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Father Liu brought Zhang Hu and his son to the man. The man was holding a notebook and watching the people carrying goods from the ship while recording with a brush in the notebook. As the goods on the ship became less and less, his work was almost coming to an end.

He had already noticed when Liu's father and the other two stood beside him, but no one said anything to him, so he just minded his own business and ignored them.

Father Liu stood still for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then asked, "Boss, can our cargo ship carry people?"

It turned out to be someone who wanted to take a boat. After looking at the three people and then at Lin Weizhong and the other person, the man replied, "How many people are there among you? Where do you want to go? We can take people and charge a freight fee depending on the situation."

Father Liu had originally asked this question in order to get closer to his family. Unexpectedly, after receiving the reply, he suddenly had an idea. He thought that if he could travel with the ship, he would definitely arrive faster. This would give him several more days to settle down and spend the New Year together.

"Boss, we still have some people at the market. There are quite a few people. If we go to Shanqing County, how do you think the freight will be charged?"

"This ship will depart tomorrow morning. It will take four to five days to reach Shanqing County. The freight is eight taels of silver per person. If there is any cargo, we will estimate the price based on the cargo."

The price is indeed not cheap, about two taels of silver for a day's voyage, but the journey is indeed much faster, basically saving one third of the time.

No wonder the canal transport business is so profitable at this time. Father Liu thought for a moment and asked again:

"If we still have a mule cart and a horse carriage, can we take them together?"

The man looked around and thought for a while: "Originally it is not possible, but since the ship leaving tomorrow does not have much cargo to transport, there are special animal houses on the ship, but they require additional fees, and you have to supply the fodder yourself.

You can send people to purchase goods at each dock. If you want us to help you with the purchase, you can pay us extra. The price of a horse and a mule is eight taels each."

Father Liu didn't understand: "How can it be more expensive than a person?"

"Of course, the prices they sell are higher than those of ordinary people!"

It's really sad.

After he said this, Liu's father understood. Nowadays, an ordinary servant only cost ten taels of silver, which was no less than the price of a livestock.

"Boss, can we discuss this and get back to you?"

"Okay, I'm going to ship the goods back right away. You can discuss and find Su Wu at the Su family store in the east of the city. If I'm not in the store, you can just tell the waiter that you're a customer who wants to take the cargo ship.

Naturally, someone else will come to receive you. If you agree, please come earlier. If we have received other people or livestock and horses, we may not be able to take you."

"Okay, thank you for the reminder, boss! We'll take our leave now."

After the three of them left, Zhang Hu asked, "Uncle Liu, didn't you want to ask about the gang's power? Why did you just think of taking a boat? It's so expensive!"

"Hu Zi, you know how difficult it is for us to get here. We have been walking for nearly six months. I didn't think about taking a boat before. It was just a sudden idea. Let's discuss it when we get back. It's probably not realistic to take a boat all the way. We don't have the financial resources to do so.

I want someone to get there first and arrange for their settlement as soon as possible, and build up the house we live in before the New Year when there is not much to do. Then everyone will have a place to stay when they arrive."

Zhang Hu understood what he meant as soon as he heard it. He thought that some people should go first, while the other part would still have to go by land. This was a more reasonable arrangement.

"Uncle Liu, you are really thoughtful."

To put it bluntly, Zhang Hu was bought by Lin Weizhong, and he had no right to make decisions. However, through this period of time together, he also knew what kind of person Liu's father was.

He is not the kind of stingy master who is harsh on his servants.

And no matter what others say, as long as it makes sense, he will listen patiently and accept their opinions.

Whether it was him or the two old women before.

He was quite glad to be able to follow such a group of people.

"It was an idea that came to me suddenly. As for how to implement it, we'll talk about it when we get back."

When Lin Weizhong saw Liu's father coming, he also brought Lin Keyu over. After the cargo on this ship was loaded, the porters had nothing to do, and the work of loading cargo at other docks was basically finished as well.

No new ships docked.

He took the initiative to chat with the porters for a while, and gave each of them some roasted chestnuts he had prepared.

These people told him a lot of things enthusiastically, which were definitely more gossip than what Liu's father and others had heard.

However, judging from the look on Father Liu's face, he must have learned some important news, and his expression had changed.

"Uncle Liu, what did you find out?"

"I didn't get any news. I talked to my boss about the boat trip and came up with a new idea. I just told Zhang Hu about it.

I will tell you my thoughts after I get back. You can tell me what you have learned first, and I think you will gain more. "

After Lin Weizhong heard him talk about taking a boat, he roughly understood his idea and was also very surprised. You know, taking a boat means going on water, so it will definitely arrive a long time earlier, at least half the time earlier, maybe even more earlier.

"I do know a lot of gossip here, Uncle Liu, let's talk as we walk."

After that, he said to Lin Keyu: "Keyu, you take your brother and follow me. I want to talk to your Grandpa Wang and Uncle Zhang."

Lin Keyu is quite tall. He held Zhang Peng's hand and followed behind.

"Zhang Peng, let me tell you, I heard everything my father said when he was trying to find out the news, and I can tell you about it, too."

"it is good"

Luo Hong taught them a lot of knowledge, and they also learned some official languages ​​and dialects at that time. Fortunately, they could understand the dialects on this line more or less, so there were no obstacles to communication.

Lin Weizhong began to tell the news he had heard about the canal transportation: "Uncle Liu, I heard that the dock on the far side is the dock of the Su Family Chamber of Commerce, and this dock was jointly built by the government and the four major chambers of commerce in Zhongzhou.

It's just that the Su family's financial resources are smaller than the other three, so they are assigned to the edge. However, although the Su Family Chamber of Commerce has the smallest financial resources, it is indeed a family business, and the internal relationships are simpler than those of other chambers of commerce.

The head of the Su family this generation is the eldest son, Su, who has 11 younger brothers and more than 20 younger sisters. Of course, they are not from the same father and mother. Their father had three brothers, and these children include both legitimate sons and daughters as well as illegitimate sons and daughters.

From what they said, the family is quite harmonious, but there must be some problems within the big family.

Maybe it just hasn't been circulated.

The largest of the four chambers of commerce is Qingshan Chamber of Commerce, which is composed of two major families.

Why is it the largest chamber of commerce? It is because their family has a master who is an official in the imperial court, and now he is the third-rank Shaoqing of the Ministry of Revenue.

There is no saying here that businessmen cannot take part in the imperial examinations, so in the future there will be no conflict between being a businessman and taking the imperial examinations.

Two of the chambers of commerce were named, but the Su family chamber of commerce was the chamber of commerce of the Su family.

The other two chambers of commerce are composed of several merchants.

Those people only worked at the dock of the Su Family Chamber of Commerce, and the Su Family Chamber of Commerce had a pretty good reputation among them.

Here I would like to focus on Qingshan Chamber of Commerce. The current president of Qingshan Chamber of Commerce is also the president of the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

He followed the founding emperor since the early days of the country and donated a lot of gold, silver and treasures to him.

It has lasted for two hundred years and has gone through five emperors.

Knowing this news, it will be much more difficult for us to do business in the future. These chambers of commerce must have a certain monopoly on some larger industries.”