Kai Fu Han

Chapter 80 Year-End Settlement
On the evening of the 21st, Penglai.

"How was your inquiry in Jiubao Town today?" Liu Xinqi asked.

Before leaving for Hangzhou today, Liu Xinqi arranged for Zhao Liang to take time to get off the ship and go to Jiubao Town to inquire about the situation and the housing prices in Jiubao Town. He would come back in the evening to decide whether the Hangzhou base could be set up in Jiubao Town.

"It's too expensive!" Zhao Liang replied, "An ordinary private house costs several hundred taels of silver, and the one facing the street is even more expensive. One acre of land costs thousands of taels."

"What about the price of the warehouse near the port?" Liu Xinqi asked again.

"They are basically courtyards. They are not used purely as warehouses, and the prices are not cheap." Zhao Liang replied.

"Hey, I went to Hangzhou today to take a look. The houses in the city are more expensive. Let's buy a place in Jiubao Town first, so that we have a place to stay. We can talk about other things later when we have money." Liu Xinqi also sighed. road.

"The city of Hangzhou is really prosperous. It would be great if I could live here." Seeing that Liu Xinqi had finished talking about serious matters, a soldier couldn't help but start chatting.

"What, your family doesn't want you anymore? Let's forget about keeping you here." Li Cang choked.

"I'll just say it."

"Hahaha!"

……

On the 22nd, Liu Xinqi first went to Jiubao Town and found a dental shop to choose an old yard near the port, covering an area of ​​two acres. Because the location was relatively remote and had no street frontage, he spent 500 taels of silver.

Zhao Liang was left to lead people to clean up the yard. After cleaning, all the wounded on the ship were placed in the yard to protect them from the pain of bumps.

After buying the yard, Liu Xinqi and his people came to Hangzhou City again, found two big grain merchants, and bought 1 shi of coarse grains. The currency exchange ratio in Hangzhou was relatively high, about 1200:1300-1, because Liu Xinqi All were paid in cash, and the merchant gave a high ratio. Calculated at 1300:615, the total cost was [-] taels of silver.

Liu Xinqi calculated that with the current transportation capacity of five ships, food could be transported once a month and a half, which would be enough for Liujiabao's current population plus refugee labor for three or four months. The people in Chenjia Village would not need to worry about it for the time being.

"From now on, food is no longer a problem that strangles Liu Jiabao's throat." Liu Xinqi sighed. He had been worrying about food before, but now it has finally been solved.

After agreeing on the delivery time, Liu Xinqi and others wandered around Hangzhou again.

"We exchange silver for money in Dengzhou, and then come here to buy grain with money, and then we can make a difference of one hundred Wen." Li Cang said next to him.

"It seems so, but there is not much money circulating in the market in Dengzhou. If we exchange a few hundred taels or thousands of taels, the silver exchange ratio will increase, and then it will be unprofitable." Liu Xinqi replied: "Compared with the waste of manpower, material resources and the impact on the market, the profit margin we obtained will be offset. The gap is not big enough, so it is not worthwhile to do it."

If he was going to Japan, Liu Xinqi would definitely exchange the silver for gold and bring it back. The silver reselling business between Dengzhou and Hangzhou is not feasible, otherwise someone would have done it long ago.

When it was noon, the group found a street shop and ordered some food.

"Have you heard? The Kingdom of Jin canonized the former Grand Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang as emperor, named the country "Da Chu", and founded the country in Bianjing." The diners at the table next to Liu Xinqi were chatting.

"This news came very early, and you didn't know it until now."

"I also know the latest news."

"What?"

"I heard that the military and civilian opposition in Bianjing was fierce. I guess Zhang Bangchang will be crowned emperor soon."

"The puppet emperor established by the Tatars was to rule the territory of our Zhao Kingdom in the north for the Tatars. Now that King Kang is in place, he is like a grasshopper after the autumn, and he will not be able to jump around for a few days."

……

"Is this true?" Li Cang also heard this conversation and asked Liu Xinqi in a low voice.

"Without Zhang Bangchang, there will still be Li Bangchang and Wang Bangchang. The final question is whether the Zhao Kingdom can withstand the attack of the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, even if Zhang Bangchang abdicates himself, it will not help." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Hey……"

……

The next three days were busy loading food onto ships.The speed of loading the ship bit by bit with manpower is really too slow, and the port terminal near Hangzhou city is tight and you have to queue up.

The eight thousand stones of grain purchased now are nothing in front of these big grain merchants, so the delivery location and delivery method can only be determined according to their convenience.

If you buy more in the future, you should be able to make your own decisions, and your efficiency will be much higher.

On the 26th, four sand ships and one Fu ship were all loaded with food and supplies and docked at the port of Jiubao Town. The barges were too small and the backs were mainly for maneuvering and not loading cargo.

Liu Xinqi left Liu Xinkuan and two people surnamed Liu in Jiubao Town. The others, including the wounded, all boarded the boat, and Chenshi started to sail back.

"The main purpose of your stay in Hangzhou is to collect news here. Just collect ordinary news on the market, such as the prices of all visible materials such as grain, cloth, silk, iron, etc.; the topography of various states and counties in Hangzhou, especially Lin'an. The county's topography and landforms; and some folk gossip. To sum it up, the ships that come from Liujiabao to transport grain will be sent back to Dengzhou." Liu Xinqi made arrangements for Liu Xinkuan before leaving.

……

The return journey was still smooth, without any disturbance from pirates or the like.But as all the boats were fully loaded and the wind was not favorable, the return journey was slow.

When we sailed from north to south, we could travel about two hundred miles a day. This time we sailed from south to north, and we could only travel a little more than 100 miles a day. People who are slow will worry.

December [-]th, New Year’s Eve.

The ship was still floating on the sea. The sailors took out the lanterns they bought in Hangzhou, lit them and hung them on the ship to celebrate the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, after the New Year's Eve dinner, Liu Xinqi and Zhao Liang kept vigil on the deck of the Penglai.

I just went to visit the wounded in the cabin where the wounded were placed. Two people's wounds were seriously infected. I don't know if they can survive tonight and see the New Year's sun.

The two of them sat together and chatted wordlessly. Before they knew it, the time had reached midnight.

system hint:

At the end of the year, as of December 2068, the population was [-].

among them:

The general card possesses 41 people and provides 0 reputation;

The population of blind believers is 9, and the reputation provided is 900;

The trust population is 76, and the reputation provided is 760;

Trust population 970 people, provide reputation 970;

Trustless population: 972, provides 97 reputation.

Remaining reputation: 2737.

"Holy shit!" Liu Xinqi couldn't help blurting out after hearing this system prompt. This surprise came too suddenly.

It turns out that the power attribute has this effect, and it is really too timely. This "huge amount" of fame gives Liu Xinqi a sense of happiness of getting rich overnight.

After recalling the content of the system prompts, it turns out that the force population is also divided into hierarchical levels. Liu Xinqi did not know this before because he could not open the attributes of uncarded force personnel.

According to the system's classification, there are four levels: blind faith, trust, trust and disbelief. Considering the population structure of Liujiabao currently recognized by the system, these four levels should be compared with the perception of Liu Xinqi by the population within the power.

According to Liu Xinqi's understanding, blind faith means blind trust, trust means unconditional trust, trust means conditional trust, and unbelief means distrust.

Those with military commander cards do not provide reputation. The nine blind believers should all be members of the original Liu clan in Liujiabao. Liu Xinqi does know that there are a few friends who can really be called "obedient" to him.

The 76 trustworthy people should also be the original Liujiabao people with the surname Liu. The trustworthy people are the original Liujiabao people and most of the refugees and Zhaojiacun people who were rescued on the migration road.The last unfaithful population are the Chenjiacun people, the Chenjiacun pirates who were captured and forced to join Liujiabao, and a small number of refugees or Zhaojiacun people.

"Now all the wounded can be saved."

(End of this chapter)