Chapter 191 Little People Big Times
As soon as Zhou Yi returned home, he locked himself in the study.
Baodun'er was led by Li Yingru to walk around in the garden, and happened to see Zhou Yi hurrying into the study. In the past, every time Zhou Yi went to court, he would come to tease him as soon as possible, so Baodun'er looked at Zhou Yi this time. When he ignored him, he opened his mouth and let out an ah.
He leaned towards the direction where Zhou Yi was leaving, stretched out his small claws to grab forward, and looked back at Li Yingru while grabbing, "Ahh..." He urged his mother to hurry and find his father.
Li Yingru also saw Zhou Yi rushing into the study, thoughtfully, and patted Baodun'er on the back: "Baby, don't disturb Daddy, Daddy has something urgent to do." Zhou Yi did have something urgent to do
, The better Emperor Chongzheng treats him on the surface, the stronger his sense of crisis. He has to save a way out for himself. He has to keep as many cards as possible so that he can survive the crisis when the storm comes... …
For one month in a row, apart from going to the Yamen, Zhou Yi would lock himself in the study when he returned to the mansion, and keep deducing and perfecting his plan. My heart suddenly felt a lot more at ease.
At the end of May, the port of Yuanping Mansion became noisy again, and the second batch of caravans went back to sea.
Compared with the first time, the caravan team that went to sea this time was even bigger. On the day when the caravan came back, as far as the Yuanping Port was concerned, there were endless alums flying everywhere.
Ship after ship of cargo was unloaded, and the entire port seemed to be poured with hot oil. Coupled with the already hot weather, the port seemed to be on the verge of exploding with sparks. Zhou Yi also came to the port on this day, and all the goods had to be checked and registered by the Ministry of Commerce before they could enter the port, so the Ministry of Commerce would be very busy these days. This time, no one refused to allow the Ministry of Commerce to count the goods, and they rushed to the front row, thinking of registering early and unloading the goods into the port earlier. Zhou Yi walked around the port, whether it was the person in charge of the caravan of the aristocratic clan or the folks running the sea trade, when they saw Zhou Yi coming, they all greeted him respectfully.
With so many caravans, it is naturally impossible to count them all in one day. Zhou Yi stayed here for a long time and saw that everything was in order, so he wanted to leave. Just as he was about to get up, a pleasant voice suddenly sounded from behind. "Master Zhou!"
Zhou Yi turned his head, and saw a tanned, burly man looking at him excitedly, Zhou Yi thought for a while, and then recognized him: "Are you Da Zhuang?" Da Zhuang did
n't Thinking that Zhou Yi still remembered his name, his hands were shaking now: "It's me, Mr. Zhou, it's me!" Zhou Yi smiled slightly. He was quite impressed by
this big and strong man. It was his first time to go to sea. When he was young, he joined the Imperial Maritime Trade Team. When he went out to sea, he bought and sold with the Imperial Maritime Trade Team. When he came back, he had already made his first pot of gold. ": "You formed a caravan yourself this time?"
Da Zhuang bowed his head in embarrassment: "Yes, it's just that my capital is small, I only have two boats, and I don't hire many people."
Zhou Yi encouraged Head: "Work hard, and I will make it bigger in the future."
"I will, Mr. Zhou!!!" Da Zhuang subconsciously raised his chest and raised his head. This was all trained in the imperial business team.
Zhou Yi smiled, turned and left.
Da Zhuang yelled at Zhou Yi's leaving figure realistically: "Master Zhou, thank you!"
Zhou Yi's footsteps paused slightly, although he didn't turn his head, his steps were much lighter.
Da Zhuang finished counting the goods in the port commercial department, and immediately ordered people to move the goods into the port. In the port, there were already merchants waiting to buy these overseas goods.
If it is a large caravan, it usually has its own shop. The goods brought back from overseas can be kept and sold in its own shop, but for those like Da Zhuang, they can only sell these goods to other merchants.
Generally, when the fleet of Da Viet leaves Da Viet, it is fully loaded with goods. The goods of Da Viet are very popular overseas, especially those exquisite porcelain and silk. It has become famous overseas. This time, the caravan sold out its goods before halfway through the previous route, and returned a large amount of gold and silver.
The people of Da Viet are actually proud. Everyone thinks that Da Viet has a vast land and rich resources, and the natives outside have nothing to catch their eyes, but it is not worthwhile to come back with an empty boat, so they will search for good things.
Thanks to the court commercial team, when they search for things, they will always subconsciously look to the court fleet. After all, this is something Mr. Zhou values. Although they don't know what it is useful for, it must be a good thing.
After some of them were exchanged, Zhou Yi also said that the imperial court would set a price to collect them, and the price given was not bad, but some felt that the imperial court attached great importance to them, and these things must be worth more than that, so some people quietly saved some... Da
Zhuang The two boats are no exception. He buys everything, and the price is very cheap anyway. Some of them are even exchanged for broken bowls that cannot be sold. Spices, various seeds, and some are recorded by him. Those rare gadgets that Zhou Yi collected in my heart.
Even though he only has two boats for a trip to sea, his net profit is tens of thousands of taels.
Huge profits, he can earn so much with just two small boats, let alone those large caravans with hundreds or even thousands of boats.
Da Zhuang went to pay the tax immediately, and then stayed in a restaurant luxuriously for one night. At night, he pulled on the table, his eyes were burning with fire. Sooner or later, he will form such a huge caravan...
After earning money, if he doesn’t return to his hometown with rich clothes, it’s like walking at night in brocade clothes. Da Zhuang deposited most of his money in the “bank” opened by the Ministry of Commerce, although he didn’t understand what this “bank” was like. Deposited in the "bank", not only will it not collect deposits like other banks, but will also give depositors interest. If this was the case before, Da Zhuang would not believe such a good condition, but this is led by Zhou Yi. Da Zhuang had already worshiped Zhou Yi infinitely, so he didn't have the slightest hesitation.
He traveled north to south with five hundred taels of silver by himself, returned home by boat, and returned to the small fishing village where he had been away for a year and a half.
"Da Zhuang, it's good if you come back. Your father fell into the water when he went out to sea last winter. Although he was rescued, his body was frozen to death. Now your father can't go to sea, and the family has no income. Miserable, when you come back, go out and go fishing, our ancestors have come here for generations, you see, even if you ran out, you came back again!" Da Zhuang didn't listen to
this man's nonsense, just listened Seeing that his father's body was frozen, he still felt nervous and hurried home.
Stepping into the yard, his father was coughing and staggering to dry the kelp. When he saw Da Zhuang coming in, he was stunned for a moment.
He opened his mouth: "Da Zhuang..."
Da Zhuang paused for a while, and put his burden away. He came down and finished drying the kelp in the barrel for his father, "Where's Aunt Mei?" This is what he called his stepmother.
"You... Aunt Mei broke up with me."
Da Zhuang looked at his father in surprise.
His father was a little uncomfortable, but he still said: "Your Aunt Mei thought I was useless, so she wanted to divorce me and remarry. I refused, so she said that she poisoned Er Zhuang while I was not paying attention. Way, I agree, Da Zhuang, after you left, Dad also thought a lot, at that time, I really shouldn't listen to your Aunt Mei and save all the money for Er Zhuang, at that time, I should give it to you Find a daughter-in-law!"
Hearing this, Da Zhuang didn't feel much fluctuation in his heart.
After a while, Er Zhuang also came home. He was carrying a wooden bucket with some finger-wide small fish in it. He was walking staggeringly. I caught some small fish, let's make soup later..." With a snap, Er Zhuang raised his head, the wooden barrel was hanging on the ground, and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief: "Brother?" Da
Zhuang Walking over to look at the few small fish still jumping on the ground, "Do you eat these all the time?"
His father hurriedly said: "No, no, the neighbors around will give us some on weekdays, and I can also catch some fish with a net on the shore. Today I am not feeling well..." Da Zhuang didn't say anything, if the shore
can If you catch a fish, why should you risk going out to sea?
Er Zhuang looked at Da Zhuang with some kicks: "Brother, you...are you leaving after you come back?" "
Of course you have to go." Da Zhuang glanced at Er Zhuang.
Er Zhuang's face turned pale. He also knew that because he listened to his mother, he was not good to this elder brother. In fact, when he was young, he and his elder brother had a good relationship... "Clean up, you and I will go to the capital together." Da
Zhuang Take a look at the Er Zhuang with his head down and the disappointed father.
"Going to the capital? What are you going to do in the capital? Da Zhuang, what do we do when we go to the capital, and I'm dragging along with such a sick body, why don't we just forget about it?" His father said hesitantly.
"Don't worry, I made money by going out to sea with the imperial court. You follow me and I guarantee that you won't go hungry. You have to find a doctor to treat your body." In this way,
Da Zhuang only returned to the fishing village for a long time, thank you After left and right neighbors, he took his father and Er Zhuang on the way to the north.
A few years later, when Da Zhuang was nearly seventy-seven years old, and the caravan seemed to have traveled all over the world under the development of the two brothers, he patted his great-grandson's head and told them the past. He told them that when he was young, Talk about how he went to sea to run a business, and Mr. Zhou, oh no, he was no longer Mr. Zhou at that time, how wise and foresight he was!
History is like a torrent, engulfing the world and rushing forward. Da Zhuang is originally a small shrimp swimming in the bottom of the water, but he has the determination to jump on the wave. In the big wave of the times, there will always be brave men who can seize the opportunity .
Da Zhuang is, Er Gou may be too...
five years later.
The capital city has been expanded by nearly a circle, and the streets are bustling with people. If you look around, there are actually many blond and blue-eyed foreigners inside.
A carriage passed by the driveway and stopped in front of the gate of the Zhou Mansion. A school boy opened the curtain from the inside and turned to another five or six-year-old boy who was younger than him: "Master, you are home.
" The child's eyes are closed, the eyebrows are straight, but the outline is soft, and the eyelashes of the closed eyes are like a small brush.
This child is Zhou Yi's precious eldest son, whose nickname is Baodun'er and whose last name is Zhou Yu.
The book boy yelled. Seeing that Zhou Yu was still asleep, and even smacked his lips, he became anxious. He pushed Zhou Yu lightly, and Zhou Yu opened his eyes, rubbed his eyes, and yawned. , lazily said: "Ali, where have you been?"
"You're home, young master, hurry up and wake up, otherwise the lady will see you like this later, and I will probably guess that you were reading a storybook under the covers last night." I'm sure I'll be beaten again."
Hearing what Ali said, Zhou Yu covered his butt reflexively and wiped his face: "My mother is too fierce, tell me, Ali, my father is so beautiful Man, why did you marry my mother, look, what a miserable life my brother and sister and I lived under my mother's hands all day long! It's really an old crime!" After finishing speaking, he sighed very heavily: "Ali?" Zhou Yu looked at the roof of the car and said these words. Seeing that his book boy didn't respond for a while, he turned his head and looked out of the car curtain in doubt.
This look scared him out of his wits, and he saw Li Yingru standing outside the carriage in a leisurely manner.
It was too late and then too soon, Zhou Yu jumped out of the carriage suddenly, swift as a rabbit, a short body slipped past Li Yingru, and ran to the gate of Zhou Mansion desperately, screaming miserably while running: "Father, father, help me, come out quickly..."
Li Yingru watched Zhou Yu rush into the Zhou mansion like a gust of wind sweeping fallen leaves, and shook his head angrily and amusedly, "You son of a bitch!" If you really want to Teach him a lesson, it's no wonder he can escape from her hands with the little three-legged cat kung fu he learned from his grandfather fishing for three days and two nets.
Seeing that the young master had run away, Ah Li hurriedly saluted Li Yingru, and followed him into the Zhou mansion.
Zhou Yu ran into the Zhou mansion in a panic, and accidentally bumped into someone: "What are you panicking?"
Zhou Yu raised his head, and immediately smiled brightly: "Uncle Zhu."
Zhou Zhu's face was more serious, but facing Zhou Yu still smiled slightly, and patted Zhou Yu's head: "What are you doing running so fast?
" Zhou Zhu: "Uncle Zhu, is my father at home?"
"He is, in the study, talking to your second uncle. If you want to find him, you
should wait." I heard it, save the world, if Dad doesn't come out, I will be beaten to death by my mother!" Zhou Yu shouted at the top of his voice while hugging Zhou Zhu's thigh.
Zhou Zhu laughed and said, "Your mother is in a hurry to go to the banquet. She doesn't have much time to take care of you right now."
Zhou Yu patted his chest with a big sigh of relief after hearing this: "It's okay, it's okay."
At this moment, Zhou Yi and Zhou Jia came out of the study room. As soon as Zhou Yu saw Zhou Yi, he immediately threw himself on him, his eyes were bent, and he hugged Zhou Yi's leg while rubbing it while calling out extremely affectionately. Said: "Dad~"