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It's a port call!

When the "Pacific," which sailed on the Yangtze River for 10 days, sailed into the banks of the Huangpu River, and slowly approached the shore harbor under the guidance of the pilots and the towing of the barge, the sailors on board all showed bright smiles, and it is no wonder that each of them received a handsome reward -- 100 yuan!

In addition to the additional bonus of 100 yuan, they were promised a reward of 200 yuan, which would not be paid until they went to "Japan" again, although it was only a "blank check", but it was a huge income for these sailors, who earned no more than twenty or thirty yuan a month, and now, after the merchant ship docked at the port, they had four days to squander this huge money. The reason why they can splurge is because they also have a bonus of two hundred dollars.

Different from the excitement of the crew, Zhu Yifeng's expression was extremely solemn, he knew in his heart that for him, this is also a battlefield, maybe not like Wuchang, where his life is in danger at any time, but it is also full of dangers.

"Before I went, I was worried about whether this business could be done,"

Zhu Yifeng, who was standing at the bow of the boat, said to Li Ziyuan beside him.

"Now that I'm back, it's also a worry, how to sell the thousands of bags of raw silk on this ship, and at what price......

"The owner, you don't have to worry about this, although this Huguang silk goods are not as good as Suzhou and Hangzhou silk goods, but after all, they are purchased at a low price, it is really not good, it is to reduce the price all the time, and it is not impossible, now the key is to return the funds as soon as possible......

Turning his head to look at Zhu Yifeng, Li Ziyuan said seriously. Now, he already knows that the purpose of the owner's trip to Wuchang is nothing more than profit-seeking.

"And what about these people!"

These people in his mouth refer to the crew members of the ship, these crew members were promised a huge bonus of 200 yuan, of course, the premise is that they must keep it a secret, and they will not get the money until the next voyage, which can only be concealed for a while, and in the future, these crew members will always be troubled.

"What to do? According to the original plan, let's prepare the goods to be prepared here in Shanghai, and then recruit a few crew members, and after Jiujiang, the dogs will also bring some people on the boat, and slowly replace the people on the boat with our people, and wait until ......."

After a pause, Zhu Yifeng looked at the ships in the port and said.

"By that time, the whole of Shanghai will know that we are doing business with the Taiping Army, and when the time comes, no one will care about us?"

But maybe no one notices themselves?

Thinking of the nearly 30,000 spears and hundreds of guns of various calibers that remained in the warehouse, as well as gunpowder on credit from other foreign companies, these things might not have been worth much ten days ago, but now? Maybe now that Shanghai already knows about the Wuchang incident, how can those foreign adventurers with an extremely keen sense of smell not be jealous of their profits?

That's a huge profit of millions of taels of silver, and how much money did you only pay?

Thinking of that money, now Zhu Yifeng's heart was completely replaced by another desire.

"Otherwise, before they react, transport them all over......"

With a calm mind, Zhu Yifeng didn't know if he had that luck this time.

One million rounds of ammunition, 10,000 spears and at least 1,000 barrels of gunpowder, 100 cannons, this is the order given by Shi Dakai, this business can bring millions of taels of profits to himself, as for the payment problem, there is no need to worry at all, at that time the Taiping army has already laid down Wuchang, according to the history books, it is in Wuchang alone is the official silver to pay as much as one million taels, plus in Wuchang City "copy the big household" income, not to mention 10,000 spears, is 30,000 spears, the Taiping army can also come up with enough silver taels to pay for the goods, and this business can not only bring great wealth, but even allow yourself to knock on the door of your career.

A real career!

Compared to being the king of arms, for Zhu Yifeng, he is more inclined to achieve a career in this time and space, which is not a sense of responsibility, but more ambition, an ambition in the face of known history! Purely personal ambition, power is often more tempting than money!

Until now, Zhu Yifeng can recall his caution in front of Shi Dakai, for fear of making a wrong step, this little life is difficult to protect, isn't this exactly what power dictates?

"Boss, the last time you went to Hankou, in the final analysis, it was luck, this time, I think, we have to plan well!"

Li Ziyuan made Zhu Yifeng nod approvingly, luck, this voyage is simply luck, and he will never have any doubts about this.

"Luck, there is always a day to run out, so ......"

Staring at the ships in the harbor and looking at the two warships flying the rice flag with sails, Zhu Yifeng's brows were locked, luck ...... If this time the luck is not so good!

If this business can be done, then there will be a family business of millions of taels of silver, with this money, what business can't be done?

But now the problem is, these tens of thousands of guns in the warehouse, is a mouth-watering piece of fat, as long as the price of guns in Shanghai rises, at that time, everyone in Shanghai will be red eyed, once people suffer from pink eye, what will happen?

"Toot ......"

Suddenly, a whistle on the sea interrupted Zhu Yifeng's thoughts, looking at the soot spewed out between the sailboats that slowly entered the port, the corners of Zhu Yifeng's lips lifted slightly, and a thought appeared in his heart.

"Zilin, we're going to buy a new ship!"

What the?

"Buying a new ship? What new boat to buy? ”

Li Ziyuan looked at the owner in surprise, he wants to buy a new ship?

"If you want to buy a big ship, you need to be able to load all the goods at once!"

After thinking about it, in the end, Zhu Yifeng made another decision.

"Big ship? Packed up? ”

Looking at Zhu Yifeng in surprise, Li Ziyuan found that he couldn't adapt to his endless and even unexpected ideas.

"Yes, it's a big ship, it has to be able to load a lot of goods at a time, this time, we not only have to transport all the goods in the warehouse, but also sweep away the inventory of foreign companies in the Shanghai Concession......

When explaining his idea, the corners of Zhu Yifeng's lips were lightly raised, since he was powerless to stop others from blushing at him, and he couldn't stop the Taiping Army from buying weapons, but it didn't mean that there was no other solution besides that, the easiest way was to saturate the market, even if it was to make less money, it was worth it, in the short term to spend millions of taels to purchase tens of thousands of long and short guns, at least in the next few months, it would be difficult for the Taiping Army to have enough financial resources to buy guns, even if foreign adventurers contacted it at that time, It is bound to be difficult to sell at a high price, so it can naturally temporarily alleviate the pink eye of others.

"In this way, we can sell a large number of guns to the Taiping army at one time, and the Taiping army will inevitably run out of money if they buy tens of thousands of guns and cannons......"

Running out of money?

For the Taiping army who demanded the sacrifice of the people along the way, did they need silver? Apparently not needed, at least not yet. Before he captured Nanjing, he seized and confiscated more than 20 million taels of silver all the way, for them, it can even be said to be a burden, far less meaningful to them than guns, compared to the future of those princes in Nanjing to squander thousands of 20,000 silver, it is better to take it in their own hands and use it to run their own business.

"When the time comes, other foreign devils will not be able to sell guns to them in the short term, and we can seize this opportunity to manufacture guns in the Shanghai factory, yes, set up a factory, and then sell weapons to them in a steady stream!"

In the past ten years since its establishment, this iron factory can not only make guns and cannons, but also make ships, and it can even be said that in a specific period of time, its main sales objects are those foreign adventurers in Shanghai, and the guns produced in its factories are sold to adventurers and smugglers from various countries, and then they are sold to the Taiping Army.

"Running a factory? Build guns? Owner, do you want to continue this business with the Taiping Army? ”

"Do, of course we have to do it, instead of letting others earn this money, let's earn it ourselves, earn this money, we can do more big things!"

Looking at the puzzlement in Li Ziyuan's eyes, Zhu Yifeng smiled, held the side of the boat and said.

"Zilin, you will know my thoughts in the future, and now we are going to create an era!"

Yes, to create an era, a very different era, this may be the last feast, and the only thing you need to do now is to take the opportunity to taste some leftovers from this last feast, thus laying the foundation for the future.

"An era!"

Although he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, Li Ziyuan was still moved by Zhu Yifeng's words, and just when some strange emotions rose in his heart because of this sentence, Zhu Yifeng's words came from his ears again.

"This time I came back, in addition to arranging the purchase of ships and loading, more importantly, I negotiated the purchase of goods with foreign companies, well, if there is a chance,......

When Li Ziyuan was in the midst of that inexplicable horror and ambition, Zhu Yifeng's words pulled him back to reality.

"Zilin, now, this is just the beginning, who knows the future...... Hey, anyway, this is all in the future, and at the moment, the most important thing is to get rid of our goods! ”