Chapter 1468
Northern Route
Chapter 1468 The Northern Route ([-])
For Qu Yutong, this kind of idle job doesn't cost the yamen a penny. It's just a name. Even if something happens in the future, it's easy to get away. It's just a matter of his words.If Shi Diwen has not taken the initiative to mention the new business in Liaodong to himself recently, then it is better to find some opportunities to make a fortune in Liaodong through the line of the He brothers. If you understand the trend, you can gain something.
Qu Yutong was very reassured about He Xiao's ability to handle such a thing, so he directly handed the task of drafting official documents to He Xiao.He is not worried that He Xiao will make any outrageous actions behind his back. After all, in terms of personal relationship with high-ranking Haihan officials, He Xiao is far from being able to compare with him. Even if there is something wrong, Haihan people The prophet will definitely hear him, and He Xiao will not be confused.
He Xiao came out of Qu Yutong's study, called He Li, who had been waiting outside, and left the prefectural yamen.He originally called He Li to come over because he thought that if Qu Yutong wanted to talk to He Li in person, he had to at least be prepared. He didn't mention meeting He Li.In this way, He Xiao saved a lot of trouble, and no longer had to slowly convince Qu Yutong to accept his plan.In a few days, Haihan will count and inspect the carrier's ships, and He Li's side is cooperating with four companies to gather a group of ships to run the northern route. They are still busy these days.
He got the protective umbrella here in Quyutong, He Li hurriedly notified the other three partners, let them seize the time to gather the sailboats and sailors under their respective names, and set off to Zhoushan Dinghai Port three days later to supply Haihan Shipping officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce.
These maritime merchants, including He Li, usually do most of their business offshore, and their sailboats mainly operate in the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay. I haven't come back from outside, so I can only get a dozen boats to go to Zhoushan for the time being.However, He Li had asked before when he was in Zhoushan. This test is actually only symbolic. It is mainly to see how the carrier's personnel and the quality of the boats are, not to pull all the boats to Zhoushan.
There is naturally room for manoeuvre in the middle. After discussion with He Li and others, they deliberately selected a few sailboats with the best conditions, and then matched them with a group of sailors with the most sailing experience, and then sent them to Zhoushan for inspection.He Li also had more attention, and specially brought the yamen appointment procedures that He Xiao had just finished to show his newly released official umbrella.
Although the position on the appointment letter is only an idle position responsible for purchasing materials, but with this thing, He Li has obtained a temporary public office status, and it can also have many conveniences when dealing with local people while going to other places. Put a legal cover on the fleet under his command.
As He Li had expected, this little trick really worked. Their fleet passed Haihan's inspection very smoothly, and the other party unabashedly expressed that He Li had applied for public office for this purpose. Appreciation, He Li also more deeply understood a point that his brother once said to him, that is, compared with ordinary businessmen, Haihan people are more willing to deal with Ming officials or businessmen who are backed by officials, because they think so You can make more full use of the power held by Daming officials to escort your business.And once the interests are tied to the Ming officials, Haihan's own security will also be greatly increased.
He Li even had a little doubt that his elder brother had planned this step long ago, so when he returned to Ningbo the day before yesterday, his elder brother could show that kind of calmness.And the following steps made He Li feel that his brother's planning skills were far ahead of him. Even if he didn't come to Zhoushan in person, he had already calculated the attitudes and reactions of all parties.
After a one-and-a-half-day evaluation, the fleet of He Li and others obtained the identification number plates and carrier-specific flags issued by Haihan for them to call at ports controlled by Haihan in the future. time to verify identity.Then the crew and sailors will have three days of training in Dinghai Port. It is said that the main content is to teach them how to deal with and respond to various marine emergencies, as well as some knowledge of cargo storage.
Although Haihan's training course did not require the ship owner to be present, He Li, out of serious consideration, stayed with three other companions and received the training together with the crew.During this process, He Li also truly realized that Haihan pursues a meticulous and accurate style of doing things in every detail.
According to the training arrangement, all crew members, including the captain, should learn navigation knowledge, ship freight, ocean transportation business, marine meteorology, shipping regulations, medical first aid, carpentry and many other subjects in this short training period.It is obviously impossible to systematically learn this knowledge in such a short period of time, and it is only possible to choose some more practical contents for teaching.
The crew and sailors under He Li are not completely ignorant of these things, but sailing knowledge is often passed down orally by sailors from generation to generation, and can only be mastered after practice. It was well organized, and even the ropes had standardized knots, which opened the eyes of He Li and others.
After the first day of the course, He Li went to find the Haihan instructor who was in charge of training sailors and asked him how long it would take him to train if he wanted to acquire this whole set of sailing knowledge.
The instructor didn't hide it from him, and told him the answer directly: "According to the standards of my shipping department, it takes at least one year to become a qualified sailor. The first two months of full-time study, the next ten months will be different on different ships. On-the-job internship. For higher-level positions such as captain, chief mate, and second mate, it will be at least a two-year course start. The requirements for working in the shipping department are much stricter than those of you carriers, but when it comes to the quality of the crew, I Haihan is indeed the only one in the world, there is only one family! Even those Fan people who sailed thousands of miles from the west to the South China Sea are far less shrewd and capable than our Haihan crew."
He Li was stunned to hear it. It doesn't matter that the crew training period is long. The newcomers on the sea-going ships like Daming often have to get on the ship for a year or two before they can start their apprenticeships. The scale is also far beyond the traditional model.Moreover, many of the things these sailors have learned are the secret skills of the old fur seals and will only be passed on to their successors, but Haihan seems to be eager to learn these skills as many people as possible.
Although this may also be deliberately boasting by the other party, Haihan's ability to advance from the South China Sea along the Daming coastline to Liaodong has been able to fully demonstrate the power of its maritime shipping capabilities.Even if they were taught to these outsiders, there were many new things that He Li had never heard of before, and looking at the other party's confident attitude, it seemed that he didn't worry about letting Daming learn these valuable sailing knowledge, and he would form a negative attitude towards himself. some kind of threat.This is either stupid, or if he has the confidence to surpass his competitors by too much strength, he will have such an attitude, and based on what he knows about Haihan's situation, it is obviously impossible to be the former.
During the training, He Li also learned that his fleet would soon get the first task, transporting a batch of grain and military uniforms in spring and summer to Liaodong.In order to ensure that their first fleet on the Liaodong route would not lose their way halfway, they would set off with the military transport fleet at that time. It is considered to be considerate to them, and a special person was arranged to lead the way for the first time.However, it may not be the same on the return trip.
Of course, this will not stumped He Li's fleet. No matter how bad the crew is, even if they lack the experience of ocean sailing, at least the north and south can be clearly distinguished. As long as they go south along the coastline, they will return to Ningbo sooner or later.
During the training, He Li also noticed a phenomenon, that is, maritime merchants such as Zhenguo Shipping and Zhan Shipping did not send people to participate in crew training.At first, he thought that these companies were playing big names. Later, he realized that the backbone of these sea merchants, the first-level captains, almost all grew up under the Haihan training system.Their familiarity with the shipping business is no less than that of the instructors who trained He Li and others. Naturally, they don't need to waste time learning what they have already mastered.
Three days later, the sailor training course ended, and the relationship between the various carriers seemed to have become much more harmonious after these days of joint learning.However, He Li could see very clearly that this was not due to some kind of reasoning, but because of lack of competition.Among the several carriers selected by Haihan for the northern route, except for Zhenguo Shipping, which was promoted from the standby position, the strength and qualifications of the others are similar to those of He Li and his group, and there are not enough outstanding professionals to assist them. With its operational capabilities, it simply can't finish the large number of freight tasks thrown out by the government.
Since there are too many tasks to be completed, the competition between these carriers has been greatly reduced, and everyone can maintain the surface peace with peace of mind, and there is no need to rush to grab the meat in the bowl of the peers.
However, He Li did not relax his vigilance because of this. He remembered his brother's advice before he set off. Since he does not have any advantage in intelligence information, it means that the information he knows about Liaodong is very difficult for other competitors. It is possible that they all know, and even the level of understanding is far better than their own. He Li may not be the only one who is interested in Liaodong, so if you want to seek opportunities to make a fortune in Liaodong, you will still face certain competition. pressure.Maybe these carriers running the northern route have already placed their hope of profit in the direction of Liaodong.
Compared with other carriers, He Li can be said to have no obvious advantages, and his so-called government official status is actually nothing in front of these carriers with different backgrounds.He Li thinks that the only thing he can rely on at present is that there is a powerful military advisor like He Xiao behind him, but He Xiao's identity cannot leave Ningbo casually. After he goes to Liaodong, everything can only be done by chance.
On this first errand, He Li was not at ease to let his three partners lead the team. He decided to make a trip in person to see if the actual situation in Liaodong was worth throwing money into.He Li simply didn't even go back to Ningbo, and sent his men to go home to pick up the luggage, and then waited on Zhoushan Island for Haihan to arrange the task of going north.
By the end of April, the transport fleet affiliated to the Haihan military had assembled at Zhoushan Dinghai Port and began to load goods on board.Different from the tasks of civilian carriers such as He Li, military equipment such as weapons and ammunition is transported by the Haihan military itself, which is also for safety reasons.
Even if he has obtained the qualification of a partner, He Li still did not enter the military port to watch the loading process of these weapons and ammunition up close. Heavy transport sailboat.The cargo capacity of a ship is about three and a half. If the ship under his command can have such transportation efficiency, then the benefits of using it to run ocean routes will be considerable.
He Li was more attentive, and asked the officials of the Ministry of Shipping, but he heard good news. This Yugong-class heavy-duty sailboat is not only installed in the military, but also has a civilian version. Compared with the military version, it is only The heavy weapons and equipment used for self-defense on the ship are missing, and the anti-strike standard of the hull is slightly lower, but the cargo capacity is almost the same.However, when He Li excitedly asked how to buy this kind of civilian version of the sailboat, he was poured cold water on the head - this kind of sailboat can only be built in Hainan Island at present, and the shipbuilding order has already been placed in two years. , and its cost is also very high, far exceeding the same tonnage of the Ming sailboat.
In order to save labor and materials, Haihan's shipyard has stopped taking one or two sporadic orders for this type of ship. At least four ships must be ordered, and [-]% of the money has to be paid at one time, and its construction cost is He Li Unaffordable amount.At present, in Zhejiang and the northern waters, only a few well-known marine merchants own this kind of heavy-duty sailboat. If a marine merchant like He Li wants to use this kind of heavy-duty sailboat, they should buy second-hand sailing boats from others. Ship, or else you can only scrape together money to place a deposit and wait for the schedule.
He Li knew that neither of these two paths was practical, so he could only dispel his delusions and honestly continue to use the boat at hand.On April [-], He Li also received a notice from the Ministry of Shipping, and began to ship goods to the ship he belongs to.
(End of this chapter)
For Qu Yutong, this kind of idle job doesn't cost the yamen a penny. It's just a name. Even if something happens in the future, it's easy to get away. It's just a matter of his words.If Shi Diwen has not taken the initiative to mention the new business in Liaodong to himself recently, then it is better to find some opportunities to make a fortune in Liaodong through the line of the He brothers. If you understand the trend, you can gain something.
Qu Yutong was very reassured about He Xiao's ability to handle such a thing, so he directly handed the task of drafting official documents to He Xiao.He is not worried that He Xiao will make any outrageous actions behind his back. After all, in terms of personal relationship with high-ranking Haihan officials, He Xiao is far from being able to compare with him. Even if there is something wrong, Haihan people The prophet will definitely hear him, and He Xiao will not be confused.
He Xiao came out of Qu Yutong's study, called He Li, who had been waiting outside, and left the prefectural yamen.He originally called He Li to come over because he thought that if Qu Yutong wanted to talk to He Li in person, he had to at least be prepared. He didn't mention meeting He Li.In this way, He Xiao saved a lot of trouble, and no longer had to slowly convince Qu Yutong to accept his plan.In a few days, Haihan will count and inspect the carrier's ships, and He Li's side is cooperating with four companies to gather a group of ships to run the northern route. They are still busy these days.
He got the protective umbrella here in Quyutong, He Li hurriedly notified the other three partners, let them seize the time to gather the sailboats and sailors under their respective names, and set off to Zhoushan Dinghai Port three days later to supply Haihan Shipping officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce.
These maritime merchants, including He Li, usually do most of their business offshore, and their sailboats mainly operate in the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay. I haven't come back from outside, so I can only get a dozen boats to go to Zhoushan for the time being.However, He Li had asked before when he was in Zhoushan. This test is actually only symbolic. It is mainly to see how the carrier's personnel and the quality of the boats are, not to pull all the boats to Zhoushan.
There is naturally room for manoeuvre in the middle. After discussion with He Li and others, they deliberately selected a few sailboats with the best conditions, and then matched them with a group of sailors with the most sailing experience, and then sent them to Zhoushan for inspection.He Li also had more attention, and specially brought the yamen appointment procedures that He Xiao had just finished to show his newly released official umbrella.
Although the position on the appointment letter is only an idle position responsible for purchasing materials, but with this thing, He Li has obtained a temporary public office status, and it can also have many conveniences when dealing with local people while going to other places. Put a legal cover on the fleet under his command.
As He Li had expected, this little trick really worked. Their fleet passed Haihan's inspection very smoothly, and the other party unabashedly expressed that He Li had applied for public office for this purpose. Appreciation, He Li also more deeply understood a point that his brother once said to him, that is, compared with ordinary businessmen, Haihan people are more willing to deal with Ming officials or businessmen who are backed by officials, because they think so You can make more full use of the power held by Daming officials to escort your business.And once the interests are tied to the Ming officials, Haihan's own security will also be greatly increased.
He Li even had a little doubt that his elder brother had planned this step long ago, so when he returned to Ningbo the day before yesterday, his elder brother could show that kind of calmness.And the following steps made He Li feel that his brother's planning skills were far ahead of him. Even if he didn't come to Zhoushan in person, he had already calculated the attitudes and reactions of all parties.
After a one-and-a-half-day evaluation, the fleet of He Li and others obtained the identification number plates and carrier-specific flags issued by Haihan for them to call at ports controlled by Haihan in the future. time to verify identity.Then the crew and sailors will have three days of training in Dinghai Port. It is said that the main content is to teach them how to deal with and respond to various marine emergencies, as well as some knowledge of cargo storage.
Although Haihan's training course did not require the ship owner to be present, He Li, out of serious consideration, stayed with three other companions and received the training together with the crew.During this process, He Li also truly realized that Haihan pursues a meticulous and accurate style of doing things in every detail.
According to the training arrangement, all crew members, including the captain, should learn navigation knowledge, ship freight, ocean transportation business, marine meteorology, shipping regulations, medical first aid, carpentry and many other subjects in this short training period.It is obviously impossible to systematically learn this knowledge in such a short period of time, and it is only possible to choose some more practical contents for teaching.
The crew and sailors under He Li are not completely ignorant of these things, but sailing knowledge is often passed down orally by sailors from generation to generation, and can only be mastered after practice. It was well organized, and even the ropes had standardized knots, which opened the eyes of He Li and others.
After the first day of the course, He Li went to find the Haihan instructor who was in charge of training sailors and asked him how long it would take him to train if he wanted to acquire this whole set of sailing knowledge.
The instructor didn't hide it from him, and told him the answer directly: "According to the standards of my shipping department, it takes at least one year to become a qualified sailor. The first two months of full-time study, the next ten months will be different on different ships. On-the-job internship. For higher-level positions such as captain, chief mate, and second mate, it will be at least a two-year course start. The requirements for working in the shipping department are much stricter than those of you carriers, but when it comes to the quality of the crew, I Haihan is indeed the only one in the world, there is only one family! Even those Fan people who sailed thousands of miles from the west to the South China Sea are far less shrewd and capable than our Haihan crew."
He Li was stunned to hear it. It doesn't matter that the crew training period is long. The newcomers on the sea-going ships like Daming often have to get on the ship for a year or two before they can start their apprenticeships. The scale is also far beyond the traditional model.Moreover, many of the things these sailors have learned are the secret skills of the old fur seals and will only be passed on to their successors, but Haihan seems to be eager to learn these skills as many people as possible.
Although this may also be deliberately boasting by the other party, Haihan's ability to advance from the South China Sea along the Daming coastline to Liaodong has been able to fully demonstrate the power of its maritime shipping capabilities.Even if they were taught to these outsiders, there were many new things that He Li had never heard of before, and looking at the other party's confident attitude, it seemed that he didn't worry about letting Daming learn these valuable sailing knowledge, and he would form a negative attitude towards himself. some kind of threat.This is either stupid, or if he has the confidence to surpass his competitors by too much strength, he will have such an attitude, and based on what he knows about Haihan's situation, it is obviously impossible to be the former.
During the training, He Li also learned that his fleet would soon get the first task, transporting a batch of grain and military uniforms in spring and summer to Liaodong.In order to ensure that their first fleet on the Liaodong route would not lose their way halfway, they would set off with the military transport fleet at that time. It is considered to be considerate to them, and a special person was arranged to lead the way for the first time.However, it may not be the same on the return trip.
Of course, this will not stumped He Li's fleet. No matter how bad the crew is, even if they lack the experience of ocean sailing, at least the north and south can be clearly distinguished. As long as they go south along the coastline, they will return to Ningbo sooner or later.
During the training, He Li also noticed a phenomenon, that is, maritime merchants such as Zhenguo Shipping and Zhan Shipping did not send people to participate in crew training.At first, he thought that these companies were playing big names. Later, he realized that the backbone of these sea merchants, the first-level captains, almost all grew up under the Haihan training system.Their familiarity with the shipping business is no less than that of the instructors who trained He Li and others. Naturally, they don't need to waste time learning what they have already mastered.
Three days later, the sailor training course ended, and the relationship between the various carriers seemed to have become much more harmonious after these days of joint learning.However, He Li could see very clearly that this was not due to some kind of reasoning, but because of lack of competition.Among the several carriers selected by Haihan for the northern route, except for Zhenguo Shipping, which was promoted from the standby position, the strength and qualifications of the others are similar to those of He Li and his group, and there are not enough outstanding professionals to assist them. With its operational capabilities, it simply can't finish the large number of freight tasks thrown out by the government.
Since there are too many tasks to be completed, the competition between these carriers has been greatly reduced, and everyone can maintain the surface peace with peace of mind, and there is no need to rush to grab the meat in the bowl of the peers.
However, He Li did not relax his vigilance because of this. He remembered his brother's advice before he set off. Since he does not have any advantage in intelligence information, it means that the information he knows about Liaodong is very difficult for other competitors. It is possible that they all know, and even the level of understanding is far better than their own. He Li may not be the only one who is interested in Liaodong, so if you want to seek opportunities to make a fortune in Liaodong, you will still face certain competition. pressure.Maybe these carriers running the northern route have already placed their hope of profit in the direction of Liaodong.
Compared with other carriers, He Li can be said to have no obvious advantages, and his so-called government official status is actually nothing in front of these carriers with different backgrounds.He Li thinks that the only thing he can rely on at present is that there is a powerful military advisor like He Xiao behind him, but He Xiao's identity cannot leave Ningbo casually. After he goes to Liaodong, everything can only be done by chance.
On this first errand, He Li was not at ease to let his three partners lead the team. He decided to make a trip in person to see if the actual situation in Liaodong was worth throwing money into.He Li simply didn't even go back to Ningbo, and sent his men to go home to pick up the luggage, and then waited on Zhoushan Island for Haihan to arrange the task of going north.
By the end of April, the transport fleet affiliated to the Haihan military had assembled at Zhoushan Dinghai Port and began to load goods on board.Different from the tasks of civilian carriers such as He Li, military equipment such as weapons and ammunition is transported by the Haihan military itself, which is also for safety reasons.
Even if he has obtained the qualification of a partner, He Li still did not enter the military port to watch the loading process of these weapons and ammunition up close. Heavy transport sailboat.The cargo capacity of a ship is about three and a half. If the ship under his command can have such transportation efficiency, then the benefits of using it to run ocean routes will be considerable.
He Li was more attentive, and asked the officials of the Ministry of Shipping, but he heard good news. This Yugong-class heavy-duty sailboat is not only installed in the military, but also has a civilian version. Compared with the military version, it is only The heavy weapons and equipment used for self-defense on the ship are missing, and the anti-strike standard of the hull is slightly lower, but the cargo capacity is almost the same.However, when He Li excitedly asked how to buy this kind of civilian version of the sailboat, he was poured cold water on the head - this kind of sailboat can only be built in Hainan Island at present, and the shipbuilding order has already been placed in two years. , and its cost is also very high, far exceeding the same tonnage of the Ming sailboat.
In order to save labor and materials, Haihan's shipyard has stopped taking one or two sporadic orders for this type of ship. At least four ships must be ordered, and [-]% of the money has to be paid at one time, and its construction cost is He Li Unaffordable amount.At present, in Zhejiang and the northern waters, only a few well-known marine merchants own this kind of heavy-duty sailboat. If a marine merchant like He Li wants to use this kind of heavy-duty sailboat, they should buy second-hand sailing boats from others. Ship, or else you can only scrape together money to place a deposit and wait for the schedule.
He Li knew that neither of these two paths was practical, so he could only dispel his delusions and honestly continue to use the boat at hand.On April [-], He Li also received a notice from the Ministry of Shipping, and began to ship goods to the ship he belongs to.
(End of this chapter)