"Brother Qi, why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" In a mansion covering an area of more than 30 acres in the south of the city, the shipbuilder Qi Mao and Pang Feng, the two big bosses of Maofeng freight, gathered in the living room to drink tea.

This mansion is a new mansion purchased by Qi Mao the year before last, and the previous owner of the mansion is Wang Ben, Marquis of Tongwu, which Qi Mao bought from the auction and spent a full 700,000 yuan.

Since Qi Mao in the disaster relief of the first emperor personally awarded as a righteous businessman, fame at the same time loan to build more than 10 river boats to carry out large-scale river transport, just a few years has become the largest logistics business along the river, now Maofeng freight has more than 30 river boats, every day along the river to transport goods, earned millions of money, but with the implementation of the new business law, a large number of ship dealers now invest heavily in building river boats to grab freight, Maofeng freight survival pressure is very huge, There is an urgent need to find and develop a new business project, otherwise the pressure will increase if it continues.

"Brother Pang has you read the newspaper a few days ago?" Qi Mao put down the teacup and asked with a solemn face.

Pang Feng shook his head with a wry smile: "During this time, I have been in Luoyang to negotiate business, and my busy feet do not touch the ground every day, how can I have time to read the newspaper, and I can't be idle when I eat and drink!" ”

Qi Mao handed a newspaper that was about to be turned over to Pang Feng: "Brother Pang, please look at this headline!" ”

"Oh, it turns out that Brother Qi is talking about Yingzhou, I've heard some people talk about it!" Pang Feng took the newspaper suspiciously, only glanced at it and said.

"What do you think of Brother Pang?"

"The saying of Yingzhou Shenshan is an ethereal thing, and now it is found by someone arranged by the Marquis of Qinghe, which is naturally a good thing, so as not to jump up and down all day long, Brother Qi hurriedly called me back, is it to talk about Yingzhou?"

"However, Maofeng freight has developed rapidly in recent years, but the investment is also very large, more than 30 cargo ships five or six hundred shipwrights, it seems that there is a lot of income but the expenses are actually very large, and now there are several ship merchants to join in, the big river is full of boats and boats every day, and the wharves are almost to the point where they can not dock, and with the continuous construction of cement roads around the country, the capacity of carriage and horse transportation is also increasing, so continue, three or five years later, we can still be as prosperous as now......" Qi Mao's face was slightly melancholy and said.

"The current situation is indeed not good, this time Luoyang's deal is like this, this is a familiar businessman, in the past have also cooperated smoothly, this time there is a big beam shipbuilder to join in, the freight per ship is nearly a thousand dollars lower than ours, suddenly made a certain mess, when the negotiation was called back by Brother Qi, can only let a steward operate, but it is estimated that this transaction is going to be in vain!" Pang Feng shook his head and sighed.

"I sit in Xianyang to co-ordinate, since last year I also feel this drastic change, the past only by reputation to do business time has passed, now a lot of money and grain transportation of the household department can not get the contract, if it is not for the past friendship with Qinghe Hou, I am afraid that the business of Huaxia Qian Zhuang is almost impossible to keep!" Qi Mao also let out a long sigh.

"Then what is Brother Qi's plan for me to look at this newspaper?" Pang Feng knew that Qi Mao would not be untargeted, so he hurriedly asked him to come back to read a newspaper.

"You read the news carefully first!" Qi Mao waved his hand and picked up the teacup, Pang Feng had to calm down and read the front page news carefully word by word, and he was still confused after reading it.

"Brother Pang, if Qi Mao Transportation Industry wants to continue to develop, it must go to the sea to try its luck!"

"You...... Are you saying that we also build ships and go to sea to find islands? Pang Feng's eyes widened.

"No, why look for it, this Yingzhou is, you have already finished reading the newspaper, although this Yingzhou is not a sacred mountain fairy island, and there is no immortal immortal grass, but you see what is said above, there is a lot of sulfur and silver ......"

"Ah, I know, Brother Qi is planning to build a ship and go to Yingzhou to find sulfur and silver!" Pang Feng came to his senses in an instant.

"Yes, a certain person said before that those who want wealth must observe five things: one is benevolence, two is to choose the place, three is to respond to the time, four is to observe people, and five to distinguish things. We are following the Qinghe Marquis to have today's status, in recent years have also made tens of millions of money, business opportunities are like a fighter plane fleeting, if you do not grasp it well, it will inevitably lose the opportunity, we have seized the river and made a fortune, but now there is a greater opportunity in front of us, that is shipping, I participated in a symposium in the newspaper a few days ago, that found Yingzhou Xiao He Cao Shen and the two told in detail about the navigation route to Yingzhou, and they also built several huge sailing ships without boatmen rowing, Brother Pang should have seen the sailboat, and now it has begun to appear on the big river, but it is expensive and complicated to handle, and it has not yet been implemented, but in a few years, the sailboat will inevitably become popular, because this sailboat is not only faster and more stable with the water, but also can go against the water without a slender man...... In a few years, the river boats that we spent millions of dollars to build will be eliminated, this loss is both heart-wrenching and unsettling, and now it has reached a critical juncture that urgently needs to be changed, if we stick to the old ways, Maofeng Transport's business will inevitably plummet, but if we continue to invest more in building new ships, the money that has been earned for years will be lost......"

"And the competition in river transportation is so fierce, the business will become more and more difficult to do in the future, a ship of goods freight is less than nearly a thousand dollars, this is the pressure I can't bear, a trip down, I'm afraid that in the end only end up in a situation to maintain a balance of payments, if you don't make money, how to talk about development......"

Qi Mao was depressed, and Pang Feng also sighed and pulled his beard in a depressed way after hearing this.

As a qualified businessman, he naturally knows that business competition is inevitable, especially after the implementation of the new business law, a large number of competitors have emerged in various fields, which is not only a manifestation of business prosperity, but also the most hated thing for businessmen, businessmen hope that they can monopolize a certain industry, but this is an impossible thing.

"Brother Qi, let's talk about your plans, you have seen business things more thoroughly than me!" Pang Feng was silent for a long time before speaking.

"I plan not to continue to increase investment in river boat transportation, but to invest in building a few sailing ships, and then recruit people to go to sea to Yingzhou for development, if I can find silver mines and sulfur, I am afraid that only one ship will come back, I am afraid that it will be up to our current operation for several years, what does Brother Pang think?" Qi Mao said.

Pang Feng hesitated for a full minute with the teacup before nodding: "But the sea boat is different from the river boat, I heard that there are merchants from Qi County and Langya once said that the sea boat is twenty or even thirty zhang long, five zhang high, and can carry three hundred or even five hundred people at a time, and it must be built with a giant wood with a diameter of more than five feet, and the drawings are only available to Qinghe Hou, not to mention the difficulty of building and the cost is very huge, I am afraid that a ship needs to invest dozens or even millions of money, which is dozens of times the cost of the river boat...... ”

"One is enough, I heard that the new sailing ship not only sails smoothly and quickly, but also can withstand the waves, as long as it can reach Yingzhou smoothly, it will be with Cao Shenxiao He, a guest of Qinghe Houmen, and it will inevitably be less troubles and dangers, and there will be no need to compete for business opportunities with ordinary ship merchants in these ditches in the Central Plains in the future!" Qi Mao nodded without hesitation and said.

"That's good, since Brother Qi is willing, Pang Mou naturally still fully supports it, how can we be left behind in the matter of making a fortune!" Pang Feng nodded.

"Haha, okay, as long as Brother Pang is concentric with a certain body, the day of fortune is not far away, let's go, I'll go to a few more companions to discuss, and see if I can persuade some colleagues to join, it's best to build two or three big ships at a time, so that the chance is greater!" Qi Mao stood up excitedly.

Half an hour later, Qi Mao and Pang Feng invited five businessmen who were familiar with each other on weekdays to have dinner at the Qinghe Hotel, and at the dinner table, Qi Mao once again told about building a sea ship to go to Yingzhou to find silver mines and sulfur, two of them were not very interested, and the other three decided to invest in another sea ship after some discussion, and formed a fleet with Qi Mao Pang Feng to go to Yingzhou to make a fortune.

After the banquet, the five businessmen went to the Qinghe Marquis Mansion to visit Chen Xu, and Chen Xu was very happy after learning about Qi Mao and the others' plans, and encouraged a few people to write a warrant after a while, asking Qi Mao to take the warrant to Cao Shen and Xiao He, and told them that if the funds were not enough, they could borrow money from Huaxia Qianzhuang, and they could use the lowest commercial interest rate, which also made Qi Mao and the five people very happy.

At present, the new type of sailing ships can only be built by the shipyard mastered by Cao Shen, each costing nearly 700,000 yuan, Chen Xu built five in one go, plus the first sailing ship in a hurry, these six big ships Langya County Order provided wood for free, but just the labor cost and supporting various steel parts and sails and other things, each cost nearly 400,000 yuan, so the investment of more than two million plus the necessary food, drink and Lazar of the recruited boatmen and fishermen, Chen Xu felt a little unbearable, if he didn't have Qinghe Store, Shui's Tea House, Fan's Winery and Jiangxi porcelain and other means of making money, he is now unable to maintain his expenses, just a Keju commercial plaza, almost exhausted the money he has earned in the past few years, and has been constantly sticking money into it, and until now, navigation has always been a money-burning business, and he has not seen the slightest return.

The Great Voyage can't rely on him alone, and he can't count on the emperor, because today's Great Qin is still poor and just started, and can't withstand this kind of toss, Chen Xu will not blindly push the imperial court to support this project, only private investment comes in, a large number of adventurers with navigation and pioneering consciousness join the ranks, and the enthusiasm for navigation will inevitably develop slowly, and after the country's wealth accumulates to a certain stage, it is natural to start forming a huge sailor to start to explore colonies in the South Seas and Europe, This process Chen Xu felt that it would take at least after the end of the first five-year plan, because it would take several years for Japan to complete the initial conquest and development.

The only way to do this is to let the participating adventurers get the eye-catching benefits.

At that time, there will be no need for the imperial court to mobilize at all, and there will definitely be countless wealthy businessmen who will join in.

And the addition of Qi Mao and others is a good start.

A few days later, Qi Mao and a few businessmen followed Cao Shen Xiao He to Langya with deposit receipts and redemption notes, and this incident also had a huge repercussion in the business community, and some businessmen went to Langya to inspect one after another, and at the end of May, Cao Shen sent back the news that the shipyard had received orders for eight sea vessels, which made Chen Xu very happy.