They brought a box full of jewels and planned to sell it on the trip, but they didn't tell anyone the secret.

One day, the merchant overheard the sailors whispering. It turned out that they found his jewels and planned to murder their father and son to plunder them.

The businessman was scared to death when he heard this. He paced up and down the hut, trying to find a way out of trouble.

The son asked him what was wrong, and his father told him everything he heard.

"Fight with them!" The young man said flatly.

"No," replied the father, "they will subdue us!"

"Then give them the jewels?"

"No, they will kill people."

After a while, the businessman rushed to the deck angrily. "You silly son!" "He cried," you never listen to my advice! "

"Old man!" The son shouted and replied, "You can't say a word worth listening to!" " "

When the father and son began to abuse each other, the sailors gathered around curiously.

The old man suddenly rushed to his hut and took out his jewelry box. "You ungrateful thing!" The businessman screamed, "I would rather die of poverty than let you inherit my wealth!" " "

With these words, he opened the jewelry box and the sailors gasped when they saw so many jewels.

The merchant rushed to the railing again and threw all his treasures into the sea before others could stop him.

After a while, both father and son stared at the empty box, then they lay down together and cried for what they had done.

Later, when they were alone in the hut, the father said, "We can only do this, son. There is no other way to save our lives! " "

"Yes," the son replied, "it's the best way for you."

When the ship sailed into the dock, the businessman and his son hurried to see the city magistrate.

They accused the sailors of piracy and attempted murder, and the judge arrested the sailors. The judge asked the sailors if they had seen the old man throw his jewels into the sea, and the sailors agreed that they had.

The judge then found them all guilty.

The judge said, "Who will abandon their life savings and ignore them? Only when his life is in danger will he do this? "

The sailors offered to compensate the merchant for his jewels, and the judge spared their lives.

It is a tactic and a must to lose your car and keep handsome. There are some difficulties that we can't perfectly eliminate. In this case, it is wise to compromise. If you don't give up anything and want to save everything, you can only save nothing.

To solve any problem, we must grasp the key. If you think about it with the idea of preserving jewelry, the result can be imagined; It's much easier to think only with the idea of saving your life.