After drinking the porridge, Gu Kun lay on the bed to recuperate from his injuries, while quietly thinking about the way out.

94 is really a good year to start a business, and his first reaction is that he should go north to Huaxia and open up the market for seafood business.

On January 1 of that year, Huaxia Central Bank officially announced that it would no longer issue RMB foreign exchange bills, and the dual-track exchange rate system officially ended.

People in China may not pay much attention to this policy. But for foreign businessmen who were interested in exporting goods to China, this policy was worth a fortune.

Prior to this, the official exchange rate of the renminbi was very strong.

In December '93, 1 dollar was exchanged for 5 yuan 7 foreign exchange bills, and in January 94, it directly dived to 8 yuan and 6 ordinary yuan. (On the black market, foreign exchange coupons are 50% more expensive than ordinary RMB, but the official plan price is 1 for 1)

So in January '94, if there is a foreign businessman with a keen sense of smell who is willing to do unplanned export business to China, and is willing to accept RMB, you will receive half of the money in an instant compared to last month!

Of course, if you directly ship these renminbi away, it will not make much profit, because the renminbi exchange rate has depreciated.

But if you take these renminbi and directly purchase materials in China, you will make a lot of money, because the purchasing power of the renminbi in your own country has not decreased.

The flow of information in 94 was not fast, so at present, almost no foreign trade merchants in Nanyang have noticed this business opportunity. If Gu Kun can drink his saliva and be the first person to sell Malay seafood to eastern Guangdong Province, he will definitely make a fortune.

After thinking about this, Gu Kun felt that the future was bright.

But then comes some operational difficulties.

The first is that their fishing boats are too small. It is only 11 meters long, more than 2 meters wide, and has a maximum load of more than ten tons. The boat is made of wood-hulled iron keel, has a 30 hp diesel engine, and can also use sails. Moreover, this ship was left in the early 80s, when my parents were still alive, and it is 15 years old, which is quite in disrepair.

The ship could not withstand the wind and waves, so it could not sail across the South China Sea to reach Yuezhou.

It seems that before going to Guangdong, you have to find another way to make extra money, and change to a big boat to do things.

When it comes to fishing for extra money, Gu Kun naturally thinks of his old business in his previous life - he can first go to the nearby Java Sea to pick up "garbage" and sell it for money.

Before his rebirth, Gu Kun was involved in the business of salvaging hydrographic detection equipment for more than ten years, and he accidentally castrated countless destroyers and frigates of the Oceanic State, and several unmanned submarines were accidentally fished out.

In addition, there are many confidential materials that have expired and been declassified in later generations, so he is well aware of the relevant historical records of the South Seas, Malaysia, and Indian waters.

He knew that as early as the 80s, the Oceanic Navy often dropped sonar on the Java Sea southwest of Lanfang to guard against the Lucians.

Although the Java Sea seems to be vast, there are not many channels deep enough for submarines to pass through, so it is enough to focus on a few trough areas.

Suppose the Lucians sent nuclear submarines south from Vladivostok to enter the Indian Ocean through Malacca or the Sunda Strait. It will inevitably be intercepted by sonar in the trough between the Natuna Islands and the Tamelan Islands.

Today, however, these devices are real marine litter.

Because, Lucia disintegrated more than two years ago. The other major powers in the Asia-Pacific region are now quite friendly with the Oceanic countries.

So Oceania suddenly found himself drawing his sword and looking around, dazed. Only knives and guns can be put into storage, and horses can be put in Nanshan.

The latest batch of sonar was dropped in 1991 and has not been maintained and used for at least three years.

As a fisherman who loves the sea, in order to protect the environment, Gu Kun should recycle these discarded materials.

However, Gu Kun is still too weak and doesn't want to be targeted, so this kind of business can't be bigger, so he can only try the water and stop.

Because you sell one occasionally, you can explain that the fishing boat trawled the net accidentally, and if you sell too much, you can't explain it as a coincidence.

The most important thing is that the Lan people don't want this thing, because the Lan side has no defense.

Nearby shipments can only be sold to Malaysia. And Malaysia is not ambitious enough, so it can't be sold at a high price.

After thinking about it again and again, Gu Kun made a decision in his heart: this time he went to sea, he would cut a few if he could find a few, but only one for the time being. Find a place to hide the rest and think about it in the long run.

As for their legitimate source of income, they mainly rely on the business of catching seafood to cover up.

After thinking about everything, Gu Kun said that he would do it, and immediately carefully checked the condition of his ship to see if he could go to sea tomorrow.

After the last time I went to sea, there was quite a lot of diesel left. A round trip west to the Tammelan Islands is only two hundred nautical miles, which is still enough.

But this time it was caught in a storm, and it was slightly damaged, and it took thousands of ringgit to repair it.

In addition, it is estimated that it will take a week to go to sea this time, Gu Kun has to leave enough rations and living expenses for his sister, and he also needs supplies.

He decided to find someone to borrow money.

......

Half an hour later, Gu Kun stepped to his neighbor Liu Min's house.

Liu Min is the "Uncle Liu" mentioned by Gu Pan, forty years old, and his father's comrade-in-arms back then. His family is now quite wealthy, with tens of thousands of ringgit in savings, a 200-ton fishing boat, and three or four sailors.

It's just that Liu Min is afraid of his wife after marrying his wife, so he never helps the descendants of his comrades-in-arms.

Because of the windy day, Liu Min didn't go to sea, and the whole family was there.

Seeing Gu Kun, Liu Min didn't dare to squeak immediately, but his wife Wang Han greeted with a smile: "Yo, Xiao Gu, sit, don't be polite to your aunt." ”

"Auntie, you can do it yourself, you don't need to greet me. Gu Yu didn't dare to let the other party serve tea and pour water.

Liu Min peeked at his wife and asked softly, "Xiao Gu, but what's the difficulty?"

Gu Kun didn't talk nonsense: "Uncle Liu, I can't help it, I don't have any surplus food at home, and I took the risk of going to sea and suffered a disaster." This time, I have learned the hard way and would like to ask you to borrow some money, RM2,000, and return it within a month. If you can't pay it back, you will count me as interest......"

As soon as he heard that it was borrowing money, Wang Han immediately interjected:

"Xiao Gu, it's not that your uncle and aunt won't help you. It's not easy for your uncle, don't look at our big ship, but you still owe a loan, you don't make money on a windy day, and you lose money every day, so the bank doesn't reason with you, and you have to ......repay the mortgage next month."

The Gu family's wooden-hulled sailboat, if it is newly built, will cost RM50,000 or 60,000, but it is already a second-hand ship that has been used for 15 years, and it will be sold for more than 10,000 yuan.

The Liu family's boat is 200 tons, covered with iron sheets, and a trawler with an electric noose, which is worth at least RM400,000 up and down. Therefore, with the financial resources of the Liu family, they can't buy a boat in full, and they must owe some mortgages.

Wang Han used the excuse of mortgage to plug the mouth of the borrower, and it was also tried and tested.

Gu Kun didn't want to rap with the woman, so he made a straightforward offer to Liu Min: "Uncle Liu, I won't borrow money in vain." I've thought about it, if I can't go to sea this time, it means that I am not the material for business, and I will go to you and help you run the sea in the future.

If you think that my ability is not worth your gamble, then I can only go to Uncle Lin. ”

Uncle Lin in Gu Kun's mouth was another friend of his father, but unfortunately he was also poor. Nowadays, it can only be used as a bargaining chip for counterbalance.

Hearing Gu Kun say this, Wang Han's eyes immediately lit up.

She knew that Gu Kun was a good runner in the sea, and his potential was good. The reason for the poor harvest in the past two years is mainly because the Gu family's ship is too poor.

If Gu Kun is willing to give up his own door and work for Liu Min, then the Liu family will be much more comfortable.

"Since you are so difficult, your uncle and aunt can't die without help," Wang Han agreed with a smile on her face, and pinched her husband, "You are a dead thing, why don't you give the money to your eldest nephew!"

Liu Min obediently pulled out twenty sheets of RM100 from the cabinet at home.

......

After getting the money, Gu Kun first went to the only grocery store on the island, purchased enough daily necessities for the brother and sister to eat for a month, and drove the boat to a nearby dock and paid the repair fee.

When all was done, he went home. With RM700 cash left, Gu Kun decided to split it in two, leaving 200 for his sister and 500 for himself. In case there is still a place to spend money in the future, you can't leave a margin.

Gu Pan saw him come back, and happily came out to greet him, and also took the big bags and small bags to count.

"Twenty catties of fragrant rice, fifty catties of palm flour, thirty catties of bananas, two catties of palm oil, and lemongrass mint leaves......"

Looking at these foods, Gu Pan's heart was steady.

Palm starch is a common sago in Cantonese desserts.

Even in Malaya, the price of palm flour is more expensive than fragrant rice.

However, in Lanfang, because most of the islands are too small and the land is highly salinized, rice cannot be grown, and only beach trees such as coconut, palm and plantain can be grown, so sago here is cheaper than fragrant rice.

Poor people who can't afford to eat often boil palm flour and knead it into dumplings, which is similar to eating the pearls in bubble tea. It's just that this pearl is the size of a fist, and you will be full after eating two or three at a meal.

As for the oil used in cooking vegetables, it is also oil from oil palm pressing, because other oils have to be imported.

Coral islands can't grow vegetables, so vitamin deficiencies can be solved by tropical spices such as peppermint and lemongrass, or eat fruits instead of vegetables.

The most common is bananas, which are full and vitamin. Bananas here are as cheap as dirt, and you can buy 1 pound and a half of fragrant rice for 1 ringgit, but you can buy 10 pounds of bananas.

Gu Pan put away the food and made dinner, and at the same time asked his brother about his plans.

Of course, Gu Kun couldn't tell his sister the truth, he had dinner to his heart's content, casually made up some excuses to prevaricate, and then fell asleep.

After a night's rest, he woke up the next day refreshed, and some of the pain seemed to have subsided.

The 17-year-old body is resilient.

However, he felt very hungry, and when he got up, he drank five bowls of cold fish porridge left over from last night. He felt that his appetite had increased since he was reborn, and he didn't know where all that energy had been expended.

After drinking the porridge, Gu Kun went to the nearby dock and drove back the boat that was repaired yesterday.

Today, the wind strength at sea has been reduced to five or six levels, which is a suitable day for going to sea.