The officials in Kaifeng also knew what Zhang Xiaobao was doing. It was reasonable to say that they should stop him and not let the people under their jurisdiction leave. However, if they really wanted to do so, they had to solve these personal problems first. Obviously, the officials did not want to take out extra money.
After last year's autumn harvest, they had taken out money to make up for it in the winter. Now that it was spring, the price of some things was rising. The people in the disaster area did not even have a seed. There were too many things to make up for. No one knew if the drought would continue this year. If it continued like this, it was better not to care about those few pieces of land first.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaobao's plan to pull people in went very smoothly. In order to block this matter, the officials even turned a blind eye to the passing fourth-rank officials and the Little Prince and let people pull the disaster victims in groups.
The two cargo ships were emptied, but they did not make much money. They were too close, so they could only say that they were keeping their capital. The ships that were emptied were not used to carry people, but to carry food, so that the disaster victims could eat on the way.
The 18 ships, each of which was emptied a little space, could hold 800 to 800 people. Of course, Li Xun and the Zhang family's flagship would not let the disaster victims come on board. The Zhang family had too many secrets, and Li Xun wanted to ensure their safety.
On the first day, only 60 people were found. From the second day onwards, more people were found. In five consecutive days, a total of 841 people were found.
In five days, Zhang Xiaobao earned an extra 200 strings of coins, which made the people who knew about it really speechless. After stopping the ships, Zhang Xiaobao saw that the goods they brought did not make much money, and only kept their capital, so he immediately asked people to buy fish, shrimps, and other grains and vegetables here.
The people on the ships moved and sold rice. Kaifeng was not much worse than Chang 'an. It was very prosperous. The rice was divided into different grades. The highest grade earned three strings of coins, the middle grade earned two strings of coins, and the low grade earned one string of coins. The people on the docks, the people coming and going, and the pedestrians on the streets of Kaifeng.
In five days, the fresh and delicious food was cheap, so Zhang Xiaobao sold more than 70,000 sets. It became a trend here, especially for the people in Kaifeng who had retired, their family members, and their servants began to spread the news on the second day.
Zhang Xiaobao did not expect this kind of thing. He thought that it would be enough to make a few strings of coins, mainly to train the people on the ships to cook. At the same time, he let some smart people understand the idea of grasping business opportunities.
According to Wang Juan's words, they should not give Zhang Xiaobao any chance. When he had no money, they should not listen to him. When he had money, they should avoid him when they heard his name. This way, he would not be able to earn money.
Weiwei and Liu 'er were in charge of calculating the accounts. When all the accounts were out, they looked at the Young Master with even more admiration. Just by stopping the ships and waiting for people, they could make so much money. 200 strings of coins, which was enough to buy seeds and farming tools for the people of a county and feed them for more than a month.
After stopping here for 10 days and half a month, there were no more victims. It seemed that the officials in Kaifeng were not as capable as the Young Master and could not be compared to the Zhang family.
At this time, some people had learned the cooking methods of the fleet and started to make all kinds of rice. When Zhang Xiaobao saw that most people had arrived, he did not want to waste any more time and ordered the fleet to continue moving.
When the 18 ships left, the officials in Kaifeng went to the docks to watch.
"Fang Shaoyi, what do you think of this?" An official asked another official.
"County Magistrate Tian, what do you think?" Fang Shaoyi did not answer directly, but asked a question in return.
County Magistrate Tian thought for a while and said, "I don't know. What's going on? They bought all kinds of things from us and transferred them to them to make the food that is convenient to eat. They actually sold so much. The restaurants and restaurants here also have the kind of fast food that can be eaten immediately. Why did they buy it from them? "
"I think I understand. Although we also have fast food here, the rice and vegetables are separated. The vegetables have less soup, so they put the rice and vegetables together. They also have a special kind of small pickled vegetables. It has a lot of juice, and it is faster to eat. The taste is also different from normal.
I estimate that they can earn more than 100 strings of coins in these five days. Even a ship of goods can't earn so much, unless they ship the goods from far away and don't have here. This is great. In the future, we will also do this in Kaifeng. "
Fang Shaoyi analyzed. He just did not count the money they earned. County Magistrate Tian thought for a while and said, "Fang Shaoyi is really good. This time, we have a lot of free land. When the new year is better, other people will come and save us a lot of trouble. Zhang Zhong is really not a small matter.
Initially, I was just here to watch the show. However, a person who can rule over a county and a province hasn't made any progress with Lu Zhou. It seems like it's impossible. He can earn so much money just by docking a ship. When he gets there and takes charge, perhaps there'll be people fighting to go to Lingnan. "
"We can't compete with this kind of person. Let's go back and have a look. We have been stopped for five days, and we have collected a lot of taxes. The Zhang family and Zhang Zhong, we must not offend them in the future."
Fang Shaoyi was surprised and happy. In the future, there would be a lot of simple food here. The shops, restaurants, and even the common people would have more income. The yamen would collect more taxes. At the same time, he also learned something. This was a good thing.
He was surprised because as long as the Zhang family was there, people would be scared and do things unrestrainedly.
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The fleet continued to move forward, and the eight hundred and forty-one people on board were all changed into new clothes, and their hair was also combed. Those who were sick or injured were also treated, and the money used was the two hundred strings of string of coins. Even so, it was not spent.
The clothes and medicinal herbs added up to 50 strings of coins per person. When bought in bulk, the price was cheap. 40 strings of coins was enough.
Before they boarded the ship, they had been told where they were going. Lu Zhou, a very far place. However, these people did not object. They were originally fleeing. As long as they could survive and did not leave Tang, it did not matter where they went.
When they boarded the ship, they were very obedient. They knew that there was a Little Prince, a fourth-grade official, and a seventh-grade official, so they did not dare to cause trouble. They just did what they were told.
Besides, the food was not bad. There were white flour steamed buns, a vegetarian dish, a meat dish, and a soup. Not to mention when they were fleeing, they did not dare to eat such food every meal in normal times.
Some people who had followed others to Sanshui County began to tell others about the power of the owner of the fleet.
There was no need to deliberately exaggerate. When the truth was told, people who did not know were frightened. Because of the existence of the Zhuangzi and Zhang Family, the people of Sanshui County could eat meat every day. As long as they were willing, they could eat dumplings every meal.
Zhang Family and Wang Family were even more amazing. Every family lived in a two-story building. The children went to school, and the adults also had time to learn. Except when they were working, they did not wear clothes made of coarse hemp. If one family paid, they could buy a small shop in an ordinary place. If several families paid together, they dared to buy a restaurant.
How much money did they have? Being a farmer was like this. Who cared about contracts? If they were driven away, they would not leave. They would be farmers.
After such publicity, the escapees began to identify with the fleet. Whenever Zhang Zhong, Li Xun, and Wang Juan's father had nothing to do, they would go to other ships to have a look. These escapees respectfully expressed that they would work hard when they arrived at the place and would be willing to become new farmers.
As a result, Zhang Xiaobao had to arrange things in advance. There was no Zhuangzi yet. No matter what, they had to choose a place. A map that looked like a map was placed on the table. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were thinking about where to buy land. Both families had officials, so they would be given some land.
Zhang Zhong was a fourth-rank official, with a yearly salary of 265 shi and seven hectares of farmland. Wang Juan's father was a seventh-rank official, with a yearly salary of 70 shi and 30 to 50 mu of farmland. Neither of them had a title of nobility, nor did they have any meritorious service, otherwise they would have received even more.
In fact, Li Xun had the most. He had not been officially appointed as a Marquis. He was just eating from his family. He was still young. When he grew up and had a fief, he should be a Commandery Prince. Just the land alone was 150 mu. He was anxious. When he grew up, he would be able to rule his own place.
"What kind of lousy map is this? It's not detailed at all. Where can we find land? "Wang Juan looked at the simple map. She really did not know what to do.
Zhang Xiaobao was also confused. The game maps he bought were more detailed than this. Who drew this map? He sighed helplessly and rolled up the precious map again.
"Forget it. We'll look at it when we get there. Let's choose an ordinary place and improve it. When we get to Suzhou, oh, it's called Chuzhou, we'll see if there are any good specialties there. I heard that the Suzhou embroidery there is good. Let's buy some to make clothes. "
"Specialties? Does Biluochun count? I heard that there was also Jiangzao fish. Let's get the tea first and then buy more Jiangzao fish. We can sell them at a high price. "Wang Juan remembered these two things.
Zhang Xiaobao disagreed, "Biluochun is fine, but Jiangzao fish is not. No matter how good Jiangzao fish is, it can't be sold at a high price. The next stop is Zhejiang. Then we'll walk along the sea. Who will buy frozen Jiangzao fish?"
"Forget it. Biluochun is fine. We can go there at this time. We can buy more." Wang Juan did not care about the Jiangzao fish.
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