Ten taels of silver bought a piece of information that was almost public. This was a very high price. Although the shopkeeper was still a little worried, in the end he could not resist the temptation of ten taels of silver.
He reached out and picked up the banknotes on the table, folded them carefully and put them into his sleeve, then grinned at Ma Hanshan and said, "I dare you to ask if the young master belongs to Mr. Fan..."
Because Fan Ziyuan and his son made significant contributions to water conservancy construction and boat building, local people respected the Fan family. Fan Ziyuan accompanied his father on dozens of missions to Korea, so people liked to call Fan Ziyuan the Young Envoy.
"I have admired his name for a long time and just want to build a ship." Ma Hanshan said.
"Oh, it turned out that we were going to build a ship, but it's a pity that the young master came late. Now Fan's shipyard can't build the ship." When he said this, the shopkeeper looked very sad and angry.
"Why?" Ma Hanshan said with eyes wide open.
"Sir, have you ever heard of the legend of the sea?" the shopkeeper said, looking up at Ma Hanshan.
"I've never heard of it. What kind of fun is this? The shopkeeper just talks directly..." Ma Hanshan hated it when people talked to him like this. Every question and answer made him act like an idiot.
"Young master, it's normal that you haven't heard of it. Even for people who live along the coast, many people don't know that this organization exists because it is a green forest organization..." The shopkeeper lowered his voice, leaned towards Ma Hanshan and whispered, "
The so-called Green Forest Organization is a pirate organization. It is said that this sea legend is a large alliance of sea thieves, and it is also related to Japanese pirates... I am not sure whether it is specific, but I have heard a lot of evil things about this sea legend.
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Legend of the sea? Pirates? Ma Hanshan was a little confused. A shipbuilding company was actually related to pirates? Could it be that the Fan family refused to build ships for them? Yes, yes, that must be the case. When Ma Hanshan heard this, he began to guess.
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"Could it be that they asked Fan to build a ship, and they got into trouble because Fan refused?" Ma Hanshan said with a frown.
"Maybe, maybe not." The shopkeeper paused and continued, "Across the sea from Mingzhou, there are many islands. Some are inhabited and some are unmanned. Some governments can control them and some cannot. On the largest island, Haizhongzhou...
In Changguo County, there was a wealthy man, Wu Guangjie, who ordered ten large ships from the Fan family... Before the ships were delivered, Fan Ziyuan learned that the ships he built had fallen into the hands of pirates, so he refused to build any more ships for the island.
Guangjie Shipbuilding..."
"Well, the right thing to do is to not only refuse to build a ship for him, but also to ask Wu Guijie to return the delivered ship." Ma Hanshan glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "So Fan got into trouble, right? That Wu Guijie
Jie must be suing Fan for breach of contract and at the same time looking for someone to harass her, right? He must be demanding huge compensation."
The shopkeeper looked at Ma Hanshan in surprise and nodded. He didn't expect that Ma Hanshan could guess so accurately.
Ma Hanshan thought for a while and then continued: "Before this, was Fan's business very bad? Even when Wu Guijie wanted to order ten large ships, he even read the contract carefully before signing it. I believe that the contract must be
A big hole has been dug. If Fan fails to deliver the ship or delivers it overtime, he will definitely incur huge compensation. The amount of compensation will be so large that Fan Ziyuan cannot afford to pay it, right?"
"Yes, yes, the young master's guess is too accurate. How can Master Fan afford to pay ten times the ship price..." the shopkeeper paused.
"Wu Guijie's goal is not to get money, but to get Fan's shipyard. Haha, I can't believe that this kind of deception exists in this world. What's even more unexpected is that someone as experienced as Fan Ziyuan would fall for this trick.
. Presumably, his business has long since ceased. I am afraid that in order to maintain the shipyard, his family wealth has long been dissipated." In his previous life, Ma Hanshan had seen many such almost fraudulent traps, those bastards who used contracts to defraud.
, the trap designed by colluding with rogue lawyers is a hundred times tighter than what Fan encountered. As long as you sign, you will lose miserably.
The shopkeeper was very impressed and saluted Ma Hanshan and said, "Young master is really amazing. It's like seeing him in person. His guesses are accurate."
"Hey, is this kind of thing necessary? I think Wu Guijie has colluded with some officials of Mingzhou Prefecture, so no matter what, Fan Ziyuan can't win the lawsuit, and now, he just continues
Shipbuilding is no longer possible, because the delivery time has passed long ago due to the back and forth. The only way he can escape now is to hand over the shipyard." At this point, Ma Hanshan's anger has arisen in his heart. How could he dare to try to steal my ship?
shipyard.
But he was very strange, why didn't Fan Ziyuan go to Bi Jiyu? Is it because he didn't dare to trouble Bi Jiyu because he had not repaid his old favor? Or had he forgotten his relationship with Bi Jiyu?
"Young master is simply a god. The current situation is exactly as you guessed." The shopkeeper bowed and said, "Young master is a great talent, and he must seek justice for Master Fan..."
Ma Hanshan waved his hand and said: "I don't understand why the shopkeeper just mentioned the legend of the sea and the pirate alliance? Could it be that Wu Guijie has colluded with them?"
Just fraud is despicable. If this Wu Guijie colludes with pirates, he will really die.
"It is rumored that the legendary alliance in the sea has seventy-two islands where thieves live, and thirty-six villages on land that collude with them. Wujiazhuang is one of the thirty-six villages. Wujiazhuang was originally just a island in the sea.
An ordinary small business suddenly became a millionaire in Mingzhou. How did he make his fortune? No one knows...but...many people know that groups of strangers often come and go in Wujiazhuang." The shopkeeper always spoke in a serious tone.
The voice was kept very low, for fear of being overheard by others.
"Yeah. I understand." Ma Hanshan thought for a moment and said, "Shopkeeper, please serve us the food immediately, and then help me find someone to lead the way. I want to find Fan Ziyuan."
The shopkeeper reached out from his sleeve and took out the silver note that he had carefully stuffed in, smoothed it gently, put it in front of Ma Hanshan and said: "Return the silver note to the young master, and the young master's consumption in the small room will be waived. Of course, there will be no need to lead the way."
I need to be paid by the young master. I only want one thing, to help Mr. Fan, the Fan family are good people."
Ma Hanshan pushed the banknote to the shopkeeper and said: "What is given to you is for you. Of course, I have to take care of the Fan family's affairs. Huh, I don't care what kind of turtle he is or what legend he is, I will let them all
Become a distant legend."
The shopkeeper put away the banknote again, gave Ma Hanshan a very solemn gift, and hurried downstairs to arrange the meal.
The food was served quickly, and Ma Hanshan didn't drink.
The atmosphere in the box was a bit depressing, mainly due to the depression brought by Ma Hanshan, because his face was full of anger and murderous intent.
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Not far from the mouth of the Dabo River, there is a small hill called Baoshan. Under the hill is a group of houses and a small village. However, this village is a bit special. Most people in the village do not farm because they are
Shipbuilder.
There are several huge carpentry workshops in the village, and these workshops have dedicated raceways connected to the docks on the riverside.
Along the river, there are dozens of large and small docks.
Yes, it is the shipbuilding dock. The dry dock shipbuilding invented in the early days of the Dasong Dynasty made Dasong's shipbuilding industry develop by leaps and bounds. This advanced shipbuilding technology made Dasong's shipbuilding industry reach the top of the world.
Not only is the output large in quantity, but the quality is also very high. The most important thing is that this shipbuilding technology has also brought about many technological innovations.
Using docks for shipbuilding is epoch-making and modern, and should be the main shipbuilding model for future shipbuilding.
This area of houses and the docks by the river are the location of Fan's Shipyard.
At this moment, in the center of a contiguous house at the foot of Baoshan Mountain, in the main hall of a house with blue bricks and black tiles, Fan Ziyuan, who was nearly fifty years old, and his apprentices were arguing with a man dressed as a butler and looking treacherous.
Behind him were more than a dozen fierce-looking men.
Who are they? What do they want to do?
Of course they are Wu Guangjie's people. The guy with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and a few rat whiskers at the corners of his mouth is Wu Guangjie's Hakka and "think tank" Gongsun Zhi. Needless to say, they are followed by the Wu family's servants and thugs.
Nursing home or something.
What are they here for? Of course they are not here to bring warmth. They are here to ask Fan's Shipyard to compensate for the losses.
"Shipowner Fan, a certain owner has done his utmost to be kind and righteous. According to the contract, Fan's Shipyard should pay compensation three million taels. Even if it goes according to the county's judgment, I will still have to pay two million taels. The owner has given you face, and the compensation deadline has been extended repeatedly for five years."
The second day of the lunar month is the third postponement date given to you by the county magistrate, and today is the sixth day of the fifth lunar month..." Gongsun Zhi said slowly, shaking a folding fan with a blue wolf painted on it in his hand.
Other people's fans are painted with dragons and tigers, or printed with butterflies. This guy actually painted a bad wolf on the fan. Is he trying to tell others that he is a wolf?
"Humph, you are all talking to yourselves, and Mr. Fan has never admitted it." Fan Ziyuan's face turned red with anger, he pointed his finger and shouted at Gongsun Zhi, "Get out, you are not welcome here."
"Fan, you signed the contract with your own hands, do you deny it? The verdict was made by the magistrate personally, do you deny it? Get out? It's my turn to say get out. According to the verdict, Fan's ship
If the shipyard fails to pay Wujiazhuang's compensation as scheduled, Wujiazhuang has the right to compensate Fan's shipyard and its owner's property at a discount." Gongsun Zhi said coldly, "Today, five days have passed for the three extensions.
Today I came to take over Fan’s shipyard on behalf of my boss..."
"Want to take over Fan's Shipyard? Unless Fan, his family, and all his disciples are dead, you can't even think of taking away a nail." Fan's Shipyard is the hard work of Grandpa Fan, and it is Grandpa Fan who revitalizes the Dasong shipbuilding industry.
It was his lifelong wish that even if Fan Ziyuan died, he would not let others take away the shipyard like this.
"What is a contract? You, Fan Ziyuan, are already dozens of years old, don't you understand? If you break the contract, you have to compensate according to the contract. If you don't deliver the ship after taking the deposit, there is no reason in the sky." Gongsun Zhi pointed at Fan Ziyuan's nose and said, "You
You just want to cheat, do you think the people in Wujiazhuang are easy to bully?"
"Everyone knows Mr. Fan's shipbuilding rules. No matter whether it is directly or indirectly, he will never build ships for pirates. It is your Wujiazhuang who broke the contract first because you sold the ship to the pirates... or gave it away...
." Fan Ziyuan gasped and said, "You are just a group of despicable and shameless people." This chapter has been completed!