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Chapter 925 Cotton on the Road ([-])
At this time, the interpreter on the side interpreted at a very slow speed the words that the captain just greeted, that is, hello, welcome aboard and thank you for the water.

After a simple exchange of greetings, the captain led them into a hall on the third floor of the ship building. The windows were open, the light was bright, there was no cumbersome decoration, and the furnishings were extremely simple. The largest piece of furniture occupied the middle of the room. A large rectangular table with a circle of chairs looks like a place for receiving guests or gathering people for discussion.

The captain invited them to sit down at one end of the long table, and the door was left open. After a while, two crew members came in carrying a heavy bag.

Under Ma Zhiwen's enthusiastic gaze, the two cut the packing rope and opened up the tightly packed cotton wrappers. The snow-white cotton, like swollen dough, quickly grew to several times its previous size, vying to be the first Generally displayed in front of everyone present.

"My God, it's really good cotton!" Ma Zhiwen couldn't help standing up, resisting the urge to reach out and twist a flower, first turned to look at the captain, "Can I have a look?"

The interpreter translated faster this time, and everyone on the ocean ship present smiled gently and stretched out their hands to signal them to be free.

Now Village Chief Jia and the two soldiers also stood up together, reached into the cotton bag to feel it, and twisted out a ball, squeezed it twice in the hand to check the fluffiness, and pulled it a few times to see the silk. , It looks very professional and decent.

Ma Zhiwen raised his eyes to observe the expressions of his own soldiers and the village chief Jia beside him. They all seemed very satisfied with the cotton. He also liked it very much, but he was a little guilty when he asked for the price. He had never discussed such a large business before. I don't know what to say in the first sentence in a while so as not to expose myself as a layman.

Village head Jia patted Ma Zhiwen on the shoulder very understandingly, turned around and began to inquire with the captain.

The captain first said something to the men who brought the cotton, but the interpreter didn’t translate, so Ma Zhiwen and the soldiers naturally couldn’t understand them, so they went out for a while and then came back with something, which were a few round silver coins and a small scale. scales.

The silver coin is the currency of the Zawabo country. It is printed with the head of the current king. At first glance, it is not their own style. It was brought by foreigners who landed in their country in the early days. The silver content is more than [-]%, and it is only used for bulk or It is only used when high-value commodities are traded, and the captain used it for acting to earn money by selling ice cubes, and the whole family of Mr. Kekis is obsessed with ice cubes.

The captain took five silver coins and put them on the right weighing pan of the small scale, and put weights on the left weighing pan in turn. When the balance was reached, he spread his hands to express the price.

Village head Jia took out his pocket again and took out several pieces of silver pieces of different sizes. The captain took the silver coins and put the pieces of silver on top one by one.

After taking back the weighed pieces of silver, Village Chief Jia weighed it in his palm, "Four taels. Try it."

Ma Zhiwen reached out to take the broken silver handed over by Village Chief Jia, weighed it twice, and nodded slightly, "It's about the same amount. Then the price...?"

"Don't worry, we're inquiring now, and we're going to ask for a lot of money and pay back the money on the spot. It's normal to bargain. We'll discuss this when we go back."

"it is good."

Ma Zhiwen felt relieved, he thought it was not his turn to worry about this matter in the end, they had already made preliminary contact, they had inquired about the quotation, and then reported the situation truthfully to ensure the safety of the ship and the safe conclusion of the whole transaction, and the credit will be at hand up.

(End of this chapter)