Chapter 289: Yuezhou Port Just when everyone was looking forward to the merchant ship coming earlier, a sharp-eyed man suddenly pointed to the sea and said in surprise: "Look, everyone, a ship has entered the port, a ship has entered the port." ” "Boom!"
The wharf suddenly boiled, and countless people stood up and looked into the distance, and sure enough, a large ship with a displacement of at least 1,000 tons or more was floating on the sea, swaying towards the wharf.
"Hurry up, raise the pilot flag, blow the pilot horn, and introduce the ship to the harbor."
Soon a foreman began to direct the crowd to guide the ships into the harbor, and under his command, a loud pilot horn sounded, and at the same time a large flag was raised high, slowly fluttering with the wind on the sea in the early morning.
These two tools are specially designed for ships, and the sound of the pilot is loud, especially on the sea, which can be transmitted for more than ten miles, and if many people blow together, they can be transmitted for dozens of miles, so as to prevent the ship from missing the port.
As for the role of the pilot flag, it is almost the same, using the most bright red color, but unlike the pilot, the role of the pilot flag is to guide the ship to return to its position - you must know that even if it is a wharf, the ship can not be parked casually, but has a special berth, and the ship is only qualified if it is parked in the berth, otherwise it will be fined if it is parked indiscriminately.
The role of the pilot flag is highlighted here, a pilot flag represents a berth, as long as the ship is docked with the bow of the pilot flag, naturally there is no need to worry about dislocation.
"Great, it's our jackpot today, it's really a good sign, and now it's better to compare Chen Er and them."
Some people rejoiced that there are more than a dozen wharves in Yuezhou Port, and the competition between wharves is very fierce, and even coolies and coolies will fight each other in order to compete for a package.
However, because of the assassination of Li Shimin, there are no gangs on the wharf now, so in order to avoid conflicts between the coolies, and also to increase the collective sense of honor among the coolies, with the encouragement of the trade union, the major wharves have also begun to compete in secret......
All kinds of comparisons will vent the energy of the coolies, and winning the first place will not only increase the sense of collective honor, but also be rewarded by the city's shipping department, which can be said to have interests and face, and can raise their heads in front of other docks from now on - of course, such a competition is a reincarnation in ten days, this time you can raise your head and be a man, but if you lose next time, you can only be a grandson.
Don't look at the No. 1 wharf is the closest to the sea, think that this wharf often wins, but you must know that Yuezhou Port is based on the Pearl River Delta, and No. 1 Wharf is the closest to the sea, but correspondingly that it is the farthest from Yuezhou City, and there are dozens of miles and nearly a hundred miles.
Unless there is no berth or some other reason, there are really few familiar businessmen who choose to moor at Pier 1 or 2.
The reason is very simple, because after the goods are unloaded and loaded, the employment costs of those carriages and horses are also calculated according to the distance, and the farther the distance, the more money is spent, and those big businessmen are naturally reluctant to pay more, and most of them are docked a little more at the back, so although the No. 1 pier is the easiest to see the ship, it is really hard to say who has the highest probability of receiving the job, and it can only be said that each has its own advantages.
Of course, because the port of Yuezhou is becoming more and more prosperous, the berths are simply not enough, so in fact, the business that everyone has received is actually about the same, and the real competition is efficiency.
And early this morning actually came a ship, I have to say that the No. 1 pier is very lucky, no wonder they will think this is a good sign - after all, there is no sonar technology in this era, ships are unable to sail at night, the ship entering the port has basically been unloaded yesterday, and the ship that did not enter the port last night should also anchor at sea at this time, generally only wait until about the hour to have a ship docked, and now it is only a moment in the hour, there are still two hours from the hour.
Now that the income is coming in, it can only be said that this is a good sign.
"Pier 1 is really shit luck."
Pier 2 is the closest place to Pier No. 1, at this time I heard the noisy gongs and drums on Pier 1, and naturally understood what this meant, but the pier has the rules of the pier, and whoever finds the ship first is whoever's, unless the owner of the ship is unwilling to dock at you, otherwise other piers cannot be snatched, otherwise it is a broken rule, and it will be expelled by the city.
"Huh?
Head, it doesn't seem right.
It was the sharp-eyed coolie who finally noticed that something was wrong with the situation: "Why is this ship so dilapidated?"
Even the mast is crooked, isn't this a shipwreck?
” The foreman squinted at him, and snorted: "Nonsense, Qin Ye said, the sea near here has good weather for five days, and there will be no big winds and waves at all, where did the shipwreck come from?"
I said that you kid just talk about it in front of me, let the master of the boat hear it, then it will offend people. ” I don't blame the foreman for saying this about him, it's really too offensive, people who run the sea have always been the most superstitious, and the most taboo about these things, if you really let the shipowner know the sharp-eyed coolie, it won't be angry, but the heart is uncomfortable is certain, maybe next time you won't come to Port No. 1.
Known as Qin Ye is the worship of Yuezhou Port, is last year after the storm hit Yuezhou Port caused huge losses, Li Zhen specially from the people to find a master, this person is proficient in celestial phenomena easy to count, where there is a drought, where there is a waterlogging, where there is a snowstorm, he only needs to look at the clouds in the sky to identify, can be described as a strange person.
In fact, the biggest role of such a person is to be a navigator, but this Qin Ye has a problem, that is, he - seasickness.
There was no way, Li Zhen had no choice but to hire him as a distinguished professor at the Yuezhou Navigation College, specializing in teaching the students astronomical knowledge, Qi Bin had studied with him for a few months, so he could predict a storm more than a hundred kilometers away from the clouds alone.
At the same time, he is also an enshrined in the port of Yuezhou, specializing in helping the wharf predict storms, so that the port can prepare in advance.
The boatmen will also get the weather conditions of the last few days from him, so that they can estimate their next income, whether to lay off some of the personnel or find other jobs to do first......
"No, head, it looks like it's really shipwrecked."
As the ship got closer and closer, someone finally realized that something was wrong: "You see, not only the mast is crooked, but there are also many patches on the hull, which is clearly a shipwreck." ” "Damn, that's bad luck."
The foreman also saw it, and his face was not good-looking, not because he couldn't make money, but more importantly, he received a shipwreck on the first day today, what bad luck must it be?
How unlucky is that?
Maybe you won't be able to get a job for a day today, right?