CHAPTER XXIX
Because Zhu Chongba's grain was too much, there were a total of seven large ships, and such ships were specialized grain carriers. Also called a flat-bottomed boat, this kind of boat is low and flat, with a square head, a wide body, and a large body.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the unit of grain was stone, and one stone was about one hundred and twenty-five catties now. Each of these grain ships was 2,400 stones.
Because the price of Zhu Chongba's price is not low, the shipping fee is included in the total price.
According to the records of the Yuan Dynasty, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, about 3.3 million stone of grain was transported into Dadu every year, and this number fluctuated every year.
Comparing the figures, it can be seen that Zhu Chongbayun really has a lot of grain, and the sudden transportation of so much grain into Dadu will definitely have an impact on the grain price in Dadu.
Of course, what is recorded in the Yuan history is the grain transported by the official family, and the grain transported by the merchants should not be included in the official statistics.
When Zhu Jianhua was in school, he used to make boats a few times, but the boats he took at that time were all small boats, which were different from the boats that Zhu Chongba is sitting on now.
The reason why Zhu Chongba transported so much grain this time was also because he could not lose the opportunity and would not come again.
The main reason why those grain merchants gave grain to Zhu Chongba on credit was that there was too much grain, and there was really no place to put it, and it would be the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River soon, and if the grain entered the water, it would be all over.
They agreed that the grain could only be transported from the ship to the shore after Zhu Chongba had paid all the grain payments, otherwise the deposit would not be refunded.
Zhu Chongba dared to do it so boldly, which is also the reason why he is bolder, if it were the modern Zhu Jianhua, he would definitely not do this.
The current Zhu Chongba is a very perfect person, the only shortcoming of the original Zhu Chongba is that he has no culture, and Zhu Jianhua's crossing has made up for this shortcoming, so, over time, this Zhu Chongba's achievements will definitely surpass the original Zhu Chongba's.
The Grand Canal is really a golden waterway, there are really many boats coming and going, the speed of the boat is very stable, and the three brothers of Zhu Chongba live in a cabin.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is Zhu Chongba's second brother, the third brother is taking care of Zhu Chongba, he is just a child, no one can imagine that Zhu Chongba is the actual decision-maker.
If it weren't for the conditions negotiated between Zhu Chongba and them, these things would have to be considered by Zhu Chongba, then he would be too tired!
In this situation now, Zhu Chongba can be 10,000 hearts on the road, even if something goes wrong, he doesn't have to bear any responsibility, it's a big deal that the 5,000 taels of silver tickets are gone, that's all.
For those silver tickets, Zhu Chongba is not distressed at all, those are borrowed, thinking of this, Zhu Chongba thought of Shen Wansan again, it is estimated that Shen Wansan has long forgotten him, and the silver that Shen Wansan earns in a day, it is estimated that only Shen Wansan himself knows how much.
There may be many merchant ships on the Grand Canal that belong to Shen Wansan's family. These are all Zhu Chongba's thoughts.
Besides, Shen Wansan at this time, he was drinking tea at Zhouzhuang's house, and suddenly sneezed, Shen Wansan said in his heart, who is talking about him?
To tell the truth, Shen Wansan really forgot about Zhu Chongba, the reason why Shen Wansan was called Shen Dashan was not a waste of fame, Shen Wansan gave out at least tens of thousands of taels of money a year.
He Shen Wansan really didn't care about the silver tickets given to Zhu Chongba.
"Chongba, can you tell the second brother, where did you know all this? No, I don't think that's what Mr. Storyteller said! His second brother asked again.
After Zhu Chongba listened to his second brother's words, "These are all things I came up with after listening to the words of Shen Wansan of Zhouzhuang." ”
As soon as his second brother heard Zhu Chongba say this, he immediately stopped talking, he was really scared at that time, and he didn't keep anything else in mind.
Because the grain ship had to travel on the Grand Canal for a long time, it carried dry food on board. Then again, this grain ship does not need to consider the problem of lack of food, and if it is still hungry on the grain ship, it is really impossible to say.
For the history of the Grand Canal, Zhu Chongba still knows some, it is said that Emperor Yang of Sui in order to go to the south of the Yangtze River to see Qionghua, specially let people dig the Grand Canal.
The Sui Dynasty died because of the construction of this canal, but later dynasties benefited a lot from this canal. There is a poet who makes a poem, "The end of the Sui River is this river, and it has been thousands of miles away so far." ”
Zhu Chongba has been watching the boats coming and going on the Grand Canal, and he has a lot of emotion.
I didn't expect him Zhu Jianhua to really become Zhu Chongba, according to the few words recorded in history, Zhu Chongba at this time is really miserable.
But now Zhu Chongba is determined to change this fate. Now it seems that everything is still relatively smooth, but he is not blindly optimistic, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck, but Zhu Chongba is not afraid of things, and he will not back down if something happens, isn't it this life? What's the big deal.
The scenery along the Grand Canal is still very good, this canal is flowing water, according to Feng Shui, there is water and wealth, so many houses are also built according to the waterway.
The air quality in the Yuan Dynasty is really good, I can't say that there is no pollution during this period, and you can drink water directly. If there is no turmoil, this kind of life is still quite supportive.
Zhu Chongba was thinking about his future plans, if everything went well this time, he would let his second brother and third brother do such a business in the future, and he would not come out again in the future.
Zhu Chongba was thinking about what he would do in the future, doing business was not what he was good at, nor was it what he wanted, but there was no way to do it.
He doesn't want to be a rich businessman, as long as he doesn't let his family starve to death, Zhu Chongba's wish is so simple.
Zhu Chongba thought about what was going to happen in the future, he was deeply worried, and he didn't know if he could be useful in doing so.
Now his strength is really too weak, Zhu Chongba doesn't feel that he has looked at his little hands and feet again, he is too young now.
I really want to make the rings of time faster, but this is impossible, and time will continue like this unhurriedly.
Zhu Chongba looked at his two elder brothers, they were both honest farmers, and he didn't know if they could do such a business.
Let's take it one step at a time! Zhu Chongba set his sights on the Grand Canal again, and suddenly a woman's singing voice came from the boat behind.
This song is so beautiful that people will never forget it after listening to it.