The ship owner took Wu Song to look at the sand boat and then realized the reason. The boss who set up the ship only paid a 10% deposit. Logically speaking, he didn't want the ship, so it should be easy to sell. After all, Dongping Mansion is next to the canal and the Yellow River, which is not the case. The sand boat is twenty-five meters long and three and a half meters wide. It is a flat-bottomed sea boat with a frame structure and a strong hull. It can carry a load of forty tons, and it is quite considerable, and the price is five taels of silver per ship. However, sailing in the canal

There are slabs with slabs with simple structure and low price. They carry only 30 to 40 tons of silver. Therefore, those who travel inland shipping will not buy this ship, which is too cost-effective. Those who travel inland shipping have strong winds and waves, and flat-bottomed ships such as sand boats are too poor to resist winds. In the East China Sea and the South China Sea, there are prone to accidents, so they are not suitable for long-distance shipping. They are only suitable for inland seas such as the Bohai Sea or along the coastline.

Wu Song touched himself and was planning to buy some sea boats to transport Mongolian horses through the Bohai Sea. The ship happened to be suitable. He immediately said, "How much money do you owe the workers?"

"The workers don't have much money. More than one hundred workers have wages of more than two thousand taels, and more than three thousand taels of wood. There are more than five thousand taels in total. The commander will let me slowly and find a buyer of these twenty sand boats. As long as the money is obtained, the wages will be paid." said the ship owner.

Wu Song said: "Now the prefect is vigorously developing workers, peasants and commerce, and stability overwhelms everything. If the craftsmen continue to make trouble, I am afraid that you will be imprisoned."

The boss knelt down and said, "Please help me with a few good words."

"Let me do this, I'll contact you a few merchants to see if anyone is willing to buy a boat. After selling these twenty sand boats, the craftsmen got their wages, and no one dared to make trouble."

The boss thanked him so much. Wu Song informed the owner of Hu when he returned. Two days later, Hu Cheng arrived and Wu Song told him about the matter. Hu Cheng said: "I will go to negotiate and I will guarantee to win 6,000 taels."

Sure enough, as Hu Cheng expected, the owner of the ship was anxious to sell the ship, and the two parties signed a contract, but the price was not that low. Wu Song was unwilling to take advantage of the danger and bought the twenty ships at a price of 350 taels of silver, which cost a total of 7,000 taels of silver. It was also a pity to spend real money and silver, but if you want to develop, you have to spend money. This small sand ship is convenient to transport cargo.

In the Tongda Big Car Tour in Qinghe County, Ruan Xiaoqi is training his arm strength. The driver who is responsible for conveying information comes over and says, "Captain Ruan, Brother Wu Song, please go to Dongping Prefecture and find you if you have something to do."

When Ruan Xiaoqi heard something was wrong, he immediately followed the convoy to Dongping Prefecture. Wu Song was playing chess with Wu Yong at the chariot store.

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "What's the matter with my brother?"

"I bought twenty new ships, please come and see the ship." Wu Song said.

Li Kui said: "Brother is looking at you, please come and take charge of the fleet."

"That's because I use the boat well, so I don't agree with it, let's compete with each other." Ruan Xiaoqi said.

Li Kui curled his lips: "If you don't get fooled, you won't compare."

Wu Song, Ruan Xiaoqi, Li Kui and others came to the lakeside port. Ruan Xiaoqi looked at the sand ship twenty-five meters long, more than three meters wide, and three tall masts.

Ruan Xiaoqi scratched her head: "Hehe, brother, I have never driven such a big boat."

"It doesn't matter if you haven't driven it. We can temporarily hire sailors from other fleets, and then slowly train our own sailors. This boat is not too difficult, you can learn it once." Wu Song said.

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Okay, please make sure to complete the task."

A ship worth about 40 tons can be considered a big ship in the canal, but it can be considered a small boat when it reaches the sea. It takes at least fifteen people to control the ship and guard it, and twenty ships are only three hundred people. There are sailors who specialize in driving the boat on the canal. Wu Song hires 160 temporary workers. These sailors are veterans, but most of them are short-term workers, and they are calculated by wading. For example, from Dongping Prefecture to Tokyo City, the round trip is how much money is spent, and the compensation is calculated in this way.

The first batch of people was to recruit 150 people, which was easier to learn to operate sand boats. Wu Song found that most of the fishermen near Dongping Prefecture had gentle and docile personalities and lacked the spirit of fearlessness. When sea trade encountered islands, it was common for them to rob them together, so brave sailors were required.

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "The fishermen who docked Liangshan in Jeju are relatively tough, and they are not afraid of heaven or earth."

Wu Song said: "Then let's go to the fishing village near Shuibo Liangshan to recruit sailors."

Leaving at will, Wu Song, Ruan Xiaoqi, Luo Ping, Li Kui, Zhang Dadan and five people, and more than a dozen sailors drove a sand boat as fast as they could. In a few hours, they arrived at the Tongda Dachexing Shuibo semicolon, which is the hotel next to Shuibo Jieshi Village.

The wharf has been built, and Ruan Xiaowu led a dozen craftsmen to build a large warehouse next to him. The blue brick warehouse is taller than the house.

Liu Tang led the guards to train there. The business here has been very popular recently, and the guards have worked hard.

When the brothers on the dock looked up, they saw a big ship coming quickly with the flags that reached the big cart, and shouted: "The big ship we have is here."

Liu Tang had never seen a big ship in a car shop, and thought it was someone who came to find bad luck, so he immediately came over with a Park Knife, just in time for Wu Song and others to get off the boat.

Wu Song said from afar: "Brother Liu Tang, I haven't seen you one day."

"Haha, brother." Liu Tang came over to greet him, "Xiao Qi, Li Kui, Luo Ping, who is this brother?"

"Just as long as Brother Liu Tang calls me Zhang Dabang, a native of Yishui." Zhang Dabang introduced.

Liu Tang brought everyone into the living room, and the shopkeeper of the semi-colon also came to greet Wu Song, and told him in detail about the business matters recently. It was basically running well, so Wu Song asked him to go down.

Wu Song said: "The transportation volume of large trucks is too small. We must play the role of a ship when guarding the canal. Therefore, the truck shop purchased twenty sand ships. The ship will mainly sail in the Bohai Sea, temporarily sailing from Dongping Prefecture to Jeju Prefecture, more than a hundred miles, and a few hours."

"This is a good thing. When there is a boat, it is convenient to transport it when it encounters heavy cargo." Liu Tang said.

"This time I came here to recruit sailors and sent them back to the Qinghe County headquarters for training. From today on, you will be responsible, Ruan Xiaoer assisted, responsible for recruiting some bloody men as sailors in this pool. Since the boat is not as big as a big cart, the big cart is separated from the coachman, but the sailors and the guards are combined into one, and the first batch requires 150 people." Wu Song said.

Liu Tang wrote down one by one and prepared to start recruiting from now on.

Wu Song took Luo Ping and Ruan Xiaoqi back to Jieshi Village. The appearance of the village changed a lot. Although it was still the poor fishing village, the clothes of the villagers had obviously improved. The children running around at the entrance of the village were basically all new clothes. This was not the case in previous years.

As soon as Ruan Xiaoqi entered the village, he became the focus. This nodded and said, "Xiaoqi is back. I haven't seen you one day. Come to your house for two drinks?"

The one said again: "Brother Xiaoqi, my mother wants me to go to Tongdache as an escort. Can you tell me if it's OK?"
Chapter completed!