Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

Some of the materials and technologies that have been lost are the development hardware that Yingzhou urgently needs.

As the nearest Daxia, Yingzhou would naturally not give up the opportunity to hug his thighs and gather his wool.

That’s how running the Merchant Navy came about.

Some people may be confused.

Businessmen are chasing profits, and Yingzhou is poor and backward. Is there anything that can bring high profits?

This naturally exists.

The first is gold and silver. Yingzhou has very rich reserves of gold and silver. There are many mines and veins. Literally, there is a mine at home... Just the circulation of gold and silver itself is enough for merchants to earn a lot of money;

The second is the various outputs from the Shadow World. Yingzhou has many interesting local products, and there are some varieties of output from the Shadow World that are not available in Daxia.

If Daxia wants to mine the Shadow World, it will take more than half a year just to go through the various procedures, then to the settlement of the project and the inspection and acceptance by the Tenth Division. Two or three years are not enough at all, and a huge capital investment is needed in the early stage; but Yingzhou Otherwise, human life here is worthless.

Whether they are fishermen or the laborers who harvest output in the shadow world, it is "if you don't do it, others will do it." People at the bottom of society can only sell their labor and even their lives in exchange for relatively high incomes.

Although the shadow world in Yingzhou is stable, the level of danger is not low. It is similar to the black mines in Africa. There are not so many safety measures, and people are exchanging human lives for money.

Usually, it only takes one year of work to earn twenty or even thirty years of income, but the vast majority of low-level workers do not survive more than half a year.

"When doing business in Yingzhou, there are usually three difficulties."

"The first step is to go to sea from Daxia. You have to pay taxes every time you enter or leave... Daxia Shisi keeps a close eye on them. Those who try to sneak ashore usually have just sold the goods and think they are After making a lot of money, he was sent to the bureau to take care of him. Not only was his trip in vain, but he also lost all his money."

"I have all formal channels here, all are formal channels, and the goods are also normal goods."

A young man sat across the table and asked curiously: "Is it a color TV, a refrigerator, or a washing machine?"

"Hahaha." The old captain laughed loudly: "Your idea is typical of the first time I come to Yingzhou. Although these goods are also popular, they occupy too much area and the profit margin is not high. Usually they are not It takes less time to sell it, and fewer people can afford it.”

"In the past, Daxia talked about sending electrical appliances to the countryside, but that was all thanks to the already established power grid. In Yingzhou, it's good enough to have a stable power supply to the city, and most people can't afford electrical appliances."

"The best-selling items here are actually those related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, such as bicycles, clothes, sewing machines, soap, oh, and radios."

The young man had a strange expression: "Three turns and one sound?"

"Yes, three turns and one beep is quite appropriate." The old captain took a sip of wine: "Usually these goods are directly transferred to dealers, and then sold by peddlers to remote places in the countryside, but in recent times, In 2017, Yingzhou received a lot of funds and set up some factories, which gave it some hematopoietic capabilities. Some commodities are no longer dependent on imports, and prices have gone down."

"But there's no need to worry. On the contrary, there are plenty of higher-end products in Daxia."

"There is no need to buy new goods. Even if they are just second-hand goods that are 90% new, there is no need to worry about sales here."

"It's a pity that the most critical medicines or elixirs require special permits to be allowed to go abroad. That is the biggest huge profit. There is almost no market in Yingzhou. It's a pity that I don't dare to take risks."

The young man poured a glass of wine for the old captain and continued to ask: "What is this second difficulty?"

"Of course it's the death tide." The old captain pointed to the gray fog outside the window.

"This doesn't seem like anything," the young man said.

"It just looks like it. I didn't see that the ships here are all wrapped like rice dumplings. They are all to isolate the fog of the death tide. The outer shells are reinforced with the highest strength materials." The old captain patted the hull of the ship. Said: "My wealth and life are all on these five ships. Two generations of my family have worked hard for so many years to get these five ships. The average cost of each one is more than one million!"

"Without it, I really wouldn't dare to cross this death wave... Ordinary people would be stunned if they took one breath of this gray mist."

"Even if you are an extraordinary person, if your level is not good enough, you will die if you get lost in it."

"This dead tide can isolate souls from detection. Once you enter it, you will not be able to tell where you are. All detection will fail. You can't see the sky. You can only see the vast sea and endless gray fog." The old captain shouted. He took a sip of wine and said, "Those who are not brave enough will be scared to death! Therefore, I have to be very careful every time I go on a boat!"

The young man glanced at the wine bottle in the other person's hand and said nothing.

"Well, be brave. I have a good drinker and can drink a thousand glasses." The old captain laughed.

"All detections have failed, so ocean trade cannot go away, but offshore trade should not be completely cut off."

"Hey, Daxia doesn't like Yingzhou. It's not worth fighting for. It's enough to just mobilize some civil forces." The old captain patted his chest: "Just like me. The fleets of more than a dozen shipping companies could not even stop at the small pier in Edo a few years ago."

"How do you determine the direction?" the young man asked, looking out the window.

"Experience." The old captain said mysteriously: "So, you must not believe it, hahaha, this is the secret of every caravan. If there is no knowledge, anyone can do this business, and we should have been Eliminated, little brother, don’t you think so?”

The young man stopped at that point and didn't ask any more questions.

He could also guess that it was probably related to something underwater.

The dead tide covers the ocean, but has no effect underwater.

It's a pity that the submarine technology in this world has not broken through the singularity, otherwise there would still be a chance to usher in the Age of Navigation.

"What's the third difficulty?"

"The third difficulty..." The old captain thought for a while, and then continued after arranging his words: "Of course it's the trouble from Yingzhou. Alas... this is the most troublesome. After all, we are in a foreign land. Stranger, we have made a lot of money, and many people in Yingzhou are jealous."

"Especially those big Chinese surnames, they are all like jackals and tigers. Seeing us making money makes them feel more sad than them losing money."

“So if you want to sell goods, you have to try your best to take routes related to these local forces.”

"They are looking for money, and we are looking for money...This is ultimately a business issue."

"It's a pity that the local nobles in Yingzhou are not particular about it. We went all the way and risked our lives, but they got seven points of the profit. Why?"

The old captain took a sip of wine and said angrily: "There are many sects here. In the past few years, it was okay, there were always some rules, and the development of the chamber of commerce was pretty good. In recent years, life has been more difficult, just because of the local people in Yingzhou. There is unrest, various places are fighting for territory, and the power has changed greatly, which makes us very anxious."

Listening to the old captain's thoughts.

The young man said: "It seems that we are almost arriving in Yingzhou."

At this time, the old captain vaguely saw the shadow of an island and smiled: "You can't run so fast at Wangshan Mountain. We have to walk for more than three hours. You can go down and rest for a while." When we get there, if we run into trouble, we may need your help."

"nature."

The young man left the bow position and returned to the room.

Looking through the window at the islands in the distance.

There is a tachi lying across his knees.

"This time, it's really been ten years since we last saw each other."

Chapter 575 Cai Hong

It was already the end of January.

From December to January, too much happened, but it was also too complicated.

And there’s not much to say.

For Bai Yu, it was probably the most peaceful period since he traveled here.

There is no more imminent crisis, no more danger anytime, anywhere.

He would be safe if he stayed in the capital.

In mid-December, I took the time to visit the Su family and accompanied Su Ruoli and Su Ruo to return to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

Mr. Su was very happy. After drinking too much, he held his hand and said that Bai Yu and Su Ruoli had already been married by fingertips... and asked them to get the certificate early.

Bai Yu could only laugh at this.

Although he is free, peace does not mean tranquility. On the contrary, it is simply full of dangers and cannot be said to be comfortable at all.

Su Ruoli still doesn't know yet, but her sister is doing all kinds of bold things in secret.

Because Su Ruoli and Bai Yu had just grown up, they had no intention of really crossing the line.

Bai Yu also has strong self-control and is mentally mature. No matter how he wants to attack an eighteen-year-old girl, he is a little psychologically pressured, so the two sides get along well.

But Su Ruoji was different, she was already a mature adult... She had to do something.

Even if you can't cross that line, you can't keep the advantage you should take advantage of and the tofu you should eat.

Fortunately, Bai Yu had the destiny editor's vest, otherwise just the strawberry mark left on his neck every day and Su Ruoli saw it would definitely be a precursor to the civil war in the Su family.

Because Su Ruoji was restless, Bai Yu's mental pressure became even greater.

It wasn't until late December, when Su Ruoji went to work in Yama Luo Sili, that the pressure on Bai Yu's side suddenly decreased. Finally, he didn't have to worry about opening the quilt early in the morning and seeing a big girl cocooning inside.

She is gone.

But it was Mu Yaoxi and Ruan Qingxue who took over.

The two of them are not very aggressive, and their desire to attack is not particularly strong, but when it comes to the Shura Field, there is only a difference in intensity. No matter how low the intensity is, whether it is the Shura Field or the Shura Field.

But in order to set up the Shen Ce Mansion, Bai Yu could not leave and spent a whole month dealing with matters related to the Shen Ce Mansion.

But he knew that he couldn't stay long, so what he wanted to leave behind was a system that could operate on its own.

This took a lot of energy.

In this process, two incidents occurred.

The first incident was that Ruan Qingshan officially married a girl from the Nangong family.

It only took less than a month from the time they met to hold the wedding. There was a foundation of relationship, but it was definitely not deep. This may be regarded as a kind of marriage.

Bai Yu said nothing about this and attended the wedding as a friend. He was not sure what direction the Ruan family would take in the future and could only leave it to the siblings to decide.

The second episode was after Bai Yu finished dealing with the initial establishment of Shence Mansion.

He went back to Penglai to complete the procedures for studying abroad.

Before he left, Bai Potian left a letter of recommendation from the Royal Academy of Rome. This was also the official certificate for Bai Yu to study abroad in Rome.

He had just returned to Penglai on the front foot and was warmly welcomed on the back foot.

The scene might have been too lively at that time. Enthusiastic seniors and senior students rushed over, and the clothes in Bai Yu's hands were filled with various contact information and small notes.

Back in Penglai, Bai Yu immediately went to see Long Jianquan.

The latter said that she had not yet decided when she would return to her daughter's body, but she was very grateful to Bai Yu for killing Jin Peng, and she was finally freed from the nightmare.

After saying goodbye to Long Jianquan, Bai Yu went to see Lu Danxin, and was then led to meet the dean of Chuanwu Academy.

The two parties chatted for a full day and night. During this period, the top of the mountain was surrounded by clouds and mist, and occasionally thunder burst out.

At noon the next day, Bai Yu descended from Penglai Mountain safely.

What exactly happened has become a rumor.

That night, Bai Yu found Bai Feng Ai as the editor of fate.

She received a letter from Yingzhou a week ago.

This letter came from the Bai Feng family, and it seemed that something had happened.

She originally started packing her luggage and planned to return to Yingzhou.

But studying abroad is not easy. Once you go back, you may not be able to come back within a year, and you will miss a great opportunity to study at Penglai College.

Bai Yu took the letter and offered to take a look at Bai Feng's house in Yingzhou.

Bai Fengyai knelt down in excitement at that time... So the problem that Yingzhou people have weak legs when they are excited should be changed.

After taking the letter, he checked it and found that he really needed to go.

This letter from home has a small number of words, but a large amount of information.

First, it was mentioned that the Shiramine family is currently short of manpower; secondly, it was mentioned that Amamiya Mahiru was not in the family and her whereabouts were unknown; and finally, the words shogunate were mentioned, indicating that the storm was coming, and it was the time when the clan members needed to unite...

Overall, the current situation of the Bai Feng family is not very optimistic.

But even if the Shirakine siblings who were studying abroad were called back, it wouldn't be of much help. Knowing this, Naomi Shiromine still insisted on doing so, so there were two possibilities.

Either it was really urgent; or the person this letter really wanted to convey was not Shirakine Ai, but him.

Bai Yu didn't mind this little cleverness very much.

It was about Amamiya Mahiru, so he had to take a trip to feel at ease.

The ferry ticket originally scheduled to depart in mid-February was changed to the end of January in advance.

Little knowledge: The Spring Festival of Daxia is on January 1st. There is no distinction between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar in Daxia. There is only one calendar, that is, the lunar calendar.

The establishment of the solar calendar is based on the period of the blue star's revolution around the sun...one revolution is one year;

The lunar calendar is formulated based on this, adding the changes in the moon phases... The moon revolves around the blue star once, which is January;

The Xia calendar is the lunar calendar, so Baiyu will set off after the Spring Festival.

Yingzhou uses the same calendar as the Xia calendar, so there is no deviation in time.

……

Coming back to his senses, Bai Yu looked out the window and saw that the tide of death had gradually faded away.