Kai Fu Han

Chapter 79 Hangzhou City

After listening to Li Cang's introduction to Chenjiacun, Liu Xinqi said with emotion:

"This may be the reason why the village chief Chen Feng can serve as the village chief at the age of 75, and it should also be the reason why the village is called 'Chenjiacun'. After all, in this business where there is no tomorrow, no one wants to have their family members abandoned in the wilderness after death. "

"This world is not peaceful. Zhao Guo has been in the country for more than 160 years. According to the reincarnation cycle of past dynasties, it should be in its prosperous age, but there are so many refugees and bankrupt people gathering here."

The two chatted together for a while, and a soldier came in with Xu Ge and Chen Feng.

"A total of 300 taels of gold, 2000 li of silver, and other cloth, silk, jewelry, etc. were collected, worth about [-] taels." The soldier reported to Liu Xinqi the gold and silver collected in the village.

There was nothing valuable on the four ships that the pirate village went out to fight this time, so the victory and capture could only be looted from the village.

"After decades of business without capital, this is the only thing?" Liu Xinqi didn't believe it and asked Chen Feng.

"Let me be honest, Mr. Rong, there are so many people in the village, and they don't go out often. When they go out to rob, there will be success and failure." Chen Feng replied: "Moreover, the village can stand safely next to Yanwei Town without being raided by the government. I gave a lot of money as a gift, and [-]-[-]% of the proceeds were used to support others. These are really all my savings."

"It's true, that's all." Xu Ge also said to help.

These people have already joined Liu Jiabao. According to Liu Xinqi's principles, they cannot be cruelly tortured and interrogated. If they can achieve these gains, it is okay.

"I believe you." Liu Xinqi looked at Chen Feng and said.

"I will only take away the gold and silver this time, and leave the rest for you, so as not to have no expenses and starve to death in the winter."

"But all the young men in the clan must follow me."

"In the future, I will run the route from Dengzhou to Hangzhou all year round. I will regularly arrange for these young people to come back for vacation, and I will also pay them a monthly salary, which is enough to support their families."

"Since you have joined Liujiabao, I will not leave you with no way to survive."

When Chen Feng heard Liu Xinqi's request, he couldn't help but said: "Take away all the young and strong people, which will break the bones of Chenjia Village. If something happens, how will these old and weak people live? Moreover, there is no Young and strong, there is no one to operate the four fishing boats, and they don’t even have a livelihood.”

Liu Xinqi thought about it for a while and said: "Only men aged 40 to [-] named Qingzhuang will be taken away. We will arrange for them to take turns to come back for a quarter of rest every year."

Seeing that Chen Feng still wanted to speak, Liu Xinqi raised his hand to interrupt: "Stop talking. Because of you this time, 29 of my tribe members died and more than 20 others were injured. I don't know if I can survive. I think my The request is not difficult, it is already very kind.”

Seeing Liu Xinqi's unwavering expression, Chen Feng sighed and could only nod his head in agreement without daring to say more.

People are like swordsmen, and I am like fish and meat. Talking too much will be a disaster.

The 75-year-old man was very shrewd. Liu Xinqi would never believe that he would not leave some money for himself. Maybe the thousands of taels of property he handed over were only a small part of the village's property.

Moreover, Liu Xinqi will not kill everyone, and the promises such as vacations and monthly salary mentioned before will be fulfilled.

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On the night of December 40, 37 young people were taken away from the village. After returning to the boat, [-] people from Chenjia Village who were over [-] years old on the boat were returned to the village.

Since Zhao Liang was new to Yanwei Town, he did not recruit any sailors at the end of the day.

Counting the injured, there are now a total of 530 people on board, and they can barely move these six ships, large and small.

After another day's rest on December [-], the six ships set off again on December [-].Along the way, we sailed close to the coastline and were cautious when docking, so as not to reveal our wealth, so we never encountered pirates again.

The 1000-two-hundred-mile sea route from Yanwei Town to Hangzhou Bay took nine and a half days in total, including the time it took to stay ashore for shelter from rain and wind.

At noon on December [-], the fleet entered Hangzhou Bay.

We set off from Dengzhou on November 21th and walked for [-] days.

"It only takes a few hours by high-speed rail." Liu Xinqi sighed as he stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the Hangzhou Bay where ships were crisscrossed and the shadows of sails were thick.

Passing through the estuary of the Yangtze River and then arriving at Hangzhou Bay, Liu Xinqi discovered that Shanghai was able to develop in later generations because of its unique geographical location.

Shanghai belonged to Xiuzhou in the Zhao Dynasty. Although it had begun to develop, it was not very developed yet, far behind Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the transfer envoy station of the Liang-Zhejiang Road, which basically inherited the Liang-Zhejiang Road in the late Tang Dynasty. It is the most developed road in terms of economy and population in Zhao State.

In addition to this information, Liu Xinqi also knew that according to the history of his previous life, the imperial court that moved south would be located in Lin'an County next to Hangzhou. Therefore, the purpose of Liu Xinqi's visit to Hangzhou was not only to purchase food and establish a shipping route, but also to come in advance to set up a front station. mean.

It took half a day to enter the Qiantang River and found a small port in Jiubao Town to stop the boat.

On December 21, Liu Xinqi took Li Cang, Xu Ge, five soldiers, and five sailors, rowing a small boat towards Hangzhou City.

In the Zhao Dynasty, most state capitals were located in Guofu County of a state. For example, the administrative office of Dengzhou Prefecture was located in Penglai County, and Penglai County was Guofu County.

Hangzhou is different. Hangzhou Prefecture has its own capital, which is Hangzhou City. Hangzhou City is located in Qiantang County, a little north of Qiantang County, between the canal and the West Lake.

Take the boat to enter the canal, pay the fee and enter Hangzhou City.

Even with the experience of prosperous cities in later generations, Liu Xinqi was attracted by this prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River with a different charm in ancient times. As for other people, it was even worse, and he felt that his eyes were not enough.

There are a lot of ships on the canal, and most of them transport foster care to the north through this artery.

Even if Yingtian, the current capital of Zhao State, is not on the canal, the required grain and fodder are transported to Xuzhou through the canal, and then transferred to other rivers to Yingtian.

Liu Xinqi spent most of the day in Hangzhou, during which he found some pubs and listened to some gossip.

Then I asked several grain stores about grain prices.

The price of food in Hangzhou is much cheaper than that in Dengzhou.

Before Liu Xinqi set out, the retail price of grain in Dengzhou had reached sixty-seven cents per catty.

And Hangzhou actually has brown rice that costs one penny per catty. Transporting grain at this price to Dengzhou, even if it takes a month and a half to go back and forth, costs only three penny per catty at most, which is still very cost-effective.

Now that the north is in chaos, food as a hard currency will only become more and more expensive and more popular. Therefore, doing food trading is absolutely guaranteed to make a profit. Compared with transporting other luxury goods to sell in the north, it is much more guaranteed.

After seeing some more strange things, a few people sailed back to Jiubao Town.

I checked with several inns before, but they were all too expensive. Liu Xinqi stayed a dozen people for one night and bought enough rice to last him for a year.

(End of this chapter)