Chapter 270: Out to Sea

Fan Yongdou spent a few months taking care of these things, and by this time it was almost the New Year, and the property and fields and shops in his name had been lost, and the Fan family had become a second-rate or even third-rate from a first-class large merchant family, and the branch of the shop in the public school had also closed down a lot, and now all that was left was the store in Zhangjiakou and the ancestral property in Shanxi, which added up to hundreds of thousands of family funds, or the property of the public school, and the wealth in Fan Yongdou's own name had almost been lost.

He lost so badly, of course, he resented Zhang Han to the core, Fan Yongdou didn't think that this business war was provoked by himself, if Zhang Han lost, how good could he be with Yusheng?

"You're not always here to be happy with me, are you?" Yu Shiqian said impatiently: "You have a grudge with Zhang Han, you can solve it yourself, if you want me to avenge you, you should save it." ”

"I just want to know, why is the big cabinet so afraid?"

"You fucking know shit!" Yu Shiqian finally said angrily: "Zhang Han is rich, and the soldiers he raises are all good birds, he fights far and well, his weapons are good, and the soldiers are well trained. ”

"Speaking of which, it's just a lack of money and food." Fan Yongdou's eyes were already full of madness, he said: "There are still more than 100,000 families left, this is privately hidden, willing to dedicate all to the big cabinet, no one knows this silver, only know where it is hidden, if the big cabinet is willing, use this silver to buy good weapons, whether it is a knife or a shield, or armor, birds, there is a relationship in the nine sides, there is a silver to buy, as long as the big cabinet and the masters can fight with that Han to the end, it is worth breaking the family to help each other!" ”

"Dog's day is worthy of being the big proprietor, and he still has a hidden hand when he loses." Yu Shiqian scolded with a smile, and said with a ruthless look in his eyes: "Master Fan, haven't you heard of our methods?" ”

"I'm on the lookout." Fan Yongdou took a small bottle in his hand, and the cork had been removed, he chuckled lightly and said, "If the big cabinet doesn't agree, he will immediately commit suicide with medicine." ”

"Everyone has something to say." Lao Zhou played a round and said: "Everyone has a grudge against Zhang Han, and Fan Dongzhu ruined his family to help him, so the big cabinet agreed." ”

"Promise!" Yu Shiqian finally cheered up and said loudly: "Lao Tzu who entered the mother has died so many people, if you can fight with him, do you really want to coax it down?" Let's drink and slowly discuss how to fight! ”

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"It's all the goods of Yusheng, it's all together."

The cold air on the seashore is pressing, there are some broken ice near the shore, but the sea surface is not frozen, the sea in this year often freezes for a few miles or even more than ten miles, such as the islands near the sea such as Juehua Island and Phi Island in Liaodong are not safe, and the sea surface freezes in the deep winter, and it is necessary to isolate it from Jiannu by digging ice.

The sea in Tianjin is fine, the port and the trestle bridge are not frozen, and there are dozens of sea ships loading here, although it is almost the end of the New Year's Day, it is still a busy scene in full swing.

Li Guobin received iron goods from Yusheng last month, and then began to prepare for going to sea, he negotiated the price of the goods with the shipowner Duan Shiming, and Yusheng also sent a deputy shopkeeper and a few guys to follow, Li Guobin felt that those guys were not simple, behaved decently, moved appropriately, and did not talk much, but they were all shrewd, especially the gestures felt like a practitioner who had practiced martial arts, and his feeling should not be wrong.

The cargo does not occupy a large space, but it is particularly heavy because it is all iron.

A large number of iron needles account for a large share, an iron needle can be sold in Japan for two cents of silver, it is simply a sky-high price, you must know that the Fujian iron such a high-grade cents is only a penny and a pound of silver, how many needles can be made of a pound of Fujian iron?

Of course, it costs money to process materials, but even if the profit of two cents of silver and a needle is too great, and this is still the wholesale price of trade, it is estimated that those short Japanese people in Japan will have to be more expensive when they buy it, and I don't know how they live their lives on weekdays.

In addition to iron needles, there are also a large number of goods such as shovels, spoons, shovels, etc.

A man on a ship with black circles under his eyes said aloud: "1,000 small iron pots, 30,000 spoons, 15,000 kitchen knives, 5,000 fine iron wine jugs, 8,000 iron basins, 800 large wide pots, 300 iron pots for soup, 300 large iron pots...... Two thousand iron tongs, two thousand iron stoves, five thousand iron furnace nails, two thousand iron hoes, two thousand iron axes, iron ropes, and iron locks, and one thousand each ......"

"Heavy, really heavy."

Duan Shiming didn't wear a thousand general military uniforms, he was a five-grade military attachΓ©, the military officer in this year was not valuable, but the official body was not free, if he told his boss to know that it was not worth being involved, he was wearing thick woolen clothes, his cloak was also thick, and his face was still red from the cold, if it weren't for this trip to the cargo committee, he would definitely not have come over.

It's no wonder that Duan Shiming muttered, this iron cargo is really hard, his ship is 1,200 materials, and the draft is 600 tons, it is estimated that this and Yusheng's iron cargo will account for more than seventy percent of the volume, although there is a lot of space left, but there is no way to load too many goods.

After all, you have to bring plenty of food and water.

At this time, the sailors began to carry the big barrels, which were filled with meat and fish, and Li Guobin said to Wang Faxiang, who was smiling and watching the excitement beside him: "The food in these big wooden barrels will be spoiled, and the only way is to make it stinky first, and then get rid of insects, so that you can eat the stinky back and forth all the way." And they have to sprout bean sprouts, or they will run back and forth, and their teeth will fall out after getting off the boat. ”

Wang Faxiang still didn't care, and only said: "If things are forced to that part, you can run to the sea below." ”

He saw that Li Guobin was a little unimpressed, and immediately said: "Mr. Li thinks he is bragging, right?" Back then, it was also a tiger in the lower part of the country, and someone broke his leg and threw it on the street, but no one cared about it, and he was rummaging through the garbage heap to pick up rotten food to survive. ”

Li Guobin was moved when he heard this, and said solemnly: "I don't know what you did that day?" ”

"Trafficking in women."

Li Guobin was speechless when he heard this.

The value of these iron tools is not too high according to the current price of the Ming Dynasty, even so it is more cost-effective than selling iron, for example, the iron hoe is a penny and two cents of silver, the price is not low, it is worth the price of ten catties of wool iron, and the material of an iron hoe with a hoe is very limited, but it has the most coarse industrial added value...... That is, after the blacksmith forges, the price has risen dozens of times compared with the price of raw materials.

The ironware in front of me is very well-made, and it is not known how many times better than the goods of small workshops, even if there are some big businesses whose own ironware workshops are far from comparable.

Li Guobin has never been to Lizhuang, nor has he seen how terrifying the production capacity of Lizhuang is...... Standardized workshop is only the appearance, advanced management is the most important, patent system, reward system, piecework wages, plus the use of standardized tools, craftsman training, etc., all of which are far from this era.

As long as you exert a force with Yusheng's side, the result is also obvious.

In less than two months, several factories have gone all out to produce private products to seize the sea trade market and the civilian market.

Even Duan Shiming, the thousand chief official, also exclaimed: "I have seen a lot of goods, such as these iron tools in front of me are really the first time I have seen it, this is the first time I have seen it, this is the country of Wa, I am afraid that the price can rise by at least about thirty percent, and in this way, everyone will rush to ask for it." ”

"Cheng Daren's auspicious words." Li Guobin knows that this Qian always wants to sell sea ships, the trade here in Tianjin is not developed, the key is that the risk is too great, there are too many uncontrollable factors, in recent years, the Japanese side is not very peaceful, mainly because the Dutch Hongmaoyi and the Ming Dynasty are not in harmony, and there are many things at sea, in addition, Hongmaoyi himself often fights, and there are often accidents on the sea, Duan Qianzong's ship is definitely not his own, he is just a figure, and the owner of the ship behind is probably in a hurry to get rid of it.

The more this is the case, you might as well suppress the price, if this trip comes back smoothly, at least double the profit, and it is estimated that Zhang Dongzhu will really buy the ship.

"When the ship goes to sea, it has to go to Jiangnan." Duan Shiming said: "It is estimated that if you want to come back, it will be at least half a year later!" ”

Li Guobin said: "I hope that the people and goods are safe, and when the time comes, I will talk to Lord Duan about buying a boat." ”

"Haha, that's the best."

At this moment there was a sound of the ship calling to sail, the sailors raised the stern sails, the north wind whistled and blew the sails, the ship borrowed the power of the wind, the rudder adjusted the direction, and finally lifted anchor, and after the huge hull turned around, it quickly departed in the direction of the south, and gradually went away in the undulating blue waves.

"I always feel like I'm in a very important situation." Wang Faxiang, who had no ink on his chest before and had only started studying in recent years, suddenly said with a serious face: "I'm afraid that after this ship, Yusheng and I will really be on the sea!" ”

"It's not necessarily that easy." Li Guobin knows some things on the sea, the sea used to be the world of Li Dan and Yan Siqi, Li Dan's power is in the trade circle between Guangzhou and Fujian coast to the Wa Kingdom and Nanyang, this person is also very powerful in Japan, although it is not as good as Wang Zhi back then, I am afraid it is not too far behind.

Then there is Yan Siqi, who occupies Taiwan and immigrates to Taiwan in large numbers as a maritime merchant and a leader of the Japanese invaders, and is a very thoughtful figure.

Then there is Xu Xinsu, who is a maritime merchant in Fujian and a powerful ally of Li Dan.

"Hmph, Mr. Li, you don't know how powerful our adults are." Wang Faxiang said with a look of admiration: "In his hands, there is nothing that cannot be done!" ”

"That's the best." Li Guobin laughed at first, savored it and sighed: "If everyone in Heyusheng is as confident in your proprietor and adults as you are, I'm afraid there is really nothing that can't be done." ”-

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