Bohai Inner Ring,

The scorching sun and rough seas, the endless stream of ships coming and going, and the distant staggered passage, have become the most common scenery in this sea area.

"It's fucking hot."

Hu Jingshui, a shipman who was full of sweat, stood on the deck and kept fanning the wind with the pamper, only to feel that the sweat was dried out immediately, leaving the salt and dirt to pierce his skin under the hot sun.

"How long will it take to get to the shore?"

Although the blue-gray coastline in the distance is already in sight, but the so-called Wangshan runs a dead horse, and it will take a lot of twists and turns to look at the shore, especially when the tide and wind direction are not in the favor.

Therefore, at this moment, he was particularly eager to enter the harbor as soon as possible, go ashore, drink a large glass of cold medicinal fruit drink, and then jump into the bath to find a tall orchid, and wake up with a close massage, which is really a great thing.

Of course, in a sense, over the years, his figure has gradually become fuller with the great business of the shipping industry, and the number of times he needs to go to sea to escort ships in person is getting less and less.

Since then, he has stayed comfortably and leisurely on the shore as a club, using the relationships and connections he drilled out in Huaidi in the early stage, and living a prosperous life that the boss behind the scenes should have.

Therefore, compared with many years ago, I only relied on dozens of people on an old ship, and I worked hard to run short distances between the private ports along the coast of Northland, picking up some residues between the teeth of large merchants, and dared to take any business regardless of the details, and ate and lived on the ship all day long; In order to save money and sell smuggling, you can only go to the private port where the risk is high and the order is chaotic, and so on, and so on, and so on,

Therefore, he consciously degraded a lot in his ability to adapt to and endure living on the surface of the sea; The two- or three-day voyage from Liaodong to Huaidong was already a little unbearable.

And what changed his fate was undoubtedly the mutation in Liangshan Xiaogang, but he was lucky enough to save most of the goods and manpower and escaped, and then he was approached by the general from the Yuwen family;

Then, just like the countless little people in this era who were involuntarily involved in the torrent of the times, his fate was like a mistake, and he began to be tied together closely related to the development of Huaidi.

Although he is only a small part of the long-distance transportation and trafficking business that he undertakes in various ways, it also leaves him with a head start and advantage over most people.

Although Huaizhen has some distancing and vigilance from foreign veteran forces and big businessmen, it still takes a fancy to and supports them, the small and medium-sized maritime forces that have accompanied the development in the early operation of Huaizhen.

Therefore, although Hu Jingshui did not encounter some twists and turns such as marine danger and ship capsizing, missed deadlines and wave damage, he was able to persist in his business despite the bumps.

Later, after the situation and demand in Huaidi stabilized, with the gradual decline in the profits of smuggling and trafficking and the value of goods, he simply gave up the long-distance and dangerous business of sailing between Lingwai and Donghaidao, and single-mindedly ran the route between Yizhou and Huaidong Haizhou. Although they are all ordinary bulk goods, winning with quantity and frequency has also allowed him to accumulate more net worth and capital.

Then, as the Huai army's reputation as "invincible" on the road rose, and the territory controlled by Huaizhen became larger and larger, the scope and content of their participation and involvement in the operation became larger and more and more and more for them.

As a result, many people began to choose to settle down and focus on Huaizhen-related businesses,66 and continued to abandon sporadic attempts and investments in other areas, and Hu Jingshui was clearly one of the more successful models.

Especially, when he heard the news that there was a rebellion of the Great Cloud Thieves in Fujian, and the citizens fled to the sea one after another; He resolutely gambled, took his credit history as collateral, borrowed the corresponding funds from Huiyuan, the only business of flying money and ticket redemption in Huaidi, and began to buy the ships and people who escaped from Fujian at a low price, and since then ushered in the first batch of business expansion and explosion.

As a result, over the years, just doing business in Huaidi is enough for them to grow steadily, without having to go to other cities to see other people's faces and God's mood;

Many merchants and forces that came later wanted to intervene and participate in a piece of the pie, but they were no longer able to bypass their old men, who were the first to emerge and were already familiar with all aspects of Huaizhen.

is like his ship club, although the strength and scale are not first-class, even in a kind of Huaizhen related people's business, barely only the upper middle level, but there are still many people who want to participate in it with heavy capital, just to get a stepping stone to enter Huaizhen;

There are even people who are willing to give him an industry and corresponding dividends for nothing, just to run it in his name.

But it is precisely because of this that he is more cautious, and he is unwilling to ruin his signboard and reputation in vain; At least in his lifetime, he would never think so.

When he heard again that Huai had begun to prepare for the private sailors, he was undoubtedly one of those who cheered the most; Because, this also means that the new order on the sea under the establishment and leadership of Huaizhen is undoubtedly the most beneficial to their peripheral interest groups.

Therefore, he has always been quite thrifty, and he also took the lead in taking out all the surplus of book assets for the first time, and collected about 3,000 yuan worth of treasure money and goods, and donated them to the Huaidi Water Master, who was still just starting, in exchange for an exceptional award of commendation, which is also an important business credibility and talisman;

By opening a way in the mall and using it as collateral for a loan, it didn't take him much time to double the money he had donated.

Later, Huaizhen began to attack Yizhou, led the ship to Hu Jingshui, and decisively donated a sum of money to the rebuilt Nanyang Naval Division, and then got a white bronze medal and a fourth-class Xiang (help) righteous (soldier) medal.

Since he had these things as his credentials and confidence, he also began to be qualified to contact the corresponding business related to the Nanyang sailors; For example, buying and selling at a very low price, all kinds of assets confiscated from the relevant forces of the Donghai Society, as well as the large and small sea vessels that the Huaizhen Navy Division continued to expropriate and capture along the coast of Fujian.

Many of them are old, old-fashioned goods that the sailors look down on, but in the hands of these maritime merchants, they are rare money-making tools; Therefore, among them, the Huaidi maritime merchant forces, a gluttonous feast was set off for a long time to share the benefits.

As a result, Hu Jingshui's boat club has swelled several times in size, becoming one of the more than a dozen major proprietors in the so-called Jiaoyi Boat Club Alliance with the right to propose and vote.

And he himself was finally able to end his drifting on the water, and the pseudo-single life of sleeping in the prostitution hall for a long time, under the peace of the elders of the Boat Society Alliance, married the widow of a Fusang maritime merchant among the remnants of Dengzhou in the past - Long Twelve Niang.

By the end of last year, he had even begun to undertake the transportation of military Zizi from Mizhou in Huaibei to Cangzhou in Hebei Province, and he would be rewarded with the local salt surplus; Not only did he get a stable new source of money, but he also connected with some connections in the local garrison, got a lot of credit quotas, and piggybacked and sold some Hebei specialties.

This time, it is also because of the previous initiative to send ships and people to participate in the Huai Army, and the incidental transportation tasks of many foreign expeditions, so after the pacification of Liaodi this time, a large number of reconstruction projects and projects, as well as related personnel and material transportation, also need to recruit a large number of civilian shipping forces to undertake;

As a consistent active partner, he naturally has a qualification to enter the bidding; Then, after a series of operations and preparations, it was the existence of Lin Mao Fengjiao that finally got the concession on this route.

Therefore, it is not up to him to take advantage of this opportunity with all his strength to fight and perform.

For example, this ship was full of all kinds of gifts and dedication from the small and medium-sized princes from all over Andong to the marshal who was about to marry the shogunate's daughter, congratulating the big wedding; Only a small part of it is a local specialty that he brings with him.

However, what he is more interested in is that after this successful transfer, the connection relationship established with those local forces in Anton and the reason for continued contacts in the future, although the real stakes or the major business related to the economic lifeline have always been in the hands of the government.

But just satisfying the private needs and daily expenses of the small and medium-sized forces in these places is already a considerable business expectation.

Although it is impossible for him to monopolize this business, and to negotiate, weigh and compromise with others, just with his own in-depth Antonin 6 qualification license, even if he doesn't have to do anything, he can steadily collect a large amount of fees.

In contrast, the hard work of running in person has become a rather happy and helpless trouble.

In fact, as the best vote for the name, most of their net worth is either stored in the Huiyuan for circulation, or they have bought Huaidi official bonds to help the construction of the water master, or they have invested in a certain industry built by Nei 6, and they have already been tied together with stakes.

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"Huaizhen, Huaizhen. It's Huaizhen again."

And on the sparkling Xuanwu Lake in Jiangning Mansion, a lone two-story green painting boat, a somewhat muffled voice was also complaining

"These days, there is news of Huai Town everywhere. ."

"Lao Tzu is working hard to live and die in the front,。。"

"It's so easy to see a life come back, and all you can hear is these whitewashed things."

"There are so many military towns in the north, so many people and horses, is it particularly rare for him to have a Huai town?"

"That's true."

Another voice picked up

"To talk about how many people have died in front of us these days, and how much territory has been lost."

"Many of the people I knew were gone. There are still many comrades who are still hungry and cold."

"And yet, all of this"

"It's not as important as the news of a Huaizhen queen and marrying the office."

"It is said that Huaizhen can fight well, but it has consumed food and salary for many years."

"Even if you do nothing, you don't have the slightest trace in front of the enemy."

"Could it be that all the princes of the court are all corpse vegetarians?"

And at this time,

Except for the barmaids who reconciled the atmosphere around them, most of the musicians, servants, and servants had already hid as far away as they could from seeing people, making the whole ship present a rare tranquility;

Although the income was declining due to the business depression during this time, and they had to take over the Qiu Ba business that had returned from the front, the faint distance and estrangement still made them try to find a way to stay away from them as much as possible.

After all, at the beginning, Xia Huaniang was the leader in the famous Fengyue column on the Qinhuai River, and Xia Huaniang's fate was still visible.

Therefore, their ideal benefactors should be those who are good at vassal elegance, or officials who are in charge but are easy to wander, or wealthy businessmen who like to fill the scene...

As the source of their complaints and complaints, a few copies of the latest articles of the national dynasty journal were placed on the table full of wine, vegetables and fruit plates.

"Be careful. . . This is Jiangning Mansion after all."

Finally, a voice hurriedly persuaded him.

"Beware, hell."

The original voice suddenly became intense.

"The prison and the base camp are no longer here."

"Is it possible, can't you let someone say something from your heart?"

"If you want to sue it, you can just sue it."

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about again."

Another voice interjected.

"Lao Tzu is gathering everyone, here for you to catch the wind and wash the dust."

"But what did you think of me?"

"If you have any anger and grievances, don't take your own brothers."

"If you have the ability, you can go to the deaf and let the court know."

When they finally disembarked and left, one of them came to a house with a humble appearance but a hole inside, and whispered to his master.

"The things that the family explained seem to have begun to show some signs of."

(End of chapter)