On the Persian Gulf, a small cargo ship of two or three thousand tons sails on the sea. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn this year, such small cargo ships are basically no longer produced, and Datang shipowners prefer bulk carriers and container ships of about 10,000 to 30,000 tons. Most of these smaller tonnage freighters, most of which were built in the early years, belong to old ships.

Jiang Wubo stood quietly on the bow deck, watching the ship push away the waves, he was already in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he was still working on the front line. At that time, he was a Chinese laborer who went to Borneo from Jiaying to Nanyang to seek a living, and after the struggle among the Chinese in Borneo, he came to Datang. First he worked in a state-owned trading company, and then after learning some experience and insight, Jiang Wubo came out to do things on his own.

Now his trading company operates two routes, and its annual income is also quite considerable. He has almost handed over the main business of the company to his son, but he still takes care of some important things.

This time, he personally sat on the suppression ship, because this route and trade route were newly opened up by their company. The Hakka people have a sense of incursion, and after integrating into the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, this aggressiveness is even more obvious. Many popular routes, such as those from Los Angeles to Shanghai, are occupied by several large state-owned companies and some private giants, such as Jiang Wubo's small company, which is difficult to compete with, and the profits will be very low.

Many private trading companies have opened up new routes for their own companies, and they go to places where there are no outsiders who have even visited, whether it is a feudal country or a primitive tribe, they try to sell the goods of the Tang Dynasty and make considerable profits. In the past 20 years, I don't know how many bold and careful maritime merchants have accumulated thousands of family fortunes in this way.

Jiang Wubo's small company mainly does business in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. His cargo ships went to Hong Kong to buy goods, and they bought Datang commodities that were relatively easy to sell, mostly small commodities for daily use. These goods are then forwarded to various overseas territories to be sold, and the difference in price can be earned. In various overseas territories, the company also purchased some local specialties and then transshipped them to Hong Kong for sale. There are larger trading companies that purchase a variety of raw materials and specialties for local factories and other needs.

However, this route has become more and more difficult to run, the competition is too fierce, many large trading companies have also taken a fancy to the increasingly prosperous overseas routes, Jiang Wubo's company profits are getting thinner and thinner, and Jiang Wubo has no choice but to open up new routes to help the company come back to life.

The new route he chose was the route to the Persian Gulf.

Jiang Hecheng, the youngest son of Jiang Wubo, did not particularly understand his father's choice, he said: "Father, at this time, the Warsaw system is beginning to operate, and the international trade volume is growing at an alarming rate. These countries often have a certain market and consumption base, coupled with the policy cancellation of import and export restrictions and tariff reductions, no matter how you look at it, it is a promising situation. But we don't expand these routes and doorways, but we ran to the Persian Gulf to suffer, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal. ”

When Jiang Wubo was in Borneo, he had no heirs, and he only gave birth to several children after coming to the Tang Dynasty. The older ones are already adults, the eldest son is more stable, and the younger son is actually a student now, and he was admitted to Fudan University in Shanghai, which makes Jiang Wubo very proud.

However, although the youngest son Jiang Hecheng is smart, he still lacks experience, Jiang Wubo replied with a smile: "It seems that it is indeed the business of those contracting parties that is better." But everyone knows this, and they desperately want to squeeze in to make a fortune. We Tang people do business, although there is also cooperation with peers, but more of a competition without giving in to each other. Over the years, we have not been less excluded by those large and medium-sized companies. If they can eat a pot, they won't leave us a bowl. When the time comes, it will be about the price again, and no matter how the Ministry of Commerce issues documents, it will not be able to stop this set. ”

Jiang Hecheng also understood this truth, he said: "After all, monopoly business is easy to do. ”

Jiang Wubo said: "That's right, but our Jiang family doesn't have this strength." Besides, the contracting countries are all European countries, and our Jiang family's company is doing business in Nanyang's overseas territory, and there are no contacts and connections in Europe. ”

Jiang Hecheng felt that his father's vision was very sharp, and he asked again: "But then why did we choose this place in the Persian Gulf?" There are no fertile fields or resources around here, it is an endless desert with a small population, so there is no potential no matter how you look at it. ”

Jiang Wubo shook his head, his face was quite confident, and said: "In his early years, my father also had contact with many high-level officials in the domestic political circles, and he also had some contacts. More than ten years ago, my father heard the bigwigs inadvertently mention it, saying that the Persian Gulf is a treasure land, although I don't know why it's rare, but the few places named by the bigwigs back then have almost become our Datang's overseas territories. In recent days, it has occupied the northwest of India, and Surat will soon become an important port of our country on the west coast of India. The conditions are ripe, we naturally want to explore the way, if the Persian Gulf is developed in the future, how can our Jiangjia company also prosper. ”

Jiang Hecheng didn't expect his father's judgment to be something that the big man said casually back then, although it didn't seem particularly reliable, but Jiang Hecheng knew that maybe this was more reliable than anything else. Business intelligence and policy transfer are of great significance to businessmen, who can lay out and start in advance before the policy and situation moves, and then they will take advantage everywhere after that.

Just when the two of them were a little immersed in their imagination of the future, the captain ran out and said to Jiang Wubo: "Wubo, there is a situation on the sea, two small boats are rowing towards us." ”

Jiang Wubo and Jiang Hecheng took a look, and sure enough, they saw two ships not much bigger than a sampan, coming towards their freighter. On that boat was a group of tightly wrapped guys, with scimitars in their hands, obviously not a good way,

Jiang Hecheng was stunned and looked at his father, "These...... Is it a pirate? ”

Jiang Wubo has been running a maritime merchant for many years, and pirates have not encountered it rarely, and many pirates in Nanyang were jealous of the high profits of the Tang Dynasty merchant ships, and hung their heads on the waistband of their trousers, and came to fight for their lives. (To be continued.) )