Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 241, the popular Maritime Academy students
"Master, recently we discovered that the fishing boat Yongping is no longer anchored at our port in Tianjin. At first, we thought that something happened to the Yongping when it went to sea, but later we investigated and found that someone was robbing our business."

Tong Yuan found Liu Jin and reported to Liu Jin a new incident at Tianjin Port.

"Someone steal our business?"

When Liu Jin heard it, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "What's going on?"

"It's like this. We have a steward named Wei Xiaoming here in Tianjin Port. He is currently only a second-level steward. At the same time, there are more than a dozen of Wei Xiaoming's fellow villagers in Tianjin Port. And this Wei Xiaoming's hometown is a place called Weijiatun. This place is only more than forty miles away from our Tianjin."

"At the same time, it is only less than fifty miles away from Yongping Mansion. This Weijiatun is also close to the sea, and the place where it is located is a natural harbor. Therefore, after this Wei Xiaoming returned to his village not long ago, he organized everyone to build a Wharf, and then pulled the Yongping ship over."

"The Yongping is berthed here in Weijiatun. If you go to Yongping Mansion, you will have dozens of miles left, which saves a lot of time. Therefore, the Yongping never comes to our Tianjin port again."

Tong Yuan explained the situation in great detail from beginning to end, and also took out a map to mark the location of Weijiatun.

Liu Jin listened carefully, without any displeasure on his face.

"This Wei Xiaoming is a talented person, and he has great vision."

After listening carefully, Liu Jin couldn't help but said with a smile. I have to say that Wei Xiaoming has a good eye and knows how to build wharfs and ports. If Weijiatun prospers in the future, just sitting in this Weijiatun port will be enough for generations to come. , Grandparents have no worries about food and clothing for generations.

"Teacher, this person has a lot of food, should we let him learn a lesson, and this Weijiatun has diverted our Tianjin port business. With the beginning of this Weijiatun, there will be Lijiatun, Zhangjiatun, Liujiatun and so on. Then we will be in Tianjin There would be no business at the port."

Tong Yuan looked at Liu Jin and said.

"There is no need for this. This is something that will inevitably happen. As you said, even if there is no Weijiatun, there will be Liujiatun and Lijiatun in the future. My Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of sea and territory. We can't let others Will the local port be built?"

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head, then thought for a while and said: "Actually, this is not a bad thing. Someone built a wharf and repaired a port, which shows that there is such a demand, and it also shows that our efforts have not been in vain. Not a bad start."

"In the future, the main business of our Tianjin port will still be ocean-going trade, and the fishing boats can be gradually distributed to other ports to berth."

"Now in the entire Ming Dynasty, only our side in Tianjin can legitimately go overseas for trade. This means that our Tianjin port will inevitably become prosperous, so we don't have to worry about not having any business."

"But, teacher, this Wei Xiaoming, who is a steward and an employee of our Tianjin Port, has taken away the business of our Tianjin Port without permission. This is unjustifiable anyway."

Tong Yuan nodded, and then he still felt that Wei Xiaoming could not be let go so simply. He built a port, solicited business, and so on. He had nothing to say, but he should come to Tianjin Port to resign first, so he had nothing to say Yes, as an employee of Tianjin Port, it is intolerable to do such a thing.

"How about this, you go to him and have a good talk, let him take the initiative to resign with the people from the same village, and be careful when speaking, so that everyone can get to know each other by fate, so that we can get together and break up."

Liu Jin nodded slightly, then thought for a while and said.

"Ah."

Tong Yuan nodded in agreement, then seemed to recall something and said: "Master, the enrollment of the third batch of students of our Tianjin Maritime Academy will start soon."

"I see, I'll go and have a look later."

After being reminded by Tong Yuan, Liu Jin felt that time had passed so quickly, and Tianjin Maritime Academy had already begun to recruit the third batch of colleges.

The first batch of academies hadn't gone to Golden Continent yet, and the third batch of academies had already started enrolling students. Time passed quickly enough.

For Tianjin Maritime Academy, Liu Jin has devoted a lot of effort, because Liu Jin knows that this voyage requires not only qualified ships, but also qualified crew members.

Therefore, Tianjin Shipyard and Tianjin Maritime Academy were built with a lot of money. The former is specialized in shipbuilding, and the latter is specialized in training qualified seafarers.

"In a few days, the first batch of trainees will go to Golden Island. The second batch of trainees are now undertaking the main ocean fishing. In the future, they will slowly try to take the routes of North Korea and Japan."

"Well, talent should be like this, continuous and endless."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin put down what he was doing and walked towards Tianjin Maritime Academy.

Tianjin Maritime Academy occupies a very large area. The construction of the entrance of this academy also refers to the style of later generations, which is very different from some private schools and academies of this era.

At the huge school gate, there is a huge globe. This globe is naturally built according to the earth map drawn by Liu Jin. It is considered a landmark building of Tianjin Maritime Academy, and now it is a landmark building in Tianjin.

At this time, tens of thousands of people gathered at the gate of Tianjin Maritime College. When one glanced at the past, there was a sea of ​​people, people gathered in twos and threes everywhere, talking and laughing with each other, quietly waiting for Tianjin Maritime The beginning of the third batch of enrollment on the college side.

The graduates of Tianjin Maritime Academy really mean a golden rice bowl, a promising and bright future.

The first batch of graduates can now earn a few taels of silver for a casual trip to the sea. If they go to North Korea, they can at least earn a few hundred taels of silver.

At the beginning, there were more than a thousand students, all of whom were miserable. Many of them were so poor that they couldn’t even afford food, so they fled to the capital, and finally became students of the Maritime Academy by chance.

But now, each of these people has recovered from salty fish. Not only do they have a good house in Tianjin, but each of them has at least saved a family property of thousands of taels of silver. Some of them performed well and became captains. That was even more remarkable, becoming a very popular figure.

Many big shots from the capital will personally try to win over these people, because whether it is fishing or doing business, these people who can be captains are indispensable.

Dividends to the captain are indispensable for fishing at sea, and the same is true for doing business at sea. Just take a casual trip, and you can earn money that others can't even dream of in a lifetime.

As for the second batch of students, all of them are extremely bullish now. They go fishing every day, and the money keeps pouring into their pockets like running water. It's not long after graduation.

The original bachelor has also become a hot commodity, and there are a lot of matchmakers who want to match you; the former poor are now full of pockets, building houses, marrying wives, and doing everything well.

Everyone in Tianjin knows that the students who graduated from Tianjin Maritime Academy are the most profitable, those who can go to sea every day, followed by those shipbuilders in Tianjin Shipyard. Not bad, the key is not to go to sea bumps.

Then there are workers in the Tianjin Glass Factory. Because the price of glass is very expensive, the salaries of employees in this glass factory are also very high, but ordinary people cannot get in at all, and the glass factory does not recruit workers at all.

Those who earn the lowest income are those who work in Tianjin Cement Plant and Tianjin Port, but this is only lower than the others. Compared with other industries in Tianjin, these are still high salaries, which are still enviable. , Countless people dream of being able to enter it and do things.

Because everyone knows that Tianjin Maritime Academy can make a lot of money and have a bright future after graduation, so when they learned that the Maritime Academy is going to recruit the third batch of students, everyone in Tianjin is crazy, as long as they roughly meet the requirements Almost all the young and middle-aged people flocked here, holding the attitude of giving it a try, wanting to see if they could enter.

Most of them are still employees in many industries under Liu Jin's command. These people have more experience and know more. Naturally, this ambition is also bigger. To study here at the Maritime Academy and earn more money after graduation.

Or some people learned about the vast world outside of Ming Dynasty after taking night classes, and they yearned for it. They wanted to go to the sea and experience the outside world.

"It's really lively~"

Liu Jin brought Zhao Erhu to the entrance of the Maritime Academy. Looking at the dark crowd, when he was in it, it was really crowded, and a smile appeared on Liu Jin's face.

"It's a lot, and some of them are in charge."

Zhao Erhu nodded, his eyes kept looking back and forth among the crowd.

"It's probably yearning for the outside world."

Liu Jin smiled and said that Liu Jin was very happy to see the phenomenon of everyone signing up enthusiastically. He looked at the crowd and pricked up his ears to listen to what these people were talking about.

"Brother Liu, why don't you cut off your long hair?"

"Why do you want to cut off your long hair? Don't you all know the reason why your parents don't dare to harm your body, hair and skin?"

"Brother Liu, you can't wear long hair when you go to sea, because long hair is difficult to manage, and it is easy to breed unclean things. The colleges of Tianjin Maritime Academy all have short hair, let alone cut it shorter. That's all, it's not that you're ordained to become a monk, worthy of your parents, your thinking is too backward, and you definitely won't be able to enter the Maritime Academy like this."

"Ah, there is such a saying?"

"Otherwise, if you look at the people around you, no one has already cut their hair short beforehand, especially those employees of Tianjin Port and Tianjin Cement Plant, who have even shaved their beards clean."

"Brother Zhang, why didn't you say it earlier, where can I find the scissors now?"

"Brother Liu, there is a haircutting shop next to Tianjin Maritime Academy. You should go and get a haircut now. You can shave off your beard casually. There is still time."

"Okay, Brother Zhang, you must wait for me."

"..."

Liu Jin couldn't help laughing when he saw a man with long hair rushing to cut off his long hair. In Tianjin, short hair is becoming more and more popular. There are even people who cut hair for people. Yes, this is definitely a good thing. After touching his long hair, Liu Jin also thought about finding a time to cut it. It was too long, and he was really not used to it, and always felt awkward.

"Everyone, everyone, this is Shen Yang from Sihai Commercial Bank. Our Sihang Commercial Bank has ordered a few ships at Tianjin Shipyard, and we need hundreds of crew members. If you are successful in entering Tianjin Maritime Academy, you can come and get in touch. Next, our Four Seas Commercial Bank is willing to hire everyone in advance, starting from entering the Maritime Academy, our Four Seas Commercial Bank is willing to pay five taels of silver per month, and after graduation, the basic monthly salary will not be less than ten taels of silver."

"Everyone~ everyone, our Sangong Commercial Bank has recruited seamen. As long as you can enter the Maritime Academy and sign a contract with us, we are willing to pay you five taels of silver per month for your study expenses in the academy. After you graduate successfully, the basic monthly salary will not be less than Ten taels of silver..."

Just when Liu Jin felt that his long hair was awkward, someone walked through the crowd holding a sign and kept shouting, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Oh my God~ As long as you enter the college, you can get five taels of silver monthly money, and after you graduate successfully, you can get ten taels of silver monthly money, this..."

After someone heard this, they opened their mouths wide in surprise.

"It's rare to see. This Four Seas Trading Company is to recruit enough sailors in advance, so they give you a monthly fee of five taels of silver. However, no one who can enter the academy will care about this mere monthly fee of five taels of silver."

Some people seem to know the market very well, and they seldom say it without a care.

Hearing this person's words, the people around them widened their eyes, and then secretly clenched their fists, cheering themselves up, thinking that they must enter Tianjin Maritime Academy.

It's just that you are recruited, and someone is willing to pay you five taels of silver a month, just to sign you in advance.

The monthly money of five taels of silver is definitely a proper high income in this era. It is a number that ordinary people dare not even think about. This makes many people's eyes turn red. The inside is full of infinite yearning and longing, as if this is a holy place, even if you desperately want to enter.

　Two in one chapter~~
　　
　
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