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    With a series of urgent school bells, Qiwang Primary School immediately became excited. Students in class units left the classroom and then dispersed in groups, leaving in twos and threes.  Chou Chou was naturally with Yanyan. The two went to the carport to pick up the car, and then Chou Chou drove her to the school gate, where the carriage to pick up Yanyan was already waiting there.

    "Chou Chou, don't forget what you promised me!" After Yanyan got on the carriage, she lay on the window and shouted to Chou Chou.

    "Don't worry, my father loves me the most. If he doesn't agree, I won't eat!" Chou Chou turned around and said while riding his bicycle. As a result, he accidentally almost hit a classmate in front of him who was also riding a bicycle. As a result, he got into trouble.  Yanyan giggled.

    This morning Chou Chou promised to teach Yan Yan how to ride a bicycle, but he quickly thought that his father had decided to take the family to the Lion City yesterday, so he might not be in Taiwan during the entire winter vacation. Naturally, he would not be able to teach Yan Yan any more.  Learn to ride a bike.  However, instead of being disappointed, Yanyan was very excited after hearing this, because her father Wang Kuang was transferred to Lion City at the beginning of this year and has not been home for almost a year. Yanyan missed him very much, so in the end  Yanyan asked Chou Chou for help and asked her family to take her with them when they went to Lion City, so that she could celebrate the New Year with her father.

    Chou Chou naturally agreed to her good sister's request. After all, in her opinion, it was just a small thing. Moreover, if Yanyan could go, she would have a companion on the road, so this trip would definitely be more interesting.

    In fact, Li Min did dote on Chou Chou. When he heard that Chou Chou wanted Wang Kuang's daughter to go with him, he agreed without thinking. Then he begged to find Wang Kuang's wife and told the matter  After telling the story, although Mrs. Wang felt it was a bit childish, she thought that her husband had indeed not been back for a long time.  It was normal for my daughter to miss him, so she finally agreed.

    Half a month later, Li Min finally left for Lion City. In addition to taking his whole family, Li Yun and Li Zhen's family members also accompanied him.  However, after arriving in Lion City, Li Min will send a fleet to escort them to Tianzhu.

    Because there were more people going this time, and most of them were important people, Li Min mobilized ten main battleships to escort them, as well as manned ships such as the King of Qi.  But when their fleet left port.  There were a lot of fleets following behind, and they were all going from Taiwan to Malacca, and this time they just happened to catch up.  Although the pirates on the line from Taiwan to Malacca have now been wiped out, the sea is unpredictable and no one knows what dangers they will encounter. It is safer to follow the large fleet.

    And on a small boat behind Li Min's fleet, a thin, dark young man wearing a half-worn cotton coat stood on the bow.  I saw him looking at the surrounding fleet with a face full of surprise, and at the same time there was a bit of anxiety in his eyes.

    "Brother Shitou, why are you still standing there? Come back and eat quickly!" At this moment, a fat man in the same outfit said from behind, with a hint of excitement on his face.

    "Yes. Coming soon!" The thin, dark young man known as Brother Shitou agreed, and then looked at the sea in front of him and the other large ships around him. The anxiety in his eyes had disappeared.  Instead, it turned into a look of intoxication.

    Brother Shitou was among the first batch of refugees who moved to Taiwan from Jianzhou. He was later assigned to Tainan County. His family of nine was given 900 acres of land. In addition, Shitou's father-in-law, the Tie family, was located close to them.  , also has 900 acres of land.  So the two families simply joined together on the spot and set up a small plantation.  Except for growing some necessary grains, everything else was planted into sugar cane.

    After several years of development, the Shitou family and the Tie family's plantations were finally developed. Nearly two thousand acres of fields were all planted with sugar cane. For this reason, the two families also bought more than 80 mature slaves to work. In addition,  A dozen Silla supervisors were hired. These Silla people can all speak Chinese, and they are all second-level aliens, so they can be used with confidence.

    With the output of this plantation, Shitou's family and Tie's family have gradually accumulated some savings, and even bought a house in a town not far away. Shitou's parents usually live there, and the children at home do not need it.  Instead of staying in the plantation to help, Shitou was sent to the town's primary school. He heard that if he studied well, he could become an official in the future, so Shitou sent all his young brothers and sisters there. Usually he was the only one.  He and his wife Toon take care of the plantation, and the situation is the same at the Tie family.

    Although Shitou's family has no worries about food and clothing after establishing the plantation, Shitou already had his own ambitions before coming to Taiwan, that is, he wanted to make more money and give his family a better life, and planting  Although the output of the garden is stable, it is too little and the roots are not enough to support the life he wants.

    It was precisely because of this idea that Shitou, after much consideration, finally decided to go out for business. As for the plantation, there was no need to worry about it, because his parents were not used to living in the town and moved toHe has to take care of the plantation, and his second brother is already sixteen years old and can already help take care of the plantation. There are also several brothers from the Tie family, so there is no need to worry.

    Although Toona was reluctant to let go of Shitou's thoughts, she couldn't stop Shitou. After all, Shitou also wanted to make her family live a better life, so she and Shitou's parents packed up the family's belongings and asked Shitou to take them all with her.  A few days later, Shitou arrived in Tainan City, ready to find an opportunity to make a fortune.

    Although Shi Shitou has never read a book, his brain is very good. In addition, he has learned a few words while taking care of the farm in the past few years. He even named himself Chen Shang. The reason why he used this  The main reason for the word business is that he discovered that the only way to get rich is to be a businessman.

    Shitou stayed in Tainan City for a few months. During these months, he went to the pier every day because he found that the pier had the largest flow of people and the best information, and he could get all kinds of information from there.  In addition, newspapers are also a good channel. Although he can't understand some chapters, he can still read some news that contains business information.

    It was also during the past few months of intelligence gathering that Shitou discovered that if he wanted to do business, he must first have a supply of goods, and second, he must be able to deliver it safely to buyers.  These two conditions seem simple, but it is not easy to achieve them.

    For example, as for the first source of goods, he didn't even have to think about the valuable and best-selling goods like porcelain and silk, because not to mention him, even some strong businessmen couldn't get the goods.  These goods are generally in the hands of some large trading houses along the coast. For example, the trading house of Prince Qi's house accounts for one-third of the total silk export volume every year. The rest are all sold to some large trading houses and large merchants.  Divided by the family.

    Therefore, small businessmen like Shitou, who don¡¯t have much capital, can only buy some ordinary goods, such as cotton cloth, cane sugar, etc.  Fortunately, these ordinary goods are also relatively popular, but they need to be transported to distant places for trade, and this is the second condition.

    Taiwan is an island. If you want to transport goods safely to buyers, you naturally need to use sea ships. Generally, sea merchants have their own fleets, and some even have more than one. In fact, the stronger the sea merchants, the more ships they have.  The fleet is also larger.

    Small businessmen like Shitou naturally don't have the money to buy a boat, but it doesn't matter, because there are some companies that can provide boat rental services, specifically for small businessmen like them. Each type of sea-going ship is different according to performance, crew, size, etc.  , have different prices respectively, but when renting a boat, you need to pay a certain deposit.

    With the conditions of stone, it is not troublesome to get a batch of ordinary goods. For example, his family runs a plantation and knows many plantation owners, so he dare not mention other goods. He can also get sucrose.  Some.  However, it was a bit troublesome to transport it out, because when renting a boat, the deposit required was not a small amount, and he really couldn't afford it at the moment.

    But at this moment, Shitou was very lucky to meet Dunzi, his former companion in the village.  They came to Tainan together, but the land they were allocated was far away, so they lost contact. Unexpectedly, Dunzi was also restless. After his family's plantation got on track, he ran to Tainan.  While working, they happened to meet on the street.

    After meeting Dunzi, Shitou immediately told his business plan, which was immediately approved by Dunzi. He has been in Tainan for nearly a year, and now he has been working in a factory. He is tired of the exhausting work every day.  , so the two hit it off. Dunzi went home and persuaded his father. Anyway, he was an only son and his father couldn't control him, so in the end Dunzi brought the family's money and put it together with stones, which was enough for this time.  Money for buying goods and renting boats.

    ¡° Just like that, Shitou and Dunzi bought a batch of cheap cane sugar, and then rented the smallest seagoing ship.  They came here to gather a large caravan, but they were lucky enough to catch up with Li Min who was going to Lion City. This made them so happy that they immediately sailed the boat to Keelung, and then joined Li Min's fleet.  Let's go together.

    Thinking of the hardships of his trip to sea this time, Shitou couldn't help but sigh, but he thought that if this batch of goods could be safely transported to the Lion City and then resold by him, apart from the cost of renting the ship, he would be able to make at least 20% of the profit.  Profits, this made Shitou couldn't help but get excited. This was the first time that he had made so much money at once.

    However, while Shitou was excited, he also had some regrets in his heart, because he had heard others say that in the past, a shipload of cane sugar shipped to the Lion City could earn at least twice the profit.  After all the pirates were attacked, this trade route became more and more prosperous, but this also led to a significant reduction in the profits of goods. For example, goods such as cane sugar, which only have a profit of 20%, are not valued at all by some powerful merchants.  Only small businessmen like them can transport such cheap goods.
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