Zhu Benduan, Cheng Bo'an, Feng Xiang, and Ye Li left Zhang's Shipyard, and then continued to inspect the major shipyards in Tianjin and consulted relevant information in detail.

The other shipyards are also similar to Zhang's shipyard, and some are even inferior to Zhang's shipyard, which is small in scale, and can only build fishing boats, not even whaling ships.

There are more than a dozen shipyards, large and small, but there are very few that can build ocean-going ships, and the prices of each ocean-going ships are similar, all of them fluctuate around 100,000 taels of silver, and the price difference is not large.

In terms of shipbuilding capacity, it is also about the same, and ten large ships can be ordered at one time, and they will also be delivered after the beginning of spring next year.

In a private room of a teahouse in Tianjin, the four of them drank tea and discussed at the same time.

"Which shipyard to place an order to, everyone quickly come up with an idea, now there are more and more people coming to Tianjin, if we don't decide to place an order, we may really not be able to go to the Golden Continent next year."

Cheng Bo'an looked at a few people around him, took a sip of tea and said, this time the business is indeed too big, a one-time investment is conservative more than two million taels of silver, plus it is the first time to enter this field, so they are not familiar with all aspects, and several people also feel that their heads are big.

It is a bit difficult to choose which shipyard to place an order with.

"My suggestion is to buy the ships of the Tianjin Shipyard, although the ships of the Tianjin Shipyard are very expensive, but everyone has also gone to see them, and the Tianjin Shipyard is not comparable to other shipyards in all aspects."

"This Golden Continent is thousands of miles away, and if we don't have reliable ships, I guess we may lose all our money."

Feng Xiang was the first to speak, he still felt that it was more reliable to buy the ship of Tianjin Shipyard, after all, most people bought the ship of Tianjin Shipyard, and all the crew members who went to sea also respected the ship of Tianjin Shipyard, so it can be seen that the ship of Tianjin Shipyard may really have something unique.

"But the ships of this Tianjin shipyard are too expensive, with this price, we can buy two ships, and there are still leftovers, and there are too many orders from this Tianjin shipyard, if we place orders now, it is estimated that they will be scheduled until after July next year."

"By then, the rest of the fleet has already gone to the Golden Continent, but we haven't even gotten the ship yet."

Ye Li shook his head in disagreement.

"I think I'll make up my mind with Zhang's shipyard, on the whole, this Zhang's shipyard is still more reliable."

Zhu Benduan thought about it and said.

"I also think that the price of Zhang's shipyard is cheap, and the price of two ships in Tianjin shipyard can be bought in Zhang's shipyard for two and a half."

"In addition, Zhang's shipyard built a Dafu ship, and I also asked people to check it, Du Mingen and they also used a fortune boat to go to the Golden Continent, there is no difference."

Chen Bo'an thought about it and nodded and said.

"I just think that this Zhang brother's character is not good, and I always feel that it is a little unreliable."

Ye Li thought about it and said, the name of the Zhang brothers is naturally known to everyone, no one knows, inside and outside the government and the opposition, whether it is the civil official group or the military generals and nobles, they don't like these two brothers, they are notorious.

"But I heard that this Zhang brother is still very honest in business."

Zhu Benduan thought about it and said.

"I think let's not put our eggs in one basket, we can place a few ships here at Zhang's Shipyard, a few ships from Li's Shipyard, and a few ships from Tianjin Shipyard."

"When the time comes, if something happens, it won't be empty, ten ships will go out, a few can come back, and we can also bring back millions of taels of silver, and we won't lose all our money."

Feng Xiang pondered, thought about it, and proposed.

"That's a good idea, we really shouldn't put our eggs in one basket."

When the others heard this, they immediately nodded.

"Then do what Feng Xiang said, everyone has no opinion, right?"

Cheng Boan looked at the other people and asked.

"How is this decided~"

Ye Li nodded.

"I have no opinion~"

Zhu Benduan also nodded.

Just as the group was discussing the purchase of a boat, a rough voice sounded in a box next to them, which seemed to be very angry, as if they felt that they had been greatly insulted.

"Are you guys begging for food?"

As soon as Cheng Bo'an, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, and Ye Li heard this, they immediately stopped talking and pricked up their ears.

"Mr. Tian, Mr. Tian, we can talk about the conditions again, talk about it again~"

In the next box, a voice rang out.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Tian, we can talk about the conditions again, and we can also add more money this month."

Another voice rang out.

"No need, don't speculate for more than half a sentence, you and I are asking for food, what else is there to talk about, I paid for this tea, it is my treat."

Tian Baiyi looked at the few people in front of him, with a cold face, he took out a silver dollar from his arms and put it on the table, and immediately threw his sleeves away.

The whole person was angry, these rich people wanted to ask themselves to lead the team to the Golden Continent, but the salary and so on were too low.

He Tian Baiyi is an outstanding student who graduated from Tianjin Maritime College, and has served as a captain on a fishing ship and a whaling ship, and later as a captain of an ocean-going ship.

During this time, he has also become a hot person, and people come to visit him every day, all looking for him in the hope that he can lead a team to the Golden Continent, or become the captain of a certain ship to the Golden Continent fleet.

It stands to reason that this is a good thing, and he Tian Baiyi also wants to go to the Golden Continent to see and take a walk.

Du Mingen's fleet came back, and the detailed route and sailing experience were also published, and those of them who ate by the sea had naturally studied it a long time ago, and felt that there was no problem in going to the Golden Continent, and it was not difficult.

A trip to the Golden Continent can earn thousands of taels of silver, and this business can actually be done.

But who knows, these people who came to Tian Baiyi were extremely stingy, and many people didn't even understand the market, so they even gave themselves a monthly price of 100 taels of silver, which was no different from sending a meal.

He is now going back and forth between the Japanese Kingdom and North Korea, and he can earn hundreds of taels of silver a month casually, and it is close, and there is no risk in going back and forth, so why take the risk to go to the Golden Continent?

If you want to invite him to the Golden Continent, yes, the price must be sufficient, and the key is to give dividends, which must be distributed according to a certain proportion.

Du Mingen and others get 20% of the dividends, so it's worth everyone's hard work, go to sea hard, and come back to earn thousands of taels of silver, that's okay.

But these people are extremely stingy, they don't understand the market, and they are reluctant to share dividends, which makes Tian Baiyi angry.

If you don't pay dividends, how can you invite other crew members?

How do you get to Golden Continent without a good crew?

Therefore, Tian Baiyi felt that it would be a waste of time to talk to them again, and it would only make him more angry.

"Mr. Tian, Mr. Tian~"

When several people in the box saw that Tian Baiyi was leaving, they immediately hurried up, wanting to keep Tian Baiyi, but Tian Baiyi was determined to leave, so he ignored them at all, turned his head, and left directly, leaving a few people who looked at each other.

"A few brothers~"

At this time, Cheng Bo'an, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, and Ye Li also came over and took the initiative to greet them with a smile.

"Who are you?"

When the other party looked at it, they immediately said suspiciously.

"My name is Chen Bo'an, this is Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, Ye Li, we are all from Jiangnan, and we used to buy and sell some salt and grain~"

Cheng Boan introduced with a smile.

"Oh, it turned out to be a famous Hui merchant, it's rude~"

When a few people in the box heard this, they immediately understood, and they hurriedly signaled a few people to take a seat, and then the little two people in the teahouse changed to new tea and new snacks, and then introduced a few of them.

These people are from the Huguang area of the gentry, big landlords, big businessmen, respectively called Shen Chao, Li Hong, Wang Boxian, after a few people know each other, but also quickly to brother commensurate, they and Cheng Bo'an a few people, are here in Tianjin, want to go to the Golden Continent to make a fortune.

"Brother Shen, was it just now?"

After some politeness, Cheng Boan also asked.

"Alas, it's hard to say, don't hide it from a few brothers, the three of us also raised a sum of silver, and are ready to form a fleet to go to the Golden Continent."

"But who knows, after coming to Tianjin, I realized that the silver of this Golden Continent is not so easy to earn, just to invite this crew, we have worked hard."

"This Tian Baiyi, who just left, is also from Huguang, and he used to be just a bitter haha, the kind that couldn't eat enough, but now he can't be angry."

"We wanted to hire him to lead the team to the Golden Continent, and offered him a sky-high price of one hundred and fifty taels of silver a month, but he didn't even show us a good face, and just brushed his sleeves away, and said that we were insulting him."

"One hundred and fifty taels of silver for a month, this year is nearly two thousand taels of silver, enough to buy a large piece of land, but I didn't expect to be able to invite even a person."

Hearing Cheng Bo'an's words, Shen Chao said with a slightly wry smile.

"Yes, how can there be such a thing in the world, in our Huguang, let alone one hundred and fifty taels of silver a month, that is, if you give five taels of silver a month, someone will give you your life, as for ordinary people, one or two silver a month is enough, and we also heard that those crew members here in Tianjin all have a high income."

"So I also offered them a sky-high price of one hundred and fifty taels of silver, although I knew that it would be like this."

Li Hong also shook his head and sighed.

Hearing the words of the two, Cheng Bo'an, Zhu Benduan and the others were also slightly dumbfounded, looked at each other, and suddenly felt that their heads were big again.