Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.
Perhaps the most common is the term bucks as a reference for US Dollars. Other common slang terms for dollars include cash, dough, moolah and smackers.. There are various other slang terms for money as well, some of which are general terms and others that are specific to certain denominations of money.
It means that money can influence people and be used to get things done, but bullshit like sales pitches, marketing, deciet and so-on usually get seen through by most people. So, if you have money it 'talks' and can get stuff done. If you have to rely on BS-ing people, you'll be shown the door.