The winds at sea gradually turned, and merchant ships began to move south. After Lin Ling got Yang Yingqi's hint, the price of rice was lowered day by day, and merchants began to transport grain from Gaoli, Liaobei and other places, and the price of rice gradually dropped from five or six times the price of Quanzhou, and in the end, although it was still fifty or sixty percent higher than that of Jiangnan, it was finally within the tolerance of the merchants, and the first terrible grain price turmoil in Tianjin subsided.

Lin Ling bought two boats of ginseng, colored glass, mink, northern pearls, and war horses, and returned with a full load. When the Lin family's big ship sailed, Yang Yingqi was on Ouyang Shi's ship, watching the flag marked with the word Lin disappear into the horizon.

Ouyang Shi pointed to the Lin family's southbound boat and said, "Two boats of rice have been exchanged for two boatloads of treasure!" He really dares to make this money! ”

Yang Yingqi said: "It is precisely with this kind of insight that there is such a great fortune. ”

Ouyang Shi said: "This Fujian! Not only is he knowledgeable, but he is also beautiful, I don't know if he has a sister. ”

Yang Yingqi said curiously: "Does it matter if he has a sister or not?" ”

Ouyang Shi smiled: "If there is, I will go to their house to propose my relatives!" My brother looks like this, and my sister must be good-looking too! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled slightly: "He has a twin sister, but unfortunately he died of illness two years ago." ”

Ouyang Shiqi said: "How do you know about this kind of thing? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "After I talked to Lin Ling this time, I accompanied him to visit the Guanning School. Lin Ling was full of praise for our Guan Ning School and decided to leave one of his younger brothers to study. ”

Ouyang Shi sneered: "What is he interested in Guan Ning Academy? Or do you fancy our strength? ”

Yang Yingqi smiled: "It doesn't matter what it is. Anyway, his younger brother is very smart, and our school is lacking such students. ”

Ouyang Shi laughed and said, "You know that Lin Ling has a twin sister, you must have learned about it when you chatted with his younger brother." ”

Yang Yingqi smiled slightly, took out the sea route map, and said, "Get down to business!" Although the Lin family made a lot of money this time, in the end, it was actually us who benefited the most. ”

Ouyang Shi smiled: "I know that your ghost mind is farther than anyone else!" After this incident, I am afraid that a large number of merchant ships will follow suit next year. The first one who transports grain makes a lot of money, the second one who transports grain makes a little money, and the third one is afraid that it will lose money! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled and said: "I won't let them lose their money, or who will transport grain to us next year." However, relying on them to smuggle grain out of the Great Song Dynasty is not a long-term solution. Rice grain is the foundation of the country, and no matter how the Great Song Dynasty is, it will definitely be strictly guarded. This time, I asked the Lin family and the Chen family to help us recruit people to grow tea on Daliuqiu Island, in fact, it was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance that meant Pei Gong - tea is just an introduction, what I really want is food! ”

Ouyang Shi groaned, "How much food can that island bring us?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "It depends on how well it is developed. This large island has abundant rainfall, and the climate and soil are similar to those in the south of the Yangtze River, so farmers from the south of the Yangtze River and Fujian Province are recruited to grow Zhancheng rice. The good farmers of the Great Song Dynasty are the best farmers in the world, and the good farmers of the south of the Yangtze River are the most farmers of the Great Song Dynasty! The world is people-oriented, and so is agriculture. If there is good land for farmers, then grain and grass are at your fingertips. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yingqi sighed: "In the past few years, Jiangnan has prospered with flowers and stones, which has brought disaster to the country and the people, and the people's livelihood has become increasingly embarrassed. We recruit people to reclaim, firstly, for ourselves, and secondly, to find a way for them to make a living. I once asked Lin Ling, and he said that in recent years, there have been many people and little land on the southeast coast, and it has been a matter of crossing the sea to make a living in the past. However, most of the poor families who can't survive in Fujian, Liangzhejiang, and Guangnan will take risks in the past. They were making a little fuss over there, and it didn't make much of a difference. Moreover, the natives on the island are fierce and thieves, and even if there is a little harvest, there is no guarantee. Therefore, the first priority for you to go here, in addition to choosing a port to open a village, is to find a way to quell the trouble of piracy. When the livelihood of Daliuqiu Island is better, there will be people who will return without us recruiting. ”

Yang Yingqi pointed to the northern end of the island: "Let's go north first and then south." I know in ancient books that there is a good harbor on the north side of this island that can be used by boat, but I have never been there myself, so I don't know the exact location of that harbor. But with the fourth brother's talent, it should be able to be found. We rely on the port cloth village, plant along the village, gradually expand and drift away, and slowly will form villages and towns. Using this port as a base, you can gradually clear out all the pirates on the island. After the indoctrination of Puyan, we can gradually bring the natives under our rule. ”

Ouyang Shi groaned: "As for the flow from Jinmen, the sea route is thousands of miles, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to control here." In the end, isn't it a pity that a lot of money is not made? Anyway, we still have a large area of wasteland in Chenzhou, Fuzhou that has not been reclaimed, why don't we recruit people to reclaim these wastelands first, but seek the near and far? Asking for safety? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "The sea route is far away, which just inspires our shipyard to continue to improve. No matter how dangerous the waves are, they can't stop businessmen who dare to take risks and want to get rich! Quanzhou is also a thousand miles away from Jinmen, but didn't Huang Jing and Lin Ling also come over? Actually, I didn't expect a big harvest in the first two years, as long as the people there could gain a foothold. When it comes to earnings, it should be three or five years from now. ”

He paused and said, "Liaodong naturally needs to be developed. If the peninsula's potential is fully realized, we will be able to keep food and grass in five years. But what about five years from now? We can't stay here forever, can we? But if we expand on land, we will be suspicious of whether we expand north or west. Only by heading to an island that no one is paying attention to for the time being can we grow our strength without being noticed! ”

Ouyang Shi said again: "In addition, there is still a difficulty, this big island is too close to Fujian and too far away from Liaodong, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to hide from the Great Song Dynasty." Our Han sailor has a shallow foundation, and he can't fight the Great Song sailor! ”

"I've thought about it, too." Yang Yingqi said: "But fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty is in power, and the affairs of Yanyun and the northwest have already made them take care of themselves, but I am afraid that they will not be so concerned about the southeast overseas, and even if they notice it, they will not make a big move for a while." As long as the fourth brother finds a way to let the officials on the southeast coast gain some benefits in this matter, they will naturally help to 'conceal it'. As long as it can be delayed for three or five years, our foundation will be laid. What's more, in the past three or five years, the general trend of the world is afraid of great changes! At that time, I am afraid that it will not be the same situation as it is today! ”

Yang Yingqi pointed to the southeast sea and said, "Fourth brother! That treasure island and Jinmen look from north to south, once developed, the entire East China Sea will be our world! Once there is a sea as the rear of our Han department, Jinmen will no longer be a small remote port, but the center of this sea! And the offerings of our Han Department will also be endless by sea! This ocean is the lifeline of our Han Ministry, and the supplies that the Han Department will rely on in the next ten years will come from the hands of your East China Sea King! ”

Ouyang Shi was shocked when he heard this: "King of the East China Sea? ”

"Yes! King of the East Sea! ”

A day later, half of the old sailors and sixty percent of the new sailors of the Han Department went south with the tide in the name of escorting the southbound caravan. However, this fleet did not enter Mingzhou or Quanzhou. They stopped at a natural harbor at the northern end of Daliuqiu Island and built a small wharf, which Ouyang Shi named because of its topography.

Half a month later, the Lin family's sea boat carried hundreds of tenant farmers into the chicken coop ferry, and opened up the wasteland with the southbound farmers of the Han Dynasty near the rough water village.

The soldiers and civilians from the north were particularly unaccustomed to the climate on the island, and within a month of coming, people kept falling ill. But Ouyang Shi still persevered, not only because he was afraid that things would be messed up and he would not have the face to go back to see his brother, but also because he vaguely felt that if this big island could be developed, then he Ouyang Shi would no longer be just a small character who ran in vain and spying on intelligence under Zhi Yanchong's hands! And will be the number one person who is in charge of himself, and even controls the rise and fall of the life and death of the Han Dynasty!

The ambition of the "King of the East China Sea" inspired Ouyang Shi to spend the rest of the seven years of Zhenghe in this harsh small port. This season's rice, cane and tea harvest is pitifully small, and it must rely on a steady supply from Jinmen and Quanzhou to sustain it.

Almost everyone is complaining, either hoping to return to the mainland or to return to Jinmen. However, Ouyang Shi did not have the intention of retreating, he suppressed the people who tried to make trouble with thunderous means, and made a lot of personal wealth to appease those who kept to themselves.

This man is no longer a teenager from this moment on, and no one knows how much impact Xiao Tienu's words will have on him on the entire Han Department.

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