1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 83

The purchased materials have begun to be loaded onto the ships one after another. First, metals such as copper, iron, tin, and lead are pressed into the bilges of each ship.Then there are bags of grain, rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum, etc.

As for some livestock and poultry, a cabin was specially set aside, and a lot of hay was bought to feed these livestock.

"All the purchased materials are loaded on the ship, and there are probably still a lot of space. Let's buy some more, so don't waste it!" Hu Wenjin returned to the inn and reported to Cao Xionghui.

"Do you count those craftsmen?"

"There are only twenty or so of them, and they can fit them all....The treasurer Zhou said that since our four ships can hold goods and people, he wants to return to Daming."

"Huh?... It's not like we don't pay him the shipping fee! What is he rushing back to do?"

"Hehe... He said that the Nanyang Commercial Bank has been established for more than a month and has not done a single business!...He is complaining that we dragged him to carry out transportation and delayed business!"

"I gave him a shipping fee that exceeded the market price, and he is not satisfied."

"Grandpa Cao, it's not like you don't know that Shopkeeper Zhou has stockpiled some good things in Boni, and he can't wait to ship them back to Daming to sell them. ... That's eight times ten times the profit! So some people don't like the things we give. Pay for shipping!"

"Oh..." Cao Xiong was stunned, "Damn it, I've given up all my money!"

Cao Xiong thought about it, and it was true that Zhou Yingping had been delayed for more than a month, so he agreed to return to Daming first.However, at this time, something happened on the pier, which eventually changed Shopkeeper Zhou's wish to return to Daming ahead of schedule.

This morning, two lucky boats from Daming slowly docked at the port of Batavia.The ship was full of "goods". After disembarking, the ship's owner Zhu Shousong hurried to the city to find buyers who had ordered the "goods" to inspect the goods.

However, not long after noon, Zhu Shousong returned to the pier dejectedly.

"Old mother of Japan!" Zhu Shousong stood on the pier, looking at his two lucky boats in distress, "The red-haired ghost doesn't count. He ordered the goods, but he didn't want them anymore....This is trying to trick me to death! "

The sea merchants who came and went at the pier just smiled when they saw it.There are several times a month that the order is ordered in this way, but the buyer rejects it.However, if the goods trafficked from Daming are not too unpopular or the quality of the goods is too poor, it can usually be processed after a few days of delay. It is nothing more than the amount of profit.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, why bother yourself!" A familiar sea merchant at the pier persuaded with a smile: "Some goods, just a few more days of delay. There are many Chinese merchants in Batavia, and there must be someone who can eat the two shipments from Xiongtai." .”

"It's difficult!" Zhu Shousong shook his head, "My two shipments are not ordinary goods!"

"Could it be that you pulled two boats of rocks to the red-haired ghost, so it's hard to make a move? Haha..." The sea merchant joked.

"It's not a stone." Zhu Shousong smiled wryly, "Two boats of people were pulled!"

"Brother Zhu, how do you do this business?" The sea merchant's face changed when he heard this, and his tone became less friendly.

"This... isn't this a ghost's obsession!" Zhu Shousong said embarrassingly.

In Nanyang, trafficking in Dingkou is the most despised business among sea merchants.The people of Ming Dynasty were stuffed into the bilge like piglets, and then sold to plantations in the East Indies, where they lived like cattle and horses.How can people bear it!

Zhu Shousong met a Dutch spice plantation owner in Batavia more than two months ago, and the Dutch plantation owner entrusted him to get some immigrants from Ming Dynasty to help him cultivate the land.He also promised that he would be given a certificate of preferential exemption from spices, so that he could bypass the quota policy issued by the Batavian colonial agency.

Shipping the spices to Daming would not only bring three times or five times the profit, but also circumvent the quota policy and bring in more spices, as well as gems unique to Nanyang.Calculated, there are five times and ten times the income.

Zhu Shousong ran back to Daming excitedly, and then gathered refugees in Huaibei area.At the beginning of the year, Zhang Xianzhong broke through Fengyang, and then Gao Yingxiang led his troops to rush there, and then the two of them roughly went around.The imperial court was shaken, and troops from several provinces were gathered together to suppress the bandits.

Dozens of prefectures and counties in Huainan and Huaibei were completely destroyed by bandits and rebels, and countless people became refugees in rounds.Instead, let Zhu Shousong easily gather more than three hundred people, and choose only strong men and strong women.

When I arrived in Batavia, I never thought that the Dutch plantation owner would change his mind easily and no longer accept immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.Gein, a heavy rain last night destroyed countless native houses.And these natives who lost their homes were all driven to various plantations outside the city by the mercenaries of the Batavian colonial agency.Although the natives are lazy and stupid, the advantage is that there is no cost to obtain it.

"Why are there so many people on those two ships?...What are they crying for?" Qi Dajiang frowned and looked at the two blessing ships not far away. The deck was full of people, crying and shouting. , screaming.

"I'll go and have a look!" Luo Rucheng also saw the commotion over there, said a word, and got off the boat.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, Daming has traveled thousands of miles, and so many people died on the way. Why, when you arrive in Bacheng, why are you still selling us to those raw people!"

"Shopkeeper Zhu, you can do me a favor, put us on the boat and make money, we will definitely pay you back the boat money, the meal money..."

"Master Zhu..."

Zhu Shousong heard that the Dutch seemed to need manpower to colonize Ceylon Island, so he thought about going to the city tomorrow to find out the exact situation, and maybe selling some people to the Dutch colonial agency.The rest is to see if the local Chinese businessmen in Batavia are in need. No way, it will take ten days and half a month.

But no one knew who leaked the news, causing many people on the ship to misrepresent it, thinking that they were going to be sold to slaves, so they gathered on the deck to make a noise.

Zhu Shousong tried to persuade him with kind words, but when they saw the land, they wanted to get off the boat and leave, and there was a lot of noise.

Zhu Shousong became ruthless, and called several of his men to wave long whips, beat several people in succession, and threatened not to leave, and none of them would be given dinner.

"Those two ships were full of Dingkou trafficked by Ming Dynasty, and they clamored not to sell them to Shengfan." Luo Rucheng came back and said to Qi Dajiang.

"Oh, how many people are in the two ships?" Qi Dajiang asked thoughtfully.

"When we set off from Daming, there were more than 340 people. Now... there are less than 300 people?"

"Why did so many people die along the way?"

"Damn it, I haven't stopped for repairs all the way. I started from Hai'an and ran to Batavia in more than [-] days!...Those Dingkou with weaker physique, don't they just..."

"Isn't our Hanzhou short of people?"

"Brother Dajiang, what do you mean..."

"Yes, buy them all?" Qi Dajiang nodded, "Rather than fall into the hands of the red-haired ghost, it's better to bring them back to our Hanzhou. 300 people!" He couldn't help thinking that Qi Tian often lamented that there was a shortage of people everywhere.

"I think it will work!" Luo Rucheng agreed after hearing this.

"Find someone to talk to Master Cao and Lao Hu." Luo Rucheng said, "I'll go talk to the shopkeeper."

"I'll go with you! Don't let him deceive us..."

When Zhu Shousong heard that someone was willing to buy all the Dingkou in his hand, he was overjoyed, and quickly bargained with Qi Dajiang and Luo Rucheng.

In the end, all three hundred and two people were bought at a price of 30 taels of silver per person.

When Hu Wenjin and Zhou Yingping rushed to the dock to pay the money, shopkeeper Zhou's face was very ugly.There were 300 more people, which meant that his Fuchuan had to vacate space to help them transport people.After all, when they came from Hanzhou, there had been an agreement that it was round-trip transportation.

Originally, Cao Xiong agreed that he could return to Daming first and wait for their arrival in Guangzhou.Now, it's gone down the drain again.

"You sticklers, each pocket is no more than 25 taels of silver? Forcibly, each pocket is paid five taels of silver by others!" Zhou Yingping said mercilessly.

"Men are rich! We are willing!..." Luo Rucheng said angrily.

Qi Dajiang smiled indifferently.Anyway, it is the money that was robbed, so spend it if you spend it, and buy more people to go back, so as to enrich the strength of Hanzhou.

The fourth brother seems to have said that the most valuable thing in this world is actually people.As long as there are people, wealth can be created and strength can be enhanced.

That's right, if you have someone, even if you don't have money in the future, you can just grab it again!
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