The most unlucky crossing in history

On the afternoon of November 23, Zhong Qiyun had just arrived in Hangzhou and had no time to rest, so he went to the main building of the fleet without stopping.

Before leaving Jingzhao, he wrote letters and sent them to the Chengfeng Stations in Linhai and Linjiang prefectural towns, and summoned all the stewards and supervisors to go to Hangzhou on November 23 to discuss important matters.

If it wasn't for the heavy snow in the north that blocked the road, Zhong Qiyun would have arrived in Hangzhou City on the [-]th. He planned to go to the shipbuilding workshop in Hangzhou City first, but now he can only postpone it and explain the matter clearly to the stewards .

The main building of the fleet is located in the south of Hangzhou near the river mouth. Before Zhong Qiyun arrived, Liu Wangcai hastily greeted him.

"Brother Zhong, you are finally back!" Liu Wangcai almost wept with joy when he saw Zhong Qiyun.

No one knows how much pressure he has been under in the past month. All shipbuilders stopped supplying ships. Liu Wangcai followed Zhong Qiyun's instructions to negotiate with each family, but each family would rather tear up the contract than supply ships. Right now they are shipping business Soaring, but this ship is not enough, that is copying their old bottom...

He was so anxious that he could hardly sleep during this time, if Zhong Qiyun didn't come back, he would go crazy.

After getting off the carriage, Zhong Qiyun nodded to Liu Wang, but he didn't stop, and asked, "Have all the stewards arrived?"

"It's here, it's here, everyone is here, even Brother He and Miss Xiangdong are here, waiting for you to grow old on the second floor!"

Zhong Qiyun glanced at Liu Wangcai, knowing that he was really tired these days, so he didn't talk about him, and only responded: "Okay."

The Fleet General Building was originally a building of a large restaurant in Hangzhou City. Later, Hangzhou City moved to the north, and the restaurant followed the crowds to the city. Come down and renovate it, and use it as the main fleet building.

Because it was not a front door open to entertain guests like Chengfeng Inn, but only for the fleet to transfer and transfer, so Zhong Qiyun directly changed the huge lobby on the second floor into a meeting place that could accommodate a hundred people.

When he walked quickly to the second floor, the stewards of the 36 Chengfeng Stations of the Zhong family fleet along the river and along the coast were all sitting in the hall, including He Minqing who was in charge of land transportation and Yang Xiangdong who was at sea.

When they saw Zhong Qiyun coming, they all stood up and bowed their hands to say hello.

Zhong Qiyun walked to the middle, and bowed his hands to the stewards of the four seats: "It's snowing in the north, and it's difficult to travel on land, which will delay these days, and keep you waiting for a long time.

Now, all the stewards, don't be polite, sit down. "

After everyone sat down, Zhong Qiyun walked to the empty place and sat down, and then said: "Now that time is running out, I won't talk too much about useless things. I think you all know what I'm talking about when I call you here this time." It counts."

Zhong Qiyun took two sips of tea on the table, and said: "One is to explain to you the development of my Zhong family in the coming year, and the other is to hear your opinions. Regardless of the state government's decree or the people's ability to buy, sell, or transport, it is not the same everywhere. It needs to be determined by combining the data you have seized during this period, and you can start with a final plan. The three are the recent ones. The shipyard broke the confession."

After Zhong Qiyun finished speaking, the shopkeepers and stewards in the hall nodded in understanding.

After hearing this, Zhong Qiyun said: "These three things may sound small, but I'm afraid they won't be settled immediately. Let's discuss and discuss the most important matter of supplying ships today." He looked at Liu Wangcai who had been dealing with this matter, and said, "Steward Liu, please tell everyone what happened recently."

"Okay." Listening to Liu Wangcai, he took a copy of the general ledger from various newspapers from the table behind him, and said, "Now our fleet has a total of one hundred and one sea-going ships and nine ships of 180 thousand den. , there are 96 Wandan boats in the Cao Canal, and 130 five Qiandan boats. Although the number seems to be quite a lot, they are evenly distributed to various places. There are only 48 Wandan ships and [-] Qiandan ships in Hangzhou. During the war in Jingzhao City, the owner visited the Hu family and the Zhou family, and after receiving the delivery order, these It's far from enough. Steward Sun and Miss Xiangdong made an estimate. If we want to send all the silk from the Hu family to other places next year and continue our Zhong family's business in foreign countries, at least [-] more than [-] ships will be needed in Hangzhou. There are only [-], and [-], and [-], and [-], and [-].

After hearing this, Yang Xiangdong also said: "Master, the Qiandan ships are not very useful for sailing the sea. The ships can't be used any more, so we can distribute some to the side. But Wandan's seagoing ships need to be equipped with at least 160 ships at each seaport. yes."

When the stewards in other places heard this, they also responded anxiously.

Steward Qian Puqian of Chengfeng Station in Jingzhou couldn't help but patted the table and said, "Not only is Hangzhou City, but even the estuary in the center of our city is short of many boats.

But, especially after the story of the owner’s contribution to helping the Holy Lord and protecting the country spread, my place in Jingzhou received the shipping order for nearly half a year last year in just a few days. Originally, the ship could handle it properly, but now... Boss, the accountant at my place has calculated that I need at least ten Wandan ships in Jingzhou!But......"

Guanshi Qian sighed: "But Hangzhou and Jinling are the only two that can make Wandan boats now, but now they tell me that they don't make them anymore?! How can this work? I can still make those orders. Hold on, the most important households will be delivered first, but this is not a long-term solution."

Ding Youquan from Wanyi Prefecture said: "Wanyi is the same as Qian Guanshi's, but our Wanyi estuary is not that spacious, and we don't need Wandan ships as much as his place, and we usually use Qiandan Ships. But this time there were not enough boats, there was also a shipyard in Wanyi Prefecture, and this boatyard could build Qiandan boats. Ding went to the boatyard to discuss the same day. They had already nodded and agreed to replace the existing I first delivered the ten ships to me, but suddenly changed his mind the next day. Ding thought that the owner of the shipyard thought that the money was not enough, so I immediately asked for more money, but he refused to say anything. Not to mention, someone must have made trouble on purpose, so I don't know who targeted our fleet like this!"

"Yes, Linzhou is exactly the same."

"The same goes for Huicheng."

"There are so many businesses, how can this work?!"

With every word, the lobby, which was still quiet when Zhong Qiyun came, became noisy.

For a long time, Zhong Qiyun just listened and didn't call to stop. After all his managers had said almost and realized that the boss had not spoken and gradually quieted down, Zhong Qiyun said: "At the beginning of this year, after I came back from Shendu, I talked with Hangzhou. More than a dozen households including Changhe Shipyard, Pingshun Shipyard in Jinling City, Tongshun Shipyard and Yuanzheng Shipyard in Jinling City signed contracts for 420 Wandan giant ships and [-] Qiandan ships, and they were originally scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year."

All the stewards in the hall were stunned. What Zhong Qiyun said just now was not much different from the original estimate of the main building, so their boss had expected such a development of the Zhong family at the beginning of the year?

As if guessing what the steward in the hall was thinking, Zhong Qiyun said: "I roughly estimated that the Zhong family would be able to double in size by the end of the year, but at that time the order of so many ships was just for the need of the coming year, and I never Guessing the changes in the future, the Zhong family's fleet was expanded to this point a year in advance."

Liu Wang just heard this

I couldn't help but sigh: "I was present when the owner signed the contract. If these shipyards deliver the goods at the end of the year as the owner said, we will not be short of them now, but the bad thing is that they are all... .”

He Minqing, who had been silent all this time, said at this moment: "Although He has put all his energy on land transportation this year, I have heard a little bit about shipping." He looked at Zhong Qiyun and said, "Brother Qiyun, Some time ago, I went to the Jinling Prefecture to do business, and I asked about it on the sidelines, and the prefect of Jinling only said to me, "Their state capital is not easy to manage." This is very interesting. 60.00% of the five taxes come from this small area in the south of the Yangtze River. It can be known that there are many wealthy businessmen.There are more wealthy businessmen and tycoons, and in many cases officials are not as able to "implement administrative orders well" as other states.

He Minqing frowned slightly: "Brother Qiyun, if all the shipyards in the middle and high schools are willing to violate the signed contracts and accept double compensation, I'm afraid it's not just one family that is behind the scenes."

As soon as these words came out, the stewards in the hall fell silent.

How many merchants don't want Zhong Jiahao?Do you think it is those running merchants in the same industry?I'm afraid it won't stop.The merchants and their party put their interests first, and no one wants the Zhong family to be too powerful, blocking their way and disturbing their status. If the mature and towering tree of the Zhong family falls down, then the other It can be eaten away.

Who is fueling the flames? Perhaps many big businessmen have pushed more or less, and it is meaningless to continue to quarrel now.

The lobby was silent for a long time, Zhong Qiyun couldn't help laughing seeing the stewards sitting there who used to be very high-spirited, but now all of them were frowning.

It was also this sound that broke the deadly silence, and when the puzzled people looked over, Zhong Qiyun smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? I, the leader, are not afraid. What are you afraid of? Can you bear such a setback now? In the future, my Zhong family will stand at the top of the tower, but there are many things that you can't worry about."

As soon as Zhong Qiyun said this, He Minqing and the others were stunned.

Zhong Qiyun stood up, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Is it important who is behind it? What about the Hu family, Zhou family, Li family, and Wang family? Shihu Chuanfang must have built most of the ships. Zhong’s boat swallowed? Hehe, then I, Zhong Qiyun, let them spit it out myself.”