Chapter 155: Plans to go to sea
Then she really can't find anyone who is willing to go to sea to do business.
Lin Shuqing asked someone before, there are people in Hangzhou who can go to sea, but the price given by those people is not cheap, and it costs one or two thousand silver to buy a boat to go to sea.
The most expensive thing is the labor cost!
The wages paid for going to sea are equivalent to the money for those people's lives, plus goods and the like.
A boat costs about three thousand taels of silver, and if it is not damaged on the road, it can be brought back a lot of money.
But at the end of the day, her main problem is that she is poor, so she can only choose such a cheap way.
"Yes girls, they said yes!" Zhang Liqiang said happily.
Several brown-skinned men immediately smiled on their faces, and knelt down in front of Lin Shuqing with their hands folded.
This happened to attract the attention of many people around him.
"Boss Zhang, take them away, let's go back and think about it in the long run." Lin Shuqing said.
Lin Shuqing left the dock on the other side, and the spies hidden in the corner also went back immediately.
Xie's house in the west of the city.
In the quiet study, Xie Yushan was holding a brush and swaying on the paper roll.
The young man in brocade slowly paced behind him and saluted: "Father, Lin Shuqing went to the dock, it seems that he wants to find some people to go to sea." ”
"Could it be that she wants to send someone to find her husband?" The young man wondered.
"Probably not. The purpose of her trip to Hangzhou was to find some food from Fanbang, and a few days ago, it was said that she had a thing called chili pepper in her hand, which tasted very strange after cooking. This time, I don't know what I'm looking for......" The pen and ink in Xie Yushan's hand didn't stop for a moment, bending down and carefully sketching.
"Do you want someone to intervene?"
"Wang'er, you can handle these little things yourself, you don't have to come over to trouble me."
"It's the father, the child will retire first."
"Wait!" Xie Yushan stood up straight, put down the pen and ink in his hand, and looked at the paper scroll on the desk with a smile on his face.
"Wang'er, come and take a look, how is my painting?"
Xie Yushan's satisfaction and admiration for this work on paper almost overflowed his eyebrows.
The young man stood in front of his desk and looked at the painting with a calm face.
"This is my father's painting of 'the desert is lonely and straight, and the sun sets over the long river'?"
After hearing this, the smile on Xie Yushan's face became a lot thicker: "It seems that it is quite a beginner, you can see it at a glance." ”
"Like it? It was given to you by the Father! ”
“…… No, father give it to mother, mother may like it. ”
The smile on Xie Yushan's face immediately froze, slightly bitter and helpless.
"You stinky boy!"
After saying this, the young man left the house without looking back.
On the other side of the Xie family, the spies also sent the same news.
"Eldest Prince, do you want me to wait on the boat to do some tricks?" The staff member with a small goatee on the side said with a fierce face.
"No, let her go, this business at sea is not so easy to do."
After Lin Shuqing went back, he spent a lot of effort to buy boats and food for several Fanbang people.
She had heard that people in ocean shipping were prone to scurvy and usually took oranges out to eat.
It's hard to find so many oranges this season, so Lin Shuqing handed them the recipe for soaking bean sprouts.
During the process, I asked Boss Zhang to translate.
After hearing this, several Fanbang people knelt on the ground and saluted Lin Shuqing.
What was still babbling in his mouth, Lin Shuqing didn't understand, and was a little puzzled.
"What are they talking about?" Lin Shuqing asked Zhang Liqiang.
"Girl, they are calling you a goddess, saying that you know this life-saving method, a goddess given to them by God." Zhang Liqiang was also puzzled when he translated this thing.
This recipe is a bit valuable, and the girl just handed it over to them directly, isn't it a loss.
"Why?"
The two of them inquired more carefully, and only then did they know the reason.
It turned out that in their kingdom, people often got these diseases, especially those who went to sea, and some people in their families died from this strange disease for generations.
They call it a curse!
Especially after going to sea, when you turn away from your land, you are cursed by God!
The kingdom in which they lived, an angel of God had spoken.
As long as they worship the gods devoutly, they will one day be forgiven by the gods, and the gods will come down to save them.
And in their country, there is no such thing as beans.
I had eaten it, but I didn't know it was life-saving.
Lin Shuqing listened to the content for a while, and probably knew why.
The poor families over there were not born on land, but on ships, and many poor people lived on ships for generations and could not get off the boats.
Many of them grew up eating fish, where there are a lot of fish, and they eat freely, and there are not necessarily wild fruits or anything.
To put it bluntly, it's a lack of vitamins, that's all.
After finding the reason, Lin Shuqing showed an embarrassed but polite smile.
"Let them get up, just say it's my order, and give them the painting by the way." Lin Shuqing commanded.
is still a picture scroll with the appearance of sweet potatoes, this time Lin Shuqing has more paint at hand, uses a lot, and paints more carefully.
"Tell them that if they have anything else to eat, bring some back with them." Try to bring it back alive with the soil. Lin Shuqing advised.
Compared to the spices and precious stones, gold and silver brought by other Fanbang merchants, such a request seems a bit peculiar.
After listening to this, several people were full of energy, and kept bowing to Lin Shuqing, as if they were expressing their determination.
Lin Shuqing couldn't understand the language, but her general demeanor was still okay.
Even though she was a little embarrassed, Lin Shuqing still looked at them with a warm smile on her face.
If you like beans, bring a few more bags with you.
Anyway, in order to make tofu, they bought a lot of oil, and these bags of beans can still afford to be delivered.
After several days of preparation, the gang happily boarded the ship home with beans and other goods.
Lin Shuqing stood in the port, watching them set sail, and even saluted in their own direction, without much reluctance in her eyes.
He stood with a cold face for a moment.
"Girl, what's wrong? Is there something wrong? Zhang Liqiang asked suspiciously.
"I don't think our ship is too small." Lin Shuqing looked at the boat she bought and the big ship next door.
"It's a little small, but girl, this is the biggest boat we can buy."
Zhang Liqiang glanced at the boat next to him, and there was some helplessness in his eyes.
"The sea is rough in the summer. If they are lucky, they should be able to get home sooner, if they are unlucky......" Lin Shuqing said thoughtfully.
After Zhang Liqiang heard this, the expression on his face was a little twisted.
How can Miss Lin know everything? Even when most of the wind and waves know, there are other things, is it really like those people are sent down by God?