With the news about the sea trade published in the newspaper, the gold about the Bianhe Jiaomen in the capital finally came to fruition, but most people did not expect that a sea trade could bring such a huge profit.

In fact, many people know that sea trade is very profitable, but first, the risk of sea trade is too great, and second, sea trade can only be concentrated in the coast, which is too far from the inland, so many people have not paid attention to sea trade at all.

But this time it was completely different, Li Zhang and several nobles jointly started a sea trade business, and earned back more than a dozen cars of gold for the first time, especially after the source of those gold was exposed, Li Zhang also held dividends with several partners with great fanfare, and invited many people to come to witness, but when the gold appeared, many people's eyes were red.

Of course, all of the above are Li Zhang's own designs, in order to use gold to stimulate those aristocratic and wealthy businessmen who have never even seen the sea to cast their eyes on the sea, in fact, there are also discerning people who see his intentions, after all, Li Zhang's methods are not very clever, and even very deliberate.

But even if Li Zhang is seen through, he is not worried, after all, the sea trade is real, and the gold is also real, and with this successful sea trade, Li Zhang and several partners also decided to increase investment, not only to organize the goods again, but also to expand the size of the fleet, and even Li Zhang proposed to acquire several shipbuilding workshops, study new sea ships, improve the safety of sea ships at sea, and so on.

With the outflow of the above news, the eyes of the entire capital are also attracted by the sea trade, and the streets and alleys are all discussing about the sea trade, and the real and false news is also flying all over the sky.

There are countless rumors about the South Seas, for example, some people say that the islands of the South Seas are full of gold, and you can get off the boat to your feet, and some people say that the South Sea Islands are full of spices, and in the winter, they fall to the ground, and no one wants to rot into mud, but it is worth 10,000 gold when it is transported back to the Great Song Dynasty, of course, they don't know that there is no winter on the South Sea side at all.

For this situation in the capital, it is exactly what Li Zhang wants to see.

Early in the morning, Li Zhang ran to Zhao Zhen's vertical arch hall, Zhao Zhen began to deal with the folds after the morning court, Li Zhang sat next to him to write and paint, and he didn't know what he was busy with, both of them had their own things, so the hall was also very quiet.

After a while, Zhao Zhen finally dealt with the folds, so he stretched his waist and looked at Li Zhang and smiled: "I heard that cousin, your house has been lively recently, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

"All the nobles in the entire capital have run to my house, can it not be lively?" Li Zhang spread his hands at this time and said helplessly, since the matter of sea trade has become a hot spot in the capital, many people with doors have all run to his house, saying that they just want to participate in the business of sea trade, Li Zhang is also overwhelmed, so he simply came to Zhao Zhen for refuge.

Not only Li Zhang, but even Qingzhi also had countless female relatives visiting, Qingzhi coped with it at first, but then she couldn't stand it, so she and Yan Niang ran to Miaoyuan Mansion with a few children early this morning, and it is estimated that they will not come back in the evening.

"Isn't this what you want, cousin?" Zhao Zhen also laughed when he heard Li Zhang's words, he handed over all the matters on the sea trade to Li Zhang, but he usually inquired about the progress, after all, the sea trade is related to the future of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yes, but although these people's enthusiasm for maritime trade has been ignited, it is still not enough, after all, it is not long for Eli to gather people's hearts." Li Zhang smiled helplessly again at this time.

Now those people who are in a hurry to participate in the sea trade are all rushing to get rich, after all, the dozen or so carts of gold are too dazzling, and although Li Zhang really wants to let all these people participate in the sea trade, there are too many people, so he can only refuse most of them, and only let some people close to him join in.

Of course, those who were rejected did not give up, Li Zhang did not take them to play, they went to the coast by themselves and began to organize a fleet, but although these people are rich and powerful, they do not know much about maritime trade, and it is estimated that they will begin to suffer some hardships, and it is difficult to say whether these people can maintain their current enthusiasm after being hit.

Regarding Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen also nodded in agreement, but then he looked at the things on Li Zhang's table very curiously and asked, "Cousin, what are you writing, I saw you writing and painting there just now, could it be that you are preparing some plan?" ”

Hearing Zhao Zhen ask about what he wrote, Li Zhang immediately smiled proudly, then picked up the paper on the table and put it in front of Zhao Zhen and said, "Just look at it, this fire can't burn for too long now, so I prepared some fuel for it!" ”

"The Adventures of Captain Lee, what is this?" When Zhao Zhen saw the title on the paper, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression, looking at the name like a legend, but under the title were paintings one after another, although the paintings were very rough, but the dialogue of the characters on it was very clear.

"It's called a comic, or a long-form comic to be exact, and I plan to use this form to introduce overseas characters, animals, plants, and so on, and then serialize it in the newspaper to arouse more people's interest in the sea." Li Zhang explained with a smile.

The novel art form of comics has not yet appeared in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, but now that the newspapers have it, how can there be less comics, and as soon as he gets started, he is serializing comics, which is a difficult project, but Li Zhang is not worried, because he can draw it himself in the early stage, but in the future, he can give these to others, and he only needs to formulate some content.

Although Li Zhang had not drawn comics in his previous life, he had read a lot of comics after all, and he remembered that he had ordered a newspaper in elementary school in his previous life, and he didn't remember the name of the comics serialized on it, but he only remembered that it was a story about a captain's adventure at sea.

Hearing Li Zhang's introduction, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show an expression of interest, and took a closer look at the story painted by Li Zhang, and found that it was quite interesting, the protagonist of this story is called Captain Li, he built a boat in order to go to sea, and in order to save money, he used new wood, and the wood sprouted in the water and grew into a forest, and the boat took a forest behind the boat when it set sail.

"It's interesting and interesting, even if you can't read, you can probably understand this story, cousin, when are you going to publish it in the newspaper?" After reading it, Zhao Zhen also asked with great interest, although the story had just begun, he already liked this exaggerated and humorous story.