From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

In fact, Xia Jieren also understood very well that the opportunity to purchase grain at a low price and sell it at a high price was no longer available. How could this not frustrate these profit-seeking businessmen?

Some people are happy and some are worried!

The joys and sorrows of each person are different.

As the funds arrived one after another, Xia Jieren jumped up happily with a smile on his face.

When walking on the street, he sometimes couldn't help laughing out loud, making people think he was a mental patient and stay away from him.

It's just that Xia Jieren didn't know all this, and Kerrigan wouldn't let these little things disturb Xia Jieren's interest.

Merchants who had already paid in full for their goods were waiting anxiously at the port.

It was not difficult to see from their expressions and actions that they were very worried that the Kingdom of the Netherlands would embezzle their payments.

Businessmen gathered in groups of three or five, chatting casually or pacing back and forth.

At this time, Governor Fan Long's carriage slowly drove over.

Seeing this, all the businessmen gathered around.

After Fan Long got off the train and stopped, he glanced around and said directly without further delay, "The food you want is ready and will be delivered soon."

Fan Long paused, looking at the big merchants who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and then said, "Don't worry, I will wait here too until all the grain is loaded onto the ship."

Hearing this, their tense expressions relaxed a little, and they kept complimenting Governor Fan Long, "You are really a young and promising man."

"Mr. Archon is truly a responsible person."

"Sir Archon is such a capable person, he will definitely be reused in the future."

"Mr. Archon..."

Fan Long responded to the group of businessmen one by one with a professional smile. "It's really tiring to build good relationships with these guys!"

The Kingdom of the Netherlands needs these powerful sea merchants, and these sea merchants also need the food produced by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Mutual benefit for both parties!

Now the two sides still lack a basis of trust, and these big sea merchants are afraid that the forces with which they have reached cooperation will make mistakes.

Even if you can retaliate with your own strength later, the loss has already been done.

Therefore, if it were not for the huge profits, these big sea merchants would never trade with a country like the Kingdom of the Netherlands where there is an unstable political situation and a lack of understanding.

As stated in Capital: Capitalists fear no profit or too little profit, just as nature fears a vacuum. Once there is a proper profit, capitalists become bold. If there is a 10% profit, they will be used everywhere; if there is a 20% profit, they will be active; if there is a 50% profit, they will take risks; for the sake of 100% profit, they will dare to trample on all human laws.

Based on Fan Long's understanding of this group of merchants, as long as they transport this grain to countries or regions where war or famine is happening, their profits will at least double.

Seeing that everyone had nothing to do here, Fan Long led everyone to the warehouse area of ​​the port, so that they could feel more at ease.

While chatting, they came to an open area. Three tall silos and three sturdy warehouses stood by the port.

Looking at the greatly changed environment around them, many big businessmen who had been here before exclaimed in amazement, "I didn't expect that such a huge project could be completed in such a short time."

Fan Long spoke modestly for a few moments and then led everyone to a silo.

At this time, there were already hundreds of strong laborers gathered here.

When they saw Fan Long coming, they greeted him respectfully.

Come closer.

“Wow, this silo is really huge.”

"This type of warehouse is rare in Xihai."

"Yes!"

Everyone was talking about it and the scene was very lively.

Fan Long nodded to a captain, signaling them to start moving. "Let's get started!"

Under everyone's curious gaze, the captain came to the entrance of the silo.

thump!

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, a bag of wheat was spit out from the silo.

The businessmen opened their mouths in surprise. "This..."

Ignoring everyone's surprise, Fan Long took the bag from the captain and gestured to everyone, "Everyone can take a look. This bag of wheat weighs exactly 200 kilograms."

Everyone came forward and gathered around the bag of wheat.

Through the transparent outer packaging, you can see the shiny, light brown wheat grains. The grains are full, complete, uniform in size, tightly textured, and free of pests and impurities. It is obviously very high-quality wheat.

Everyone looked at it with satisfaction and praised it, saying it was great value for money.

But no one knows what they are thinking.

All the merchants present were very satisfied with the beautifully packaged bags of grain in front of them.

Seeing that no one had any objection, Fan Long immediately ordered, "Start loading the ship."

Bags of food were packed up and spat out.

The carriage and cart that had been waiting on the side drove forward.

The dock workers loaded bag after bag of grain onto the truck, and soon after the truck was full, it headed towards the target ship.

According to the order of the auction, carts of grain were transported to the buyer's ships in an orderly manner.

When they saw the grain starting to be transported to their ships, the merchants visibly relaxed and satisfied smiles appeared on their faces.

This is a good start. The convenient and quick unloading and loading will undoubtedly give the merchants an excellent impression.

In the heart network space, Xia Jieren has been paying attention to the situation here.

Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Xia Jieren breathed a sigh of relief. "This is an important step in foreign trade. There must be no accidents."

Suddenly, Xia Jieren frowned. "Well, the efficiency of loading and unloading is still too low. It's still a bit slow if we only rely on manpower."

After thinking it over again and again, Xia Jieren couldn't come up with a better solution.

Most of the ships here now are wooden sailing ships. Take the ships of sea merchants as an example. There is a huge storage space in the cabin, but the entrance is too small and it is not suitable for container transportation at all. The goods can only be moved into the warehouse little by little by manpower.

Moreover, the maximum load capacity of a sea vessel is very limited. A large sea vessel is about 500 meters long and has a maximum load capacity of tons.

So in order to load more cargo, ship owners will try to reduce the weight of the rest of the stuff.

If not necessary, heavier outer packaging such as wooden boxes and wooden barrels will definitely not be used, let alone things of such tonnage as containers.

Grain is a bulk commodity that relies on quantity to make profits, so no effort will be put into its packaging. It is sufficient as long as it does not go bad before being sold.

......

Soon, it was afternoon.

The merchant, who had already loaded the goods, left happily.

Before leaving, they all said that they would come back to purchase next time.

They were very surprised by the work efficiency of Eastport, and the feeling of being exploited by them was also reduced a little.

He left his Den Den Mushi number, did not linger any longer, and immediately drove the boatman towards the blue sea.

time is money!