The most unlucky crossing in history

Since Zhong Qiyun came back from Zhancheng, the word spread slowly in Hangzhou: Now there is a Mr. Zhong who sails the sea in the city. He is young and handsome, but he has great courage and insight. None of them had any accidents. Years ago, he even took his fleet to deliver goods to Zhangjiaping in Luzhou to Zhancheng, and brought countless treasures from Zhancheng.

Make a lot of money!

"If you want to talk about Zhong Sheng, it's really unusual," storytellers in teahouses, water shops and other places sounded the gavel, and in the past month, the most talked about Zhong Sheng's story was narrated.

"By the way, when he led the fleet to Zhancheng, the road was full of dangers. You may not know that on that sea, if there is a heavy rain, it will be like being in Abi Hell. It was calm a moment ago, and it changed suddenly. Into purgatory..."

"But this Zhong Sheng knows how to read the sky and watch the wind, and he is not afraid of danger. Before the heavy rain came, he ordered the team to dock first, and escaped the catastrophe. Tsk tsk tsk, he can be regarded as a rare navigating wizard in the past few years in my dynasties. It's..."

"What's more, this Qiongyang has passed away, away from my Daqing Dynasty, and the sea is full of pirates. All kinds of things, this fleet has encountered all kinds of things. If it were someone else, they would have been scared out of their wits. How could it be like this? So safe? Speaking of which, the person who can earn such a family business in just half a year is considered the first among young talents today! It is said that he not only signed contracts with the Zhang family in Luzhou, the Zhu family in Maojiang, etc. In the transportation business for nearly ten years, Mr. Hu Yanzhang in Hangzhou City also favored Zhong Sheng. A few days ago, when Zhong Sheng came to Hu's house to discuss the matter of transporting silk, Mr. Hu even went to meet him in person. Face, its future is limitless!"

The people in the audience listened with gusto, and some people heard this and said: "You said that Miss Hu's sixteenth birthday passed a few years ago, and it will be rumored that she is engaged to someone in half a month's time. But now, I haven’t heard any letter.”

"That's right, I didn't think much about it at first, but now I heard from my husband... I have been in Hangzhou for many years, but I have never heard that Master Hu is so fond of any young talent, do you think it will be This Master Hu wants to recruit..."

The storyteller looked at the white silver taels in the silk red cloth in front of him, narrowed his small eyes even more, and took a few sips of the tea in front of him in satisfaction. No way, someone in my family was working in Hu's house, so a letter came out saying that this Zhong Qiyun had won orders from Hu's family to North Youzhou, Qingzhou, Pengcheng and other cities... .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was even more uproarious. Who knows, these big state capitals have always been transported by the Hu family themselves?Although it was by land, after all, he had never been touched by others. This time, Zhong Qiyun was actually taken down... Doesn't it mean that he has plans to treat him as a family?

Zhong Qiyun in the private room upstairs couldn’t help but laugh and cry. Although he did spread a lot of information on purpose, he deliberately advertised to promote the fleet by taking advantage of this wind. How effective is the advertisement? Naturally, I have a deep understanding.However, discussing this matter with the Hu family is not as rumored by these people.

After hearing the remarks downstairs, He Minqing couldn't help laughing and joked to Zhong Qiyun: "It seems that the day when Brother Zhong will be the son-in-law of Mr. Hu riding a dragon is just around the corner."

"Brother He was joking, it's not like you don't know what kind of ruthless Mr. Hu is."

Thinking of the scene of discussing with Hu Yanzhang the day before yesterday, Zhong Qiyun shook his head, how could that old fox be so easy to deal with?On the face of kindness and kindness, but in the discussion, there are traps everywhere, just waiting for you to jump into it.

If it wasn't for Zhong Qiyun's cautiousness and carefulness, he really couldn't play with this person who has been struggling in the mall for decades.

And the list of winning several northern states is not as mentioned by the listeners and storytellers downstairs.

As long as sea transportation is stable and safe, compared with land transportation, it can go upwind and save a lot of time and cost. Hu's original land transportation is replaced by sea transportation. In terms of the price offered by Zhong Qiyun, it is cheaper than before. Save nearly one-third of the transportation cost.

Zhong Qiyun originally talked with Hu Yanzhang about transportation, not the silk business in those states. He didn't touch any silk profits, and only collected transportation money.

If it wasn't for the fact that he could save time and cost by transporting Hu Yanzhang by sea, Hu Yanzhang would not have agreed.

Thinking of Hu Yanzhang's mention of being interested in his fleet time and time again that day, he meant that he wanted to bring it under the Hu family's wing.

Zhong Qiyun frowned. At that time, he pretended not to understand. He only toasted with Hu Yanzhang to congratulate the two companies on the deal, and avoided that topic. But if he avoided it once, what will happen next time?The Hu family is now powerful and powerful in the business world. Although he has achieved a little bit now, compared to the Hu family, he is really nothing but rough edges. Naturally, he cannot afford to offend him. Then in the future...

Zhong Qiyun thought that if the fleet wants to grow, it cannot be limited to Hangzhou silk. Although the shipping is good, he can reach the coastal cities by the fleet, but there is no way to go to the inland places... A combination of sea and land will only be necessary in the future, this

Only by spreading the business network in this way can we avoid the edge of the Hu family.

And there is also river transportation...but the river transportation needs to be issued by the imperial court....The Xingjiang Order...

What's more, now that there are more and more people who know that he has made a lot of money by relying on the sea, many people will naturally move their minds to go to the sea... The corner of Zhong Qiyun's mouth curled up.

Maybe it's not such a bad thing...

He Minqing saw that Zhong Qiyun laughed alone without knowing where he was thinking, and said, "Brother Qiyun seems to be in a good mood? Now that he has accomplished something, I don't know what he plans to do in the future?"

Zhong Qiyun regained his senses and looked at He Minqing, "Of course I'm going to go to sea again. Now is the time when I'm short of money, and I can't delay." Having said this, Zhong Qiyun paused, and then slowly and tentatively said: "Brother He What are you going to do in the future? Are you going to go back to Quanzhou again for land transportation, or are you willing to do business by sea?"

He Minqing laughed when he heard the words: "We brothers have known each other for a long time, so there is no need to try and test like this. What Qi Yun means is to ask me if I want to do business together in the future?"

When He Minqing said this, Zhong Qiyun stopped hiding, put down the cup in his hand, and said seriously: "Yes, but I have hesitated for a long time about some things, I am afraid that if I say it, it will make Brother He unhappy and hurt us. The bond of brotherhood."

"You want to swallow my caravan?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded.

When he first arrived in Hangzhou and heard about this Zhong Sheng in the streets and alleys, He Minqing knew that Zhong Qiyun's ambition was not only in this coastal area, but this time when he came back, Zhong Qiyun took the initiative to ask someone to talk about it, and he probably guessed why.

He Minqing laughed without hesitation, and leaned back slightly on the seat: "Qiyun knows, how much did you earn me by taking two ships of goods to Maojiang for me a year ago?"

Zhong Qiyun knew it well, but didn't answer.

He Minqing continued: "This encounter is nearly all of my usual half-year income. Half a year is so difficult. I can only earn this after traveling thousands of miles. So, if I have money to earn, I am happy." Why not? Speaking of which, I used to run business with Lu Huang in the past, but this time I changed to follow Brother Qi Yun, you are willing to pull me to make money together, what hurts your feelings?"

Zhong Qiyun also laughed when he heard it, and without knowing what to say, he raised his glass and touched him, "Then...we brothers will have a good cooperation in the future?"

He Minqing joked aloud: "He will rely on his boss to take care of him in the future!"

He Minqing's caravan was not that big, Zhong Qiyun valued not only the caravan, but He Minqing. Although he was young, he had been doing business on land for many years.

He has dealings with all kinds of people, such as high-ranking scholars, honest gentlemen, officials and rich people, and has a very wide network of contacts.

Zhong Qiyun wanted to use his help to get through the land transportation.

"I don't know what the name of Qiyun's fleet is?" He Minqing asked, looking at the young man in front of him.

"The Government of Hangzhou has already approved it a few days ago, and called the stores in various places "Chengfeng" Posts, and the sea fleets are called "Breaking Waves"."

"Riding the wind and breaking the waves, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, a good name."

Zhong Qiyun laughed.

On the second day after meeting He Minqing, Zhong Qiyun didn't want to rest any longer. The rainy day in the south of the Yangtze River was over, and when the southwest monsoon blew, he took thirty boats full of silk from the Hu family all the way north.

When the sea was calm, Zhong Qiyun held countless books describing the astronomical phenomena and climate to study in his spare time, and also took a dozen logbooks from decades ago from Mr. Cai to study.

The newly opened Chengfeng Stations in Hangzhou, Taizhou, Jinling, and Gusu, which had just hung plaques, picked up some drop-in business, and Zhong Qiyun also took them down.

Yu Zhouhai, Yang Xiangdong, Mr. Cai's grandson, and several Zhong Qiyun's trustworthy helmsmen who had signed long-term labor contracts accompanied them all the way, and they were all pressured by Zhong Qiyun to learn a lot of sailing skills.

Every state they passed through left behind the name of the Zhong family's fleet riding the wind and waves. When they returned in January, they picked up a lot of business along the way. The spare ships were also loaded with special goods from various places and brought them to Chengfeng Stations in various places for sale.There are a variety of beautiful things in eyes, each with its own characteristics, all of which are rare objects in the local area, which are extremely eye-catching.

The sales are good, and the number of spectators and customers outside the door is astonishing.

After that, the fleet never rested, and the 'beautiful events' spread throughout the Zhong family's fleet in the city, 'Chengfengyi' also opened one after another.

The short-distance and long-distance business is delivered to the door one by one, and the expansion of the fleet is so fast that it has increased to a hundred ships in just two months. Zhong Qiyun will not take care of all the wanderings in the north and south. He has planned the sailing time. So he handed over the transportation to Yu Zhouhai and the others to take the helm.

Although Yang Xiangdong is a girl, she has the highest understanding of sailing among all the people. In the past few months, she has learned the most, but the boatmen are all men, and she is too shy to suppress those boatmen, so Zhong Qiyun is not at ease. Let her take the boat and always follow him.

After a long time, although Zhong Qiyun always said that Yang Xiangdong was his young apprentice, some new boatmen couldn't help thinking wrong.

I always think that it is shameless for a good-looking woman to say that she is an apprentice. I am afraid that the apprentice is fake and the mistress is real.

In this way, some dissatisfaction with Yang Xiangdong's command

, but it does not appear on the surface.

At the beginning of August, when news came from the court that he was preparing to negotiate peace with the Uighurs, Zhong Qiyun took fifteen ships all the way south to Jianzhou.

Yang Xiangdong also followed as usual, the wind had been calm for several months, but after all, it became chaotic when it left Yuhuan Port.Zhong Qiyun didn't go to the cabin to look at the cargo, but there was a noisy sound on the deck.

Zhong Qiyun sighed slightly, and then walked up.

Sure enough, it was those new boatmen who made trouble.

"Now that the wind is blowing to the north, why don't you let me go back to Yuhuan? Do you want us all to die in this sea?"

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