Chapter 487 Dahuaxia
She had to admit that she had a lot of clever ideas when it came to doing business, but when it came to real business experience, she was not as good as the two people in front of her. All they said was a lot, and she still had to keep it in mind.
Thinking like this, Gu Chan quickly thanked her and said, "Thank you for telling me this. I'll remember it. I don't have the extra energy right now to build a dock. I'd better buy a big boat for fun first." ”
"When you have accumulated a certain amount of wealth and are completely stable here, you can consider building a dock." Chang Wei said.
Gu Chan nodded noncommittally.
As the three of them talked, they soon arrived at the area where the Chang family's salt transport ship was docked.
Since only the Chang family's boats could dock in this area, at a glance, dozens of large boats were docked neatly.
Chang Wei waved his hand and said, "Come on! Make your own choice! These dozens of ships all belong to my Chang family. You pick one, change the words "Chang's Salt Transport" on the ship, and then design your own Just hang the flag.”
"How much money does such a big ship cost?" Gu Chan asked.
"Not much, the cost is only a few hundred thousand taels of silver per vessel." Chang Wei said nonchalantly.
Only then did Gu Chan understand why Chang De was so generous at the gate of the Yushi Mansion just now. He gave it away as soon as he said it. It turned out that the cost of a salt ship was only a few hundred thousand taels. For such a wealthy Chang family, it was simply too much. A drop in the bucket.
But Gu Chan didn't want such a cheap cargo ship.
No longer looking at these salt cargo ships, Gu Chan said, "Are there any more expensive ones? My ship cannot be so cheap, otherwise it will be a shame for my name printed on the ship."
"How much do you want it for?" Chang Wei asked with a smile.
"At least one million taels of silver is needed for a boat! I used to be poor, but it's different now. I still have a little money, but of course I can't be too shabby." Gu Chan stretched out her hand and patted her chest. .
Xiao Xiang laughed and said, "Then you can't buy a cargo ship, you have to buy a merchant ship. Good merchant ships have two or three floors, and the minimum cost is one million taels of silver each, and they look much more beautiful than cargo ships."
"Then you have to buy me the best merchant ship, and the money must be spent no matter what." Gu Chan said firmly.
Chang Wei had no choice but to take the two of them to the area where the merchant ship docked.
Because the cost of merchant ships is indeed too high, the Chang family only has a dozen merchant ships. The most luxurious one is four floors in size and is the Chang family's special merchant ship. The ones smaller than this are three floors. merchant ship.
Gu Chan carefully selected a three-story merchant ship and bought it for three million taels of silver.
Then she said to Chang Wei, "Now ask your people to change the words "Chang's Salt Transport" on the ship for me."
"Okay, this is simple." Chang Wei said with a smile.
After saying that, he immediately sent someone to carry the ink bucket onto the boat, then hoisted it to the string of the boat with a rope, and began to prepare to change the characters.
Chang Wei asked, "What name do you think of for your merchant ship?"
"I thought about it on the way here and called it 'Great China'." Gu Chan said proudly.
"What do you mean? I've never heard of it!" Chang Wei said confused.
Xiao Xiang also stood aside, looking confused.
Gu Chan smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. This is the firm belief that has always supported me, and it is also the name I have always been proud of. It is a sentiment that people in this world cannot understand."< br>
"Oh! Okay then!" Chang Wei said speechlessly. Then he asked the people hanging on the ship's string to start changing the name of the merchant ship.
Half an hour later, the four characters "Great China" were written on the right side of the merchant ship.
Gu Chan stood on the pier, looking at these four characters from a distance, with a proud smile on her lips. Although she had traveled to this strange world, she was still proud of being a Chinese.
This is a patriotic feeling. Although she is only a woman, she will never change her love for the motherland in her heart.
After settling the matter with the merchant ship, Gu Chan and the others did not stay at the dock any longer. Soon they left in a carriage and returned to Jiangnan City.
At dusk in the afternoon, the three of them returned to the Yaoduoduo store.
Gu Chan got off the carriage and said goodbye to the two of them. She watched their carriage leave before she entered the shop.
At this time, Di Lin and others were waiting for her in the lobby on the ground floor.
Gu Chan walked in, and everyone immediately stood up to greet her. She waved her hand quickly and said, "Everyone, please sit down! Now listen, except for the few of you who followed me here, I want to recruit five more people now."
"Shopkeeper, don't you want to recruit these five ladies?" Yuan Jie asked with a smile.
Gu Chan looked at the five golden flowers sitting nearby, laughed and said, "You are right, the five of them are definitely talents. It would be a pity not to recruit them to work for me."
"Shopkeeper Gu! You really think highly of us. Apart from being good at talking and quarreling, the five of us are really not good at doing business." Aunt Hong was the first to speak.
The other four aunties also nodded and shouted.
Gu Chan said with a weird smile, "I'm not recruiting you to do business, I'm just recruiting you to help me protect them in doing business on my merchant ship. And I've thought about it. With the five of you protecting me, I I can guarantee that all ships on the water will not dare to provoke our Dahuaxia easily.”
"That's true. The five aunts are very talkative. Who dares to ask for trouble!"
"Yes, I also think it would be good to recruit them on board."
Di Lin and Yuan Jie spoke one after another.
The other eight people who came with Gu Chan also nodded repeatedly.
Aunt Hong quickly stood up and saluted and said, "That being the case, we will not refuse. Thank you to Shopkeeper Gu for thinking so highly of us. We will definitely do good things in the future and live up to your love for us."
"Okay, you're welcome. Let's go pack your things! Tonight, we will move to the Dahuaxia docked in the merchant ship area of Chang's Wharf. That will be the merchant ship I bought. It will be for a long time after that. , we all have to work hard to live on the water." Gu Chan saluted everyone with fists and a deep bow.
Everyone knew that it was difficult for her, so they didn't say anything more and went to pack up and bow.
The five aunts quickly left the city and returned to their village homes to clean up.
After dark, Di Lin and Yuan Jie led everyone, packed their belongings, and led a long procession of more than a dozen carriages out of the city toward Chang's Wharf.
Gu Chan did not go with them, but stayed in the Yaoduoduo store. Looking at the empty scene in front of her, she secretly clenched her fists.
This time it was because she was not capable enough that she was forced to run a shop on the water. She secretly swore in her heart that one day she would bring everyone back to do business down-to-earth and truly benefit the people.
With this thought in mind, Gu Chan walked out of the shop with firm eyes, locked the door and left, returning to Wan Yuanfang.