In every war in the past few years, this shipping hub has been targeted by the enemy and suffered considerable losses. However, after every war, it has always recovered quickly and expanded even more.
It is now approaching late autumn, and the waves on the sea are getting stronger and the sea breeze is getting cooler, but the sea is still far from freezing. Experienced sailors calculated with their fingers that it will be about two months before the ports in Liaodong and Korea
It will freeze. At that time, the sea ice stretched for miles or even dozens of miles, and the sea access was completely cut off. So now we have to work extra hard to arrange for the fleet to enter the port and load the goods.
After the navy took control of the central capital, their territory was no longer two pieces facing each other across the sea, but became a complete half-ring. Theoretically, land transportation will be opened up and the dependence on sea transportation will be reduced, but
This is not the case.
The construction of the road, delivery and post system of the Kingdom of Jin began in the Tianhui period and was completed in the Taihe period. The person responsible for improving it was Xu Ding, who was then the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the current minister Youcheng of the Kingdom of Jin. During this period
There was also a story of a horse delivering lychees to Emperor Sejong at a speed of 700 miles a day.
However, the so-called perfection did not last long, because after the end of Taihe, Dajin continued to fight with Mongolia. Post soldiers and post horses from various places were constantly mobilized, and post stations and post roads were also rapidly destroyed. At present, the Ding Navy has inherited
, are fragmented roads, with empty maintenance manpower and ancillary buildings that look like ruins. If you want to restore them to their original appearance, I am afraid it will take three to five years to achieve results.
Therefore, maritime traffic is still in full swing. According to the records issued by Zhigu Village, the business of many maritime merchants is several times better than last year. The Southern Dynasty once blocked the demand for food in the north, but this move in vain caused the price of food transactions to rise sharply.
When the prices fell, the shipment volume of various materials was only higher than before. So the amount of withdrawals in Zhigu Village also started to rise.
The number of goods collected and distributed has increased, and the number of merchants stationed and exchanged has increased, and the attached shops, warehouses, docks, and city fortresses have been expanding. Up to now, Zhigu Village is no longer the long strip that stretched along the Xin'an Sea.
It forms a "Y" shape extending to Lushui and the upper reaches of Lugou River. The left and right slashes of the "Y" character include Wuqing County.
Even further upstream, when Chen Ran led his troops to fight with the Mongols, many temporary camps were built one after another. Stables or continuous buildings were built out of thin air around these camps, which were rented out for profit.
Guo Ning knew that some of them were established by merchants themselves, some were established by profit-making organizations affiliated with the Left and Right Division, and some were built by local soldiers using their own military pay and rewards to make extra money.
It is taboo for the military to do business, but Guo Ning has not yet figured out whether it is appropriate for military personnel to do business in a private capacity and whether it can be controlled. So he will turn a blind eye for the time being.
In terms of the scale of the buildings and the prosperity of pure enjoyment, this place is still far away from Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu. However, the difference between the two places is also very clear.
In a large city like Zhongdu Daxing Prefecture, which is the military and political center, almost all the wealthy people in the city are concentrated under the sects of nobles and officials. Although there are now more left and right officers of the Ding Navy to take a share of the pie, the resources are still concentrated and are affected by
Governance, and the ability to control resources is closely related to political status.
But in a port like Zhigu Village, which was formed due to commerce and smuggling, resources are flowing rapidly, and the officials representing the Ding Navy face the merchants and leaders at sea, and are members under the same rules.
, so they have less time to display their official authority, and the atmosphere between the military and civilians is very harmonious.
Of course, this is under normal circumstances.
Once a big event happens in Zhongdu City, and this big event is related to the direction of Zhigu Village, the atmosphere will not be harmonious. Although the officials guarding the place try their best to pretend that nothing is happening, the solemnity in the air still lingers.
Zhou Keshan took his fleet and arrived at the port within an hour, planning to leave the port on the same day.
He is a subordinate of Ding Haijun, but his external identity is more like Ding Haijun's agent or collaborator at sea. With this, it is easier for him to travel to various places in the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty. At least on the surface, everyone can make sense, and it does not involve the Jin and Song Dynasties.
The delicate relationship between the two countries.
However, since he has this status, he and his fleet rarely undertake the transportation tasks issued by the Marshal's Palace, but have to make money seriously. After opening up the grain trade before, Zhou Keshan was in Chu State of Song Dynasty.
After wandering around in Huzhou, Gaoyou and other places for a while, through the introduction of local officials, we obtained a batch of bronze mirrors and lamps produced in Huzhou and transported them all the way back to Zhigu Village.
This batch of bronze wares will be completely consumed by the Du Marshal's Mansion at the previously agreed price and melted into money. Zhou Keshan will get a batch of exquisite silk ware and resell it to Goryeo to make a fortune.
The person responsible for transporting and handing over the Lingluo fabrics was the official stationed here in Zhigu Village. The local officials and several petty officials were all familiar with Zhou Keshan. Therefore, Zhou Keshan did not shy away from them and arranged for shipment to the ship.
Batch ironware.
The iron tools did not take up much space, but they were very heavy and the quantity was very large, because the first batch put into the ship's warehouse were all iron needles. These were in short supply in Korea. As long as they were sent to Yeseong Port, the price would be directly
It can be doubled five times.
The reason why profits are so high is because copper and iron are prohibited materials. The Song Dynasty strictly prohibited the export of copperware, but Zhou Keshan still sold it. Just as the Jin Dynasty strictly prohibited ironware from leaving the country, Zhou Keshan also did business. This is
The special discount given to Zhou Keshan by Ding Haijun was also the reason why he was able to occupy a certain position at sea in front of the merchants of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. After all, the more in-demand goods mean more money, who would have trouble with money?
Woolen cloth?
After the iron needle, there are shovels, shovels, iron pots and other items, all of which can be turned around and sold at high prices.
Zhou Keshan's Zhiku reported loudly while counting: "Ten thousand iron needles, five hundred shovels, fifteen hundred iron shovels, two hundred large iron pots...and the ones we promised before."
Where’s the iron axe?”
This is a normal operation when sending and receiving goods on a daily basis. Many materials are not recorded in the ledger on the surface, because the ledger is just an expense account, and there are also private account records. This is not clear, but you will suffer a loss.
But at this time, the atmosphere on the dock was really different from the past. Nazhiku called twice, and suddenly an officer came running with dozens of soldiers, shouting: "This is iron! How can iron be shipped out!"
Zhiku had rarely been scolded like this here, and he looked annoyed at that time.
Zhou Keshan hurriedly stopped Zhiku, took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm afraid this general just came to Zhigu Village not long ago, so I looked a little unfamiliar..."
Before he finished speaking, the officer punched Zhou Keshan in the face and knocked him down.
This punch was not light, and Zhou Keshan's face immediately started to bleed. He was lying on his back, holding his nose to relieve his cheeks, when a reckless man was picked out from behind the boat gang, it was Wang Erbai.
This guy had been at sea for a long time, and his temper became a bit violent. He couldn't help but kick him out and kicked the officer out of the trestle, and fell into the sea.