Smuggling Daming

Shuangyu Port is a smuggling base. With this as the center, as long as people involved in smuggling in the coastal area of ​​Daming north of Zhejiang, they will usually send their goods to Shuangyu Port for trading.These merchants come from all over the world, and most of them do not know each other. In addition to the particularity of the smuggling industry, each smuggler wants to sell the goods as soon as possible. Therefore, under such circumstances, a trading center like Beigang Tea House just appeared.

The main function of the trading center is not to make money for the port, but to allow the merchants who arrive at the port to find the trading partner faster, sell the goods in the shortest time, and they can leave the port as soon as possible. This is obviously conducive to improving the port The utilization rate, but also to attract more businessmen to come.

There are three trading centers in the three port areas of Shuangyu Port. Each trading center appears in the form of a teahouse, and the internal operation mode is similar. Basically, the teahouse provides some convenience, but in the end it is up to the trading center The two parties of the two sides go to find the object of the transaction by themselves, so obviously the role of the transaction center cannot be maximized.

At the beginning, Zhou Zhong didn't think about the significance of the trading center to a port, but the knowledge and experience in his previous life made him instinctively feel that there is something wrong with the operation mode of Beigang Tea House, so he proposed some ideas to Uncle Tuo .In the eyes of later generations, these ideas are actually very old-fashioned things, such as posting transaction information publicly, and then letting everyone who needs to choose by themselves, but if it is placed in the era of Ming Dynasty, it seems extremely novel and advanced. .

It was precisely these ideas put forward by Zhou Zhong, coupled with the improvement of experienced Uncle Tuo, that a plan for the comprehensive reform of teahouses appeared, and soon began to be gradually implemented in teahouses. According to Uncle Tuo’s estimation , With the implementation of these reforms, the transaction volume in Beigang teahouses will definitely increase greatly, thereby increasing the cargo throughput in Beigang District.

But the experienced Uncle Tuo miscalculated this time, because he didn't know how important a reform he and Zhou Zhong made. The number of transactions has skyrocketed, even surpassing the previous month's transaction volume.

Of course, this is mainly because some goods have been backlogged for a period of time, so they took advantage of this opportunity to burst out. After this outbreak period, the daily transaction volume will drop to a normal level, but even if it is a decline, the daily transaction volume will drop to a normal level. The volume is also several times that of before, and even after the "buying list" comes out later, coupled with the restaurant's familiarity with this new model, the daily transaction volume is likely to be ten times that of before.

The transaction volume has doubled, that is to say, the time required for a batch of goods to arrive at the port and the transaction is completed is shortened to a fraction of the original, and the utilization rate of the port is naturally increased several times. Such a fast shipment from Beigang also attracted many smugglers to dock their ships at Beigang, and even some ships from Nangang and Xigang turned to Beigang, in order to be able to sell the goods on board earlier.

Chinese New Year is coming soon. It is said that in the past this time was the slowest business season in Shuangyu Port, but because of the reform of Beigang Tea House, smugglers from Nangang and Westport were also attracted to Beigang, which made the business in Beigang not only not cold On the contrary, it seems to be more prosperous than before. This time, not only the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has benefited, but even other forces in Beigang have also benefited.It's just that in comparison, Nangang District and Xigang District are particularly deserted.

In the backyard of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce in Nangang District, there were bursts of laughter from girls in a separate small yard. In the warm pavilion of this yard, the small charcoal stove on the table was burning vigorously. Sitting in a hot pot, the white soup inside is tumbling, emitting a puff of aroma. In addition, there are various ingredients on the table. Three women are sitting around the table, enjoying the food and playing around. Show the interest between boudoir sisters.

The leading woman was tall and plump, and she was Hong Feiyun, the chairman of the Hong Chamber of Commerce. On Hong Feiyun's right was the quiet and elegant Xie Lingyun, and on the opposite side of Xie Lingyun was her cousin Zheng Youyi.Speaking of which, Zheng Youyi and Hong Feiyun's body and temperament are very similar, the only difference is that Hong Feiyun has the temptation of a mature woman, while Zheng Youyi has the innocent temperament of a sunny girl.

"Cousin, why don't you let my cousin and the two children come to eat together, so that everyone can sit together and have fun!" At this time, Xie Lingyun said to Hong Feiyun who was sitting in the middle, but she said "cousin" But it is really surprising.

"Oh, it's so hot! Cousin... Cousin, you don't know, my brother took two children to build a snowman and have a snowball fight. I don't know how big he is, but sometimes he still acts like a child." At that time, Zheng Youyi picked out a shiitake mushroom from the hot pot and put it into her mouth, but it was burned. She took a breath and said, after finally waiting for her to swallow the shiitake mushroom in her mouth, she then said to Hong Feiyun in the middle, "Sister-in-law You don't know how to take care of my elder brother, he's already a father, but he doesn't seem to be stable at all, and he is always scolded by my father!"

At this time, everyone probably knows that Hong Feiyun's mysterious husband is actually Xie Lingyun's cousin Zheng Longhai, but because Zheng Longhai is a high-level executive of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, and Hong Feiyun is the president of the Hong Family Chamber of Commerce, so the relationship between the two of them The combination will inevitably make the relationship between the two chambers of commerce extremely close, but out of certain considerations, the Xie family and the Hong family do not want too many people to know the close relationship between the two chambers of commerce, so Hong Feiyun The marriage with Zheng Longhai was concealed by the two families together, and almost no one in the outside world knew about the marriage between the two families.

I saw Hong Feiyun heard her sister-in-law complaining, but she laughed nonchalantly and said, "Youyi, you don't know your brother yet? He's always out of character, and I want him to be as stern as our father." Child, that is harder than climbing to the sky."

At this time, Xie Lingyun also smiled and said to Zheng Youyi: "That's right, cousin, cousin and uncle have completely opposite temperaments, and I think the relationship between cousin and the two children is so close, which is stronger than the general relationship between father and son." It’s much deeper, so I feel that instead of scolding people with a straight face all day long like my uncle, I’d rather play with the children like my cousin.”

Hearing that her cousin and sister-in-law stood by her brother who was out of shape and wanted to marry her every day, Zheng Youyi still disagreed and said: "I don't think there is anything good about my brother, he is joking all day long. I am a regular person, I liked to snatch my snacks when I was a child, but when I grow up, I want to marry me all day long, sister-in-law, it is a pity for you to marry such a person!"

Hearing what Zheng Youyi said about her brother, Xie Lingyun and Hong Feiyun looked at each other and smiled. In fact, the relationship between Zheng Youyi and Zheng Longhai is still very good, but Zheng Youyi will soon be a 20-year-old girl, but she has not yet been able to marry. So Zheng Ling and Zheng Longhai father and son forced her to marry every day. Zheng Youyi didn't dare to say anything wrong with her father, so she could only vent all her anger on her brother Zheng Longhai.

Speaking of which, Zheng Youyi's background is not bad, and her appearance is also very beautiful, but the main reason why she can't get married is that she is too tall. Girls who are 1.8 meters are rare in later generations, let alone in Daming In this era, the height of men is generally lower than that of later generations. Men's mainstream aesthetic view of women is mainly small and exquisite. Few people are willing to marry a woman who is taller than themselves. This concept is not even in later generations. It became so popular that many tall girls were worried about marrying, not to mention that Zheng Youyi was still in the age of patriarchy in Daming.

Of course, if it's just because of her height, Zheng Youyi wouldn't be unable to get married. The key is that she has a very high vision. She grew up with Xie Lingyun in the Xie Mansion when she was a child, and she had read a lot of books. Influenced by some stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, she has long set a standard for herself, and she will not marry unless she is a scholar in this life.

But most of the scholars like that kind of timid girl. It is really unacceptable for a tall and sunny girl like Zheng Youyi. As a result, her marriage has been procrastinating until now. If you are a scholar, you will come forward to sell your sister. Zhou Zhong was one of the victims last time.

Although I know that Zheng Youyi doesn't like others to talk about her marriage, but as her sister-in-law and her good sister, Hong Feiyun feels that she should mention some things, so she smiled and said: "Youyi, Sister-in-law knows that you don't like to hear some things, but you are about to reach your [-]th birthday, and you really should find someone to marry, otherwise not only your brother and I are worried, but even your father will always worry about your marriage, you Looking at the recent period of time, my father seems to have more white hair on his head."

Hearing sister-in-law's words, Zheng Youyi couldn't help being silent for a while, and finally murmured: "Sister-in-law, I know that because of my marriage, the whole family has to worry about it. In fact, I also want to get married, but where do I go?" Find the right person?"

"Why not, isn't there someone who is very suitable for you right now?" Hong Feiyun suddenly smiled at this moment.

"Who is it?" Zheng Youyi raised her head strangely after hearing this, but Xie Lingyun who was next to her seemed to understand something, with a somewhat complicated look on her face.

"Hehe~, this person is not simple. Within a few days after he came to Shuangyu Port, he has taken most of our business in South Port and West Port. He is not only a scholar, but also looks very handsome..."

When Hong Feiyun said this, Zheng Youyi finally understood who the sister-in-law was talking about, but she was looking at Xie Lingyun next to her, and at the same time waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, that Zhou Zhong and his cousin are a perfect match, how can I marry you?" give him?"

"Stupid girl, as Lingyun, it is impossible to be with Zhou Zhong, and now they only maintain a superficial relationship out of business needs, so it is appropriate to introduce him to you! "As expected of being the leader of a meeting, Hong Feiyun can see the relationship between Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun very clearly, and out of some considerations, she doesn't want Xie Lingyun and Zhou Zhong to get too close, so she will be in front of Xie Lingyun. To match Zhou Zhong and Zheng Youyi into a couple.

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