Chapter 1,220: Get Rich, but Regret It

The huge fleet began to approach, the leading warship slowly passed by, and the soldiers on the warship cheered.

In this day and age, voyages are adventures. The unpredictable sea is like a glutton that can swallow everything. After returning safely, the feeling of luck is exciting.

"It's Commander Wang!"

When an official saw Wang Chi from the navy, he smiled and handed over his hand.

Wang Chi looked a lot darker, but he was in particularly good spirits. Behind him stood a group of people from other vassals wearing different costumes.

"Tong San, most of those are envoys from various countries."

Su Yan nodded and ordered: "Ask someone to prepare the room, and take them into the city when we meet later."

The warship stopped upstream, with many sails standing on it, and it looked a little more evil.

The merchant ship was only now approaching.

The businessmen stood on the deck, cupped their hands at the officials on the shore, and smiled particularly cheerfully.

Su Yan was looking at these merchant ships and counting them silently, but he couldn't finish them.

"I've seen Tong San!"

Li Ping held up her hands to Su Yan, and then said with mixed emotions: "I have been out at sea for a long time. I thought I would die forever, but who knew I would be able to return safely... bless my ancestors..."

He knelt down and prayed devoutly in the direction of his home.

Chinese people always believe that their ancestors did not disappear after they passed away, but looked after their descendants.

The behavior of these businessmen after landing was different. Some were ecstatic, some were in a daze, and some were mumbling to themselves...

Su Yan came over with the officials, and the businessmen bowed and saluted, "I've seen Tong Fan."

Su Yan looked at these businessmen, thought about it in his mind, and then said in surprise: "No one is missing?"

His question was a little abrupt, but it was filled with joy.

The merchants all said happily: "Isn't it? Our trip to the sea went smoothly this time. There were no obstacles along the way, and no one was missing."

Su Yan felt a big stone fall in his heart and asked: "Is this trade going well?"

The businessmen looked at each other and their smiles spread.

"Tong San, this trade... I made a lot of money!"

Li Ping said excitedly: "Those small countries overseas are ignorant, but our goods can be sold several times in profit..."

"How many times?"

Su Yan couldn't help but be surprised, "Is that really the case?"

This was the first time that the Song Dynasty organized a large-scale fleet to go to sea for trade. No one knew the effect of unified sales.

But judging from the excitement of Li Ping and others, this trip is probably going to make a lot of money.

"Tongjian, this time I went to sea, I earned this..." Li Ping stretched out two fingers, "Almost 20,000 guan!"

Damn it!

The dock became quiet, and everyone was in a daze.

Twenty thousand dollars!

This man could make so much money just by going to sea. No wonder those businessmen in the past would risk their lives to go to sea.

"I think Li Ping has been in business for many years and traveled all over the country. What kind of business has he never seen? But he can make so much money from one trade. This is really unheard of!"

Li Ping said excitedly: "I remember that at that time, I was unwilling to go to sea, but I still tried to persuade and persuade him, and talked about many benefits of going to sea for trade, and then I thought about giving it a try... To be honest with you, before I left, I still wanted to go to sea. I wrote a suicide note to my family...hahahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

"Twenty thousand strings!"

Su Yan lowered his head and remembered what Shen An said.

There is no doubt that the goods of the Song Dynasty are naturally attractive to foreign vassals and can be sold at high prices. As long as we can monopolize overseas trade, then the pricing power will be in our hands!

"You have the pricing power in your hands, so you can sell it however you want. The mountain manager is really wise." Su Yan missed Shen An very much at this moment, thinking about his analysis of the overseas situation, and verifying them one by one at this moment, it was really admirable.

"Twenty thousand guan... With so many businessmen going overseas, wouldn't it be possible to earn hundreds of thousands of guan back?"

An official said happily: "One out of ten, our Hangzhou Shipping Department has made great achievements this year."

Su Yan nodded, and someone suggested: "Tongjuan, it will be the third year of Zhiping in a few days. Should we... The official suggested that this batch of goods be included in next year, so that our lives will be much better next year. "

"Yes! Our income this year has been reported to Bianliang. The news of the return of the merchant ship..."

Everyone smiled in unison, and then looked at Su Yan.

Su Yan stood with his hands behind his back, thinking of Bianliang.

From his original intention, this batch of unpacked goods was planned to be counted this year, but look at these officials, their eyes are bright, and they clearly hope to work hard next year, and then everyone will have merit.

Since people's hearts are like this, then I can only obey.

Su Yan came across as very tough, so everyone looked at him eagerly, praying that he wouldn't object.

"That's fine!"

Su Yan's faint words made the officials smile with joy, and they poured out all kinds of good things.

Is this the human heart?

Su Yan was still young, and Shen An often sent letters to him, telling him about officialdom and the principles of life.

Sometimes you have to learn to compromise!

Yes, look at these officials, they all have joy in their eyes, and their attitude when going up to communicate with the merchants is much more enthusiastic.

This is where the benefit lies.

Chief Shan, what you said is absolutely correct.

All kinds of goods were counted, and the ivory, tortoise shell and other items were placed on the dock one by one. Officials from the Municipal Shipping Department were counting and recording, and they would be sorted out according to the value of the goods later.

The goods on the dock were piled up like a mountain, and someone unloaded the rice. When Su Yan saw it, he smiled and said, "Keep this for yourselves."

If rice needs to be extracted, wouldn't Su Yan become a blood-sucking insect?

The businessman laughed dryly and said: "But I forgot, hahahaha!"

The count continued into the afternoon.

In the jubilant atmosphere, someone shouted: "It's out."

Everyone fell silent in an instant, staring at a clerk holding a booklet.

The clerk's hands were red from the cold, he raised his head and said, "The merchants made 420,000 yuan during this trip!"

"Four hundred and twenty thousand guan? That much?"

The officials were dumbfounded. Everyone had thought that the merchants would make a lot of money, but they really didn't expect that they could earn so much from a trip to the sea!

The merchants each knew how much they earned, but together they made so much, which was shocking.

At this moment, there are many businessmen on the dock. They did not go to sea last time for various reasons. They heard that the fleet was returning and wanted to come and take a look.

They had been jealous when they looked at the mountains of goods piled up on the pier, and now they heard this number, and a businessman burped and fainted to the ground.

"This idiot doesn't dare to go to sea. He is so stupid!"

A businessman there regretted bitterly, "At that time, Su Tongpan persuaded XX for a long time, saying that going overseas was not so scary and that one could make a lot of money overseas, but XX just didn't believe it. Now... now others have made back their gold and silver, but XX only Being able to sit back and regret it, so... bang!"

This man actually slapped himself, which showed that he regretted it terribly.

Most of the businessmen who went to sea looked excited. Li Ping said gratefully: "If there were no Su Tongpan, where would we make money?"

The businessmen all raised their hands and said, "Thank you Su Tongpan."

When this young man came to work in the Shipping Department, everyone did not agree with him at first and always felt that he was unreliable.

Later, he gradually used his performance to win the trust of the officials of the Shipping Department and the trust of these businessmen, and gradually opened up the situation.

Now that the merchant fleet has triumphed, Su Yan's personal prestige has reached a new level, and the future is limitless.

Su Yan smiled and said: "North Korea and China support maritime trade, and I am just taking advantage of the trend."

He thought of Shen An.

As a staunch supporter of maritime trade, Shen An's step-by-step progress from supporting the reconstruction of the Navy to opening up the shipbuilding industry made large-scale overseas trade possible.

Such a mountain leader is really convincing!

Su Yan was grateful, turned around and looked at the merchants who had not gone to sea, found the merchant who had previously questioned the profits of sea trade, and said: "If Mr. Shen is willing, he can earn at least 100,000 yuan from his goods during this trip. Do you believe it?" "

Those businessmen were already filled with regret. When they heard this, one of them smiled bitterly and said: "Su Tongpan, I was wrong to wait, but one hundred thousand dollars..."

Can we stop bragging?

A caravan of dozens of merchants only earned 420,000 guan. You Shen An and his family want to earn 100,000 guan. Do you really think that this money came from a strong wind?

"One hundred thousand strings is nothing."

Su Yan thought of An Xiang's trade with merchants from other vassals. The money he earned every year made Shen An the richest man in the Song Dynasty. If he went overseas, the profits would be terrifying.

But these people didn't believe it.

That's all, why bother competing with them.

Su Yan smiled slightly, just as Wang Chi, the commander of the navy, arrived, he went over to greet him, cupped his hands and said, "Master Wang, it's been a hard trip, and Su will naturally come to Beijing with a memorial later."

Wang Chi was happy in his heart, and he cupped his hands and said: "Thank you Su Tongpan, I only encountered a few dangers on this trip, but it's nothing."

"Talk about it." Su Yan wanted to know what was going on overseas, so she went to talk with him.

"When we were in Zhenla, our army was intercepted by the Zhenla Navy and defeated in one blow..."

"Zhenla Navy?" Su Yan frowned and said, "Zhenla and Champa don't seem to be on good terms, right? How dare you provoke the Song Dynasty?"

"It's just arrogance." Wang Chi said with a smile: "After our army defeated the Zhenla Navy, the leader of the Zhenla Kingdom came. He was very humble, which showed that he was scared. Then the fleet docked for trade..."

"How about a feast?" This is what Shen An is most concerned about.

"Dashi..." Wang Chi's eyes became more cautious, "The fleet passed all the way. Before approaching Dashi, a certain person sent a small boat to investigate and found the warship, and then the fleet returned."

He looked at Su Yan and UUReading www.uukanshu.net said seriously: "I am not afraid of fighting, but I am worried that I will not be able to destroy the big water army in one battle. If the other party is on guard, it will be in trouble in the future."

"It's not good to scare the snake away." Su Yan praised: "You did a good job. This is considered meritorious."

"The fleet has made a lot of money on this trip. When I get the news back to Beijing, you can go with me." Su Yan said happily: "I'm afraid the Third Division will hug you and kiss you, hahahaha!"

This was what Shen An said, and Su Yan couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it.

Wang Chi smiled dryly and said: "But I don't like men."

Well!

Su Yan looked at him and laughed.

Seeing that he was happy, Wang Chi said: "On this trip, Duke Shen County gave me a treasure. I took it to Zhenla and sold it, and sold it for...three thousand taels of gold."

Su Yan was immediately shocked.

"Three thousand taels of gold?"