Actually, Fang Bei is not very surprised.

When Guo Sheng said that this was a battleship running to the ocean.

After all, the boat that walks the canal can be transported, the small can be transported, and it can be transported neither big nor small, but like the big ship in front of me, it is really a bit scary to build it when it covers the sky and the sun.

Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid the sailors alone will have more than a hundred people in the seventies and eighties.

Without people, this ship simply can't be played.

It is not the same as the boat that Shang Jiuge drove from the Seventeen Thieves of the Yellow River at the beginning.

But the question is, since this is a warship that was originally going to run the ocean, how could it appear in the canal and fall into Guo Sheng's hands.

Fang Bei just looked at Guo Sheng, waiting for him to give him an answer.

"Curious?" Guo Sheng said slowly.

Fang Bei nodded: "Not surprised, just a little curious." ”

Not surprising, because Guo Sheng does have the ability to come up with such a big ship, and I am curious why Guo Sheng sent such a big ship over, and what is the origin of this big ship.

Because Guo Sheng just promised to send Fang Bei a boat, in Fang Bei's original opinion, it would be enough to be able to add a Huo Ying to eight people from the Xiao Soul Inn, but such a big ship can fit three or five hundred people without panting, which is very exaggerated.

But there is no need to send such a large ship.

"Of course, everything happens for a reason." Guo Sheng leaned on the railing of the edge of the boat, feeling the oncoming river breeze: "Do you know what is the most profitable business in the world?" ”

Guo Sheng asked.

I know that the most profitable business in the world is written on the penalty.

Fang Bei thought in his heart, then shook his head and looked at Guo Sheng: "You are a businessman, of course you know better than me." ”

"The most profitable business in the world is ocean trade, which is to go to the West." Guo Sheng looked at Fang Bei and said: "Such a ship, full of silk, tea and porcelain in Quanzhou Port to go to sea, can sell goods for one tael of silver in Shenzhou, can be sold for three taels of silver when it is pulled to Dongying, can be sold for five taels of silver when it is pulled to Daqin Persia, and more than ten taels of silver when it is pulled to Fulangji." ”

I know that.

Fang Bei said in his heart, in fact, if you really want to know, I can also teach you a triangular trade, which is only a trip dozens of times the profit, which is a bit of a loss of Yin Virtue.

"So, the Guo family is also involved in maritime trade?" Fang Bei looked at Guo Sheng and asked.

"In business, sometimes the plate is bigger, and it is a little involuntarily." Guo Sheng said lightly: "As long as it is a voice to make money, the Guo family will be involved, and after the land is done, then they will try the sea." ”

"But now that the imperial court has implemented a sea ban, the pieces are not allowed to go to the sea, and there is a lot of trouble in the southeast, so I'm afraid that the business at sea is not very easy." Don't speak.

"I didn't expect you to know a lot about this Southeast form." When Guo Sheng heard Fang Bei say this, he couldn't help but be a little impressed: "Yes, business in the southeast is not very easy to do, and the Japanese are rampant, but when it comes to the Japanese invaders, there will be another public case." ”

Saying this, Guo Sheng smiled, looked around, and then said slowly: "Have you heard of Wang Zhi?" ”

Fang Bei's expression changed slightly, and then he forcibly kept calm, which was really forced not to panic: "Are you talking about Wang Zhi, who is known as the King of Hui?" ”

Wang Zhike is really a very famous person, and it's strange that Fang Bei hasn't heard of it.

However, when he heard it here, Fang Bei was very skeptical that the Wang Zhi that Guo Sheng said was the Wang Zhi he knew.

"Exactly." Guo Sheng sighed: "He is Han, but he has started a big business in Dongying, and the things on the southeast sea are basically the final say of the Wufeng shipowner." ”

"And this ship was originally customized by him specifically for me."

"It's just that he didn't come to receive the goods because something happened in the middle."

"What's the matter?" Fang Bei couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Wang Zhi Many people think that he is a pirate leader, but in my opinion, Wang Zhi is more of a businessman, after all, he is now running business at sea, and if he doesn't have a guy in his hand, he has no confidence, and there is no future just by plundering ships, only if he can master the mature shipping routes, is a steady stream of ways to make money."

"Eight out of ten trade routes on the sea are now controlled by this Hui king." Guo Sheng has a bit of a taste of eloquence: "My Guo family started from my grandfather's generation, and now it has been three generations and seventy years of accumulation to reach today's weather, and this Wang Zhi, in less than twenty years of hard work, has accumulated almost more wealth than the Guo family. ”

"In short, after Wang Zhi's business became bigger, he always wanted to wash his hands on the shore." Guo Sheng looked at Fang Bei and said.

Fang Bei smiled: "Zhao'an?" ”

At this time, it is time for Li Kui's younger brother to come out: recruit An, recruit An, recruit Niaoan.

"Yes, Zhao'an." Guo Sheng didn't laugh.

"After all, Wang Zhi is not young now, he has been adrift at sea for half his life, and when he is old, he always wants to return to his roots and return to his hometown."

"And don't look at the government to treat him as a thief, but in Yingzhou, this Wufeng ship owner is really majestic, and in the southeast realm, he is also an existence that can be called the emperor of the sea."

"And how much is his bounty? Is there a fifteen billion? Fang Bei said suddenly.

"Bounty?" Guo Sheng didn't go around this bend for a while.

In fact, there are really not many people who can bypass this bend.

"Then it seems that there is no more, and sure enough, the Four Emperors are not so easy to be." Fang Bei smiled and said, "Ignore me, you can continue." ”

"Okay." Guo Sheng has been taught that Fang Bei sometimes likes to talk nonsense, so he doesn't care much about it.

Probably in the eyes of others, Fang Bei also belongs to the type of radio waves.

"In short, Wang Zhi has been in contact with the government recently, preparing to accept Zhao'an, on the one hand, to gain the recognition of the imperial court, and on the other hand, to find a home for his brothers who eat together."

"Of course, Wang Zhi's recruitment is not just talking."

"He's going to negotiate terms with the government."

"Talking about conditions?" Don't look at Guo Sheng.

Guo Sheng nodded: "Yes, talk about the conditions." ”

"If the imperial court agrees, he will give the imperial court 20% of his annual income as a tax, which is almost 2 million taels of silver this year."

Fang Bei nodded, if it was Wang Zhi, he would have an income of 10 million a year, Fang Bei was not surprised at all.

After all, how to say it?

When the Great Zhou Dynasty implemented the sea ban, all the ocean trade was basically taken over by this Wang Zhi, 10 million taels of silver, which is really not a problem.

"Lift the sea ban and open the port to the city." Guo Sheng said these eight words quietly.