The boss of the ship was shocked when he heard this: "Ten, ten times?! Sir, are you serious?"
Before King Xiang had time to speak, the household official next to him scolded: "The young master said so, of course it is true. Do you think the young master can't get the money?"
The boss of the ship shook his head hurriedly: "I don't mean small, but ten times the price is too much!"
The boss of the boat explained again: "I'm afraid you don't know that fishing for hooks in the water is not safe for one person. At least two or three people need to work together, which can cost hundreds of taels of silver..."
The captain of the boat looked like he wanted to speak but stopped talking.
King Xiang and the others spent dozens of taels to charter this ship.
Just go into the water to catch a hook, but it costs double or even triple the money. How can ordinary people do this?
The boss of the ship thought to himself, isn’t this the one who has been taken advantage of?
King Xiang saw what he was thinking: "Ten times the price is only fifty taels, which is nothing to me. And didn't you just say that going into the water at night is a life-and-death job. If you don't get it right, you have to do it."
Lose your life."
After a pause, King Xiang smiled and said: "Does the ship boss think that the life of your brother on the ship is not worth fifty taels?"
"This..." The boat boss was speechless.
The two sailors standing behind him flushed with excitement. They couldn't help but bumped the arm of the ship's boss and whispered: "Brother, what are you still hesitating about? Such generous guests are rare!"
King Xiang raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said: "You choose your own people to go into the water. The water quality must be good. It doesn't matter if there are more people. I will give you the starting price!"
The two sailors were overjoyed and quickly said, "Thank you, sir!"
After saying that, he couldn't wait to run towards the other sailors.
Another official from the Ministry of Household Affairs shouted: "Boss, Master, I feel sorry for you that it is not easy for you to sail the boat. Why don't you thank Master?"
The captain of the ship said gratefully: "Thank you all, sir."
When Xiao Lingyue saw this scene, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She didn't expect that Prince Xiang had the potential to "take advantage of others".
But also...
After all, he is a prince. He was born into a royal family and does not understand the lives of ordinary people.
Suddenly coming into contact with the life of ordinary fishermen, I felt somewhat emotional, not to mention that the price of fifty taels per person was nothing to Prince Xiang.
Just give it.
It's more useful than eating, drinking and having fun.
As the saying goes, if you are rewarded heavily, there will be a brave man.
No matter how strong the wind and waves are on the river, sailors are well aware of the dangers of going into the water at night against the wind and waves.
But under the heavy reward of fifty taels per person, all the sailors on the ship became restless. Even the fishermen working in the kitchen couldn't help but run out after hearing the news, vying to participate.
"Fifty taels! I can't make this much money in a year on the boat!"
"As expected of a nobleman from the capital!"
"With this money, my house can be repaired..."
"My wife has always wanted a silver hairpin. With fifty taels, I can buy her a gold one!"
The sailors were whispering to each other excitedly, and their faces were all red with excitement.
There were more than 20 people on board, and almost everyone signed up. No one wanted to miss such a good opportunity to make money.
Fortunately, the captain of the ship still had sense and did not dare to take Prince Xiang for granted. He carefully selected five sailors with the best water skills for Prince Xiang to choose.
Prince Xiang didn't even look at it, he just waved his hand and ordered them all: "Just the five of them!"
Before the captain of the ship could say anything, the five sailors almost jumped up with joy, patting their chests and promising to find out everything about the situation in the water.
Xiao Lingyue looked to the side and saw that the other sailors who had not been chosen were looking at the five people with gnashed teeth, unable to hide the envy on their faces.