At this time, the sky is still dark, it can even be said that it is still early before dawn——
So what are these people doing...
Pei Ji instinctively thought of what the boy had just said, which was about cargo ships... that was about maritime trade.
And Haitrade...what else can happen to Haitrade now?
He met with a group of old brothers to receive gifts, and then Pei Ji calmly sat down to drink tea, deciding to listen to what Wang Jing and others had to say first.
But Wang Jing, Li Tiancheng and Cui Baihe, this group of people have been singing and dancing recently, and they are in a happy and prosperous age. After all, the profits of sea trade are not ordinary exaggerations - otherwise there will be no great navigation era in the future, and going to sea is really huge profits.
But Wang Jing and the others are different. Normally, maritime merchants who go out to trade not only have to face wind and waves, but also deal with the troublesome pirates scurrying around.
However, the merchant ships of Wang Jing and others are much better at dealing with pirates. Whether they use the name of Five Surnames and Seven Hopes to intimidate them, or they rely on the force advantage of having many connections, they are far better than ordinary merchants.
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Relying on this advantage, the cost of sea trade is much lower, and...
Although Wang Jing's ship is not as good as the top-notch warships produced in Li Sheng's industrial zone, its performance is much superior to the sea-going ships used by ordinary merchants. After all, they recruited the best shipwrights in Jiangdong.
As a result, Wang Jing and his ships' ability to withstand wind and waves was far superior to that of ordinary merchants.
As soon as the "comparative advantage" thing came out, coupled with the five surnames and Qi Wang, these are all wealthy families, they were born to be leverage themselves.
Add advantage and leverage, and the revenue efficiency is simply conceivable.
With such objective profits, Wang Jing and others have more than just profits.
Because this matter of sea trade was encouraged by Li Er himself, and merchants all over the world have joined in this rhythm, and Li Er obviously has an agenda in this matter. Looking at the cost... there is no doubt that it is still huge.
If you have a plan, you won't give up.
So, isn’t there always going to be sea trade? And as long as there is always going to be sea trade, then there will always be profits!
but……
As the saying goes, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes.
Although Wang Jing and others are now very confident in the sea trade business, they received a letter this day... There is still a problem!
If it was a general problem, it wouldn't actually be a problem. After all, Wang Jing and his group were from the top five surnames in the world, and they were engaged in sea trade on a large scale.
To a certain extent, with a few small winds and waves, it is not a big deal to damage a boat, but as for pirates...
In this regard, Wang Jing and the others are not unprepared. After all, bandits are still rampant in the southeastern ocean, especially in the southern ocean.
But, a month ago...
Since Pei Ji explained his ideas to everyone, Wang Jing and the others have reorganized the armament of the entire fleet.
The current level of armament is not to say that it can defeat all pirates, but it is still no problem to resist most of them. This is also the key to huge profits.
Of course, Wang Jing and the others are not so confident that the ships going out to sea can always stay away from the pirates' swords - creatures like pirates may be late, but they will always...
But this time things were different. This was not a case of harassment by pirates and the destruction of several of their ships.
But...
"...Brother Pei, it's not that simple. This time all the merchant ships we were waiting for were wiped out!"
Pei Ji looked at everyone's solemn faces, and their faces were all as pale as if they had lost their souls. He couldn't help but feel worried. He couldn't help but ask, besides, these people kept talking about how powerful the pirates were.
Yes, I can't tell the difference myself.
As a result, the amount of information came immediately after asking this question.
The whole army.
"…annihilated???"
Pei Ji was instantly dumbfounded!
The whole army was wiped out... What is this concept? In Pei Ji's opinion, this is simply unbelievable.
Not to mention the recent reorganization of military equipment, even if there was no reorganization before, which pirates along the way could annihilate the entire fleet of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes?
Putting this in modern times, it's like saying that a wild hacker group hacked all the servers of the three major ABT giants at once. Isn't this nonsense?
But Pei Ji asked in disbelief, and then saw Wang Jing, Li Tiancheng and others with extremely heavy expressions on their faces...
Nod!
A heavy sigh!
Now it was confirmed, and Pei Ji had to believe that such a thing could really happen...
I really didn’t expect it even to death!
"This...how could it be like this? There were forty merchant ships..."
Pei Ji still found it unbelievable, this was too outrageous - what kind of pirates were so powerful that they could actually overturn a fleet of five surnames and seven Wangs?
Is this the Golden Mery?
Pei Ji's face was full of shock, and then he naturally asked Wang Jing and others about the details of the matter.
Since Wang Jing and the others all have faces like this, it is obvious that this news cannot be false.
But the question is...what about the details?
Pei Ji couldn't figure out for the life of him how a pirate could be so awesome and what kind of fruit the pirate had eaten.
But what Pei Ji didn't expect was that there were no details in this question.
But Wang Jing shook his head with an extremely depressed expression, "What details can we give... After our fleet went to sea, we left Hangzhou and arrived at the Zhongzuo Institute. As soon as we passed the Zhongzuo Institute, we immediately encountered a large ship coming from the south.
The sails on these ships are dirty, but the size is real. This is just one of them... On those ships, the crew members fight like tigers and wolves, extremely ferocious. Whether they are drawing bows and arrows or relying on help to attack, I
All our troops will be defeated!"
"ah?"
After Wang Jing finished speaking, Li Tiancheng and Cui Baihe on the side also nodded. There is no doubt...
Their own reports said so.
Judging from this, after the entire fleet was wiped out, many people should have escaped, so the matter cannot be false...
However, Pei Ji couldn't figure it out. The Five Surnames and Qiwang were not an ordinary wealthy family. They were a local wealthy family. Their biggest feature was that they had many men with armor and bows, and they were all well-trained.
Even if they are thick-skinned, the level of these troops is not much worse than that of the Forbidden Army - except for the powerful weapons held by the Forbidden Army, their level of training is not bad.
But... in this battle at sea, the group can be destroyed?
It's incredible how Pei Ji speculates on this combat power!
The combat effectiveness of this pirate is not only comparable to that of the Forbidden Army, it is simply comparable to the elite level of the Forbidden Army!
But the pirates...where did the pirates get such fighting power? This is so sci-fi!
Pei Ji couldn't think of anything wrong, and finally said suddenly, "Brother Wang, and the brothers from the Zhu family, could it be that the people below are plotting to swallow up these properties?"
