Chapter 109: The Tianjin Maritime Department is established!
Chapter 109 Tianjin Shipping Department is established!
Emperor Baode, who was indeed forced into a corner by money, finally agreed to Jia Lian's suggestion and established the Tianjin Shipping Department in Tianjin Port. The first head of the fifth-grade shipping department fell on his brother-in-law Zhang Jing according to Jia Lian's suggestion!
My brother-in-law Zhang Jing was indeed not a scholar. With the support of his grandfather Zhang Ju, he ended up being elected as an official. Over the years, he had served as county magistrate for one term in Jiangnan and Jiangxi.
Although he has never made any great achievements, his official reputation is still pretty good. After all, he comes from a family of secondary assistants, so he is worthy of his great reputation!
Tianjin Port is a place that will definitely produce achievements and make contributions. Naturally, Jia Lian's wealth will not go to outsiders. Zhang Jing is also willing to help his only nephew.
So the vigorous construction of Tianjin Port began. With so many bigwigs in the court paying attention, the magistrate of Tianjin County did not dare to block the port at all. Instead, he tried his best to provide all kinds of conveniences, thinking about whether he could curry favor with him.
Which side should I go to?
As the content of the discussion in the study room that day gradually spread, Rongguo Mansion once again became crowded.
It's a pity that most of them were stopped by the concierge of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian rarely saw outsiders. The others were either nobles who had a relationship with Jia She for many years, or they were from the Beidi family who rounded the corner and found the second son of Zheng.
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Although these people, Jia Lian, were not seen, they almost all came and reached an intention of cooperation through Jia She and Jia Zheng. Except for the top few families, as long as they had ships and people, they would all be accepted, except for the pure ones.
Investments in money and relationships are not accepted.
Outsiders have also conducted investigations these days. The Jia family's fleet currently has about 60 ships in the south of the Yangtze River. A round trip can transport more than 60,000 shi of grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Shenjing City. According to 60,000 shi
Calculate, if you only earn three to five taels of silver per stone, then you will have enough 30,000 taels of silver in your account!
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that with a population of 800,000 in Shenjing City, is more than 60,000 kilograms of food enough to survive the winter?
Of course not enough!
The food consumption of Shenjing City in one winter is at least about 1.5 million shi of grain. Perhaps including those in the major official warehouses in Shenjing City, the existing grain storage is sufficient, but this does not mean that the grain stored in these official warehouses is sufficient.
It can be consumed!
The grain stored in the official warehouse can indeed be transferred, but its total amount cannot be reduced. This is the last insurance method for Shenjing City!
In other words, Shenjing City still needs at least 800,000 shi of grain this winter. More importantly, as long as you participate in this shipping business, will the only kind of business you can do is grain?
Therefore, during this period of time, people kept coming to Rongguo Mansion, and even inquired from the Jia clan in Ningrong Street about the specific situation of shipping.
Someone with strength and vision even went to Tianjin Port in person. Although most of the fleet and killer whales there had returned, Jia Lian deliberately left behind the smallest and oldest ship and three killer whales.
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They perform exercises near the port every day, attracting many people and interested people to watch on the coast, and some even brave people use boats to get closer to watch.
If you get too close, there will immediately be flags and shouts on the big sea ship: If you get any closer, you will be considered an enemy within 300 meters, and you will launch a direct attack!
When the people around saw the giant killer whale leaping out of the water with excitement like crazy, hitting the waves with its body and causing large splashes of water, how could they dare to step forward?
Until one time, a man in a gorgeously dressed man on a small boat accidentally fell into the water. After a struggle, he attracted the attention of a killer whale. The big killer whale swam under the man and gently lifted him up.
It took a long time before he was sent back to a small boat.
These events witnessed by countless people naturally confirmed the identity of the killer whales as an ally of the ancient human race, so more and more people came to see the three big guys, and some even wanted to deliberately jump into the sea to attract the killer whales to rescue them!
Fortunately, they were stopped: there were only three human allies nearby. What if everyone jumped into the sea and they couldn't save them? Isn't this a suicide attempt?
The man who was rescued by the killer whale last time was a direct descendant of the Li family, a famous landowning gentry in nearby Tianjin County. He had only experienced that life-saving grace a few days ago.
The heir apparent of the Li family heard somewhere that killer whales like to eat barbecued meat with less salt and shaved bones. So one day, the boy specially prepared three portions of roasted mutton and asked his servant to row the boat out to sea again. After searching for most of the day, he found it.
To feed the killer whales once.
After spending most of the day feeding successfully on the first day, the young man came again the next day. Perhaps because of the familiarity, the killer whales came to him in less than half an hour that day and accepted his feeding.
And when he was about to return to the shore, a large killer whale actually caught up with him again and brought an extremely complete anchovy in his mouth to his boat.
Now the silly son of the landlord was completely crazy with joy. I just wanted to repay a little favor for saving my life, but this big guy actually gave me a precious anchovy!
With such character and virtue, who would dare to say that they are not the ancient allies of our human race?
While dancing happily, he ordered his servants to put away the gifts from the killer whales. When he returned home, he began to pester his father crazily, asking him to build a fleet for him, go to sea to do business, and play with his human allies!
The Li family has been a wealthy gentry in Tianjin County for generations. The family has no worries about food and clothing. They only worry about their son being a naughty boy. Seeing that his son is finally willing to find something serious to do, there will be no one who does not support him, even though the head of the Li family knows that his stupid son is most likely to be
I am attracted by those cute friends who can scream.
In such a peaceful day, all sixty large and medium-sized ships of the [Jia Lian Corps] once again arrived at the Tianjin port fully loaded with food. The originally simple wharf, after undergoing crazy expansion under the dispatch of the Tianjin Shipping Department, was finally able to accommodate it.
This fleet consists of sixty ships.
At the end of November, it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, and most farmers in Tianjin County are willing to come to the port to earn a fortune for the New Year.
So it still took two days for 60,000 shi of grain to be delivered to Changpingcang in Shenjing City. People in Changpingcang and the Ministry of Households all knew that there were countless big shots staring at this matter. Who dared to act like a monster? It was extremely enjoyable.
After counting the grain, deliver the silver and that’s it!
Seeing that the Rongguo Mansion had acquired another 30,000 taels of white snowflake silver, all the capable people began to take action. Those who had sea ships had entrusted connections to join Jia Lian's fleet, and those who did not have sea ships went crazy to contact them.
Major shipyards.
For a time, countless orders were floating like snowflakes to various shipyards...
