Chapter 176: The Goods Yard (2/2)
”Oh, oh, oh, I was wrong. It's dispatching troops twice. I've got a lot of benefits. The money was enough, but looking at the ships on the river, I'm not happy!”
”What's wrong with that? Or, you can be a water bandit!” Junior Leopard gave him a stern look, ”look at you. You're disheveled! You must have just got up from a prostitute's belly and rushed here from the brothel. Thinking about money and women all day! Can't you f*uking do something serious?”
Then, Junior Leopard suddenly smashed Zhu Ba with the teacup in his hand.
”Oh”
”Clicking!”
Zhu Ba ducked and avoided the teacup which fell to the ground. It shattered with no suspense and the tea spilt over the floor.
”Hee hee, Commander, I came here for something serious!”
”Nonsense! It must be the case of the Prunus Tower wanting to build a brothel on the island. Out of the question!” Junior Leopard knew Zhu Ba's temper now. He fought bravely with good feats, but he was hot-tempered and moronic, daring to say anything. Two days ago he got drunk and ran here to speak for the Prunus Tower, a brothel in Jiang City. He said that the Prunus Tower wanted to open a brothel on River Heart Island, which made Junior Leopard so angry that he nearly kicked him to death.
Now the drill ground of the navy's barracks was not finished yet, but he wanted to open a brothel. Who knew what he was thinking.
”No, no. Of course not!” Hearing what Junior Leopard said, Zhu Ba hastened to explain, ”Oh, my Commander, I was drunk that day and was fooled by the prostitutes. I didn't expect to say that. It's serious this time!”
”Just say it. Don't refer to the toll again!”
”Yes. Yes!” Zhu Ba nodded repeatedly, and came up to Junior Leopard, ”Your Excellency, and look, how about we open a goods yard on River Heart Island?”
”A goods yard?” Junior Leopard raised his brows and looked at him with a faint smile, ”that's a good idea. There are a lot of merchant ships on Luo River. Although there are many ports in Jiang City, only a few have their own goods yards. As long as the flood season passes, the goods are piled up into mountains, and there's no place to put them. If we open a goods yard on River Heart Island, it's hard to avoid making money!”
”Yes, yes!” Seeing Junior Leopard agreed with him, Zhu Ba got excited and moved a little closer to Junior Leopard, ”Commander, how about it? Let's do it!”
”Do what?” Junior Leopard rolled his eyes, ”is this your idea?”
”Yes, it is. Of course it's my idea!” Then, Zhu Ba held his head up, ”I thought of it first. Yesterday, I came out from the Prunus... er... When I passed a few docks, I saw piles of goods on the docks and the merchant ships on the river were stuffed full. So I thought if we were to build a goods yard here, we would probably make a lot of money!”
”It's really your idea?” Junior Leopard was really surprised, and gave him some glances, ”well, now that you think of it, it's up to you. Anyway, now we occupy such a big place. Many spaces are standing idle!”
”OK, yes!” With the approval of Junior Leopard, Zhu Ba got excited and turned away at once.
”Wait!”
However, before taking a step, he was stopped by Junior Leopard, ”what's the rush? I'm not finished yet. Bring me Commander Wang and His Excellency Jiang!”
”Your Excellency, what's up?”
”Don't talk nonsense. Just do it!” As Junior Leopard stared, Zhu Ba was quiet and left.
”This guy is a bit crass,” said Junior Leopard secretly, ”but he has a lot of ideas!” Reaching for the teacup, he found that he had broken it, which made him shake his head with a wry smile.