Long Jicai was so frightened that he stood up: "If the Duke of Guo really said that, he would be really ashamed of Jicai. The current prosperity of the Three Islands was all brought to us by the Duke of Guo when he governed the two Zhejiang provinces.

of."

"The Duke is the reborn parent of the people of the Three Islands. Once an old friend said it, it was because the Duke was so kind and unconcerned that his successor would never dare to accept it."

Zhao Xiaoyi put down the tea bowl, stretched out his hand and pressed it twice: "Sit down, sit down, Old Long, if you do this, everyone will not be able to chat."

After Long Jicai sat down and sat down, Zhao Xiaoyi spread his hands towards the flat pot: "Since we are all acquaintances, there is no need to hide it... This is the eldest son of the Duke of Shu and the favored court minister of the official family, Su Yi.

Su Zichao."

After saying that, he waved his hand to Wang Yanbi: "This is Chen Tong, Chen Ziming, the Master of Huarong County, the judge of Tianjian."

"I am Zhao Xiaoyi. I am a benevolent official and have been blessed by my father, King Cao. I am now leading the training envoy of the Puzhou regiment from afar."

Long Jicai, on the other hand, was no longer afraid, and was only filled with endless joy: "He is indeed the son of the Duke of the State. I felt like him just the first time I met him!"

After saying that, he started to reminisce: "The first time the Duke came to the island was in the seventh year of Xining. He was only twenty-six or seventeen years old at that time. It seems like a blink of an eye, and even the young master is so old... The young master is seventeen this year.

Is it eight?"

Bian Guan had a good impression of this chatty Zhizhou, and it could be seen that the old man really liked him and his father: "Let me tell you, the prefect, I am thirteen this year."

"Ah!" Long Jicai expressed surprise: "You are so tall at only thirteen years old... Ah, that's right. The Duke's ancestral home is Zhao County, and northerners are born tall. Have you guys eaten? How about I take care of you?

Are the three gentlemen visiting the island? They are distinguished guests on our island."

Bian Guan couldn't help but find it funny: "Don't bother the governor..." After saying that, he glanced at Zhao Xiaoyi and said, "To be honest, we still have a mission."

Only then did Long Jicai remember what Hai Sheng had just said: "I heard that a few gentlemen came here in a boat? It can sail without setting sail. Is it my Da Song baby's self-propelled boat?"

Bian Guo nodded: "Mr. Long, we are docking this time to replenish water and food and prepare for the next trial voyage. We also want to recruit some sailors who are familiar with sailing ships and waterways."

The chair quickly added: "Of course we will pay enough."

Long Jicai asked: "May I ask where the three young masters are going?"

Bian Guan said: "This time is to test the performance of the new sailboat. The specific destination of the voyage has not yet been decided. It may just be a circle on the sea... Therefore, our ship does not carry cargo. It only needs to be fully equipped with various supplies."

"Also, we only have eleven people now. I want to recruit twenty more people. The supplies will take half a year to nine months to prepare for thirty-one people. The fresh water will be doubled."

The Kuizhou type has a load capacity of 200 tons, and the boiler and lathe use more than ten tons. In addition, there are six thunderbolt cannons and a few basic ammunition, and the remaining load capacity is more than enough.

Long Jicai patted his chest and assured: "No problem, the affairs of the three young masters are the affairs of all three of my islands, just leave them to us."

"So that the young master can know that the canning industry on the island is also booming now? It mainly provides supplies to the ships that come and go? It's all a well-established business."

"What about this manpower... Haisheng! Go and inform Sanniangzi, quietly? Choose twenty good men? Those with Sitong background, right? And those who can understand writing!"

Haisheng asked: "Uncle, can I go too?"

Long Jicai said: "I can't run away from you! It's best to be like you? First, stick to the challenge of following the Duke of Guo across the South China Sea!"

Haisheng was so excited: "Okay! Three young masters, I'll come as soon as I go!"

After Haisheng left, Long Jicai called his master over again and ordered him to load the Zuoluoluo first. Then he said: "The three young masters may not know? When the Duke of Guo established the navy, the first batch of sailors of the Jing Navy were

From our island."

"Later, when the Song Dynasty flourished in the South China Sea, the boys made great military exploits, and their official titles were changed to Nanyang Navy? They left according to the rewards given by the New Army, and the rewards were generous? Everyone came back and became rich men, and many even fought.

Get an official position!"

"Nowadays, generations of children from the Three Islands are going out to join the army. In the Nanyang Navy of the Song Dynasty, many of them are people from the Three Islands. Even those who have returned from the army? Many are also sailing? Are sailor captains? They go from Penang to Korea.

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"So Mishima doesn't have much else, but when it comes to boating skills, there are a lot of them!"

Bian Guan asked: "Is the Sanniangzi I just mentioned the manager of Sitong Company on the island? I heard my father say that back then she was raising several children by herself, but she was self-reliant and made dried oysters and shrimps.

It’s done hygienically and cleanly, and the oyster sauce cooked out is delicious.”

"Now it has become bigger and is selling well in Beijing and central China."

Long Jicai was so happy that he grinned from ear to ear: "That's right, Sanniang is now very prestigious on the island, and she manages Sitong's business very well."

"She is in charge of the bulk of the island's yellow bream, dried oysters, squid, hairtail, kelp, oyster sauce... in short, more than half of the seafood processing."

"Last year, our Changguo alone supplied fifty thousand shi of yellow catfish to the rest of the country! One kilogram is worth fifty wen, and the harvest from this alone was more than 200,000 guanli!"

If Su You were here, he would curl his lips and say that this data can only be regarded as average. In the most powerful years of later generations, the output of large yellow croaker in this area once reached an astonishing 160,000 tons a year.

However, that approach was predatory resource development and soon suffered bitter consequences.

The output of 50,000 dan of dried fish, even if it was calculated as 250,000 dan when fresh, was only over 10,000 tons, which already made Long Jicai extremely proud.

But it’s no wonder that Old Man Long is arrogant. The yellow croaker is delicious and the price in Beijing is not cheap. Nowadays, there is even a saying of “buying yellow croaker with a discount”, and the retail price is as high as 200 yuan per pound.

This is just one of the island's incomes. The real big one is sea trade.

All of this was brought to them by Su You, so Long Jicai talked about these things with both gratitude and admiration for Su You.

After chatting for a while, Long Haisheng and a woman came over with more than a dozen men. When the woman saw the flat jar, she led several young people in their teens and twenties to bow down: "Ms. Long Liu, a folk woman, greetings.

The young master of the Su family was so kind to me that I could never repay it even if I died, so I could only bring my whole family to kowtow to the young master."

"This time the young master is going to sea. No matter what, he has to take my two boys with him so that they can serve him on the way."

Bian Guan quickly helped Mr. Long Liu up: "Auntie, I'm serious. I don't dare to be such a big gift. If my father knows about it, I'm afraid he will punish me. Please get up quickly."

After helping Mrs. Long Liu up, Bian Guan smiled again and said, "Auntie, I have heard about it for a long time. Every year, I still receive salted duck eggs made by my aunt at home."

"My father made this the best thing to eat in the morning. He said that the saltwater ducks that grew up eating snails and shrimps on the Changguo coast are made into salted eggs. The yolk is more fragrant than crab roe."

Mrs. Long Liu suddenly beamed with joy: "Oh, the civilian woman is just thinking about it! I really can't find anything to honor Shaobao. It turns out that Shaobao has become the Duke of the country, and he really eats the salted duck eggs from the civilian woman's house?!

"

Bian Guan was also very moved: "Of course I have to eat it. It's such a good thing. My brother and I eat it all the time."

Mrs. Long Liu said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the method was passed down to our island by the Duke! When the Wenqu star comes down from the sky, the food on land and water tastes different from what others cook!"

Everyone smiled knowingly when he mentioned the gluttony of the Duke. Long Liu continued: "Three young masters want to be officials in the capital, so it is rare for them to come to our remote place. There is nothing else on the island, and the aquatic products are rich.

The common woman will prepare a table for the young masters!"

The Changguo Seafood Banquet really gave the three country bumpkins from Bianjing a great insight. Bian Guan finally understood why his father went to the island every year when he went to sea.

I heard that the ghost claw snails from the South China Sea are so delicious that I can’t even imagine what they taste like in a flat can.

Special arrangements are made for ship replenishment. The ship of the Duke of Shu must be loaded with cargo first.

Ham, sausages, pork and mutton bacon, canned fish, large cans of luncheon meat, canned fruits, jams, preserves, tea, dried lemons, flour, noodles, rice, beans, yams, various medicines, wine, and even live food

Pigs, live sheep, live chickens and ducks.

At Haisheng's suggestion, a few more cats were added.

Because of the huge space and abundant fresh water, Long Haisheng also built hundreds of wicker baskets on the deck, filled with soil and growing fresh vegetables!

According to the suggestions of the Changguo sailors, ballistas, harpoons, and fishing nets were also installed on the ship.

It took a whole day to load the goods, and it didn't stop at night. It wasn't until dawn the next day that the goods were finished.
Chapter completed!