"Wharf? Didn't the wharf be reserved for Mo Tuan?" Han Wuye didn't look at Mourning, as if to say to himself.
"Yes, the dock has already been allocated to us." Mourning thought, although it was allocated to us, if Han Wuye or Han Wuye's descendants want to go back, I can't help it. After all, they borrowed it. "Han Wuye, I have an idea. You can't grow crops near this pier. Why don't you just sell it to us?"
"Sell?" Han Wuye was a little surprised, his mouth couldn't close for a while, "How to sell?"
"We both signed a document to sell this pier to us permanently. We will pay you the silver. What do you think of Han Wuye?"
Han Wuye was a little displeased, "If the dock is sold to you, how will the people go fishing and catch aquatic products in the future?"
"Don't worry, Han Wuye. Isn't there a shoal in the northwest of Blue Island? We will develop this shoal, rebuild a wharf, and hand it over to the master."
"Can this work?" Han Wuye remembered that there was such a beach.
"My father, don't worry, if we can't develop a wharf, we will never want the current wharf."
"Then... How much money does Mo Tuanzuo need to pay?" Han Wuye asked, anyway, this area has been given to you, and now you have to pay for it. That's your business.
Mourning didn't know the price of the pier, he just hoped to get this piece of land forever to prevent future island owners from repenting, "One hundred taels? What do you think of the old man?"
"One hundred taels? How many Middle-earth goods can one hundred taels sell?"
"Different goods in China have different prices. Take this grain as an example. One tael of silver can buy two shi of grain, and one hundred tael of silver can buy two hundred shi of grain." Mourning can only be familiar with Han Wuye. To calculate the value of silver.
"Two hundred rocks? Just this area now?"
"Just this area now, there is no need to expand at all." Mourning secretly delighted.
Han Wuye thought for a while, "If the old man doesn't go to Middle-earth, wouldn't these silver be of no use?"
"If the old man really decides not to go to Middle-earth, you can use the silver to buy food from us, and the silver will definitely not be wasted."
"Buy food from you? Really?" Han Wuye was obviously calculating the usefulness of the food.
"Really, you can buy it from us at any time. If the old man needs it, we can pay with food now." Two hundred stone of food, which is more than 20,000 catties, has now sent a fleet to Hachizhang Island and Blue Island. By transporting grain and other materials, 20,000 catties of grain can be exchanged for a piece of permanent land, and Mourning feels at ease.
"Since the grain can be exchanged at any time, the old man should collect the cash first." Han Wuye felt that silver can not only buy grain, but also other goods.
"Yes, the old man can do anything he wants," Mourning made another glass. "Old man, such an important matter, you must sign a paperwork for such an important matter. I will go back and explain it to our commander."
"It's okay to sign a document, but Mo Tuanzuo has to fix the northwest dock first.
"Father rest assured, that's for sure. If I can't build a new pier, I won't be scolded to death by the people on the island?"
"Haha..."
"Master, I have one more idea, do you agree with me?"
"Mo Tuanzuo talk about it."
"This time I brought a lot of good seeds. Once planted, when the harvest season comes, the grain output on the island will definitely increase substantially. If the people can't eat them by themselves, they can sell them to us, and there will be extra vegetables. , Can also be sold to soldiers stationed on the island." With a permanent supply base, Mourning doesn't need to hide it.
"The people generally stock up the extra food to prepare for the famine year." The first thing Han Wuye considers is the diet of the islanders. As for the extra vegetables, just leave them alone.
"Han Wuye, we will not persecute the people on the island. If they are unwilling, we will never use it. We are not short of food. On the contrary, if they are willing to sell us the excess food, we will encounter a famine in the future. , You can also take the silver to buy back the grain."
"Then you don't take care of them for free?"
"That's it. If there is a surplus of food on the island, we can transport it back to China and sell it. In case there is a famine on the island and there is insufficient food, we can also transport food from Ming Dynasty and sell it to the people on the island."
"The people on that island will never go hungry again?"
"As long as they are willing to cooperate with us, they should never go hungry or cold again, and the people of Daming will not go hungry or cold."
"Frozen? Do you also sell cotton cloth for clothes?"
"As long as there is money, no matter what you need, we can let the transport ship carry it, as long as they have the money."
"Yinzi?" Yinzi really baffled Han Wuye. Neither Qingzhidao nor Hachizhangdao produced silver.
"Don’t worry, Han Wuye, I will go eastward this time. When I come back, I will slowly figure out how to make the people on the island earn money. As long as I have money, I can buy it from Daming. To everything he wants."
"The old man is waiting for his seat on the Blue Island."
"The old man is polite."
On the second day, Mourning and Han Wuye signed an agreement to sell the island and the wharf, and actually measured the land on the wharf. According to Daming’s measurement, it was only 280 acres, and Han Wuye moved to the island again. A little more, it happened to be 300 mu.
In order to thank Han Wuye, Mourning presented some porcelain and Han Chinese clothing to Han Wuye. Mourning also promised Han Wuye that after returning to Daming next time, he will try to bring back some of the farm tools that can be used on the Blue Island. Efficiency of labor.
Construction of the original pier on the south side of Blue Island has been temporarily suspended. Mourning asked the soldiers stationed on the island to build the civilian pier in the northwest. Once the pier is completed, it will be handed over to Han Wuye, and the contract they signed will come into effect.
Mourning promised to build this wharf for the island. All people who participated in the construction of the wharf will receive compensation. The islanders can also directly exchange these copper coins for food.
Saying goodbye to Han Wuye, Mourning returned to Hachizhang Island. He took a large amount of grain from the transport ship and exchanged a large amount of vegetables with the people on the island. Only then did the two open Hachizhang Island and sailed to the southeast.
After unloading the grain materials, the transport ship returned to Qingdao along the original road, ready to transport some grain and seeds to the two islands.
Mourning sailed aimlessly in the sea for ten days and ten nights, and finally found an unknown island.
This is the first uninhabited island that Mourning found in the sea.
The fleet traveled around the small island for a week. The shape of the small island is close to a triangle, and the length of each side is about four miles. The area of the entire island should exceed 1,500 acres (1 square kilometer), and the topography of the island is quite flat. It is high in the middle and slightly low on all sides. Seen from the sea, the surface is all rocks, but there are no ridges.
Mourning ordered the ship to come close to test the water, looking for a pier near the island.
After the fleet tested the waters, it was found that the waters to the southeast were deep enough to dock large ships.
Mourning felt that if he docked the ship on the side of the island, even if he could not get supplies from the island, he could use the island to avoid the wind and waves on the sea. He sailed in the sea for ten days and ten nights, whether it was a soldier or a sailor. Very sleepy.
When the ship docked, the soldiers had no intention of going to the island to play. They soon fell asleep. There were only a few guards who were on guard. They didn’t want to sleep, but couldn’t. The fleet was in their unfamiliar waters. No one knows if there are any fleets of other countries or pirates nearby, so they must maintain a high level of alert.
Seeing that the soldiers were very sleepy, Mourning didn't wake them up, so let them sleep well before talking.
Bored, Mourning himself slept, and when he woke up, he found that most of the soldiers were awake.
But it was getting dark, and there was no place to entertain in the vicinity. In the night, there was nothing to do except sleep and keep up the energy.
After dawn, Mourning ate breakfast early, took some soldiers, and under the flag of the sun and moon, began to patrol the island.
At the beginning, I saw water stains on the rocks and a thick layer of dead moss. Obviously, it was often submerged by high tide seawater.
As we went further, the water stains became less and less, and the withered yellow moss was much thinner.
Except for the gray-black rocks on the island, there is a thick layer of bird droppings, obviously there are no traces of human activities.
"Tuanzuo, there are seabirds in front. Let's try shooting to see if we can kill a few seabirds. We will have fresh bird meat at noon. By the way, we will see if the flintlock can fire normally in this environment."
Mourning looked ahead, and there was indeed a large group of waterfowls, the big ones resembling white swans, and the gray and white waterfowls much smaller than the white swans. They seemed to feel the danger and craned their necks to look at their uninvited guests.
"There is neither severe cold nor high temperature here. How can the flintlock gun not fire normally?" Mourning smiled, "Are you afraid of being greedy?"
"Tuanzuo, this is the sea, the air is heavy with moisture, maybe the bullet of the flintlock can't be used when it gets wet."
"Haha, your reason is really good, then try it. If the flintlock is normal, but you can't shoot the seabirds, let's see how I can clean you." Mourning agreed. In fact, he saw these fat toots. For the seabird, he himself was going to put a few shots.
"Yes, group seat, I promise you brothers can taste the seafood today."
Everyone stopped, lest the waterbirds were scattered.
Twenty or thirty soldiers began to aim at the poor seabirds.
There was a medium-sized long-legged seabird, perhaps an albatross, as if seeing danger, suddenly screamed, spreading its wings and flying high, its slender red legs, like a tail, dragged under the tail feathers all the time.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The flintlocks fired, and the gunmen fired volleys, half of the flintlocks aimed at the seabirds, and half of the flintlocks aimed at low altitude.
"Hey... 叽... 吘..."
Various seabirds uttered a scream.
The big seabird has a strong ability to fight and flies away. Only one bullet resembling a white swan, probably a flintlock, hit its wings and fell from a low altitude on the rock. After a few flutters, the soldiers caught in a hurry, and the soldiers also picked up a few injured small seabirds.