Chapter 343 A ship comes from afar
On the blue sea, two sea boats were shaking the wind and waves one after another, and the high sails were blew by the sea breeze.
On the sea boat in front, a tall figure, holding a thousand-mile mirror, was looking forward. In his vision, several sampans that seemed to be fishing boats swished by.
His gaze did not stay on the small fishing boats, but looked at the faint black line in the sea and sky behind the fishing boat. I don’t know how long he had been looking at it, but finally, he put down the Qianli Mile Mile in his hand with a smile.
"Go and tell Manager Lin, we're almost here!"
Li Feng carefully put Qianlijing into the bag on his body and yelled at his subordinates, "Send a message to the brothers behind him, asking them to remind the guys on the boat not to enter the port like beggars!"
"Boss, are we going directly to Hong Kong?" someone asked beside him.
"Nonsense, would you go to Xiaochen Village for a few days if you don't enter Hong Kong?" Li Feng spat at the guy in anger: "I know what you are thinking, don't think so much. We are serious businessmen now, so why are you so guilty!"
"Don't I just ask?" the guy muttered and ran away with a pity.
In the cabin behind, Lin Qijun, who was talking to Otoshi Shiori and the others, heard the news that he was about to arrive on the shore and couldn't help but walk out of the cabin and look into the distance.
"It should take a while!" Otomo Shiori's soft and glutinous words rang behind her: "It's windy outside, Qiqi, you'd better come into the cabin!"
"I'm not that weak yet!" Lin Qijun turned around and looked at Otomo Shiori and smiled gently: "You'd better wash in the cabin. It's all here, so you don't have to save fresh water!"
"Yeah!" Otomo Shiori responded softly, looking at Lin Qijun with his clothes flying on the side of the boat, and his eyebrows shyly covered the hatch door.
Lin Qijun heard the movement of the cabin door behind him, shook his head slightly, and turned his eyes to the horizon in the distance.
This time she has experienced a lot and seen a lot since she went to Japan. More importantly, she received a grand hospitality in Japan. She originally tried a sea trade and completed it perfectly. Moreover, she also negotiated a long-term cooperation agreement with Otoyo on behalf of Sihai Commercial Bank.
In other words, as long as the cargo of at least one ship per month and no less than twelve ships a year can be maintained at the port of Otomo's house to ensure that the saltpeter, copper coins and a certain amount of Ming luxury goods needed by the Otomo's house, Sihai Commercial Bank will be the most honorable guest of the Otomo's house, and even have considerable privileges in the Otomo's territory.
The Otomo family also promised that as long as they can maintain long-term cooperation with Sihai Commercial Bank, if the goods of Sihai Commercial Bank appear with the same competitors, the Otomo family will only recognize that the goods of Sihai Commercial Bank are the only legal source.
Simply put, this is an agreement that requires both parties and has certain exclusiveness.
Compared with this agreement, the trade profits between the Otomo family this time seem to be insignificant, but just this profit that is insignificant is enough to buy a ship like Li Feng.
Compared with professional merchant ships, Li Feng's two ships sacrificed the space of the cargo warehouse, increased the speed of the ship, and even strengthened the hull. Such a configuration would be barely qualified if it was a pirate ship. However, as a merchant ship, if there is no huge cargo warehouse, it would be almost synonymous with unqualified conditions.
"Anyway, this time, the most urgent thing is to form the commercial bank's own fleet, even if it's a purchase of two more merchant ships!"
Lin Qijun looked at another ship following her ship slowly not far behind and determined her thoughts again. On that ship, there were not much cargo brought back from Japan, but more of Otomo Shiori's entourage. Otomo Shiori should have been on that ship, but she had to be with Lin Qiori, so there was nothing she could do.
Speaking of Otomo Shiori, Lin Qijun was also very helpless. At Otomo's house, his attitude towards his daughter seemed to be no different from the attitude of the high-ranking families of the Ming Dynasty towards his daughters. Doing his best for the family and obeying the family's arrangements seemed to be the only fate of these daughters of the family.
Judging from the Otomo family's meaning, they were very willing to marry Otomo Shiori to Xu Bai, who they had never even met that face, just because Xu Bai is the owner of the Sihai Business Company and his own owner. In order to maintain this maritime business path, the Otomo family seemed very willing to become relatives with each other.
However, the experience of Otomo Shiori being captured on the sea forced the Otomo family to give up this idea. A girl was once captured by the enemy. No matter whether anything happened during the time of being captured by the enemy, there was no doubt that this girl could never have a normal marriage.
The reason why Otomo Shiori did not regard Otomo Shiori as a shame for Otomo family and made her commit suicide was already the result of Otomo family weighing after Otomo Shiori brought Lin Qijun and his party. Obviously, Otomo Shiori is the most suitable candidate for Otomo family who is in contact with the Sihai Business Company now. Even if she wants to punish her, it is definitely not the moment.
Lin Qijun didn't know how Otomo's family arranged Otomo Shioro. After confirming that Otomo Shioro could not marry Xu Bai, Otomo's family never mentioned this topic to her again. However, Otomo Shioro was originally with her day and night. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they were already very close. However, after leaving Otomo's port, judging by Otomo Shioro's performance, it is obvious that the intimacy between the two has far exceeded the scope of "similar sisters".
However, Lin Qijun did not refuse this intimacy. Instead, she felt a little happy in her heart. This feeling was very exciting and complicated. Sometimes she even hugged Otoshi Shiori's petite body, she was not sure what kind of mentality she had.
Do you like this girl? Or is it because this daughter is extremely dependent on him now? Or maybe she feels a bit sympathetic with this girl, so she feels more pity for her without realizing it.
As the ships patrolled by the navy approached, the ports in the distance gradually showed their outlines. The noise of the dock seemed to be faintly heard in the sea breeze. Lin Qijun took a deep breath and listened to the shouts of the navy on the deck, she straightened her chest.
No matter what, Lin Qijun finally came back.
"Shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, the ship is here!"
The gates of Sihai Commercial Bank have always been open on the Caoyun Terminal. There are no large-scale transactions in the commercial bank recently. Except for some seafood that are really unsold because of the price, a batch of fine wine has recently been added.
I don’t know if it was deliberately against the only restaurant on the dock. At the Caoyun Wharf, Taibaiju is the best restaurant, while the wines from the Sihai Commercial Bank are called "Taibaizui". What’s even more surprising is that after the Taibaizui appeared for a few days, Taibaiju replaced all the wines in his restaurant with this Taibaizui without hesitation. This time, not only Taibaiju is the best restaurant on the Caoyun Wharf, but it is also a restaurant that can be ranked in Tianjin.
Other restaurants may be high-end, elegant and upscale than Taibaiju, and the dishes may be more exquisite than Taibaiju, but they are not Taibaiju. In addition to being a truly first-class wine, Taibaiju also has another feature, which is expensive.
The expensive ones seem to be drinking silver, especially the wine is said to be brewed from the Sihai Commercial Bank's own winery, so the expensive ones make even more sense. Unfortunately, the bulk Taibaizui was basically wrapped by Taibaiju, but occasionally some are scattered. Some people can get it from the Sihai Commercial Bank by relying on face or money.
This is also the only thing Sun Yulin, the shopkeeper of Tianjin Sihai Commercial Bank, has done in the past few months.
"Can there be no boats on this pier?" Sun Yulin, who was covered in wine, said to the guy with a scent of wine, and said to the guy with anger: "Call to send a few jars of wine, have you been there for so long?"
"It's our business ship back!" The guy's excited face was full of pockmarks, and the man's face was red: "Many people saw it, and the navy's ship was guarding the port!"
"I'm back when I'm back, I'm so excited!" Sun Yulin waved his hand and said something, but he reacted immediately: "It's our ship, is the ship of the shopkeeper Lin back?"
"Yes, yes!" The guy nodded like a little chicken pecking at the rice: "Now many people are going there. The shopkeeper, should we go to welcome him, or clean up here and wait for the shopkeeper to come over!"
"I'll go!"
Sun Yulin immediately jumped up and smelled the smell on his body: "It's too late to go and we ask the guys to clean up inside and out, and call everyone in the warehouse. Also, the jars and jars in the warehouse are all invisible. I'll go take a shower first and come soon!"
After saying that, he seemed to have burned his butt and rushed into the backyard of the business.
What is the market situation of Sihai Commercial Bank today? Almost everyone knows it in Tianjin. They don’t know whether Sihai Commercial Bank makes money or not. However, many people have shares of 200 taels of silver, especially in Qianhushou in the Fushishi Department of Nanzhen, as well as the officials of Tianjin Sanwei and Qing Jundao. If they don’t have five or ten shares of Sihai Commercial Bank in their hands, they will never dare to say that they are the prince’s man.
That’s right, in Tianjin, everyone thinks that when the prince’s business is in business, and he has shares, he is undoubtedly the prince’s member. If the prince makes money, everyone will naturally eat meat. If the prince loses money, then are you still afraid that the prince will treat him badly?
Of course, the last sentence is what everyone said when they met. People who really bought shares of Sihai Commercial Bank with real money would come to Sihai Commercial Bank every few days. Even if they saw that Sihai Commercial Bank in Tianjin was almost empty, they would not say anything. They just cared about Sihai's fleet. When chatting with Sun Yulin, they would inevitably ask when the fleet would come back!
Everyone wants to eat meat with the prince, but no one wants to lose money. If you eat meat, make money and become a prince, then this life will undoubtedly be the most comfortable one.
The merchant ship is really back at this moment. Not to mention the losses and profits this time, as long as the merchant fleet comes back safely, it will definitely be good news. At this time, all the heroes from Tianjin City must have arrived at the dock. Even if they have no shares in Sihai, they will see the Sihai fleet back with their own eyes and see the bulk cargo coming down in the fleet. This is also a boastful capital for them.
"Wow, so many people!"
Lin Qiyun was a little scared by the crowd in front of him. Li Feng, who was beside him, was nowhere better than her. The boat had been docked for a long time, and Li Feng didn't dare to order to put down the springboard. He was crowded with people on the dock, and he looked at the two ships with countless eyes. He was a little doubtful if something was going on in Tianjin again.
"I feel something is wrong!" Li Feng asked his brothers to be alert. He didn't want to be snatched by a group of mobs after working hard for several months.
"The navy's people didn't respond, it should be fine!" Lin Qijun reluctantly calmed down and looked around the crowd. Finally, her tone became certain: "Although I don't know what happened, I saw those officers and soldiers maintaining order. There were people wearing Jinyiwei clothes and colored clothes on the other side, and they should be from our Qianhu Office in the South Yamen!"
The noisy crowd below slowly calmed down with the arrival of a group of officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers divided a passage among the crowd, and several people who seemed to be officers walked over from outside the crowd.
When Lin Qijun saw the man in front walking under the boat and waving to the boat with his head raised, he laughed.
"That's Yang Qianhu from the Jinyiwei South Ya. It's okay, put the springboard and prepare to get off the boat!"
A long springboard was placed on the dock, and several people walked down from the springboard. Lin Qijun walked down from the boat. Yang Li saw him from afar and smiled and raised his hand.
"Thank you for your hard work in the shopkeeper Lin!"
"I dare not say it's hard!" Lin Qijun blinked: "How dare Yang Qianhu come to pick up the boat in person? I'm so frightened!"
"Hahaha!" Yang Li laughed: "I heard the news and rushed over immediately. Manager Lin came back. How could such a big thing not happen? This trip went smoothly!"
"Everything goes well!" Lin Qijun nodded. After saying this, she found out strangely that the officers around Yang Li all laughed when they heard this - the kind that expresses their true feelings!
"What's going on!"
"It's okay, just hearing the smooth flow of the shopkeeper Lin, everyone is happy for the shopkeeper Lin!" Yang Li laughed: "By the way, the people and goods on the ship, the goods on the ship, the ones who should go down, and the ones who should go into the warehouse, I bring these brothers. Although I can't help, it's okay to help maintain order. Don't worry, with my brothers, the goods on the ship will definitely enter the warehouse steadily, and there will be no mistakes!"
Although I was a little confused, Lin Qijun still smiled and nodded: "For this reason, thank you Yang Qianhu. I'll take Yang Qianhu for a drink!"
"No, no, it's important to do the important business!" Yang Li waved his hand: "Look at what I can help with, just speak!"
Chapter completed!