The most unlucky crossing in history

The external things that merchants who go to sea need to settle down are nothing more than three things: the compass, the chart, and the ship.

When he came back from Sangha City a few years ago, he personally visited Cai Lao in Jinling many times until Cai Lao agreed to help him, until he recruited capable people who could draw sea charts and make compass, and mastered the skills in his own hands .

Compass and nautical charts are so troublesome, let alone ships, which are the most important ships that carry goods and lives.

In business, most of the time, interests are paramount, and this has been the case since ancient times.Zhong Qiyun can guarantee that he will not be greedy or greedy when he is in business, but he also knows very well that others are not like this.Rolling around in this quagmire, it is a great advantage not to fall into trouble when you are unlucky, how can you covet your colleagues to help you move forward?

It is true that there are no permanent friends, only eternal interests.Few in this industry can really expect you to go to the top, as long as there is a conflict of interest, those people will try to suppress you.

Those so-called friends in business are almost unreliable, and Zhong Qiyun understands this.

The lifeline cannot be placed on the "friends and close friends" in business, because once the Zhong family develops and the fleet grows, there will be too many people threatening him with their lifelines, leaving him with nowhere to sit back and wait for death.

Therefore, Zhong Qiyun understood from the very beginning that it doesn't mean that he just buys a ship and operates it immediately.It is safe to put the things that live and live in one's own hands.

Why did Zhong Qiyun support Liu Wangcai like that at the beginning? What Zhong Qiyun wanted was never the little water transportation of the Liu family. What Zhong Qiyun wanted was the neglected shipbuilding ability of the Liu family.

When Zhong Qiyun came into contact with Liu Wangcai, he made it clear to Liu Wangcai that through the contacts of Liu Wangcai's ancestors, he also secretly found many skilled craftsmen and shipbuilders to design and manufacture ships for the Zhong family. It has been two years now.

It's just that this matter has never been mentioned to the outside world, nor has it been made known to other merchants.

Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River knows that the Zhong family bought a piece of wasteland and tidal flats that no one wants to go to at the estuary of the great river. They know that Zhong Qiyun built a seaport there to supply ships to the sea and river, but they don't know that he also built a huge one. boat yard.

And the Black Whale, which was seized from the Shendu pirates in terms of craftsmanship and size, was far superior to the best ship in the Great Dawn Dynasty today, and it was parked there for the craftsmen to study.

For this point, only Liu Wang, who was secretly responsible, could

And Jiang Sicheng, who sent guards, knew.

Liu Wangcai looked at Zhong Qiyun who said this in front of him, and almost wanted to scream. He was anxious these days, anxious that there was no boat to transport so much business, and also anxious why Zhong Qiyun didn't use his own boat so far. For some years, I worried that the skills were not mature compared to those of the previous ones, but in the middle of this year, after the craftsmen imitated the Black Whale to build an equivalent ship, the skills of the Zhong family had already surpassed those shipyards, but Zhong Qiyun was still useless The meaning of Zhong's ship.

Liu Wangcai really didn't understand. When this incident happened a few days ago, he sent a letter to Zhong Qiyun in a hurry, asking his boss to order the use of the Zhong family's boat, but Zhong Qiyun's reply to him only had one sentence, let him He went to other shipyards to discuss.

The result... the result will not be mentioned.

But now Zhong Qiyun said so...

Liu Wangcai looked at Zhong Qiyun with bright eyes, and said, "Brother Zhong, you finally figured out that you want to use our Zhong family's boat?!"

When he said this, the people in the hall were a little confused, but before they could ask about the Zhong family's boat, Zhong Qiyun glanced at Liu Wangcai and said: "Today and tomorrow, I plan to go to the boathouse in person. Go around."

Liu Wangcai was stunned, wondering if he heard it wrong, "What? Where are you going?"

Zhong Qiyun smiled and said: "Go and visit those ten boathouses." He turned to He Minqing who was looking at him with a questioning face and said: "Brother He, please accompany me for a walk."

He Minqing guessed that Zhong Qiyun might have made a plan a long time ago, although he didn't know what he wanted to do, but it was rare for him to be in a big event in the big business world, and to see Zhong Qiyun's ability to overturn the cloud with his own eyes, so he would be willing to take a look of.

Thinking of this, He Minqing stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhong Qiyun with a smile, "Listen to the boss's arrangement."

Zhong Qiyun nodded, and then instructed Liu Wangcai to settle the affairs of the states. He and He Minqing immediately set off and went straight to Xiangjia's house in Changhe Shipbuilding Workshop.

Although the four shipbuilding workshops in Hangzhou City are not close to each other, the main houses are all in the city.In this way, from noon to night, Zhong Qiyun visited these four houses in less than five hours. Along the way, Zhong Qiyun told He Minqing about the shipbuilding of the Zhong family.

With Zhong Qiyun's current status, visiting in person should be quite respected, but the owners of the three boathouses among them all expressed their apologies respectfully, and said that they had no choice but to bear the double burden. Compensation, but the lack of sincerity can be seen more or less in those eyes, especially when Zhong Qiyun showed anxiety.

When he was in a hurry, there even flashed in his eyes the meaning of sitting still and waiting for the fun.

Among them, the Xiang family of Changhe Chuanfang is the first boathouse that Zhong Qiyun has cooperated with since he left the sea. Xiang Chengyu of that family told the boss that he could not supply ships, and said to Zhong Qiyun: "Boss Zhong, you He is also a white person with a transparent mind, so he can naturally understand that there are people who want to touch your Zhong family, and Xiang has to support hundreds of people in the boat workshop, and those people can't offend Xiang." Let me tell you, although Xiang is not a capable person, but at least he understands that he believes in Shangcheng. You and I have been in harmony for many years, and the friendship is not shallow. The icing on the cake is that Xiang does not have this ability for the time being, but the matter that fell into trouble But Xiang knew that he couldn’t do it. I’ve already built the boat, so I can’t give it to you at this time, but Xiang didn’t respond to the benefits that the people behind gave to Xiang. If you need those boats...Xiang will give it to you, and refund the deposit at the beginning of the year. Xiang can only do this."

After hearing this, Zhong Qiyun bowed his hands deeply to Cheng Yu and thanked him: "Zhong Qiyun hereby thanks the boss."

Thinking about the recent situation of the Zhong family, Xiang Chengyu felt that he was in danger, he shook his head and sighed: "There is nothing to thank, this time I am indeed sorry for your Zhong family."

After Zhong Qiyun and He Minqing left Xiangzhai, He Minqing didn't ask any more questions. Although Zhong Qiyun didn't explain directly, he somewhat understood why Zhong Qiyun did what he did.

Early the next morning, Zhong Qiyun and He Minqing rode to Jinling, and then visited the remaining six shipyards one by one as the day before.

Most of them are the same as those boat workshops that sit and watch flowers.

Although the remaining two families are not as good as Xiang's family, they are still sincerely apologizing and bluntly speaking about the situation.

Naturally, it is necessary to do the calculations clearly. Zhong Qiyun wanted to take this opportunity to see who could be regarded as "friends", and when the time came, the attack would definitely not affect those boathouses.

However, He Minqing still didn't understand one thing. On the way back to Hangzhou, he still asked: "Since the Zhong family has spent money to hire so many skilled craftsmen to make ships and has long been able to build their own ships, why didn't they get it earlier?" Come out, so the cost of doing business will be much lower. Moreover, I saw Qiyun your attitude before, if these shipyards deliver the ships according to the contract, you don't even intend to announce the Zhong family's shipbuilding? Take silver taels to buy?"

"If this matter doesn't happen, maybe I will never let Chuanfang appear."

"Why?"

The road was bumpy, and the tea on the low table of the carriage swung out, and Zhong Qiyun fetched it

Wipe it with a cloth towel, and said: "I won't let others find my shortcoming for such an important thing as a ship. It really needs to be built, and you need to know how to build it. But the Zhong family has always relied on sailing, transporting, and selling goods." Even if I can build my own boats and save money on purchases, in fact, compared to the other income, it is only a small profit." Putting down the cloth towel, Zhong Qiyun said slowly: " In business, there is no need to occupy everything.”

Having said this, Zhong Qiyun looked at He Minqing frowning, thought for a while and asked again: "Brother He, let me ask you something, if my Zhong Family Boathouse was born like this, you say, a century-old boat like Changhe What will happen to the workshop?"

He Minqing paused for a while after listening, the Zhong family's skills have long surpassed the current boat workshops, if it really comes out to sell ships, firstly, the Zhong family's business ships will no longer be purchased from outside, and secondly, the rest of the boat workshops will definitely be divided Most of the businesses, I am afraid that some hundred-year-old shipyards will not be able to survive.

He Minqing didn't speak, and Zhong Qiyun knew that he understood, "I, Zhong Qiyun, can't be considered a good person. I have the heart to guard against others, and I have prepared countermeasures. Although I don't want to make enemies, if he comes, he is not good at poaching me." Basically, I will play with them and pay back three points. If I am calm and peaceful, I will not cause trouble and destroy people's ancestors."

Zhong Qiyun said: "The business can't be done."

After hearing this, He Minqing was overwhelmed with emotion. Although he used to be a scholar who had read a lot of poetry and books on etiquette and righteousness, he thought he was decent and humble, but this time he really found out that he was not as clear as Zhong Qiyun. It's no wonder that Zhong Qiyun was able to accomplish such a thing at such a young age. At the moment when the word is the first, he sees too much in his eyes.

Zhong Qiyun added a cup of tea to He Minqing, "What's more, if everything is occupied and profit is everywhere, it is inevitable that there will be problems with the steps when the stall is big. If this is the case, there is no need to catch those who are inappropriate and have no energy to touch. If you don’t let it go, if you’re in business, it’s very boring to use the word Li, so it’s more beautiful if there are more colors and a hundred flowers.”

He Minqing laughed, nodded in agreement and said, "This is true."

On November 28th, the second day that Zhong Qiyun went to ten boathouses to ask for boat supplies spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the second day when everyone joked about the danger of Zhong’s family and Zhong Qiyun’s youthful vigor offending others, Songjiang Seaport Five huge ships, several times larger than Wandan's ships, sailed out, and sailed directly to the mouth of the Qiantang River in Hangzhou with the sails of the Zhong family, causing a sensation in the whole city.

That day, the news from the port in the night

Before the curtain fell, it spread like flying all over the city.

"The Zhong family has a boat, and the Zhong family has never seen a huge ship before!"

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