Chapter 306: Return
Except for the giant ship that went back in advance, the remaining four giant ships also slowly sailed out of the harbor after being loaded with all kinds of supplies, and slowly sailed along the coastline in the direction of Guanzhong.
Master Xuanzang has seen almost all the beauty of the land, whether it is dense forests or towering mountains, or lifeless deserts and endless grasslands, but he has not been adrift on the sea for even a day.
Therefore, when Master Xuanzang stepped on the giant ship, he immediately lay on the side of the ship and fell into his own world, as for whether he was making up some novel experiences or turning his first ocean trip into words, it was none of Jia Yi's business.
It takes at least four months from Lingnan to the mouth of the Yangtze River, if it is to Dengzhou, it will take half a year, in order to save some time, Jia Yi decided to let this voyage only last four months, and the rest of the way he will return from the land to the original way, on the one hand, after going upriver along the Yangtze River, there is a road to Chang'an, and then Jia Yi also wants to see if his efforts have become a reality.
Sailing on the sea is boring, seeing more than the endless sea, even Master Xuanzang, who is full of novelty about the sea, will lose the initial interest, and then honestly get into his cabin to write what he saw and felt on this trip to the Western Regions, so that after going back, he will educate the people according to the arrangement of Buddhism.
Jia Yi became extremely busy at this time, because during the time he was fighting for Nanzhao, his eldest daughter and second son also successfully descended into this world, and Jia Lu, who was almost four years old, finally had a playmate.
This kid has the demeanor of being the leading big brother at this time, and he will cover her with a quilt when the little sister is asleep, although he woke up the little sister directly with a heavy hand, but the original intention is good, and he should not be blamed, and he should be rewarded.
Fireworks in March, the temperature of the Yangtze River estuary has become warm and pleasant, when Jia Yi came here again, he almost thought that he had come to the wrong place, the small fishing village that was originally full of weeds has now become a very huge market, the scale of the market has even caught up with the county seat, and the lively shouting and selling sound has made the originally peaceful small fishing village noisy, and the original tranquility can no longer be found.
"I really didn't expect that just a small dockyard could make this place look like this." Industry drives the economy, and in Jia Yi's cognition, it seems that only the dock here has such ability, but this time he miscalculated.
"Jia Yi, don't be embarrassed here, what kind of dock has changed the appearance of this place, you can also look at the dock, although there are two docks now, but all the craftsmen are the staff of the imperial court, even if there are coolies who come here, there are really few of them." Cheng Chumo will come back with the ship every time, and he knows the development here the best, and now he has caught Jia Yi's opportunity to make a mistake, how can he not despise it.
This is strange, Jia Yi really can't think of any other industry here that can drive the development of the economy here.
"If it weren't for the shipyard's work, what kind of industry would it be that could have such a huge effect?"
Cheng Chumo may have been waiting for Jia Yi's inquiry, I don't know why, he hasn't said it yet, but he laughed first, and then explained to Jia Yi.
"There are two reasons why there can be such a prosperous scene here, the first is that the seafood canning factory you built here at the beginning, the canning factory was originally in the county, but in order to take local materials and production, the manufacturing plant was moved here, and now the people of the fishing villages within a radius of 100 miles will send the sea freight they get here to sell, while meeting the needs of the cannery, it also attracts a large number of seafood sellers, which will make this place so prosperous."
"Second, it's your brother and I owe it." Cheng Chu silently reached out and patted his own chest, looking at the lively scene in the market with a proud face, as if the people here did not come for profit, but for him.
Jia Yi didn't say more, but waited for Cheng Chumo to tell the truth of the matter.
Seeing that Jia Yi didn't take the bait, Cheng Chumo suddenly felt bored, and directly told what happened, it turned out that after Cheng Chumo transported the materials back from Lingnan, he would sell them here, and exchange the goods on the giant ship for cash here, except for the grain that would not be taken out for sale, as long as the rest of the things were on the ship, he would take them out for sale, and the profit-oriented businessmen began to gather here continuously, even if Cheng Chumo could only come and go once every six months, But it does not hinder the enthusiasm of the opera merchants waiting for the opportunity to make a fortune.
As Jia Yiyi expected, after the goods of Lingnan appeared in the inland, it caused a craze for crazy robbery for the first time, after all, any new thing will quickly attract the attention of businessmen, and no businessman can clearly see the most powerful interests behind this new thing.
If most of the people in this market come for the goods of Lingnan, then everything makes sense.
As the giant ship slowly approached the dock at the edge of the sea, a large number of merchants began to pour into the dock, everyone was shouting to the people who came down from the ship, hoping to get some supplies from the ship, but now Jia Yi is the master of the giant ship, if there is no order from him, even if all the living things on the giant ship are all the soldiers themselves, they can't move a single inch now.
Obviously, the soldiers on the giant ship have become familiar with this kind of thing, and they are waiting for Jia Yi to announce the lifting of the ban.
Since it was the loot that the soldiers desperately got back, Jia Yi did not stop too much, after all, the soldiers also needed to sell the loot and exchange it for money to go home to Fengyang's parents and raise children, and soon Jia Yi lifted Jin Ling, and the soldiers on the giant ship rushed down from the ship directly with large bags of things, and came to the square in front of the dock, waiting for the arrival of the merchants.
Talking about transactions with soldiers, Jia Yi felt that it must be the soldiers who would suffer at that time, compared with the shrewd merchants, the soldiers were much simpler, in order to avoid the goods that could be sold at a high price and were taken away at a low price, Jia Yi thought for a while and built an auction house here, as long as it was something of some value, it would be auctioned here after getting off the ship, and the soldiers' income would become more at that time.
With this idea, Jia Yi was ready to implement it directly, and after letting Hong Liang tell him about his decision, the soldiers who were still setting up stalls just now, without saying a word, left the businessmen who were bargaining with them, carried their packages and returned to the ship, the soldiers' trust in Li Er has been deeply rooted in their bones, and now even if Jia Yi says that a stone can be sold at a high price, they will not hesitate to choose to believe it directly.
In order to save time, Jia Yi put the first auction on the ship, and there was no need to deliberately create any high platform, the side of the ship was the best auction table.
Although the merchants knew very well that if the auction house was built, their benefits would be very limited, but of course they still did not quench their desire to come to their Lingnan goods.
Jia Yi was not ready to intervene in the auction, and after explaining all the things, he quickly got off the boat, and was just about to find a restaurant to have a good meal, but Xuanzang came to Jia Yi, and saw him singing a Buddha horn to Jia Yi with his hands folded.
"Amitabha, the poor monk is here to say goodbye to the donor, and now he has landed on the shore, the poor monk still has important things to go to Wang Chang'an, if he still walks with this donor, I am afraid it will bring a lot of trouble to the donor, yes, the poor monk has left."
Xuanzang still has a lot of things to do next, and Jia Yi is also inconvenient to stay longer, so after saying a few polite words, Xuanzang was sent on the way to Chang'an, and he turned his head and put all his energy into the auction.
A large number of goods made the first phase of the auction very lively, even a person like Jia Yi who was used to seeing big scenes felt a little unbearable, so he simply didn't have anything to do here, he was ready to go outside to relax.
Looking at the small fishing village that has become a huge bazaar, Jia Yi sighed again, when the small fishing village was poor and there were thatched houses everywhere, Jia Yi once led his subordinates to renovate here, so that the original crumbling small village became strong again, however, looking ahead, the thatched houses have completely disappeared, and the green bricks and green tiles have become the only melody here, whether it is sturdy or beautiful, it is far from being comparable to the original thatched houses.
When the old man Yao saw Jia Yi's appearance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly came to Jia Yi with the support of his son, and expressed their gratitude to Jia Yi for helping them transform the small fishing village.
Old Man Yao's body has collapsed very badly in recent years, and now if there is no one to support him, he basically can't walk a long distance, but the volume of his speech has not changed much, and it is still full of people who have worked hard all their lives.
"Thank you for the construction of our small fishing village, Xiao Lao'er really doesn't know what to say, this is the seafood dried at Xiao Lao'er's home, I know that the adults are good at this, and I have kept it for the adults."