Of course, agriculture and fishing are only one aspect of Yu Xiaotian's attention, and he also invests more energy on the development of industry and commerce.

Since he entered Nanri Island, he has set up the Council Hall to be responsible for industry, commerce and agriculture, and a commercial fleet has been set up under the Council Hall in the spring of the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

This commercial fleet all used some ships with a large cargo capacity, and with the name of the sea wolf and the trained sailors, this fleet had grown to the scale of more than twenty or thirty ships by the autumn of the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

The source of these ships is very simple, that is, robbery, some maritime merchants who are unwilling to pay tolls want to pass through the Fuzhou area, but some people are very unfortunate and hit the muzzle of the sea wolf, and the punishment result is very serious, that is, all the goods on the ship were confiscated and confiscated, and they became the assets of the sea wolf, and the personnel were put back on land and asked them to find a way to return to their hometown.

Therefore, it is not difficult for the sea wolf to want a ship, and he does not even have to think about building or buying it himself, just by such means, he can obtain enough merchant ships.

Seawolf's merchant fleet is subordinate to the council hall, under the management of Zhao Mazi, independent of Maoshengyuan, but has direct cooperation with Maoshengyuan, their task is to go from south to north, dump special goods from all over the country, first go to the north of Jiangsu, Zhejiang or South Zhili or even as far as Shandong, purchase goods, and transport them back to Nanri Island.

Then, according to the demand of the south, the goods will be redeployed and loaded on the ship, and sent to Guangdong or Macao and Manila for trading.

The profits of the maritime trade activities were very considerable, and the purchase price of a stone of raw silk from Jiangsu and Zhejiang was only forty to fifty taels of silver, and it may even be as low as twenty or thirty taels of silver, but once it was trafficked to Manila, one stone of raw silk could be sold for one hundred taels or even one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

A pound of good tea leaves is only a few taels of silver or even less than one tael, but by the time it was shipped to Manila, its value had increased several times.

There are also all kinds of porcelain, lacquerware, folding fans, paper, silk and other products, all of which are good things that Westerners flock to, and once they are shipped there, they are all of high value and make high profits.

Therefore, the merchant fleet directly under the sea wolf has earned a very considerable profit for a year, but so far, their strength is not very strong, some pirates in the south do not recognize their names, and they will often rob their merchant ships, Yu Xiaotian does not mind this, anyway, their ships are also robbed, and it is normal to be robbed.

He specially formulated a special system for the sailors on the merchant ship, they do not have to be like a warship, they must fight against the enemy, once they find that the enemy is strong, they can not deal with it, they can choose to surrender, save their lives, and then say, if they can keep the ship, it will be better, as for the cargo lost a big deal to come back again, in short, their task is different from other warships, mainly responsible for reversing the cargo, making profits, saving life is crucial.

Of course, the people on these merchant ships also have an important task, that is, to collect information from various peers along the way, and pay more attention to the areas and scope of the activities of some large groups of pirates, so as to lay a good foundation for the possibility of sea wolves going south in advance.

The merchant fleet is only an integral part of the commercial aspect of Seawolf for more than a year, accounting for a certain proportion, and at the same time, there is also Maoshengyuan, a cooperative shop with the Li family, which is also an important source of funds for Seawolf.

After the establishment of Maoshengyuan, the main business scope is in Fujian, there is a sea wolf this force behind the Mao Shengyuan support, Mao Shengyuan is very easy to do business, in addition to a large number of stolen goods for the sea wolf, they are also close to all kinds of goods, sometimes directly from the sea wolf's council hall, receive all kinds of goods on the shore for sale, this piece of profit is very large, the sea wolf accounts for the lion, Li Yi gets a small head.

But even such a small head is a huge wealth for Li Yi, much bigger than his previous business, and the profits he earned are much higher.

Therefore, Li Yi is now completely determined to follow Yu Xiaotian all the way, and basically pinned the future of their Li family on Yu Xiaotian.

Although Mao Shengyuan is secretly the industry of the sea wolf, but on the surface, few people know the true details of the Mao Sheng Yuan, Li Yi put on a legal coat and did things for the sea wolf, so that the sea wolf obtained a legal way to ship, and at the same time obtained a fairly good intelligence network, using Mao Shengyuan to collect various local and official information for the sea wolf on land.

Now Mao Shengyuan has opened at least 14 or 5 branches in Fujian, in addition to the original stewards and associates of the Li family, Yu Xiaotian also selected a group of shrewd subordinates from the sea wolf tribe and stationed them in each branch, one is to learn the way of doing business, and the other is to collect intelligence as a sea wolf.

Maoshengyuan's business is actually very easy, especially after they launched two flagship products, glass products and soaps, and they are doing it like a fish in water.

After the craftsmen continued to improve the process of the glass products produced by the craftsmen during this time, the transparency of the glass has been continuously improved, and the decolorization of the glass has become better and better, and the craftsmen have also continued to innovate and produce some more novel glassware, such a quality of glass products completely surpasses the quality of those glassware shipped from Europe by Westerners.

Moreover, the price of glass products produced in Europe is also cheaper, and the style is more in line with the aesthetic needs of the Chinese, and the styles are more and more numerous, naturally becoming a commodity sought after by the aristocratic class.

In particular, the kind of glass mirrors made of tin foil and mercury became the object of pursuit of the rich and powerful after they were listed.

Nowadays, even if rich families can't afford to buy a large glass mirror, at least they have to get a small glass mirror and put it in their home as a façade, and anyone who doesn't have this thing in their home is embarrassed to say that their family is rich or powerful.

Especially this year, the prefect of Fuzhou, purchased some glass products, including two large glass mirrors with a size of more than one foot, and shipped them to the capital as tribute for the royal use.

Moreover, through the circulation of goods, glass products also quickly arrived in Guangdong and Guangxi, and became a beautiful hand in Guangdong and Guangxi, so that Yu Xiaotian made a lot of money with this income alone.

Nowadays, the glass yard is being expanded again and again, but the products are still in short supply, and the supply has even been numbered until the end of next year, so that now Maoshengyuan has to stop ordering, and can only complete the current supply first.

For this reason, there are also many businessmen, trying to inquire about the origin of these glass products of Mao Shengyuan, Mao Shengyuan from the inside to the outside of the same caliber is to say that this kind of thing is transported from a place called the island country thousands of miles away, where the craftsmen are good at making this kind of thing, Mao Shengyuan inadvertently established contact with them, only to get this kind of goods from their hands.

However, this kind of thing is not easy to transport long distances and is easy to break, so the supply is limited, and the goods must be ordered in advance, and the goods can only be obtained after three months to half a year, so the merchants who order the goods can only wait, and find ways to find the merchant ships of the so-called Australian island country everywhere, trying to hook up with the merchants of the Australian island country and make a lot of money from it.

But this kind of nihilistic thing, where did they go to the merchants of the island country! Therefore, these businessmen who tried to get a piece of the pie ended up spending a lot of money, and they failed to find out where the Australian island country was, where the merchant ships of the Australian island country were, let alone find the merchants of the Australian island country! In the end, it was just a bamboo basket to draw water, and there was no choice but to give up and pull it down.

Very few people know that this kind of colorful glass products are actually produced on the nearby Nanri Island, if this is the case, it is estimated that some businessmen have already agitated the government to send troops to attack Nanri Island to seize this production technology.

In addition, the new type of soap, after the continuous hype and publicity of Maoshengyuan, gradually began to be known, and was also sent to the northern Beijing Division as a tribute, coupled with Maoshengyuan's deliberate reluctance to sell the goods, so that the market formed the concept that this kind of thing is definitely a good thing, and the price is no longer an important element, as long as you can get the goods, it will be considered to burn high incense.

So since the beginning of the four years of the Apocalypse, soap has gradually become another and its money-making commodity, still how many are produced, still in short supply, the price is even more frightening, a piece of pearl soap mixed with a little pearl powder, has now been fried on the black market to the price of a hundred taels of silver, and it is still priceless.

Of course, the women of rich families have become the driving force behind this, and these big girls and little daughters-in-law, as long as they have money in the family, will try their best to let their husbands buy them for them, or they will be embarrassed to tell those handkerchiefs that they have never used this thing.

Therefore, with these two fist products alone, Yu Xiaotian earned countless silver coins in the four years of the Apocalypse, and now it is even said that even the Portuguese, Spaniards and even the Dutch have heard about Maoshengyuan's glass products and soaps, and began to take the initiative to inquire, wanting to buy some and ship them back to Europe to make a fortune.

Glass products are not too uncommon for Europeans, after all, Tunisia and France are now also produced, and glass products are fragile, not suitable for long-distance transportation, but soap is a fresh thing, but it is definitely fresh, and the transportation is also very convenient, as long as it is not soaked in water, packed into a strong box, it is not broken or squeezed, and it is no problem to transport it far.

In short, with these two kinds of handicrafts, Mao Shengyuan is now famous in Fuzhou and even in many places in the south, attracting many people's attention.

Of course, there are also disadvantages of being famous, and some Jinyi guards and local eunuchs and even the government have also noticed Mao Shengyuan, trying to squeeze out a little oil and water from it, and get a little cheap.

Li Yi was a little scared of this, and mentioned this matter to Yu Xiaotian many times, and Yu Xiaotian was not stingy, anyway, this money is easy to earn, so Li Yi can just spend a little money to send them away.