Chapter 261 Subsequent Development
Who wouldn’t be jealous of such a business?
However, Zhong Jing would naturally delay this kind of thing as long as possible. Who would complain that their monopoly on money-making matters is too long?
By the time the market opens, we will have recovered all our capital and made a lot of money.
However, as it stands now, it is completely possible.
The lychees alone brought in a profit of 150,000 to 160,000 taels of silver, even after deducting all costs. Zhong Jing's military camp took a 4% profit, which came to over 60,000 taels.
After hearing what Zhao Liya said, Zhong Jing smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Little - ahem, Miss Zhao is right. We have already started building a ship. We plan to build a large ocean ship, the kind that can sail to the South Seas."
Zhao Liya's eyes lit up: "That's my idea too! This way, we'll have the upper hand in the future!"
"Hey, that's right!"
Everyone discussed and decided to take out half of their net profit and continue to invest in expanding the fleet, recruiting more personnel, and expanding and repairing the dock.
Zhao Liya had no objection. Xiao Yuyang, the Zhou family, and the Yan family had done these trivial matters before and had more experience than her and Zhong Jing. It would be fine if they took care of these things.
Speaking of Xiao Yuyang, Zhong Jing was extremely satisfied and praised him repeatedly.
Zhao Liya was also very happy. She had a very good impression of Xiao Yuyang. Moreover, he was still so young and had unlimited prospects. If he was trained and won over well, he would definitely be able to take on important roles in the future.
After hearing what Zhao Liya said, Zhong Jing naturally disagreed and decided in his heart to treat Xiao Yuyang and the Xiao family better.
It would take a long time to talk about all the shipping routes and shipping. After sharing all the good news, Zhong Jing tactfully stopped disturbing him.
Although he also had many things to report to Brother Zhou in private, it was obvious that Brother Zhou did not want to talk to him at the moment.
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng naturally did not live together. Zhao Liya simply did not live in the military camp, but instead lived in the home of a young military general who had settled there. The young general, surnamed Jiang, lived in the military camp, and Zhao Liya, his mother, wife, and children stayed there for a few days.
Zhou Hansheng returns to the military camp.
The two places are about seven or eight miles apart, not far.
Seeing that Zhao Liya was settled and had nothing to do for the time being, Zhao Liya picked up a basket and took Zhou Hansheng to the lychee orchard to pick fruit.
While Yancun, Zaihucun, and other areas also have lychees, the variety is definitely not as diverse as here. After years of planting and expanding lychee trees in the military camp, they have almost every variety available. At this time of year, seven or eight varieties are ripening simultaneously. Since you're here, you can't miss it.
Zhao Liya took Zhou Hansheng to find the oldest and most fruitful lychee tree. Seeing him climbing up high to pick lychees, she smiled and said, "This trip is a rare treat for us! There are the most lychees right now. It looks like they'll be dwindling in seven or eight days. But they have many varieties here, including four or five late-ripening ones, so we can eat them until at least the end of August. You can still take some with you when you leave. By then, there will be more early-ripening longans, mangoes, jackfruits, and bananas too. If you don't mind the trouble, you can bring some of them."
"I like everything Aya prepared!" Zhou Hansheng responded with a smile, selecting the best, largest, bright red lychees for her. Seeing the satisfied smile on her face, he thought to himself that she really loved this place! When she talked about this place, the look and tone, the intoxication, were unmistakable.
He felt happy but also helpless.
She liked it here and lived happily here, which was naturally a good thing. However, he couldn't help but think about the future. When they got married, they would naturally have to leave this place. Even his father-in-law and his family might not stay here for long.
However, Zhou Hansheng was only troubled for a while before he calmed down again.
If she likes it, the worst that can happen is that I can just accompany her here more often in the future!
So I felt relaxed physically and mentally, and accompanied her patiently and calmly to pick lychees, mangoes, star fruits, early-ripening longans and other fruits.
You know what, Zhou Hansheng was really surprised. Lingnan is such a wonderful place!
Zhao Liya did not go back to the military camp for dinner, but decided to stay at Mrs. Jiang's house. Although she did not have to walk to and from work, Zhou Hansheng would see her off, which was too much trouble.
Zhong Jing finally saw Zhou Hansheng, and he was probably going to pull him aside to talk endlessly. Who knew what they were whispering about? Then he would have to interrupt him and ask him to send her over.
Why bother?
Zhou Hansheng couldn't persuade her, so he gave up and said with a smile, "That's fine. I just happen to have something to talk to Zhong Jing about."
Zhao Liya smiled and nodded.
The Jiang family's mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and two children, a son and a daughter, are all very nice people and are very warm and caring towards Zhao Liya.
Since Zhao Liya wanted to live here, Zhong Jing had naturally taken it into consideration and had asked the firemen to send a lot of food, including pork, live chickens, eggs, etc.
In the evening, Zhao Liya cooked a simple dish of leeks and eggs, pan-fried pork ribs, stir-fried pork slices with lettuce, and a tofu and bamboo shoot soup. Her cooking skills were average, but compared to the Jiang family's simpler daily meals, her dish was quite remarkable and immediately won over the two Jiang children.
The next day, everyone went to the harbor terminal in Guangzhan together, and they expected to come back in two or three days.
Zhao Liya and the others rarely come here, so Zhong Jing naturally has to explain everything about the routes and ports in detail, and he also has to go to the site to see it, which will take a lot of time.
Zhao Liya was quite happy in her heart. Now that she was at the beach, the freshest, most abundant and most delicious seafood was not far away.
Zhou Hansheng seemed to know what she was thinking and said with a smile, "How about I get up early with you to watch the sunrise and go fishing?"
"Yeah!" That must be good!
Zhou Hansheng was happy to see her happy, and he was happy too.
You must accompany your future daughter-in-law in whatever she wants to do.
When Zhao Liya and her group arrived, the leaders of the Zhou and Yan families were already waiting. Xiao Yuyang was not there. He had just taken a boat out yesterday and it would take several days for him to return from Hangzhou City.
The port and dock are already taking shape, and the construction site is bustling with activity.
But Zhao Liya felt that they were still a little timid.
"The dock is still a bit narrow, and the roads aren't wide enough. Even if we can't expand on a large scale right now, we still need to reserve space and make good plans. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome if we need to expand in the future and there's no space."
These words shocked Zhong Jing and the Zhou and Yan families.
Because they felt that they were already very bold and the port terminal occupied a very large area.
Zhao Liya smiled and said slowly, "Our route doesn't just go to Jiangnan. However, even if it only goes to Jiangnan, you can see how great the demand for goods is. How many ships are needed to ensure a normal supply."
(End of this chapter)
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