Chapter 1021 Counting Money and Counting to Hand Cramps (Part I)

Indeed, the so-called "view house" in the modern real estate industry is actually not suitable for living. For example, anyone who lives near the sea knows that if you live in a place with a view of the sea from your window, a seasonal typhoon can make you feel insecure. The sea breeze is very humid, and if you live in such a house all year round, you will suffer from arthritis.

In ancient times, there was another inconvenience in living in a house near the sea - because there was no running water at this time, the well water dug in the area near the sea was astringent, and it was not suitable for drinking at all.

The so-called view room with a view of the lake also has inconveniences, and facing the lake means that there are many mosquitoes......

Zhao Xing agreed with Jiao Xing's reason, but he was a person who insisted on going his own way, so he decided not to change it: "What Uncle Jiao said makes sense, so let's do it, I will build the house at the foot of the mountain as much as possible, away from the river, and then plant trees all over to block the wind." The wharf by the river was built with cement, and then a cement avenue was built to lead to the wharf, and the embankment along the river was repaired to stretch for ten miles, so that they were as solid as an iron wall......

The tide in Qiantang is so strong that we suspend the use of the wharf when the tide rises...... Isn't it just ten days of work, the original route to Japan was idle for half a year, and now we are only idle for ten days, so what is it? In the month when the tide came, we sent the ship to Fuzhou and asked your son Jiaozuo to take charge of the goods for that month......"

How much cargo did a Song ship load in one ship - according to the remains of the Song ship salvaged from the water, it is estimated that the displacement of the Song ship at that time was about 500 tons. That is, each ship, in addition to carrying sailors, fresh water, food along the way, can also carry two hundred tons of cargo.

Two hundred tons of cargo is equivalent to three wagons and ten containers. In ancient times, when transportation was not developed, it would take months – or even a year – to sell such a large quantity of goods. Just now, Zhao Xing said that during the high tide of the Qiantang River, goods were transported to Fuzhou to avoid the tidal period. This month's cargo volume is enough for Jiao's son Jiaozuo to operate for a year.

A big port like Fuzhou can only absorb Zhao Xing's cargo volume for one month, and so on, it is impossible for Hangzhou to absorb the freight volume of the remaining ten months - this place is hot and humid in summer, flooded, wet and cold in winter, and full of miasma, how can it swallow the rest of the goods.

Jiao touched his mouth for a long time, and finally swallowed back the words of persuasion. Although the loss of hundreds of thousands of guan made his heart ache, he finally gave in when he thought that he still had to rely on Zhao Xing for this money: "In this case, Xiao Lao'er will also take a companion and build a house next to the manor of the big official, so that he can listen to the teachings of the big official at any time." ”

Zhao Xing nodded in acquiescence, Liu San also made the same request, and Zhao Xing simply asked for a house.

After the discussion, Nagato, who had three knives in his waist, walked a few diagonal steps, walked to the side of the hillside, and waved his hand behind the mountain, and a group of people appeared, holding various measuring tools in their hands, crossed the hillside, and began to measure the land at the foot of the mountain.

Then two Japanese children and four Japanese citizens appeared, and these people were also the harvest of this trip. They are all specially taught by Chinese Japanese families, and they are proficient in the most authentic Tang etiquette...... The profession of these waiters is to serve people to the teeth, and their service is very satisfying to Zhao Xing. And this harvest also made Zhao Xing develop a habit of collecting slaves from various countries in his future business exchanges.

At the foot of the mountain, some of the busy builders were hired by Zhao Xing from Japan, and some were architects hired from Huangzhou. What Zhao Xing didn't know was that his behavior once again revised history.

In the Song Dynasty, the construction skills of this group of people were not very superb, however, in Japan, their architectural techniques made Japan breathtaking, and also made the local daimyo treat them like guests, and then they passed down in Japan for more than 80 generations and became a famous architectural group in Japan. But this time, their return changed history.

Among the people present were several Japanese, who learned from Nagato Bushi, one of whom learned pottery making skills in Hangzhou, and then returned to Japan and became the originator of Japanese pottery - this person's experience is consistent with normal history, but he came to Hangzhou many years earlier than normal history.

Zhao Xing didn't know that he had invisibly changed history, he watched with satisfaction as the group of construction craftsmen at the foot of the mountain skillfully measured the ground, and planned the site selection of the foundation according to the architectural sketch given by Zhao Xing......

However, it is now impossible to say whether this change will be good or bad for history.

In normal history, this group of Hangzhou craftsmen escaped the massacre of the Mongols in Japan, thus preserving the architectural art of the Song Dynasty to modern times, but now that they have returned to Hangzhou, can they escape the "great ethnic integration" of the Mongols? Will their return this time completely merge the architectural history of the Song Dynasty to the point of extinction in this world?

No one knows!

Perhaps, along with them, there is also Zhao Xing's house, Zhao Xing doesn't know at all that the territory he chooses now is where the imperial palace of Lin'an City in the Southern Song Dynasty is located. Even if the Mongols did not occupy it, Zhao Gou would have occupied it after moving south...... Eventually, of course, perhaps as in normal history, the palace was destroyed in the flames of war......

Jiao Fu looked at the workers' measurements bored for a while, and he asked without words: "Daguan, I see that you only brought back pearls, knives, and armor this time, what other special commodities do you have in the Wa Kingdom?" ”

"That's more...... I asked the local officials, and they gave me a list of Awa's silk, Echizen's Mian, Tokiri's Suke, Tajima's paper, Awaji's ink, Harima's needle, Bichu's sword, Musashi's armor, Noto's kettle, Kawachi's pot, Bigo's iron, Echigo's urulate, Nagato's ox, Mutsu's foal, Shinano's plow, Tanba's chestnut, Echigo's salmon, Shubo's vinegar, Yamashiro's eggplant, Hida's cake, and Jinsai's rice......

I've seen the goods here, and some things are not worth selling at all, such as Nagato's cattle. This cow is large and is said to be able to pull a double plough to work in paddy fields...... But what is the price of cattle now? ”

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the price of cattle was very cheap, ranging from three to fifteen guan. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the price of cattle rose and the loss of the traditional cattle breeding base made the price of cattle rise to more than 80 guan, and the highest time could reach 100 guan, but in this way, selling cattle is still an extremely unreasonable thing.

The size of the cow is that it still needs to eat, drink, and lazar, and the space required to transport a cow is enough to carry five hundred Japanese swords. Even if the price of a Japanese knife falls to one gold and one handle, it is more cost-effective than selling cattle.

It seems that now we can only make up our minds about traditional Japanese exports...... Of course, if the speed of the ship can be increased, and the carrying capacity of the ship can continue to increase, then the cost of navigation will be greatly reduced, and other goods will be ...... But now is not the time.

ps: I was counting the money bags of the widows, and suddenly found that there was a lack of votes to support. －)