Chapter 467: The Fleet Takes Shape
When they saw Shi Lei, the Yu Linglong sisters were really surprised, they thought that he would definitely stay in Chang'an for the New Year, but they didn't expect to be able to rush back. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Although they rarely have vomiting, anorexia and other symptoms that are almost inevitable during pregnancy, probably because of Shi Lei's transformation, so that their bodies have been qualitatively improved, Cheng Chuyue's original pregnancy was relatively stable, but they must still involuntarily think about Shi Lei.
I haven't seen each other for a few months, which makes them particularly obsessed with Shi Lei, even if they can't do anything, just leaning on Shi Lei's side also makes them very satisfied.
This time, they finally don't have to look at the happy Cheng Chuyue with envy, and they can experience the happiness and joy of being a mother by themselves, so they snuggled up to Shi Lei, smiling warmly from time to time, and gently stroking their already bulging bellies, feeling the happiness of new life.
In the past few days since I came back, Shi Lei basically didn't go anywhere, just concentrated on accompanying the Yu Linglong sisters, chatting with them, making them happy, taking them out for a walk, and by the way, chatting about their situation in Guangzhou during this time.
Although they are pregnant, they are not completely idle, they don't care about anything, and they still have to ask about the family affairs in Guangzhou. They are all used to being housekeepers with Cheng Chuyue, and they are also well-deserved hostesses here, so they are also justified in management.
Moreover, after Shi Lei went back this time, he had already discussed with Cheng Chuyue and them, and Shi Lei's idea was to use Guangzhou as a branch for a long time.
Even when the children grow up, if their own strength is really strong to a certain extent, in order to avoid suspicion, as well as the need for diversified investment and multiple insurance, splitting is a good way, and Guangzhou will definitely have its own system at that time.
Since the Yu Linglong sisters both have children here, they naturally have to choose one of their sons to come over here. After all, Cheng Chuyue is Shi Lei's wife, Xiao Shi Jue is Shi Lei's eldest son, and it is basically inevitable to inherit his family's title and property in Chang'an.
Li Shimin specially made a law for this matter, although their family has always taken the lead in sabotage in this regard, but for people like Shi Lei, they must still have the ability to restrain them.
Therefore, it is not appropriate to let Xiao Shi Jue come here, unless Shi Lei is very disappointed with Shi Jue's performance in the future and chooses to exile him, he will be sent to Guangzhou for a long time.
Moreover, Shi Lei's arrangement can ensure that the children of the two of them can also have a good start, and when Shi Lei really has any accidents, when they are one step ahead of them and say goodbye to the world, they and their descendants can be free of food and clothing, and still live a relatively good life.
This is also a way for Shi Lei to think that relatively speaking, it is a relatively fair way to treat several wives, and it can be regarded as a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone.
Although Shi Lei has not clearly stated this, the Yu Linglong sisters also know what Shi Lei means, and they are very glad that they have indeed found a good husband.
In Datang, concubines exist as a kind of private property, and there are many people who transfer them to others at will, and it is absolutely rare for them to cherish them like Shi Lei. And it is even more unique to be able to arrange a big industry for them like Shi Lei just in case.
Of course, they are more concerned about the industry in Guangzhou. Although they are pregnant, it doesn't mean that they can't move, now this physical fitness, as long as it is not really strenuous exercise, basically do not have to worry about the danger to the child, and they don't have Shi Lei to accompany them, so they have to spend most of their time caring about these industries and enriching themselves with work.
So Shi Lei didn't have to go to see them one by one, and he knew the situation of various industries in Guangzhou from them, and what the progress was.
The big ships that Shi Lei has always been concerned about have finally been built, and with the supervision of his own masters, the quality is even better than that flagship, because the manufacturing technology is more proficient, and the things made are more refined.
Especially the part of the transformation requested by the Shi family, when they first came into contact, it still created a lot of difficulties for them. Later, it is already familiar with the road, the so-called practice makes perfect, and it is also applicable to it, even with the quality of the whole ship, it is also a natural thing to follow better.
Of course, according to the plan set earlier, every time one is built, it will enter the small dock of its own house to be renovated, and now this stage of arming the big ships is almost done, and only the weapons installation work of the last two big ships remains.
It's just that the raw materials of Xingxing Iron brought to Guangzhou on the last trip are not enough, so they can't be completed. It would be too much iron to make such a large folding bed crossbow, after all, most of the whole thing is cast from this strong material.
Fortunately, Shi Lei was prepared, and he didn't bring anything else with him this time, but he brought a lot of Xingxing Iron raw materials. I believe that if you work hard after the year, you won't have to wait for the beginning of spring to pack up these big ships.
After the New Year, the Shi family's fleet will basically be formed, the ships are in place, and the manpower still needs to be replenished, but the backbone of its own sailors has already been trained, with the absolutely loyal slaves of the flagship, and those who are still waiting for their own summons in Guangzhou City, which is enough to afford the main work of the fleet.
And with the return of the flagship, the sea trade route can be regarded as open, and the sea route to the Wa Kingdom is relatively a rare busy route around Datang, but there are really few people who really take this road.
Uncle Ivan Shuang said that they have been floating on this sea route for nearly half a year, and they have not seen a few boats in total.
Although the ordinary farmers of theirs are almost poor, the owners of the families are not short of money, so those exquisite goods from the Tang Dynasty are absolutely not marketable there.
They were originally worshiped by all kinds of porcelain and silk of the Tang Dynasty, and they were proud of having a good thing from the Tang Dynasty.
The local daimyo who can trade with Ivan Shuang and them, I don't know how many times I can make when I change hands, and I got such a pie-in-the-sky opportunity, and I almost shook off my family's bottom, and I can't wait to give his poor food and his subordinates to Uncle Yi in exchange for high-end goods from Datang.
Of course, Uncle Yi and them are also accustomed to ocean trade, and there is also a big shopkeeper on the ship who is responsible for doing business, and those things that are exchanged for it, if there is no more than ten times the profit, it is not even a glance, and they can make more than a hundred times the net profit, and they will start to be included in the alternative of the transaction, and the benefits of a thousand times will be exchanged directly.
That's it for ocean trade, people risk their lives and get it from distant places, who wants to do it if they don't have enough benefits.
Moreover, in the era when information is extremely underdeveloped, communication basically relies on roaring, and transportation basically depends on walking, it is even more expected that the maritime merchants who have mastered the initiative in information and, in a certain sense, the right to set prices, will mercifully give you the real price.
Those merchants who came to sell spices, didn't they also use this advantage to grab double the wealth from Datang, and once they came and went, they made a lot of money.
The relatively bad thing about the Wa country is that they don't have any strong products that they can get their hands on, and they can't make a part of the price difference when they come back, so this trip will naturally have to earn enough to balance their hearts.
Moreover, the reason why Shi Lei temporarily let go of the huge interests of Spice Island and turned to the line of the Wa Kingdom was not only to let his group of slave sailors who were not yet very skilled practice their hands, but more importantly, for the sake of Yinshan! Iwami Ginzan, which can account for one-third of the world's production!
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