Chapter 107 The wind has changed
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Zhu Zhi and Mr. Zhu Qi went to the dock to send Fang Zhiwen and Mr. Zhen and his party away. This is a special dock belonging to the Zhu family. Unexpectedly, players will see Fang Zhiwen's journey.
Looking at the sail shadows that were getting farther and farther away, Mr. Zhu Qi sighed with regret and reluctance. Zhu Zhi turned around and looked at the heroic cousin who was short of breath, and hummed unhappy, which made Mr. Zhu Qi feel a little embarrassed.
"No prospect!" Zhu Zhi made up with reluctance, which made Mr. Zhu Qi even more embarrassed.
"Brother, do you think the cooperation with the Zhen family is beneficial to us? Why do I think this cooperation seems to be more beneficial to the Zhen family? In fact, there are so many families in the north, so we are not necessarily in a hurry to make an appointment with the Zhen family!"
Mr. Zhu Qi was obviously changing the topic because the matter was settled, and it was too late to say anything. Secondly, Mr. Zhu Qi also participated in the entire negotiation. Now let’s talk about these things, what is it that is not a hindsight?
After glanced at the cousin who was dodging his eyes, Zhu Zhi said as if he was talking to himself: "From the small profit in front of us, it seems that our Zhu family has suffered a little loss, but from the overall perspective of this matter, the biggest loss is the short prefect, who did not make any money. Do you think our Zhu family is doing this authentically?"
"What does this matter? He is a short prefect, what is there to be afraid of? Even if he can really gain a foothold on the grassland, can he still take advantage of our Zhu family far away in Jiangdong?"
Zhu Zhi shook his head quietly and said slowly: "The foundation of a family is strength, and equally important is also famous. If we tell the matter this time, the reputation of our Zhu family will be bad."
Mr. Zhu Qi looked at his eldest brother in surprise and asked with a little nervousness: What should I do?"
"Haha, hasn't it been done? How can Lord Fang not understand our thoughts? So Mr. Zhen's second son's proposal. In fact, what we can see is Lord Fang's proposal. We seem to have suffered some losses now and agreed on things. Not to mention who will take advantage of the future. At least for now, all three of us think it can be accepted, that's enough. To be honest, there are indeed many families in the north that can cooperate with, but the strong are too strong, the weak are too weak, the near is too close, and the far is too far, so the Zhen family is a good choice. I won't read this wrong."
Zhu Zhi stroked his beard with a smug smile on his face. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the results of his negotiations.
Mr. Zhu Qi didn't know what he thought of, and his face suddenly became a little ugly: "Brother, are you saying that Mr. Zhen is actually doing business for Prefect Fang this time? Why did he suddenly get so close to Prefect Fang?"
Zhu Zhi glared at Mr. Zhu Qi and said with some anger: "This is a matter of benefit. And I think the Zhen family and Lord Fang must have already agreed to cooperate. After all, the two families are close to each other and can support each other. The Zhen family is also eager to find companions. Not to mention anything else, just the Miyun Fortress held by Lord Fang, the Zhen family can be regarded as a safe place to live, and even move important shops into the Miyun Fortress to get the protection of Lord Fang. If Lord Fang wants to do something, he needs the support of the Zhen family, the giant merchant in Jizhou, especially food and grass, which is a necessity for war, and he can't buy it even if he wants to."
Mr. Zhu Qi thought about it and suddenly realized, "I understand. Their levels are similar. They can restrain each other, so it is easier to form allies. If Fang Taigong is strong, the Zhen family will hesitate, right?"
"Haha, I finally understand, this is a good match!" Zhu Zhi said meaningfully.
Mr. Zhu Qi's face turned pale and looked like he was hit hard, but then he gritted his teeth and seemed to have made some decision. The expression on his face also changed from confusion to firmness.
"Brother, what about Yi Ren? Will that be a bit alarmist about Master Fang's statement?"
"No, he was very right. We have overlooked this before. The strength of Yi Ren is growing faster and faster. If they really occupy the islands on the coast and have advanced shipbuilding techniques, it will definitely be our Jiangdong family, especially our Zhu family, Wu family, Yu family and other enemies who control shipping and shipbuilding families. They must kill them in the cradle. Once they get things done, it will be troublesome."
Zhu Zhi put his hands behind his back and turned around and walked back along the pier. Mr. Zhu Qi quickly turned around and followed him, walked side by side, and said hurriedly: "What should we do? How can we suppress the power of Yi Ren on the sea?"
Zhu Zhi said without looking back: "This is not the business of our Zhu family. This is the business of all the families in Jiangdong. What should I do? Of course, I have to go to the governor to make an idea. I have contacted the Jianye family and went to visit the governor to the governor to the afternoon. You don't have to worry about these things."
Zhu Zhi pondered for a moment, and suddenly stopped. This caught Master Zhu Qi, who was following him, off guard. He rushed forward and then turned around and looked at his eldest brother with a strange look.
"Lao Qi, please prepare to go north. You will be responsible for building a harbor cargo warehouse with the Zhen family in Qinghekou and the shipyard. Are you willing to do it?"
Mr. Zhu Qi nodded excitedly: "I am willing! I am willing! I am willing to go!"
Zhu Zhi nodded, wanted to speak but stopped, squinted his eyes and shook his head, and turned around and left. Mr. Zhu Qi's expression became slightly darker, but soon he turned firm and quickly chased Zhu Zhi with excitement.
Fang Zhiwen's guess was not wrong at all, although Fang Zhiwen just stood at the port of Jianye for a long time to observe.
The large number of sea ships appearing from players' work. Players' understanding of sea trade and sea routes is much more advanced than the indigenous people in this world. Moreover, the island is lonely overseas. You can only defeat the pirates entrenched on it and occupy the mountain as the king. Of course, the intelligent brain will not easily leave such a huge loophole for players. The pirates on the island are quite powerful map monsters. And they refresh very quickly, and it is really not easy to occupy a decent island.
Another thing that restricts players from doing maritime trade is sea ship technology. The development of navigation technology is the most expensive technical branch in this game. If you want to climb the navigation technology tree, you are not prepared to burn it. Don’t even think about it.
So although the visionary players focused on this big fat overseas at the beginning, three years have passed. The players can only create some low-level offshore ships. Due to the large waves on the sea, 90% of the safety can be guaranteed within a day voyage, but they dare not sail at night. Of course, this is a good weather. If there are wind and waves, then stay at home honestly.
Compared with the Aboriginals in the game, players' current technical achievements are slightly better than those of the Aboriginal ships. However, this premise is that the Aboriginal shipyards rarely pay attention to the sea ships.
In the port of Jianye, the large number of sea ships seen by Fang Zhiwen actually come from the player's shipyard, which also shows from one aspect. The self-production and self-sales system within the player has fully guaranteed that the player's shipbuilding industry has gradually formed a virtuous cycle, and the shipbuilding technology tree has begun to enter the upward stage.
If he doesn't catch up, this sea will be completely a player. In this case, Fang Zhiwen cannot sit idly by, so no matter whether there is any benefit or not, he will break this window paper and inspire the Jiangdong clan to vigorously crack down on players' shipbuilding and maritime careers.
Soon, the land of Jiangdong quietly showed an unnoticed change. First, the Yangzhou Governor's Office issued a mission to severely crack down on pirates and pirates. Moreover, players who received this mission could purchase the latest ships in the shipyard controlled by the Jianye Family at a discounted price.
As for another change, only the lord players will notice, that is, in terms of discovering and obtaining shipbuilding talents, the difficulty of obtaining shipmakers and carpenters has begun to increase, and it is difficult to hire these talents from other places.
Another reason is the chain reaction caused by the removal of pirates. The prices of sea ships rose, and the prices of shipbuilding materials began to rise sharply, and finally there was a shortage. Especially high-quality wood, which can be used for 15 quality on sea ships, began to be in short supply in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and even Jizhou Youzhou, and finally it was out of stock.
Perhaps ordinary players don’t feel anything, and they even make a lot of money because of the mission of destroying pirates. However, for those players who are dedicated to maritime affairs, their winter is coming, although it is the hot summer.
To combat pirates is actually to combat these players who are determined to develop maritime affairs. Because they want to occupy islands overseas, they can only use their pirate status. The policy of Yangzhou Governor's Mansion is to use players to deal with players. Moreover, this trick is an open conspiracy, and you have to continue if you don't want to. You can't hide without going out unless you crouch on the island and don't come out, but there is no food on the island.
As for the latter measure, it is a typical case of cutting off the firewood and cutting off the talents and materials of the shipbuilding industry. No matter how high the player's skills are, they cannot build a ship. Although it is impossible to completely monopolize it, it can at least continuously increase the cost of the player's shipbuilding. This is already very vicious. Moreover, the bulk supply of shipbuilding materials is actually controlled in the hands of the hands. Players want to compete with the face to face, but this condition is not met for the time being.
A policy in Yangzhou officially opened the curtain of players and competition. In the past, players also had conflicts of interest, but this strategic and planned industry-wide suppression finally made players understand that they could no longer look at this game with the old eyes of the past, otherwise they would really be played by the game instead of playing the game.
On the game forum, this incident that became the Yangzhou incident quickly heated up, and countless brick-dome beasts conducted comprehensive analysis and interpretation. Although there were millions of truths in their mouths, all people who were not disabled in their heads understood that this game was really different. The game claimed to be a "world" now seems not to be a lie, so we can no longer play the game with the mentality of the past that we used to regard as background. Instead, we should regard these as indigenous people, and we should fully exchange and interact with these indigenous people, and even compete with them.
When the game was in full swing, the initiator of this matter was wandering around Guangling City. When looking for Sun Jian but failed, Fang Zhiwenzheng put his ideas on the civil officials in Jiangdong, looking for the famous or not-so-famous Jiangdong planners to see if they could kidnap one or two...
Chapter completed!