Go to ancient times and engage in construction

After Wu Mu got ashore and stood on land, he swayed for several minutes before he got used to the feeling of being down-to-earth.Wu Mu runs very diligently in Chudi now, earning thousands of gold per trip. Faced with such a huge reward, except for the ships on the Yangtze River that cannot sail due to wind and waves, Wu Mu has been running non-stop between Chu and Nanbu.Calculated by pinching fingers, Wu Mu's stay at Dacheng's house in the past few months since he started the business of selling Nanbu cloth is not as many as his two fingers.

"Cui Fu, you unload the corn and wheat on the shore and send them to Wudong's house. I'll go to Mr. Zheng to discuss the matter first." Wu Mu stretched his waist and kicked his legs.Wu Mu no longer brings cotton and linen back to Nanbu from Chu State, because it takes a lot of time to buy cotton and linen. Wu Mu calculated that he can make another trip during the delayed time, and the income from selling cloth from the extra trip will be worth it. The price difference of cotton and linen is transported several times.Calculated in this way, Wu Mu stopped buying cotton and linen in Chu, and returned when Nanbu cloth was sold out. Nanbu cloth is very popular in Chu. Wu Mu’s ship can be sold out after a day of mooring in Chu. .

Because there is no need to wait to buy corn and wheat, you can sell cloth while packing grain. Grain has always been an item that Nanbu buys openly. When Wu Mu brings the goods back, he changes it into grain. When the grain arrives in Nanbu, Zheng Yuming will pay more for the purchase price. [-]% of the price accepted.With this [-]% profit, Wu Mu's shipping fee will come back.

"Yes! Master." After Cui Fu agreed to the master, he immediately discussed the unloading matters with the coolies on the dock next to him. He and the coolies at the docks were too familiar with each other, so they finalized the handling fee in a few words.

Wu Mu stretched his body and walked towards the textile factory. When he reached the woodwork factory next to the textile factory (the woodwork factory is also built near the water), Wu Mu stopped.

"Where do these timbers come from?" At the gate of the carpentry factory, some coolies were pulling large logs from the water to the bank. These logs were woven into wooden rafts and supported to the bank of the river.

"Report to the owner! This is the old wood purchased by the carpentry factory." The person in charge of directing the coolies was a carpenter from the carpentry factory, who knew Wu Mu.

"Chen Mu? The woodware factory wants to build a ship?" Wu Mu's eyes lit up.

"Yes! Mr. Zheng said to build a 15-ton boat." To build a wooden boat, you must use big wood. This kind of big wood must be dried in the shade for about three years before it can be made. If you use freshly felled wood to build a boat, it will fall apart in less than ten months. , and wooden boats made of shade-dried logs can be used for more than ten to [-] years as long as they are properly maintained.

"A twenty-ton boat?" Wu Mu staggered, pointing at the big log carried by the coolies, speechless.

Inspired by the wood and leaves floating on the water, the ancients came up with the idea of ​​sailing on the water.The earliest boats used by primitive people were canoes, which were then developed into wooden rafts, bamboo rafts, and plank boats.In long-term practice, people have invented sailing ships that use wind power to exercise.In the original time and space, in the Qin Dynasty, the Celestial Dynasty could build a sea-going ship that was 30 meters long, 6 to 8 meters wide, and capable of carrying 60 tons across the sea.When Zheng He sailed to the West in the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ship Zheng He took was 140 meters long and 60 meters wide.It is said that the displacement of the largest treasure ship in the fleet to the West is 7500 tons, which is close to the standard of a modern aircraft carrier.

The time and space that Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui traveled through should be calculated from ancient times, and now it should be around AD, which is equivalent to the appearance of the original time and space in the early Eastern Han Dynasty.It is probably because the Celestial Continent has not yet experienced a real unification, and has not formed an autocratic centralized system kingdom, and the large number of productive forces in this time and space are not as developed as in the previous time and space at the same time.Although the wooden boats in the Changhe River Basin have used canvas to sail, most of the wooden boats for business have a load capacity of about five tons, and only the warships of the Chu State can barely reach the load capacity of ten tons.

Wu Mu's two boats are sail wooden boats with a load of five tons, and they are the largest commercial ships moored at Nanbu Wharf. Most of the ships like the Eagle Tribe only have a load of 2 or 3 tons.Now that the carpentry factory can manufacture 10,000-ton boats, does this mean that in the future he can have wooden boats with a load four times larger, and with two [-]-ton boats, Wu Mu can run four times in one trip? If so, then his annual income will not be [-] to [-] gold, but [-]+ gold.

Thinking of the income of three 10,000+ gold, Wu Mu was dizzy.

"Master Zheng, I want to buy that twenty-ton boat!" Wu Mu rushed into Zheng Yuming's textile factory office, and for the first time made an urgent request without saluting.

"The boat hasn't been built yet!" Zheng Yuming was stunned. He didn't have a twenty-ton wooden boat for sale, and the twenty-ton wooden boat was still on the blueprint.The wooden boat ready to be built is an experimental product of the woodwork factory.

"Sell it to me first when it is built. With a big ship, the amount of cloth sold to Chu can be doubled." Wu Mu was looking forward to a prosperous business.

"Wu Dong's family, I have something to tell you." Zheng Yuming frowned slightly. Some things must be prevented now, and countermeasures must be laid out first.

"Master Zheng, please speak." Seeing Zheng Yuming's serious face, Wu Mu's excitement gradually calmed down.

"How is the business of the textile workshops in Chudi now? Can the cotton cloth they weave be sold?" Zheng Yuming asked.

"The business of the textile workshops in Chu has always been poor. They can only weave some coarse cloth for the common people. Their cotton cloth has never been able to sell Dacheng green cloth. The nobles of Dacheng used to wear green cloth, but now they all wear Nanbu cloth." get color.

After hearing this, Zheng Yuming was sure. It seems that Nanbu Cloth has not had an impact on the cotton cloth industry of Chu State as much as Dacheng. But in the long run, with the expansion of Nanbu Cloth production capacity, it will impact the low-end market of Chu State sooner or later, but this will happen. At least two or three years later.

"Are there any aristocrats in Chu who dislike Nanbubu?"

"Disgusted? There are high-quality, exquisite and beautiful Nanbu cloth for them to make clothes. How can they be disgusted? Besides, Nanbu also buys a large amount of cotton and linen from Chu, which makes the nobles who grow cotton and linen more income. They are too late to be happy. "

"Wu Dong's family, although the people of Chu welcome Nanbubu now, we still have to seek an alliance with powerful people in Chu. Otherwise, Nanbu will earn more money from Chu, and sooner or later people will be jealous. The king of Chu has slandered him, saying that it would be bad if Nanbu cloth is not allowed to be sold in Chu.”

"Then what should I do? How can I find an alliance?" Wu Mu was anxious after hearing this. Yes, he only earned a few thousand gold a year when he went to Chudi, but now it has increased by more than [-] times. Double the number, and if no one is jealous by then, the nobles of the Chu Kingdom will be good people.

"Interests are tied! Only when we are tied to the interests of the nobility of Chu can we continue to make money from Chu." Zheng Yuming was helpless. Businessmen in the 21st century are familiar with the truth. In this time and space, even Wu Mu, who has been doing business for 20 years not understand.

"Bundling of interests is to take good care of everyone, otherwise everyone will lose?" Wu Mu understood a little.

"As for how to tie up interests, Dong Wu's family has to figure out a way for themselves." Zheng Yuming is the most lacking of talents around him, and now he speaks up to mention Wu Mu, but he doesn't want to teach him what method to use. Zheng Yuming doesn't want to arrange everything, and his assistants are trained in practice. from.

Wu Mu didn't think of the best way to tie up the best interests before the housekeeper Cui Fu came to him. When he passed by Nanbu Village in his own mule cart, he was still thinking hard in the car.

"Wu Dadong's house! How about coming to Yu's place for a glass of green wine?" Yu Kui stood in front of the winery to attract customers. In the past two months, his winery's business has improved several times compared to before, so he didn't dare to enter. Green wine is now a must-have wine in wineries.

"Okay! Let's have a few drinks at Yu's restaurant!" Seeing Yu Kui, Wu Mu's eyes lit up. This Yu Kui and Wu Da have a very good friendship. Wu Da once praised Yu Kui for his extraordinary knowledge in front of him, and thought that Yu Kui's background was very important. The background, but what the background, Wu Da did not tell Wu Mu in detail.

"Wu Dong's family came back soon?" Yu Kui took out the best jar of green wine in the hotel.

"I returned without stopping after selling the cloth, this time I have to rest at home for two days, otherwise, my kid will be angry." Wu Mu praised while drinking from the pottery bowl. "That's right. This wine is fragrant and mellow. It's worthy of being a tribute to Lord Qin for Chu State!"

"I think the master has a good face on the mule cart?" Yu Kui poured himself a glass of green wine and sat opposite Wu Mu to drink it. No interest in saving money.

"Yu Restaurant, do you know what a bond of interest is? How can it be done well?" Wu Mu looked at Yu Kui carefully. Yu Kui had a Chinese character face, half of his face was covered by a beard, leaving only two thick eyebrows And a pair of big eyes with copper bells can be seen clearly.With Yu Kui's appearance, if his skin were darker, he would be Zhang Fei's image in later generations.Yu Kui looks like Zhang Fei, but his personality is not like that at all.

"Bundling of interests?" Yu Kui was taken aback, this word was new. "Bundled with whose interests?"

"Hehe, I just want to do business in Chu to be more stable, and some experts have suggested that I use this method." Wu Mu thought about it and asked for advice.

"Do business more safely?" Yu Kui pondered for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh. "Wonderful! This is a great idea! If the benefits are successfully bundled, Wu Dong's family will have no worries about selling cloth in Chu!"

"That's right! This is a good idea, but how to do a good job of bundling interests?"

"It's simple, the master knows something about Chu Wangting, right?" Yu Kui communicated with the matter within a while, and immediately had a suggestion.

"I have been doing business in Chudi for more than 20 years, and I know some dignitaries, and I have presented gifts to them." It is not that Wu Mu has no connections in Chudi, and he knows some small nobles.

"You can try to make friends with Dr. Chu Guoyou."

"Only make friends with Dr. You?" Wu Mu was puzzled. The King of Chu trusted Dr. Zuo the most. Why didn't Yu Kui suggest him to make friends with Dr. Zuo?Daqin regards the left as the most respected, and the left doctor has more power than the right doctor.

"Doctor Zuo's family is not good. There are few promising children in the family. He can be ranked first on the left because of the favor of the King of Chu. The king of Chu is about to reach his sixtieth birthday. How many years does Doctor Zuo have to rely on? And Doctor Right is the king of Chu. He is a famous man who has in-laws with all the great families in the Chu State. This Doctor You is a prudent man and has the title of a tumbler. Both the King of Chu and the Crown Prince rely heavily on him. If you and Doctor You are tied together, he can guarantee your business in Chu.”

"Yu Jiufang, please give me some advice." After listening to Yu Kui's analysis of Chu Wangting, Wu Mu stood up straight and bowed respectfully to Yu Kui.

"Wu Dong's family please come up!" Yu Kui didn't seem flattered by Wu Mu's respect, but just asked Wu Mu not to be polite. "This matter is not difficult to handle. You just need to make Nanbubu's business in Chu become Dr. You's own business, and the interests will be bundled."

"Become Dr. You's own business!" Wu Mu thought for a while, then smiled, and bowed cautiously to Yu Kui again. "Thank you Restaurant Yu for reminding me, Wu Mu will never forget Restaurant Yu's kindness in resolving doubts."

Yu Kui watched Wu Mu's mule cart go away, went back to the wine shop and looked around the place where he lived for six years, drank the rest of the wine in the wine jar, and threw the empty wine jar to the ground: " How can a real man be inactive! It’s enough to just live in vain!”

Wu Mu got an idea from Yu Kui, and excitedly drove to Dacheng in a mule cart. He was thinking about the action steps on the way, and when he got halfway, Wu Mu suddenly patted his head. He felt that he had guessed Yu Kui's life experience. .

Wu Mu has been doing business in Chu for 20 years, and he is still half-clear about the affairs of the Chu royal court, but this Yu Kui talks about the affairs of the Chu royal court with every detail, and Yu Kui seems to be an important person in the Chu dynasty. generally.Six years ago, something happened in the state of Chu that shocked the princes. A family of nobles was convicted by the king of Chu that year, and the Manchus were killed.There are folk rumors that the aristocrats of the aristocratic family were innocent and were framed by the villain. When the king of Chu woke up and regretted it, the aristocratic family had already been wiped out.Yu Kui came to Nanbu six years ago, and the surname of the exterminated aristocratic family was 'Yu'.