Chapter 486 Buying a Big Ship
Xuanyuan Lie grinned, with a sinister look on his face.
To get rid of Gu Chan, he only needed to find a way to prevent her from raising the remaining huge sum of money. The two billion taels of silver before could only be said to be that Gu Chan was lucky, but next he It will definitely make it difficult for Gu Chan to move forward.
Gu Chan also realized that it was not an accident that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce stood up to deal with him this time, but something that was bound to happen.
Otherwise, why didn't everyone bother to pay attention to her before Xuanyuan Lie came, but after her grandson came, she encountered all these troubles?
To sum it up in one sentence, behind all of this, there is a pair of invisible hands pushing it, and the owner of these invisible hands must be Xuanyuan Lie.
Wanting to understand this, Gu Chan was not stupid enough to say it. Instead, she pretended not to care and said with a smile, "Second Prince, thank you for your concern. I have my own way to make money. Just You don’t have to worry about it.”
"Okay! Then I'll see how you can make a lot of money from the water business in the future!" Xuanyuan Lie said with a smile.
Gu Chan ignored him, just stood up and saluted with clasped fists, and then walked away.
After she left, Bai Jingcai said, "Master, are you really not allowed to tolerate him?"
"This person is arrogant and will never give in to me, so instead of showing kindness, it's better to get rid of him quickly." Xuanyuan Lietie said with a livid face.
Bai Jingtian let out a long sigh and began to feel extremely worried for Gu Chan.
Outside the Censor's Mansion.
When Gu Chan came out, four people from Changde took the initiative to greet her and blocked her at the gate.
Changde sighed and said, "Why are you bothering? You can't occupy the land in Jiangnan City for business in the future. This will definitely have an impact on your business."
"The impact will be the impact! Anyway, developing Yaoduoduo store is just a part of my plan." Gu Chan said calmly.
"Then what are you going to do next?" Chang De asked.
Gu Chan thought for a while and said, "It's very simple! Buy a big boat first, go for a walk on the river outside Jiangnan City, then build the big boat into a merchant ship, and just collect and sell medicine along the river."
"Then if you need help with anything, just say it. I, the Chang family, will definitely help." Chang De said sincerely.
"Isn't your Chang family a salt transporter? You must have a lot of transport ships! Why don't you sell me the largest transport ship and I'll find someone to renovate it." Gu Chan followed the trend and said.
Chang De agreed without thinking, "That's easy to say. I'll ask Chang Wei to accompany you to the dock to pick a boat. After you choose, I'll give you a boat directly."
"No, no, no, I'd better buy it. The hardest thing in the world to owe is a favor. I'm very grateful that you are willing to help me." Gu Chan waved her hand quickly.
Seeing her insistence, Chang De said nothing more. After explaining a few words to his son, he got on the carriage and left.
At this time, Xiao Shan said, "Because of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, my Xiao family can't help you with herbs, but one thing I can be sure of is that I will make all the shopkeepers under the Xiao family not to go against you and try not to cause you any trouble." Trouble.”
"Thank you, Master Xiao. I will remember this kindness. I will definitely repay it to the Xiao family one day." Gu Chan said with her fists in hand as she thanked you. "You're welcome. I just need you to help my daughter more in the future. Although she is older than you, I can see that in terms of experience in dealing with people, she is much weaker than you. She can have a friend like you. It's also a good thing for her," Xiao Shan said seriously.
Gu Chan was a little embarrassed by the praise.
Xiao Shan turned to his daughter and said, "Don't be in a hurry to go back. Follow Gu Chan to the dock and help her pick a boat. Help her if you can."
"Yes, daddy." Xiao Xiang said respectfully.
Xiao Shan reached out and patted Gu Chan on the shoulder, telling her to take care of herself, then got into the carriage and left.
Gu Chan and the others immediately got on another carriage and rushed outside Jiangnan City.
There is a large river five miles away from Jiangnan City, named Jiangnan River. This river is a tributary of the Tiancang River. It runs all the way through the Jiangnan area until it finally flows out of the Jiangnan boundary and extends to the Yexing Kingdom, which borders the southern part of the Tiancang Kingdom. .
It can be said that the Jiangnan River is not only a very important river in the Jiangnan area, but also the mother river of the Yexing Kingdom. However, after this river enters the Yexing Kingdom, it is no longer called the Jiangnan River. There are also other names for this river there. name.
Of course, Gu Chan didn't care about this. After all, the Yexing Kingdom and Tiancang Kingdom are very peaceful now. Not only have the two countries not fought for decades, they even have trade exchanges. The most important thing is that the people of the two countries can Free intermarriage, in a sense, the two countries exist like allies.
In the afternoon, Gu Chan and the others rode a carriage to Chang's Wharf, the largest wharf on the Jiangnan River.
After getting off the carriage, Gu Chan looked at the huge dock in front of her, with a look of surprise on her face.
The Chang family is indeed a big family that controls the entire salt transportation industry in the Jiangnan area. This big wharf is not only named after the Chang family, but it is also the largest wharf in the entire Jiangnan River. Hundreds of ships come here every day. often.
And among so many ships, not only those transporting salt, but also transporting goods from other industries.
As the three of them walked around the pier, Chang Wei told Gu Chan, "This pier was built with money from my Chang family. Every merchant ship that docks here to load and unload goods needs to pay money to my Chang family. Every year, the money collected by the pier alone is There are a lot of them. If you can, you can consider investing in building a dock.”
"This is not good! Isn't this competing with your Chang family for business?" Gu Chan shook her head and said.
"You are wrong. Whether it is the Tiancang River or the Jiangnan River, thousands of ships pass by every day. All the docks in our Jiangnan area are not enough. Some ships even come and cannot find a dock to dock. We can only wait in line to get a number and wait for several days before we can get a spot to park the boat!" Chang Wei explained.
Xiao Xiang shouted, "Yes! My Xiao family also built a pier the year before last. Now dozens of ships dock every day, and it is overcrowded every day!"
"Then your family is so rich, why don't you build more docks? This will not only allow more ships to dock, but also make more money!" Gu Chan said doubtfully.
"It's not as easy as you think. Building a dock is very expensive and difficult to manage. Another point is that the annual taxes paid by each dock are also very high. If too many docks are built, management will be inconvenient. Once If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome, so it would be good if we can build a dock and manage it well," Chang Wei said.
Xiao Xiang added, "A business like this cannot be sustained by one family, so you can't do it if you don't have some strength. If you can do it, don't think about finishing it alone. You have to leave some opportunities for others. This is the Jiangnan area." The rules of doing business.”
Gu Chan nodded secretly after hearing this.