Chapter 181: The Royal Fleet
The next morning, Zhang Yun woke up, remembered the delicious yellow croaker yesterday, and unconsciously came to the kitchen.
At this time, the kitchen was already full of smoke, and the man got up early to prepare breakfast for the Changning army, and he was already busy sweating.
Seeing Zhang Yun coming in, he hurriedly saluted Zhang Yun.
"Wait a minute, stew these yellow croakers and bring them to me." Zhang Yun waved his hand to excuse them and said with a smile.
Immediately, he left the kitchen with his hands behind his back and went straight back to his residence.
About 30 minutes later, a cook walked in with steaming yellow croaker and steamed buns.
Zhang Yun smiled at the cook, let him go, and then began to enjoy the food.
"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Suddenly there was a roar outside.
Then, Zhao Hu followed Han Cheng in.
"Hey, yellow croaker." Zhao Hu saw Zhang Yun eating fish, and he was not polite, picked up the chopsticks and ate the steamed buns, and devoured them.
Zhang Yun was afraid that he would finish eating, so the two had to hurry up and feast.
"Hiccup." After Zhao Hu finished eating, he burped and patted his stomach with satisfaction.
"Tell me, what are you looking for from me?" Zhang Yun said helplessly.
Seeing Zhang Yun asking, Han Cheng arched his hand and said, "My lord, our merchant ship has arrived." ”
"Really? Take me to see it. Zhang Yun was overjoyed, and immediately hurriedly asked Han Cheng to take him to have a look.
Han Cheng didn't dare to hesitate, and pulled Zhang Yun and went directly to the dock.
Zhang Yun's residence is not far from the wharf, so after walking for a few minutes, he vaguely saw the big ships, and saw that those ships were eight or nine zhang long, more than three zhang high, and four or five zhang wide, all of which could be regarded as big ships. (In ancient times, one zhang was 3.33 meters.) )
"Let's go, go up and have a look." Zhang Yun shouted with a smile.
The group sped towards the pier, and when they reached the pier, they boarded the merchant ship.
Zhang Yun leaned on the side of the boat, looking down at the whole of Qingdao.
Suddenly, the whole Qingdao is in full view.
"How many ships are there?" Zhang Yun asked with a smile.
"A total of 10 were ordered."
Zhang Yun secretly calculated in his heart, there was still a gap between the number in his heart.
However, it is not without remedies.
"Go, bring me the head of the Li family and the head of the Zhao family." Zhang Yun commanded at Han Cheng.
Han Cheng was ordered to retreat, and it was about half an hour before the group was late.
"Chang Ningbo, I have delayed something and made you wait for a long time, please forgive me." Li Yang and Zhao Youcai played haha.
"I congratulate the two heads of the family on making a fortune."
As soon as the two of them heard this, their faces changed, and they sneered: "Where we get rich, we just make hard money." ”
Zhang Yun waved his hand, and he didn't want to listen to the two crying poor, he knew that these two guys' ships definitely exceeded the regulations, but now they were asking for it, and they didn't want to pursue it.
"I want to take the two heads of the family to make a big difference, I don't know if the two of you are willing to do it?" Zhang Yun said with a smile.
"Chang Ningbo, please say, if anything is within our ability, the two of us will never refuse."
Zhang Yun saw that the two of them were so good, and he didn't talk nonsense: "I want to go to Wadao with your fleet, let's go to Wadao together, dry waves." ”
The two thought about it, felt that it was profitable, and nodded again and again.
Zhang Yun asked again, what kind of things are easy to sell in Japan.
The two said in unison: "Tea." ”
Japan learns everything from China, and the Japanese tea ceremony is just the surface of China.
Therefore, tea in Japan can be regarded as a necessity for the aristocracy and a condiment for the common people.
When Daming's tea arrives in Japan, it can be as high as 5 taels of silver a catty, and you must know that in Daming, it is only a few hundred texts.
The profit in it is enough to drive them crazy.
Zhang Yun had the answer in his heart, and ordered people to go to the vicinity and even the coastal areas to buy tea at a high price, and bought hundreds of thousands of catties in less than seven days.
Li Yang and Zhao Youcai were both shocked by Zhang Yun's generosity.
The eve of departure.
Zhang Yun asked people from the two families to come and discuss the specific matters of going to sea tomorrow, and Zhang Yun asked people to go to the nearby state capital to requisition ships, and now he has more than 50 ships.
Of course, there are large and small ships, and if you count them by the standard, it is estimated that there are only 40 large ships.
The two major families and their affiliated small families scraped together 60 ships.
"Chang Ningbo, you bought so much tea, if you can't sell it, won't you smash it?" Zhao Youcai asked with a puzzled face.
If they go once, they will bring tens of thousands of catties at most, and this is not necessarily the case that they will be sold out.
Zhang Yun brought so much that he had to pay for the loss of his underwear.
"Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, I'm useful."
"By the way, have you brought your stuff with you?" Zhang Yun asked with a smile.
The two nodded, indicating that they were always ready.
"That's good, you two go back and have a good rest, and then, we have to fight a bad battle."
The two said goodbye to Zhang Yun and left directly.
Soon after the two left, Han Cheng and Zhao Hu walked in.
"My lord, can you sell so much tea? If you want to drink it, you have to drink it until that year. Zhao Hu was very puzzled by Zhang Yun's decision.
Han Cheng didn't question Zhang Yun, after all, he had followed Zhang Yun for so long, and he had never seen Zhang Yun do loss-making business.
Zhang Yun ignored Zhao Hu's questioning and looked directly at Han Cheng: "Are the brothers ready?" ”
Han Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "Brothers, they are all waiting to make a fortune with you." ”
"Let my brothers have a good rest, and I'll take them to see tomorrow, the anti-Japanese heroes, not only Qi Taibao."
The two smiled and retreated, while Zhang Yun washed up and lay back on the bed to sleep.
Early the next morning, the sun was rising, the fog on the sea was lifting, the grass on the sea was still hanging with some dewdrops, and the air was a little cold.
At this time, more than 100 boats of all sizes were parked at Qingdao Wharf.
The soldiers of the Changning Army, the guards from all over the country, and even the wealthy merchants in the city all exhaled white breath and waited quietly for Zhang Yun's arrival.
"Hahaha... Sorry to keep you waiting. Zhang Yun thought that he had gotten up early enough, but he thought that these people were more enthusiastic than he imagined.
When the soldiers saw Zhang Yun arrive, a smile appeared on their faces, and they immediately began to move.
Seeing that the time was about the same, Zhang Yun ordered the soldiers to start boarding the ship.
Suddenly, the soldiers on the entire dock began to move, and boarded their ships in an orderly manner.
"Chang Ningbo, we can't afford a name for this fleet." Zhao Youcai and Li Yang leaned closer to Zhang Yun and said with a smile.
Zhang Yun thought for a moment and slowly spoke: "Then it's called the Daming Royal Fleet." ”
The two muttered, "The Ming Royal Fleet." ”
Then he nodded and walked towards his merchant ship.
"Your Excellency, you're all set."
"Let's get on board too."
Zhang Yun heard Han Cheng's report and walked directly towards his main ship with the two of them.
After standing firm, Zhang Yun yelled at the fleet: "Let's go!" ”
The ship left the dock and headed for the Sea of Japan.