"Hey, hey, work hard! Hey, hey, hey, work hard! ”

Shouting such slogans, a group of people finally delivered a huge and heavy package to its destination - a sea ship.

They are the shipwrights here, which means that in addition to being responsible for unloading the cargo from the ship when it docks and transporting the cargo to the ship for the next trip, they are also the sailors of the ship, sailing with the ship.

Not only that, but like the caravans roaming the border markets, they will occasionally do some gray business or something.

However, in comparison, because the sea conditions are far more volatile than on land, unless there is some inextricable feud between the owners behind the two boats, the sea is usually dominated by mutual aid, because you have no way of knowing whether you will one day become a delicacy for the fish of the sea after a storm.

"Are you all packed?"

"It's all right, and the preparations for sailing are all ready, this time we're the fastest group again."

"Very good, let's go have a drink together, I'll have a treat!"

"Oooooooooo!!oo

The young men, who were also sailors and part-time porters, immediately responded with the most enthusiasm.

"How's Brother's business lately?"

Shipwrights have a circle of shipwrights, and shipowners and merchants who wait for their goods to be loaded on board can be counted as another circle.

"It's not good, Yuan Benchu has solved Gongsun Bogui, although he didn't make any big moves after that, just sent people to Liaodong after the demise of the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, but it is said that the people sent over returned to Xinyang soon, but I don't know why, and then I didn't continue to send people. In addition, it is to recuperate and clear the internal stubborn diseases. However, after Yuan Tan and Yuan Dagongzi, who originally returned to Xinyang, returned to Qingzhou, he asked officials from all over Qingzhou to go to the plains to visit him, and as you know, those counties in the south of Qingzhou did not like this Yuan Dagongzi very much, not to mention the ability to be with the former Lang evil Taishou. The current Yuzhou Mu Liu Xuande is very different, just saying that this is a person, no one will like such a moody guy. ”

"Yes, Yuan Benchu actually has such a son like a pig and dog, no wonder he was sent to this Qingzhou land."

"Who's to say it isn't. Therefore, everyone would rather listen to the words of the Qingzhou Zang Assassin appointed by the imperial court, rather than listen to the son-in-law appointed by Yuan Benchu in private. But the problem is that the son-in-law is from an extraordinary background, and he is also the eldest son of the Yuan family, and going out to do things also represents the face of the Yuan family, even if he really has no ability. I think I'm pretty good at crying. ”

"Could it be that what the elder brother just said is that the situation has not been very good recently, and it is because of the 'crying' of this eldest prince Yuan?"

"Yes, I don't know how that bullshit boy played right and wrong in front of Yuan Jizhou, not only did he get reinforcements from Yuan Jizhou to attack several cities where the officials who didn't pay homage to him were located, on the grounds that the other party was fornicating with bandits, but also wantonly set up checkpoints to impose heavy taxes on us caravans. If they do not comply, they will easily take people and things in the name of bandits. Extorting money from family members. It can be said that in addition to being slightly restrained in front of some big families, it has hurt small businessmen such as me. ”

"I didn't expect this eldest son of the Yuan family to be so unrelievable."

"No, the active mind tries to avoid those checkpoints on the land, not only for the sake of money, but more importantly, than the storms that may appear on the sea. The unscrupulous eldest prince is even more frightening. ”

"Then the Qingzhou Thorn Shi appointed by Xuchang doesn't care about this kind of thing?"

"If it is close to Lang Xie and Mount Tai, that Zang Thorn History may still be able to take care of one or two, but if it is far away, that Thorn Shi is also beyond the reach of the whip, after all, I heard that the Yuan Cao family has a close relationship. How could it be possible to wait for us to meet the grass militia. I think that unless the eldest prince Yuan is mad and runs to Zang Tingshi's nose to take people and kill people, in order to look good and have real evidence, he can make a move. However, with the current situation, no one can guarantee what effect can be achieved even if there are actions, but it is better to take this sea route, although there are storms on the sea, there are also shallow reefs under the water surface, and you can always grasp it if you walk more. ”

"Listening to what Brother Tai said, I only understood why this water transportation business is so easy to do now, if it continues to develop according to this situation, maybe we will have to prepare more ships in the future, maybe this business can be very big."

"Yes, in the future, we will have to rely more on the boss in order to make us businessmen profitable."

"Each other, if you didn't choose the sea route, it would be difficult for me to afford so many boats and so many people."

"By the way, Boss Guan is said to have traveled all over the world and has an understanding of the sea routes between the north and the south, so I don't know if I can take the liberty of asking."

"It's okay, it's okay, anyway, as long as Brother Tai doesn't ask me for that private chart."

"Haha, naturally not, naturally not, the taboo in this regard is still very clear, the kind of treasure that is related to the life and fortune of the boss is naturally not coveted. It's just a little curiosity about my own selfishness. ”

"Isn't it a good business? That's really a good time to listen to. ”

"No, no, no, it's just that I'm curious about what happened in Liaodong, so it didn't take long for the officials who went to Liaodong to choose to turn around, and even after they came back, they didn't want to talk more about what happened in Liaodong. Although this is just a little curious in private, it is not bad if it is said that it is a business matter, after all, the local products of Liaodong are still very popular in Jizhou. ”

"What about the situation in Liaodong...... Actually, even I don't know very well, but I have heard those people who are begging for a living by the sea occasionally talk about the hinterland of Liaodong, which is probably just a 'miserable' word, and if I ask them a few more words, I will stay away as if I have seen a plague god, and I and my subordinates should not go to investigate because of curiosity, it is said that it is very dangerous. ”

I thought about it, but I didn't tell the other party all the information, first, the two sides had no contact before except for the recent trade exchanges, even if it couldn't be said that they met in Pingshui, they didn't necessarily get close. And for businessmen, as long as the expected benefits are large enough. Even if he tried to block it, it was unlikely to have any impact on the other party's decision.

After all, the profession of a businessman is that when you have ten times the profit, you can talk to any super strong person who has saved zài as an enemy!

"Is that so? Although a little unwilling, but compared to the financial road, sure enough, life is the most important thing in these years. ”

Then, the conversation turned to the recent fashion trends in Jizhou and which goods are in short supply. It can be sold for a good price, and other news that always hides truth and malice in the true and false information.

Then do you want to forget all the information you have learned, or do you sort it out and use it, or you can completely believe the hearsay and make what may be the most important risky decision in your life?

Under the play of the god of fate, you can never know whether your choice is right or wrong.

Even if some people always claim how decisive they were and were guided by the god of fate, in fact, it is more of an inevitable choice made under the gaze of outsiders or forced by the situation, and no one can be 100% sure of one thing.

Even those holy beasts that were high above were completely unsure whether their actions would really achieve their goals.

Otherwise, Li Shushi probably would not have had that trip to Hanhai that made him scratch his head.

A bowl of cloudy wine that is somewhat cloudy and blackened in color. Although it was not yet noon, it was obviously the best pleasure for the dock workers and sailors, who had been busy since the early hours of the morning, to have a bowl of warm wine to eat during the break, and then the lively people spontaneously gathered together, or to talk loudly, or simply to play some of the local popular and superficial games of Liubo - even if the government could say that this kind of behavior was expressly forbidden, it still could not stop the enthusiasm of the gamblers and their luck. After all, in a certain sense, gamblers are also tempted by ten times the profit.

As for those who are not very fond of noisy environments. They will stay away from the area where the gamblers are, hide in a corner by the sea, quietly look at the vast and boundless sea, and let their hearts be washed by the turquoise or light blue water. Broad, then gazing at the seabirds flying by in the sky from time to time, recalling the experience of fighting in the wind and rain.

They don't have much time to rest, in fact when all the ships are loaded and unloaded, and their fleet sets sail. In this era of lack of weather forecasts, people can only barely use the experience accumulated in various ways to judge the weather conditions on the sea near the coast, and as far away, they can only pray for the blessing of God.

So, just enjoy this rare moment of leisure in exchange for your hard work.

Speaking of which, the place where this fleet is located should theoretically belong to Tateshi County in the territory of Le'an in the north of Qingzhou, but this kind of large island some distance from the county seat, and there are more than 1,000 brave people entrenched on the island, the local officials dare not casually run to the island to collect taxes, because that means that the "brave" little official can easily become a "missing person" who has countless similar cases every year in troubled times.

The inhabitants of the island, who used to be fishing, have recently added new jobs such as shipping and shipbuilding, and what has changed so much here is that a sea tycoon who has been very famous in the local area, I heard that for some reason he has been in a foreign country for a long time to ask for a living, and in the last six months, he has returned to his hometown with a group of people.

Villagers on land and fishermen at sea are convinced of this kind of thing.

After all, the previous one was a well-known hero in the neighborhood, and the rangers and bandits under his command were not good people, and they were deeply hated by both the local villagers and the merchants who came and went. In less than ten years, it is only half a generation, which is not enough to make the villagers forget those scenes of the past, and they naturally still have the fear left over from that year in their hearts.

But that person is obviously really developed as he says.

Not only did he build roads and bridges in the place where he was born, benefiting the villagers, but he even invited two young masters to the children in the village. For the people, it is enough to greatly improve their happiness index.

The prodigal son did not change his money. It can even be said that a good person doing good deeds may people be numb, but if a bad person suddenly does a good deed, even if many people still look at each other with doubtful eyes, there will still be more people who are moved to cry, as if they are suffering from Stockholm syndrome.

In this context. In fact, the newly pulled up team did not continue to cause trouble to the township, but hired a lot of Xiangzi to help him build ports and shipyards on the islands in the open sea under the guidance of technicians hired from other places.

So, when the wharf and port were built. After all kinds of ships have been put in place, many middle-aged laborers have stayed, after all, compared to the need to suffer from the increasingly harsh exploitation of the Qingzhou Thorn History to which Yuan Shao belonged in his hometown, it is better to follow his fellow villagers, not to mention food and clothing, if he is lucky or has a flexible mind, maybe he can make a name for himself with the advantages of his fellow villagers.

At least, it can be seen from the appearance of the man who sprinkled money after returning to his hometown. He had a good time before.

"Alright boys, those slow-moving fools are almost done. It's time for us to get ready to sail. ”

Then there was a burst of laughter and scolding, and everyone moved.

Although there was a feeling of unfinished thinking about it, whether it was the joke just now, or the meditating, there was no way, it was their job, it was something they had to accomplish. Only when the work is done well can the relatives at home have good food and clothing.

In fact, don't look at them expressing the melancholy in their chests with laughter and scolding at this time, but if you really let them give up their work and play to their heart's content for a year and a half, these men who grew up by the sea will be even more unhappy.

This kind of except that the boss is a little harsh. In addition to receiving some additional training that is much stricter than in the township, how many jobs can there be in troubled times with good salaries and various related treatments?

Compared with the life of working hard at home for most of his life and still facing the loess with his back to the sky, the current life can be called happy, and even their big boss promised that if the dolls are promising, they can also recommend them to more knowledgeable people to study, and if they can get a half-official position in the future, it will be a huge change for the whole family.

This is a good treatment that only these villagers have, and those foreigners have no chance even if they drool with envy, and they can only rely on the opportunity to marry their daughters here to arrange the outsiders into this circle with a specific region as the core.

"Haha~ Xuan Gao, let you not listen to my advice, how about it, my profit from this trip can reach at least one million."

"Hey, hey, I'm studying Shaozhongtai, don't lie to me, that's a million dollars, what kind of commodity is so profitable?"

"Hehe, it's not some sea treasures, special products from the south, and I don't know where to get very beautiful utensils, oh yes, there are also rare and precious medicinal materials that can only be obtained from Liaodong across the sea."

"It's not that the Gongsun clan of Liaodong County was broken by Xianbei and slaughtered the whole city, and there are even rumors that the Xianbei army killed tens of thousands of men and women by the Daliang waterside outside Xiangping City, so that the river does not flow, and the downstream is dyed red."

"This statement is not wrong, but there is still Brother Zang that you don't know. There are many Haoqiang and people who know that the Xianbei army is coming, so they take refuge in the sea with their families in advance, although they have suffered a lot of losses in the wind and waves, but although the Xianbei army can go through the mountains and walk the plains, they only dare not go to the sea, and they can't stay in Liaodong for a long time, otherwise their Danhan Mountain is afraid that it will be copied by the one who merged the state.

As soon as the Xianbei people retreated, the people who hid in the sea returned to the shore, and now the Xianshi in the southeast of Liaodong and Xi'an Ping in the east and its surroundings have been lively again, but few people are willing to migrate to the north on a large scale, so they can only wait for a few warriors who have the courage to go deep into the north, or from the mountains and forests in the north and other foreign races to get those good things in the mountains, and occasionally hire some righteous servants in the mountains, I heard that those foreign tribes in the mountains also lost a lot in the attack of Xianbei. So this is a once-a-year opportunity, Brother Zang, if you want to participate after you miss it, you will have to wait until next year. ”

"Well, it's just a lot of money. Isn't the eldest young master of the Yuan family blushing? ”

"Hehe, what's the use of being red-eyed, don't look at the scale of more than 1,000 people on their side of Le'an, but I heard that they also have more than 1,000 people hidden in those islands north of Donglai, and they are in Liaodong. It has a scale of 10,000 people, and he is not afraid of the bullshit boy at all. I think if they really provoke them, maybe they will abandon the shore of the sea and kill that big boy. ”

"The rumors are true?"

"Who knows? Anyway, Liaodong is so far away from us, it is really not easy to verify it. ”

"Hey...... Originally, there was already a lot of dirt between us and that Yuan Dagongzi, even if our side continued to restrain itself, but just look at the other party's increasingly fierce methods recently, we can know that I am afraid that the one in Jizhou seems to be recuperating. But in fact, it is simply there to rearm and arm, and we in Qingzhou will inevitably bear the brunt.

But at such a time, there is suddenly such a lonely and powerful force involved in this battle, and even I can't see whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for us, which is really unsettling. ”

"Hehe, we can't control him on the sea. If you want to do business, we welcome it with both hands. But if you want to be our enemy. As long as he dares to abandon the boat and land, I, Sun Zhongtai, will be able to let him have no return, and regret being our enemy! ”

"But if it's just harassment, it's still a big headache."

"It's just a disease of scabies that can only be harassed by the sea, and we can make so much money by cooperating with them, so why really tear our faces? That's a million-dollar business. Millions of dollars! ”

"Okay, okay, don't look like a child who has never seen the world and has no future."

Although he smiled and criticized the appearance of his friends who were obsessed with money, Zang Ba was actually dripping blood in his heart.

That's a million dollars, it's really Huang Chengcheng's million dollars!

The number of millions sounds like a big one, but in fact it is for a large family of seven. It is indeed a very large number, and it is even a huge question whether the income of a lifetime of hard work can reach this number.

But if this number is put at the level of the family's power, let alone at the level of the country, it becomes a little insufficient.

In fact, according to the calculation method used in the Han Dynasty, which is not very high, that is, the legendary money that represents a thousand coins, a million dollars is just a thousand yuan, a number that is quite high or low.

The reason why this is said is because compared with ordinary people, who only need to care about the most basic consumer goods such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, the rich and powerful people need to pay attention to many more things.

For example, the high-quality war horse, which is known as the powerful face of the family, is a huge expenditure that cannot be ignored.

So how much was a war horse worth in the Han Dynasty?

It doesn't seem to make much sense to study absolute prices, just like the "chicken fart" of the Celestial Empire is always covered with clouds, not to mention that the price can fluctuate for a thousand and one reasons, so we use our relative purchasing power to take a peek at the leopard.

In the history of another plane, a guy from the Sima family who likes to destroy public property has written a book, saying that in the fifth year of Emperor Yongchu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (111), in order to deal with the rebels of Xiqiang, Hanoi Huai County Commander Yu Xu (this guy is very bull×) built a yì Zhonglang general Ren Shang (the aforementioned Deng Yu's sixth son Deng Xun pacified the Xiqiang rebellion's deputy, and later succeeded Ban Chao as the protector of the Western Regions, although he was also a good general, but unfortunately always made a big mistake of principle) to demobilize the county soldiers, Then they were asked to donate a few thousand dollars each, so that they could buy a horse with the money paid by twenty men.

Well, this means that a war horse needs at least tens of thousands of copper coins. And this is still in the north, if you go to places like Jiangdong and Jingnan, even if it is hundreds of thousands of dollars for a decent war horse, it is very common, so calculated, the number of millions of dollars is quite large, but in fact, even a few good horses may not be enough, let alone form a cavalry team.

And a war horse is still so expensive, so what about a war?

In the first year of Jianning (168), when Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, Duan Cheng, a famous general who was then the captain of the Qiang Guard, stated to the emperor his plan to suppress the Xiqiang rebellion: mobilize 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 3,000 chariots, and use three winters and two summers (with Duan Cheng's fighting style, it should definitely not be a battle at other times and only launch a campaign in a certain period of time, it is estimated that it should be a small-scale war of attrition at other times and a large-scale war of annihilation at a certain time, After that, a pursuit battle of incalculable length was added, which is in line with the description in the history books that Duan Cheng's crusade against the Qiang people "did not fight every day" and finally dragged down the Qiang people), and such a war of this scale would cost about 4.5 billion copper coins!!

Well, take a peek at the leopard, you will know how the country spent 24 billion yuan in the war against the Qiang people in the period of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty.

It is worth noting that the aforementioned charge of Ren Shang being beheaded and abandoned by the imperial court is that Ren Shang embezzled and accepted bribes of more than 10 million yuan, although in essence, the reason was to compete with Deng Zun, the cousin of the Empress Dowager Deng who was in charge of the dynasty at that time, but it can also be seen that this million money is actually only an order of magnitude away from that line.

Therefore, in the face of such a huge fortune, Zangba can still laugh without gaffes, which shows that after so many years of training, his qi cultivation kung fu can be regarded as a hall.

Of course, for the brother who knows him very well, although Sun Guan is about to hold back his internal injuries in his heart, it is impossible to continue to stimulate it on the surface, anyway, he has already sent this wealth to his brother, as long as it does not violate Cao Cao's general policy, such a thing is really not a big deal for them small forces with strong independent tendencies.

Plan to pass!

Of course, Zang Ba would not know what kind of ecstatic appearance these two conspirators looked like when Sun Guan told Yin Li and Wu Dun the news of his intentions.

After all, as the Zhendong general appointed by Cao Cao to lead Qingxu's military affairs, the questions that Zang Ba had to think about were fundamentally different from those of his former comrades-in-arms.

"Who is such a powerful businessman standing behind him?"

Pan Sen: The issue of currency is actually very complicated, so let's try to talk about it, but it is not rigorous enough, and it can only be said that it is just for reference. (To be continued......)