On the sea north of Flower and Bird Island, three fleets converged and stopped less than one mile apart from each other.
Yu Tongyuan ordered the boat to be put down and sent people to negotiate with the pirates.
Half an hour later, the boat went back and brought back a pirate, it was Bai Fanzi, the dog-headed military advisor wearing a Confucian shirt and shaking a paper fan.
As a representative of the pirates, he came over to discuss the details of the exchange. To show his sincerity, he also brought over a gray-haired old man.
"Oh, Mr. Wang, you are worrying us to death." Yu Tongyuan recognized Wang Dayuan and quickly ordered someone to help him.
After being in the hands of pirates for several months, Lao Wang had lost weight and had a few scars on his face, obviously suffering a lot.
"Master Hou, I never dreamed that I would see you again..." Wang Dayuan burst into tears and wished he could throw himself into Yu Tongyuan's arms and cry.
"When you two come back, you have plenty of time to reminisce about old times." The white fan said, adding in his heart, "It's just in the underworld." But with a smile on his face, he said: "Let's inspect the goods first."
"Okay." Yu Tongyuan nodded, and took the white fan to a row of wooden boxes behind him. He took out a bunch of keys from his sleeve, opened the lock of a box, and opened it, revealing the yellow gold ingots inside.
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Seeing the box full of gold, the white fan couldn't help but shrink his pupils and swallowed hard.
"There are ten boxes in total, each box contains ten thousand taels of gold." Yu Tongyuan said calmly.
"That's only one hundred thousand taels, what about the other nine hundred thousand taels?" Bai Fan closed the folding fan and inserted it into the back of his collar. He picked up a heavy gold ingot and carefully checked its quality while asking in a deep voice.
"On the other nine ships, each ship is worth one hundred thousand taels." Yu Tongyuan explained: "Of course such valuable things cannot be put on one ship."
"Yes." Of course Bai Fan understood the truth, and took out a scale to weigh the gold ingot. This was not to see if it was heavy, but to check whether the gold ingot was adulterated with anything else.
An experienced accountant like him can tell by just calling him.
"Okay, it's pure gold." Bai Fan looked at the scale star and nodded with satisfaction. He randomly checked a few gold ingots from the other boxes and found that there were no problems. Then he put the scale away and said to Yu Tongyuan: "One hand
Pay money and hand over people. People are easy to make friends with, but how are you going to transport the gold?"
"Aren't you still working as a maritime merchant? You transport and unload cargo all day, don't you know how to transport it?" Yu Tongyuan asked rhetorically.
"We all have special lifting rings on the ship, and the cables can be passed through to lift things on the ship." Bai Fan looked around, pointed to the large iron ring fixed on the stern of the ship and said: "Don't you have this on your ship too?"
"Then let's pass the cable through the lifting rings at both ends and transport it to your side." Yu Tongyuan said calmly.
"Yes, but it's such a valuable thing and the box is so heavy. If the cable falls and breaks, the loss will be huge." Bai Fan said again with a worried look on his face.
Even though the conversation between the two was unremarkable, every sentence was full of calculations. The two of them had exactly the same purpose, which was to strive for the most advantageous offensive posture for the future confrontation.
"Of course, do you have any good ideas?" Yu Tongyuan nodded and kicked the ball back.
"Let's build two more brackets. We happen to have a batch of wood on the boat ready to be used as rudder poles." Bai Fan said in the most normal tone: "Put it between the two boats and make a double insurance for the box, so that it will be foolproof.
Already."
"Good idea, let's do it like this." Yu Tongyuan followed suit.
So it was decided happily. This matter was certain, and the rest of the matters were easy to discuss. The two of them finalized the other details in a few words, and Bai Fan took the boat back.
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Here, Yu Tongyuan immediately took Wang Dayuan into the cabin to report.
When Lao Liu and Lao Wang met, they naturally felt sad again. However, they didn't want to let the two of them stir things up at the moment, so Yu Tongyuan quickly reported the latest situation.
"It's not enough to connect two ship cables? Do you need to add a crossbar?" Lao Liu frowned and said: "Why do I feel that they don't have good intentions?"
When Wang Dayuan heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, what do you mean by 'ye'?
"That's not possible." Yu Tongyuan nodded and said: "Originally, as long as the cable was cut, the two ships were separated. Now that a crossbar is added, and it is the kind of wood that can be used as a rudder stock, it will be difficult to separate the two ships.
Already."
"It seems that they not only want my money, but also my ship and my people." King Chu touched his chubby chin and grinned: "Isn't this a coincidence?
Everyone wants to go together."
"Hehe." Yu Tongyuan also smiled and said: "In the words of His Highness, this is called 'running in both directions'."
"Haha, not bad, not bad, it saved us a lot of effort." Lao Liu said with a smile: "Aren't you worried that the gunners are too inexperienced, and you are afraid that they will not be able to shoot accurately? You don't have to worry now."
"But Your Highness, a fight like this will definitely be brutal, so please don't poke your head in." Yu Tongyuan warned worriedly.
"Don't worry." King Chu said impatiently: "You are treating me like a turtle."
"You can scold me casually." Yu Tongyuan laughed and hurriedly ran out.
As soon as Yu Tongyuan left, Wang Dayuan finally couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we only have a few ships, do we want to fight with them?"
"Don't worry about it. Just eat and drink here with me and listen to what's going on outside." Zhu Zhen sat down with a smile, picked up his chopsticks again, and picked up a piece of fish as thin as a cicada's wing.
Dip it in soy sauce and mustard and eat deliciously.
Normally, he would not dare to eat freshwater fish, but he was no longer afraid of it when it came to the sea.
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On the other side, Bai Fanzi also returned to his own ship and reported the situation to the boss.
Chen Shanghai was overjoyed when he heard this: "I didn't expect that His Highness is such a trustworthy person!"
"Yes, one million taels of gold!" The subordinates were also excited and couldn't restrain their excitement and said: "I have never dreamed of so much gold."
"You are so loyal, why don't we stop cooperating with Lao Wu and join His Highness the King of Chu instead?!" Some people wanted to betray on the spot.
Before he finished speaking, Chen Shanghai was slashed to the ground with a knife. He held the bloody sword and glared viciously at a group of minded men.
"Who else wants to be a lackey of the Ming Dynasty?!" Chen Shanghai asked sharply: "Speak up and I will send him on the road together, so that he can have a companion on the road to hell!"
"No, no, we have followed the master until now, how can we surrender again?" The leaders showed fear and hurriedly argued: "Even Lao Gou just said it casually, but he didn't really have such an idea."
"You can't just talk casually!" Chen Shanghai kicked the old man's head into the sea and shouted: "Put away those little thoughts and go separate ways. As soon as you get the gold, start attacking immediately!"
As he spoke, he flicked the blood on the knife with murderous intent. "In this battle, no chickens or dogs will be spared!"
"Yes!" All the leaders responded in unison.
ps. The third update is completed, have a nice weekend everyone.
