Chapter 322: Welcome (Repair)
To the northeast is the Dongfan Shipyard, which mainly builds eight-oopless mastless and four-oop small-sentence ships, and is also to cultivate qualified workers to build large ships and hone their shipbuilding skills.
On the left side is the dock area for additional construction and expansion.
More than a dozen large ships were moored in the port, and some small boats were transporting personnel and supplies back and forth on the side of the large ships.
Xu Zi looked at it first and saw that the one that was parked on the outermost side was Fu 1. He nodded and knew that Fu 1 was about to go to Japan for trade. Raw silk, tea, porcelain, iron, cotton, and some soil from Penghu, it was not easy to gather a ship of cargo.
Fu-1 is a large ship that can transport more than 200 tons of cargo, with tens of thousands of kilograms of cargo, which is not easy to get.
After all, it is because Nan'an Hou Mansion cannot grasp the first-hand supply of goods yet. This time, the price of Fu'an No. 1 has to be slightly lower than that of ordinary merchant ships.
Because I have to hurry to ship, lay out the business path and determine the agent.
Xu Zixian saw a tall and strong sailor. Under his command, nearly twenty sailors struggled to raise the sail.
He also saw that the cargo hold was not fully loaded and the hull was obviously above the highest waterline.
Xu Zixian has already known these things very much by the beach and on the boat all year round.
Xu Zixian said to Chen Zuocai beside him: "Is Fu-1 driving to Penghu now?"
"Yes, Junhou." Chen Zuocai smiled and said, "There are some fur goods in Penghu, with less deer skin and more sheepskin. The Japanese like fur goods. They make a lot of profits there. Sheepskin deer skin is the source of goods we collect by ourselves, and the profit is much larger than those porcelain tea."
"I want to remind Fu Qian about Chashan."
"Yes, Junhou."
The climate of Dongfan is very suitable for growing tea. Later Dongfan's oolong tea produced and sold extremely large, becoming one of the leading products of later Dongfan.
Since you have unique and superior conditions, it would be too stupid not to use them.
During this time, in addition to farmland water conservancy roads, a large-scale tea mountain of at least 100,000 acres will be opened in the outer hilly areas.
There is definitely no way to compare the large-scale tea mountains on Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan West Road. However, if a large-scale tea mountains appear, the Dongfan will be an important part of the tea trade. At least there are many requests. Foreign merchant ships who purchase tea will choose to dock in the Dongfan. In addition to cotton cloth being the main product, tea will also be an important part of the future trade hosted by the Nan'an Hou Mansion.
Trade is turnover, and the profits of first-hand goods are different from second-hand, and even third-hand goods.
The place of origin plus trade will have pricing power and very important power, which is also the most important reason why Xu Zi first took Penghu and had to open up the Dongfan trade.
After arriving at the dock area, the guards scattered around and were on guard.
Now these guards are called the Marquis's direct guards. They are all wearing iron armor inlaid with iron leaves, wearing horns, holding long scepters or horizontal knives, double-inserted waists, and long bows with strings. They are majestic and solemn. For anyone who tries to approach Xu Zixian for no reason, they look over with a vigilant look and then step forward to stop them.
More than thirty guards spread out in the dock area. The sailors around could see that Junhou was coming, with closeness and curiosity in their eyes.
The guards would not drive away these people directly, but just opened a warning line. Some guards drew their bows and arrows and placed them on the strings in case someone suddenly attacked.
Xu Zixian wore an ordinary light blue robe and a cowhide leather belt, and was still dressed in a military man with a short robe and boots. He was capable and simple. If anyone who didn't recognize him saw him, he would at most treat him as a servant of an ordinary family. He never thought that this person was a famous man and had completely and substantially mastered the important part of the royal family of the Dongfan family?
Seeing the performance of the guards, Xu Zixian could only shake his head and smile. Even Xu Zixian himself could not violate the rules of the guards set by the Si Cong Cao at the meeting.
In fact, Xu Zi first used his double insertion and strong bows and heavy arrows. Even if dozens of assassins came, he might not be able to take advantage of him.
His body is long and strong, and his every move contains strength. When he looks back, his eyes are sharp and alert. It is not intentional. It is a habit that has been deeply rooted in his bones. This is an instinct obtained through repeated training and has been integrated into Xu Zixian's body.
Simply put, Xu Zixian has already entered the gate of martial arts, and can also be called the enemy of a hundred people.
Even so, the escorts are still strict, which is a system that Xu Zixian is unwilling to be competing with his subordinates in this matter.
The Dongfan was invented, and the indigenous threats were still there, and people's hearts had not yet fully accepted. It is not wrong to be cautious.
Soon, a large ship drifting from not far from the sea approached the pier under the guidance of the small boat and prepared to get off the sail and park.
This is Ling 2, 23 meters long, 5.3 meters wide, and the tonnage is about 100 tons. In Xu Zixian's eyes, it is a small boat. On Fujian Road, it is a small merchant ship that can barely go to sea to trade.
Many small-scale ship owners just gather tens of thousands of chunks of cargo and use this kind of small boat to trade in the sea.
Not only did you go to Japan, but you even dare to break into Nanyang.
If you go through the sea, you will work hard with your life. If you don’t dare to fight, there will be no generous rewards.
This ship is also a relatively dilapidated old ship. It can be used normally after two major repairs, but the Nan'an Hou Mansion will definitely not use such a small boat to voyage and trade, and it is irresponsible to the lives of the navy and the military soldiers.
After the hull was docked, a team of sailors first landed the anchor and then set up the springboard. People stood on both sides. A middle-aged man wearing green robes and floating up by the sea breeze first stepped on the springboard and went from top to bottom.
Then there was Zhang Mingliang, a family of old and young, a man and a woman, who also got off the boat.
Next came new immigrants from more than a hundred households, and they also helped the elderly and young, and went down from the hull.
Perhaps because of the great scholars, these immigrants were excited to scream and even children were less likely to play. After getting off the boat, they followed Wu Shizhong and others through the pier and stepped onto the dock.
The pier area has been rebuilt and is covered with stone strips and bricks. There are still white beaches on both sides. Behind it is blue sea water, the sea and sky are the same color, and the shore is the coast, shallow slopes and shrubs. After getting ashore, there is a road that runs across the east and west.
Xu Zixian and others were waiting on the road.
"I've seen Mr. Wu." The two groups of people quickly got together, not far apart... Xu Zi rushed forward a few steps and bowed and smiled, "It can be regarded as looking forward to Mr. Wu."
"Mingda has worked hard these days." Wu Shizhong is not a person who likes to greet, but he still can't help saying: "It seems that he has lost weight, and has lost a lot of money."
"There is no way, everything is going to be done." Xu Zixian said: "For example, the university plan of the school has been proposed for a long time, but no one presided over it, so I can only wait now."
"Will you just wait for me?" Wu Shizhong frowned and said, "I heard from people in Nan'an that the school here is extremely large, and if that's the case, it would be very early to open it."
"Mr. Wu is the person in charge of the overall situation. The university refers to an adult scholar who has already made great achievements and still pursues the knowledge of studying things and knowledge, so he has been empty. I asked someone to build aside Nan'an River and planted about a hundred acres of bamboo forests. The scale of the building is about a hundred, so the open space is large, there are many bamboo forests, Mingtang, pavilions, and pavilions, and the scale is much larger than that in Nan'an. All fees, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, are within the supply of my Nan'an Marquis Mansion."
Wu Shizhong then glanced at Xu Zixian and nodded, "So, Mingda, you are really interested."
The guards around Xu Zixian couldn't help but look at Wu Shizhong, being calm and composed. The little family followed him and each had their own temperament. He was a famous scholar in the country. Not only was he famous in Fujian Road, but there were not many people in Wu Shizhong in the entire Wei Dynasty.
He not only has knowledge, but also has character. The fact that he respects the powerful in the capital has been compiled into several short jokes and has been widely circulated throughout the world.
Today's powerful prime minister Han Zhong is helpless against such a great scholar. At most, he will release him back to Fujian and cannot take any further action.
Wu Shizhong was also relatively transcendent in the entire Nan'an Marquis Mansion system. Xu Zixian spent a lot of effort when he was appointed as a guest. After arriving in the capital, he indeed defeated the conspiracy against the Nan'an Marquis Mansion, which showed that this great scholar was not only pursuing the truth in his knowledge, but also not a corrupt scholar and nerd in his life and officialdom.
However, Wu Shizhong was still obsessed with learning, and his knowledge had reached a relatively important juncture and could make breakthroughs at any time.
Such people would not have come to the Dongfan, and the turbulence inside Fujian Road would not affect the great scholars who were studying and teaching in the Mingtang on the side of the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion. Even if King Zhao used troops to Nan'an Town, the rioters had to be careful not to offend the rude and offend when they arrived outside the Mingtang.
If something really caused trouble, King Zhao's reputation in the Great Wei Dynasty became bad, and the emperor could not protect his own father.
Because of this, when the Marquis' Mansion moved to the Dongfan, Wu Shizhong actually had no intention of coming here.
He had settled down in the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and had also repaid Xu Zixian, and they did not owe each other.
If you want to have friendship, staying in the Marquis’ Mansion and placing a name is worthy of this Marquis of Nan'an.
But the development of the Dongfan was really beyond Wu Shizhong's expectations.
The plan of the school is almost impossible for every pure Confucian scholar to give up, and he is moved by the heart.
"I think we'd better go back to the other yard to talk about it in detail." Xu Zi first said to Wu Shizhong, then asked Wu Shizhong's family and pinched the faces of several little kids.
Xu Zixian is also quite familiar with the boys and girls of the Wu family.
"I've met the Lord."
The eldest sister of the Wu family brought three younger brothers and sisters to greet Xu Zixian together, and she was already very good.
"Haha, okay, very good." Xu Zixian also returned the gift in a decent manner. He knew Wu Shizhong's tutor, so he did not prepare novel things or gifts such as gold coins and silver slots. He was quite embarrassed at the moment. Fortunately, several naughty children suddenly found traces of crabs on the beach, cheered a few times, and ran to chase the crabs.
Xu Zi smiled and looked at Zhang Mingliang, bowed and said, "Master Zhang is afraid he will stay here for a long time. It's really welcome."
Zhang Mingliang's face was a little pale. He had not been accustomed to the sea boat. He vomited many times along the way, and after getting ashore, he felt dizzy.
On the contrary, the women and children behind him have much better adaptability, but their faces are a little ugly.
Zhang Mingliang bowed to the ground and stood up with tears on his face. He said to Xu Zixian: "It's really a disaster. The magistrate of Jianzhou is too arrogant and rude to do things. A villain can avoid disaster. It has not caused the clan yet. It's really a blessing for the Lord to reach out to help. From now on, my family and my family will be grateful to the Lord for his great kindness..."
Xu Zixian frowned and said, "We are in the same chamber of commerce. Although I am the marquis of the country and my partner of Zhang Dongzhu, Wang Yue is the local chief, so it is not easy to deal with him. For the time being, we can only do this. I have asked someone to arrange a mansion for you to live in."
Zhang Mingliang said: "Zhizhou Wang just wanted to grab the ironware transaction and include the entire Jianzhou Iron Industry below it. This is a profit of over one million yuan a year. The villain is a little worried. Tingzhou merchants also have the same idea. If Wang Zhizhou really succeeds, the ironware industry will suffer a lot in the future."
Xu Zixian also frowned. Fujian Railways sold all over the world mainly because of its good quality and price. It is not necessarily low. Cross Jiangling and the iron factory there. There are also large-scale iron yards and mineral deposits on Hedong Road, but the scale is not as large as Fujian Road. If it is true, the chaos is probably not small.
Chapter completed!