otherworldly happiness

On the return trip, because I was familiar with the sea area, the speed was much faster. Although I encountered some wind and waves and lost a few boats, but because of the timely rescue, the loss of personnel was not large, but the supplies on those boats were lost before the rescue. This is a blessing in misfortune. up.

This time I went to sea to see the ruthlessness of the sea and the difficulty of living in the sea. Some small businessmen who had been holding on to explore the road and made a fortune after exploring the road retreated, and only hoped that they could bring their goods safely this time. If you go back, you can become a rich man with the profits from resale.

Only those big merchants and nobles are sent by the subordinates to take care of them anyway, there are many personnel and cargo ships, and the losses can be afforded. Compared with small businessmen who risk their lives for a gamble, they can at most give some people who have troubles to settle down. It is already conscientious, anyway, compared to the huge profits, the loss is considered to be a very small proportion.

This time, Li Jian only hoped to go back safely. Just the goods he brought with him on the bright side would be enough to buy some land and become a rich man when he went back and changed hands. Fortunately, he was a ship's officer and soldier, relatively free.

Seeing that the crew and servants hired by the great merchants are not treated so well, whether it is the daily busyness, or the daily food and accommodation, there is a lot of difference, and it is impossible to bring goods or something. The servants who sell their lives will be confiscated. Usually, we often see those who are beaten and scolded, especially when the supply is insufficient for a long time, the first thing to reduce is their share. Li Jian is very grateful that he still has a space to settle down Basically, even if you join the army for someone else, you can be regarded as meeting a good person, at least much better than those who can't survive and sell themselves.

During his stay at sea, Li Jian also took advantage of opportunities such as docking to replenish supplies, and not only became acquainted with the people on his own ship, but also with the officers and soldiers on other ships. There was a bit of friendship, and some of the stewards of those nobles also ate wine together under Li Jian's deliberate favor.

From the mouths of these people, they have some understanding of the goods that everyone brought this time, and they have some certainty about the value of the goods they brought. Even in terms of sales, they have already given a little word to those who have connections, so they will shop around by then. Anyway, many friends have many ways, if it’s not suitable, you can’t sell it and you can’t suffer. Everyone knows that these officers and soldiers carry goods in private, and those in charge like captains bring more than anyone else, so everyone knows it well. It's an unspoken rule, don't let anyone prevent everyone from making a fortune together, otherwise why would you come here desperately? Li Jian came to contact others in the name of finding a market for everyone, and it can be regarded as a precaution for those who are interested. Even if you ship pieces of goods by yourself, if people find out that there are more goods, it can be considered that there are many people together, which can be regarded as a cover-up.

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The sea voyage, which lasted for more than a year and nearly two years, has returned to Quanzhou Port. After resting here, the warships of the team will disperse and return to their respective garrisons.

Most of the merchants have left, or take the inland waterway to transport the goods to various places, or sell them directly in Quanzhou and leave for money. In short, it is very busy.

Li Jian handled part of the goods as expected, and on the surface, he exchanged several thousand taels of silver, which is considered not to be a big deal on the ship. Of course, the gold and silver in the space are piled up into hills, after all, he exchanged them back. They are all of high value, not to mention how expensive gemstones and pearls are known to everyone, and how much the price difference is with silver, but now they are all cultured pearls in my space, how much is the amount?

Let’s just say that a small piece of agarwood can be exchanged for a pile of silver. Needless to say, there are also spices such as *, which are priceless and have no market. Many rich people can’t buy these things with money. It is not known when the large-scale voyages will be made, and usually only a small amount will flow into the Chu Dynasty.

Li Jian only dealt with a small part, and most of them were not willing to sell those precious things such as the piece of dragon birthday incense and good gems. He will not go to sea anymore. If you bought it at a high price, you might as well keep it. After all, some things are not produced in the local area, and the market has a price but no market. After all, it is inconvenient to trade. It is quite good to keep it as an heirloom or to make jewelry for Wu You.

This time, you can leave at the due date when you go back. You must be "filial" when you go back with a few thousand taels of silver, so that you can work in the future. I don't know if Wu You is thinking about himself, how is his body, and is he still waiting for him? ?Time passed in Li Jian's wild imagination, and finally the ship docked. Nearly two years had passed. Seeing those people who had received the news and waited for their relatives to disembark, Li Jian only felt that he had finally Came back alive.

I finally found a few familiar people in the crowd. When Wu You and Liu Lao waited to see the dark Li Jian, tears came down, saying "It's good to be back, it's good to be back" and welcomed Li Jian back, waiting to wash up After a brief narration, let Li Jian go to rest first.

After resting for a few days, I sent the gifts I brought back to everyone. They are all kinds of fruits and satins produced in the south that are not common. Li Jian specially purchased them for gifts.

I also chatted with Wu You about their respective lives on separate days, listening to Wu You's experience of pulling goods at the pier, my daily life after I left, talking about my experience on the ship, listening to Wu You waiting for me to come back day and night, and asking about the fleet every day When he came back, Li Jian felt that it was really worthwhile to have such a person waiting for him in this life. Thinking about his previous life, he was alone and no one cared about him. Now he has a lover who will never leave him. I also have the capital to live a good life, and I feel that my life is not in vain.

While the two of them were planning where to live again in the future, Mr. Liu helped to go through the formalities and left. It took nearly a hundred taels of silver to finish all the work. Just take the issued certificate and guide, and go to the local yamen to enter the house. It cost much less than expected.

This time, as long as those who came back from the sea alive did not make less money, those who deal with these matters all stared at them. How could it be possible to ask for less? Li Jian knew that it must be the face of Mr. Liu. Those who came from the capital were here to avoid misfortune. It had been several years, and their general still owed Mr. Liu the life-saving grace. The background of being able to come to the army to avoid misfortune must not be simple, and they borrowed all of it this time.

After the hectic days passed, Li Jian finally left the camp and returned to his first real home in the village, and he finally settled down. Everyone in the village envied Li Jian when he came back, and everyone knew that he had gone out. As long as you come back alive, you will be rich, it depends on whether you have that life and that courage.

The two decided to go south. First, Wu You's body was too damaged, and a place that was too cold was not good for him. It was inconvenient to live in a small place, and money was spent. In this small village, the whole Even if you eat an extra egg, some people will gossip behind your back when you buy some meat every day. After a long time, I'm afraid that you will be watched by someone and something will happen. After all, if everyone has no money, you will appear to be an individual. If you don't stare at you Who to stare at.

So I still have to go to a bustling city. Although the cost is high, there are many opportunities to make money. Even if you buy some good farmland, you can buy it. Go south by boat along the capital.

The journey was fairly safe, after all, the pipeline they took, and sometimes they went with caravans. Looking at their carriage, it looked like they were pulling goods. Those who are rich, finally arrived safely in the capital and found an inn to rest. The bumpy journey was too tiring, and it took a whole day's sleep to recover.