On the wedding night, the prince asked me to see an andrologist

Chapter 500: Money to buy your life

The fourth prince suddenly realized that the ship boss was actually asking for more money when he told him so much.

The ship they were on was not an official ship, it was privately owned and could be chartered as long as they paid for it.

Originally we had only negotiated how much we would pay when we arrived at the destination, but now that we need people to take risks on the water, the boat boss had to renegotiate the price.

If you just want money, that's fine.

The officials from the Ministry of Agriculture on the side were relieved and were about to agree.

However, the fourth prince stretched out his hand to stop them, and said with a half-smile, "What do you mean now is that you want to sit down and raise the price?"

"Prince, I definitely don't mean this." The captain's expression changed drastically.

"But the price we originally negotiated was to hire your ship to take us to our destination. Now the ship has just set sail, and something like this has happened. You ask us for an extra sum of money. This is somewhat unjustifiable, right? "The fourth prince said calmly, "The iron chain in the water was not put down by us."

"That's what I said... But..." The ship boss looked very embarrassed.

The Fourth Prince smiled and said, "It's not that we can't afford the price, I just think it's strange. Usually when you encounter guests, something like this happens on the way. If they can't pay, what will you do? ”

"This, this, this..." The ship boss hesitated to speak.

"You don't need to be nervous. Ben Ang just wants to know what you should do?" The fourth prince continued to ask, "I gave you the money to charter the boat early. Do you want to leave people on the river halfway? Or just ignore it and continue forward. open."

In short, there must be a way to deal with it.

Although the fourth prince was only in his teens, he still had a keen insight into human nature. He saw that the boat boss was almost forty years old and had been sailing for many years. He must have encountered similar things.

The captain of the ship sighed, his face covered in wind and sun with ravines looking bitter and helpless, "I can only tell you the truth, we have indeed encountered such things many times.

If the guests on the boat are easy to talk to and are willing to pay the money, and the brothers also take the money to go into the water and solve the problem, then everyone will be happy and it will be consensual.

But if the guest is really hard to talk to, or can't come up with the money, then we have no choice but to terminate the transaction, return the money to the guest, and then return along the way. "

The fourth prince, "..."

I originally thought that the price would start from the ground up, but I didn't expect that there was such an option.

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture couldn't help but ask, "What should we do with the iron chains in the water? Just leave them alone?"

"Don't worry about it." The boss of the ship shook his head and said, "We don't know what's going on in the water now. In order to avoid damage to the bottom of the ship, the ship must not be able to continue moving forward. We can only repair it in place.

The brothers on the boat couldn't get any money, and no one was willing to risk their lives by going into the water. It would be fine if there was good light during the day to know what was going on under the water, but now it's night and the situation in the water is unclear.

Getting into the water is a life-and-death job! The brothers are not willing to take this risk, so we can only go back the same way, or if other ships pass by on the second day, we can just follow behind. "

Ning Muqing raised her eyebrows after hearing this.

The fourth prince was once again eye-opening, "You mean to let people on other ships salvage this chain, and we can just follow behind and pick up the leaks."

"There are so many ships on the river, and we are not responsible for this salvage task. Sir, you are all valuable, unlike us fishermen, who all rely on this ship to make a living.

If there is no money to be made, we don’t want to go to the bottom of the water to salvage these things! And even if we catch it, it won't do us any good. We have to go to the government and hand it over to them. "

The ship boss laughed.

The fourth prince, "..."

He was speechless for a moment.

The State of Zhou stipulated that people were not allowed to keep ironware in their homes, let alone cast iron.

Once you are reported or unluckily discovered, you will be arrested and imprisoned.

Iron chains are considered iron tools. Even if they are fished out of the river, according to the rules, they must be handed over to the government. Naturally, no one is willing to do such a thankless task.

The fourth prince finally understood the operating system and why these people had to pay extra. He asked, "If you let your people go into the water to salvage, what will the price be?"

"Based on the head count, each person is worth six taels of silver." The captain of the ship took it seriously. The official from the Ministry of Agriculture's eyes lit up and he said, "This is not expensive."

Six taels of silver.

This amount of money may be an astronomical figure to ordinary people, but to those of them who eat royal food, or even just an ordinary guard, it is nothing at all.

"We are all ordinary people, so we only need to transfer one piece of hard-earned money." Seeing the hope, the boat boss explained with a smile on his face, "Actually, only two taels of silver is usually enough, but now it is night and I can't see clearly. And accidents are easy, so these six taels of silver are considered life-saving money for brothers. "

"Why is it called life money?" the fourth prince asked in surprise.

Seeing that he didn't understand, the boat boss continued to explain, "It means that if someone on the bottom of the boat accidentally gets into trouble, the guests don't need to be responsible for him. The money will be considered as their burial and settlement expenses."

Six taels of silver per life.

The fourth prince and Chu Lixuan were stunned at the same time.

"You only need six taels of silver?" the fourth prince asked in shock.

"Six taels of silver is enough. The brothers on the ship may not be able to earn six taels of silver after working day and night for three months." The boss of the ship waved his hand, thinking that this still left room for bargaining, and then smiled and said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. , Those who dare to make this money are good at water, and they will rush to do it if they encounter this situation. "

"Just for these six taels of silver?" Ning Muqing whispered.

Six taels of silver is not much, but it seems too cheap if it is tied to a person's life.

In modern times, who would sacrifice their lives for six taels of silver?
But the world is so uneven, and the lives of ordinary people are sometimes only worth six taels of silver.

Ning Muqing did not dare to think about what would happen to the families behind these sailors if they disappeared.

The fourth prince was originally a little reluctant to allow him to sit down and raise the price. After hearing this, he sighed and said, "Even if the water quality is good, there is no guarantee that accidents will not happen. It is dangerous underwater, and six taels of silver is too little."

As a member of the royal family, the fourth prince had never had to worry about money.

This was the first time he experienced the sorrow of the people at the bottom.

"Let's do this. I'll give you a hundred taels. You go find some good guys and go into the water first to see what's going on. If you solve the problem, I'll give you a big reward."

The fourth prince said.

The captain of the ship was shocked when he heard this and said, "One hundred taels! Sir, are you serious?"

Before the fourth prince had time to speak, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture on the side scolded, "Our young master has said so. Of course it is difficult to follow up on his words. Do you still doubt that we can't come up with this money?"

"No, no, no... of course I don't mean that, it's just a hundred taels, which is too much." The boss of the ship shook his head hurriedly and explained, "I'm afraid you don't know, but it takes a lot to pull up the iron chain underwater. If we work together, at least five people can go into the water at one time, and one hundred taels for five people is three times that, which is too much.”

The boss of the ship hesitated to speak.

It only cost 20 taels to charter their boat, but now each person is given 20 taels.

Even if the reward mentioned later is not fulfilled, it is still a large amount of money, and only the person who is taken advantage of does such a thing.

"I'm talking about one hundred taels per person, not one hundred taels together. This is nothing to me. And didn't you just say that going into the water at night is risking your life, and it may lead to the destruction of your family." The fourth prince Seeing what the ship boss was thinking, he smiled and said, "Don't you think the lives of these brothers on your ship are worth a hundred taels?"

"This, this, this..."

The boat boss was speechless.

Where did you get taken advantage of?

I originally thought that one hundred taels for five people would be shocking, but I didn't expect that it would still be one hundred taels for one person.

The sailor standing behind the boss of the ship was so excited that he wanted to jump into the water immediately. He couldn't help but urge, "Boss, what are you still hesitating about? Such a talkative, rich, and generous guest only comes once a thousand years."

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "You choose your own people to go underwater. I only want the ones with the best water qualities and the strongest abilities. I don't care if there are more people. I can afford the money."

(End of this chapter)