Chapter 118: Between the sea and the sky, the heart is important

Dawn in the morning, the clouds are light and bright, the blue sea and silver sand are eternal, the fishing boat is lightly floating, the lighthouse falls on the seabirds, the distant cry, the sound on the shore is far away, I know, I know.

In the summer season, the fleet of the Ning family in Qinzhou and the boats of those who were fooled finally docked and docked at the dock on the side of Luzhou, even the ship of the Ning family was no exception.

They were first overtaken by the Zhang family's fleet, and that kind of speed made them unreachable, that is, fast, and stable, even when the so-called zigzag was drawn in the sea, they were not chasing.

At the beginning, I wanted to follow behind, after all, the sky is on the horizon, it is said that the ocean currents and winds have also changed, and the people in the fleet want to follow the Zhang family, it doesn't matter if they are embarrassed or not, and the freight is a success.

I only followed it for a day, an afternoon to be exact, and at night I lost the trace of the Zhang family's fleet, and at dawn there was only the blue sea and the blue sky.

The people of the Ning family complained, and the people on the boat who came with them sighed, their skills were not up to the level of getting the spinnaker and propeller technology, even if it was a steamer, it looked simple, it couldn't be built, and the structure inside was complicated.

Only the Zhang family can use it blatantly, who let the technology be provided by others, and there is an excerpt of impeachment, but several powerful ministers in the court directly refuted it with a reason that made people speechless.

The things made by the Zhang family can only be improved if they use them, and maybe they can make better things, but if they don't let them be used, how can they do it?

It is said that there is a unique method of measurement, the Zhang family keeps a copy of the chart, and the other copy is placed in the palace, and you want to get it from the palace, maybe you can in your dream, you want to get it from the Zhang family, or work harder, and it is easier to think about the one in the palace.

The distance widened, and the moon came out again to join in the fun, and I don't know what the reason was, but the change of the tide was actually disordered for a few days.

All of a sudden, the fleet on the Ning family's side deviated from the direction, they didn't know that it was caused by an earthquake in the sea, coupled with the solar wind and the lunar eclipse, there was something wrong with the sea area they were traveling.

So, four of the twenty-two ships that came ran aground, and the people rescued them, don't count on the goods, and the four ships were also thrown there, and the remaining ten ships finally found the right way after a few days of sailing.

The four boats that hit the reef are all from the Ning family, who asked them to invite others, when the position in the sea changed, they had to send boats to explore the way, this time the Ning family came to a total of six boats, only two remained, and there was no point in landing there in Lianzhou.

They couldn't figure it out, why the Zhang family's boat didn't hit the reef, this road was still opened by the Zhang family, and nothing happened the first time they came, could it be that when they encountered danger here, the Zhang family's boat was fine?

Naturally, there is nothing wrong with the Zhang family's boat, not luck, but the good people of the Zhang family, and there is an eighty-year-old man who has followed the adults in the family to go fishing since he was four years old, but he fell ill and was paralyzed when he was old.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't think about it so much, they just thought about letting some old people with poor family conditions go to the nursing home, and the old man came with him and was very well taken care of.

The old man has no other skills, to see where there are fish, where there are reefs, that is really easy, give him a clairvoyance, he can accurately judge the situation under the surface of the sea.

The experience of a Duojiazi was passed on to other people free of charge after the old man was properly arranged, and this kind of wealth could no longer be measured by money, so the Zhang family gave the old man a boat, a boat with propellers and a spinnaker, and the name of the ship was gilded.

After learning these experiences, the Zhang family's fleet rode the wind and waves all the way in the face of storms and countless reefs, smiling proudly between the sky and the sea.

When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sent the old man to the nursing home, they didn't expect to take advantage of the old man's moment, and as a result, they got not only their own spiritual rewards, but also countless wealth.

The old man also had his own recipe, his own wheelchair, his family was arranged, and even a grandson who used to be a gangster was brought to the army.

Every time the old man of the Zhangjia boat sets sail, he has to follow, after all, there are still some things that the people on the boat have not learned, that is, ear power, the old man can actually judge whether there are fish and reefs by virtue of the sound of the sea water when he can't see anything at night.

After Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew about this, they repeatedly sighed that the old man's ears were about to catch up with the sonar, and the two of them felt that the old man's kind smile was really proud, and the two of them set up a separate academy for the old man, the Time Navigation Academy, to inspire the people behind them.

And on the gate of the college, a couplet is engraved with gilded waves, and the sky is blue as time passes.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are not like this because of an old man, they respect the spirit of dedicating their lives to the ocean, people will always die, the difference is what they leave for future generations, and they also warn themselves when they commemorate others.

There are no such old people on the Ning family's ship, they don't have them in their own home, and it is impossible to rescue an old immortal who can't even walk, so they ran aground on four ships, which were loaded with goods slowly, and their value could feed a hundred old men like the Zhang family without any problems.

When human nature is higher than money, there are more opportunities to obtain money, such as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan; When money is higher than human nature, both are lost, and man is better than other animals not because he knows how to use tools, but because he has hope and compassion in his heart.

I have always wondered why the Zhang family's fleet didn't have an accident, and when the people of the Ning family, who had lost four large cargo ships, docked at the Luzhou wharf with the other sixteen ships, they still got a notice of ten yuan per ship.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan don't care whose ship it is, they don't let any money they should collect, business has business rules, come as a businessman, you have to do it in accordance with the rules of business, if you change your identity, it's another matter, show the identity of the family, it means that it is a visitor, and it doesn't seem abrupt to take out a thousand things to entertain, and you will pay the money happily if you say that you are doing business.

The Ning family also wanted to provoke a little, but some of the people who came with the boat seemed to have been warned by their families, and the money had already been handed over when the boat was parked, and then they took out the letter written by the family and gave it to Zhang Zhong, as well as a gift.

This practice made Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan very satisfied, and they made a clear distinction between personal relations and commercial transactions, and the methods of treatment were also different, so these people sent by the family enjoyed precious things such as abalone, shark fin, and conch, and each of them also got a precious mirror in a wooden box.

The value of these things far exceeded the money for stopping the ship and the money for the gifts that were sent, and the Zhang family did not hesitate at all when they took it out, and even Zhang Zhong personally came over to have a meal with these individuals.

This approach not only did not make the children of the family who came with the ship angry, but made them pay more attention to Zhang Zhong, and at the same time set a rule for the dock here in Luzhou, you have to take money if you stop the ship, no matter who it is, even the fleet of the Zhang family will come over, after all, it is settled separately.

Of course, there are also special circumstances, such as the flagship of the main family, such as the flagship of Li Xun's family, and the ships of some people with status in the imperial court.

There's no way they're going to come with a hundred ships at once, right? It's impossible to spend nearly half a year coming back and forth if you're fine.

The people of the Ning family were still waiting to see the excitement, but they didn't expect that this hope would be disappointed, and this news soon made people send the land route from Tonglian Prefecture to Qinzhou by fast horse within a few days.

Ning Tingshi was angry before he got the news, the Zhang family's ship came first, so many goods were scattered to various state capitals, and through the merchants' respective trading channels, these goods were sold at a higher price than imagined.

How can other states rather than stab history, but Qinzhou on their side is the same, didn't they already order that those businessmen were not allowed to contact Luzhou? How could there be goods coming, almost Qinzhou or so troops had already been sent to inspect the places that could be connected by land routes, and it was impossible for goods to come from those roads.

It is impossible to go by water, all the ships that come over will be checked at the mouth of the Qinjiang River, and all the way up the river needs to pass through three waterway checkpoints, and every boat that comes over must search all the cabins, even those individuals do not let go.

As a result, in these places in Qinzhou, there are still a large number of Zhang's goods that have been shipped over, and they are also sold at a high price, how is this possible?

Waiting to see the news coming back from Luzhou again, Ning Tingshi couldn't help the anger in his heart, and slapped the leather-wrapped table he bought from Luzhou and roared loudly: "What are you doing to eat?" Is it so difficult to deal with Zhang Zhong? I usually keep bragging about how powerful I am, but now look at it, the four ships are gone, not to mention, those individuals have not hated the Zhang family, what's the use of raising you? ”

The housekeeper didn't dare to move when he passed the news, he knew how angry the old man would be when he saw the old man slapping the table vigorously, he didn't have the heart to tell the old man the price of the table, so he could only stand there with his head down, so as to wait for the old man to be angry.

Ning Tingshi has been here for ten years, and he has never encountered such an aggrieved thing, since Zhang Zhong came here, he seems to be restraining himself everywhere, and a person who is not yet thirty years old has actually pressed the Ning family a little breathless.

When the secret battle between each other has not been won once, they keep thinking of ways and conspiracies, but as a result, everything in Luzhou is on the bright side, and seeing them doing it, they just can't think of any way to deal with it.

Sent the excerpt to the imperial court, the imperial court didn't say anything, and warned itself that there would be no news if the excerpt was sent again, this time the fleet was obviously covered, and the Zhang family's ship arrived at the place a month in advance, and the slightest loss was not found.

There are also those goods, almost all the troops sent on the land route, and they can't find it at all, and there are also several checkpoints on the waterway, and there is also no way to find the goods to get in.

Could it be that all those goods have wings and fly by themselves? Even if it's flying, it has to land, right?

"It seems that the only way to arrest those businessmen and ask them one by one is to lose in the officialdom, and you can't lose in this deal, don't you say?"

Ning Tingshi thought of these things, and the only solution was to arrest people, even if the business of Qinzhou would be impacted, he couldn't lose so unclear.

The housekeeper listened beside him, knowing that he was asking himself, and hurriedly said: "Master, give an order, arrest them all, and the people who bought things, I don't believe that they can keep their mouths shut." ”

"Catch, catch, catch them all, don't let any of them go, ask clearly, how the goods were transported, and I will bear the responsibility if something happens."

Ning Tingshi gritted his teeth and said.

Crazy, really crazy, a thought popped up in the housekeeper's mind.