Chapter 189: Chapter 6 Overwhelming Power! Celestial Human Family
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East Sea.
The vast sea, with its billowing waves.
A giant sailing ship is cutting through the waves with the wind. This ship has a heavy wooden structure, with the sides and key areas clad in a layer of riveted iron sheets, making it exceptionally solid.
It is about thirty zhang long and more than eight zhang wide, a giant transport sea vessel.
Large bed crossbows are installed at the bow, sides, and stern of the ship. The crossbow arrows are more than a zhang long, with a fierce glint, exuding might. Once these crossbow arrows are fired, even a Tier Three Ferocious Beast would sense danger.
The ship is loaded with a large quantity of goods, including some precious glass products, paper, and snow sugar, among others. However, the bulk of the cargo consists of a material known as foreign cement.
Foreign cement is a building material. Some Black Tortoise Clans, whenever involved in significant constructions like houses, sluices, city walls, and so on, would use a building material known as lime mortar.
Lime mortar is a high-quality adhesive for construction. The only issue is that it is too expensive. Typically, a dan of lime mortar costs as much as an ordinary dan of grain.
This price is indeed unaffordable for ordinary families, and even the Black Tortoise Race would only use such materials on important structures.
Foreign cement is a building material not inferior to lime mortar, with the price of a dan being only two large coppers, much cheaper than lime mortar. Upon entering the market, it became extremely popular, with various Black Tortoise Clans switching to using foreign cement.
Even some ordinary civilian families would grittingly choose to use foreign cement when building houses, as it makes the houses more solid, sturdy, and durable.
This giant ocean-going sailing vessel is loaded with as much as a hundred thousand dan of foreign cement, with a total value reaching two thousand Qian Gold. Yet even so, these hundred thousand dan of foreign cement are merely a drop in the bucket.
Once it arrives at the East Sea Guard, it will be quickly snatched up.
East Port Chen Family owns as many as five ships like this. Every three months, they supply the East Sea Guard with five hundred thousand dan of foreign cement, as well as glass products, snow sugar, and more.
This single trade run exceeds a total value of thirty thousand Qian Gold.
At the bow stood a handsome young man with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sea while listening to someone reporting next to him. With the waves’ undulation, he stood as steady as on flat ground.
Surrounding him were two elderly men with extraordinary demeanor and a man in his thirties.
That man also had an extraordinary bearing, dressed in fine clothing with a long cloak, and had a handsome face with two small mustaches. He smiled and said, "Shouzhe, this is roughly the situation regarding the foreign cement trade. The biggest issue right now is insufficient production. Otherwise, we could certainly transport foreign cement to even more distant counties."
Foreign cement is a basic construction material with a very wide market application and it will be consumed completely no matter how much there is. That handsome young man is Wang Shouzhe. The other man is brother-in-law Chen Fangjie.
"Regarding production, I will notify the Gongsun Family and Liua Family to organize manpower for extracting raw materials." Wang Shouzhe stated calmly, "Your most important task is to keep it a secret; you must not let anyone know the origin of the foreign cement is from our Changning."
"Don’t worry, Shouzhe, the names foreign cement and foreign glass are well thought out, and others only know that our East Port Chen Family brought them from overseas." Chen Fangjie confidently said, "Our East Port Chen Family has over a century of overseas trade experience, with our own exclusive maritime routes, and we will not be exposed."
Wang Shouzhe nodded. Over these years, the East Port Chen Family has done very well in this area.
This is because everyone is currently too weak, fearing to attract others’ covetous attention on this industry, leading to such an inferior strategy being adopted.
The main purpose of his trip to the East Sea Guard this time is not merely to inspect the industry. He also heard about the Hundred Treasures Pavilion auction in the East Sea Guard, where a Bone Marrow Purify Pill is available, which drew him to travel thousands of miles to the East Sea Guard.
"Shouzhe, the funds you want to mobilize are already prepared. This time I’ve prepared a hundred thousand Qian Gold for you." Chen Fangjie stated proudly, "Our Ruhong Ancestor said that as long as Shouzhe needs money, even if we have to mortgage industries to obtain loans, we should gather the funds. If it’s not enough, I’ll find another way."
"That’s about it." Wang Shouzhe stated calmly.
This time, he himself carried three hundred thousand Qian Gold, which is the maximum liquid funds that Ping’an Wang Family can draw. Any more might affect the operation of various industries.
To prevent accidents, he asked East Port Chen Family, Gongsun Family, Liua Family, and Lua Family to prepare some backup funds. After all, the items to be purchased this time are all quite expensive, and with a definitive ambition towards them, it’s always good to prepare more funds.
Including the backup funds prepared by the allies, the total has reached seventy thousand Qian Gold. With this terrifying amount of funds, even a Celestial Human Family daring to compete with him would be knocked down.
Yes, this is the strength of the Wang Family and its allies now. Everyone cooperates in industries, each responsible for their own part. And Wang Shouzhe is the most crucial figure among them.
This has been a long-standing plan of Wang Shouzhe. Relying solely on the Wang Family is too weak, and any disturbance would be a risk. It is better to share interests among allies, develop together, and survive in a group.
As a result, not only has the Wang Family grown rapidly, but even the allies have become increasingly powerful.
A while ago, both Gongsun Qiang from the Gongsun Family and Lua Zhengjie succeeded in advancing to the Spirit Platform Realm, adding two War Generals to the alliance. These two new forces will not stay within the family but will join the alliance’s industries, safeguarding the alliance’s industries.