Great Song Pirate

Chapter 154 Jiangbei Shipyard
After hearing Xu Yi finish his thoughts, Li Mutian immediately mobilized 5000 taels of silver for Xu Yi in Yangzhou and handed it over to Xu Yi without saying a word. Xu Yi sent soaps here in a steady stream, so he had nothing to fear, and he even went out in person to accompany Xu Yi to trade with Wu Quanshui.

Although Wu Quanshui is a good gambler, at least he is not so stupid as to gamble with the land deed of the shipyard, so the land deed of the shipyard is still in his hands. The title deed came to the inn where Xu Yi was staying at the agreed time. Li Mutian had already helped Xu Yi draw up the contract for the transfer of the shipyard. Wu Quanshui had no objection after reading it. Xu Yi also did the same, making a lottery.

Li Mutian also called the accountant of the Li family in Yangzhou, and together with Wu Quanshui, he sorted out the accounts of the shipyard, so as not to cause any trouble after Xu Yi took over the shipyard. After leaving Xu Yi, I was even more anxious to get his money, so I was very cooperative in doing things. I moved all the account books from the shipyard and handed them over to the accountant for liquidation. At this time, Cuiyu volunteered to come over to help sort out these account books, and picked up the abacus to calculate. Xu Yi couldn't help being curious, so he asked Cuiyu how such a thing happened, and Cuiyu told him that before her family When there was no downfall, there was an accountant in the family who taught her about accounting. Later, after the accountant died of illness, she took over these family affairs, so she was no stranger to accounting, Xu Yi thought to himself, This is a treasure trove, for Cuiyu to do such a thing, it means that he has an extra accountant, so he simply handed over the cleaning of the accounts to Cuiyu, and asked her to cooperate with the accountant of the Li family to clean up together. The accounting of the shipyard, the two of them had been busy for two days before they finished handling these matters and handed them over to Xu Yi for review.

Xu Yi praised Cuiyu a lot, which made Cuiyu very unhappy, and felt that she could finally do something for Xu Yi, but after Yiqing found out, she felt a little sad. Although she used to be a princess, she couldn't even compare with this Cuiyu. , I could only watch Xu Yi busy, but he couldn't help at all. I sighed secretly, and made up my mind that I must find something to help Xu Yi.

After Xu Yi read the account statement compiled by Cuiyu for him, he realized that the shipyard was far more than losses, and there were hundreds of taels of debt owed. Repaying Wu Quanshui's debts, so he secretly scolded himself for not explaining the matter clearly at the beginning, and actually let Wu Quanshui take advantage of another loophole, but after careful calculation, he felt that the deal was suitable, so he didn't bother to talk to Wu Quanshui again. Concerned about this, after teaching Wu Quanshui a lesson, Li Mutian took Wu Quanshui and the others to the local government to make a confirmation. This was the official transfer of the shipyard under Wu Quanshui's name to Xu Yi's.

After Wu Quanshui took the 1000 taels of silver that Xu Yi gave him and thanked him a lot, he hurried home. As for what he was going to do with the money, Xu Yi didn't bother to care about it. Then they rushed to the shipyard with Li Bo and others.

"Mr. Xu is back! I've been waiting for several days. Have you sold the shipyard yet?" Before entering the shipyard, Gong Zhen hurriedly came out of the shipyard with a big smile on his face. Concerned look.

Xu Yi got off the car, met Gong Zhen and said with a smile: "It seems that you are more concerned about this matter than I am! You can rest assured this time, I have already sold the shipyard from the shopkeeper Wu. The boat yard is mine!"

Gong Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to Xu Yi and said: "Ms. Gong has met the new shopkeeper, but I still don't know what my new boss's family name is?"

Xu Yi cupped his hands and said: "My surname is Xu, and I will have to rely on Master Gong a lot in the future!"

Gong Zhen hurriedly said that he didn't dare, but before Xu Yi could speak, he said: "Oops! I have to inform those hard-working brothers immediately, or this prodigal son will definitely take your money to gamble again. I have to hurry to find that guy and ask for our half-year wages! Many brothers are almost out of control!" After saying that, he hurriedly ran into the boat yard.

Xu Yi hurriedly called him: "Master Gong, don't worry! Wait for me!"

Gong Zhenwen hurriedly stopped in his tracks, and said anxiously: "Master Xu, don't you know who that Wu Quanshui is! He is already a complete gambler now, if we go later , I’m afraid we’ll never get our wages back!”

Xu Yi smiled and said: "I still remember what you said! I have been guarding against this Wu Quanshui who took the money and then went to the gambling stall. I have deducted your wages in advance, and you can ask me Xu Yi to pay the bill in the future!"

After hearing Xu Yi's words, Gong Zhen was relieved. He was so grateful that he almost didn't kneel down to Xu Yi. He bowed deeply to Xu Yi with a moved face and said, "Oh! You still care! Now we can feel relieved , Gong Zhen thanked the shopkeeper on behalf of our hard-working brothers! Thank you very much!" The gratification in his heart was beyond words.

At this time, Yiqing and Cuiyu who came with Xu Yi also got out of the car and looked around the dilapidated shipyard curiously. Yiqing asked, "Is this the shipyard you said you bought? Why?" Does it look so dilapidated?"

Before Xu Yi could speak, Gong Zhen spoke first: "These two are our shopkeeper's wife! Ma'am, don't underestimate our shipyard. Back then, our shipyard was also a well-known shipyard in Yangzhou. It’s all because of the former shopkeeper, so it’s now in ruins, as long as it’s in the hands of shopkeeper Xu, I’ll tell my brothers to pick it up carefully, and it will definitely get better soon!”

When Yiqing was called Mrs. Gong by this Gong Zhen, she felt happy for a while. When she looked at the shipyard again, she no longer felt so dilapidated. Anyway, this place is also Xu Yi's property now, and it probably won't take long. Under Yi's care, it will definitely get better here, and she still has full trust in Xu Yi's ability to take care of these things.

Under the leadership of Gong Zhen, the craftsmen from the original shipyard soon returned to the shipyard. There were actually as many as 200 people. With a happy expression on his face, he stretched his head to watch their new club, Xu Yi with a trademark smile on his face, took the roster and the bill from Wu Quanshui and stood on a high place.

"Presumably everyone already knows that this shipyard has been bought by Mr. Xu, and I have already deducted the wages that you owed before. Don't worry, everyone, just wait and ask me to settle the bill according to the wages recorded in the roster. That is, I will never deduct a penny from everyone!" Xu Yi gave the craftsmen here a reassurance, and before his words fell, the craftsmen below cheered together.

After waiting for these people to calm down for a long time, Xu Yi went on to say: "Since I, Xu, took over this shipyard, I don't intend to let this place continue to be so dilapidated, let you continue to do some odd jobs on the dock, and be affected by those birds. , the shipyard starts today, even if it reopens, although I, Xu, is new here, I hope that everyone can stay in this shipyard and continue to work for me, Xu, and I, Xu, will never treat everyone badly. I, Xu, will pay whatever wages you set, and I just want to hear from you, are you willing to stay in this shipyard and continue to work?"

Just after Xu Yi finished asking, there was another burst of cheers from below. People are such animals. Once they stay in one place for a long time and get familiar with the environment, they don’t want to change places easily. Besides, the new shopkeeper seems to be a nice person. , willing to use these old people, what reason do they not want to do?Under the leadership of that Gong Zhen, except for a few people who have gone to other shipyards to find new jobs and are still hesitating, basically everyone shouted that they are willing to stay, so even those who hesitated also shouted that they are willing to stay. Come back and continue to work. After all, they just went to another shipyard. The business of the shipyard is not good now. Their wages are far lower than when they were here before. up.

Xu Yi was very satisfied with their reaction. What he was afraid of taking over the shipyard was that these people would not stay to work. Now that he had their guarantee, he was completely at ease, so he went on to say: "The shipyard is in this state now. , It is definitely not possible to resume work immediately. We still have to do a lot of preparation work. We need to reorganize everywhere here. I will trouble everyone to work hard on this matter. As long as everyone is diligent, I think our shipyard will definitely be very fast. It is thriving again! I dare not say anything else, but what I can guarantee is that as long as I am here, I will definitely not let everyone idle and have no boats to build, let alone treat everyone. As long as everyone does more, we Just do more and get more, who doesn’t want to earn more money for their wives and children? Do you think so?”

After staying in Dulong Island for such a long time, Xu Yi has already developed the ability to inspire people's hearts, so although he didn't talk much, he immediately raised the energy of these people, so there was a burst of cheers, feeling that this newcomer The young shopkeepers who came here were indeed different, and it would definitely not be a disadvantage to eat with him, all of them had festive expressions on their faces.

After half a day of busy work, Xu Yi, with the help of Cuiyu and others, paid them all the wages owed by Wu Quanshui before. After getting the wages, these people were completely relieved, and there was no need for Xu Yi After dispatching them, each of them went back to their original work sheds. Those who rolled up their arms and sleeves immediately packed up, and the shipyard that had been silent for a long time suddenly became lively again.

"Shopkeeper! We should change the name of this shipyard too! We can't call it the old Wu's shipyard!" Gong Zhen, who had been with Xu Yi all this time, suddenly reminded Xu Yi.

"Well! That's true, let me think about it! Let's change the name here to Jiangbei Shipyard in the future!" Xu Yi suddenly remembered the famous Jiangnan Shipyard in later generations in China. He originally planned to borrow it, but he thought it was wrong. This is Yangzhou. , located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it is definitely inappropriate to be called Jiangnan Shipyard, so the name Jiangbei Shipyard was chosen casually.

(End of this chapter)