The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 85
The cost of a 1000-material merchant ship is about 1 taels (not counting labor), and it is estimated that it will cost more than [-] if you buy a new one. Shen Shikui only has two thousand-material ships in total.

Not to mention 50 taels of silver.

This is robbery, this is extortion, Shen Shikui is going to be mad.

Ruan Wenyan remained calm. When she came, she heard from Ding Yi that Mao Wenlong said in front of Yuan at the banquet before being beheaded, "I captured Zhenjiang with 97 people, recruited 90 refugees, and the islands became each other. Food and salary relief, honest transactions with merchants, garrisoning land and iron, beheading generals and restoring cities, only received 150 million taels of state silver and 90 shi of grain and rice in [-]."

Mao has a lot of money in his hands, and most of it is with Shen Shikui.

She said indifferently: "Miss Shen is so beautiful, she is so beautiful, and our Lady Ding also admires Miss Shen very much."

"Master Ding said that if General Shen is not willing to pay, then Master Ding can also ask for money."

"As long as General Shen agrees to marry Miss Shen to Mr. Ding, Mr. Ding will naturally prepare a generous dowry in turn to honor Mr. Shen."

"Shameless, he's dreaming." Shen Shikui yelled, his beard shaking with anger.

Yuan was the one who killed Mao, and Shen and Yuan's people naturally vowed to be at odds, and they would marry their daughter to Ding Yi.

What's more, Chen Jisheng's visit just now was for Shen Chuying.

Chen Jisheng wanted to marry Shen Chuying because of Shen Chuying's stunning beauty and because he wanted to win over Shen Shikui.

Shen Shikui agreed on the spot, because Mao died, and he had to find another backer.

Originally in history, after Mao died, Shen Shikui did marry his daughter to Chen Jisheng.

He had just agreed to Chen, and Ding Yi came over to ask again, how could he agree.

Even if Chen didn't agree, it was impossible to agree.

Chen is still one of his own, so what is Ding Yi?
Little Dusi is three ranks behind Chen's lieutenant general.

Ruan Wenyan's expression turned ugly, and she muttered to herself, "What should I do?"

"General Shen doesn't want to pay, and he doesn't want Miss Shen to marry our lord?"

"In our camp, there are all vulgar soldiers. If Miss Shen stays in the camp for a long time, I'm afraid --- it will damage Miss Shen's reputation?"

Shen Shikui laughed angrily, and said grimly: "Miss Ruan, isn't she a girl too? Come here."

He planned to take down Ruan Wenyan first, and then replace him with Ding Yi.

Bang, two soldiers rushed in from outside the door.

"Zheng..." A cold light flashed, Ruan Wenyan already had a dagger in his hand.

She put it across her neck and sneered: "General Shen, do you want to try? I dare to come here, but I don't want to go back?"

After finishing speaking, he exerted force, heck, there was already blood on his neck.

Her face remained unchanged, and she let the blood drip slowly

This crazy woman, Shen Shikui was shocked, and quickly waved: "Get out, get out."

The two soldiers had no choice but to go out and close the door again.

Seeing this, Ruan Wenyan put away the knife, played with the knife in her hand, and sneered: "Don't do this kind of thing again, Mr. Shen, if I want to kill you, even if there are thousands of troops outside, I can kill you first You." Her name was Mrs. Shen, obviously mocking Shen Shikui for being too old and vulnerable.

Shen Shikui was startled, angry, and afraid, and finally knew that the little girl in front of him was not easy to mess with.

"You are asking too much." Shen Shikui said angrily, "I have promised Chen Jisheng that I will marry my daughter to him."

"I don't have that much silver either."

"It's not like you don't know how many peasants have starved to death in Phi Island these years. I would have bought food if I had money."

"1 taels, the most I can offer is 1 taels." Shen Shikui said sharply.

Ruan Wenyan chuckled: "For the sake of General Shen, Mao Shuai locked up the businessman Hong Xiu and others, and suppressed other commercial firms. General Shen is responsible for all the business on and off Phi Island. Jiangnan, North Korea, Fuguang, every line A merchant ship can only be done if General Shen nods, and every time a foreign businessman comes to the island, a tax of one or two tenths will be collected."

"General Shen earns a lot of money. If he says he has no money, who would believe it?"

"Mao Shuai also said that day that he got 150 million taels of silver and more than 90 shi of rice. Mr. Shen, most of this is in your hands?"

When Ding Yi came, he naturally investigated the situation clearly, and this was a secret shared by Phi Dao, and everyone knew it.

Now that he said it, Shen Shikui was naturally blushing.

"2 taels, the most I can offer is 2 taels." Shen Shikui gritted his teeth.

"It's not speculative, just say goodbye." Ruan Wenyan turned and left without saying a word.

"Stop." Shen Shikui was furious, and called to her: "What do you want?"

"Two merchant ships, 50 taels."

Fart, fart, Shen Shikui cursed, of course he couldn't afford so much.

He has made a lot of money, but supporting 10,000+ soldiers and civilians for Mao Wenlong, there is so much cash.

He stared at Ruan Wenyan for several seconds, and finally gritted his teeth: "A merchant ship, 3 taels of silver, no matter how much, I really don't have it. Let Master Ding take care of my daughter for the rest of her life."

The implication is that, if you force me again, my daughter will not be wanted anymore.

This Shen Shikui was also a businessman, so he naturally knew how to bargain.

But Ruan Wenyan and his chess opponents were also born in a business family, and they traveled all over the southeast and northwest since they were young.

"But I heard from Sister Shen that Mr. Shen went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy goods. He hauled out whole boats of silver and bought iron materials one by one. Mr. Shen and Sister Shen's words can't be wrong."

She giggled and rolled her eyes: "Well, let's each take a step back, 30 taels of silver, two boats, and another boat of pig iron."

Damn it, Shen Shikui has been in business for so long, and he has never had such a difficult girl, and he has cursed countless times in his heart.

The 1000 material ship is full of pig iron, at least 20 catties. According to the current price of Fujian Railway, 0.16 yuan per catty, it is more than 3 taels, plus the round-trip freight and labor, it will cost about 4 taels. The money is still a small matter, the key is a large amount Iron materials are hard to buy, so of course he doesn't follow them.

He was even cursing in his heart, he never thought that his daughter would be betrayed by Ding Yi.

That's right, this was the last time Ding Yi heard from Shen Chuying that Shen Shikui was buying a few ships of iron materials from Jiangnan for Mao Wenlong, preparing to build ordnance.

The two bargained hard for more than an hour, and finally reached an agreement.

Shen Shikui said that there are [-] catties of pig iron and [-] catties of wrought iron on the island, and Mao Wenlong asked him to buy them for military training.

It can be sent to Lushun with the ship first, and there is still 10 taels of silver in total. He asked Ding Yi to let Shen Chuying come back first, and then send another 20 catties of pig iron when he goes to buy goods next time. That's all, there can't be [-] catties , do you think my Shen family has a mine?

Shen Shikui's words are so good, if Ding Yi really releases him first, the ten thousand catties of pig iron will definitely be gone.

Ruan Wenyan agreed without hesitation, but she did not expect to get iron materials, so she blackmailed a thousand-material merchant ship from Shen Shikui, with 10 taels of silver and [-] catties of iron, and she gained a lot.

After sending Ruan Wenyan away, Shen asked someone to prepare the goods, and at the same time hurried to the General Military Mansion.

Chen Jisheng lives in the General Military Mansion now.

Hearing what Shen Shikui said, Chen Jisheng was furious and almost wanted to send troops to attack Ding Yi.

How about using my woman to blackmail and steal money?
At the same time, he didn't expect Shen Shikui to be so rich, so he gave away 10 taels of silver as soon as he said it.

The reason why he wanted to marry Shen Chuying was that besides Shen Chuying's stunning looks, he knew that Shen Shikui was rich, Shen was Mao's big housekeeper, and all of Mao's assets were in Shen's hands.

This time, the thought of marrying Shen Chuying became even more serious.

"Fifteen thousand catties of iron?" Chen Jisheng said angrily, "There are only more than 1000 people in Ding Yi's southern camp. Why do you need so much iron?"

"We have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Phi Island, why should we give it to him?"

(End of this chapter)