When Ouyang Bian heard Yu Mou proudly introduce his work, he was quite happy: "Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Chengdu, such developed cities can also put the construction of Xihu City on the agenda."

Yu Mou smiled and said, "Yes, we have basically been conducting research and investigation one after another. The addresses of Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou have been determined, and the drawings are now basically perfect.

Basically, what is certain is that once West Lake City in various places is officially opened, it will become the largest commercial center in the local area.”

Ouyang Bian nodded: "In this regard, General Manager Jiang and General Manager Lu must support it. General Manager Jiang must also send elite soldiers and generals to assist in the project;

We must always support the funds in mainland China. Don’t be afraid of investment. The Agricultural Bank of China should also have a comprehensive layout, especially in the cities where our West Lake City is located. We must also use financial tools to closely connect them;

The logistics and express delivery between them should be kept smooth and support more potential enterprises in various places, especially car dealers, shipping, iron smelting, and these basic industries should be willing to invest…”

Ouyang Bian is usually a very gentle person. Once he speaks for a long time, his eyes will become very firm, as if his eyes are shining.

However, the following words made Lu Caiwei, Yu Mou, and Jiang Rucheng secretly shocked when they heard it.

"...The development of the south will be the focus in the future. The north will be threatened by the Liao Kingdom, Xixia and other countries, and it will be difficult to calm down and develop the economy. It may even fall into war soon.

We must do our best to develop the South, and we must ensure that the South can become a ballast when the north is in war.

Food supply and steel supply make the southern economy more active and provide enough taxes... Yes, when will Zhang Futu arrive?"

Zhang Futu was originally the owner of a ship manufacturing factory in Quanzhou. The ancestral ship factory was originally very well-managed, but later he offended the local powerful people and was burned by a fire at night. Because of the large number of orders, Zhang Futu basically spared his efforts to build another shipyard.

Two years ago, when Ouyang Bian went to Quanzhou to inspect maritime trade, he happened to hear about Zhang Futu. Ouyang Bian was quite interested, so he met someone and chatted. He found that Zhang Futu had a broad vision and excellent shipbuilding skills, so he decided to give him help.

As for the powerful people Zhang Futu offended, they were just a local official family in Quanzhou, which was considered a local official. However, for people like Ouyang Bian who were in the center of power in the Song Dynasty, they were the cross-river Raptors, and they dare not offend them.

Yu Mou said: "Mr. Zhang is already waiting outside."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "Don't be busy for now. Mr. Lu, ask someone to give me a basin of hot water, and I want to wash my face."

Jiang Rucheng said: "Boss, I think you are very tired. Why don't you take a break and talk tomorrow morning?"

Ouyang Bian waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay, it's just that I've drunk too much wine and just wake up with hot water. I'll follow up with Wang Shao and the others tomorrow. This matter is not that easy to end."

Lu Caiwei did not ask anyone to come in, so she wrung the towel and handed it to Ouyang Bian. Ouyang Bian covered the hot towel on his face and took it down for a few minutes. She felt energetic.

"Mr. Yu, please come in too."

Ouyang Bian smiled.

Jiang Rucheng said: "Boss, do I need to avoid it?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Just listen, maybe there are still people who need your help."

Jiang Rucheng nodded.

Calm footsteps came in, and an Ang Zang man strode in. When he saw Ouyang Bian, he thrust his knees and said respectfully: "Greetings to the young master, Zhang Futu pays you a favor!"

Ouyang Bian frowned: "Zhang Futu, I've done these things again. Didn't I tell you that? We won't be promising this!"

Zhang Futu quickly stood up and smiled and said, "Young Master, don't blame me, Lao Zhang, I am really too grateful to you. If it weren't for your son, I, Zhang Futu, would have been ruined in my life."

Ouyang Bian waved his hand and smiled, "Just keep gratitude in my heart, there is no need to do so. You, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Yu, and Mr. Lu, are my most capable helpers and my partner. Don't mention these things in the future."

Zhang Futu said yes repeatedly.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "When you sent the channel to Bianjing before, I happened to set off. If the person behind me hadn't accelerated the letter and rushed me, you would probably have lost it."

Zhang Futu said: "Blame me, because I was anxious, so I left a few days after the letter was sent, but fortunately I didn't miss it."

Ouyang Bian nodded with a smile: "What's the urgent matter?"

Zhang Futu said: "According to the dock and slide launch setting mentioned by Gongzi, you mentioned last time, I improved it during this rebuilding. In terms of safe ship driving, I also knew to retain certain freeboards on the ship. After improvements in these aspects, Gongzi, a big ship with five thousand materials, we have created it!"

Zhang Futu is happy in appearance.

Ouyang Bianteng stood up: "It's done so soon?"

Zhang Futu smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master, in fact, I can still do a lot of things in two years. I rebuild the shipyard and then recruit craftsmen. In the past two years, I have spent a lot of effort to study the five thousand large ships. This cost..."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Do you want funds? Just look for President Lu, why bother to look for me in a hurry?"

Zhang Futu quickly waved his hand: "No, no, General Lu has a strong support for the funding, and there is no shortage for the time being, mainly because of the big ship.

Most of the ships on the market now have more than a thousand materials, and the largest one is only two thousand materials. Our 5,000-material ship is not much that I want to buy at the moment. Am I in a hurry?"

Ouyang Bian said strangely: "Can't sell it? Why?"

Zhang Futu smiled bitterly: "After a time when five thousand materials are coming, it is the first time that they believe it is normal. But, the sailing family originally had a lot of ships, and they had to consider the cost if they wanted to change to a new ship. As for those who wanted to buy, they couldn't afford it, in short, the people who could afford it are watching for the time being, and those who wanted to buy could not afford it."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "That's it...will you have any solution?"

Ouyang Bian never takes care of it. He leaves professional matters to professionals. As an elite in the industry, Zhang Futu must know the solution, but he may have to make the decision by himself.

Zhang Futu nodded: "The solution is, but there are risks."

Ouyang Bian nodded and said, "Let me tell me."

Zhang Futu said: "Sea navigation is very dangerous, so the personnel on the ship have strict organization and division of labor. Each ship has a division of labor, direct warehouse, miscellaneous tasks, department leaders, fire chiefs, helmsman, stewards, Ikari, and Aban, etc., each performs its own duties and takes charge of navigation responsibilities. It can be said that everyone is very important."

Ouyang Bian nodded.

"...It is precisely because everyone is very important that they also have the identity of "little sea merchants". Merchant ships may not pay salaries to sailors and ship workers, but they are allowed to use 20% of the cabins to carry private cargo free of charge, which is called "using cabins instead of salary."

This is the first way. We use ships to attract these staff, and then pay 20% of the cabin for them to use, and the rest is our own. However, we have to prepare the goods for sale by ourselves, which is equivalent to setting up a marine trading business. This is a model.

Another model is that because some sea boat owners lack sufficient capital to raise goods, hire sailors and sell their ships in a weak manner, they will rent their boats to other sea merchants to earn some money.

The owner of the ship can draw the minus of the boat. This standard is that each person's cargo is divided into 15 points. The owner of the ship draws one point to the minus of the boat, that is, the transportation fee is drawn at 1/15 of the cargo being transported.

The advantage of this method is that we only need to provide the ship and then collect the boat’s feet and spend it.

Another way is to form a fleet by ourselves and then accept other small sea merchants. They take their own goods or capital to trade on our sea boats. This is the so-called "customer". By the same token, they need to pay us 1/15 of the filth of the boat.

However, we still have to set up our own maritime trader."

Ouyang Bian closed his eyes slightly and thought, "How is our production capacity now?"

Zhang Futu said: "Generally speaking, the construction period of a thousand-quality ship is about three months. Due to the improvement of technology, the five-quality ship can be launched in about three months.

Our shipyard built fifteen docks at the beginning, which means that every three months we can launch fifteen large ships of 5,000 materials. If the annual construction period is over, we can launch 60 large ships of 5,000 materials every year."

Zhang Futu paused and smiled bitterly: "It is difficult for us to produce this production capacity with all our strength, because at present, few people can afford it. But because of the cost and the reason why they don't believe it, they are not very brave to buy it."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Don't worry about this matter. Mr. Zhang, next, we will do our best to produce 5,000-material ships, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Rucheng quickly responded: "I'm here."

Ouyang Bian said: "Do you know about the talent in navigation? Well... I want to set up a navigation company. Its goal should be the No. 1 shipping company in the Song Dynasty. Its business should involve independent maritime trade, ship rental and other businesses. It may also involve port construction in the later stage. Well, just forget about port construction. Mr. Jiang, you can set up a port construction department yourself."

Jiang Rucheng nodded: "According to your opinion, this talent should be more about planning the overall situation, not just about the specific skills of navigating at sea.

If that is the case, I know someone. His name is Yang Qing, who is an officer of the Hangzhou Maritime Control Department. He has worked in Maritime Control Department for many years. He is just forty years old this year. He is a smart and capable person and should be able to undertake this task."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Okay, please send a letter to Mr. Jiang to ask him to come to Bianjing. Within about a month, I will rush back to Bianjing to wait for him. Well, I can tell him the navigation company's plan. Also, if he comes here, he can get one percent of the dividend."

Jiang Rucheng secretly stumbled in his heart. One percent of the dividend is not a small amount.

He and Yu Mou and Lu Caiwei, their annual dividends are the same. Jiang Rucheng controls the West Lake City Engineering Company. Among Ouyang Bian’s subordinates, Lu Caiwei earns the most money, after all, the most profitable thing is to open a bank.

The second is Fat Chef. Fat Chef has a lot of dry stocks and has strong profitability in the fields, but the importance of Fat Chef is far less than that of theirs.

Similarly, Xu Fu also makes a lot of money, but the ice room is not very strategic.

He himself, Yu Mou and Lu Caiwei, are the subordinates Ouyang Bian's favorite. Now he has to add a Zhang Futu. If Yang Qing really sets up a navigation company, he will become a general who will stand shoulder to shoulder with the four of them.

From Ouyang Bian's attitude, we can see that he has high hopes for this navigation company.

Yang Qing, Yang Qing, if you can really control this company, you have to thank me very much. Your daughter, my son, is going to make a decision!

Jiang Rucheng quickly nodded and agreed: "Okay boss, I will compile the book later. Oh, no, I'll rush over and tell him personally."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "You make arrangements for yourself, if you have time."

Jiang Rucheng nodded and affirmed: "No problem, my little bastards can stand on their own. I have already communicated clearly with the government. Now it is the specific construction issue, and they can handle it."

Ouyang Bian nodded, turned to Lu Caiwei and said, "You can help register a shipping company and inject a capital of 10 million yuan."

Zhang Futu next to him looked happy.

If a shipping company can get ten million chunks of funds, most of the money will definitely be used to purchase ships, so that the shipyards they control can be vigorously developed.

Sure enough, he heard Ouyang Bian say, "Mr. Zhang, when you go back, you will organize full production immediately. Once the navigation company is established, you will immediately purchase your ship. Mr. Lu can first send the deposit to Mr. Zhang."

Lu Caiwei nodded: "What is the name of the navigation company?"

What's the name... Ouyang Bian thought for a while and said, "Call it is Dasong Ocean Shipping Group."

Lu Caiwei nodded: "Okay, I will arrange this matter."

Ouyang Bian closed his eyes slightly.

Maritime trade, deep cultivation of Jinghu North Road, and layout in the south... what is there?

Ouyang Bian fell into deep thought.

Lu Caiwei winked at the others, and the four of them quietly left the room and came to the room next to them.

Yu Mou and Zhang Futu congratulated: "Mr. Zhang, the New Year is about to be released!"

Zhang Futu couldn't hide his joy: "I thank you for everyone. I didn't expect that Zhang Futu, who encountered a major change in middle age, could even encounter such a great opportunity. I have to thank the young master!"

Jiang Rucheng smiled and said, "Mr. Yu is not bad this year. The southern city is going to build West Lake City. After this, the assets of more than a dozen West Lake City have occupied all the fertile land of the Song Dynasty!"
To be continued...