The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 228 1 Years
After Lu Chao left, Ding Yi returned to his room, only to see that the room was filled with smoke, and there was a bucket in the room.

He turned his head in surprise, and saw Qin Nan wearing a pink obscene dress, her face was flushed, her head was lowered shyly by the side, and she was holding a towel in her hand.

"Sister Wenyan said I'm tired, please help me to bathe and change the general." She said softly, put down the towel, and came over to undress Ding Yi.

Thinking that all his private money is with Qin Nan, Ding Yi slowly held her hand, and said softly, "Whether I'm in Lushun or at sea, I really miss the days when you helped me bathe. "

Qin Nan's body trembled, her hands froze in the air, and her eyes, which looked at Shenghui, turned red in an instant.

She bit her lip lightly, stared at Ding Yi, and said in a trembling voice, "Is what the general said true?"

Ding Yi held her hands tightly and put her hands on his heart.

In a more gentle voice: "At that time, I had just spent the rest of my life after the war. My position was unstable and my rank was low."

"I asked myself how my life would change after this battle."

"I'm confused, and there's no one to talk to."

"Until I met you."

"It's like—" Ding Yi stopped suddenly and stared at Qin Nan when he said this.

Qin Nan's expression became even more excited, and his round eyes were crystal clear.

Ding Yi's voice was even softer and moving: "It's like seeing a pearl in the dark, you have guided me in the direction and brought me hope."

"I told myself that from now on, I will work hard to live on."

"I want to protect those around me, all the people who love me, and——the people I love."

"May we all, forever and ever, be together."

"If, God insists on giving me a deadline."

"I hope it's - 1 years."

"Brother Ding." Qin Nan burst into tears and threw herself into Ding Yi's arms.

So many days of not seeing each other, endless lovesickness and pain, poured into these tears almost in an instant, and disappeared into nothingness.

At this moment, even if she died in Ding Yi's arms, she felt it was worth it.

Ding Yi hugged her tightly, gently comforted her back, and whispered in her ear: "Give me another year, before this month next year, I will definitely marry you."

"En" Qin Nan cried, tears drenched Ding Yi's shoulders, she nodded desperately: "No matter how long, I can wait for you, I don't care about the status, as long as I can be with Brother Ding, woo woo woo. "

That night, Qin Nan was extremely gentle and let him ask for it. What Ding Yi wanted in his previous life but never got, in this life, Qin Nan enjoyed everything beautifully.

But something happened when she woke up the next day, and Ruan Wenyan vomited.

Ding Yi thought she was happy and wanted to call a doctor, but all the doctors in Dengzhou Prefecture were poached by Lu Chao. In the end, he found a five or sixty-year-old old man who had already returned home but was called back from the medical center of the government. doctor.

The old doctor took a look and said that Ruan Wenyan had a cold.

Ding Yi had no choice but to find Zhang Keda, borrowed a boat from the Denglai Navy, and sent ten soldiers to send Ruan Wenyan back to Lushun first.

He stayed with Qin Nan in Dengzhou for three days, and set off for Songjiang on December 50, accompanied by a warship, three merchant ships, ninety soldiers, more than [-] sailors and gunners, and two hundred merchant ships. , four hundred materials, five hundred materials.

At this time, there were three giant merchants in Songjiang.

One is the Xu family, which controls almost [-]% of the local textile industry and owns the largest sericulture base in the area. Be an official.

The Songjiang family concentrates on doing business in Songjiang. The Xu family has acquired and occupied land for decades. Now they have [-] mu of fertile land and planted a large number of mulberry trees. Every spring and autumn, there are merchants from other places who come to buy raw silk.

The Xu family allocates different amounts according to the size of their clients. In recent years, the business has flourished, and everyone is convinced.

After all, raw silk is very profitable overseas, and no matter who takes it all, it will cause public outrage.

Moreover, most of the merchants in this line dare not buy too much, and the price of raw silk is high. Once they are in danger at sea, the loss will be extremely huge, and it is difficult to turn over.

The second family is the Yan family. Like Ding Yi, he is the largest salt merchant in the area. His family also has officials from the Daming Salt Affairs Center and owns the most and largest salt fields near Songjiang.

Because of the large amount of salt produced, in the early years of Chongzhen, the selling price was only 0.15-0.16 taels of silver per load at the most favorable time.

Historically, it was only in the 15th year of Chongzhen (1643) that it rose to 0.5 taels per dan due to local floods.

Of course, this refers to the price of salt sold by salt merchants and salt dealers to ordinary people. The current local price is 0.8-0.9 taels per load, which is much more favorable than Dengzhou.

Before Ding Yi went to Dengzhou, there was a salt merchant who wanted to sell to Shandong, but was seized by the patrol inspector at that time, that is, Wang Qiji, who was killed by Ding Yi, and killed the salt merchant on the spot.

The merchants in Songjiang saw that Dengzhou people were so fierce, so they didn't dare to sell them in the future.

The third is the Yuan family, which owns the largest shipyard in the Song family. It is said that the ancestors built Zheng He's treasure ships.

At present, their shipyards are dedicated to building warships for the government and merchant ships for the private sector.

But every time a merchant ship is sold, it needs to be reported to the government to know who it is sold to.

These three families are all one of the richest tycoons in Songjiang Mansion, and the richest of the three families should be the Xu family.

Ding Yi had good luck last time when he came here, but by accident, when Zheng Zhilong promulgated a new order, many merchants were too scared to come here. He and Xu took [-] catties of raw silk in one go, plus the raw silk bought from other merchants in Songjiang , earn a good pen.

Later, when Ruan Siqing was sent back, he was already unwilling to sell so much to the same customer, for fear of causing dissatisfaction among other customers.

Ruan Siqing negotiated with the other party in the name of Dongjiang Metropolitan Division that there should be at least five thousand catties of rations every year.

Five thousand catties of raw silk is 2.5 taels of silver, which can be doubled tenfold to 25 taels when sold in Japan. (That is, at this time, the profit is the highest in winter, and up to five times in spring and autumn).

After deducting expenses, personnel wages and other consumption expenses, and the rebates given to Tomita Takawa, Ding Yi can earn at least 20 taels.

Of course, the profit is high in winter, but also the most dangerous. It is easy to encounter extremely bad cold air and disaster weather at sea, and it is very likely to destroy ships and kill people. Most businessmen seldom go to the sea in winter.

December in Songjiang is already a bit colder. The cold here is different from that in Lushun. It is damp and cold, and it is more uncomfortable than the winter in Liaodong.

People from Liaodong are not used to this side. Fortunately, Ding Yi was also from the coastal area in his previous life, so he is more used to this cold.

After arriving at the port, he found that there were not many ships here, and many merchants did not go to sea in winter.

For example, on Phi Island and Lushun, the sea can be covered with ice in winter, and even if you have a merchant ship, you can’t go there. Isn’t it a dead end?

Of course Ding Yi didn't come to buy goods, he came to discuss business with Mrs. Xu.

The last time he came here, he was the captain, and now he is a guerrilla general. Should the quota be raised a bit?
That afternoon, he made an appointment with Xu's shopkeeper to meet at Zuixianglou.

But Xu's shopkeeper replied that they would meet in Yuhong Courtyard.

"..." Ding Yi had no choice but to agree.

(End of this chapter)