Life Winner Training Guide

The one that became three ships did not. Some people were curious about how You Hongyin operated. They got a lot of information from asking the crew, but they had no idea what was going on.

Of course they couldn't understand that You Hongyin traveled far and wide, and the products he selected were carefully calculated, including price differences, volumes, sales channels, consumption speeds, etc. He also made data models. Each time, the latest information obtained by the fleet is summarized, and then combined with past information, the optimal plan is listed. Where to dock the fleet, what goods to buy, what to ship, what to do if they can't be sold, etc. Although he himself did not go to sea with the fleet, he kept all the details in mind.

This time the fleet earned a lot of money. In addition to the payment for goods, You Hongyin invested in shipbuilding again, expanding the fleet from three to five. Looking at this scale, You Hongyin touched his chin and felt It’s time to take the risk and give it a try.

Chapter 4 Dream Lantern Turned to Ashes (4)

You Hongyin plans to take the fleet on a voyage himself. Of course, I definitely can’t do it alone this time. It’s true that you can make more money by doing it alone, but it has too many side effects, making it uneconomical and troublesome.

So You Hongyin went directly to the local emperor of Wuyang City, Lord Li, who had just seized his merchant ship.

This Lord Li is named Zhuo, the eldest son of the head of the Li family in Wuyang City.

Here, the Li family, the Miao family, and the Dao family divided up the entire Wuyang City. Among them, the Li family had the most official power. The Miao family had many supporters around Wuyang City, and the locals were the most convinced. The Dao family was in charge of the local garrison and used force. The strongest value.

There is a reason why You Hongyin only chose the Li family. The Li family has been scholarly for generations, so it cannot be said that they do not have the desire to pursue profit, but at least the appearance will not be too ugly. The other two Miao families are too weak and have little effect. The Dao family is too greedy and unreasonable. You Hongyin has no intention of having a close friendship.

The money-making opportunities that came to his door did not violate national laws, but only provided convenience and protection. Li Zhuo was not so rigid in pushing such opportunities out.

"Sir," Mo Qi cried, "Why don't you take me with you?"

The place You Hongyin chose to go this time was not Persia, but Nanyang. Although Nanyang was closer than Persia, almost no maritime merchants would go there, because Nanyang was still in the tribal era, and there were not many commodities to exchange. But they don't know that most of the Nanyang tribes use gold weapons. They have many mineral deposits and are considered an undeveloped treasure land.

In order to find trading items that fit the local people's aesthetics and habits, You Hongyin brought a wider variety of goods this time, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, from grain and porcelain to fabric tools.

It's just that sailing at sea is too dangerous. The little book boy he bought was only fifteen years old. You Hongyin didn't dare to take him away, so he simply left it behind in Wuyang City to look after his family.

His improved merchant ship was relatively large and sailed relatively smoothly. After boarding the ship, You Hongyin simply went to his room to rest. The crew members on the ship were all veterans, and there was no place for him to point fingers.

Liu Mengzhi happened to wake up at this time, but he no longer knew how to deal with You Hongyin.

So I just said: "If it is necessary, you can definitely think of other ways to make money, so why take the risk? Ancient technology is so backward, what is the difference between running a maritime business and losing your life."

You Hongyin said: "Actually, I said three years ago that in this world with underdeveloped communications, the most valuable thing is information. The information from the sea travelers who come and go here is not worthy of my trust, so I can only I ran it once."

Liu Mengzhi was a little frustrated: "You are crazier than me, so you will naturally be more successful than me. I don't dare to bet on my own life."

You Hongyin said with a smile: "Crazy? Maybe, but this is not a gamble. Don't worry, there won't be too much danger."

The young boy Mo Qi looked at home absentmindedly and waited for half a year before a servant of the Li family hurriedly came to inform him that his young master's fleet was back!

He ran towards the dock, and sure enough, five merchant ships returned to the port intact, and his young master was already talking to Mr. Li.

I don’t know what the young master said, but Mr. Li’s face changed and he was full of excitement. Mo Qi curled his lips, he must have made a lot of money by going to sea this time, and his young master took action himself.

Indeed, as Mo Qi guessed, You Hongyin not only earned a lot of gold, but also a lot of local precious spices and leathers. The most valuable ones were the gems obtained from a local aborigine in exchange for grain. There was a ruby ​​mine in the area. , but it is the type of open-pit mining. The gems that the tribe has always collected are all with the indigenous chiefs, and they were exchanged for a lot by You Hongyin.

Although literati never talk about gold and think it is tacky, when there is too much gold, it becomes another kind of dizzying beauty.

At least Li Zhuo couldn't bear it, cleared the dock to keep secret, and then took the dividend home in a daze.

Although the crew members on the ship did not bring goods for sale, they were given a lot of reward money. It can be said that after going to sea like this, they earned back almost ten years of wages.

You Hongyin found craftsmen to refining the gold and made many handicrafts. He also exchanged some of it directly for silver notes. Then he sold the ship directly to the Li family.

Li Zhuo was very surprised. He didn't understand how someone could directly sell the hens that laid eggs.

"I don't have this ambition. The gold and silver I earned this time is enough for a lifetime, so I don't want to continue operating the fleet." You Hongyin said in confidence.

Li Zhuo didn't care what his reason was. He naturally spent a lot of money to buy the fleet. Not only did he return all the dividends from this transaction, but he also added some money. However, he didn't feel that he was at a loss at all. As long as he had the ship, he would not be afraid of not making money.

After dealing with the property here, You Hongyin hired the crew members he liked in the original fleet. He drove a river boat and took all his belongings directly from the Yangtze River estuary to the inland and headed directly to Kyoto.

With Li Zhuo's recommendation letter and gold and silver along the way, there was no accident. You Hongyin bought a relatively large garden in Kyoto to accommodate these crew members who followed him.

The crew members who still followed him this time were almost all alone, and the few who had families were also brought directly to Kyoto by him. It can be regarded as a small force cultivated by You Hongyin for himself, so that he would have someone to run errands in the future.

"What are you doing in Kyoto?" Liu Mengzhi woke up and found that he had changed his place again, and couldn't help asking.

"How can you be a winner in life without power? Although it can't be achieved overnight, can you make an initial investment now?" You Hongyin said.

"Investment?" Liu Mengzhi was puzzled.

You Hongyin said: "Learn literary and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family." He said something ambiguous, and then said: "No hurry, let's see in Kyoto first."

"Just don't forget to avenge me." Liu Mengzhi was determined that the bandits who killed him were the big businessman Li Dabao or Jiangzhou General Cao Hui who hired someone to pretend to be him, just to enjoy the craft of firing glass.

You Hongyin did not comment.

Kyoto is not like Nanyue, the situation is countless times more complicated, and You Hongyin can't do much, so he simply follows the path of literati, participating in literary gatherings, and going on outings with various literati. Although his status is not prominent, his appearance and demeanor are good. Even if he does not show outstanding literary talent, he has several new friends. Once this social circle is expanded, he will be more informed of news from all sides.

The next year in early spring.

"Everyone says that this Shenyou Garden is a fairyland. How magical is it?" A young man waved his fan and talked to the person beside him.

"Third Young Master, you are joking. There is no fairyland. It's just that the owner of the garden has a lot of experience in designing and building the forest garden, and spent a lot of money to build it beautifully." The people around him seemed to be first-class servants, and they spoke very carefully.

This Shenyou Garden is You Hongyin Huaxin↓

He had sent people back to Liujia Village to investigate the situation. In the past few years, Liujia Village's water jade has become famous all over the world. Although it cannot replace the status of porcelain for a while, the price of water jade products has always been high. What is the most profitable business in the world? It is monopoly. Porcelain is not a monopoly business. Although the price of treasures is also high, it is not as profitable as water jade. How could ordinary people in Liujia Village protect such a thing? But Liu Tong was smart. He presented the recipe to Jiangzhou General. After many twists and turns, Liu Mengzhi and his past life people who had crossed paths were still together.

But this time the recipe was in Cao Hui's hands, and it was not presented to the royal family as a birthday gift, but was privately kept by Cao Hui. He reached an agreement with Liujia Village to take 80% of the profits, not responsible for the manufacturing and selling process, but only provide shelter. After this incident, naturally there was no more dividends for Liu Mengzhi, and Liu Tong could not suppress everyone, so he passively agreed.

You Hongyin thought that this situation was not bad. These people gathered together, which would make it easier for him to act later.

But now is not the best time to deal with these things.

The colorless glass he used to rebuild Shenyou Garden was still customized from Liujia Village. There are many glass elements in Shenyou Garden. The glass greenhouse is like spring all year round, and there are still flowers blooming in the snow. The small lakeside building built of pure glass has no obstruction to the surrounding scenery, but there is no worry about wind and rain. There is even an underwater room, where you can clearly see the fish swimming in the lake. The land crystal palace built of glass is completely different from the one in Liujia Village. It is not only made of glass to look like a dragon palace, but also has many decorations imitating the dragon palace in mythology, as well as various kinds of lamps. This palace can't see anything during the day, but once the lights are turned on at night, it really feels like being in a fairy tale.

"It's so vulgar to see the flowers competing for beauty in early spring, it's better to just smell the early cherry blossoms." The third son said: "I've been tired of the flowers at home for a long time. If there are only flowers and it is called a fairyland, it must be laughable." The third son was born in a wealthy family and has seen all kinds of strange things. If it is just this ordinary method, I'm afraid it won't be acceptable.

At this time, Moqi came here with two servants and said, "Since you don't like flowers, come and see the early cherry blossoms you mentioned." He smiled and spoke with a hint of ambiguity in his tone.

After waiting for a long time, as the reputation of Shenyou Garden became more and more famous, his son said that he finally waited for the person he wanted to see.

Chapter 5 Dream Lantern Burns to Ashes (V)

The cherry blossom forest in Shenyou Garden is blooming brilliantly, more peaceful than peach blossoms, less charming, and the falling petals are like white snow, but more gentle than white snow.

In the spring clouds, a scholar in a wide robe and loose sleeves is brewing tea in the pavilion of the flower forest.

"This must be the owner of Liu Garden." The young man came with Moqi and saw the set of smooth movements, so he spoke.

"You are a guest, please take a seat." You Hongyin did not stand up to greet the guest, but pointed to an empty seat and said, "Young Master is different from most people. Most of them come here to enjoy the flowers in full bloom, but you are interested in cherry blossoms. People say that cherry blossoms have no character, but only beautiful appearance. In contrast, pink peaches can still bear fruits."

You Hongyin used a set of peony-shaped Shuiyu teapot, but brewed flower tea, peony flower tea. A small dried flower bud was thrown into the teapot, and slowly, the flower seemed to come alive, slowly blooming in the water, restoring its original beauty. This kind of beauty cannot be achieved by other tea sets, and only Shuiyu can see it so clearly.

The third young master took a look with interest, and sat down without being polite: "The owner of the garden is very elegant."

"You are too kind, my dear guest." You Hongyin said: "Hundreds of flowers compete for beauty, naturally want to win the praise of flower viewers, it is normal that you don't like to watch this kind of competition, I am afraid you have seen too much on weekdays."

The third young master always felt that this person's words were full of meaning, but when they met for the first time, why should he think so complicatedly about what people said, so he smiled and said: "Please lead the way, explore this Shenyou Garden, and let me enjoy the lakeside cottage and the crystal palace." The third young master was happy.