Chapter 281: Two Roads to Suez City
Suez City.
Zhang Wei looked at the map he just acquired and frowned and murmured: "I'm worried, the canal has not been repaired yet!"
"Young Master?" Luo Sasha saw Zhang Wei frowned and stepped forward and said with concern: "Isn't this Western? Why is the young master frowning?"
"What I want to go to is not here." Zhang Wei pointed to the map and said, "I want to go here. With this short section, I have to go thousands of miles away to reach it."
"Young Master is not going to open up the business road?" Luo Sasha was puzzled and said, "It should be enough for us to get here, right?"
"Well, if you just do business, it's actually enough." Zhang Wei pursed his lips and said, "But he has come here, so he naturally wants to meet old friends."
"Hmph!" Luo Sasha rolled her eyes and said, "Which foreign woman is it?"
"Uh?" Zhang Wei was surprised and hurriedly covered up: "It's mainly William, that is, her brother!"
"Really?" Luo Sasha looked suspicious and said, "Are you really looking for that foreign lady?"
"Not all!" Zhang Wei scratched his nose awkwardly and said, "William is the Duke of Normandy and the King of a Country. If he supports him, it will be much easier for us to do any business, right?"
"Go!" Luo Sasha said slightly dissatisfied, "I also thought that the young master really came to open up the business road. It turned out to be to see the foreign lady. The wife told me that I don't believe it yet!"
When Luo Sasha came, Shiqing reminded her to take good care of Zhang Wei and pay attention to the foreign woman's situation. However, she was just talking and would not really care about Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei did not argue with her anymore because he did have the idea of seeing Adelaide during this trip. After pondering for a long time, he summoned the fleet's supervisor and guard captain Liu Zhiquan.
The fleet is managed in a step-by-step manner. Each ship has a bow, and ten ships are a team. One manager is a team of one person. The guard is a team of thousands of people and one guard. The ten teams are a guard, and it is under the management of the guard captain Liu Zhiquan. Therefore, Zhang did not directly manage six managers and one guard captain.
"Dear bows, I'm going to get off the boat here, you will continue sailing, bypassing here, and we'll meet here!" Zhang did not expand the map, and gestured on it, saying, "I'll go over by land, buy some items along the way, and also check the market price inland."
Several managers looked at each other. They were all Zhang Wei's confidants. When they heard Zhang Wei's words, they were puzzled. One person said, "What is this? If you pass by land, how can we rest assured?"
"I will bring five teams with me, and the rest will follow Liu Zhiquan and walk the sea with you." Zhang Wei pointed to the map and continued: "You pass by the sea, and our things will be transported here. This is the Mediterranean Sea and the most prosperous place in the West. I will wait for you in Normandy!"
"Son-in-law, this is not possible!" A manager frowned and said, "We came to explore the commercial road, and we can't reach that far distance at all. You, son-in-law, are not worth it at all!"
"I have decided, you just need to execute!" Zhang Wei looked at this manager without any doubt. This was a representative of the Yang family's branch, just to expand the Yang family's business route.
"But son-in-law, if we want to operate for a long time, it will be the limit here. If we do business with Normandy, even if the profit is higher, it will take two or three years, which is not very meaningful, right?" The manager still shook his head. Although he knew that he should listen to Zhang Wei's words, he still told what he wanted.
"Haha!" Zhang Wei looked at him for a while, suddenly laughed and said, "It will be several times more profitable to transport the things of the Great Swallow here, but our family cannot get here. However, if it is transported to the most prosperous Mediterranean waters in the West, the profit will increase several times. Do you think this is not pioneering, what is pioneering?"
"But the risk has also increased several times!" The manager frowned and pondered.
"A Western philosopher once said that if there is 50% profit, some people dare to take risks; for double profit, some people dare to trample on the law; for three times profit, some people are willing to sacrifice their lives!"
Zhang Wei paused and said, "Transportation from Dayan to the Mediterranean waters is several times more than here, at least ten times the profit, and the cost of time and navigation risks are paid. Do you think it is worth it?"
The manager was silent for a while and said, "The son-in-law can also walk the sea with us."
"I want to go over in advance to open the joints, otherwise do you think the goods will be sold smoothly when they arrive?" Zhang Wei smiled and continued to fool him: "The West is a lord system, just like the previous ceasings in the Central Plains. There is a prince in every place, which is not something you want to do with anyone you want to do business!"
All the opposition disappeared, and all the people were in deep thought. They knew a little about the situation in the West and understood that what Zhang Wei said was true. Moreover, these nobles who were enfeoffed were not only the owners of the land, but also the merchants of the West. Only they could afford the things from the Great Yan.
"It's settled!" Zhang Wei saw everyone stop talking and continued, "I happened to take half of the people away, but your supplies will still be full, because there are only a few places to replenish from here to the Mediterranean Sea."
He pointed to the map and said, "There are mostly primitive city-states here, and it should be troublesome to replenish supplies. This place is mainly black people, and it will not gradually appear in some countries until the coast to the west, but it is still unknown whether they can communicate."
"Son-in-law, this route looks almost the same as the distance between Dayan and Suez City?" a manager couldn't help asking.
"It's better to get less. It's probably not possible to reach Normandy in less than half a year!" Zhang Wei pointed to the rough map and said, "If there is really a lack of supplies and no communication."
He paused and said in a deep voice: "I allow you to loot. All you have to do is to arrive in Normandy safely. I don't care about the process, but don't be addicted. Try not to do this unless you have to!"
Maritime merchants and pirates have always been one and two sides, but the Yang family has not done such a thing for a long time. After all, ships who come to the West have to pay protection fees, but when they come to the West, they don’t mind having a few votes. However, since Zhang did not say anything, they naturally have to restrain themselves.
"Yes!" Everyone took the order solemnly.
"I won't offend anyone if he doesn't offend me!" Zhang Wei was afraid that he would overcorrectly, so he added: "If someone wants to rob, he doesn't have to show mercy!"
"Don't worry, young master!" Liu Zhiquan smiled and said, "Who dares to make an idea in a fleet like ours?"
Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "Don't be careless. If you log in, only one-third of the people are allowed to get off the boat. Remember this order!"
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Suez City has no canals,
Only driving between the two seas,
The troops were divided into two groups and went their own way.
Normandy City meets again.
Chapter completed!