However, this season is not common, which does not mean that this scene has not happened... Just wait for another month or two, and it is natural for a large number of ships and fleets to enter Hangzhou Port. After all, maritime merchants do not know how to go to sea for trade.
I only made one trip, I must have taken advantage of the winter rain and storms to calm down, so I made as many trips as I could.
Therefore, these ships appearing in large numbers are somewhat abnormal in terms of time, but this abnormality... is not abnormal on the surface, but in the small details of the time node.
If Li Sheng were here at this moment, he would be able to spot it at a glance, but... How could Wang Jing and others be in the mood to transform into Sherlock Buffett and observe whether there are any? They don't know how to put out the fire at home.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Jing was no longer in any mood, and left with Pei Ji and other young men, and Zheng Ling, Lu Wen and other young men, Xiao Ran.
This world is too difficult.
And just as Wang Jing, Pei Ji, and his disciples in uniform and at home, the mighty procession left the pier, and then... the ships on the sea started to dock slowly and gradually towards the shore.
After a while, the ship with the five surnames and Qi Wang docked. Wang Jing's confidant Liu Guanjia and a group of elite dead men stepped forward one after another and began to contact the supervisors on the ship and began to unload the cargo to the dock.
During this process, Butler Liu and other close confidants also unknowingly discovered a large number of fleets approaching at sea, getting closer and closer.
"this……"
Butler Liu looked suspicious and turned to the people around him, "Isn't this city of Hangzhou... the peak season has just begun? Why are there so many big ships coming back at this time?"
Hearing this, Su Dashou nodded on the side and no longer concealed his doubts, "That's true... We have to wait another two months on weekdays before so many ships come back near the New Year's Eve."
Winter is the most suitable season for going to sea, especially for merchant ships that take the Southeast Pass route. Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others are not in the mood to manage these small fish and shrimps, but Butler Liu and Su Dashou can see this.
Something weird.
The two observed silently for a while, but then...
Although Su Dashou still had a look of confusion in his eyes, Butler Liu shook his head, looked no further, and sighed softly, "After all, this maritime trade is becoming more and more lively year by year, so it is natural for such a grand event to happen."
It’s over.”
These words are equivalent to Butler Liu's self-reconciliation. The atmosphere in his words is confusion, fear, and most... is the uneasiness and powerlessness of this era that is changing day by day and has become completely unfamiliar.
A feeling that my own era is finally passing emerged in my mind.
However, with such thoughts in his mind, Butler Liu lost interest in the strange fleet at sea. Only Su Dashou still had some confusion in his eyes...
According to Butler Liu's opinion, this was probably an accidental gathering of maritime merchants returning to Hong Kong, and there was nothing surprising about it.
When something unusual appears by chance, it is no longer an accident in itself, like a four-leaf clover. Is there any wonder in this?...
But Su Dashou knew that things were not that simple. Generally speaking, there would not be such a big coincidence... If it were other time periods, that would be fine, but it is winter time now!
The beginning of winter is the beginning of the peak season. This is not only the time when hundreds of people compete for the river, but also the most intense time.
This also means that the maritime merchants of Datang cannot miss this time and use their precious transportation capacity in meaningless places. At this time... before this, they will definitely arrange their ships in the port early.
Nearby, waiting for winter to set sail.
And now...
"Yes……"
Su Dashou suddenly had a flash of enlightenment in his mind.
No wonder during this period, I always feel that there is something strange and strange about Hangzhou...
The production capacity of the shipbuilding industrial zone is becoming more and more powerful, and the speed of producing ships is getting faster and faster. But...
The time it takes for a ship to be launched from the shipyard and then to load the cargo and start shipping out to sea has quietly become much faster and shorter. This small change is usually difficult for people to notice, and even if it is noticed, it is difficult for people to analyze any information.
But looking at it now, this situation seems a bit strange, because it shows that... maritime merchants' demand for ships is constantly expanding.
And how is this possible? Maritime merchants will not suddenly become "more in need" of ships for no reason.
Obviously... new demands for ships must have emerged in places I didn't see, at certain nodes in the increasingly complex overseas route network!
So……
Based on this calculation, these ships that appear inexplicably and act abnormally at this point in time are just...
Is it related to that strange, inexplicable "new demand"?
But after all, Su Dashou is not an idle man, nor is he Zhuge Liang, the Wolong counselor. Although he has seen some clues, at the moment, he has more important things to deal with. After all...
After all, I also have a stake in the factory area in the west of the city... and the deal is not light...
In this situation, Su Dashou was extremely wise, but he could only look up to the sky and sigh. He could not come up with a better solution than Wang Jing and others. If you don't sell these candies and wine quickly, the fleet's transportation capacity will be lost, and the factory area will be idle.
Costs, losses caused by the loss of personnel due to idleness...
Damn it, the more I think about it, the more I can’t live with it.
Shaking his head, Su Dashou and Butler Liu quickly organized the fleet to unload the cargo.
have to say……
Ancient society was far more primitive than modern people imagine. Most of the knights who traveled around the world did not have the conditions of "three pounds of beef, one pound of wine" and a "house"; but at the same time, it was more developed than modern people imagined.
, In the Song Dynasty, sea trade was already very prosperous, and China had already begun to export shiploads of industrial products overseas at that time.
And now the scale of maritime trade in the Tang Dynasty is only stronger than that of the Song Dynasty, and its scale is many times greater.
The scene of loading and unloading cargo may not be surprising to the young people of later generations who grew up on the seaside, but it would be extremely shocking to those who see the movement of freighters for the first time, and the scene at this moment is exactly like that.
While these forty large ships were slowly unloading their cargo, sea-going ships of different sizes but far exceeding the forty were also beginning to unload their cargo at other docks in the port.
This made Butler Liu and Su Dashou a little unhappy. Damn it, my fifth surname is Qiwang. How come there are some unscrupulous merchants who come to occupy the dock...
At that time, the tide of maritime trade was gradually rising, and various infrastructures were becoming increasingly developed. However, regulatory rules and regulations were not yet complete, and there were not enough yamen. Therefore, the business world was like a battlefield...