiar with the boss's affairs, "What should I do?"
Ding Cai took Wan Ban to a secluded area of the orphanage. After seeing that they were the only two people around, he said, "You are new here. I won't be demanding anything. Just prepare a gift."
I am an old man and the director of a ship repair shop. Not only do I have to prepare gifts, but I also have to show my performance to set an example. However, my repair shop has not received a single business, and I am worried to death.
ah."
Wan Ban's lack of words does not mean that he is a fool. At this time, he heard some clues from Ding Cai's actions and words, "But the Alms Society does not have a boat. How can I help you?"
Ding Cai raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: This guy is very good, no wonder Qian Zongfeng chose him to manage the "Alms Aid Society".
"It's like this. The new wharf has not been built yet. Now the ships docking at Juyang City have reached the capacity of the existing wharf. Many ships need to queue up to enter and exit the wharf. At night, some ships anchor outside the wharf for the night.
If someone gets onto an unguarded ship in the dark and steals or sabotages it, as long as they are nimble enough, they will be able to do it. Especially if they accidentally start a fire and burn down more than a dozen ships at once, I think the ship owner will definitely come looking for him.
From Shangding’s Ship Repair Shop.”
Wan Ban understood as soon as he heard this. Ding Cai wanted him to destroy ships. It would be better to destroy more than ten ships at once, or even more, so that Ding's Ship Repair Factory would have a chance to get business.
"This seems feasible, but if the people I send are caught, they will go to jail for at least a few years."
It is true that the "Alms Aid Society" is a gang, but under the rectification of General Shi, the labor market in the north of the city was unified, and the strength of the city was divided according to streets. The labor commission and protection fee alone were enough for the "Alms Aid Society"
Operations, plus the income from buying and selling in underground casinos, brothels and some markets, Wan Ban does not need his men to commit crimes with severe penalties.
"Don't worry, if something happens, I will pay for the settlement, and I will take care of things in the prison. I will never let the brothers who help me suffer. When the repair shop becomes prosperous, brothers who have nothing to do can come to my place to work." Ding Cai patted his chest.
Make a commitment.
As long as Wan Ban agrees to help him, he can take money from his own treasury to reward him, and he can lend money to Ding Fen to buy a house. He has a lot of wealth.
Many of Wan Ban's men are desperadoes, and those people are not considered members of the Ding family. It is not a problem to sacrifice a few to enrich Ding's wealth. Therefore, Wan Ban said: "As long as they can help you, let them risk it."
It's worth the risk. I'll study it when I get back tonight, so you can just wait and see."
"Then let me thank you first. You don't know what the master likes, right? I will take care of preparing a birthday gift for the master, so you don't have to worry about it." Ding Cai was overjoyed.
He worked a lot of blood for the repair shop. The way to get people to destroy the ship and get a chance to repair it was to get a hint from Fei Ze. This year he needs to prepare three birthday gifts for Ding Kui, one for himself and one for himself.
One is Feize's, and one is Wanban's.
Wanban worked very efficiently, and within two days on a dry night, a strange fire destroyed more than a dozen cargo ships.
A satisfied Ding Cai patrolled the busy repair shop and felt very fulfilled when he saw the seven dilapidated cargo ships.
"Mr. Factory Director, the master is here." A guard at the door quickly ran over to report to Ding Cai.
"Ah? Why are you here at this time?" Ding Cai immediately put away the secret joy at the corner of his mouth and ran to greet Ding Kui with an uneasy mood.
Ding Kui walked around in the reception room. When Ding Cai walked in, he reached out and touched a vase on the shelf.
"I'm late to welcome you, sir. Please forgive me. You're in luck, today is the busiest day in the maintenance shop." Ding Cai took a look and saw that it was the big boss who came.
"It's very difficult for you. We haven't opened the business for two months, and suddenly a customer came to the door. I didn't even have time to clean the vase stand. Is it harder than the second boss before?" Ding Kui blew on his fingers and walked to the main seat to sit down.
Down.
"It's the slave's negligence. I must ask them to wipe it more carefully in the future." Ding Cai stood next to Ding Kui cautiously. He was used to Ding Kui's attentiveness, but he couldn't figure out what his master was thinking.
"I think you're not being negligent, you're just getting carried away." Ding Kui glanced at the people around him.
Ding Cai felt a sudden shock in his heart and quickly said with a smile: "What I taught you is that your slave will definitely change in the future."
"How much did you pay Wan Ban? You actually came up with the idea of hiring people to burn the boat. Who taught you?" Ding Kui said and slammed the table hard.
"My lord, please forgive me. My lord, please forgive me. Isn't this just to run the repair shop?" Ding Cai was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt down in front of Ding Kui.
"Oh, remind me that you are selfless. Get up, I didn't say you did anything wrong." Ding Kui raised his toes.
Ding Cai stood up quickly and stood next to Ding Kui with his hands down, "I don't say who taught me, you can guess it; Wan Ban is very interesting, I just helped him prepare a birthday gift for you." He said
Didn't fully answer Ding Kui's question.
"Well, you know how to cover for the person who is helping you. If it doesn't come out of your mouth, it won't be considered as betraying him, just like a leader." Ding Kui could see through Ding Cai's thoughts, "What are you going to do next?
"
"My servant must stay here until all the ships are repaired."
"Idiot! Are you a pig? You will definitely be stupid in the future. Doing this is equivalent to telling others that you hired someone to destroy these ships. If something happens, you will be the biggest beneficiary. Can people not doubt you?"
Ding Kui pointed at Ding Cai's nose and cursed.
Ding Cai was dumbfounded by the scolding, "This, this, that, that, what should I do, slave?"
"You should let the people who did it that night come here to blackmail you, and tell you personally that they burned the boat, which is equivalent to indirectly bringing you business, and ask Ding's Ship Repair Factory to pay them a favor, and then you report it to the official and arrest them all.
, let everyone know that the 'Alms Aid Society' is the mastermind behind this matter." Ding Kui hated that iron cannot be made into steel, "You have to know how to wipe your butt when doing things, leaving a lot of sore feet for others to catch, you will lose the Ding family.
face!"
Ding Cai's face turned pale, "Fei, Fei, Mr. Fei didn't tell me that I was going to do this later. No, no, I'll go find Wan Ban right away."
"No need, seeing as you've been staying here, Mr. Fei should go find Wan Ban. I'm bringing people here to help you catch the gangsters who come to blackmail you."
Ding Kui immediately guessed that the incident of burning the boat was caused by his own people, and suppressed his subordinates from intervening in investigating the incident. He just paid attention to the activities in Ding's repair shop.
"Ah, oh, fortunately, the master was strategizing, and the slave did not make an irreparable mistake." Ding Cai then wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Dudu dunk, the door to the reception room is closed.
"Team D, a group of unidentified people are coming here." Bai Qian's voice sounded outside the door.
"Well, you go and lay an ambush, and then arrest them when the group takes action." Ding Kui closed the door and trained Ding Cai, just not wanting outsiders to know.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, sir, you are so hypocritical." Ding Cai wanted to flatter Ding Kui and praise him, but he spoke his mind quickly.
"I'm so vain of you!" Ding Kui's nose almost turned crooked with anger.
"No, no, no, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, you are the smartest person in the world."
Ding Cai panicked and thought to himself: "Damn it, isn't this scolding the master in front of me? It's over, it's over, I don't know what punishment I will be punished for."
"If you do things from beginning to end, and there are no loopholes for others to catch, why would I come here to help you deal with the aftermath? You actually satirized me, tell me, do you accept the beating or the punishment?" Ding Kui's face darkened.
"I listen to you, slave, you can do whatever you want?" Ding Cai wished he could cut his own tongue.
"You go out first and cooperate with the Wanban people to put on this play. I will settle the accounts with you later." Ding Kui was just trying to scare Ding Cai. There were not many such loyal people under his command.
I don’t know how Fei Ze taught Wan Ban. The people from outside the repair shop were really the ones who burned the boat that night. How did they know that Ding’s Ship Repair Shop was the property of the boss behind the scenes, so they thought it was natural to come to blackmail him.
Under Ding Kui's instruction, Ding Cai lured the people of the "Alms Aid Society" to admit the crime he had committed, and then provoked them to fight. Finally, the tenth team of "Ding Kui Squadron" rushed out and captured all the gangsters in a few encounters.
molecular.
"Even if someone sees the problem this time, on the surface it's the criminal I caught who committed the crime. No one can say that I used extraordinary means to attract business for my own industry." Ding Kui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, yes, how can the gangsters be rampant with the master here, and you have eliminated violence in Juyang City." Ding Cai spoke carefully this time, paying great attention to his words.
"That's not how we deal with violence and peace. Hey, forget it, keep an eye on the repair shop and make sure to strictly control it. These ships will be repaired like new for me." Ding Kui didn't bother to correct Ding Cai's wording.
Ding Cai asked before Ding Kui left: "Are they just going to hand it over to the city lord's palace?"
"Don't meddle in their affairs. Don't go to the jail to take care of it. Mr. Fei will deal with the aftermath. The Ding family will not accept favors from others in vain." Ding Kui warned Ding Cai and left the matter to someone he can trust, "Also,
I will punish you with an extra two thousand gold coins as a reward for the craftsmen. My birthday gift cannot be light, and I won’t accept it if you don’t like it.”
After joining the army, Ding Kui's birthdays were relatively simple. In his third year, he became familiar with the rules of the army. The peaceful and stable situation no longer brought pressure, and the number of family members gathered around him also increased. This time, it was much more grand.
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Due to military rules, the nobles of Nanzhao Prefecture did not directly send gifts to the prince-in-law. Most of them sent people to send congratulatory gifts to the Ding Ship Repair Factory, expressing their goodwill towards the king's son-in-law in an indirect way.
The Kong family, who had a closer relationship with Ding Kui, was much more direct. They sent someone to deliver a model of a merchant ship made of pure gold, weighing one hundred kilograms. It was made according to the proportions of the real ship, and all the details were basically made.