Chapter 432 Gan Qi, who can only rely on acting to support his family
Wuqing is a county near the sea in Xijin Prefecture. You can go directly to the sea from the east of Wuqing.
The pier in the small village is too small and needs to be expanded. However, the expansion of the pier in ancient times was not a big project. Just drilling wooden stakes into the water and building a pier.
Gan Qi spent money, and the villagers in the whole village came out to work. Of course, Ma Yifang was greeting behind his back.
Trucks of grain, cloth, salt and tea were transported from Yanjing City, and Ganqi's fleet also came from Cangzhou and slowly stopped on the beach not far from this small village called Zhujiayu.
Ma Yifang also came in person, standing on the dock and watching it was dumbfounded. This time it was his turn to open his eyes. It was not that he had seen ships, but that he had never seen so many huge sea boats, and he felt like he was hiding the sky and covering the sun.
The words of hundreds of sea ships are nothing to say, just treating them as a number, and standing in front of you is a completely different scene.
"My brother, I've seen it today..." Ma Yifang pointed at Gan Qi's fleet and said.
"Brother laughed at me, it's nothing..."
"This is nothing? Even the courts of the Great Liao or the Song Dynasty do not have a fleet of this size. You can completely roam the vast ocean." Ma Yifang was still a little sensible.
"No matter how far you run wild in the sea, without taking care of someone like your brother on the shore, I am just a rootless duckweed and I can't even survive." Gan Qi flattered that flattery is the best.
Ma Yifang was very helpful, but he was still polite: "If you really want to talk about it, my brother still envys you, Japan, Liao and Song dynasties, the South and the West, you can go wherever you want. My brother will stay in this Yanjing City for the rest of his life, and he will lose his knowledge."
"I still envy my brother. If I have my brother's industry and connections, I will not want to go to sea to make a living. I don't know that the risks at sea are difficult to predict. Not to mention the money, I will accidentally lose my family and make a living by working hard. If there is no way, who would be willing to go to sea?" Gan Qi said with a sad look on his face.
Ma Yifang also wanted to comfort Gan Qi, so he patted Gan Qi on the shoulder and smiled and said, "If you are willing, brother, I will help you buy a house, get a household registration in Yanjing City, and settle down. My brother will protect you and will not teach you that you will be bullied."
Gan Qi looked overjoyed: "After this business is finished, I make a fortune, so I will listen to my brother, settle down on the shore, be a rich man, and enjoy the rest of my life."
"Okay, okay, make more money, let's make a fortune together." Ma Yifang made a big profit this time, with the value of grain, cloth, salt and tea, and the goods worth more than 500,000 coins and the profit exceeding 150,000 coins. This money is really easy to make, just ten days.
"Let's go, let's go and deliver the payment." Gan Qi paid more and more readily than Ma Yifang thought.
Ma Yifang pinched the two night pearls and waved his hand: "Go!"
Five hundred thousand guan, one box after another was carried off the boat.
This time, Ma Yifang was not as calm as last time, and his eyes were always on the money. Last time, it was only tens of thousands of guan, which was nothing. This time, the 500,000 guan cash was like a mountain, and it looked too eye-catching. Ma Yifang, who claimed to have a lot of money, food, and many connections, couldn't take his eyes away.
"Brother, please?" Gan Qi pointed at Qian Shan in front of him and smiled.
When Ma Yifang saw Gan Qi, Gan Qi was really red in his eyes, pale and haggard in his face, frowning, and tears in his face. His steps were still empty, and he felt that he might fall to the ground at any time.
The drama master Gan Qi, and the drama addiction is coming again. Gan Qi may have relied on acting to support his family in this life.
"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?" Ma Yifang stepped forward and supported Gan Qi.
Before Gan Qi could say anything, his head was already shook, shaking it repeatedly.
"Brother, don't scare brother, what's wrong with you?" Ma Yifang asked again.
"Don't God help me! Or did I donate less money to the temple last time? As soon as the fleet went out of the sea, it encountered evil wind. Half of the ship sank. I don't know how many people I drowned, and I don't know how much money I lost." Gan Qi called out to the sky and the earth, and this time he really couldn't stand firm.
To fall, Gan Qi was falling one after another, and his eyes were pitch black.
But Ma Yifang could not let Gan Qi fall down, and he tried his best to hold Gan Qi. He was also led to a few steps and said hurriedly: "People have good fortune and good fortune every day, and this is fate. You don't have to do this. Isn't there half of the ships? There are still half of the goods, and you can still make money when transported to Japan..."
Gan Qi still has to fall, otherwise the play will lack tension and will not show the sadness and entanglement in the character.
Ma Yifang immediately turned around and shouted, "You are not here to help me support Brother Liu?"
The servant next to him hurried forward to help Ma Yifang help Gan Qi.
Gan Qi felt a little regretful. This drama still lacked a little dramatic tension and did not fall down.
But the play still has to be performed: "Originally, this trip was for making a lot of money. Friends and business partners followed me to make a lot of money. Suddenly, half of the ship cargo staff were lost. It was a waste of time... Can you guarantee your capital? It's still a matter of two things... What's the big mansion in Yanjing City, I won't have the chance to do it in my life..."
Gan Qi was talking, heartbroken and almost fainted on the spot.
Ma Yifang hurriedly pinched Gan Qi's Renzhong acupoint: "Brother, brother, look more and see more and more... It's all small matters, just start over again. If you lose some cargo workers, you can always make money back. Life is normal. As the saying goes, eight out of ten people are unsatisfactory in life. Didn't Confucius say that if God is going to give a great responsibility to this person, you must first suffer his mind and mind, and to work hard on his muscles and bones."
There was some pain in the human body, Gan Qi woke up and said, "This is what Mencius said."
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While talking, Ma Yifang also called the people around him to bring a chair for Gan Qi, and then served tea for Gan Qi.
After a lot of comfort, Gan Qi finally calmed down a little, and was able to communicate normally while drinking tea.
Ma Yifang asked about the important matter: "What are your plans for me to come here?"
Gan Qi was drinking tea and was silent for a long time before saying, "I am here to ask my brother to prepare some more goods. I also sent someone to contact some ships familiar with maritime merchants. Only in this way can I barely make up for the losses. This trip does not require money, but only to save my capital, but only this is the case..."
"Small things. Although I was almost temporarily swept the Yanjing City by my brother for the last time, it was not a big problem. Brother, I have some connections, nearby prefectures and counties, Xijing Datong, my brother has a way, and I will go to buy it for you." Ma Yifang patted his chest, not saying it was fake.
A hundred thousand stones of grain was purchased in the grain market. Although it was not enough to cut off the food for the people of Yanjing City, many grain merchants' warehouses were temporarily empty. After all, 100 thousand stones of grain were enough for 200,000 people in Yanjing City to eat for two or three months. If the grain merchants empty the warehouse, they would use various channels to replenish inventory outside the city. The big landlords outside the city were the suppliers of grain merchants in these cities.
"Thank you, brother. If it weren't for your brother, I would have really died this time." Gan Qi thanked Ma Yifang.
"Your brother doesn't have to be so polite. Just say that I will buy it for you as much as you want."
Gan Qi trembled and stretched out one hand and spread five fingers.
"Fifty thousand yuan worth of goods?" Ma Yifang felt that Gan Qi's life had been gone this time, so there should be little money.
"No, I have sent someone to raise money. This time I will have 500,000 yuan in goods, otherwise... otherwise I will lose all my money." Gan Qi finally burst into tears.
"My brother is doing the right thing. When doing business, he must be brave and put it to death. If he fights this, he will not take any risks in vain. My brother just buys you. Even if he can wipe out the Datong Mansion's business, he cannot lose all his money." Ma Yifang looked very loyal.
"Thank you brother for your kindness and great virtue." Gan Qi was very excited.
Ma Yifang suddenly changed his tone and said, "But the journey is a little longer, and the price may be a little higher. What do you think?"
Ma Yifang may also be a drama artist. He pretends to be so good. He cares about Gan Qi in every way, but after all, it is still money.
"It should be, brother, don't worry. When I return home with a full load, I will definitely give me a big gift, just ask my brother to help me transport goods quickly!"
"Brother tomorrow morning, I will go west to Datong in person. Within fifteen days, I will definitely deliver the goods to Zhujiayu, Wuqing. I will wait with peace of mind. At that time, I will arrange for someone to take me to play in Yanjing City, and be happy to relieve my depression." Ma Yifang became generous again.
Gan Qi nodded gently, feeling that he finally felt a little relieved.
"Let's go, my brother will take you to play tonight. Didn't the poet Saint Du Fu say that? The money will be gone and will come back. Once the money goes away, he will come back." Ma Yifang really knows how to persuade people.
Gan Qi looked up: "This is what the poetic immortal Li Bai said."
"Well, yes, yes, I didn't expect that my brother is really a literati. Just so happen that there is a elegant scene with my brother, go with me." Ma Yifang pulled Gan Qi and was about to leave.
This time Gan Qi was no longer falling down, he was no longer fainting, and he was no longer able to walk. He was also very excited to go up to the fifth floor in one breath, and there was no problem.
When he arrived at the banquet, Ma Yifang arranged Gan Qi next to his seat and spoke loudly: "This is my virtuous brother Liu Bei. He is close friends with me and has seen them all."
Many people went up to Ganqi to greet him, and Ganqi responded one by one with a smile.
He heard Ma Yifang shouting again: "Come on, arrange the silk and bamboo orchestra, and ask the courtesans to sing the song. My brother is a literati, so he sang the hottest song in the Song Dynasty recently... Gan Qi Gan Daojian's lyrics, only such lyrics and music are worthy of my brother Liu, and you must greet my brother well."
Chapter completed!