Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 70

He introduced Liu Tao and Wu'er who was accompanying him, and they rushed to salute Liu Tao, but Liu Tao stopped him.

When they actually sat on it, they realized that the carriage was good.The windows inside are bright and clean, and there is little bumping when driving, and the six people sit in it without being crowded. After a while, it gets a little hot, and the window that can be pushed and pulled has to be opened a crack.

The reason for the heat is that Jin Yang modified a small charcoal stove under the seat. The hidden chimney does not see obvious smoke from the outside. It is warm and comfortable and luxurious. The small charcoal stove can also boil water and make tea. Under the seat is Storage cabinets, open the seats, dried meat and salted fish, pickled vegetables and cheese, popcorn and nougat... everything, and even a few small jars of wine.

This four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage was much faster than ordinary wooden-wheeled carriages. It was more than 300 miles from the capital to Liangshan Port, and they arrived the next afternoon.

Along the way, Jin Yang popularized the salt drying method to them, and told them the advantages and disadvantages of the drying salt method. The disadvantage of the salt drying method is that the initial investment is relatively large. First, the evaporation pool and the crystallization pool are sorted out by leveling the land. In order to open the valve to flow into the crystallization pool, the two pools have to be terraced.There must be ceramic pipes in the middle.The crystallization tank has to dig out the circulation pipe leading to the outside to discharge the waste brine in advance.

There are also channels connected to the sea to facilitate the absorption of sea water, which saves manpower to carry water from the sea.If all the preliminary work is done well, there is no need to spend much effort in the later stage. The ordinary seawater evaporated by the wind and the sun will form a high-concentration seawater. When exposed to the sun, salt crystals can be automatically precipitated.

At first they heard that this method was quite novel, but then they were distracted, because they were convinced by the short and fast method of making salt. Pour a bucket of seawater into the pot, and it would take less than an hour to make salt, which could be exchanged for money. .I have never heard of the wind and sun method, and I have to invest a large amount of money in advance. Although they don't need to invest money, the profit cycle is too long.

The carriage first parked on the hillside behind Liangshan Port, and the vast sea was in the distance, and the scenery in the port was also panoramic. Dozens of merchant ships of various colors stayed on the irregular wharf, either unloading or loading. Goods, some are ready to go.Compared with those small fishing boats, there are many more, and some of them are coming and going in and out of the port.Near the port are large houses, which are the warehouses of various companies.

From the irregular streets behind the warehouse, it can be seen that it is a bustling commercial area.Jin Yang and Lao Huang disembarked from here when they came back from Luocha Kingdom, and they came here a few times later, it was the first time for these people to come here, and it was the first time for them to enjoy the scenery of the port calmly.

Based on what he knew, Jin Yan taught them the knowledge of the port: "This is the largest port in the Dashan Kingdom, and it is the closest to the foreign Raksha Kingdom. Every day, more than a dozen large cargo ships enter and leave the port, transporting large cargoes. Exhausting things from the country, in exchange for special products from the Raksha country..."

Entering the streets of the port, because this is a large commercial port for the circulation of high-end goods, the level of prosperity is even higher than that of ordinary prefectures, with shops, restaurants, casinos, and romantic places all over the place.

They first went to their own Jinjia warehouse. At this time, the wharf and the warehouse of the warehouse have been completed, and the land around the warehouse has been re-leveled. The bigger it is, he sees that there are still more than three feet high below, and the area becomes larger every time one floor is removed. In order to form the wharf house and cargo ship as soon as possible, he sees that the area is large enough, so he stops the demolition.

Therefore, the warehouse courtyard built above is higher than other places.In this way, the large yard covers an area of ​​five or six acres, with four sub-yards, two large warehouses, and a sample exhibition office and a reception room for merchants in front.

The arrival of Jin Yang's four-wheeled carriage not only surprised Lu Run, but also alarmed all the staff, because Jin Yang was not only the boss but also a third-rank official, and everyone came to salute carefully.Jin Yang reprimanded them for being polite, and only asked them to meet each other as family members.After settling down a few companions, he and Liu Tao patrolled the various warehouses, appraising the pros and cons of various goods.Lu Run didn't expect his boss to be so clear about the prices of these overseas commodities, so he answered carefully.

Speaking of Captain Venus, Lu Run said: "Cousin, I haven't had time to tell you yet. Captain Venus encountered pirates when he came to Daqin Liangshan Port this time. One warrior on board was injured, two warriors died, and the cargo, except for a foreign carriage. Most of the goods were taken away. He was anxious to ask me to contact you so that I could lend him money to buy some of the goods for the return journey. I didn’t dare to promise him without permission, and now he is still stranded in Liangshan Port. ...."

"How long has he been here?"

"One, two, three, four... It's been eight days, and more than half of the goods have been selected in our warehouse, but some of the goods are short of money. In addition to ours, there is also a shortfall of money from other companies and the Municipal Taxation Department. He Don't be in a hurry..."

"Hurry up and send someone to contact him, tell him to come here quickly, and say that I'm waiting for him here."

Before the person who called him left, Captain Venus had already heard that a carriage was coming to the port, so he rushed over in a hurry.As soon as they met, he hugged Jin Yang as if he was a relative, and shouted: "Jin, old friend, what do you say this time, you have to help me..."

Captain Venus once selflessly gave himself and Lao Huang Zhang Xiguo thirty gold coins. Although there was a friendship in it for helping him defeat the pirates, it was not something ordinary people could do.Jin Yang took his hand: "My captain, you are my best friend from Rakshasa, just tell me how much money you need, and how much more goods you need, just tell me, trust me , I will help you!"

In fact, Captain Jinxing has already owed a lot of goods on credit at Liangshan Port because he pays attention to credit. Only one large amount is the leather boots of Jinyang’s family. Dairy products and popcorn have not been paid, and the rest is a large sum from the port tax department. taxes and fees.Lu Run didn't owe him the goods on credit. It was entirely because Lu Run hadn't been in touch with him for a short time, he didn't have the scruples to understand his character, and he was afraid that his boss, Jin Yang, would blame him for arbitrariness, so he acted too cautiously.

These were all minor problems. Jin Yang told him to quickly organize manpower to load his own goods, and took out 2000 taels of banknotes to ask him to pay off the credit owed by other warehouses and go to the tax department to go through the release procedures.

"Jin, 1000 taels of silver bill is enough, so much is needed there... Jin, I was frightened by pirates, what should I do if I meet them again on the way back?"

Regarding Captain Jin Xing's question, Jin Yang has no good solution. There is no bed crossbow now. If there is one, there is really no need to be afraid of pirates.I can only comfort him and say: "It's okay, captain, you sail at night, turn off all the lights on the ship when you leave the port. Next time, next time when you come again, I will make a weapon. When you encounter pirates Don’t be afraid of them anymore. Believe me, this time you should be careful to avoid the pirates and take a more remote route. As long as you go back safely this time, you don’t have to be afraid of them when you return to Liangshan Port next time. Let them have a long memory, and I will make you a new weapon...."

"Jin, I believe you..."

For pirates, Jin Yang has no good solution, and Liu Tao also heard Jin Yang tell about how he helped Captain Venus last time, Liu Tao thought about it and said: "Brother Jin Yang, the ships are all made of wood now, and wood is the most afraid It’s a fire, it would be great if there was a flamethrower, after the wooden boat catches fire, it’s still too busy to take care of itself, can it still catch up with the merchant ship?”

A flash of spiritual light flashed in Jin Yang's brain, and suddenly shouted: "I have a solution...."

He told Lu Run: "Hurry up and prepare ten altars of the best Erguotou wine for me, prepare a few torches dipped in lamp oil, load them into the car quickly, I need them urgently..."

When they drove the carriage to the wharf where Captain Jinxing parked the boat, they had already finished loading the goods, and Jin Yang shouted: "Captain, I will give you some good things, you can move them to the boat!"

"Kim, what is it?"

"It's good wine, I specially gave it to you."

(End of this chapter)