Penglai is a port city not far from Anyang City, and after Jiang Huanchu and Shi Luosheng said goodbye to them last time, they also went to sea from here. Shi Luosheng and the two of them rode all the way, and they arrived at Penglai in half a day, and it was late at this time, Shi Luosheng asked Liu Zixuan to find an inn, and he went to the beach alone.

Liu Zixuan found a good inn, and waited until midnight to see Shi Luosheng come back. As soon as he stepped forward to ask, Shi Luosheng only said that everything was ready, and there would be results in these two days.

Early the next morning, the two had breakfast and wandered around the city, although Penglai City is the largest port city in Yan Kingdom, but as Ning Zefeng said, shipping is not developed. It is also because in recent years, Emperor Jiang Wushuang's desire to dominate the world has become more urgent, and even three years ago, he once started a war against Yan and Chu at the same time, and later, under the persuasion of his ministers, he concentrated his forces to deal with Yan first. The pressure on the Yan State increased greatly, and the imperial court was unable to develop maritime trade, and the wharf of Penglai Port was empty all year round, with only a few fishing boats and a few merchant ships of wealthy merchants most of the time.

Shi Luosheng heard that the largest wealthy merchant here was called Wang Changqing, and he was also the largest in the maritime trade in this area.

Wang Changqing heard the housekeeper say that there were two businessmen from the Song Kingdom who wanted to see him outside the door, Wang Changqing thought about the people he didn't know in the Song Kingdom, and was a little curious, so he asked the housekeeper to invite people in.

As soon as the two of them sat down, one of the leaders introduced themselves: "Hello Wang Yuanwai, my name is Zhou Pre, this is my brother Zhou Zitong, our Zhou family was in business in the Great Song Dynasty, mainly engaged in grain business. In the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty has also been peaceful, and the family is thinking about letting our brothers come out to learn more. Just half a year ago, the mountain bandits in the Dongshan area of the Great Song Dynasty were exterminated by the imperial court, and there was a seaport called Xianghu, so I thought that no one in the Great Song Dynasty was doing maritime trade, and our brothers wanted to be the first people. So we also looked for the harbor everywhere to inquire, this is not two days ago to Penglai, heard about Wang Yuanwai, today I want to visit to see if there is a chance to cooperate. ”

As soon as Wang Changqing heard that he was from Song Guo and wanted to cooperate with him in business, his eyes rolled, and he immediately said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be a distinguished guest from Song Guolai, I don't know what business the two Zhou brothers want to cooperate with Wang?" ”

This person with the pseudonym Zhou Pre is naturally Shi Luosheng, Shi Luosheng said: "Now that the Song Kingdom is short of iron, and the Yan Kingdom is short of grain, the best business to do is naturally to sell the iron of the Yan Kingdom to the Song Kingdom, and then sell the grain of the Song Kingdom to the Yan Kingdom. ”

When Wang Changqing heard it, he felt that it was feasible, and asked, "Then how to cooperate?" ”

Shi Luosheng said: "I am responsible for collecting grain, Wang Yuanwai, you are responsible for collecting iron, I am responsible for transporting the grain to Penglai City, you are responsible for sales, and I will transport the iron away, the iron will be collected at seven percent off the current market price, and the grain will be sold at eight percent off the market price, after all, we will also bear the cost and risk of transportation, I don't know what you think?" ”

Although Wang Changqing is a wealthy merchant in Penglai, his main business is still on land, and he is only a small fight at sea, and he does not have many ships, if he is asked to send a ship to the Song Kingdom, he really has to think about it, because there are many pirates in this area, and the risk is too high. Now hearing Shi Luosheng say that they are responsible for sea transportation, which means that they don't have to take risks, Wang Changqing was secretly happy and asked, "I don't know how many ships you have now?" ”

Shi Luosheng said: "We now have three large ships in Xianghu Seaport, and some small merchant ships, and if this cooperation goes well, we can increase it in the future." ”

Wang Changqing was shocked, what is the concept of three large ships, they can be converted into a sea fleet, and he is also one of the richest businessmen in Penglai, and there are only five or six small merchant ships under his name.

Wang Changqing felt that the other party's origin was not simple, and he had doubts in his heart, but thinking that he had received the money and then shipped the goods, and did not have to pay the transportation costs and bear the transportation risks, even if the other party was a liar, he would not have any loss.

Wang Changqing asked again: "If this is the case, we can cooperate, then when do you plan to come to receive the goods?" ”

Shi Luosheng calculated the time and said: "Put it in two months, we have to prepare for this time, and we have to collect all the grain." ”

Wang Changqing nodded and said, "Okay, then it's set in two months, and I will prepare all the goods at that time, and after you come, just come to the house to find me." ”

Shi Luosheng saw that it was settled so quickly, and his mood was also very happy. After leaving the palace, he immediately wrote a letter to Shi Pre explaining these circumstances, and then paid a lot of money for a nearby fisherman to send it to Changxing Island.

After the matter was done, Shi Luosheng said excitedly to Liu Zixuan: "Today is a memorable day, from today on, Changxing Island will have its own source of income, and we won't have to worry about eating in the future, haha." ”

Liu Zixuan was also excited, and said with a smile: "I want to find a tavern now, let's have a good drink." ”

Shi Luosheng was about to agree, but his face suddenly changed: "They really came, let's drink the wine later, and solve these flies first." ”

Shi Luosheng took Liu Zixuan to the beach, bought a small boat, and the two of them rowed out to sea by themselves, only to row a few miles before they found that there was a big boat following him.

Shi Luosheng rowed towards the sea for more than half an hour before stopping, and looked at the big ship behind him that was still sailing quickly in his direction.

Shi Luosheng took out two hollow reeds from his body and handed one to Liu Zixuan, then pulled out the broken knife and dug a small hole in the bottom of his boat, and the sea water poured into the boat along the small hole.

Liu Zixuan was shocked and asked, "You are crazy, why did you scuttle the ship, how can we go back?" ”

Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "It's okay, I arranged it last night, the fisherman I just bought the boat will pick us up in this direction after we leave a stick of incense." Calculate the time, and when we're done with the big ship, he'll be there. We'll jump into the sea now, breathe with this reed, and when they'll row themselves, we'll chisel their boat." ”

Only then did Liu Zixuan understand Shi Luosheng's intentions, and said with a smile: "It's still your tricks, this time they all have to be buried at the bottom of the sea." ”

The two jumped into the sea and submerged under their own boat. And Shen Xun and Layton and the others on the big ship knew nothing about the impending danger.

Leighton said, "Huh? Why did their ship stop, did they find us? ”

Shen Xun disagreed: "They should have discovered us a long time ago, but now at sea, there is nowhere to escape, and today I will avenge my brother." ”

Leighton said: "According to the news from Anyang, there are only two people on the boat, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan, and there will be one of us at that time." Although Shi Luosheng is full of tricks, I see what tricks he can play at sea at this moment. ”

The big boat slowly approached the small boat, Shen Xun looked at it fixedly, and asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't there seem to be anyone on the boat, what about the two of them?" ”

Layton also didn't believe his eyes, this vast sea saw the two of them go out to sea with his own eyes, and now the boat is also in front of him, why are the people on board gone.

As soon as the ship approached, Layton jumped onto the boat to see where the two had gone. As soon as Layton's feet landed on the deck, it didn't feel right, why was the cabin all water? Layton said loudly to Shen Xun: "It's not good, this boat is leaking." ”

Shen Xun frowned and said, "It doesn't matter if he leaks water or not, anyway, it's not our boat that leaks, what about the two of them?" ”

Layton shook his head, Shen Xun and his party stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the boundless ocean around them, and suddenly a sense of foreboding came to their hearts.