Chapter 141 Prospects for Fisheries

Except for some land on Manhattan Island that was given to the Mohicans and the Gene People, the rest of the land basically belonged to the Umbrella Company. www.89read.

But Zhao Hongyu owns 50% of the shares of the umbrella company, so strictly speaking, he is also the largest landlord.

After the establishment of the umbrella company, Zhang Tie sorted out the land under the company's name, which has as much as 200,000 acres on Manhattan Island alone, and the company also owns a gold mine, a shipyard, and several fishing boats.

But this is only a temporary quantity.

Because the land near the city of Manhattan has not yet been developed, if it is developed in the future...... There will be more land for the umbrella company.

At the same time, the second shipyard and the third shipyard are under construction.

At that time, the ship will be divided into three parts, one part will belong to the Empire, one part will belong to the Umbrella Company, and the other part will be sold to other genetics, so that they can compete with the European countries on the sea.

At the same time, the occupation and construction of the Great Lakes region was also put on the agenda of the umbrella company, and when the mineral resources were developed there, the wealth of the umbrella company would increase.

And Zhao Hongyu, who occupies 50% of the umbrella company, will also increase his own wealth.

Not to mention that Zhao Hongyu also controlled an anti-heaven artifact.

Although the trade of the umbrella company still needs to rely on Zhao Hongyu, with the development of Zhao Hongyu and the continuous emergence of genetic people with skills among the genetic people, then the umbrella company can completely produce its own products in the future, and the demand for space-time traders will not be very large.

But for now, it's too early to tell.

The more than 100 female * slaves in Vladimi's hands were all bought by Zhao Hongyu.

What Zhao Hongyu paid was only three sets of porcelain.

And after Vladimi sold slaves and more than 300 sets of armor, the money he had in hand was only enough to buy more than a dozen sets of porcelain from Zhao Hongyu.

Such a large ship, returning to the Mediterranean, only loaded with a dozen sets of porcelain, in the eyes of outsiders, is a little scarce.

But Vladimi doesn't think so.

The goods are not how much, but how much profit it can bring.

Vladimi believes that these dozen sets of porcelain can definitely be sold for several times the price in the Mediterranean.

And when he returned from the Mediterranean, he went to Africa to continue to capture more slaves to sell, and the benefits were unimaginable to outsiders.

There is a shortage of slaves here, and the armor can be sold for a good price, and you can expand a sea ship by making it yourself.

If he succeeds in a few years, he can buy a piece of land and a manor in England and become a noble lord.

Vladimi set fire in the jealous eyes of the other two shipowners.

It is a pity that there was no slave trade on their ships, and no armor was sold. They were loaded with some crude linen garments, and some horses.

However, Zhang Tie still traded with them, after all, Manhattan lacked horses.

Even with them, Zhang Tie also bought those rough hemp clothes, of course, these garbage did not cost much.

Because they didn't have enough money, they didn't buy porcelain.

However, they filled a warehouse with rice, and it was not a trip in vain.

Although the money earned from grain is less than that of porcelain, it is still possible to earn three times the price of shipping it back.

The big deal is that the next time they come, they will bring more money, and at the same time, they can just take some slaves in Africa, just like that Fladimi.

The three ships began to replenish their supplies, and the sailors rested and wandered in the harbor, which brought economic benefits to the shops in the harbor.

Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan knew that this was just the beginning.

When the trade boomed, it was rare to dock ten ships.

The reason is simple, because this is the point of the shortest and most profitable triangular trade for the merchants.

Only fools don't come.

Therefore, as these money-earners appear, more and more trading merchant ships will surely come, and the city of Manhattan will become more and more prosperous.

The Port of Manhattan is also going to get more and more lively.

"Your Majesty, drive all those who live outside the city to the port. In the future, the city of Manhattan will be specially lived for our genetic families, and another fortress city will be set up on this side of the port. ”

Zhang Tie proposed.

Zhao Hongyu lowered his head and pondered for a while, feeling that this could be considered completely.

But he immediately thought of Manhattan Island.

Then he said to Zhang Tie: "What about Manhattan Island?" Where should I take advantage of it? ”

Zhang Tie shook his head when he heard this: "Manhattan Island can establish a port, but it is not used to moor merchant ships. It is used to moor our warships, and it belongs to the military port of the Empire. And our fort on Manhattan Island is going to be expanded, and at the same time we are building batteries. ”

Build a fort?

Zhao Hongyu was a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the construction of forts will help us defend the harbor against enemy attacks from the sea. Even if we had ships, the batteries would need to be built. Then Zhang Tie drew a map for Zhao Hongyu between the port of Manhattan and the military port of Manhattan Island.

The distance between the two sides is four nautical miles, which is not very far.

A narrow strait runs through the middle, separating the island of Manhattan from the city of Manhattan.

If you build forts near the island and the port on the outskirts of the city, you can really keep the enemy out of the port and prevent the port from being attacked.

And if the enemy wants to attack the port, then it will inevitably be attacked by coastal batteries. Because sailing on a long and narrow sea lane, they simply could not hide.

In this way, if someone wants to attack the idea of Manhattan, they should think about it.

And as more and more merchant ships arrived in Manhattan, there was no guarantee that no one would be greedy.

Therefore, after listening to Zhang Tie's narration and explanation, Zhao Hongyu agreed to Zhang Tie's proposal to build a fort. And promised to upgrade the virtual workshop in the winter to strive for the production of artillery against the sea.

While the two were talking, the fishing boat that had gone out to sea to fish also returned to port.

The fishing boat, with the five-star red flag and the umbrella company logo, slowly docked at the pier.

The genetic people who went out to sea to fish in the umbrella company threw out the rope and jumped up.

Zhao Hongyu and Zhang Tie walked over and saw the fish piled up slowly on their clothes.

Wow, what a bumper harvest!

The fresh fish piled up on the boat is not a ton by visual inspection alone.

This is because the boat is too small, and if the boat were bigger, there would be more fish than just that.

Cod, herring, sardines, these are the three fish that are caught in the most abundant quantities, and occasionally one or two octopuses or squid are mixed in the fish pile.

"There is a lot of seafood here, and as long as we work hard, we will never be afraid of starvation." , Zhang Tie said to Zhao Hongyu with a smile, "But the boat is too small, if the boat is bigger, it can go farther, and the fish caught are more valuable and larger, and there will be more." ”

When Wang Shan mentioned this matter, he seemed a little deflated.

The shipyard couldn't build a big ship there, which was Zhang Tie's biggest disappointment.

"Take your time, you can't eat a fat man in one bite. Pick out a few fish for me, squid for me, and I'll change the taste at night. ”

Zhao Hongyu raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, comforting him while making a small request.

"Your Majesty, you have to build a big ship. Not only to have the strength of defense at sea, but also to have an extra way to make money. Wang Shan sighed helplessly and said, "If there is a big fishing boat, you can catch dozens of tons of seafood at a time, and you don't need to go deep-sea fishing, because the fish in this era we live in have not been exhausted, basically you can go to sea during the day and return with a full load at night, you tell me how much it costs." ”

Zhao Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, in all fairness, this is really a lot of money.

Dozens of tons of fish, sold through the space-time trader, that is hundreds of thousands. In addition, the fish of this era were not caught thirsty for the kind of fishing that later generations had, so they were all very large.

Therefore, a conservative estimate of hundreds of thousands is less.

That's still the money that a boat can sell for fishing, what if the umbrella company has ten or twenty, or even more of them?

Hiss!

Zhao Hongyu gasped, he didn't dare to think about it.

It's faster than gold.

The Atlantic Ocean is so big that a hundred ships can fit it.

And according to the speed of their own fishing, even if a hundred boats catch every day, they can guarantee their profits for a hundred years.

It's a fucking good deal.

But as Zhang Tie said, they don't have a big ship at hand.

Alas!

Zhao Hongyu could only sigh in his heart.

"Hurry up and pick a few big fish out, and your majesty will improve the food next night." At the same time, flip it over to see if there is any squid, and that one will also be given to His Majesty. ”

When Zhao Hongyu was deep in thought, Zhang Tie walked over and commanded the genetics to start getting busy.

"Zhang Tie, what do you do with these fish?"

However, there are only about a ton of fish, and Zhao Hongyu can't use the space-time trader.

He was also a little strange now, how to deal with these fish Zhang Tie.

Although there are no big boats now, five small boats go out to sea every day, and you can catch a lot of fish.

Zhang Tie smiled when he heard this: "The umbrella company has built a salt farm on Manhattan Island to dry sea salt, and a large amount of sea salt is produced there. Anyway, there is too much sea salt to eat, so we use it to marinate the sea fish. ”

I even made a salt pan!

Zhao Hongyu was overjoyed.

"Isn't winter coming, get more pickled sea fish, and we can have one more delicacy in winter, right?" , Zhang Tie explained to Zhao Hongyu. "And even if we don't eat it, we can sell it to the surrounding tribes and Europeans. I've asked the Europeans, and they have a good market for pickled salted fish. ”

Well, the umbrella company sells everything now.

Now even the idea of salted fish is starting to fight.

Zhao Hongyu really felt a little crying and laughing when he heard this.

"But you don't have to worry about it, the sea is not closed here in winter, we can eat fresh fish, and the salted fish Indians are also very interested, anyway, it is good to have an extra way to make money now."

Wang Shan didn't pay attention to the eccentric Zhao Hongyu, who was still nagging about his business plans.

And Zhao Hongyu is full of windfall profits in the future of fishery. (To be continued.)