"Originally, I had already reported to my lord the future development direction of our family, which was to face the starry sky and the sea." After proudly stating this grand goal, the captain of the ship immediately had a look of disdain on his face: "Just now, those shipowners, for the sake of a little profit, did not hesitate to violate your decree General, in my eyes, they are really sad and pitiful. ”

"How?" Lu Peng asked with interest.

"I said they were short-sighted, I said they were pathetic, pathetic, pitiful, because they only set their eyes on this palm-sized Central Plains land. In their eyes, this palm-sized place is already the ultimate in the world, but in fact, they did not go out and walk towards the sea of stars. Then the boss of the ship waved his hand very imposingly, and turned to face the south: "After the pioneering development of our family over the years, we have not made great achievements, but it has completely changed the world view of our entire family, and changed the perception of the children of our entire family on the future and the development of the entire future. ”

"How did you change, what kind of change?" Lu Peng immediately became interested, and looked at the ship boss with hope.

"Through the expedition of our disciples and nephews to the sea with the fleet, we have seen a wider world, and let us know that beyond this palm-sized land, there is one piece of heaven and earth that is larger than our Central Plains Dynasty." Then he said to Lu Peng very seriously: "Our entire family, including the family that goes to the sea like us, has been ashamed of the infighting, because the infighting is simply pediatrics, and the brothers are fighting for each other, but it is still the family property passed down from the ancestors, but when we go out, what we go to fight for is the ancestral industry of other people's families." ”

Lu Peng's eyes lit up, yes, in fact, he lives in this land, after more than ten years of hard work, he seems to have made certain achievements, but he is also limited by the situation in front of him, forgetting the vast sea beyond the land.

When he was in the Western Han Dynasty, he traveled to the Western Regions by land, opened up the Silk Road, and spread the glory of the Han Dynasty to distant Europe. It is precisely because of the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty that the ethnic minorities in the Western Regions were divided and the land Silk Road was cut off.

But people's desires are unlimited, under the domination of this unrestricted desire, countless people took risks, and finally opened up the world-famous Maritime Silk Road, and now it seems that the family of the ship boss standing in front of him is the first batch of pioneers to open up the Maritime Silk Road.

Lu Peng's mind suddenly brightened, just now he was still thinking about the sales of those goods under his rule in Youzhou, and he was at a loss, and finally he was still proud, thinking that he could open up the Jiangnan market, and really be able to open up the market of the northern grassland peoples, but he just forgot that the broader world, the broader market - overseas.

Because he suddenly figured out the key point, Lu Peng let go of his original majesty and asked the ship boss from the bottom of his heart: "The sea is infinitely dangerous, do people have the mood and desire to open up overseas markets?" ”

The boss of the ship said firmly to Lu Peng: "People's desires are unlimited, and it is precisely because of this infinite desire that countless people take risks after going to sea, how can I tell adults about the overseas market, that market is not very big, it is infinitely big." ”

Then his face was flushed, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and told Lu Peng about the huge profits of the maritime trade business: "For example, now our domestically produced Shu brocade, a horse of Shu brocade, is loaded and trafficked to Daqin, don't go to retail in person, before the goods get off the ship, there are countless businessmen surrounding it, my lord, do you know how much this Shu brocade will sell for in Daqin?" ”

Lu Peng shook his head, he knew that it was recorded in history at that time that a batch of silk produced in the Central Plains was trafficked to Europe, and its profit was more than 100 times.

Seeing that the descendants of the ancestors who had always regarded them as merchants did not understand such a situation, the boss of the ship proudly reported his profits like Lu Peng: "In Shuchuan, the purchase price of a horse of Shu brocade is 20,000 yuan, which is already quite a high price, and it must be a steel coin, but this light and fluttering Shu brocade, weighing only ten catties, can be exchanged for the same amount of gold when sold to Daqin, if it is in the mainland, it is a thousand times the profit." ”

With a bang, everyone was shocked to see that Lu Peng was struggling on the ground.

I knew that Haimao was very profitable, but I definitely didn't expect that Haimao's profits would be so heinous, and now Lu Peng was ashamed that he was preaching everywhere that he was the descendant of the merchant's ancestors, he was not filial, and he was disgraced to his ancestors.

"My feet slipped, I didn't sit still, Big Brother Hugh blame." Then the fox pretended to shout at the guards behind him: "Who is it? Who poured water on the ground to turn it into ice? I'm going to deal with him right away. ”

All the guards were honestly afraid, and all the guards were honestly frightened, and their mouths were tightly closed, and their faces were reddened.

"Big brother, please keep talking."

The boss of the ship also tried hard to hold back his laughter, and after persevering, the original excited expression slowly turned into sadness, and finally sighed: "Although overseas trade is profitable, the risks are also omnipresent, storms and waves, disorientation, this is commonplace, and the most important thing is that those pirates along the coast, they kill people and overhaul goods, and the crimes they commit are unspeakable and outrageous, so the fleet that we go out every year loses a lot when they come back, Every year, many of our family's best children die at sea or die in battle with pirates, which is not painful. When he said this, he was already in tears, and he could no longer speak.

Lu Peng sighed with deep feelings: "Every step forward in this world has to pay the price of blood for newcomers, but it is precisely because of this that there is a reason for the ancestors to plant trees and the descendants to enjoy the shade, no one takes the first step, no one is willing to pay these blood and lives, how can we know that overseas is so vast and the world is so vast." ”

Then he stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the dark sea outside the Xinyang Wharf: "I will draw a map, a map of the world, and then cast it and stand it in my Youzhou—well, no, stand on the square of my military headquarters, so that every soldier knows that the territory they have won in battle is only a drop in the middle, and the larger territory needs to be conquered by them." ”

After being moved by Lu Peng's understanding, the boat boss said to Lu Peng with tears in his eyes: "But in fact, these efforts can be reduced, not only can they be reduced, but also allow us to obtain greater benefits." ”

(End of chapter)

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