Chapter 3511: Extra Chapter 43
But the fastest way to make extra money is to go out to sea with a caravan.
If you carry some goods with you and go in and out, as long as you find a way to sell them, you will definitely make money.
Zhou Silang is in this business, and Uncle Shi manages the accounts for him, so naturally he has no shortage of connections.
It's just that he rarely has the chance to go out.
Firstly, he only had an old wife and a sick son at home, and he didn't dare to take too much risk by going out to sea; secondly, Zhou Silang paid him a lot of wages, and he had to take charge of the accounts here, so he naturally couldn't go out to sea with them.
Zhou Man asked, "Uncle Shi is leaving with us, so what about your account?"
"Leave it to his son," Zhou Silang said. "His son is even more capable than him. Aside from not being very talkative, he's no worse than Master Shi in any other way. But..."
Zhou Silang looked puzzled. "I don't know why, Shi Xiaolang doesn't like to talk, but he's even more popular with the merchants. Every deal he negotiates is always a success. He's even more effective than his father."
Zhou Silang glanced at Bai Shan, without saying anything. His face was cold and expressionless, just like Bai Shan in recent years.
Humph, if he hadn't watched them grow up and knew that Bai Shan was a crybaby who couldn't beat his sister, he would probably be fooled by him.
Bai Shan pretended not to see Zhou Silang's gaze and decided directly, "Then it's settled. Let's choose a date and go to Silla to take a look."
Zhou Silang didn't want them to go too far out to sea, but Bai Shan and the others had their own plans. He said to the four of them privately, "Let's go to Silla first, starting from the near and then going to the far. Fourth Brother doesn't want us to go far, but if we know the sea routes and the merchant ships going out to sea, he won't be able to stop us."
Zhou Man: "You are so cunning."
Bai Jilang nodded, "Too treacherous."
Bai Shan: "...You speak as if you won't benefit from it."
He looked at Yin Huo and Ming Da, frowning, "It's just your bodies..."
Yin Huo said calmly, "Do you think there's still something wrong with my health after these two years of traveling?"
Mingda also said, "Manbao is here."
Zhou Man also whispered: "They are both in good health now."
People should not hesitate to act because of illness or disaster that has not yet arrived.
Bai Shan nodded, and felt relieved when he saw that they all understood what was going on. "Then it's settled. Let's go to Silla first."
Since the establishment of the Andong Protectorate in the Jin Dynasty, the exchanges between Qingzhou and Silla and Baekje have become much closer.
After the Longchi Wharf was completed, merchant ships traveled between the three places every season. In recent years, the trade of Dajin has developed, and merchant ships go to Silla and Baekje every month from Longchi Wharf.
There are merchant ships that specialize in transporting goods, some that only do passenger business, and some that do both. The merchant ship Zhou Silang found for them was a large merchant ship that did both business, and the best cabins were specially reserved for them.
Zhou Silang did not tell the host their identities, but only said that they were relatives of the family and wanted to visit Silla out of curiosity.
The Jin Dynasty had a strong army and developed maritime trade, and Silla was not far away. In recent years, there have been many nobles who have nothing to do and run around to play. The maritime merchants are used to it and don't find it strange.
Anyway, they just need to pay the boat fare, and Zhou Silang's relatives...
After taking a look at the demeanor of Bai Shan and the others, no one dared to neglect them.
Zhou Silang's relatives can basically be divided into two types. One type is from Qili Village like him, which is easy to see. The other type is related to Mr. Zhou in his family, who are either rich or noble.
The sea merchants received Zhou Man and his companions very politely, and became even more polite when they saw that Uncle Shi was personally accompanying them.
Zhou Man and his friends were not polite either, and followed Uncle Shi to smuggle a lot of goods onto the ship.
They decided to stick to the principle of frugality and try to earn as much as possible for their travel expenses.
They set out on the boat in the evening, and it was dark in less than two hours. It was pitch black all around and they couldn't see anything. Zhou Man and his friends returned to their cabin and planned what to do after arriving in Silla.
Yes, they had no plans at all. They were originally going to Mecca, and going to Silla was a completely sudden decision, so they had not yet decided where to go.
Zhou Man secretly suggested, "We can also go to Baekje." Koko would definitely like it.
Yin Huo said: "Relations between Silla and Baekje have been bad in the past two years. If we go from Silla to Baekje, I'm afraid it will be difficult to obtain the pass."
Bai Shan: "It's okay. We can go by sea instead of by land, and take the ships of our Great Jin. Silla won't dare to stop us."
Silla and Baekje were both vassal states of the Jin Dynasty, but Silla was better to the Jin Dynasty. They were also more polite and did not dare to stop people from the Jin Dynasty from interacting with Baekje.
On the other side, the steward of the merchant ship reported to the owner, "He returned to his cabin after nightfall. He didn't behave like the usual nobles, and wasn't noisy. He was surprisingly polite."
The boss said, "After all, he was introduced by Zhou Si, and there were no problems with his previous introductions."
"Boss, I see that Mr. Shi who followed them is very respectful to them."
"He's a relative of his employer, how can I not be respectful?"
"That's not what I meant..." The steward thought for a moment and then said, "It's not like I haven't met Zhou Siye's relatives before. Uncle Shi treated them very normally. You must have heard that Uncle Shi used to be very wealthy and had a bad temper. He wouldn't be so respectful to everyone."
"Also, I think that Mrs. Bai has some similarities with Mr. Zhou Si in her features."
"How can he be similar? Zhou Si was that dark..." The boss paused and tried to recall. "Don't tell me, Zhou Si doesn't look like him now, but when I first met him a few years ago, he wasn't as dark as he is now, and his eyebrows and eyes were quite handsome."
The owner murmured: "Bai... Could it be..."
His eyes widened slightly, and he quickly asked, "Have you seen their past?"
"That's the responsibility of the Maritime Affairs Office. They've already let people in, and they're distinguished guests. Why would we investigate their past?"
Bai Shan and his friends got their permits through connections. If it were somewhere else, they might not be able to use their connections, but in Qingzhou... it's still very convenient.
Even when Princess Mingda was being executed, the Maritime Office, though terrified, turned a blind eye and handled the case for them.
So it was half a month later when the emperor learned that they had all sailed to Silla, and it was only because he received letters from Mingda, Zhou Man and others.
Emperor: ...You think that the emperor doesn't exist?
It would have been fine if he had gone to the Liaozi tribe, and it would have been fine if he had occasionally caught malaria. He turned a blind eye when he was asked to return to the capital and then go to Yangzhou, but now he is going directly overseas?
This is no longer within the territory of Dajin.
Although Silla was a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty, and would not dare to disrespect Mingda, the legitimate princess of the Jin Dynasty, even if he had ten times the courage, it was still a foreign country.
What if Silla goes to war?
People know to avoid these nobles, but do swords know that too?
The emperor snapped the letter shut and asked the Hanlin who was waiting by his side, "Has the Honglu Temple received any news about Silla recently?"
Hanlin said without hesitation, "Just two months ago, the Queen of Silla submitted another memorial, hoping that the Jin Dynasty could jointly send troops to Baekje and Japan to pacify the sea and protect trade between the two countries."
"They didn't fight on land, did they?"
The Hanlin thought for a moment and said, "Neither the Honglu Temple nor the Ministry of War has seen any reports."
The emperor felt a little relieved.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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