With a series of urgent school bells, Qiwang Primary School immediately became excited. Students in class units left the classroom, and then dispersed in groups, leaving in twos and threes. Chou Chou was naturally with Yan Yan, and the two of them went to the carport.

After getting the car, Chou Chou drove her to the school gate, where the carriage to pick up Yanyan was already waiting there.

"Chou Chou, don't forget what you promised me!" After Yanyan got on the carriage, she lay on the window and shouted to Chou Chou.

"Don't worry, my father loves me the most. If he doesn't agree, I won't eat!" Chou Chou turned his head and said while riding his bicycle. As a result, he accidentally almost hit a classmate in front of him who was also riding a bicycle. As a result, he got into trouble.

Yanyan was giggling.

This morning Chou Chou promised to teach Yan Yan how to ride a bicycle, but he quickly thought that his father had decided to take the family to the Lion City yesterday, so he might not be in Taiwan during the entire winter vacation. As a result, he would naturally not be able to teach Yan Yan any more.

Learn to ride a bicycle. However, instead of being disappointed after hearing this, Yanyan even

She was very excited because her father, Wang Kuang, had just been transferred to the Lion City at the beginning of this year and had not been home for almost a year. Yanyan missed him very much, so in the end Yanyan asked Chou Chou for help and let her family go.

Be sure to take her with you when you visit the Lion City, so that she can celebrate the New Year with her father.

Chou Chou naturally agreed to her good sister's request. After all, in her opinion, it was just a trivial matter. Moreover, if Yanyan could go, she would have a companion on the road, so this trip would definitely be more interesting.

In fact, Li Min did dote on Chou Chou. When he heard that Chou Chou wanted Wang Kuang's daughter to go with him, he agreed without thinking. Then he begged to find Wang Kuang's wife and told the matter

Although Mrs. Wang felt it was a bit childish when she told the story, she thought that her husband had indeed not been back for a long time. It was normal for her daughter to miss him, so she finally agreed.

Half a month later, Li Min finally left for Lion City. In addition to taking his whole family, Li Yun and Li Zhen's family members also accompanied him. However, after arriving in Lion City, Li Min would send a fleet to escort them.

To Tianzhu.

Because there were more people going this time, and most of them were important people, Li Min mobilized ten main warships to escort them, as well as manned ships such as the King of Qi. However, when their fleet left the port, there were still more people behind.

Following many fleets, they all

We were going from Taiwan to Malacca, and we just happened to catch up this time. Although the pirates on the line from Taiwan to Malacca have been wiped out, the sea is unpredictable, and no one knows what dangers we will encounter. Follow the big fleet

Still safer.

On a small seaboat behind Li Min's fleet, a thin, dark young man wearing a half-worn cotton coat stood on the bow. He looked at the fleet around him with surprise on his face, and at the same time, his eyes

There was still a bit of uneasiness in him.

"Brother Shitou, why are you still standing there? Come back and eat quickly!" At this moment, a fat man in the same clothes said from behind, with a hint of excitement on his face.

"Yes. Come right away!" The thin, dark young man known as Brother Shitou agreed, and then looked at the sea in front of him and the other big ships around him. The anxiety in his eyes had disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by a kind of intoxication.

color.

Brother Shitou was among the first batch of refugees who moved to Taiwan from Jianzhou. He was later assigned to Tainan County, and his family of nine was given 900 acres of land. In addition, Shitou's father-in-law, the Tie family, was close to them.

, also has 900 acres of land. So the two families simply joined together and set up a small plantation on the spot. Except for growing some necessary grains, everything else was planted into sugar cane.

After several years of development, Shitou's and Tie's family's plantations were finally developed. Nearly two thousand acres of fields were all planted with sugar cane. For this reason, the two families also bought more than 80 mature slaves to work. In addition,

A dozen Silla supervisors were hired. These Silla people can all speak Chinese, and they are all second-level aliens, so they can be used with confidence.

With the output of this plantation, Shitou's family and Tie's family have gradually accumulated some savings, and even bought a house in a town not far away. Shitou's parents usually live there, and the children at home do not need it.

Instead of staying in the plantation to help, Shitou was sent to the town's primary school. He heard that if he studied well, he could become an official in the future, so Shitou sent all his young brothers and sisters there. Usually he was the only one.

He and his wife Toon take care of the plantation, and the situation is the same at the Tie family.

Although Shitou's family has no worries about food and clothing after establishing the plantation, Shitou already had his own ambitions before coming to Taiwan, that is, he wanted to make more money and give his family a better life, and planting

Although the output of the garden is stable, it is too little and the roots are not enough to support the life he wants.

It was with this thought in mind that after much consideration, Shitou finally decided to go out for business. As for the plantation, there was no need to worry about it, because his parents were not used to living in the town, so they moved to the plantation to take care of them. In addition, he

My second brother is already sixteen years old and can already help take care of the plantation. There are also several brothers from the Tie family, so there is no need to worry.

Although Xiangchun was reluctant to let go of Shitou's thoughts, she could not stop him. After all, Shitou also wanted to make his family live a better life, so she and Shitou's parents packed up the family's belongings and asked Shitou to take them all with him.

A few days later, Shitou arrived in Tainan City, ready to find an opportunity to make a fortune.

Although Shi Shitou has never read a book, his brain is very good. In addition, he has learned a few words while taking care of the farm in the past few years. He even named himself Chen Shang. The reason why he used this

The main reason for the word "Shang" was that he discovered that the only way to get rich was to be a businessman.

Shitou stayed in Tainan City for several months. During these months, he went to the pier every day because he found that the pier had the largest flow of people and the best information, and he could get all kinds of information from there.

In addition, newspapers are also a good channel. Although he can't understand some chapters, he can still read some news that contains business information.

It was through the intelligence collection in the past few months that Shitou discovered that if he wanted to do business, he must first have a supply of goods, and second, he must be able to deliver it safely to buyers. These two conditions seem simple, but if you want to do it

But it's not easy.

For example, as for the first source of goods, he didn't even have to think about the valuable and best-selling goods like porcelain and silk, because not to mention him, even some powerful businessmen couldn't get the goods.

These goods are generally in the hands of some large merchant houses along the coast. For example, the merchant house of Prince Qi’s office accounts for one-third of the total silk export volume every year. The rest is also sold to some large merchant houses.

Divided by the family.

Therefore, small businessmen like Shitou, who don't have much capital, can only buy some ordinary goods, such as cotton cloth, cane sugar, etc. Fortunately, these ordinary goods are also relatively popular, but they need to be transported to distant places for trading, and this is

The second condition.

Taiwan is an island. If you want to transport goods safely to buyers, you naturally need to use sea ships. Generally, sea merchants have their own fleets, and some even have more than one. In fact, the stronger the sea merchants, the more ships they have.

The fleet is also larger.

Small businessmen like Shitou naturally don't have the money to buy a boat, but it doesn't matter, because there are some companies that can provide boat rental services, specifically for small businessmen like them. Each type of sea-going ship is different according to performance, crew, size, etc.

, have different prices respectively, but when renting a boat, you need to pay a certain deposit.

With the conditions of stone, it is not troublesome to get a batch of ordinary goods. For example, his family runs a plantation and knows many plantation owners, so he dare not mention other goods. He can also get cane sugar.

Some. But it was a bit troublesome to transport it out, because when renting a boat, the deposit required was not a small amount, and he really couldn't come up with it at the moment.

But at this time, Shitou was very lucky to meet Dunzi, his former companion in the village. They came to Tainan together, but the land they were assigned was far away, so they lost contact. Unexpectedly, Dunzi

He was also restless. After his family's plantation got on track, he went to Tainan to work. By chance, the two met on the street.

After meeting Dunzi, Shitou immediately told his business plan, which was immediately approved by Dunzi. He has been in Tainan for nearly a year, and now he has been working in a factory. He is tired of the exhausting work every day.

, so the two hit it off, and Dunzi went home to convince his father. Anyway, he was an only son, and his father couldn't control him, so in the end Dunzi brought the family's money and mixed it with stones, which was enough for this time.

Money for purchasing goods and renting ships.

Just like that, Shitou and Dunzi bought a batch of cheap cane sugar, and then rented the smallest sea boat. They came here hoping to gather a large caravan, but they were lucky enough to catch up with Li Min and go to Lion City.

, this made them so happy that they immediately sailed the boat to Keelung, and then set off with Li Min's fleet.

Thinking of the hardships of his trip to sea this time, Shitou couldn't help but sigh, but he thought that if this batch of goods could be safely transported to the Lion City and then sold by him, apart from the cost of renting the ship, he would be able to make at least 20% of the profit.

Profits made Shitou couldn't help but get excited. This was the first time that he had made so much money at once.

However, while Shitou was excited, he also had some regrets in his heart, because he had heard others say that in the past, a shipload of sugar could be made at least twice as much profit if it was transported to the Lion City.

After all the pirates were wiped out, this trade route became more and more prosperous, but this also led to a significant reduction in the profits of goods. For example, goods such as cane sugar, which only have a profit of 20%, are not valued at all by some powerful merchants, and only
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