One night belonged to the banquet for Meng Fei and Bi Yong to vent all the negative emotions accumulated by their drifting on the sea, and the rest of the proprietors who had already experienced these things were very considerate to explain them and let them completely let go of themselves after drinking.

After a night, Meng Fei walked out of the upper room of the inn where they were staying, looking at the rising sun in the east, the decadence of last night was long gone, but his whole person was rejuvenated, breathing the sea breeze with a fishy smell.

"Woke up so early? Don't take more breaks to take a break? ”

Meng Fei and they were almost drunk last night, or Qiao was in charge of the family and Meng Fei's henchmen, and settled them next to the guest room where they were, when Meng Fei got up and opened the door, the other party happened to wash up and bumped into him when he went out.

"I made Big Brother Qiao laugh last night, and Little Brother rarely loses his temper like this on weekdays."

Although he was drunk and hazy last night, Meng Fei still had some impression of what he said, and smiled bitterly to apologize to Qiao's family.

"Hahaha, the first time you experience these things at sea, there will be such a thing, we are also from the past, after being rescued in distress, the disturbance is even more ridiculous than you last night, you are considered to be a good wine, you can't apologize to us."

Joe laughed, laughing at what had happened last night, and motioning for the others not to take it personally.

"But next, what are you going to arrange, after you have news, a few of us will be relieved, ready to leave for Manila City this afternoon."

"Huh? Is it so fast? ”

Meng Fei was a little surprised, but thinking about it, the other party came a day earlier than him, and the supplies that should be replenished were almost replenished, Manila City was in front of him, and it was good to sell the goods in his hand as soon as possible and exchange them for some silver.

"Your destination is probably in Manila, and my family's destination is in the port of Batavia, Java, further west, so we still have a long way to go!"

Qiao's family did not hide from Meng Fei, and told him the final destination of their merchant ship, at least their family did not have much competition with Meng Fei's trade relationship.

"As for the other three, the destination direction should be similar to mine, either in Batavia or in Malacca."

"Oh."

Meng Fei was unsettled in his heart, and suddenly raised his head and asked sincerely.

"Brother Qiao, brother, I have a reluctant request, I want to go south to Batavia Port with you, I don't know if you are willing to take my brother for a ride?"

Qiao Dangjia glanced at Meng Fei calmly, the other party still had the smell of undigested wine in his mouth after he was drunk last night, but he didn't think that Meng Fei's words were a momentary move when the wine was up.

All the way from Keelung County, although it was only the first time for them to get along, they admired Meng Fei's behavior of walking out of the clan in person as the patriarch of the clan and looking for a way out for the clansmen.

And some people may not have been dating for a long time, but they are always so close to each other, just like Qiao Dangjia looked at Meng Fei, as if he saw himself when he had just gone to sea, so he also had a lot of mentions about this person along the way.

The other party's personality and habits, Qiao Dangjia thinks that he has a lot of contacts with people and has a lot of experience, but he can somewhat anticipate some of the other party's ideas.

"It's not that I don't want to help you."

But because of this, Qiao was reluctant to go with Meng Fei: "This is the first time you have traded at sea, and you don't understand many things, even the situation and environment in Luzon and Java are not clear. ”

"Several of us have mature sales channels accumulated over the years on this line, and you need to work hard to create a solid line step by step."

"The Port of Manila is an important trading city on the westernmost route of our Hong Dynasty, and the benefits you get from transporting goods here and selling them are already good."

"And the most important point is that the commercial system here has the Hong Dynasty government as a backer, as long as we Hong Dynasty Han people do business in a proper manner, then trade will be sufficiently guaranteed."

"But Batavia is different from Malacca, although Malacca is also in the hands of our Han forces now, but after all, they are pirates, and their style of action is uncertain, and they may do things like black and black; As for those foreigners, don't look at them in our Hongchao territory, politely, but when it comes to the fucking territory, the darkest fucking ones are these people, one moment they may still be smiling, and the next moment they may turn into pirates, not to mention the plundering of our merchant ships, and at the same time they will kill people. ”

What Master Qiao said was not alarmist, the reason why the profits of ocean trade were high was also proportional to their risks, Meng Fei heard it in his ears at this time, but his face gradually sank, and his eyes wandered.

"To make a compromise in trading, we still have to be steady and steady at the beginning, you are just in contact with the maritime business, so first contact with the local businessmen in Manila, as well as those Westerners who go to Manila to sell and purchase goods, after a few trade contacts, after understanding their relationship with the world, then you will look far, it will naturally be more appropriate."

Listening to Qiao's persuasion, Meng Fei could naturally feel the sincerity in the other party's words, and finally he smiled gratefully, saluted: "Thank you for Brother Qiao's teachings, it's Junior Brother Meng Lang!" ”

"Eh, what Meng Langzhi said!"

When Master Qiao saw that the other party heard his persuasion, he was also happy for him: "When we do business, we naturally hope to go to sea and make the greatest profits, which is not wrong!" ”

"It's just that if you calculate carefully, if you continue to go south, after passing through Manila, you need to pay an extra 10% of your business tax, and there is no suitable person to take over, then you may not be able to sell at a higher price than in Manila, and the profit may not be more than now!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Meng Fei nodded repeatedly.

"But Brother Qiao, can you wait for me for a few hours, after I replenish the supplies in this port, I will go with you for a while, and ask you for advice and experience in maritime business, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Hah!"

Qiao was stunned for a moment, but then readily agreed: "As long as you can complete the supply before one o'clock in the afternoon, then what's the matter with us again!" ”

"Thank you, Brother Qiao, then I'll go and let people prepare!"

Meng Fei bowed to the end, turned around and went to arrange his captains and sailors, and hurriedly replenished the supplies and fresh water.