Chapter 954: Buying a Ship and Spreading Departure
Sun Sanqiang came here to buy a ship, and he had been in charge of the cold iron ore in the Moon Shadow Kingdom before, and he was the closest to here. Now Xingchenling's manpower can't be mobilized, so Jiang Xingchen called him in a letter. And as soon as he arrived, he immediately released the news that he was going to buy a seven-story treasure ship, which caused quite a stir!
People wondered who had come here to buy a seven-story treasure ship. Minggang City is the seaside port of the Dachen Kingdom, similar to the Linhai City of the Dali Kingdom. There are also many trading houses that rely on the sea to eat, and the maritime trade is quite prosperous, but there are not many really seven-story treasure ships, only a few large trading houses, or it took a lot of effort to get them from overseas, and they are all regarded as treasures, how can they be sold.
Sure enough, after Sun Sanqiang's news was released, no one came to talk about it at all. As people expected, the seven-story treasure ship is the foundation of the trading house, unless you don't want to do overseas trade, who will sell it!
"The typical person is stupid and has a lot of money, and he actually came here to buy a boat...... Do you know where it came from?"
"Listening to them, it seems to be the accent of the Qiankun Empire!"
"Qiankun Empire, no wonder, they have always had no brains......" In the ridicule of people, this matter gradually faded.
But who knew that on the fourth day of the news release, the ocean trading house suddenly announced that it would sell three seven-story treasure ships.
When this news came out, the entire Minggang City really shook, and almost everyone was talking about it; Discussions, they are also puzzled.
Sino-Ocean Commercial Bank was originally just a small commercial house, inconspicuous in Minggang City. But last year, they shocked the entire Minggang City, such a small commercial house. I actually got five seven-story treasure ships.
After that, ocean trading houses sprung up. A large amount of trade brought a lot of income, and they also became one of the few large trading houses in Minggang City.
And now is the time when Sino-Ocean Commercial Houses are at their most prosperous. They want to sell the seven-story treasure ship, isn't this full of food, and they don't want to do overseas trade in the future?
"What do you say is the matter with ocean trading houses, which sell ships when they are at their most prosperous?"
"Who knows, it's probably the owner's brain in water!"
"Maybe I really don't want to do it, although overseas trade is highly profitable, but it is also very risky! This year, I have made a lot of money from going to sea, and it is normal to want to stop it! Besides, I sold a seven-story treasure ship, but it is a lot of income!"
"I don't think it's possible, if you do what you say. It's so easy to sell all five ships directly, why do you keep two of them?"
"yes, why don't they sell them all......."
There was speculation that several other trading houses that were engaged in ocean trade were happy. This year, the pressure brought to them by the ocean was too great, and the huge transportation volume of five seven-story treasure ships attracted a large number of merchants to transport goods, and their merchants were also robbed of a lot. Now that COSCO has sold three seven-story treasure ships at once, and the transportation volume has been reduced by half, how can they be unhappy.
At this time, the shopkeeper Wei of the Sino-Ocean Commercial Bank was also furrowed and confused! Why did the family hear the news and actually let themselves sell the boat to the other party!
"I knew I wouldn't write a letter to the empire, and if the young master didn't know, he wouldn't let me sell the ship...... What a great opportunity for development! I'm afraid I'm going to stagnate in the future......"
Shopkeeper Wei shook his head and sighed. But he had to listen to the instructions of his family, so he had to reluctantly sign his name on the purchase agreement.
In fact, Sun Sanqiang himself is also very strange, according to Jiang Xingchen. He just needs to wait slowly, and then the Great Chen Kingdom will definitely send someone to contact you. Naturally, someone will sell us a seven-story treasure ship.
But in the end, he didn't wait for the people of the Great Chen Kingdom, but came to the shopkeeper Wei of the Ocean Trading Company.
Anyway. The news has been released, and there is no reason why people come to sell the boat and not buy it, otherwise everyone can see that you have ulterior motives.
first wrote a letter to Jiang Xingchen to explain the situation, and he signed the agreement under the urging of the shopkeeper Wei, paid the money, and then accepted three seven-story treasure ships......
Not long after Sun Sanqiang bought the seven-story treasure ship, Emperor Da Chen in the palace, the main city of the Great Chen Kingdom, was so angry that he dropped all the cups and yelled: "Who let them sell the seven-story treasure ship privately?"
After hearing the news, he immediately sent someone to Minggang City, in order to contact Sun Sanqiang. When the messenger brought it back from the stars, it scared him enough.
It's okay if Jiang Xingchen jumps like thunder, but the other party is kind and pleasant, and he looks light, this is definitely not a good thing, maybe he will be ruthless to himself at any time.
This time, he heard that Jiang Xingchen was going to buy a boat, and he felt that the opportunity had come. immediately sent someone to Minggang City, preparing to contact Sun Sanqiang on the one hand to express his willingness to help, and on the other hand, let the city lord warn a few trading houses with seven-story treasure ships that they could not sell them if they were bitten to death. In this way, the value of your help can be reflected.
But he never thought that the ocean-going merchant would act so quickly, and the people sent by his side had not yet arrived in Minggang, and his side had already signed an agreement to sell the ship.
"Ocean Trading Company, it's a good thing to spoil me! Wait for me, I won't be able to clean you up when I turn back......" Emperor Da Chen was so angry that he really hated Ocean Trading Company to the core.
At the same time, in the courtyard of the Fang family in the imperial capital of Qiankun, Fang Wuwu held the letter from the shopkeeper Wei, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"They're going to go to sea, hehe, of course I'm going to help you...... Jiang Xingchen, it should be enough for you to call the wind and rain for a while!"
Fang Wuwu muttered in a low voice, he had been worried about this paragraph. The Eight Kingdoms were defeated, Jiang Xingchen returned, and in the end, even the eldest prince ran away, and he was overwhelmed by the news one after another.
It wasn't until he received a letter from the shopkeeper of Minggang City Wei that he smiled for the first time, you Jiang Xingchen will continue to fight to the death overseas in the future! That's why he instructed the shopkeeper Wei to sell the three seven-story treasure ships and spread the news overseas......
And in the cursed land, Jiang Xingchen also received a letter from Sun Sanqiang.
"Hehe, this ocean-going trading house is a bit interesting...... Jiang Xingchen laughed, shook his head and said: "Emperor Da Chen's life is really bad, I give you a chance to cut off your beard!"
Putting down the letter, Jiang Xingchen immediately called the young master of the Mu family, telling him that the seven-story treasure ship had set off from Dachen Ming Port City and was sailing to this side, and asked him to speed up the construction of the three-story treasure ship, and be sure to build five to eight ships within half a month.
Now thousands of people from the Mu family are rushing to work in the shipyard, and shipbuilding is already in progress. The young master of the Mu family estimated it, nodded in response, and rushed back to work.
After the young master of the Mu family left, Jiang Xingchen called Wang Tong again, and the sailors were still prepared by him, and he could mobilize a maximum of 100 private soldiers for him this trip.
Wang Tong couldn't wait for a long time, nodded and turned to leave, informing the children of the family of the news, and at the same time writing a letter to Wang Lun at home, recruiting sailors with a lot of money.
After Jiang Xingchen made arrangements, he called Han Xiaowu and asked him to gather the craftsmen! The main purpose of this trip to the sea was rubber, and the wooden barrels must be prepared more.
In addition, he also had to make a considerable number of grenades! As for the ballista, he didn't bring it with him for the time being, and it didn't work if he brought it to sea.
After Han Xiaowu left, Jiang Xingchen ordered people to prepare all kinds of materials needed for the voyage...... After he had finished his work, he wrote a letter to Xingchen Ling, bringing in a hundred private soldiers, carrying new crossbows and steel balls......
Once you get busy, time flies, and half a month passes unconsciously. Thousands of people worked day and night at the shipyard to finally build eight three-story treasure ships. The craftsmen also completed the making of 3,000 wooden barrels.
The 100 private soldiers led by Xingchen hurried and arrived yesterday. The ribs also flew over. The three seven-story treasure ships that departed from Minggang City had already arrived in Linhai City, and the children of the Wang family and a few sailors had officially taken over the three ships from the Ocean Merchant House.
It can be said that everything is ready now, and the fleet can set off when the seven-story treasure ship reaches the sea off the Cursed Land......
Just when Jiang Xingchen was preparing intensively, on Sizhou Island overseas, Wang Sun also received news from Minggang City.
"Jiang Xingchen sent someone to buy three seven-story treasure ships...... Is the news accurate?" asked Wang Sun excitedly and loudly.
"Absolutely, thousands of people saw three seven-story treasure ships sail to Linhai City!" said the person who delivered the news.
"Okay!" Wang Sun slapped the chair hard and laughed. In the first battle of the Southern Wilderness, his two years of hard work were ruined, and the phosphate mine was also occupied by Futeng, and when he mentioned Jiang Xingchen, he hated it so much that he was about to crush his teeth.
"Eighty percent of them are going to Flowing Sap Tree Island again...... Hehe, when I get to the ocean, it's my place!
"Wang Sun, you can't take it lightly! Jiang Xingchen has a ballista that can hit thousands of meters!" Yan He hesitated for a long time before he opened his mouth to persuade.
"I know!" Wang Sun waved his hand and sneered: "Jiang Xingchen may just believe in running away too much, so he will make such a big fanfare...... However, his ballista may not be useful at sea! Not on land, so it is not so easy to aim! That is, they will lose their advantage in distance! We also have bed crossbows, and we have also got grenade technology...... This time, he will not be able to come and go!"
"That's right, our bed crossbow also has a range of 600 meters to fire bows and arrows! And we also have some self-fuel, so we can also use grenades!" said the shopkeeper Liu.
Yan He lowered his head and continued: "Wang Sun, I think it's better to be careful, it's better to let Hei Lang try it first, anyway, Jiang Xingchen won't come, why do you want to come out in person!"
"Yes! Yes!" Wang Sun was very happy when he heard this, patted Yan He's shoulder, and said, "Write a letter to Hei Lang and let them go first!"
After speaking, Wang Sun was about to go out, but after a pause, he stopped, and said: "I have to tell Chongming Island, if Jiang Xingchen is not there, that old guy from Tang Tian must be there, and he can't let it go!"
"Yes!" Yan He hurriedly bowed his upper body after hearing this, shook his wheelchair to the table, picked up a pen and paper and began to write a letter......
After another three days, three seven-story treasure ships arrived in the open sea of the Cursed Lands. As soon as the old man and the others were ready, they got on the three-story treasure boat that had just been launched, and entered the sea from the river......! R1292