With the news about sea trade published in the newspaper, the gold about Bianhejiaomen in the capital finally came to fruition, but most people did not expect that sea trade could bring such a huge profit.

In fact, many people know that the profits of sea trade are abundant, but firstly, the risks of sea trade are too great, and secondly, things like sea trade can only be concentrated on the coast, and are too far from the inland, so many people have not paid attention to sea trade at all.

But this time it was completely different. Li Zhang and several nobles jointly started a maritime trade business and earned more than a dozen cars of gold for the first time. Especially after the source of the gold was exposed, Li Zhang also held dividends with several partners with great fanfare and invited many people to witness it. As a result, when the gold appeared, many people's eyes turned red.

Of course, all of the above are Li Zhang's own designs, in order to use gold to stimulate the noble and wealthy businessmen who had never even seen the sea before, and in fact, some discerning people saw his intentions. After all, Li Zhang's method was not very clever, and he was even very deliberate.

But even if someone sees it through Li Zhang, he is not worried. After all, the sea trade is real, and gold is real. Moreover, with this successful sea trade, Li Zhang and several partners also decided to increase investment. Not only should they organize goods again, but they should also expand the scale of the fleet. Li Zhang even proposed to acquire several shipbuilding workshops, study new sea ships, improve the safety of sea ships going to sea, etc.

As the above news leaked, the entire capital city was attracted by the sea trade, and the streets and alleys were discussing about sea trade, and real and fake news was flying all over the sky.

There are countless rumors about the Nanyang. For example, some people say that the islands in Nanyang are full of gold, and they can hurt their feet when they get off the boat. Some people say that the Nanyang Island is full of spices. In winter, it falls all over the ground and turns into mud. But it is worth tens of thousands of yuan to transport it back to the Song Dynasty. Of course, they don’t know that there is no winter in Nanyang at all.

This situation in the capital was exactly what Li Zhang wanted to see.

Early in the morning, Li Zhang ran to Zhao Zhen's Chuigong Hall. After Zhao Zhen finished his morning court, he started to process memorials. Li Zhang sat next to him and wrote and painted. He didn't know what he was busy with. Both of them had their own affairs, so the hall seemed very quiet.

After a while, Zhao Zhen finally finished the memorial, so he stretched his waist and looked at Li Zhang and smiled, "I heard that cousin, your house is very lively recently, why did you have time to run to me?"

"All the nobles in the capital have gone to my house, how can they not be lively?" Li Zhang said helplessly, since the Hai Trade incident became a hot spot in the capital, many people with their own abilities have all gone to his house. After all, they just wanted to participate in the Hai Trade business. Li Zhang was also very disturbed, so he simply came to Zhao Zhen to take refuge.

Not only Li Zhang, but also countless female relatives visited Qingzhi. At first, Qingzhi dealt with it, but later she couldn't stand it anymore, so early this morning she and Yan Niang went to Miaoyuan Mansion with a few children. They probably wouldn't come back until the evening.

"Look for benevolence and get kindness. Isn't this exactly what you hope for by cousin?" Zhao Zhen laughed when he heard Li Zhang's words. He handed over all the matters in the sea trade to Li Zhang, but he would also ask about the progress. After all, sea trade is related to the future of the Song Dynasty.

"Yes, but although these people's enthusiasm for sea trade has been ignited, it is still not enough. After all, Eli gathers people's hearts and hearts cannot last long." Li Zhang smiled helplessly again at this time.

Now those who are eager to participate in the maritime trade are all aiming to make a fortune. After all, the dozen cars of gold are really too dazzling. Although Li Zhang really wants all these people to participate in the maritime trade, there are too many people, so he can only refuse most of them and only let some close people join in.

Of course, those who were rejected did not give up. Li Zhang did not take them to play, so they ran to the coast to start organizing fleets. However, although these people were rich and powerful, they did not know about sea trade and would probably suffer at the beginning. It is hard to say whether these people can maintain their current enthusiasm after being hit.

Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement with Li Zhang's words, but then he looked at the things on Li Zhang's table curiously and asked, "Cousin, what are you writing? I just saw you writing and painting. Could it be that you were preparing for any plan?"

When Li Zhang heard Zhao Zhen ask about what he wrote, he immediately smiled proudly, then picked up the paper on the table and put it in front of Zhao Zhen and said, "You can tell if you look at it. The fire can't be burned for too long, so I prepared fuel for it again!"

"What is this thing?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show a shock when he saw the title on the paper. The name looked like a legend, but there were paintings under the title. Although the paintings were very rough, the dialogues on the characters were very clear.

"This is called a comic, to be precise, a long serialized comic. I plan to introduce overseas characters, animals and plants in this form, and then serialize them in newspapers to arouse more people's interest in the sea." Li Zhang explained with a smile.

The novel art form of comics has not appeared in the Song Dynasty, but now there are newspapers, how can comics be missing? Moreover, he has serialized comics as soon as he starts. This is a difficult project, but Li Zhang is not worried, because he could draw it himself in the early stage, but in the future he can give these to others, and he just needs to formulate some content.

Although Li Zhang had never painted comics in his previous life, he had read a lot of comics after all. He also remembered that he had subscribed to a newspaper in elementary school in his previous life. He could not remember the name of the comics serialized on it, but only remembered that it was a story of a captain's adventure at sea. Although he almost forgot the content of the story, he could make a set of stories by himself. Anyway, it was just a story about sailing. With his understanding of overseas, he could just take out some comics to make it interesting to the ancients.

When Zhao Zhen heard Li Zhang's introduction, he couldn't help but show an interesting expression. He looked at the story drawn by Li Zhang carefully and found it was quite interesting. The protagonist of this story was Captain Li. He built a boat to go to sea and used new wood to save money. The wood sprouted in the water and grew into a forest. As a result, when he set sail, he carried a forest behind the boat.
Chapter completed!