One day after the boat was fished, Gu Kun returned safely with the entire crew.

Half an hour before arriving at Lanfang Port, Gu Kun was on the sea more than ten nautical miles outside the port and ordered Chen Li to stop the ship first.

He has something to say.

With curiosity, excitement and eagerness, all the crew stood on deck, blowing the sea breeze, waiting for the boss to speak.

There were only a dozen people in total, but Gu Kun walked from beginning to end, from tail to end, patrolling several times, pacing very slowly, consuming a few minutes, and temporarily dissipating everyone's passion and expectation.

At this time, he asked coldly: "Everyone is still very excited, right?" ”

Some people wanted to say yes, but when they saw Gu Kun's expression, they noticed his tone and swallowed it back.

"Don't be embarrassed to admit it, I'm thrilled too. Gu Kunpi encouraged with a smile, "However, I believe that you all know the severity, no matter how excited you are, you must not say what you shouldn't say, you shouldn't drink a lot of wine and talk nonsense and brag, just don't brag, just endure it for a while." ”

"Don't worry, captain, I don't dare to say anything else, my mouth must be very strict. "Xu Hu, who Gu Kun brought from the Weisha Islands, was the first to express his position.

They are disciplined and have not yet developed the habits of those old fritter sailors.

Regarding secrecy, Gu Kun has tacitly emphasized it many times these days.

Gu Kun observed the reactions of the others again, nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to tap deeper:

"Now, it's almost time to dock, I'm stopping the boat here again, emphasizing that everyone calm down, because I want to give everyone the basic salary for this trip - just like the red envelope that day, it is still at least $1,000 per person.

I have one more thing to say, though. That is, the promised dividend will be delayed for a few months, but I dare to guarantee that the final dividend amount will not be less than the basic salary and red envelopes combined. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, sure enough, some people shook and seemed to be unable to stand steadily, which showed the violent fluctuations in mood.

Gu Kun struck while the iron was hot: "Do you think I want to repay the debt?" Hehe, then let me tell you, now your low salary and dividends are all paid in advance by myself, and I have spent a considerable part of the shipping income from the dozen boxes of things I got on my last voyage and by chance.

Because you're getting porcelain, not gold and silver coins, you'll have to wait for the right time to sell for a good price. And just to be on the safe side, I can't even get someone to ship it right away. You can inquire, this line of goods will be shipped in three months.

Therefore, I also hope that you will have this awareness: the basic salary and red envelopes should be given when the boss hires people, and I am not ambiguous, no matter whether I make money or lose, I will support you. And dividends, of course, should be talked about only after there are real dividends, and being a boss also has the difficulties and risks of being a boss. Rely on the sky to eat, rely on customers to eat. ”

"The captain is bright, the captain is righteous, we all understand!"

Gu Kun nodded, knowing that the beating of the question of patience was okay.

It's not that he doesn't believe in the loyalty of his subordinates, but that people who have not been tested by wealth in the past are prone to drift and get carried away after a long time of poverty and wealth, which must be beaten well.

On the way back this time, Gu Kun let go of the alcohol ban, so that everyone could drink freely on the boat. And when he came ashore, he asked everyone to refrain from drinking.

Sailors could spend money on women as soon as they came ashore, and they could not drink excessively.

If he finds out that someone has drunk and broken off just after returning from a special assignment, then don't think about messing with him again next time, and you will have to pay the price.

This point is so critical that when he got off the ship, he shook hands with the crew one by one, and with a very buddy attitude and a lewd expression of "you know" between men, he earnestly instructed:

"Don't be afraid to spend money, just find a woman to be cool when you go ashore, and I'll give you extra reimbursement when I go back." But don't drink, you check each other, and whoever drinks won't be rewarded. ”

A person who has been an old captain for decades in two lifetimes is so skillful in his mastery.

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Because Gu Kun's ship had only completed all its operations and returned the previous afternoon, and it was driving slowly on the way back, leaving time for the crew to vent their drunken addictions, it was already midnight at the docking point.

This point in time is exactly what Gu Kun wants.

Because dozens of tons of bits and pieces of goods, not yet containers, the transshipment ashore movement is very large, if it is daytime, it will inevitably attract attention, and it will be much easier to do things in the middle of the night.

Gu Kun ordered Gao Jianxiong, who was on standby in the port, in advance, to prepare a container truck, two empty containers, and a loading and unloading crane with a maximum lifting weight of 50 tons.

Under normal circumstances, these things are more cost-effective to rent. But for the sake of secrecy, Gu Kun didn't want the lessor to grasp his lease period, and considering that there were other boats to fish in the future, he chose to buy it in advance.

In the name of buying the equipment, it is said that it is for the construction needs of some surveying projects in the process of expanding Lanfang Port.

But the old and the new don't care, the old ones can save some money.

The second-hand container head is not expensive, equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars, and the key is that the crane is expensive, nearly 200,000. Coupled with the previous expenses for bits and pieces of fishing equipment such as inflatable high-pressure pontoons, all of them were counted, and all the $500,000 that Gu Kun spent last time selling porcelain.

Therefore, it is a misguided country to engage in industry, and even if it seems to be a profitable business, the money earned will be reinvested in the "expansion of reproduction" and turned into fixed assets.

Capital is not a fool.

After the empty container was hoisted onto the ship, Gu Kun instructed all the crew members to manually move all the containers into the container and stack them. Empty containers are also padded with a shock-absorbing foam padding in advance to further reduce the risk of bump damage.

More than a dozen people moved hundreds of wooden boxes very quickly, and they were loaded in 15 minutes. Gu Kun only left a few boxes of samples outside, in case of negotiation with Van Bilson for inspection, and all the others were sealed and locked, hoisted to the trailer by a crane, and pulled back to the warehouse to be locked.

Even a small warehouse on the wharf was bought by Gu Kun in advance for these things, a medium-sized warehouse that can hold hundreds of containers, and the other containers in it are piled with miscellaneous and chaotic goods, or leased to other shippers to pile up goods to cover up.

Gu Kun's two boxes are hidden in them, which is the safest, and it is safer than finding a separate place to store them.

This is all common sense accumulated in the gray business for more than ten years in the previous life.

After all this, it was already dawn. And all the people dispersed, and went back to their homes to sleep.

It is estimated that these sailors can sleep until the evening and then get up, and then eat something and take a bath, it is time to go to the night club to spend money to have some fun, and then go back to the boss to pay the bill.

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Gu Kun also slept until the evening before getting up, but he was not like those short-sighted people, and immediately thought about finding a woman.

He has a busy career and has too much aftermath information that he needs to deal with.

My sister Gu Pan didn't work as hard as him when she was on the boat before, so she woke up earlier than him and helped him make dinner.

"Brother, aren't you going to play with them? Will you stay at home in the next few days?"

"I have so much aftermath work to do, how can I think about it. Gu Kun ate his sister's porridge and was too lazy to explain.

Gu Pan sat beside him and thought for a while: "Is it a matter of finding someone to ship?"

Gu Kun didn't tell his sister Van Birsson's name, so Gu Pan didn't know who he was looking for to ship the goods.

Gu Pan only knew in general terms that his brother had shipping channels from foreign friends.

Gu Kun listened to his sister's speculation, and couldn't help but smile lightly: "I'm inexperienced, this kind of thing, how can I find out the channel for goods immediately." It's not long since I last fished a boat, and if I go to the door again, what will the other person think?"

Although the Dutch are more business-talking, if the Dutch feel that "this master seems to have the ability to catch new ships one after another", it will inevitably not be tempting, so they will try to peek further up the supply chain.

Gu Pan listened, and seemed to understand whether he understood or not.

Gu Kun continued to analyze: "Moreover, the last time I went to sea with Du Guowei and them, I found more than the boat I fished yesterday. There are also one or two relatively worthless little ones.

If I talk about shipping now and again in two weeks, the other party will definitely be jealous and go crazy. It's better for me to fish out everything I might see, and then close the hook this year, temporarily withdraw from the rivers and lakes, and then merge it all at once to find the next home to ship. ”

Of course, merger is not so easy to do, it has to be selective. Because each ancient shipwreck may have a different dynasty, you can only merge the ones that are closer in age to each other, and the ones that are far away will be put together.

For example, if Gu Kun had caught a Ming Dynasty ship and a Qing Dynasty ship, and then dumped the wreckage of the ship back into the sea, he would take out the contents and tell Van Beardson that it was "fished out of the same relatively large shipwreck".

What would Van Bilson think?

What about Nima's deceitful ghosts?

The same boat sells both blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty and ordinary Hu Jian foreign trade porcelain from the Qing Dynasty?

However, if it is within the same dynasty, such as the early Qing Dynasty, Kangyong's can be merged, and Qianjia's can be merged, and this degree of merger is also available in ancient trade.

Low-key, all for low-key. Gu Kun would rather make people think that he had caught one or two very expensive boats, rather than make people think that he could catch a lot of relatively less valuable boats one after another.

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So, he just dealt with some aftermath, retreated on the shore for three days, made some intelligence preparations for the next operation, and then went to sea again with the crew who had already relaxed.

With the first experience, everything is easier.

In half a month, he successively fished two more boats within 100 nautical miles off the coast of Lanfang.

One of the smaller ones is from the Qianjia period, and the goods on the Galen ship that he first caught are not much different from the age and can be merged.

The other is a slightly earlier, 17th century Dutch ship, the goods on it correspond to the Kangyong period, and the porcelain pattern and color are generally more plain than those of the Qianjia period, so this can only be shipped separately.

The harvest of both boats is relatively small, and the total value of these two boats is not as high as the first.

So far, Gu Kun has fished out all the ships off the coast of Lanfang that can rely on the waterway to conduct scientific research and fishing.

If you want to fish for anything else in the future, you can't rely on this rented ocean survey ship, this thing is not professional after all.

"It's finally time to find Bilson to ship, and I can't cash in after holding it for so long, it's strange that I'm aggrieved. Gu Kun sighed in his heart, "It's a pity, after selling the money, it is estimated that there will be nothing left, and Lao Tzu has to buy a professional high-speed salvage ship to prepare for the future." ”

The curse of not being able to save cash in business seems to be working again.

Every time Gu Kun charters a boat to do business, even if he makes a lot of money, he can't save money. The final result can only be "buy a boat based on the harvest of chartering a boat".