Chapter 122 The order is in hand
Shi Yuanwai walked to the side of the boat. He looked on the shore and did not see any special features of the boat. This made him even more suspicious of Yu Ren's words.
"You said it can run faster than other boats?"
When Yu Ren saw that Shi Yuanwai repeatedly doubted himself, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. "It's a mule or a horse. I'll just know if I pull it! Shi Yuanwai doesn't believe it, so I can try it myself. You are responsible for using that ordinary boat, and I use this modified boat, and we'll know if we compare it in the water!"
Shi Yuanwai naturally heard Yu Ren's dissatisfaction, "Ah! I don't mean that. I just can't understand why this boat, which doesn't seem to have much changes, can run faster than that one."
Yu Ren ignored Shi Yuanwai anymore. He knew that strength was the most convincing. So Yu Ren waved to Hu Zi.
"Huzi, you row the old boat with Tian Jia and take Shi Yuanwai. I'll row this new boat, so please ask Mr. Shi to take my boat!" Shi Yuanwai was also having this meaning. He was worried that Yu Ren and the others would deliberately cheat in the competition. If Sun Menghu and Tian Jia deliberately gave in to Yu Ren, there would be no result.
Now that Yu Ren asked him to sit on Sun Menghu and his boat, he could supervise them. Shi Yuanwai was a person who had been dealing with the boat for many years. He didn't believe that there were anyone who could make fakes in front of him, and that he could not see it.
Huzi and Tian Jia agreed and got on the boat. The two of them picked up Shi Yuanwei on the boat and picked up the boat rim. Yu Ren was about to get on the boat when he suddenly saw Liu Xi walking up with a flattering face.
"Brother Ren, can you let me try it?"
Yu Ren didn't even think about it. "Okay! If you come, you can come."
So Yu Ren sat with Shi Youcheng at the bow and handed the spiral pulp hand to Liu Xi.
Seeing that everyone had sat down, Shi Yuanwai said on the boat, "Let's take the other shore as the end. If you don't use the boat, we will arrive at the other shore first, and I will set your two boats. I will give you a deposit of one thousand taels. If you lose, then forget about this."
"It's up to you," Yu Ren said, and waved to Huzi and others. "Let's start!"
When Hu Zi and Tian Jia heard the word "Start" and paddled with all their strength, their boat sailed forward quickly. However, the boat that Yu Ren and the others were on was a little panicked at the beginning and did not shake the handle. The boat swayed for a long time, but did not run far. Looking at Hu Zi and the others' boats, they had already sailed more than ten feet away.
Liu Xi was even more panicked. The more he panicked, the less the boat could not shake. So Yu Ren took his hand and said, "I'll do it! Go and talk to Mr. Shi."
Shi Yousheng believed that their ship was more than ten feet behind the other party, so he thought in his heart: This time, Yu Ren will definitely not win.
Yu Ren was not panicked. He shook his handle without any hurry. The boat started steadily. Soon, their ship caught up with Hu Zi and the others. Shi Man Wai tried hard to urge Hu Zi and the others on the boat. However, although Hu Zi and Tian Jia were not rowing slowly, their ship was still quickly surpassed by Yu Ren.
Looking at the small boat galloping by his side, Shi Yuanwai finally realized that the boat he was on was impossible to catch up with Yu Ren and his other ships. However, Shi Yuanwai was not depressed, but was very excited. Because he knew that he would have two sea boats as Yu Ren described earlier. And they would be able to help him make more money.
Finally, Yu Ren's ship led the way to the other shore by a distance of fifty feet above his opponent.
Shi Yuanwai was very straightforward and agreed to order their two big ships on the spot and let Hu Zi go to the city with them to get the silver.
After sending off Shi Yuanwai's uncle and nephew, Yu Ren boarded the two big ships again. Although he received the order, their problems were far from being solved.
Yu Ren took a tape measure and carefully measured the dimensions of various places in the cabin. Then he reported it to Liu Xi who was following him and wrote it down one by one.
Although the styles and sizes of the two boats are basically the same, the actual sizes are still somewhat different. Yu Ren recorded the dimensions in the stern cabins of the two boats one by one, drew pictures, and marked the dimensions. Hu Zi and Tian Jia were also back.
"How is it? Have you got the money?" Yu Ren asked. In fact, he didn't need to ask. Just look at the excited expressions on Huzi and Tian Jia's faces and you can tell that this matter must have been done.
"Not only did we get it. Mr. Shi also said that if these two ships are easy to build, we have to book five larger ships with us! I am worried about this big ship now. When I learned to make a ship with them, I never made a ship bigger than this. What should I do? Otherwise, find my master! It is said that their ancestors built the giant lucky ship of the Sanbaogong. He often told us that although his craft passed down from his ancestors had not been reduced, he was afraid that he would never have a chance to show it again."
Yu Ren smiled, "At present, we have not built both of them yet! You are thinking about the back. What if these two ships are built not satisfied with Shi Yuanwai? Not only will we not be able to get the orders behind, but we will also have to return all the money.
So, we don’t have to think about the next big ship now. Now we just need to think about how to transform these two ships now. If we can’t even do this, everything else will be empty talk.
I ask you, when is the delivery deadline given to us by Mr. Shi?"
Yu Ren was a person who had seen big scenes and was not overwhelmed by the little victory in front of him.
"Oh! He told me that it would be best to deliver the ship in three months. If not, we can give us two more months, but we can't drag it anymore. He may not be in Nanjing at that time. So, after we have transformed the ship, we will hand it over to his nephew Shi Youcheng." Hu Zi said.
Yu Ren didn't ask any more questions, lowered his head and went to modify his design drawings.
It was not until the evening that Yu Ren modified his design drawings. This time, he was more cautious. He decided to change one boat first and then change the second one based on the effect of the first boat transformation. Anyway, time is plenty.
At night, because the bed in the straw shed was too small, Hu Zi and Tian Jia went back to sleep, and only Liu Xi accompanied Yu Ren.
The next morning, Tian Jia came very early. Yu Ren felt that he should have climbed over the city wall, or he didn't enter the city last night. Because the city gate shouldn't have been opened at this time.
Yu Ren was a little surprised. I wonder what this kid was going to do when he got up so early?
Tian Jia was holding two very exquisite breakfasts in his hand. Seeing that Yu Ren had just gotten up, he put the breakfast on the table and helped Yu Ren wash his face.
Yu Ren looked at Tian Jia with a squinted eyes. Although this kid was very respectful to him in the past, he had never been so attentive.
"Tian Jia, is there anything wrong?"
Tian Jiatian had a face, "It's okay!"
"It's really okay?"
"It's really okay!"
"Okay, since you're fine, after dinner, I'll go into the city. I haven't been home for a few days, and my dad doesn't know how to scold me!" Yu Ren said deliberately.
"Brother Ren, it's just dawn! If you want to go home, it's dark before going back! Mr. Yu must have gone to the yamen now. Look at the weather today. I know a good place to go. There are lotus leaves and lotus flowers all over the pond, and the scenery is so beautiful. I have been busy for so many days and haven't had a good time. Why not go there for a while, let's have fun?" Tian Jia suggested.
"If you don't go! It's better to go home and sleep!" Yu Ren said. In fact, he had already seen that Tian Jia must have something to do. Since this kid didn't want to say it explicitly, he deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb, insisting on forcing him to say it out.
Seeing that Yu Ren was unwilling to take the bait, Tian Jia couldn't hold on and had to tell the truth.
It turned out that Tian Jia had not been able to sell the boat and could not build a new boat recently, so he took on an errand to help others repair the garden. This work of a gardener was actually the craft passed down by their family. Therefore, this work was not difficult for him. However, Tian Jia was really not interested in being a gardener, so he still liked to build ships with Hu Zi and the others. However, now that the boat was not built, he still had to live a life, so he had to make this mistake for the time being.
Chapter completed!