In February of the sixth year of Baoyou, Fujian was still quite cold. Xu Yuanzhi, the governor of Fuzhou, held the railings on the back of the ship and watched the new ship sailing on the sea. The sea breeze was so cold that Xu Yuanzhi put on a thin cotton coat outside his official uniform and wore a cotton hat on his head. Because of the proper cutting, he felt a very cool military feeling.

Zhao Jiaren's dress was similar to Xu Yuanzhi. He was eighteen years old in February of the sixth year of Baoyou and was no longer a child. Xu Yuanzhi was about 180 yuan taller, and Zhao Jiaren was a little taller than Xu Yuanzhi, about 181 yuan. Although his figure looked slender, he was not thin at all because he kept exercising.

Xu Yuanzhi was very impressed when he saw the sailors busy. As an expert, Zhao Jiaren looked at something completely different.

This is a three-masted sailboat with a drainage of about 350 tons. Zhao Jiaren adopts the British model, and the "heavy artillery" gun is located in the cannon bay under the deck. At this time, Zhao Jiaren's "heavy" gun was the three-pound cannon. Because Xu Yuanzhi was on the ship, he was not installed on the ship. Seven one-pound cannons were installed on each side of the deck, and Xu Yuanzhi was not allowed to see it at this time. The only thing Xu Yuanzhi could see was a one-pound cannon on the bow and stern of the ship.

Underwater that Xu Yuanzhi could not see, the hull was streamlined. He had not received relevant knowledge and Xu Yuanzhi did not understand these. However, he could feel that the speed of this new ship was indeed extraordinary. The sailors on the ship were also different from those of the sailors who were matched by other ships.

After tightening the cotton coat a little tightened, Xu Yuanzhi praised: "Zhao Tidian, this boat is indeed good."

Seeing Xu Yuanzhi liked him, Zhao Jiaren also smiled and said, "If Xu Zhizhou had not helped him, we would not have gotten these woods."

If there is a prefectural city or not, it will face a completely different situation. There are very powerful official shipyards in Fuzhou, and the warehouses of these official shipyards have a large amount of combined wood. With Xu Yuanzhi's help, Zhao Jiaren can buy the wood he needs. Before that, Zhao Jiaren did not have such an opportunity. The reason why Xie Wuhuan refused to join Zhao Jiaren's team was because he knew that Zhao Jiaren could not get the combined wood.

When the new ship was launched, Zhao Jiaren asked Xu Yuanzhi to take the boat to prove to Xu Yuanzhi that his efforts were not in vain.

Seeing that his value was recognized, Xu Yuanzhi was also very happy. He smiled and said, "Even if there is good wood, you have to build a good boat."

During this voyage, the ship drove from Fuzhou to Quanzhou. Without entering the port, he drove directly from Quanzhou to Fuzhou. He sailed all the way day and night, and could see the lighthouse all night. With these lighthouse guidance, the ship sailed very smoothly on the sea.

"Zhao Tidian, it costs a lot to build a lighthouse." Xu Yuanzhi said from the bottom of his heart. Although investors can receive a portion of the lighthouse fee every year after the lighthouse is completed, the early investment is real. Looking at the current tax situation, if you want to completely recycle the investment, it is probably hopeless to have ten or eight years.

Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "There are so many righteous people on Fujian Road, I really didn't expect it before." In the five years of Baoyou, that is, last year, I made a net profit of 100,000 yuan for selling pyrethra. A team of textile technology led by Zhao Jiaren's mother finally overcomes the problem of spinning with cotton. The emergence of hydraulic spinning machines greatly improves efficiency. The difficulty of weaving is not higher than that of weaving silk. Zhao Jiaxin of Jiaxing Prefecture planted 1,000 acres of cotton, and the 50,000 kilograms of cotton transported into cloth, which was sold crazily in Fujian and Jiangnan East Road.

More importantly, Qi Rong lent Zhao Jiaren a total of 200,000 jin of money. With such huge financial support, Zhao Jiaren barely supported his own financial problems. It is a dangerous business to make a living at sea. A person must earn 40 or 50 jin a year. Zhao Jiaren has more than 1,000 people under his command, and the expenses are extremely terrifying.

From Quanzhou to the north to the border of Jiangnan West Road, a lighthouse was built along the coast. It was not the money paid by Zhao Jiaren, but the free land and efforts of the coastal counties, as well as local merchant ship owners who were well aware of the Great Yi and local wealthy families. In Xiapu, local wealthy families even donated 70,000 yuan. The construction of the lighthouse only allowed Zhao Jiaren to pay a little money.

After hearing Zhao Jiaren's humility, Xu Yuanzhi sighed: "I have also been to Mulanpi and have given Qian Siniang the incense. There are indeed many Yimins on Fujian Road, but it is rare to be a public official who can do things like Zhao Tidian on Fujian Road."

Zhao Jiaren laughed dryly. He knew that he was very capable, but the head of the family realized that the firewood and rice were expensive. Without the background of the Zhao family, if there were no business content far exceeding this era, it would be impossible for him to make a huge scale in a few years. However, Zhao Jiaren was very mocking in his heart, "Look at him to build a tall building, watch him to entertain guests, and see his building collapse." His large industry is completely in debt management, and as long as there is a slight difference, the capital chain will be broken. It will probably be completely collapsed immediately.

The ship quickly returned to Fuzhou. As soon as Zhao Jiaren got home, his mother said happily: "Your sister-in-law gave birth to a boy. Amitabha, the Zhao family has a queen!"

Zhao Jiaren was naturally happy, but he was happy for less than a few seconds. What Zhao Jiaren thought of was the news that his mother must have learned from the letter from his elder brother. Since the elder brother wrote to his mother, he would have to send a letter to Zhao Jiaren. However, while Zhao Jiaren's mother was happy for the eldest son, she told the third son Zhao Jiaren about getting married. Zhao Jiaren could not bear it and prepared to run away. Seeing that his son was still stubborn, Mrs. Zhao called Zhao Jiaren who ran away, "Don't leave first. Your elder brother's letter to you is here."

When he opened the letter, Zhao Jiaxin wrote that he had the joy of his son, but most of the content in the letter was related to serious matters. Seeing that the purchase price of each acre of cotton was twice that of grain, the Wang family was preparing to take out 100 hectares of land to plant cotton. Some local landlords also took advantage of the profits of the Wang family and were also preparing to plant cotton. It counted about 150 hectares and 15,000 acres. Zhao Jiaxin didn't know if Zhao Jiaren could handle so much cotton.

In addition, the purification of hybrid soybeans failed. Zhao Jiaren felt heavy when he saw this news. This project was a job his brother Zhao Jiaxin really liked. I wonder how much the failure would have to deal with him.

Continue to look down, Zhao Jiaxin said that he was very sad, but he had no time to stop. Before, he started more hybrid cultivation, and some of these new hybrid soybeans showed a good trend. Zhao Jiaxin felt that as long as he persisted, he would definitely have a day of success. Zhao Jiaxin was also preparing to screen cotton to see if it could make a big breakthrough in cotton production.

His brother is really a talented person. Zhao Jiaren sighed. Since his brother is determined on the road of science, Zhao Jiaren doesn’t talk nonsense. He picked up his pen and wrote back to his brother. Regarding breeding, Zhao Jiaren suggested that if he could get satisfactory results, the next step would be to conduct a low-steel crop hybridization experiment. Whether it is soybeans or cotton, the higher the pole, the more nutrients it needs to be absorbed in the soil when growing.

When writing these, Zhao Jiaren felt it was natural, as if his elder brother had solved the work of producing good seeds at this time. Zhao Jiaren felt that with his elder brother's attitude, it was only a matter of time to complete the work.

After talking about technical work, Zhao Jiaren told his brother that what they need in recent years is cash. Any act of buying fixed assets is a waste. If you can rent it, rent it, and if you can cooperate, cooperate. As long as you survive this stage, it will not be a problem to buy as much money as you want.

You can think so when writing, Zhao Jiaren is unsure of whether his elder brother Zhao Jiaxin can accept this view. For Chinese people, purchasing land is always a good choice. The elder brother now has a son, and even if he doesn't want to buy land for himself, he will always have the idea of ​​buying land for his son. However, this was the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Jiaren could not have sufficient communication with his elder brother through the Internet or mobile phone.
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