"He said there are many sailors in Tianjin, and it takes more than a year for them to come back once they go out to sea.
"Some simply die at sea and can't come back. It's so dangerous!"
Qingtian has a good memory. Although some time has passed, she still remembers clearly what everyone said at that time.
Ye Xianglei was shocked by what Qingtian said.
He had indeed heard that Tianjin was close to the sea and had not only a canal but also a port.
The canal connects the north and the south, while the port is connected to the sea.
But it was the first time he heard that going to sea would take so long and be so dangerous.
"If that's the case, why do those people still go out to sea?" Ye Xianglei asked subconsciously and then felt that he had asked a stupid question.
It is not easy for Qingtian to remember all these things, how could he know so much?
Who knew Qingtian actually knew? She said, "Mr. Wei said that most of those people are out to make money. Although it takes one or two years, or even two or three years to come back from a trip to the sea, many people can earn more money than they can spend in a lifetime after just one trip.
"Some people go for adventure, just like some people like to climb steep mountains. They are particularly curious about places they don't know.
"When we were in Tianjin, we also saw some foreigners returning with the big ship..."
When he said this, Qingtian shuddered and said, "Those people look so strange, their hair and eye colors are different from ours, and the clothes they wear are also very strange.
“When I first saw them, I thought they were monsters!
"Later, Mr. Wei said they were all foreigners who had come by boat from far away."
Ye Xianglei was more interested in making money than foreigners. Hearing that Qingtian remembered so much, he hurriedly asked, "Did Mr. Wei ever tell you why going to sea can make so much money?"
“Mr. Wei said that those countries living on the other side of the sea have a lot of gold and silver.
“They like our porcelain, cloth, tea and all kinds of beautiful things, which they don’t have over there.
"The same thing can be sold for one or two taels of silver in our Great Qi, but it can be sold for dozens or even hundreds of times that amount on the other side. That's why those who go out to sea to do business, as long as they can return alive, will bring back a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry!"
Ye Xianglei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he didn't pay any attention to Qingtian's words "as long as I can come back alive". He had already begun to yearn for going out to sea to make money, and his mind was full of gold, silver and jewelry.
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