Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 163 To make money, go to sea.

"Bushan wants to say that cheap grain hurts farmers."

Zhu Daohua laughed.

Sun Shiyi glanced at Zhu Daohua, and was about to say something when he saw Zhu Daohua walking towards the port, and beckoned him to follow along.

Sun Shiyi hurriedly followed.

Several guards with horizontal knives and pistols on their waists also hurriedly followed.

Zhu Daohua looked at the sails coming and going, and said, "What can Bushan see from it?"

Sun Shiyi looked up, and then said cautiously: "It is indeed quite busy. In the Qing Dynasty, only Guangzhou had seaport trade, so the Suzhou Port had only river boats going to the canal and Wuchang before that, and there were almost no large ships. .”

"The coming and going of these ships symbolizes wealth and opportunity." Zhu Daohua said with emotion, "If the price of rice is lower, it will not hurt the farmers. On the contrary, if most of the people can only be trapped on the land, then generations to come I can't stand up anymore, I have opened this door, and I will give the people of Daming more opportunities in the future!"

"They go to sail the ship, go to work, go to serve as soldiers, and go to Nanyang. Wouldn't it be better for them to survive than guarding that little arable land?"

Zhu Daohua said.

Sun Shiyi was about to nod his head and pat the founding emperor's flattery.

On the berth plank road not far away, two dark-faced middle-aged men jumped up and cried towards the river.

"There is no way out! There is no way out!"

"I just said I can't come out, I can't come out, now it's over, my daughter-in-law has paid for it! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh."

The two beat their chests and stamped their feet, as if they didn't want to live anymore.

Zhu Daohua couldn't help touching his nose.

The two walked over.

Zhu Daohua shouted: "Hey, old man, it's so hard!!"

Niu Zhaocai, a native of Hengtang, Changzhou, was crying, and his younger brother Niu Jinbao was also wiping tears beside him.

Niu Zhaocai saw that the visitor was tall, and his clothes didn't look very gorgeous, but he was imposing. The old man behind him was also slightly bowed. The handsome young man in front of him might not be the young master of a wealthy family in Suzhou Prefecture. Bar?
Thinking of this, Niu Zhaocai hastily pulled Niu Jinbao beside him, wiped away his tears, tidied up his clothes, bowed his hands and said, "Young Master, don't make fun of me, I'm only 20 years old this year."

20 years old?
Zhu Daohua was taken aback for a moment, and then had no choice but to cup his hands: "I didn't see it, dare to ask my brother's name, why did you cry just now?"

"The young one is from Niujia Village, Hengtang, Changzhou. His surname is Niu and his name is Zhaocai. This is my brother Niu Jinbao."

Wealth and treasure.

Good name!
"I just cried because I bought the capital of my family's ancestral land and landed on the boat. If this capital is gone, then I, Niu Zhaocai, will be ashamed of my ancestors and my ancestors!"

"I just said that I used this little money to do some business in my hometown. I just wanted to get a house and a wife. Now that I'm fine, I have to come to Suzhou Mansion to make a living. I lost my capital as soon as I got off the boat. But what to do, what to do ah."

Niu Jinbao complained while wiping away tears.

"Daughter-in-law! Daughter-in-law! Daughter-in-law! You only think about your daughter-in-law! If you don't worry about redeeming your ancestral property, how can you go out and wander around!"

Niu Zhaocai said with staring eyes.

"Didn't you also mortgage the ancestral property! Last year, everyone planted mulberry, but you just said that no one planted rice. This year, the price of rice must be high. Mortgage the ancestral land to buy seeds from cattle, horses, waterwheels, and drove away the tenants to farm by themselves. Now it's all right. , the price of rice is so low, you can’t even get your money back!”

Niu Zhaocai Qiqi Ai Ai, sighed.

"Who would have imagined that the rice shipped from Nanyang is cheaper than the rice grown locally?"

"It's useless to talk about it. The capital is gone, and the travel expenses back home are gone. It would be nice to use that money to get a daughter-in-law."

"Ugh"

The two sighed again.

After talking with Zhu Daohua for a while, the tears stopped.

But how to get that money back?

The berths in Suzhou Port are charged by time.

The bow of the boat can't wait to drive the passengers off like pigs, and then quickly sail away.

Not to mention that the bow of the ship is too far away to be heard, even if it is heard, it is afraid that they will not queue up to enter the port again for the sake of the two brothers, and delay most of the day.

Zhu Daohua understood, it turned out that the Zhaocaijinbao brothers had lost money in farming, mortgaged their ancestral land and planned to venture out to repair the hole, but it turned out to be a bad start, as soon as they got off the boat, they found that the capital had fallen on board.

Zhu Daohua winked to the side, and soon a fast boat set off.

"Don't panic, you two, the matter has come to this, why not think about what to do in the future?"

"What else can we do? We have to go to the construction site to do coolies. I heard that the railway company is recruiting workers. Alas, I think Niu Zhaocai has also read sage books, and now I have been reduced to doing such vulgar things."

This 20-year-old wrinkled old farmer who looks like he is in his 40s has ever read a book?

But it is not surprising to think about it.

The Niu family brothers have ancestral property.

Although he doesn't look very rich, at least he is a small landlord who has no worries about food and clothing compared to tenant farmers.

It is possible to go to a private school for two years as a child.

But it is impossible to say that it can be read to a high level.

Otherwise, Niu Jincai, who is like a little old man, will go to the examination of scholar.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, scholars are officials, and the number of officials needed is very large.

So with a little level, it’s almost enough to buy the textbooks for the basic rural examination and study by yourself for a year or so.

"Go to work? I heard that the British government is recruiting auxiliary soldiers to go to India recently, and the salary is pretty good."

"Hey, this is a life-and-death business. My brother can't do this." Niu Jincai waved his hands again and again.

"It's true, thousands of miles of ocean, high winds and rough waves, it's hard to bury bones in a different place, and the soldiers are as fierce as tigers and wolves."

"Hey hey man... boo, boo!"

Niu Jincai hurriedly lowered his voice.

"You don't want to die, dare to say such anti-thief words!"

"How do you know it's the language of rebels?"

"You don't know yet? Those rebels from the Hezhong Party preached those words," Niu Jincai said in a low voice.

"What did they say?"

"I don't dare to say that. Anyway, it's treasonous words. Although the emperor of the Zhu family is benevolent, I'm afraid he will be beheaded if he hears those words!"

"Then why doesn't Brother Niu go to Nanyang to run a boat? I heard that Nanyang's shipowners are recruiting people now."

"Do you make money by running a boat?"

Before Niu Zhaocai could speak, Niu Jinbao came over and asked.

"It's better than building a railway anyway." Zhu Daohua said, "But you have to be brave."

"There is no kingly law at sea. It's hard to say what happens." Niu Zhaocai shook his head.

"It's fine if you don't leave Nanyang, Nanyang is now the land of kings and law, and the pirates along the coast of Fujian have all given up their hands now." Niu Jinbao said, "Brother, I don't think we are going to do business anymore, you and I are not like this For a piece of material, it’s better to go sailing and fight for two years, you can get a sister-in-law, and I can get a daughter-in-law, okay.”

When several people were talking.

A fast boat returns.

An attendant jumped ashore from the boat and came straight to Zhu Daohua, kicking a sackcloth bundle in his hand.

"this is"

The Niu brothers were overjoyed.

Waiting for Zhu Daohua to signal to hand them the burden.

Thanks a million brothers.

Zhu Daohua and Sun Shiyi left together.

"big man"

The Niu family brothers looked at Zhu Daohua's back, and Niu Jinbao said in a low voice.

"Those who can enter Suzhou Port without queuing are at least at the level of the prefect of Suzhou!"

"Have you ever seen such a young magistrate?"

"Hey, we haven't even seen what the prefect looks like."

"That's all, the capital is back, but I can plan to do some business."

"Is going to Nanyang really profitable?"

Suzhou Yangtze River Wharf.

The wrecked boat full of rice is being unloaded.

With Daming completely lifting the ban.

The days of businessmen in Ming Dynasty became even more prosperous.

A very profitable trade route was opened up.

It starts from the Pearl River Estuary or the Yangtze River Estuary.

Departure with goods from Ming Dynasty, go to the Maratha Federation of India, and then return to Batam Island full of gems, ivory, spices and other things produced in India after unloading locally. Returned home with a full load of rice.

Because according to the "Tariff Law", rice entering the mainland is considered a "duty-free commodity", and a certain amount of rice can be transported, and other commodities on board can also be tax-free.

For example, Indian gemstones and ivory, which are of great value, do not occupy a large cabin. If they are shipped back separately, the tax alone will cause headaches.

But if you return home with a full load of rice, the tax you have to pay will be greatly reduced.

"This ship has to be replaced. The Indian Ocean is not peaceful recently. After this batch of Indian goods is sold, I will go to Jiangning Shipyard to pick up a new-shaped Dafu ship. It must have at least [-] gun positions!"

Cai Qian, at the bow of the boat, said with satisfaction.

Cai Qian was originally a pirate who was doing cheap business along the coast of Fujian.

In the Qing Dynasty before.

Because the Daqingshui division is not very good, that kind of broken ship can't go out to sea at all, and there are still bans.

Therefore, many coastal fishermen have become heroes who do business without capital on the coast.

But after the Ming Dynasty came.

These pirates who are active along the coast will have no way out.

Some daring people tried to fight against the Ming government, but the Ming navy sent a light fleet to sweep along the coastline. Those who were not afraid of death basically died.

Those who are less timid can wash their hands and go ashore, buy some fields and become landlords.

And someone like Cai Qian with a quicker mind.

So he transformed into a maritime merchant——Daming can’t help but go to sea, as long as he has a ship registered with the Municipal Shipping Department, he can do business by paying a shipping fee for going to sea every year.

And this Daming Coast can't do every book sale, it doesn't mean it can't be done in other places.

Cai Qian did not dare to move rashly at the place where King Fa of the Ming Dynasty bathed, but he went to the Indian Ocean.

For Cai Qian, this is a blue ocean that has never been developed!

There were several holes in his daifu boat.

In fact, they were all fired by cannons.

However, besides maritime merchants, these ship heads who go overseas basically also do some free business part-time.

Merchants, dock workers, and compradors in Suzhou Port are all familiar with it.

"Sell the old boat after unloading, buy a new boat, and recruit more people!"

"Caitou, what name do you use to recruit people?"

"Fame? Run to Nanyang! Can you let him run away after boarding the boat?" Cai Qian said indifferently, "Anyway, follow me, Cai Qian, and he won't suffer!"

"Hahahaha!"

A group of Chinese pirates who did business from the Indian Ocean couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)