Smuggling Daming

A few days after the news of the fleet's safe return came back, Zhou Zhong received another message from the fleet. This time the news was more accurate. Sun Tong told Zhou Zhong that their fleet would arrive at Shuangyu Port around noon the next day. .

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a greater sensation. After all, Sun Tong's fleet was not an ordinary overseas smuggling transaction before, but represented a brand-new operation of smuggling mode. Now if the fleet returns safely, and Nanyang If the chamber of commerce shares with the consignors in proportion to the previous agreement, it will represent the arrival of a brand new era of smuggling.

It is precisely because of this that after the news of the return of Sun Tong's fleet spread, not only the shippers who wanted to get a share of the smuggling rejoiced, but also all the smuggling chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port. Attention is focused on the return of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce fleet.

Not long after breakfast the next morning, Zhou Zhong was preparing to meet him at the port, but San Niang, who got up early to prepare, was very happy to tell him that a large number of people had gathered at the port, not only the people from Beigang District All the people came, even the people from Nangang and Xigang districts. The whole pier was crowded with people, and it was hard to find a place to stand.

Although Zhou Zhong had expected that there would be many people coming, he did not expect to attract all the people from Shuangyu Port, which surprised him. He hurriedly packed his things and followed Sanniang and the others to arrive in a hurry At the port, it turned out that, as San Niang said, the entire port was covered with black people's heads, which could be compared with the railway station during the Spring Festival travel in later generations.

Fortunately, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce had sent people in advance to maintain order.A road leading to the port was also reserved in advance, so Zhou Zhong and the others could reach the dock smoothly. Now on the dock, besides the people from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, there are also those cargo owners who cooperated in smuggling, and some famous people in Shuangyu Port. Characters such as Xie Lingyun and Hong Feiyun are also here.

When the people on the pier saw Zhou Zhong approaching, they stepped forward to greet him, especially the cargo owners, who were extremely enthusiastic.Zhou Zhong also assured them that as soon as the ship landed, the proceeds of the smuggling would be distributed immediately. This guarantee also made the cargo owners smile.

After greeting the others, Xie Lingyun stepped forward and said to Zhou Zhong in a low voice: "Your Nanyang Chamber of Commerce did this. But it pushed the small and medium-sized chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port to a dead end. Although these small and medium-sized chambers of commerce are not strong enough Strong, but if someone wants to mess with you, I'm afraid it will be a troublesome thing!"

Zhou Zhong smiled when he heard this, and said with a low laugh: "Thank you for your concern, my lady. I have already figured out a countermeasure for this. I will never let those small and medium-sized business associations trouble us, and they will even treat us in the future. We are grateful. After all, I have always believed that everyone earns money, and only when everyone benefits can the entire industry become bigger and stronger!"

Although Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun have an unusual relationship, they are both friends and each other in business, so some things need to be kept secret from her. After all, public is public and private is private.It is likely that something will go wrong in the future.

Xie Lingyun didn't expect Zhou Zhong to be so courageous, to call herself "Lady" under the eyes of all the people.This made her extremely shy, and two blobs of redness appeared on her usually calm face.Although the people around didn't hear the conversation between Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun, they could tell something from the intimate expressions of the two. At present, many people believed that Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Xiejia Chamber of Commerce were the young masters of these two behemoths. There must be an unknown relationship between them.

Before Zhou Zhong received news from Sun Tong that he was returning at noon, and now there is still some time before noon, so many people took this rare opportunity to walk around and establish relationships with people who might have business dealings, especially those small and medium-sized The members of the chamber of commerce, they put their main targets on those goods owners, and they wanted to get the goods from the other party with a smirk. Unfortunately, these goods owners were all counting on the goods in their hands to bring them greater benefits, and they were not willing to give them away. The goods were sold at a low price, and as a result, those members of the small and medium-sized chambers of commerce who returned home glared at Zhou Zhong, as if they wanted to tear him into pieces and swallow them in their stomachs.

In fact, it’s no wonder that those small and medium-sized business associations hate Zhou Zhong. There is a saying that “cutting people’s fortunes is like killing their parents.” Small and medium-sized business associations are also human beings, and there are also a group of wives and children who rely on smuggling for food. Now Nanyang Chamber of Commerce promotes such a cooperative smuggling business. As a result, those small and medium-sized chambers of commerce could not receive the goods, and they could not smuggle them if they could not receive the goods. Who would they hate?

Zhou Zhong also discovered the hostility of those small and medium-sized chambers of commerce towards him, but he turned a blind eye to it. He is a mediocre person who does not attract people's envy. The reform of an industry must sacrifice the interests of a group of people, not to mention that he has already given these small and medium-sized chambers of commerce. After arranging the way out, as soon as Sun Tong's fleet docked, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce's guarantee business for these small and medium-sized chambers of commerce would immediately start. At that time, I am afraid that those who hate themselves will immediately change their words and praise their benevolence and righteousness.

The noisy port lasted from morning to noon. When a mast appeared on the sea level of the horizon, the whole port suddenly became quiet. Everyone was attracted by the distant mast. As time went by, the sea level More and more masts appeared on the boat, and at the same time, wide sails jumped out of the sea, and the scale of this fleet could be vaguely seen.

Seeing the appearance of the fleet, the port became noisy again. The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the cargo owners were all beaming, pointing at the fleet happily, taking over the people around them and talking non-stop, and those from the small and medium chamber of commerce People were ashamed, originally they still had an extravagant hope in their hearts, hoping that the fleet of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce would encounter some accidents on the road, but now that the fleet returned safely, their extravagant hope was finally shattered.

As time passed, the fleet in the distance was getting closer and closer. At the same time, the clipper sent by the fleet had already entered the port first, and then a small leader of the fleet boarded the port and quickly ran to Zhou Zhong to report: "I would like to report to the young master that the ten large ships in the fleet have returned safely, and all the goods on board have been sold. In exchange for spices, pepper, coral and other goods, the master should check them!"

As the little boss said, he took out a thick account book from his arms. This is all the records of this overseas transaction. According to the smuggling rules, as long as the smuggling fleet returns, the account book must be sent to the chamber of commerce immediately, and then Check the goods, this is mainly to prevent someone from taking the goods privately.

"Very well, let's go down and rest. The Chamber of Commerce will prepare a banquet for everyone to welcome the wind!" Zhou Zhong took the account book and flipped through it, and then handed it to San Niang behind him. Take it to the professionals.

The little boss agreed and went down to rest with the people from the chamber of commerce. At this time, the fleet had reached the periphery of Beigang and was slowly entering the port under the command of the pilot ship of the Nanyang chamber of commerce. When the first ship had just stopped, suddenly There was a loud noise, and then countless fireworks flew into the sky. Although the effect of the fireworks was affected during the day, it also added a lot of festive atmosphere.

It is worth mentioning that these fireworks were not prepared by Zhou Zhong, but the fireworks bought by the shippers themselves, and some shippers even invited some dragon and lion dance teams. Unfortunately, there are too many people on the pier today There is no place for those dragon and lion dancers to perform, so they had to stay at the gate of the chamber of commerce and wait for the fleet to perform when they returned to the chamber of commerce.

Looking at the cargo ships docking in front of him one after another, Zhou Zhong also felt that his heart was finally completely in his stomach. At the same time, he did not forget to look at these ships seriously, and found that compared to when they left the port, The hulls of these newly built ships showed some traces of wind and waves, and the sails of individual ships were also damaged. It seems that the fleet's journey was not smooth, and it must have encountered a lot of wind and waves.

When all the big ships were docked safely, I saw a burly guy jumping off one of the big ships. It was Sun Tong, the steward of the fleet this time. When Sun Tong saw Zhou Zhong, he also took two steps forward excitedly. He bowed deeply to Zhou Zhong and said, "Boss, Sun Tong is lucky this time, and he finally brought the fleet back safely!"

Zhou Zhong also stepped forward and walked in front of Sun Tong, then reached out and patted his strong shoulder, and said excitedly: "Okay! Uncle Sun, you are worthy of being a good boat runner in the chamber of commerce. This time the fleet returned safely. You should take the lead!"

As soon as Zhou Zhong's voice fell, Sanniang, Uncle Tuo and others also stepped forward to talk to Sun Tong. Although they had disputes before, the main reason was that the chamber of commerce had no leader. Their previous personal grievances have long been resolved.

But now is not the time to talk. Sanniang and Uncle Tuo also know this. After a few simple greetings, they immediately directed the coolies on the pier to move down the goods. The goods due to the cooperative shippers were moved down. These shippers needed a variety of goods, including common Nanyang products such as spices and peppers, as well as more precious goods such as rhinoceros horns and ivory.

Seeing all the goods they needed being unloaded from the ship, the cargo owners could no longer maintain their demeanor, and all of them swarmed up at once, laughing and counting their goods.At the same time, those shippers who did not participate in the cooperation showed greedy and jealous eyes one by one, looking at those Nanyang specialties that could bring huge profits, they wanted to swallow them directly.

After the goods of those cargo owners were all shipped off the ship, Zhou Zhong did not let these cargo owners leave immediately with their goods, but stood up and prepared to announce something. After all, almost all the people in Shuangyu Port are now concentrated here. Such a good publicity opportunity must not be missed! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)