But the fastest way to earn extra money is to go out to sea with a caravan.
Take some goods with you, go out and in, and as long as you find a way to sell them, you will definitely make money.
This is the kind of business Zhou Lang is engaged in. Uncle Shi manages the accounts here 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, so he did not dare to take too big risks to go to sea; secondly, Zhou Lang paid a lot of wages, and he had to take charge of the accounts here, so naturally he could not go to sea with him.
Zhou Man asked: "Uncle Shi left with us, what will happen to your account?"
"Leave it to his son," Zhou Lang said: "His son is even more powerful than him. Apart from being less talkative, he is no worse than Uncle Shi in any way, but..."
Zhou Lang looked puzzled, "I don't know why, but Shi Xiaolang doesn't like to talk, but he is more popular among merchants. When he talks about business in person, he is accurate and more effective than his father."
Zhou Lang glanced at Bai Shan. He didn't say anything, and his face was cold and cold, just like Bai Shan in recent years.
Humph, if he hadn't watched them grow up since they were little, and knew that Bai Shan was a crybaby who couldn't beat his sister, I would have been fooled by him like this...
Bai Shan pretended not to see Zhou Lang's gaze and decided directly, "That's it, let's choose a day and go to Silla."
Zhou Lang didn't want them to go too far out to sea, but Bai Shan and the others had their own plans. He and the four of them said privately: "Let's go to Silla first, from near to far. Fourth brother doesn't want us to go far, but we can do it ourselves."
If he knows the sea routes thoroughly and knows all the merchant ships going out to sea, he won't be able to stop us."
Zhou Man: "You are so treacherous."
Bai Erlang nodded, "Too treacherous."
Bai Shan: "...it sounds like you won't benefit."
He looked at Yin You and Mingda and frowned, "It's just your bodies..."
Yin Oran said indifferently, "Do you think I still have health problems after traveling for two years?"
Mingda also said: "Manbao is here."
Zhou Man also whispered: "The two of them are in good health now."
One cannot hold back because of a disease that has not yet arrived.
Bai Shan nodded and felt relieved when he saw that they all knew 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 the Qingzhou area and Silla and Baekje have become much closer.
After the completion of Yongji Pier, merchant ships traveled between the three places every season. In recent years, Dajin's trade has developed, and Yongji Pier has merchant ships going to Silla and Baekje every month.
There are merchant ships that make a special trip to pull goods, and there are merchant ships that only deal with passengers, and there are also merchant ships that do both businesses. The merchant ship Zhou Lang found for them is a large merchant ship that does both businesses, and they specially set aside the best cabins for them.
them.
Zhou Lang did not tell the host family their identities, only that they were relatives at home, and wanted to go to Silla out of curiosity.
The Jin Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, developed maritime trade, and Silla was not far away. In recent years, there have been many nobles running around and having fun after having enough to eat. Maritime merchants were accustomed to it and did not find it strange.
Anyway, they only need to pay the ship fare, and Zhou Lang's relatives...
After taking a look at the demeanor of Bai Shan and others, no one dared to neglect them.
Zhou Lang's relatives are basically divided into two types, one is from Qili Village like him, which is easy to see, and the other is related to Mr. Zhou in his family, who is either rich or noble.
The merchants received Zhou Man and others very politely, and became even more polite after seeing Uncle Shi personally accompanying them.
Zhou Man and the others were also unceremonious and brought a lot of goods onto the ship with Uncle Shi.
They decided to adhere to the principle of diligence and frugality along the way and try to earn as much as possible for their expenses on the road.
We set off from the ship in the evening and within two hours of walking, it became dark. The surrounding areas were pitch black and nothing could be seen. Zhou Man and the others returned to their cabin and planned what they would do after arriving in Silla.
Yes, they had no plan at all. They were originally going to Tianfang, but going to Silla was completely a temporary decision, so they haven't decided where to go.
Zhou Man secretly suggested, "We can also go to Baekje." Keke would definitely like it.
Yin Or: "The relationship between Silla and Baekje has been bad in the past two years. We are going from Silla to Baekje, but we are afraid that it will be difficult to get through."
Bai Shan: "If nothing happens, we can go by sea instead of by land and take our Jin ships. Silla dare not stop us."
Both Silla and Baekje were vassal states of the Jin Dynasty, but Silla and the Jin Dynasty were better, and they also knew more about etiquette and did not dare to block people from the Jin Dynasty from communicating with Baekje.
The steward on the merchant ship on the other side reported to his employer, "I went back to the cabin after nightfall. I didn't have the usual habits of noble people, and I didn't make any noise. I was unexpectedly polite."
The boss said: "After all, it was the person introduced on Thursday, and there were no problems with his previous introductions."
"Master, I see that Uncle Shi who is following them is very respectful to them."
"You are a relative of his employer, how can you be disrespectful?"
"You don't mean that..." The steward thought for a while and then said: "It's not like I haven't seen Mr. Zhou's relatives before. Uncle Shi is very normal to them. You should have heard of it. Uncle Shi used to have a wealthy family.
, and I have a bit of a temper, so I won’t be so respectful to everyone.”
"Besides, I see that Mrs. Bai's features look a bit like Mr. Zhou's."
"It doesn't look like it, it was so dark on Thursday..." The boss said this for a moment and tried to recall, "Don't tell me, Thursday doesn't look like it now, but when I first met him a few years ago, he wasn't like this now.
He’s dark, and his eyebrows are quite handsome.”
The boss murmured: "Bai...could it be..."
He widened his eyes slightly and asked quickly: "Have you seen their past experiences?"
"It is confirmed that it is a matter of Haisi Yamen. They have been let in, and they are distinguished guests. How can we go to check their past?"
Bai Shan and the others had to use connections to get through. If it were somewhere else, they might not be able to use connections, but in Qingzhou... it's still very convenient.
Even though the Haisi Yamen was frightened and frightened, they turned a blind eye to Princess Mingda's case.
So when the emperor knew that they had all sailed to Silla, it was already half a month later, and it was because of letters from Mingda, Zhou Man and others.
Emperor:...Assuming that he, the emperor, does not exist, right?
Forget about running to the Liaozi Department, forget about a chance encounter with malaria, let him go back to the capital, turn around and go to Yangzhou, he turned a blind eye and let it go, now it's better, go directly overseas?
These are no longer in the land of Jin Dynasty.
Although Silla is a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty, and given ten courages, he would not dare to disrespect Mingda, the direct princess of the Jin Dynasty, it is still a foreign country.
What if Silla goes to war?
People know how to avoid noble people like them, but do swords also know?
The emperor clicked on the letter and asked Hanlin, who was waiting by his side today, "Is there any recent news from Silla at Honglu Temple?"
Hanlin said without thinking: "Only two months ago, the Queen of Silla made another offer. She hoped to invite the Jin Dynasty to send troops to Baekje and Japan to calm down the sea areas and protect the trade between the two countries."
"They didn't fight on land, did they?"
Hanlin thought for a while and then said: "Neither Honglu Temple nor the Ministry of War has reported it."