The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 134
Ding Yi and Zheng Zhilong became brothers, this friendship is different.

At that moment, Ding Yi proposed to buy a ship.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't refuse, and Ding Yi wanted to fight the Tartars out of righteousness.

The two talked in secret for a long time in Zheng's residence, and finally reached several agreements.

Ding Yi bought furs, pearls, ginseng and other goods from Dongjiang, and sent a ship to Fuzhou Lane. Zheng Zhilong sent people to pick up the goods, and loaded Ding Yi's ship with military supplies such as saltpeter, iron, refined steel, sulfur, and gunpowder for return.

Everyone does not trade in silver, but barters. Of course, the prices are basically the same. Generally speaking, Ding Yi is slightly at a loss.

And he wants to deliver the goods to Fuzhou.

This business is very good for Zheng Zhilong. He used to buy it from other merchants, or send a ship to North Korea to buy it. The journey is long and the round trip takes a long time.

Now Ding Yi delivers the goods to his door, which saves him a lot of time, and the price is not high.

It is very easy for him to buy saltpeter and other things here in Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and he can earn the money he used to travel so hard with a little effort.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong was willing to do this the most was that Ding Yi said it was to beat the Tartars.

Supporting the Ming army's fight against the Tartars was an irresistible reason for Zheng Zhilong.

What's more, Ding Yi is now his brother.

Of course, Ding Yi is not without benefits.

Now his boat can fly the Zheng Ziqi, and there is no charge to go there. After this year, he will save a lot of money.

Zheng Zhilong also agreed to build a large merchant ship of [-] materials for Ding Yi.

The cost of this ship is nearly 2 taels (only materials, not labor), and the market price is more than 4 taels.

The goods will probably not be available until this time next year, and Ding Yi will pay 3 taels, which is considered a friendly price.

On October 10, Ding Yi finally left Quanzhou.

This time, he came back with a full load. When he came, he was on four boats, and one returned in Yueqing.

Now go back to seven ships.

One of the grapes, the Lisbon, has a load of 5 catties.

Zheng Zhilong sold him three old ships.

These three ships are not very big, they are all 10 materials, and they can hold about 3000 catties together. Each ship received [-] taels of Ding Yi.

The three ships were named Nanying No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.

After all, the boat was small, and Ding Yi didn't have the heart to help them name it.

With the help of Zheng Zhilong, more than 20 sailors were recruited from the local area and Zheng Zhilong's camp. In addition, many of his original subordinates were sailors and horses, and there were also Portuguese, and finally started all the ships to go home.

When the seven boats set out to sea, they were almost fully loaded with all kinds of goods and silver, and they departed mightily.

At this time, Ding Yi still had nearly 40 taels of silver that he had not spent.

On October 10, Ding Yi went to Songjiang again and ordered a merchant ship with a thousand materials in Songjiang Prefecture. The ship was expensive here, and Ding Yi had to charge 14 taels.

It was more expensive than the [-] materials sold by Zheng Zhilong.

The local shipyard said that it will be available around April next year. Ding Yi paid a deposit of 5000 taels and continued northward.

Arrived in Dengzhou on October 10.

He met Lu Chao and Qin Nan, and learned that the hypermarket business has been booming these past few months, especially lottery tickets. In just half a month in October, the profit was 10 taels. (Among them lottery profits accounted for more than half)

His business finally started to make money.

But there is a bad news. There is a casino owner in Dengzhou City, who imitated them and started selling lottery tickets, and also won a lot of business.

Without further ado, Ding Yi asked Wei Jiye to lead his troops into the casino that night. After a round of gunfire, he pushed the boss to the ground and beheaded him.

When leaving, a fire burned down the casino.

On the second day, the magistrate's yamen announced that there was a fire in the area, and there were no casualties. The sky was dry and everything was dry, everyone be careful.

Since then, no one in Terengganu dared to play lottery tickets.

On October 10, Ding Yi returned to Lushun.

This time I went out for more than a month, and the whole Lushun has changed a lot since I came back.

Although others are not around, the construction has never stopped. The infrastructure project is almost completed, and it is still being worked on. One is Tuntian, and the other is Zhudao, because Ding Yi wants to move the Craftsmanship Bureau to it. At present, there is In vigorous construction.

The seven shipments brought back by Ding Yi had been unloaded for a long time. After the unloading of the cargo, the storage statistics were completed, and the next morning.

Ding Yi called a meeting and reported the situation.

During the meeting, everyone found that Song Fei and Zhao Dashan were not there. According to Zhang Jing, the two had gone to Jinzhou.

So everyone quickly sat in a circle, this time there were more Silao and Fran (the name is too long, use two.)
The soldiers and horses of the whole battalion have not changed, and there are still 2000 people at present, but after several months of training, the chief officers of various ministries have said that now our soldiers in the southern battalion are very strong, really strong.

After several months of training in the queue, and running twice a day in the morning and evening, Ding Yi's two thousand soldiers now have the same overall quality as the troops of later generations, and their execution ability is also super strong.

The construction department, Zhongzhengnu, first reported that the infrastructure construction is almost complete, and only the Tunbao and Pig Island are still being built. Right now, there are ten Tunbao in Nanying, and ten are under construction.The barracks and housing are all completed (but the barracks and housing are simply built of wood and stone, and must be reinforced later to prevent the cold). Zhong Zhennu said that after winter comes, all reinforcements and cold protection measures will be taken as required.

At present, more projects are completed, and more and more people are available to him, so he can naturally complete the task.

The logistics department Du Ruhai then reported that the logistics department currently has 25 warehouses of various types by digging caves, digging basements, and building construction.

At present, there are [-] shi of various types of grain, rice and flour stored. If there are some other agricultural materials, including cotton cloth, etc.
Everyone was amazed when they heard this.

No one expected that Lushun Nanying is so rich.

Ding Yi's face is also very proud, among all the bosses who have traveled through time, my Guangjiliang should do the best.

Tuntian is now [-] mu, some of which are trying to sow wheat in autumn, and some of them are planting vegetables.The logistics department does not plan to sow all the crops in autumn today, because there is a lot of grain on hand, and we will start planting grain in the spring next year.

At present, the Logistics Department has complied with the requirements, and all the [-] soldiers on the island have put on new spring and autumn clothes. There are still surpluses sold in the service center every month, and the sales are very good. The families of the soldiers and the islanders, who have money and food, all want to buy.

The next step is to add winter clothes to everyone. We are currently working overtime. There will be no problem before winter comes.

All five blocks of Yantian have been completed, producing 60 tons of salt every two days.Calculated on the basis of one tael of silver per load (excluding labor and costs), it can be sold for 1000 taels of silver every two days.

It can sell 15000 taels a month.

Ding Yi's salt was basically transported to Dengzhou, and Ruan Siqing was responsible for selling it to various places in Shandong.

Now their salt is of good quality. After more than a month of word-of-mouth, salt merchants outside Dengzhou have come to purchase, and the salt ambassadors in other places have great opinions.

But this kind of high production depends on drying salt in summer. After entering winter, you can only boil salt, and the efficiency is much slower. Moreover, firewood is also money, so profits will drop a lot regardless of production.

The logistics department currently has more than 1000 cattle, including both cattle and buffaloes. Ruan Siqing basically bought these cattle from various places in Dengzhou one after another.

It is mainly used for arable land, but also for food. Xu Lianshan is currently in charge. This person was originally a Liao citizen from Dongjiang. He saw Ding Yi offer to buy cattle that day, saying that he knew how to raise cattle.

This guy is really capable. According to his request, he bought buffalo and cattle, one for plowing and the other for eating.

The buffaloes are in the charge of each Tuntian Castle. He is mainly responsible for the scalpers, and he can also breed calves. He has already received a monthly salary of five taels. The whole family is happy in Lushun.

(End of this chapter)