Chen Wenjun came back with a lot of things, and was watched by businessmen at the port. Chen Wenhui went to take a look, there were a lot of people in the port, Wenhui let the car turn back again, it was better to wait in the city lord's mansion, anyway, Princess Lichuan and his wife, Ma Mingsong, and Chen Wenlin were all waiting there.

After Wen Hui arrived, she found that everyone was drinking tea and chatting, so she naturally joined in. In fact, they often drink tea and discuss things at the same time, and now, no one treats Wen Hui as a normal ten-year-old child. However, this is also because these people are all from wealthy aristocratic families, and in these aristocratic families, there are many girls who start managing housework at the age of ten, which is not unusual, but there are fewer capable people like Wen Hui.

After a while, Wen Jun came in from outside. Wen Hui and Wen Lin were the first to greet them. It's only been about a month, and Wen Jun is much darker and haggard, but he is in good spirits.

After a while, Wen Jun began to report to Xu Wenchang on the situation of this voyage: "We followed the route in the chart and walked for about six days to reach the south of the Wa Kingdom, which is still far away from the capital of the Wa Kingdom and belongs to a family called Yuejian. We mainly do deals with the Tsukimi family. The situation in the Wa Kingdom was somewhat better than in Goguryeo. The rice cultivation area is very large, and the population seems to be larger, at least, the population in the Tsukimi family territory is larger. There are also many special products, there are beautifully made paper, there are lacquerware with better craftsmanship than Da Chu, and the most rare thing is that this country raises silkworms extensively, and the brocade produced by Ayaluo is not worse than our Da Chu. So. The silk we brought with us this time didn't sell very well there. But our porcelain, wine, especially mirrors, glassware are selling very well. There is also heavy news that the Wa Kingdom began to mine silver as early as the time of our Guanglie Emperor. Earlier, we traded with the former dynasty, but later, the maritime trade gradually declined, and the Japanese country did not trade with us for hundreds of years. Therefore, the silver is only circulated in their own country, so there is a lot of silver ready-made. We can make a lot of money just by reselling currency. ”

Wen Lin was a little strange: "How can you resell currency?" ”

Wen Jun said: "Our grain is ten cents and one stone, and they are one or two silver and one stone. You say that this difference in prices alone can make a lot of money. ”

Wen Lin was happy: "Then let's hurry up and transport the grain over and sell it?" ”

Wen Jun smiled and said: "It's not okay to sell grain there, I'm just making an analogy, just to show that there is a lot of silver there, and it's not worth much." Our porcelain was sold there for a small bowl for a tael of silver. ”

Everyone was shocked at this moment. Wen Jun said to Wen Hui again: "This time, your goods are the most profitable." A mirror can even be sold for a high price of three thousand taels. ”

Wen Hui immediately felt knocked unconscious by the pie falling from the sky, and she was happy and didn't know what to do.

Wen Jun continued: "They also have tea, and it tastes good. So. Silk and tea are not sold well, but porcelain, books, glasswork, fine woodwork are well sold. By the way, my family's preserved fruit is actually selling well there. Because they love the tea ceremony there all over the country. Our preserved fruit is the best to accompany tea, so it sells very well, and of course the price is ten times what we sold in the Great Chu Dynasty. ”

Everyone was very happy to hear the news. Wen Jun said: "The purchasing power of the Wa Kingdom is much greater than that of Goguryeo, and in the short term, I think we should master this route ourselves, and wait for our goods to be dumped." Let's sell the route again. However, it is estimated that it will take a few years, after all, the Wa Kingdom has accumulated hundreds of years of silver. ”

Everyone laughed.

Wen Jun continued, "I learned from the people of the Tsukimi family. Now the emperor of the Wa Kingdom is in power, but the power is in the hands of the minister Fujiwara clan, and most of the emperor's harem is from the Fujiwara clan, and there are many people in the Wa country who oppose the Fujiwara clan, so we have an opportunity. So, I bought a house on the territory of the Tsukimi family, placed people, and built a warehouse to buy the souvenirs of the Wakoku, and I thought we could go to the Wakoku once a month. ”

This is really exciting news. Then, Xu Wenchang told Wenjun about Ma Mingsong's trip to Goguryeo, and said that this time the merchants saw the benefits of sea trade and were anxious to buy a ship.

Wen Jun heard this and immediately said, "The goods I brought back will be handed over to Brother Ma for sale." I'm going to the dockyard right now to preside over the sale of the ship. ”

Xu Wenchang said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry at this time, there is another news, because now we have two routes, the Wa Kingdom and Goguryeo, there are more businessmen in Shanghai City, and there are more craftsmen who come to Shanghai City to find work." We discussed and turned the fourth phase into an inn and a restaurant, and the construction of the third phase has already begun. When your ship starts selling, our fourth phase will also start selling. However, these will be talked about tomorrow, you have worked hard for so long, take a rest today, princess, are you ready for the banquet? ”

Princess Lichuan smiled and said, "Ready." Let's go now. While eating, Wen Jun told us in detail about what he had seen and heard about the Wa Kingdom. ”

Everyone moved to the flower hall and chatted while eating.

During the banquet, Wen Jun said that the rice, papermaking, and tea ceremony of the Wa Kingdom were all passed down during the Qin Dynasty, and they were originally because of the tyranny of Qin Shi Huang, and many refugees brought the technology with them. Later, Emperor Guanglie beat the Wa Kingdom once, forcing the Wa Kingdom to come to the court every year. It's just that after Emperor Guanglie went, the Wa Kingdom found that the emperor of the Central Plains was getting more and more outrageous, fell into infighting, and did not manage the subject countries, so he began not to pay tribute, and called his own king the emperor, and said that he was the son of the gods.

Wen Hui couldn't help but hold her forehead, this Emperor Guanglie is really powerful, wherever he goes, he is really a successful person in the crossing. However, Wen Hui privately felt that Emperor Guanglie should do it once and for all, and it would be good to destroy the Wa Kingdom directly, you know, in the previous life, Wen Hui hated the Wa Kingdom the most, thinking about the disgusting behavior of that country, I really wanted to destroy him completely.

The next day, everyone was busy. Ma Mingsong began to hand over with Wen Jun, presiding over the sale of various products brought back from the Japanese Kingdom. In fact, among the five ships this time, one of the ships was full of silver traded with the Japanese State, and this boat Wenjun was quietly hidden in another hidden port. Rao is like this, and the other four ships full of goods also make Ma Mingsong busy and eager to have two more hands.

Wen Hui also began to get busy. Because the expenses of the two voyages, the silver obtained, and the various price differences of the transactions were all managed by the account room, Wen Hui could no longer easily inspect the accounts once a day in the morning and once in the evening, but stayed in the account room all morning.

After Wenjun handed over the goods, he went to the dock to preside over the sales of the clipper, Xu Wenchang was to preside over the sales of the route, all who bought the ship, were registered by the staff of Shanghai City, issued a road guide, and then went to the city lord's mansion to buy a route, you can issue a token, so that the voyage, when the return voyage docked at the port, are to be checked, if there is no token and no road guide, it is smuggling, but it is a capital crime.

After Ma Mingsong sold the goods he brought back, there were already merchants who were quick to buy ships, road guides, tokens, sailors, captains, sailors, and loaded the goods and went to Goguryeo, and Shanghai City was suddenly much more lively than before.

Ma Mingsong took the opportunity to launch the fourth phase of the inn and restaurant. Sure enough, the sales were very hot. Chen Wenhui also took time out of her busy schedule to buy one for her home, and used the money earned from these two trips to the sea treasure mirror workshop to buy a cheaper and smaller restaurant for herself and Meizhen, ready to rent it out in the future.

Time flies, and it's April very quickly.

Wen Hui, Wen Lin, and Wen Jun are all going to put down their work and go back to Qingyang City. Because there is an important event this month, that is, Wen Jun is getting married. As soon as they left, Ma Mingsong and Xu Wenchang got busy, supervising the construction site and presiding over the maritime trade. Fortunately, their fleet will not sail at sea this month, and there will be a lot less things, or it will really tire them out.

Wen Hui's three brothers and sisters did not take the waterway, they chose the land route, so that it can be faster, in the past few months, Chen Yuanheng presided over the work of Huzhou and built the road from Qingyang City to Suzhou City, so Wen Hui and they only need to go home as long as they pass Suzhou City. This saves three days of time compared to before.

Wen Hui was already scared of rushing during the last Chinese New Year, so taking advantage of the fact that there were many craftsmen in Shanghai, she guided the craftsmen to build a very comfortable and fast carriage for herself, using new spring technology and bearing technology. So, this time it's much more comfortable. Originally, the two elder brothers were both horsebacks, but now they often find excuses to nest in Wen Hui's car. This time, the originally spacious carriage became crowded because of the two more brothers and Wen Hui's two maids, and the angry Wen Hui wanted to drive the brothers down several times.

Wen Jun and Wen Lin drank Wen Hui and joked that their sister was better to the maids than to their own brothers, it was really a bad day, and people's hearts were not ancient.

The three brothers and sisters talked and laughed, but the journey was not lonely, and they soon arrived in Qingyang City. As soon as he arrived at home, the Bai family had already greeted him, and as soon as they met, he said, "You three, why don't you know that you are in a hurry?" It's ten days before you get married, and you don't come back, you really want to kill me, don't you? ”

Wen Hui stuck out her tongue, and Wen Jun and Wen Lin smiled. Wen Hui said: "Mother, you don't know how busy we are, it's not easy to come back in a hurry. ”

Bai said: "It's not as important as your eldest brother getting married." ”

This is very true, but now don't say it's the Chen family, it's the entire Huzhou Province that is watching this wedding, this is the wedding of Chen Yuanheng's eldest son, it's not too grand, and there are many people who want to tie Chen Yuanheng's mouth, but they have no way, so they are waiting for this wedding.

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