Zhang Tianbao's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Zhen Qian like a ghost, and he couldn't describe his current mood with shock in his heart, car and boat! A name that is both familiar and unfamiliar, familiar because he saw this strange-looking ship for the first time last year, and strange because I am afraid that none of the ten maritime merchants knows what a car and ship are?

Zhang Tianbao wanted to ask: How did you know about the car?

Cao Wang Li Gao also experimented with a car and boat on the canal last year, just at that time Zhang Tianbao heard about it in Yangzhou, rushed to see the excitement, he immediately found that this is an extremely convenient and fast boat, but unfortunately can only be used in the shallow inland waterways, which is not of much help to maritime merchants.

"Zhen Lang is really a businessman, he can think of such a method, the old man admires it!"

Zhang Tianbao began to take a serious look at the young man in front of him from his heart, and said that there is no vanity under the fame, judging from Zhen Qian's family history, in just over a year, the business has spread to most of the north, and the drunken immortal building is even more unique and famous, Zhang Tianbao, who thinks very highly of himself, thinks that it is just a fluke, such a young man in addition to having a good background, he can't imagine that his own knowledge is also unusual.

Come out and mix it up one day and have to pay it back!

Zhang Tianbao threw out a big pie when they first met, Zhen Qian didn't think that he had the spirit of a king, but was more like a magnet and a little fresh meat with infinite attraction to them, the time, place, and people were not on Zhen Qian's side, so the rest could only be fooled.

Zhen Qian knew that Zhang Tianbao was already tempted, the framework for the change of maritime careers had been built, and the next thing was just a piece of cake for the maritime merchants, if the maritime merchants did not have their own means and channels, they would have been eaten by the sharks in the sea and there would be no bones left.

It's just that Zhang Tianbao would never have dreamed that if he wanted to realize this plan, two or three years were indispensable, but in fact, would there be two or three years for maritime business to develop and grow?

Perhaps only Zhen Qian knows in his heart that the Anshi Rebellion may break out at any time, and Huainan will also become the main battlefield of the war between the two sides.

"Master Zhang has won the prize!"

Zhang Tianbao looked a little overly enthusiastic and said: "I heard that when Zhen Lang and the Zhen family split the house, they did not take away a penny from the Zhen family, but just used the dowry left by their biological mother to expand the business several times in a short period of time. ”

This is not Zhang Tianbao touting Zhen Qian, Zhang Tianbao inherited the family business thirty years ago, and developed the Zhang family to the first maritime merchant in Yangzhou, I am afraid that only Zhang Tianbao knows the hardships in his heart, maybe it is sympathy, or he wants to win the favor of the other party, the cost of exaggeration is much less, and he sat down very pragmatically and asked Zhen Qian's advice on changing maritime careers.

"Master Zhang looks down on Zhen, interlaced like a mountain, I really know six tricks about maritime business, and I don't know anything", Zhen Qian said humorously: "If Master Zhang has to consult a layman, I have a few words to give to Master Zhang?" ”

"Please!"

Zhen Qian pondered for a moment, thinking that there might be a possibility of cooperation with Zhang Tianbao in the future, and it was very important to maintain the current relationship, so he said: "Doing business is not only to look at the immediate interests, but more importantly, whether you want to think about long-term development, I personally think that the future of maritime business is promising, difficulties are only temporary, each line will have different difficulties, you can't think that a temporary failure will give up a promising business, the first ray of sunshine after the dark will always appear in front of the eyes of the last person who persists, a hundred miles and a half ninety, Paranoid stubbornness does not mean blindness, sometimes when we stop and look back, we will find that the rough road has been left behind, and we are one step closer to success! ”

Zhang Tianbao's gaze stayed on Zhen Qian's face for a moment, if these words were said at the beginning, he would definitely think that Zhen Qian was a little arrogant, but now the feeling is completely different, the other party is optimistic about the difficult situation of the maritime businessman, which is out of Zhang Tianbao's surprise.

"Oh! Zhen Lang actually thinks that there is still a future for maritime business? ”

Zhen Qian knew that the maritime merchants had not entered the ocean until the late Ming Dynasty, and if it were not for the Western ships and cannons in the middle and late Qing Dynasty that opened the door to China, I am afraid that the maritime merchants would still be wandering around in the pond at the door of their homes, and God knows when they would really have the spirit of adventure to go to the world.

This is not that Zhen Qian deliberately belittled the adventurous spirit of the ancient maritime merchants, but unfortunately the risk of shipping is extremely high, it is not a family at all, and a few maritime merchants can accomplish great achievements, coupled with the many restrictions of the imperial court on shipping, it is destined that ancient shipping can only be stillborn!

Zhen Qian said humbly: "I have no experience in cross-sea business, but I also know that the ocean is much larger than the land, and there are countless small countries around, and the abundance of products is not comparable to the Tang Dynasty, which is also the source of maritime profits, but because the waves and winds at sea hinder the business routes of maritime merchants, so that maritime merchants have retreated, but has Master Zhang ever thought that risks and opportunities coexist, if it is not the barrier of the ocean, where do maritime profits come from, but now because of a little risk to give up huge profits, if after many years, Someone monopolized the ocean trade, and at that time, Master Zhang regretted it too late! ”

Since ancient times, there has never been a shortage of adventurers in China, but it is a pity that these adventurers have chosen to respect the ocean far away after earning their first pot of gold, which is what really hinders marine adventure!

For example, Wang Zhi in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, after laying a huge family business in the Japanese Dynasty, was bent on fornicating with the Ming Dynasty, dreaming that the Ming Dynasty government could recruit An Jinyi to return to his hometown, but he was booby-trapped in prison by short-sighted Ming Dynasty officials, which caused the Japanese Rebellion in Jiangnan for more than ten years. Or Zheng Zhilong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who was defeated and occupied Taiwan, but fantasized that he could exchange for an official position in the Qing Dynasty government, but he was also killed. The successor, Zheng Chenggong, was short-sighted and did not know that the general trend had chosen to run Nanyang, but he stubbornly fought with the Qing Dynasty, and was not at all the so-called national hero ...... as mentioned in the history books of later generations.

Of course, Zhen Qian would not tell Zhang Tianbao these truths, but just wanted to lure Zhang Tianbao and let him not give up maritime trade easily, which had nothing to do with the prejudice against maritime merchants, and was completely looking at the sea from the perspective of later generations.

"You're right!" Zhang Tianbao looked at Zhen Qian with hot eyes and said, "Is Zhen Lang willing to join the maritime business?" ”

Absolutely! Zhen Qian is a thousand people who are willing to take him into the circle of maritime merchants, but now he doesn't want to be too active, causing Zhang Tianbao's suspicion, so he said: "I have this intention, but unfortunately I have not had this opportunity, Master Zhang's invitation is naturally grateful, but now I don't have many people, if Master Zhang is willing to bring the juniors, I hope to send a few people to learn from Master Zhang first, and when the time is ripe, I will consider doing business together!" ”

(End of chapter)