"So, your Tiger Flag is not willing to continue buying big wood from Dongjiang Town?" Mao Chenglu squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Xu Xuewu.
Xu Xuewu shook his head and said: "Twice the price is beyond the reach of ordinary people."
"Shopkeeper Xu." Mao Chenglu said with a cold voice, "Don't forget, I have just agreed that your Tiger-Character Banner will send people to Kuandian. Whether your Tiger-Character Banner can gain a foothold in Kuandian in the future is up to me in Dongjiang Town. That’s the last word.”
Faced with Mao Chenglu's threat, Xu Xuewu smiled brightly and said: "We won't want big wood at twice the price. Even if we don't send people to Kuandian, we can't buy big wood from Dongjiang Town at twice the price. .”
"So you are determined not to raise the price of Hou Damu?" Mao Chenglu's face sank.
Xu Xuewu smiled faintly and said: "Of course the grassroots people want it, but twice the price is too high."
"The price of the big wood you took away from Tieshan is not high. Even if the price increases twice, it is definitely not high for your Tiger Flag." Mao Chenglu's tone softened.
Xu Xuewu shook his head and said: "Big wood is not worth much in Liaodong, and it is a free thing for Dongjiang Town. If the price is doubled, ordinary people can buy big wood wherever they go, and The price will only be lower, there is no need to pay high prices to buy big wood from Dongjiang Town."
"Shopkeeper Xu should know that the large trees in Liaodong are very suitable for shipbuilding." Mao Chenglu reminded.
Xu Xuewu smiled and said: "There are too many large trees suitable for shipbuilding. There are large trees in many places, and large trees are not only sold in Dongjiang Town in Liaodong."
"What? Your Tiger Flag is going to buy big wood from the Jurchens?" Mao Chenglu looked cold and touched his waist with his right hand.
Seeing this, Xu Xuewu waved his hand and said: "The general has misunderstood. Our Tiger Character Banner will not have any cooperation or contact with Hou Jin. For the Jurchens in Liaodong, the grassroots treat them the same as the people of Liaodong." I hate it to the core.”
His tone was sincere, and there was no hint of perfunctoriness in his words.
Many of the top leaders of Tiger Character Banner are from Liaodong. Even Liu Heng is from Liaodong. It can be said that he and the Jurchens have a deep hatred and there is no possibility of cooperation. Even if he agrees to cooperate with Houjin, Lingqiu will not agree. .
Seeing Xu Xuewu's decisive words, Mao Chenglu put his right hand on his waist back on the table and asked curiously: "Since you won't cooperate with Hou Jin, from whose hands are you going to get the big wood in Liaodong?"
Xu Xuewu hesitated for a moment and then said: "Actually, besides Dongjiang Town and Houjin, there is another force that can also obtain the big trees that the common people need."
"Could it be Guangning?" Mao Chenglu asked hesitantly, then shook his head and said, "Guangning wants to resist Houjin. It is impossible to sell big trees to you, and it is impossible to send people to cut down big trees, so Guangning Ning you can't count on it, and it's even less likely to happen in other places. Xiong Jinglue will never allow the people below to undermine the overall anti-golden plan for a little personal gain."
"It's not Guangning." Xu Xuewu shook his head, then raised his hand and pointed north and said, "It's North Korea."
"North Korea?" Mao Chenglu frowned.
Because North Korea was so incompetent, he almost forgot that this place existed.
The Koreans are not good at fighting, but if they cut down large trees for the Tiger Flag, they are still willing to do so, especially since the Tiger Flag can bring supplies that North Korea urgently needs. He believes that the King of Korea will never refuse such a good thing.
Xu Xuewu added: "If the common people cannot get the big wood from Dongjiang Town, the future cooperation with Dongjiang Town will naturally come to an end, and no ships will come to Pidao again unless Dongjiang Town pays off the previous payment."
As he spoke, he looked at Mao Chenglu on the other side of the table.
"Are you threatening me?" Mao Chenglu's eyes flashed coldly.
Xu Xuewu shook his head and said: "This is not a threat. The things sent to Pi Dao by ordinary people are all bought with real money. They cannot all be given to Dongjiang Town in vain."
"The soldiers of Dongjiang Town fought bloody battles on the front line against the Jin Dynasty, resisting the Hou Jin Dynasty for the court, and resisting the Hou Jin Dynasty for the people of the Ming Dynasty." Mao Chenglu said, "If your tiger-character flag can deliver goods to Dongjiang Town, it will support Dongjiang Town's resistance to the Jin Dynasty. Jin, after Hou Jin is wiped out, my lord will write a letter for your Dongzhu Liu and ask the court to give him a commendation."
"My boss admires General Mao very much for coming to Pidao to fight against the Jin Dynasty." Xu Xuewu clasped his fists on his shoulders and said immediately, "That's why my boss allowed Dongjiang Town to owe money for goods and use worthless goods. The big wood is paid off, but this does not mean that the goods of the Tiger Flag will be given to Dongjiang Town for free."
At this time, he realized that Mao Wenlong's appetite was too big and he actually wanted to take their Tiger Flag goods for nothing.
Mao Chenglu said coldly: "As long as my lord just says a word, the King of Joseon will not dare to sell you big trees. If the Tiger-Character Banner wants to get the big trees in Liaodong, he can only ask my lord, or your Tiger-Character Banner can get it from Hou Jin." To Damu, but I guarantee that as long as you Tiger Character Banners dare to have contact with Houjin, you will be confiscated by the imperial court and your family will be exterminated!"
As he spoke, he slapped his hand on the table.
Xu Xuewu put his hands on the table, holding the cooled tea cup with his fingers, and said: "There are not only big trees in Liaodong in the world. The reason why I came to Liaodong to buy big wood is because my boss admires General Mao and the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, but this It doesn’t mean that my boss and Huziqi are willing to take advantage of this.”
"So this matter is not discussed?" Mao Chenglu frowned.
The double price was decided by himself. For a big business like Huziqi, it would not be a loss to buy big wood with twice the money. However, he never expected that the people in Huziqi would rather not give up the big wood than agree to give it. The price of big wood has increased.
Xu Xuewu said: "To Dongjiang Town, the big wood is a free thing and not worth much. If Dongjiang Town sells the big wood as a treasure, then I, Tiger Character Flag, can only choose not to give up the big wood and ask for cash to repay it." Clear payment.”
Mao Chenglu was silent.
Dongjiang Town still needs supplies from Tiger Flag, especially the goods delivered by Tiger Flag, which can be owed first and used to offset the debt with other things, so it is impossible for Dongjiang Town to really cut off business ties with Tiger Flag.
Xu Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip of the cooled tea inside.
After a while, Mao Chenglu said: "If Shopkeeper Xu doesn't agree to increase the price of big wood, I'm not afraid that I will detain Shopkeeper Xu on the island and rob two cargo ships on the dock."
Hearing this, Xu Xuewu smiled and said: "In Tiger Flag, Cao Min is just an ordinary shopkeeper. Without Cao Min as shopkeeper, others will take over Cao Min's position, but in the future, the ships of Tiger Flag will I will definitely not come to Pidao again. As for the two ships on the pier, it’s not just the common people who boast about it. People from Pidao can’t even get close to those two cargo ships, let alone seize them.”
He was full of confidence when he said this.
The ships that followed him to Phi Island were each equipped with two 18-pound cannons, one at the bow and the other at the stern. There were fully armed musketeers on board.
The highest officer on the ship is the captain. If he, the shopkeeper, is not here, everyone on the ship must obey the captain's orders. Once the captain sees that something is wrong, he will definitely let the ship leave the dock as soon as possible.
Those qualified to be captains are all experienced sailors.
It is simply impossible for the people of Pi Island to seize their ships from these captains.
