Li Xiao has been very busy since he returned to Dengzhou, and he is really busy.

It was not easy for the small Chishanpu to transport more than 8,000 slaves at once, and to prepare in advance for the slave auction to be held soon.

Akayamapo was very simple and had to be expanded in order to accommodate the 8,000 slaves.

Many craftsmen, farmers, and fishermen in the vicinity were hired by Li Xiao to work on them. Li Xiao's salary is good and attractive.

The small Chishanpu suddenly became a busy construction site, and it was busy. The Goguryeo slaves who had been brought in from the east side of the sea also joined the construction process with ropes under the supervision of the overseers.

A large slave camp, an equally large auction house.

Chishanpu was crowded with more than 10,000 people at once, and the daily consumption of food and other materials was also huge, plus all kinds of wood and stone needed for construction, so that a large number of merchant ships sailed from Dengzhou Port and other places every day.

Taking advantage of this wind of construction, Li Xiao planned the Chishan Port Wharf and the Chishan Port Commercial Street by the way, expanded the wharf, added a new ship repair yard, and built several warehouses near the wharf, and expanded the small mud street, and built many new houses as shops.

Li Xiao has great ambitions, and plans to use this slave and maid auction to build the small port of Chishanpu into a well-known port of entry into the mountains of the Tang Dynasty, and become the first port for the Tang Dynasty to sail to Andong.

At that time, the main focus here will be the slave trade, slaves from Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Dongying, etc., and minerals will make this small port vibrant.

The news has been released, and eight thousand slaves are a huge attraction even if they are placed in Chang'an City. He believed that a lot of people would come and want to grab a piece of the cake.

In fact, there are already relatively close families and businessmen, who have arrived day and night first. They were eager to visit the Goguryeo slaves who were working in the port, and when they carefully observed and carefully evaluated the value of the slaves, they came to the unanimous conclusion that the slaves were very good.

Although he looked a little rebellious, he was healthy, without the numbness and weakness of ordinary slaves. The survival rate of such slaves is very high, and the slave trade is the same as the cattle and horses, and the longer the trafficking route, the higher the mortality rate.

And Li Xiao's group of slaves looked very healthy, and their faces did not show any hunger, which fully shows that Li Xiao's group of slaves was indeed recently captured from Goguryeo.

It's only been half a month since they were captured, and Li Xiao has always been kind to them, at least the food is not short, so this batch of slaves does look very good.

Some people can't help but want to make a move.

They managed to hand over the name sticker to Li Xiao and came to visit him with a lot of gifts.

After a few cold words, he put forward his own idea, hoping to be able to directly select and buy slaves at the port, and the price was negotiable.

Some people are even willing to pay a premium of one or two percent more than the market price, but no matter who it is, no matter what price it is, Li Xiao finally rejected their proposal.

Li Xiao replied that soon a grand auction would be held at Chishanpu, at which a plenary session of 8,000 slaves would be auctioned, and those who were interested could participate in the auction, and the highest bidder would be awarded, fair, just and open.

"San Lang, there are a few companies that offer very good prices, three percent higher than the market price, why don't you sell them?" A steward of the Cheng family asked.

There was also a share of their family in this group of slaves, and he was naturally very concerned.

Li Xiao smiled, "We have more than 8,000 slaves, but there are good and bad among these slaves, if they are allowed to pick first, then they will pick the best ones first." The rest, naturally, are the old and weak, and when buyers from other places come, how can there be any attraction? You must know that the guests in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places are the farthest away, and they will arrive last, and they are also the most wealthy and powerful. ”

Li Xiao insisted on holding an auction just for an effect.

The so-called quantitative change causes qualitative change, and more than 8,000 slaves are sold together, or in the form of auction, which is unprecedented, and it will definitely have a great reputation effect.

Auctions, in particular, tend to make the competition more intense.

Slaves are sold in batches, in batches, how can more than 8,000 be auctioned together, even if they will be divided into several batches of auctions at the same time, but after all, they are auctioned together at the same time, and the effect is definitely not comparable to ordinary selling methods.

Chishanpu is still just a small bay, and Li Xiao needs a sensational auction to make the name of Chishan Port out.

As long as this cannon is fired, then Chishan Port will no longer be a silent and nameless bay, and it will become a real harbor.

At that time, the port of Chisan will be associated with the slave auction and Goguryeo.

One after another, new buyers are arriving every day.

Some came for the slaves, but others were well-informed and knew that Li Xiao's success was related to their ship. So they hurried to Chishanpu with the order of the head of the family, wanting to talk to Li Xiao about this new ship.

Of course, Li Xiao was very happy to receive these people, first marketed his nautical compass compass, and then recommended Xiangyang Shipyard.

He told these people that the Xiangyang Shipyard was a new shipyard built by him and Concubine Wu Chen's brothers, and that the ships built in it were all new-style sea ships, and that he was able to do whatever he wanted in Pyongyang this time, relying on this kind of new-style sea ships, which were not afraid of wind and waves, were not afraid of getting lost, and sailed quickly, and in just half a month, more than 8,000 slaves were captured in three boats.

Everyone had already known some of these news from various sources, but how could it come out of Li Xiao's mouth that made them even more excited.

Everyone was stimulated by the news revealed by Li Xiao.

Where is it cost-effective to buy slaves and catch slaves?

If there were also ships like Li Xiao, then they would not be waiting for the monsoon, they could sail and return at any time, and they could quickly travel to and from the coast of Korea and return to Dengzhou, and they would also have the strength to buy their own ships and organize slave hunting teams to catch slaves.

Not to mention that like Li Xiao, more than 8,000 slaves were captured in three boats in half a month, even if only 8,000 were caught a year, it would be terrible.

It's exciting to think about.

However, Li Xiao does not sell shipbuilding technology, only marine compasses, and can also provide new sail modifications and watertight cabin modifications, of course, it is best to place orders directly at Li Xiao's Xiangyang shipyard, where there will be a new large ship to build, which is better than a modified ship.

"How much is that nautical compass that is not afraid of trek?"

A family steward who came from Luoyang asked directly.

"One hundred." Li Xiao replied with a smile.

"I'll order ten." The man placed the order boldly.

"Yes, please pay the deposit first, and pay a deposit of 30% first." He deliberately accentuated the word deposit, this deposit is non-refundable, which is equivalent to a deposit. The deposit is equivalent to an advance payment, which is refundable.

But how can the bold guest care about this little thing, he thinks it's a good deal.

"No problem, can you pay for gold, can you get the goods now?"

"If you pay cash, you can take out a cash loan, of course you can use gold, one or two gold and eight dollars, the standard exchange ratio, okay?" Li Xiao likes this kind of bold guest very much.

"No problem, ten compasses are a thousand yuan, and it is one hundred and twenty-five taels to pay in gold, and I will pay the bill with five taels of gold bars, and I will give you twenty-five, and the fineness is absolutely fine."

As he spoke, the steward beckoned an attendant in. After a few words of instruction to him, the attendant went out for a while, and when he came back, he had already come in with two men, and they brought a box, and beat out twenty-five small yellow croakers in it.

One hundred and twenty-five taels of gold, worth a thousand denarii.

Li Xiao asked someone to go up and inspect it, and the red gold that was replaced by a fake was in good condition.

When the ten compasses arrived, the man smiled and thanked them, and both parties were very satisfied.

In a few days, Li Xiao sold more than 100 compasses, one hundred, refused to pay back, and did not owe any credit. Payment can be made in money or silver.

In addition to the compass, which is very popular with those local tyrants, Li Xiao's boat is even more popular.

These days, Li Xiao can receive orders for one or two ships every day, and there are three model ships that Li Xiao parked at the dock for display, and new ships get a lot of orders.

Originally, Li Xiao spent 10,000 yuan to buy and refit three ships, but now Li Xiao's price is 5,000 yuan.

But this high price still can't stop the enthusiasm of those people.

Even if you need to pay a deposit of 30% in advance, some people rush to pay the money to place an order.

In just ten days, before the auction officially began, Li Xiao had already signed orders for eighteen Mulan boats, all of which were required to be exactly the same as Li Xiao's Nine-Headed Jiao, the same size, and the same watertight compartment and new sails on the ship.

Li Xiao naturally does not refuse to come, and he does not refuse if he wants to make a fortune.

A ship of 5,000 yuan, the construction cost will not exceed 3,000, in fact, it is estimated that a ship has at least half of the profit, a profit of 2,500 yuan, that is a huge profit.

Eighteen boats, then it has to be a profit of 45,000 yuan, even if there are many shareholders, Li Xiaona also occupies 20% of the shares, that is also 9,000 yuan.

Xiangyang Shipyard may not be able to build these ships in a year, and he plans to build a new shipyard in Chishan.

It is conceivable that for some time to come, a large number of people will sail to the Korean Peninsula in ships to plunder and hunt slaves along the coast, and it will be a very lively scene.

However, Li Xiao is sure that it will be absolutely impossible to grab so many people back as easily as he did this time.

But who cares about those, any business is risky, even if it doesn't have such a big gain as Li Xiao, it won't lose anything.

Perhaps, he Li Xiao can also set off a round of navigation storms in the Tang Dynasty, leading those who watched Li Xiao easily catch nearly 10,000 slaves, sail to the East China Sea, and even sail to the Great South Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Li Xiao took out a nautical compass, a new type of sea ship, maybe it can really allow Datang to expand from land to sea!