Volume 1 Chapter 179: Winning People Over with Virtue (Part 1)

  Chapter 179: Winning People Over with Virtue (Part 1)

  "No wonder you look pale, haven't eaten for days? Few words." The first man scolded his mother, "There's something that makes us ordinary people suffer. I came from Nan De and was forced by those officials to the point of not being able to make a living. Like you, no household registration. I originally wanted to try my luck in Hong Zou, but let me tell you, the rules here are very troublesome. If you don't listen, you'll end up on the black list of every dockyard and won't be able to make a name for yourself. I see that you seem not to be ordinary, your hands are made for skilled work, don't rush into things and ruin your future." The first man was quite righteous.

  Judging from his tone, this person should have some skills, otherwise he wouldn't think of standing out.

  "I can wait, but my son cannot. I don't care about my future either, as long as I can save my son's life. Thank you for telling me this, brother, but I must go to Hongzhuang Gully and try." The second person is a loving father.

  The first person sighed, "Younger brother, even if you go, Red Su's place probably won't dare to take you in. Who dares to offend the ship industry's big shot, Ri Sheng? Unless the shipyard doesn't want to do business anymore and closes down entirely. You, just be a thing. Whatever is by your side, just be that thing, however much it's worth. Then, we'll hope that Red Su's boss isn't so timid and can pass the three tests. Once they start, we'll go together. Local shipbuilders with some skills will enter Ri Sheng. If Red Su can't recruit decent people, they'll definitely have to use us."

  The second person squatted on the ground, holding his head in his hands and said, "I still have things to pawn, I'll take them out to exchange for money early."

  "Take your own craftsmanship as capital." Mozi stepped forward, smiling and standing at the entrance of the alley.

  The two turned their heads to look at her and asked in unison, "Who are you?"

  These two men were about thirty years old, wearing worn-out shorts and torn shoes in the scorching summer heat. Their arms were thick and their shoulders broad, with dark, sun-tanned skin - they looked like skilled workers who had fallen on hard times.

  Standing there with a shiny bald head, a big nose, and a faded yellow scarf tied around his neck.

  Crouching, her hair was disheveled like grass, and her bun was loose. Her face was quite dignified. When he saw her, he hurriedly stood up, with a slender figure, a pair of hands, long fingers and large palms, indeed good-looking hands. Yuling has many beautiful men and women, this one seems to be not an exaggeration.

  "Mozhi put up his fists and said, 'The two of you, I am Mo Ge, the person in charge of Hong Yu Boatyard.'"

  The two of them looked at each other in surprise as soon as Mo Zi reported his name.

  "Baldy reacted quickly, immediately waving his hand, 'Mind your own business, don't think of dragging us to your place to start work.'"

  "I accidentally overheard your conversation just now, and I understand your difficulties. Of course, I won't force the issue. However, it seems that this one is in urgent need of money?" Mozi always seemed to stumble upon clever opportunities, or rather, her powers of observation were simply very strong.

  The one from Yuling was about to speak when he was interrupted by Nan De's bald head, who asked Mozi, "You don't have to pretend, saying that you want to give silver for craftsmanship, isn't it just that you want Brother Ding to do the work for you?"

  "Right, that's what I'm thinking. Otherwise, why would I give him money? It's not like I'm doing charity."

  Nan De Guang was stunned, he didn't expect her to recognize him so quickly.

  Mei Zi smiled, "However, I'll give you the silver now. You can start working after passing the three tests, how about that?"

  Baldy looked suspicious, and Ox Nosed hummed at her, "Is there such a good thing in the world, giving silver first and then doing the job? I don't think you're the kind of person who gets their hands dirty, but rather someone who talks big. You think you can cheat me, this anxious brother? However, let me tell you, no way! Don't think that we craftsmen are easy to bully. Besides, passing the three gates, it's not that easy! I've heard that even the rising sun's three gates, nobody has been able to pass all of them, and whether your Red Bud can open or not is uncertain."

  "Those three passes—" Muzi asked to the point, "Sir, I'd like to ask, what exactly are they?"

  "Baldy's eyes widened and he shouted loudly, 'You don't even know the three passes, how can you run a boat yard?'"

  Deep purple hummed a smile, slipped and fell, slightly bowed and said "please advise" repeatedly.

  After a long while of muttering to himself, Mozi finally helped the big brother from Yuling by lending him five taels of silver for his son's medicine and made an agreement with Guangtou that no matter whether he passed the three tests or not, he would come to visit.

  Two days later, Mozi took Zan and the three brothers of Chouyu Feishui to Riyang Shipyard. On the third day at dawn, they arrived at the upper reaches of the Yajiang River.

  The land is a narrow strip of land, the river is an endless river.

  Large docks were everywhere, with seven or eight medium-sized ones and over a dozen small ones, lined up along the riverbank in a zigzag pattern. Each dock had a ship's frame, with hundreds of workers bustling about, sweating profusely, amidst a cacophony of shouts and hammering. The air was filled with the smell of wood shavings, mixed with the scent of the river water, tung oil, sailcloth, and hemp rope, all swirling together in a way that made Mozi's entire body feel invigorated, his blood pumping vigorously.

  There are some things that you can't let go of no matter how hard you try. She started learning shipbuilding because she loved the water, just like someone who loves flying would learn to pilot or build airplanes. She wanted to create the best ships and explore everything in the water. Now, after going through so many things, although she has learned to hide her feelings, the passion for shipbuilding deep down inside her refuses to fade away. This is her lifelong dream, and it won't be abandoned no matter how time flows backwards.

  The shipbuilding techniques of the Tang Dynasty were at the pinnacle of the world, and for her who came from the future, she didn't feel that it was backward or dull, but rather there were many things to learn, and in design, it was even more challenging. The original wooden materials, without engines, no power, how could they break through the current level, this goal already made her very busy.

  "The shipyard is so big, I didn't know that in Mexico, following you has broadened my horizons." Stinky fish are restless, their buttocks can't sit still on the horse.

  Mozzie still obediently sat in the car, carefully got off the bus, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "Don't mention you, I haven't seen it myself." Poor, the shipyard of the Da Huang family is probably about the same scale as this one, it can be seen that Da Zhou is the strongest among the four countries, not just talking nonsense.

  "Private docks are already this big, how will official ones be?" Fat Prawn blurted out.

  The smelly fish was twisting and turning on the horse's back, like it had cramps all over its body, "Everyone look, this is so cool."

  Even the water snake smiled.

  "Come on, listen carefully," he said, "Is this called 'showing off'? I think it sounds like a fart."

  Stinky fish rolled his eyes, "Good job, little brother! What's with your gaze? Look at this!" Suddenly, he kicked the stirrup and did two 360-degree flips in mid-air before landing stiffly on the ground. He closed his eyes, stuck out his tongue, and let his arms dangle limply by his sides, completely still.

  Zan Jinfei dismounted and stretched out his index finger to probe, shouting at Mozi who had just landed, "Mo Ge, the stinky fish is dead. My sword wants to drink blood, it's been so long since it came out of its scabbard, or else give it a taste?"

  Stinky fish jumped up, "Who the hell is out of breath? I'm faking it, you big white idiot."

  "Are you allowed to pretend but not allowed to overdo it?" Mozi smiled as she watched the two of them fooling around, feeling very relaxed.

  Stinky fish immediately circled around Zan Jin and walked a circle, shaking his head, and then tapped his broad back with the toe of his foot, "Zan Jin, you little devil is getting more and more clever, and even knows how to make jokes?"

  Zan Jin Yangyang was pleased, "That's it. Don't even look at who I'm with. Besides, I'm originally very smart, although not as good as Mo Ge, and even better than Da Gongzi..." Old Wang started to talk nonsense while selling watermelon.

  Mozi thought to herself, from now on, whenever there's a gathering with Yuan Qing and the others, she'll have to bring Zan along. What a good kid, let those two cunning and treacherous guys corrupt him. Of course, as for herself, she had an absolutely positive, bright, and uplifting influence on Zan. And besides, when she heard Zan speak, didn't he mean that he wasn't even comparable to those two?

  Cutting words - gold and silver can't be compared to her.

  What's going on?

  She acknowledged that she couldn't compare to him. He was much more vicious, growing up in a harsh environment from a young age, and had become aware of things by the time he was five years old, more than ten years earlier than her. If she had been able to see through things back then, it wouldn't be Da Xiu who destroyed Yu Ling now, but rather Yu Ling destroying Da Xiu.

  "Who is Da Gongzi?" Stinky Tofu didn't understand.

  "Mo Ge's newly sworn brothers, one looks like a god, and the other looks like——" Zan Jin rummaged through his limited vocabulary in his stomach.

  "Yuanbao." Glittering golden yuanbao. However, Yuan Cheng is like a god? Haha what kind of god? The smiling fox under the god's seat is more like it.

  "Yes, Yuan Bao." Zan Jin Tao agreed.

  Listening to the stinky fish, one head is foggy. Looking at Mozi, "Mo brother, although you wear men's clothes, walking fast and windy, holding up a boat, men can't compare with you, speaking with us, opening your mouth and coming out rough, not even blushing, but after all, you're a woman, how did you become sworn brothers with someone?"

  Mozi spread out his hands and shrugged, "Don't ask me, I don't know anything." After a night of drinking, he transformed into Mo San.

  "I said stinky fish, but it doesn't sound right when I hear it. You say I don't have a woman's tone, is that so?" Suddenly, the tone changes.

  The smelly fish makes a sly smile, its eyes darting back and forth, pretending to be innocent.

  Five people were lingering in front of the Dayu Shipyard, joking and teasing each other, not hurrying to send them to their deaths. Before long, they heard a water snake say that someone had arrived.

  Fat shrimp raised a palm as big as a lotus leaf to block out the sun and shouted loudly, "These two are Bai Muxinzi."

  Bái Mù Xīn Zǐ, Chuán Bāng Hēi Huà, refers to ordinary people who are not skilled in martial arts.

  "Big brother, isn't this nonsense? A whole bunch of useless wooden clubs, but with so many people on our side, can't we take down three or four hundred of them?" Stinky Tofu argued back at his own older brother.

  Mei Zi turned back with a smile on her face, her lips moving slightly, and the four masters beside her could hear clearly.

  She said: "This time we won't fight, let's win them over with virtue."

  Zan Jin was really surprised, he opened his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Does martial virtue count?"

  Purple ink can't stop his evolution, so he accelerates it, "What's the calculation?"

  Stinky fish takes the lead, hehe smiles.

  The two men who came to the front of the shipyard, felt a gust of cold wind blowing past their ears, and their scalp was slightly numb, but they had to show off the demeanor of the old captain, so they puffed out their chest.

  "Who are you? Making a racket at the door."

  Mozi took out the name card of Min Yu and handed it over to the two men, saying politely, "I am Hongxu Shipyard's Mo Ge, bringing four brothers here to pass through three barriers."

  Those two heard the three words "San Guan" and their faces turned serious, without any disdain or arrogance, they were very solemn.

  One of them, a bit older, cupped his hands together and said, "Mò Gē (Ink Brother), please introduce the guide."

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