With the arrival of Sayid's fleet, Shangyuanmen Wharf was busier than ever.

Under the command of the officers and men of the Senhu Office, the 800 temporarily organized laborers were divided into teams of 50 people, and under the leadership of their respective leaders, they began to unload the goods, transported them to the designated locations in different categories, and after the inventory was completed, they were sent to the two large sea ships brought by Sayid by crane.

Zhu Daolin rushed to the dock after giving his disciples a lesson, and he wanted to give a banquet to Sayid, a wealthy Arab merchant who had come from afar, and to ask Sayid's opinion on the purchase of gold in large quantities.

The chief administrator, Zhao Xunting, accompanied Sa Yide, and both came forward to greet him.

Sa Yide shouted at Zhu Daolin to praise the Shangyuan wharf for its good organization, saying that the two connected civil wharves were the best wharves he had ever seen in his life, not only with complete facilities, with the best cranes in the world, but also with a large number of dock workers with a clear division of labor and extremely high efficiency.

After Zhao Xunting reported the loading situation, he said with mixed feelings: "The development speed of Shangyuanmen Wharf is too fast, and now it seems a little crowded. Merchants from all over Huguang and Bashu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have come to the door many times, and most of them are old customers who have been supplying timber for shipbuilding workshops and wood factories for a long time, asking if they can rent berths at Shangyuan Wharf for a long time? ”

"Don't worry, many things need to be solved urgently, first determine the candidate for the dock manager, and you can't rush it!" Zhu Daolin once again felt helpless because of the shortage of talents.

Zhao Xunting suggested: "Determine the terminal manager as soon as possible, with the director, you can set up a stable dock escort team and loading and unloading team, re-plan the chaotic freight yard, and set all kinds of rules...... I have so many things on my hands that I don't have the energy to manage the complicated dock affairs. ”

Zhu Daolin looked at the busy dock. nodded thoughtfully, and told Zhao Xunting and Sa Yide the plan that had been brewing in their hearts for a long time:

"No one expected that the development and prosperity of Shangyuan Wharf would come so quickly, and I will seize the time to solve these problems in the next step."

"I can tell you in advance that the design of the second phase of the terminal project has been basically completed, and it is planned to take one year. Starting from the dedicated wharf for shipbuilding workshops, a strong flood control embankment was built along the river bank at the mouth of the Jinchuan River, 1.5 kilometers upstream. ”

"To the north of the mountain near the mouth of the river, build a larger, more well-equipped trading wharf, and buy all 1,600 acres of paddy fields south of the Hushan Manor to the north bank of the Jinchuan River to build a large transit warehouse and a full-fledged commodity trading market."

Sa Yide said in a loud voice, bluntly saying that as long as this plan can be realized, this wharf, which relies on Jinling City and radiates the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeast, will surely become the most promising and prosperous commodity distribution center in the Ming Dynasty. Merchants from all over the world will surely flock to it.

Zhao Xunting was also excited.

He had such an idea before, but he didn't have time to sort out his thoughts clearly, but he didn't expect Zhu Daolin to have a plan, this plan was more thoughtful and grander than he thought.

There is one thing that Zhu Daolin has not yet said, he plans to try to do a real estate project while building a large wharf, warehouse and trading market:

Two cross streets were built along the north bank of the Jinchuan River and behind the wharves, warehouses and commodity markets along the river. On both sides of the street, 700 to 800 arcade-style conjoined buildings were built with a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and sold to wealthy merchants from all over the country.

With the northern and Central Plains regions. There is also more and more chaos in the southwest and northwest inland, a large number of landlords and wealthy businessmen moved their families to Jinling, moved to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and the real estate in Nanjing rose by 30% in the first half a year, and then as Jinling became more and more prosperous, I am afraid it will rise even more.

Most of these landlords' old wealth has been passed down for tens or hundreds of years. Some even spend hundreds of years on weekdays saving food and clothing, and hide the silver in the cellar because they are unwilling to spend it, and over time, it causes a shortage of money in the market. Zhu Daolin dreamed of earning the gold and silver they held in their hands. That's why we have this real estate development plan.

With outsiders present, Zhu Daolin was inconvenient to say the plan, and after briefly talking about the plan for the dock and the market, he turned to Sayide, who seemed to have something to say:

"My friend, I didn't expect you to buy enough raw silk, tea and lacquerware to fill two 300-ton ships in just one morning, which is amazing! I am becoming more and more confident in the prospects of Jinling, the center of trade in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Sayide smiled modestly: "It's all thanks to the help of old friends for many years, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth, haha!" My brother, I have to ask for your help on an important matter, for the various metals, large shipbuilding timbers, and precious medicinal herbs that I have brought together cannot offset the 5,000 sets of fine porcelain, 25 floor-to-ceiling vases, 2,500 fine jacquard cloths, and 600 large pendulum clock movements. ”

"I didn't expect you to bring millions of beautiful gemstone necklaces, bracelets and all kinds of jewelry again, and I didn't want to give up these exquisite and precious goods to others, so I greedily bought them all, but it was very embarrassing for me to settle the account......"

"After all the goods are deducted from each other, I make up the spare 350,000 taels of gold, and I still owe you 827,200 taels of silver, which makes me very embarrassed and embarrassed!"

Zhao Xunting saw Zhu Daolin's inquiring gaze, smiled and explained in a low voice: "827,200 taels is the final figure repeatedly calculated by the eight bookkeepers on both sides, and there is nothing wrong. ”

Zhu Daolin smiled at the embarrassed Sayide: "It's okay, my friend, next time you bring me more goods, or sell me 5 500-ton three-masted Galen cargo ships, eighty percent new." ”

The price of a five-hundred-ton three-masted Galen ship is generally between 150,000 and 160,000 taels of silver, and Zhu Daolin's conditions are extremely generous, which makes Sayide very moved, and he took Zhu Daolin's hand and shook it tightly:

"My brother, I don't know how to express my gratitude to you, rest assured, we Arabs know how to repay our good brothers!"

A war horse rushed into the dock, frightening the laborers on the dock to dodge.

Zhu Daolin turned his head unhappily and looked over, and saw that it was the little marquis Zhang Deyi who was riding on the horse, and immediately guessed that it might be Gonggong Wu who was coming to announce the decree.

Zhang Deyi skillfully controlled the war horse to slow down, and when he was still five or six meters away from Zhu Daolin, he flew off the horse, and ran to Zhu Daolin with a happy face:

"Brother, rejoice! The Qincha honor guard has crossed the Jinchuan Bridge, and my old man, Longping Hou, Xin Chengbo and Chang eldest brother have also followed, and asked my brother to go home quickly and make some preparations. ”

Zhao Xunting and Sa Yide immediately congratulated Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin didn't dare to slack off, said sorry and wanted to rush home, Sa Yide and Zhao Xunting also wanted to follow to watch the ceremony, Zhu Daolin immediately agreed, and rushed back to the main courtyard of Hushan with everyone.

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