Chapter 205: The Li Family's Maritime Trade
The Jiaolong battleship rebuilt by the medium-sized Fuchuan has a complex structure and consumes a lot of man-hours. Chao Gai proposed to let Meng Kang improve the process, process some accessories, and produce according to the assembly line mode, for example, the craftsman who processes the mast only needs to process the mast, and does not need to do other processes, so that the apprentice only needs three or two months to become a skilled worker. The time from apprenticeship to proficiency is greatly reduced.
It doesn't matter if Chao Gai doesn't come, he stays for two days to study shipbuilding with Meng Kang, improve technology, improve processes, and so on. Two hundred craftsmen set up three production lines, and Chao Gai promised to recruit another 200 small workers from Jeju for the second shipyard. The selection of small workers in shipyards is much stricter than that of farms, and it is generally necessary to recruit Jeju locals, and those who have families and families are strictly scrutinized. Of course, these two hundred people don't know what will happen in a few months, anyway, there are enough people now, and Meng Kang is not in a hurry.
The weather above the hot June ocean sometimes has big storms, and the huge merchant fleet has also suspended the transfer and transportation, and started to run business at full speed. In addition to the fifteen flying bird merchant ships owned by the Hu family and the Chao family, there are three more flying bird merchant ships of Li Ying's family recently, Li Ying ordered three flying bird ships from the first shipyard of Yuncheng in Chaogai, which are still under construction, and now the three flying bird ships running the sea are second-hand ships bought from a Ningbo merchant, which can be regarded as sturdy and durable.
Li Ying has a lot of things, and besides, Li Ying is also a landlubber who can't run by sea, so Li Ying's housekeeper Du Xing asked for orders to go to sea and take the sea boat to run business.
Du Xing was originally a businessman, doing some agricultural products business in his hometown in Hebei all the year round, not rich, but also passable, just because of the stall grabbing the stall and killing his peers, he was in the rivers and lakes, and later met Li Ying, Li Ying saw that Du Xing was shrewd and capable, so he stayed as a housekeeper. Du Xing was also very grateful to Li Ying, followed Li Ying with all his heart, and came up with a lot of ideas for Li Ying.
This time, Duchen transported three ships of good liquor from Dongping Mansion and other places, all of which were low-alcohol liquor of more than ten degrees, loaded in black porcelain jars, and transported to Goryeo with the mighty brigade.
Hu Cheng boat, Du Xing was toasting with Hu Cheng, Du Xing said: "Hu Zhuang master, I will do it first as a respect, you are free." ”
"Come on, do it." The amount of alcohol is okay, it can't compare to a fierce man like Wu Song, and it's not a problem to drink three bowls and five bowls.
Du Xing sighed: "I didn't expect the sea voyage to be so boring, every day is to drink tea and drink, and then there is boxing, fishing." How long will it take to get to Goryeo? ”
"It's not boring, it's comfortable. This sea is not very peaceful, pirates and bandits can be seen everywhere, if it weren't for the big banner of Yuncheng regimental training on the ship, it is estimated that the pirates would have been killed long ago. Now, no matter how far the pirates are frightened when they see this banner, they don't dare to brush their beards. The weather is beautiful, there is no strong wind, and the goods are transported to Goryeo smoothly, and then the goods are sold and bought. Sail back to Hangzhou or Xuzhou, even if the maritime trade is over, five or six times the profit will be in hand. Hu Cheng said.
Du Xing sighed: "Didn't the owner of Hu Zhuang say that Goryeo will fight again, can they eat so many of our goods?" Besides, the Koreans are not all very poor. "Duchenne inevitably has a lot of things he doesn't understand when he goes to sea for the first time, and he also likes to ask Hu Cheng.
It's all inconsequential trade secrets, not to mention that Duchen plans to make a few sea trade trips with Hu Cheng, so there are no secrets.
Hu Chengdao: "As an excellent maritime trade merchant, there is still a lot to learn. Goryeo is indeed at war, a three-way scuffle, but Goryeo is a small country, and the total number of troops is not more than 10,000 people, even if they are all killed, it will not have much impact on the lives of the common people of Goryeo, not to mention that we are transporting all the things we need to use in the war. For example, if I let the good wine be transported, the Koreans have to reward the three armies for fighting, and they have to use wine to reward the three armies. There are many poor people in Goryeo, but there are also rich people, and like our Great Song Dynasty, there are also many rich people, who are very interested in the things of the Great Song Dynasty, so they are happy to purchase our things. I have developed several local agents in several ports along the coast, so I don't have to worry about sales. ”
"What do you come back from buying from Korea after selling the goods, is there only Korean ginseng?" Duchenne said.
Hu Chengdao: "Korean ginseng is not a carrot, although famous, but the number is not so much, not to mention that once a large number of Korean ginseng is sold in the Great Song Dynasty, the price of Korean ginseng will drop sharply, in addition to Korean ginseng, there are many things worth purchasing, Korean special medicinal materials, handicrafts, special furniture, etc., remember to be sure to choose the rare Song Dynasty, so that you can sell at a high price, if you are not careful when purchasing, the purchase of the Great Song Dynasty products, this sea trade will lose money." ”
Duchenne nodded to indicate that he understood, doing business is the same for a long time, the principle is the same, and it is not difficult for Duchenne to understand. The fleet sailed for several more days, stopping at the port of Shinjeju for a short time to replenish supplies, and then heading north to Goryeo, where there was a lot of war, but as Hu Cheng said, all the forces welcomed the foreign trade fleet, and the fleet transported liquor, cloth, grain, pills for wounds, medicinal powder, all kinds of iron tools, and farm tools. These materials are urgently needed, so they are sold quickly, and Hucheng has agents for the development of each port, these agents are big businessmen of Goryeo, and the two sides are mutually beneficial, so the transaction is very fast, in just 20 days, not only the materials on the ship are sold out, but also the purchase of full of Goryeo specialties.
The whole fleet of people are very happy, whether it is the big boss or the small sailor are happy, after completing the transaction can return to the voyage, from Goryeo back to Hangzhou is still very fast, Goryeo specialties arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou to sell is very popular, the sale of goods everyone has money to make.
Du Xing came to Hu Cheng and said, "Master Hu, did we pass by New Jeju Island when we went back?" ”
"We have fully replenished from Goryeo, and we have all kinds of supplies such as fresh water and vegetables, so we will not supply them from the port of New Jeju." Hu Cheng said.
Du Xing said: "The owner of my family means to let me take the time to visit Chao Tuanlian, and thank Chao Tuanlian for allowing us to run a maritime business." ”
Hu Cheng said with a smile: "Maritime merchants are not as beautiful as you think, first of all, they don't make money every time, and sometimes they lose money, and it is possible to lose all their money." Secondly, we have a large fleet, several of them are twisted into a rope, and there are naval soldiers to escort them, so the security is high, if it is a scattered maritime merchant, the money may not be earned, and the cargo has been robbed by pirates. Thirdly, Chao Tuanlian encourages maritime merchants very much, not only your Li family, as long as you can afford a boat and have a certain amount of capital, you can become a maritime businessman. ”
"Having said that, if it weren't for Chao Tuanlian and your support, our Li Jiazhuang would still have set our sights on a small county town." Duchenne said.
"It's hard to say if Chao Tuanlian is not on the island at this time, next time, when you meet Chao Tuanlian, I will definitely introduce you to you." Hu Cheng said.
The fleet departed from Goryeo and slowly sailed to Hangzhou, preparing to sell the goods from Jiangnan.
And when Hu Cheng led the fleet back to Hangzhou, Chao Gai was really not in New Jeju, and the wasteland developed and reclaimed in New Jeju finally ushered in the harvest, although the rice is still not ripe, but the Tianwang rice sown earlier has been ripe, and the full grain of Tianwang rice is the size of a beer bottle on a stick.
The first farm, the second production squad. Captain Niu got up early, before dawn, and he had been used to it for many years. There are only ten people in the second production team, and Niu Da is the captain. In the past few days, the king of heaven has seen that it is ripe, and several notices have been issued on it to patrol the crops every day to prevent wild boars from stealing food, although there is a professional patrol team at night, but the team must be careful. Niu Da's team is responsible for 100 acres of Tianwang rice, don't worry about the lack of manpower when harvesting, most of the other teams have no crops to harvest at this time, just come over to harvest together.
"They're all up, they're all up." Niu Da bombarded everyone, and everyone was used to getting up early, so they got up one by one to wash up briefly, picked up a hoe and followed Niu Da to the king of rice. There are very few Tenwang rice grown in the whole of Shinjeju, and because these are all seeds that need to be retained, the management requirements are strict, and the maturity requirements are also strict.
Along the way, the cow hummed a song, and the bystanders said: "Captain, what are you doing so happy, he, aren't you going to harvest the crops?" Someone else said.
Niu Dabai glanced at them: "You know bullshit, haven't you heard, which team has a high grain production and will be rewarded for good performance." ”
"What reward?" Everyone asked.
"I will send a Korean woman over, and a Korean woman will help us harvest the king rice. At that time, there will be a matchmaker to introduce you, and if both parties agree to get married in a year or two. Niu Da said.
This team is a group of singles in their twenties, and someone said: "Captain, you haven't woken up from a dream." There are a lot of Korean women, but it's not your turn to marry. ”
"I can't tell you illiterate people, if this year's 100 grain reaches the required output, then we will have a consistent reward in addition to the normal salary. We don't need money for food and clothing, and we make more than a dozen dollars a year, and Goryeo is so poor, it's not difficult to find a Goryeo woman. Even if it's hard to find, let's go home and find a daughter-in-law, think about it, take a thirty or fifty yuan of money, wear new clothes and go home to introduce your daughter-in-law, it's not an easy thing. ”
Everyone praised him: "It's still the captain who is amazing, and he knows a lot." Go, go, get to work. ”
At the same time, the collective labor of the farm adopts quantitative management, the fields are graded, the output is determined by grading, and the small collective is rewarded according to the output, and the rewards for individual good performance are very many, even dozens, which is a great reward for the refugees who are accustomed to suffering.
Xiao Rang's customized tuntian system is still very effective, at least for now, it is still very practical for ten or eight years.
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