Farming Space: The Lucky and Lovely Lady Come to Farm

Chapter 343 The boat is bought

 It turns out that the shipyard is near the inland river terminal. Once the ship is built, it can go directly to sea along the inland river.

The shipyard is government-run. When Gu Zhang and his party arrived at the shipyard, Shitou showed some voucher to the official, and an official immediately invited everyone in politely.

Everyone was led by officials into a particularly tall shipbuilding factory. There were several semi-finished ships inside and hundreds of workers were busy.

After looking around inside, the officials took everyone outside. Outside, there were many completed ships parked by the river.

The largest ship was several stories high, more than a hundred meters long, and dozens of meters wide. It was really a huge thing.

The official pointed to the boats and said as he walked: "These boats are made of fine nanmu. The labor cost alone costs thousands of taels of silver. We can only build dozens of boats a year."

 Gu Zhang remembered his daughter’s words to buy the biggest one, so he stared at the biggest boat.

After seeing it, he asked the official, "If I want to buy this ship, when can I pick up the goods?"

The official shook his head repeatedly, "Even if you want to buy one, you have to wait until next year. The ten completed ships have been ordered by others a long time ago."

Gu Zhang was stunned at that time. He thought he could buy it with money when he came.

Finally, Shitou said, "Since there are ready-made ones, our prince wants all ten of them. You just have to take your time and do what they have ordered. The prince can't wait here."

The official bowed to the stone and said, "Brother, I can't make the decision on this matter. Please wait a moment while I ask the superior officer to come over."

The official told his subordinates to greet several people, and he hurriedly looked for them.

 Everyone took the time to discuss it. If ten ships could be captured, the Gu family would take two, Mr. Zhu would take two each, and the prince would take four.

After waiting for a cup of tea, the official came over with several people.

The first one, wearing a fifth-grade official uniform, came over to greet a few people and said politely to Shitou: "This boat was originally ordered by a wealthy businessman named Wang. Since it is the prince who wants the boat, I will keep him close to him first." I can do it, just a little bit, the money to buy the boat—"

Shitou smiled and said, "Don't worry, your money won't be shortchanged. The price will be whatever it is."

The official breathed a sigh of relief, "So, I don't know whether to deliver the goods now or -"

Shitou said cheerfully: "You can pay me now."

Everyone came well prepared and feared that the night would be long and they would have many dreams, so they immediately handed over the money. Young Master Zhu also gave the two officials a 200-tael silver note with a wink.

 Once the formalities are completed, the boat is purchased. Once you get the voucher, you can sail the boat away.

Gu Zhang didn’t even raise his head as he ate his meal, “When we go out to sea, we have a lot of knowledge. Master Yu is a veteran and knows a lot. I asked him to help me find the captain and sailor.”

“Master Zhu told me that if I don’t know where to buy something, I can go with his manager. They have good knowledge and can guarantee the lowest price.”

Gu Fei nodded, "Dad is going to have a hard time during this period."

Gu Zhang waved his hand, "That's right, but there are still many complicated things here. Tomorrow I have to call your eldest uncle and Jin Sheng to run with us, so that we can get familiar with the ways here early."

He was eating and suddenly grinned, "Do you know how to wrap this porcelain so that it doesn't break when it goes to sea?"

Gu Fei said with a wink, "I don't know, does dad know?"

 (End of this chapter)