The Mengshi family and the Bi family are the world's largest families in the same county in Shandong Province, and the friendship between the two parties is formed through marriage.

With the occupation of Shandong by the Hong Dynasty, after the original ruler of the Ming Dynasty was completely driven out of this area, the situation of the Mengshi and Bi families in Shanghe County was not as smooth as it was at the beginning.

The land has been reclaimed, the county government has oil and water, and the hereditary jobs are no longer up to their families.

The two families reluctantly sold a large amount of land in their hands in exchange for boxes of real money and silver, as well as Hong Dynasty bonds that were said to increase interest, and the money in their hands increased, but the source of livelihood of the huge family was gone.

In order to find a way out for the family, the two families discussed with the clan elders and the patriarch, and asked the two patriarchs to take the clan funds to Tianjin City, a place full of vitality, to find a trade route.

In the end, the path Meng Fei chose was a path full of challenges and risks, but it also contained countless wealth. ::

This is also a matter of no choice, even if the current territory of the Hong Dynasty is in ruins, there are countless business opportunities in all walks of life.

However, among the Hong Dynasty merchant group, there is a behemoth that generally exists, that is, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, a commercial organization.

If it is said that the establishment of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce by Li Tianyang in the Hong Dynasty was to keep warm in the group and at the same time let many businesses be used for his own use, then by now, with the development and growth of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, he has already had a tendency to lose a little bit.

Of course, it is not that Hong Chaojiu has no way to limit the ability of this force, but that Hong Chao now needs to rely on the other party in a lot of places, coupled with the influence of the status of Qixintang, a state-owned asset in the Chamber of Commerce, so that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will not be out of the control of Hong Dynasty.

However, the nature of businessmen to pursue profits is unstoppable by outsiders, backed by such a big backer as the Hong Dynasty, everyone contributed money and efforts to contribute to the expansion of the territory of the Hong Dynasty, and now it is time to enjoy the dividends.

In the territory of the Hong Dynasty, the vast majority of the money-making businesses are all in the presence of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and the remaining half of the share will be divided by the original powerful business names in the north.

Only ocean-going trade, even if it is a behemoth like the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, cannot be completely monopolized, and it is impossible for Li Tianyang and Westerners in the Hong Dynasty to allow them to engage in such a thing as a monopoly.

Coupled with the risk that the ocean trade is temporarily uncontrollable, a little attention may lead to the possibility of the destruction of a fleet, so that the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, who have gradually not needed to go through this risky behavior, can earn similar to Li Rubin in the ocean trade, and are gradually no longer limited to the ocean trade route.

Indeed, whether it is the business opportunities obtained by investing in the Hong Dynasty, such as money villages, iron and steel, salt roads, etc., the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce are not making a lot of money and the risk is low, so why take a big risk at sea to suffer.

Meng Fei took Bi Yong and the two around Tianjin City, and after hearing too much news about getting rich through ocean trade, he finally decided to participate in this business opportunity. Fastest update on PC::/

The two families collected a total of 50,000 taels of silver, and after buying a large ship of 2,000 materials and replenishing a large amount of goods, the silver in their hands was less than 10,000 taels.

Bi Yong's idea is that this is the first time for the two families to go to sea to do business, so it is better to leave a little more capital on their bodies, at least in the event of an emergency, they can also have a response.

In Meng Fei's opinion, since they have embarked on this road full of dedication, there is actually not much difference between keeping 10,000 taels of silver and not keeping them, and the two of them have already left a way out in their hometown, and the two of them are making this preparation at this time, in fact, it is like taking off their pants and farting, which is a redundant move.

Of course, this is also determined by the character between the two, one is relatively conservative and the other is more aggressive, but in the end, Bi Yong couldn't resist the character of Meng Fei, the two-year-old big brother, and finally gave in.

The two stayed in Tianjin for a few more days, and sure enough, a batch of porcelain from Jingdezhen was sent later, and after a fierce bidding and dredging relationship, Meng Fei spent most of the only 10,000 taels of silver in the hands of the two of them, leaving only one or two thousand taels of silver for self-defense, and then stopped.

The 2,000-year-old ship docked at the wharf of Tianjin Port, and in the dim light, the steaming wharf workers in short shirts and walking vigorously were hurrying to deliver the goods they had purchased during the day to the ship.

For the safety of this batch of goods, Meng Fei and Bi Yong can be said to have done it themselves, and they have been eating and living on the ship for the past few days.

"Hey, be careful, it's all fragile objects in here, how can they be so dangling!"

Bi Yong stared nervously at the laborers getting on and off the ship, never leaving them, and from time to time pointed at a few of them who had too much movement, just a scolding, for fear that the other party would accidentally mess up the goods.

"Take it easy, people eat this line of food anyway, and they are much more professional than you!"

Meng Fei could see it, his face was full of smiles and satisfaction, looking at the goods that kept coming to the ship, carefully calculating how much money they could earn through this batch of goods in the end.

"Wait until the loading is finished tonight, and tomorrow we will set off south."

The cold air in the sky was aggressive, and the sea breeze was raging, as if it wanted to take all the heat away.

The second winter snow has already fallen, and there are already signs of freezing in some places on the sea surface of Bohai Bay, if they can't take advantage of the time when Bohai Bay is frozen, then they want to go south with a large number of goods, and they don't need to wait until the old spring thaws, then they will spend thousands of taels of transportation costs to transport them to Anhui and other places further south.

That night, the laborers carried the goods onto the ship overnight, and it was not until one o'clock in the middle of the night that all the goods purchased by Meng Fei and them during the day were completely sent onto the ship.

And after the goods were completely in place, and the preparations for the ocean voyage were in place, early the next morning, Meng Fei and the others followed several other merchants who were also heading south for trade, heading towards the vast ocean.

Meng Fei and their journey, the excitement brought by the first ocean trade, with the unchanged scene on the sea, gradually faded, and the impact that appeared on the two of them was the first time on the ship, most of them would appear signs of seasickness, so that the two and the people they brought with them, most of the time stayed on the bed board in the cabin, vomiting from time to time, and the body was uncomfortable.