The morning sun rises slowly.

dispelled the mist that filled Haizhou Bay.

The dark gray water, up and down, like a gently fluctuating brocade, is refreshing.

Under the joint action of sails and long oars, the sea boat broke the waves, passed through the southern part of Haizhou Bay, and went straight to Yuntai Xianshan more than ten miles away. Wu Haogu sat in the cabin, tasting the clouds and mist tea produced by Yuntai Mountain, leisurely.

Mi Youren, Ximen Qing, Ma Zhi, Guo Jing, Liu Wuji, Hua Manshan and Pan Qiaolian also sat in the cabin, enjoying the scenery outside the cabin while drinking tea.

"This is where the merchant ships in and out of Haizhou are anchored." Hua Manshan is a Haizhou person, his family has been doing business in Haizhou since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, and he can't know more about the situation in Haizhou, so he made a cameo appearance as a "tour guide".

Wu Haogu asked with great interest: "Where did all the boats here come from?" Who built it? ”

Hua Manshan said with a smile: "There are boats here from all over the world, some from Jiangnan, some from Japan, some from Goryeo, some from Daliao, and some from Baifan in the West...... Compared with the ships in other places, the ships of this white country are the best, and they can all run to the open sea. ”

The "White Country" in his mouth refers to the Arab Empire. This great empire, which emerged in the first half of the 7th century AD, is now in its twilight years. However, because of the arrival of the Seljuk Turks, the old empire seemed to be in a state of prosperity - although the real power of the country fell into the hands of the Seljuk Turks, these Turks who converted to YSL religion basically inherited the various institutions and cultural traditions of the Arab Empire.

The prosperity of the city of Baghdad and the control of the trade routes between the East and the West by Arab maritime merchants were largely unaffected.

And the Arab merchants who controlled the trade routes between the East and the West naturally grabbed a lot of wealth, and their business became bigger and bigger, and they all did business in Haizhou!

"Our Great Song ship can't run to the open sea?" Wu Haogu asked.

"There are also those who can go to the sea," Hua Manshan said, "and in Mingzhou, Quanzhou and Guangzhou, some maritime chambers will go to the sea, and the farthest ones have been to Tianzhu country."

Oh, Dong Weng doesn't know, this boat and sail that run the open sea are all exquisite, and the way to operate the ship is also different. The Dao Heng in this is deep.

Also, when sailing in the open sea, because you can't see the land, you have to be able to look at the stars and sunlight to grasp the direction, and you have to have special charts so as not to get lost. In addition, it is necessary to grasp the weather and wind direction of each sea area throughout the year......

And these are the lifeblood of all maritime merchants, and it is difficult for outsiders to learn. ”

It turns out that it is very difficult to be a maritime businessman!

Without years (usually several generations or more generations), your ship can go near the sea, and it is impossible to think about going to the open sea.

Not to mention discovering a new continent......

"Where's your Hua family?" Wu Haogu then asked, "Can you go to the open sea?" ”

Hua Manshan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "My family ran to Goryeo at most, and just like that, it capsized in a typhoon!"

Don't you want to do something at sea? It's hard, it's not just the ships, the weather, the charts, and the sailors, it's this! ”

As he spoke, Hua Manshan made a slashing gesture.

"Hanashiro, what are you doing?" Wu Haogu didn't understand the meaning of Hua Manshan.

"He's slashing people!" Ximen Qing said while drinking tea.

"Slashing?" Pan Qiaolian, who was watching the scenery, listened to it, blinked her eyes and looked at the flowers and mountains curiously, "Is there a hero of Liangshan on the sea?" ”

Hua Manshan smiled: "Pan Xiaolang, there is no king on the sea, which trade route is not made with bows, arrows, knives and guns?"

Not to mention encountering pirates who kill people and oversell goods, it is a serious maritime businessman, and when he sees that your ship is small and has few people, he still has a bad heart.

As for the big merchant gangs fighting for the route and turf, the fight is even more fierce. But hundreds of thousands of ships are at war! ”

"Hundreds of large ships of thousands of materials for naval battles?" Guo Jing took a cool breath, "Even the sailors of the imperial court don't have such a big ship, right?" ”

"No," Hua Manshan said with a smile, "the sailors of the imperial court are also going around the near sea, and the far sea can't even go."

On the far seas, it is the world of maritime merchants and pirates! ”

"Ouch, that sea deed is really not easy to do," Pan Qiaolian said, "Brother Dawu, don't you say?" ”

Isn't it? This bowl of rice is not delicious! Wu Hao Guxin said: It seems that I thought too simple before, and it is not easy to build Haizhou into an "anti-gold base".

However, these maritime merchants fight and kill at sea all day long, and their combat effectiveness should be there. If it can really be developed, but a force that can be relied on, although it is not easy for this maritime businessman to do, it still has to be the project!

Even if you burn money, you have to burn a fleet......

……

Today, the wind direction on the sea is not right, and the passenger boat that Wu Haogu and others took was sailing against the wind, and they could only rely on long oars to paddle the water, so the travel speed was very slow.

When Wu Haogu and Hua Manshan finished chatting about maritime merchants, the ship was only halfway there.

So Wu Haogu turned the conversation to the matter of partnering with Ximen Qing to start a company.

"Gong ...... Manage? Ximen Qing was a little ignorant.

From Confucius's Datong. Column word biography", public, the wealth of several people, the secretary, the meaning of operation. Ma Zhi on the side immediately gave an explanation, "It is about the meaning of partnering to set up a trading house." ”

"Is it a calligraphy, painting and literature company?" Ximen Qing asked.

"Hmm." Wu Haogu nodded, "For now, I will do this business first, and then I will firmly control the calligraphy and painting line in Kaifeng Mansion, and then expand to other things." ”

After walking around outside Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, Wu Haogu has fully realized that business is difficult to do.

Therefore, although his ambition is not small, his steps are very cautious, and he must first eat the most familiar calligraphy and painting shop, and then try to find other industries.

"Then I have to invest some money," Ximen Qing smiled and glanced at Wu Haogu and Mi Youren, "Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Store is not your master and apprentice who have the final say?" ”

"Anything else to do?" Ma Zhi was also a little interested in Wu Haogu's business scriptures, and asked with a smile, "Can you tell me about it?" ”

"Yes," said Wu Haogu, "there is only a layer of paper between the calligraphy and painting shop and the engraving shop, and it is easiest to get in." ”

He only said half of what he said to Ma Zhi, and he entered the engraving book shop not for the sake of the interests of engraving and publishing, but for the purpose of publishing newspapers at the right time - newspapers are the mouthpieces of public opinion, and they are not easy to enter, so they have to wait for the opportunity.

"After the book engraving shop, it is the real estate store of Kaifeng Mansion."

"Real estate?" Pan Qiaolian looked at Wu Haogu in surprise, "Brother Dawu, what should you do with the real estate industry?"

In the city of Kaifeng Mansion, there is not much open space. ”

Because of the existence of a tall and solid city wall and a wide moat, the transportation inside and outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion is very inconvenient (there is no public transportation in these days), and you have to pass a tax card to enter and exit the city. Therefore, there is not much space for real estate development outside Kaifeng Fucheng, and Kaifeng Fucheng has long been able to see the seams, and the places that can be built have long been built.

However, this difficulty is difficult to see the great development of the real estate industry in later generations...... It is difficult for this Kaifeng Mansion to expand around, but there is still a certain space for the upward, and it can be fully utilized.

Moreover, building high-rise buildings can also promote the development of the construction industry in the Great Song Dynasty, which is also quite beneficial to the future against the Jurchen invasion.

"I have my own way," Thinking of this, Wu Haogu laughed, but he didn't break the mystery on the spot, just said, "Now the housing prices in Kaifeng Mansion are about to rise to the sky, if this is done, the money that can be made will be more than ten times more than that of the calligraphy and painting shop!" ”