The ghost sister asked, "What method?" ”

Yang Huairen pointed to the other end of the port, where a relatively large sailboat stopped at the end of the port.

Brother Tianba stretched out his head and looked, "It turns out that there is such a big fishing boat, it should be enough for more than a hundred of us." ”

Yang Huairen shook his head, "That's not a fishing boat, what they transport is something that is absolutely indispensable for fishing in the fishing port." ”

Lu Jinyi was pleasantly surprised, "Brother is talking about ice cubes?!" ”

"Well, that's a good point."

Yang Huairen continued to point to a group of people who were not easy to see clearly under the big boat, "Look, this big ship is not a fishing boat from the point of view of its structure, but its cabin is very large, and the mast is also designed with a hook, so I guessed that it is used to transport ice."

Judging from the geographical location of Yongle Port, the ship should have transported ice from the ice rink along the Liaohe estuary in the northeast.

The large ice cubes are dug down from the Liao River and the surface in the winter, and then stored up, and when the spring opens, Yongle Port opens for fishing, and the big ship of the ice rink is loaded with a boatload of ice cubes to Yongle Port to sell.

In order to sell the fresh catch further afield, fishmongers travel a long time along the way, and inevitably buy ice cubes from ice carriers to use. ”

Sister Ghost frowned, "I understand, we can't rent a fishing boat, but we can rent this ice boat, the ice boat has a large cabin, not only can it hold the goods we pretended to buy, but it is no problem to transport everyone back to the Song Dynasty at one time." ”

Yang Huairen turned to Lu Jinyi, "It's inconvenient for me and the princess to show up, Lu Jinyi went to talk to the owner of the iceboat about chartering the ship, remember, don't mind the price, but you have to pretend to be a businessman, be sure to rent this ship." ”

……

The ice-carrier was very busy, and huge blocks of ice were constantly being hoisted out of the cabin, and then a dozen shirtless men pushed onto a huge inclined plank, and the ice slid down the sloping plank and landed on the shore.

The men on the shore used axes and chisels to chisel large chunks of ice into crushed ice and sell them.

The ice was sold by the cart, and dozens of refrigerator trucks specializing in transporting fish were photographed in a long line, and when it was someone's turn, the carts pushed over, and the guys loaded the chiseled ice cubes on the refrigerator trucks half a foot thick, and then asked the fishmongers to go and count the money with the owner of the boat next to them.

The business of the iceboat is very good, and the owner has a huge cash box in his hand, and it is almost half full in the first day.

Lu Jinyi pretended to be a Han merchant, he was originally magnificent, and in the eyes of others, he was obviously a wealthy businessman.

He squeezed in with a few fierce men, and knocked the folding fan in his palm a few times, making a "pop" sound, attracting the attention of the shipowner.

The owner of the ship was a Han man, and when he saw the man in front of him, his first reaction was that this might be a wealthy merchant in Yongle Port or Jinzhou.

He has been selling ice for more than 10 years, and he knows that in addition to selling ice cubes to these fishmongers, there are usually some big restaurants that come to buy ice in the summer, in order to make some cool food to attract customers.

Then there are some large local families, buying ice purely for the purpose of enjoying the cool in summer, such as putting ice cubes in several basins, and the people will fan the wind behind the ice basin, and the owner is on the other side, feeling the most comfortable coolness.

These big families bought ice in large quantities and sold generously, making a lot more money than he usually sold ice cubes to fishmongers.

The owner of the ship regarded Lu Jinyi as a big buyer of ice, and stepped forward very politely and asked, "This owner, but you want to sell and purchase ice?" ”

Lu Jinyi didn't speak, just shook his head with a smile.

The owner of the ship was a little puzzled, wondering what are you doing here without buying ice? It can't be the local head snake who is collecting tolls again, right?

The owner of the ship raised his voice and said, "This owner, Xiao Di came to Yongle Port to sell ice, he greeted Ma Wuye, and he had already handed over the post. ”

Lu Jinyi cautiously glanced around, making sure that no one was eavesdropping, so he lowered his body and whispered next to the owner's ear, "Don't misunderstand, owner, I'm just a merchant from the Song Dynasty, and I bought a batch of high-quality medicinal materials from Liaodong, and I plan to transport them back to the Great Song Dynasty to sell."

But now I am catching up with the Yongle Port to start fishing, I can't rent a big boat, see the owner's ice boat again, I come to ask, if I want to rent your big boat, I don't know how much it costs? ”

When the owner heard this, he knew that this was a Song Dynasty merchant who wanted to smuggle medicinal materials, so he put his mind at ease and took a new look at Lu Jinyi, feeling that this person was good-looking, and his clothes looked very rich, but he didn't seem to be too old.

He sold ice in Jinzhou for a generation, and naturally he also came into contact with many smugglers, and these smugglers generally have relatively large forces behind them and have their own special smuggling boats.

And people like Brother Gongzi in front of him seem to be the first time to do the business of smuggling medicinal materials, and he doesn't know much about the market, and he also found the wrong person, so he found his head.

However, the owner of the ship did not immediately refuse, but began to calculate in his heart, he has been doing ice trading for a long time, although he has made a lot of money, but after all, he can't compare with the smuggled goods, he runs back and forth with a boatload of ice, and the gross profit can be forty or fifty silver.

However, if the ship needs to be maintained and repaired, a large number of manpower is needed to start the operation, and the benefits of selling ice in Yongle Port cannot be less.

So in the end, the net profit of his trip is only twenty taels of silver, not to mention that this business is not available all year round, it can be done when fishing is open in summer and autumn, and when the Liao River estuary is frozen in winter and spring, he can only be idle.

It's not that he hasn't thought about it, now that he has a lot of younger brothers under him, and he has accumulated a lot of strength and financial resources, shouldn't he start getting involved in smuggling, a big business that really makes money.

Today, I met this raw melon and egg merchant in front of me, just so that his smuggling business can be opened, and I can try to see how much profit he can make by taking such a trip.

He motioned for Lu Jinyi to take a step to speak, and when the two of them came to a place where no one could see their gestures, the shipowner stretched out a finger and raised a slender eyebrow by the way.

Lu Jinyi smiled and asked, "One thousand taels?" It's too expensive. I'd better find someone else. ”

After saying that, Lu Jinyi turned his head and was about to leave, but the owner of the ship immediately stopped him, and the flesh on his face was twitching, "Brother, you can open a fixed price again, and doing this business is a business of pinning your head in your trouser belt, and it is not easy for everyone." ”

Lu Jinyi pretended to think about it, and reluctantly stretched out a hand, "Five hundred taels, no more." ”

The owner of the ship lowered his head as if to think again, but in fact, he was about to lose his breath, so he deliberately pretended to be thoughtful, and waited for a while before holding back the smile back into his stomach and said, "Brother, I also think that this is my business, so I will make you cheaper."

Five hundred taels is five hundred taels, deal! ”