"Did you get drunk last night?" Yan San raised his head and smiled and asked Ling Qingyu who came out of the room rubbing his neck.
"Ah? What did I do again?" Ling Qingyu was stunned and asked. No way, Yan San is seriously ill, I won't attack him again, will I
Ying Thirteen Yingjiu, who was sitting in the yard eating lunch, got up silently, ready to serve the hot meal on the stove.
"Stop, both of you!" Ling Qingyu shouted with sharp eyes, seeing the abnormal expressions of the two of them at a glance.
"Ying Jiu, come here!" Ling Qingyu pointed at Ying Jiu.
Ying Jiu was a little hesitant, but still lowered her head and moved in front of her, saying: "The head of the house, no matter how you punish Ying Jiu, you will recognize it."
Uh? Ling Qingyu couldn't help wondering: "What did you do, I will punish you?"
Both Ying Shisan and Yan Qi winked at him desperately, you pig! Didn't see her and didn't remember at all! But Ying Jiu lowered his head and didn't see a single wink.
So Ying Jiu said honestly: "The head of the family asked us to suppress Qiye last night. I ran away and didn't obey. Please punish the head of the house."
Ling Qingyu suddenly went numb, and there was only one sentence in his head, the master wanted us to suppress Master Qi last night... the master asked us to suppress Master Qi last night... the master wanted us to suppress Master Qi last night...
Yan San raised his eyebrows, and with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked at Ying Shisan and Yan Qi who was under pressure.
"Third Master, this is not what you think, it is that the head of the family wanted to act in a play yesterday, what is it called? The leader of the Demon Cult of Jianghu has a sadomasochistic love affair." Ying Thirteen decided to sell Yan Qi decisively, saying: "The script The plot is that the leader of the Demon Cult was raped by the young man in black, he was raped by the leader's guards, and then we ran away."
The other people in the courtyard (three shadows of Yan, two shadows and ten Sum) all looked at Yan Qi.
Then Ying Er said: "The head of the family, the leader of the Demon Cult is not a good person, he is very powerful, and he likes to torture and kill opponents the most, he will not let men go to him."
Ling Qingyu's face was red, then white, then red again, coughed a few times and said: "Ahem, well, ah, since I don't remember, then there is no such thing! The demon sects and immortals are all fictitious Yes!"
"It is true that there is a leader of the Demon Cult. The current leader of the Demon Cult is called Yaoyue. His martial arts are very strong, and his methods are also very cruel." Yan San pointed to the seat beside him and asked Ling Qingyu to sit down, saying: "It is best not to have any contact with him. That person is difficult to deal with."
"Well, we can't get along with those members of the Devil's Cult. Eat and eat!" Ling Qingyu laughed.
"You haven't washed yet." Yan Qi said flatly.
Ling Qingyu blushed again, jumped up, and ran back to the house.
At this moment, Sum laughed. Seeing Ying Er's questioning gaze, he smiled and said, "Well, who is the young man in black? Who is the guard?"
"Die!" Sum was beaten by three people at the same time.
The banquet last night was very late, so although it was already noon, not many people came out, and most of them were still dead drunk on the bed, or on the ground, or under the unfinished dinner table.
Ling Qingyu looked at the miserable situation outside, and resolutely turned back to the main hall to look at the invoice and account book.
First put the soft couch where Yan San was sitting on so that he could lie down comfortably. Ling Qingyu spread out the map and white paper on the table, and while looking at the bill of lading, he outlined the shape of the map on the white paper.
Australia and Papua are newly developed areas, and there are not many indigenous laborers. Therefore, although the mine is a rich mine, the output is not too high, but the progress in the Americas is very good. Not only is the output of the Potosi Silver Mountain increasing day by day. Ascension, silver mines and gold mines were also discovered in the Peruvian area. The silk and porcelain lacquerware of the Great Zhou Dynasty have become the best-selling and most expensive items in the Americas. Some of the copper coins brought over have also become the currency in circulation there. Ten copper coins are equivalent to one tael of gold, and one copper coin is equivalent to one tael of silver.
There are a lot of spices in Southeast Asia, the warehouses of Srivijaya are full, and the rest of the pearls and treasures have also accumulated a lot of goods, plus the goods of the Fanren who came from Chola and the Red Sea, Then add what Ram brought back this time, and the goods on the Red Sea and Zhuluo side are also a bit excessive.
The six ships of Cai Fu Lu Shou Xi Yue must have been delayed in Quanzhou for some time, so they arrived behind the Fengshen, but this is also good, and they can escape the Xie family's attack, but I am afraid they will arrive in the next few days. There are more than 4,000 people, and we have to consider where to resettle them. I am afraid that Lingjia Village alone cannot accommodate so many people. Are you considering sending them to Australia? There's plenty of fields and farmland over there.
When the sun began to slant to the west, people got up one after another. Seeing that Ling Qingyu had drawn a big map on the table in the main hall, they all leaned over excitedly.
"Lam, I'm going to trouble you to go to Quanzhou this time," Ling Qingyu pointed at the map and said, "It's not in the name of the Ling family firm, but in the name of the Zhuluo businessman. You bring two boats, and Sanjay takes the boat. Two boats, in the name of two Zhuluo merchants, went to Quanzhou, brought these goods over there, and when they arrived in Quanzhou, they could ask Ding Budong to find those familiar merchants to buy them."
"The sailors on the ship?" Ram looked at the manifest and asked.
"Scatter among yourselves, and then get some natives here. Don't be afraid of the boat master. You won't see them if you leave the boat. After you sell your goods, come back quickly and don't stay in Quanzhou." After a pause, Ling Qingyu said: "Also, if you ask if you have seen the Fengshen, you will say that you have seen corpses and arrowheads at sea, and Chen Liang will give you those arrowheads, and you will say that I am afraid they were attacked, but you don't know the details. , you have come from far away Chola."
"There is one more thing, you have to pay attention, you can ask for silver or gold or physical exchange when collecting money, copper coins are also acceptable, but you can't accept silver bills, because you Zhu Luo can't use silver bills!" Ling Qingyu warned.
"Then do they have so much money? These four shipments would cost tens of millions of taels even if they were sold cheaper." Ram asked.
"If you can't afford the money, you'd rather keep the goods in the warehouse, otherwise you'll be exposed when you pick up the bank notes. By the way, Fan Ye, the transshipment envoy on Fujian Road, has seen you before, so you said you ran away with me last time." , It is the payment for the goods I gave you to deduct, and if you die, you need to pay in cash and in kind." Ling Qingyu said.
"Understood! Do you want to bring back the cash?" Ram nodded.
"No, give it to Ding Budong, I will get it from him when I go back." Ling Qingyu said.
"Mr. Zhu, did you go here when you went to Australia?" Ling Qingyu pointed at the upper part of the map of Australia, saw Zhu Weili shaking his head, and said, "It's okay, if I remember correctly, the gold mine is nearby. , There are also plains and river valleys, where planting wheat is the most suitable, all the newcomers this time will be handed over to you, and brought to settle there, oh, some iron households among them can be shown by Mr. Zhou first.”
Zhu Weili's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "Okay!"
"Su Hexiang, the six ships that came this time will be divided into three into your fleet. This time, in addition to the goods from Dazhou, you will also bring some goods from Zhuluo and the Red Sea, and then you must send these few ships as soon as possible. A new mine has been opened, and we can consider building another port on top of this. Mr. Zhou, I would like to trouble you to build a few more ships for Su Hexiang, plus some defensive and offensive equipment. Su Hexiang, your burden is even heavier !"
"No problem, don't worry, the head of the family will bring you back 20 million taels of silver next year!" Su Hexiang laughed.
"There are too many ships, don't just bring gold and silver, other things should be matched, but remember, don't affect the local ecology and the development of their own race. We are trading, not plundering." Ling Qingyu laughed.
"Understood." Su Hexiang nodded. In fact, according to the current prices of Dazhou silk and porcelain in America, the quantity submitted by Gulu is not enough. It is just because Gulu needs to do turnover in America, so this part is given to Gulu as profit. Su Hexiang was not big at the time. Understand why the head of the family made such a decision. Now seeing the hundreds of thousands of indigenous miners gathered by Gulu and their passion for finding ore everywhere, Su Hexiang fully understands that after the new mines are also mined, the output of the Americas will increase. It will be much higher. The head of the family is fattening before killing.
"I see that it is marked here that the original spices have been made into incense pills and pills. I will take some of these for you. You can also take some from Ram to see the reaction of the Red Sea. Also, the cinchona tree has been successfully planted. No?" Ling Qingyu looked at Zhu Weili, saw him nodding, and said, "Expand the planting area, and you should bring some seeds and bark. Tropical malaria is very severe, and those things can save lives."
Seeing Fang Nianyuan staring at him, Ling Qingyu smiled and said: "Nianyuan, you send those people to the settlements in Australia first, and send a boat to send Ram, don't go near Guangzhou, take a detour, Ram is not in Quanzhou How long does it take to stop, come back as soon as possible, let's celebrate the New Year in Lingjia Village. Well, Su Hexiang, don't be in a hurry and leave after the New Year."
"Okay, then let's check the manifest first." Lahm picked up Ling Qingyu's unreadable paper and said with a smile.
"I'll also make arrangements for the arrival of the people behind." Zhu Weili got up and said.
Everyone went to work with the list in their hands, and all of a sudden, the main hall was empty again.
Looking back, Ling Qingyu saw Yan San leaning on the soft couch, looking at him with a smile on his face, so he ran up to him and asked, "Why do you keep looking at me?"
Yan San raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat off her forehead, and said, "You look good."
"Speak something nice!" Ling Qingyu smiled, his eyes flickering.
"What do you want me to say?" Yan San asked with a slightly wider smile.
"Well," Ling Qingyu was thinking about some sweet words, when Ye Shiyi's voice came from outside the courtyard door: "Master, can we come in?"
Lifting his body and putting his mouth close to Ling Qingyu's ear, Yan San said softly: "I love you, I will never change my ambition." Seeing that Ling Qingyu's ears really started to turn red, he raised his voice and said, "Come in."