Fight the Giants

  Chapter 239 Didn't happen overnight

  During this time, since the imperial court opened the sea, Yang Fu was too busy to see anyone.

  Every day, people invite people to drink tea and wine, and discuss maritime trade matters.

  Since Guangfengshui took over the business from the guard and sold some rare foreign goods from Songjiang, he has gained some fame among the major firms in the capital.

  Yang Fu is doing business in Beijing, so he naturally has his circle. He was busy with socializing outside during the day, and when he came back at night, he told Huo Xiyi all kinds of news, and Huo Xi fell into deep thought.

  Although maritime trade routes are now banned, having financial resources does not mean that you will be able to go to sea. All aspects must be weighed here, and there must be experienced sailors and boatmen who have experienced strong winds and waves.

   Moreover, the sea is windy and the waves are rough, and there are many pirates along the coast.

   There are not many companies that dare to pat their chests, spend a lot of money to build ships, fill the ships with goods, and move forward bravely, setting off overseas.

  So there are various cooperation modes.

  One of them is called "Sole Proprietorship Consolidation Model". This kind is that big merchants spend their own money to build ships, hire sailors and boatmen, and then recruit merchants from the private sector to sell goods overseas together.

  In this mode, although everyone goes to sea together, I am the boss, and you younger brothers must listen to me. I eat meat, and I don't mind if you drink soup with me.

  I am the major shareholder, and you are the minority shareholders. You share the profits, but you have to listen to me.

   There is another kind called "joint venture shipbuilding model".

  In this case, everyone is a shareholder, and everyone contributes money to build a big ship, finds sailors and boatmen together, and shares risks and profits.

  The contribution ratio can be the same or different, and the risks and profits assumed are the same, or different risks and profits can be assumed according to the amount of investment.

  Yang Fu sent back a bunch of news.

  Huo Xi knew that it is impossible for anyone who does business not to be tempted to see the profit of several times the sea trade in front of his eyes. But behind closed doors, there are not many who secretly prepare goods and go abroad by themselves.

  Even those big companies, wealthy businessmen and big businessmen, are also very cautious.

   This is not a matter of transporting a cargo in the inland river.

  Although there are water thieves in the inland river, the risk is controllable, and the probability of a ship being destroyed is one or two out of ten. But if you go abroad, one out of ten is not bad.

  So, everyone is just looking around, looking for opportunities.

   Isn't Huo Xi jealous?

   No, she is jealous. Since she was six years old, she has wanted to make money, and she has made a lot of money. She wants to sell even private salt.

   It's just that she has a heart and a guts, but she is shy. She had already used Young Master Mu's money to buy land and shops. The money that can be moved in his hand is at most a few thousand taels.

  It costs several thousand taels of silver to build a lucky boat with two thousand materials. If the weight of one piece of material is one stone, then a lucky boat with two thousand pieces of material can carry two thousand stones, but a lucky boat with thousands of pieces of material needs hundreds of people to drive it.

  In addition to shipbuilding silver, silver for hiring sailors and boatmen, and silver for buying goods...

   And once and for all, it can be as short as one year, as long as two or three years, or longer.

  The profit is considerable, but Guangfengshui is not yet able to do the business of going overseas. No money and no one. It's better to pick up the leaks, just pick up the leaks, just be a middleman.

   A penny can't beat a hero.

   Next, Yang Fu went out to socialize again, his ears were still pricked up, but what he said became, "If you need anything, tell me, and I will sell it for you."

  After a month of tossing, news suddenly came from the court that Emperor Yongkang overcame all opinions and ordered Taining Marquis Chen Gui to supervise the construction of Beiping City.

  Suddenly, the price of glutinous rice was so expensive that it once soared to two taels and one stone, and it could not be bought anywhere.

  As soon as the court was over, Zhang Fu and a group of ministers walked out of the palace gate.

  Taining Marquis Chen Gui was surrounded by people, and they all asked him for news. Zhang Fu only glanced over there, and kept walking.

   Several colleagues who had been close friends with Suri walked side by side with Zhang Fu, whispering in a whisper: "Some people say that His Majesty plans to move the capital? How likely is Wen Bi?"

  Zhang Fu was silent, shaking his head: "Your Majesty's mind is hard to guess. Now it only talks about building the palace of the original Fan Kingdom. It doesn't talk about building Beiping City. Beiping is the land of Longxing. Your Majesty wants to build a palace, and it makes sense."

   Two colleagues, one on the left and one on the right, glanced at him, obviously in disbelief. But there are so many people with mixed eyes, it's hard to explain in detail.

  Zhang Fu naturally had his own thoughts in mind. If His Majesty wants to move the capital, he agrees.

  He is a general. Since the disaster of Jingkang, the northern region has been ruled by foreign races for more than two hundred years.

  He was born and raised in Peiping, so his affection for Peiping is naturally deeper. If His Majesty moves the capital and the dynasty is located in the north, the control of our Han nationality over the northern region will reach a level that no one has ever achieved before.

  At the border, the capital of the country was close to the Great Wall, so the imperial court could quickly mobilize troops to defend against the enemy.

  The remnants of the former dynasty can only flee to the deeper grassland. In terms of military command, the country's capital is in the north, which naturally has an advantage over Ying Tianfu, which is in the south of the Yangtze River.

   But he couldn't say that.

  For the ministers who grew up in the south, the climate in the north was difficult for them to adapt to. Moreover, moving the capital will consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and the national treasury may be emptied.

   At that time, the treasury will have no money, the military expenditure will not be able to meet, and there will be foreign enemies from the north... David’s dynasty may change.

  He absolutely dare not say this.

  In the Guozijian, a group of Mu Yan's classmates also gathered around Chen Xi to ask for news.

   "I don't know, don't ask me. My father never let us talk about government affairs."

   "What nonsense, just to discuss, to discuss, understand? We are about to go to the six departments to record events, and we are going to go to the various departments of the court to observe politics. How can we not ask or investigate everything that is unclear?"

   "That's right. Tell me what your father said."

"I really don't know. Anyway, all I know is that when my father went back to Peiping, he brought only his master and his subordinates to manage the affairs, and none of the family members. My father said that many craftsmen will be recruited to Beiping this time. What do you think? , even if His Majesty has that idea, can this matter be done in a short time?"

  Chen Xi couldn't find any news, so everyone gathered around Mu Yan.

   "Mu Bin, Duke Ding is your cousin, and the Empress is Duke Ding's aunt. You can always hear something, right?"

  Mu Yan raised his eyebrows: "I didn't hear anything. I only know that when Han Gaozu came to the throne, he decided to establish his capital in Chang'an. It took six or seven years to build Chang'an Palace and Weiyang Palace. This is just a palace."

Well…

  All the students looked at each other in blank dismay, silent for a while. Also, what about moving the capital? Can this be done overnight?

   Leaving aside, they discussed where to go to drink and have fun after school.

  As for Huo Xi, they sold all the glutinous rice in the warehouse at a high price for two taels and one stone.

  One stone made a net profit of nearly six or seven silver coins.

   Just the glutinous rice in the warehouse made her nearly a thousand taels of silver. Made her very happy.

  Holding the money and not touching the ground, he and Huo Erhuai were busy contacting the boatman, looking for someone to collect the goods everywhere. We were understaffed and almost overwhelmed.

  Suddenly received a letter from Shangyong on this day, and I was very pleasantly surprised.

   I think I have to do something wrong. Why do I point out that the writing is about the history of the Ming Dynasty? It should be written in a superficial way, unconstrained, edited and written casually. If this is clear, I dare not write blindly. I have to check the information and respect the historical facts. It takes a lot of time and affects my coding speed. want to cry~

  (end of this chapter)