Chapter 175:

Today's Dinghai County is completely prosperous.
After the shadow of the scourge disappeared, there was a positive vitality again.
The recruitment of the Min Zhuang is proceeding smoothly. It may be the hidden worry that the Japanese pirates will strike again. It may be the excellent remuneration paid to the county government. There are many people in the county responding. Zhuang Tuan.
A total of more than 500 people were recruited by the Min Zhuang Regiment, all of whom were young men and young men.
In addition to the most basic land drills, they will be trained on board and on the water. They all came from the coastal area, and even because many people lived on fishing for their ancestors, these people have a natural sense of familiarity with boats and water, which makes them particularly effective.
At the same time, shipbuilding is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
Dinghai County already has a shipyard. Although it is not as famous as the shipyards of Fujian Changle and Jiangsu Taicang, it is also an old shipyard where many ships have been built. It is just that the sea ban has become stricter in recent years, coupled with several inward movements, so the shipyard has gradually been abandoned, but the old craftsmen with craftsmanship are still there, and they can still make ships.
It's just that the craft of shipbuilding is too complicated. In addition, the ships used at sea are different from other ships. The shortest construction period is several months. This is also a small and medium-sized warship, such as slinging ships, sand ships, and the black ship boats that are abundant in Dinghai. These three types of ships are suitable for use offshore, that is, they can be used as warships or cargo ships.
Like that kind of large blessed boat, no one and a half years can't be built.
Dinghai County is temporarily unable to use long-distance ships, so it is mainly based on the most suitable sternboats in the local area. Due to limited funds, only five ships were built. Two of the five ships were funded by Xue Tingyan personally. All the money he had recovered from Dinghai County was now hit by these two ships.
But if he wants to do his best, he must first sharpen his weapon. Everyone understands this truth, and he will naturally not turn things upside down.
It takes time for the regiment to train the people and build ships. During this period, the businesses headed by the Xie family cannot naturally stop their business. After much discussion and setbacks, they decided to take the risk and try not to waste food all the time.
Fortunately, this time the Red Gang did not strike again, and Geng Qianhu also took people to cruise around, everything was calm and calm, it seemed that this time was only a temporary intention of the Red Gang.
It is worth mentioning that Xie San came to Dinghai County and lived here.
It seems to be doing nothing every day, either staying in thousands of households or going to the shipyard to see the man-made ships.
A few days later, Xue Tingyan was curious and asked Geng Qianhu a word.
Anyway, this seems to have pierced a certain nerve of Geng Qianhu. Recently, due to the practice of the regiment, the two of them inevitably have an intersection, and they have always been very harmonious.
Afterwards, Xue Tingyan knew why. It turned out that Xie San was punished by the Xie family.
The reasons for this are complex. There are reasons for the return of Pei Kejian, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to Xie Sanping ’s offense of too many people. However, the fuse that will cause all of this is that Xie San made the decision without his consent. A hundred thousand and two silvers were given to the Yuanyuan County to fund the recruitment of the Min Zhuang and the shipbuilding.
Xie San was originally a servant of the Xie family. Because of his talents in doing business, and his long-sleeved skills, he is good at communication. He has been doing business for the tribe since he was an adult.
What really changed his destiny was his proposal to dig Shuangyu Port.
At that time, the situation of the Xie family was not good. On the surface, it was also a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years. However, in fact, it is only a superficial light.
There are too many people in the family, and the Xie family pays attention to face and appearance. Although there are a lot of businesses, the most indispensable area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the people who do business. There is no unique business, and the earned money can't afford Xie's huge annual cost.
Xie San couldn't help but think of Shuangyu Island. Xie's family fell on this Shuangyu Island, and then he fell down. At that time, the Xie family was so prestigious that if there were silver, it would have power, and if there was power, there would be more silver. These are complementary.
In the same way, if you don't have money, you don't have the right, and gradually decline.
The idea of ​​digging up the Shuangyu Port seemed to everyone a fantasy at the time, but Xie San had managed to do it, and even used this to unite many forces and use it as a springboard. The dignitaries are connected. Since then, the Xie family has changed from the previous decadence, and it has become the leading family in Zhejiang.
But with the scenery of Xie San, there are naturally many people who dislike him.
Not to mention the outsiders, there are many people in the Xie family, including the direct descendants of the owner.
Someone in Xie's family has long wanted to deal with Xie San. This time was just an opportunity. Pei Kejian left Xie San to lose a barrier that could be fake and pretentious. Xie's family first suffered a lot of looting and suffered heavy losses. Three unauthorized decision-making, a few things add up and Xie San is now at home.
The Xie family didn't care much about him, that is to say, he worked hard for many years and gave him a rest. In fact, this is to wipe out all the rights in his hands, which is why Geng Qianhu will anger Xue Tingyan.
Geng Qianhu and Xie San had an unusual relationship. They were both people under Xie's family and friends of Xie San's father. At that time, Geng Qianhu had only guarded a poor and bitterly broken county town, and it was also because of Xie San that he could have the trend of today.
But Xue Tingyan didn't know all this, he actually only knew some floating things.
The reason why Xie San moved his mind was also from that dream.
In that dream, Xie San was counted as his servant, and there was always a lot of filial piety in three festivals and six rites every year. Let him see that this person knows how to do things. And in that dream, few fools could come to him.
That is, Xie San was older than he was. At the time of his death, Xie San had been dead for more than ten years. The Xie family was under the control of Xie San's son.
Based on these, Xue Tingyan deliberately paid attention to Xie San, but did not expect Xie San to be expelled from the family center.
But this is actually good. Xue Tingyan was very short of manpower. Don't give it away.
As a result, he always went to Xie San recently, the two talked about shipbuilding, talked about trivial things, but also got along well.
While Xue Tingyan was busy with things in the county, Zhao'er was not actually idle.
The goods sold to those firms these times were all brought back from outside by Zhao'er. She could not leave, so she sent a letter to Beijing to call Gao Sheng to help. Not only Gao Sheng, Xue Qinghuai and Jiang Wu also came out of Shanxi, but also brought a lot of people over.
Now that Wang Ji Caixing is developing well, Pingyang House will not say anything about it. With the potential of Xue Tingyan and Beilu Academy, no one is embarrassed by them. In addition, this vegetable business is to take the route of surrounding the countryside and surrounding towns, and earns small money such as vegetable money, and there is no big businessman who would like this kind of business.
Dahaomen did not care about this small amount of money. Even if the small family did, they would not dare to provoke, so Wang Jicai quickly opened throughout Shanxi, spreading northward to Zhili.
No, the vegetable shop spread to Beizhili, and Huafang marched from Beizhili to other provinces. Both of them finally got on track last year. While adding strength, both manpower and material resources were greatly reduced.
Now in Shanxi, Xue Qingbai took a look with the Xue family. Xue Qinghuai and Jiang Wu went to the capital. Zhaoer sent a letter to Jingli saying that someone needed help. Both of them and Gao Sheng came.
As for the stall in the capital, it was thrown to Xue Qiang and Xue Hu. They were responsible for everything outside. Chen Xiulan was responsible for researching new patterns. Xiaolan and Xiaozi were in charge of the shop and the account. In addition, before they recruited children before they left Beijing, the group of buddies they cultivated could be used, which is more than enough.
Now Gaosheng three is responsible for running goods outside, which can be different from small things, all in large quantities. Generally, after a certain quantity reaches a certain height, without any means and wrists, no one will really sell it to you.
Before entering the winter, Dinghai County's ship was finally built.
After the ship is built, it needs to go through several water tests. After everything is normal, some special ceremonies will be held, and then the first voyage.
On the first day of the voyage, Xue Tingyan personally appeared.
Not only him, but also Xie San and Geng Qianhu.
The long-time regiments were led by veterans of the guardhouse. After a while, the ship drove away from Dinghai Port.
The ship is a black cock, shaped like a groove, the hull is black, and the eyes are painted on both sides of the bow, so it is named after the black cock. This black-and-white boat is changed on the basis of a fishing boat and is known for its flexibility and maneuverability. It is not big in itself, the captain is about 15 meters in length, and the width is 5 or 6 meters, which is very suitable for offshore use.
Xue Tingyan hadn't been to Shuangyu Island yet, but he just mentioned that the ship's first voyage was set in Shuangyu.
Out of Dinghaikou, passing Shuangyu Bay is Shuangyu Island.
When he entered Shuangyu Bay, Xue Tingyan saw that Geng Qianhu and others were extraordinarily cautious, only to realize that the original so-called excavation of Shuangyu Bay was filled out, but it was not completely excavated. However, only one route was dug, so be careful when driving to avoid hitting the reef below. This is also the reason why very few foreign ships come in Dinghai. They are not familiar with the road conditions, and they really cannot walk in.
Shuangyu Island arrived soon, and unlike Xue Tingyan's imagination, this small island was very desolate. After going to the island, I came to the middle of the island and saw a few very simple houses.
According to Xie San, these houses are only for temporary stays. Every time, they will make an agreement with the bargaining time, and it is time to bring the goods to come, and the other party will wait in another channel of the remote island for the two parties to conduct a transaction.
The so-called resurgence of Shuangyu Island is just a road, a road that can lead to overseas, and where there is once the scenery. The dead sea channel seems to be the feng shui of Shuangyu Island, turning it from alive to a pool of stagnant water.
Xue Tingyan walked around Shuangyu Island for a long time, watching while walking, and even asked a lot of details.
Xie San also knew everything. Since then, Xue Tingyan has been out of the tube to look at the leopard and truly learned the tip of the iceberg smuggled by the sea merchants.
"So, if this sea is a big lake, you can only be regarded as one of them, shrimp?"
Xue Tingyan made people cry and laugh every time, and Xie San nodded helplessly.
The party quickly set sail back to Dinghai, and Xue Tingyan's eyes were filled with disappointment.
Standing on the side of the ship, looking at the endless sea, there was an indescribable sense of tranquility deep inside him.
Far away, he seemed to see a blur of black.
"Huh, where is it? We came out before and didn't seem to see this place."
Xie San looked down, his eyes flashing: "There is one of the Zhoushan Islands."
"Can you go and see?"
A soldier next to him interjected: "There is nowhere to go, there are pirates."
"pirate?"
Xue Tingyan looked at Xie San, Xie San nodded.
"Why?"
He pointed to that place and to the boat where he was. Seeing that Xie San seemed to have some hidden words, he suddenly realized: "Is it said that the place is the same as here?"