After listening to Dai Xiaoshan's words, Ren Ke pondered for a moment, and also felt that he was thinking too simply, so he changed his words and said:

"Well, well, we can slowly investigate and determine these details later, and the immediate priority is to conduct field investigations to find out the actual situation of these islands, especially the situation of fresh water and land resources, and one more, the population of these islands, I remember that some islands have pirate dens......"

Dai Xiaoshan nodded, took the atlas on the table and flipped through it with interest, and responded while reading it, Exploration and exploration are indeed things that must be done first, and your travel brochure is really rich in content, and there is a lot of geographical information in it......

Ren Ke replied, I have done a preliminary study, and there are two big islands in the open sea 40 kilometers south of us, called Dawanshan Island and Xiaowanshan Island, these two islands are rich in fresh water and are currently uninhabited desert islands.

Otherwise, you can talk to the ancestor of the Qiao family, anyway, the money is out of us, how about letting the four families do a favor and recruit some homeless people to come over first?

Xiao Ai heard this and raised a question: Since it is a reclamation, there is a population movement, what will happen if the government knows about it?

Ren Ke snorted and said, now those so-called sailors in the Qing Dynasty don't go out of the Pearl River Estuary at all, and they can't control the sea off Macao, if we go there quietly to engage in development, even the Yamen of Xiangshan County don't need to report it.

Dai Xiaoshan nodded in agreement, and said that even if our affairs are really big in the future, even if we have to report to the government or something, with our father-in-law's family and three other business partners to help mediate, we don't have to worry too much, right?

Xiao Ai agreed when he heard this, and immediately responded: That's right, that's right, in the end, it's a matter of spending a few silver...... Nowadays, we lack everything, but the most important thing is silver?!

At this time, Xiaoshan also added, or we can simply persuade the four companies to join hands with us to form a community of interests, this business of immigration and reclamation is also a business in the final analysis, and it is also a big business, right?

Xiao Ai heard what the divine doctor said, and subconsciously looked up at a group of busy servants and handymen outside the main hall, they were busy moving furniture outside, and a few maids were also busy sweeping the courtyard, and nodded in response:

"Well, if you say yes, you can talk about it, after all, our two sons-in-law want to build a property and buy a house, and the woman's family will participate in the work, which is also logical......"

"Well, that's it!"

Dai Xiaoshan saw that the two brothers agreed on the same opinion, clapped his hands and concluded:

"Alright, that's it! In short, we can now say that we have a long way to go in Macao, these two days to settle ourselves down, the next thing to do is the investigation of the islands, it seems that we have to work hard for a while, personally go to these islands to do a field trip to the island, I suggest that the focus is still to inspect the two islands that Ren Ke just said, after the completion of the investigation, to write a written report for instructions, but also to put forward a specific construction plan.

In addition, it is necessary to clearly put forward the list of projects and materials that need to be supported to the Red Mansion, and the more specific the better.

By the way, the telegram from the north country said that the Pride has arrived in the Sulu Sea, and the Pride will be home in almost ten days, so we must hurry up and try to get the list of supplies and support we need before the Pride leaves the Red Pier, so as not to delay time, in short, the time is very tight, and it is really enough for us to keep busy......"

The brothers discussed here, and finally had an eyebrow in terms of work.

The brother began to be busy moving that day, and after settling down in the house, the three of them closed the door and discussed for a long time, and then went to Harry's bar to find the eldest son Qiao to explain, and the eldest prince was a little surprised after listening to the plan of the two sons-in-law, and asked whether this is your own idea or speaking on behalf of the Australians, Dai Ai and the two said that this is not only their own ideas, but also the plans of the Australians.

The eldest prince listened to the silence for a moment and said, the matter is big, the first step is to have your own ship, how to go to sea to survey without a ship.

Dai Ai and the two hurriedly nodded and said: We have indeed decided that the first step is to buy a boat and recruit a few sailors, so that we can go to sea to explore, so we need the help of the eldest prince.

So the eldest prince took this brother and went to the old house of the Qiao family early in the morning of the third day to visit the old lady of the Qiao family.

Immediately after returning to the new house, Grille sent a telegram to the Red Mansion, reporting on the visit of the elder brother to the eldest prince, and of course the ship, which was a necessary procedure - because all of this cost money, especially buying a ship and recruiting sailors, which was not only a big deal, but also a very expensive thing.

The Red Mansion is in charge of budget approval.

At present, the brother has a lot of cash in his hand, Xia Xiaoou allocated a few thousand taels of office budget silver is just a drizzle, and now the business in Macao has been on the right track, the brother now has nearly 50,000 taels of cash, which is locked in three places in the cellar under the bed in the brother's bedroom, the small iron door is locked with a fist-sized iron lock, and three small servants take turns guarding the three places every day.

But the silver was used for the Pride, and a considerable part of it was a deposit given by Portuguese merchants.

Obviously, according to the financial system, this money cannot be misappropriated.

However, at the moment, the matter is urgent, and the brother thinks that it is okay to embezzle it temporarily, of course, you must greet in advance and ask the Red Mansion for consent.

However, after the telegram was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the Pride did not respond, and the brothers counted the days, and then realized that it may be that the Pride had gone south, beyond the effective radio communication range, so whether this telegram can be received by the Red Mansion depends on the will of God, if the weather in Xin'an City is good, maybe this telegram can be received, and because the signal is not good, it is estimated that even if it is received, it will not be complete.

When the brothers realized this, they felt a little at a loss for a while, the problem was to wait for the agreed callback, and they didn't know when to wait, considering that the time was very tight, Dai Xiaoshan decided to take responsibility, he said to the brothers, let's just not wait, we will not be affected by the king's life outside, anyway, our general direction is correct, then let's do things first......

For Dai Xiaoshan Ailush, the old lady of the Qiao family is a legendary existence, and after several encounters, the two of them have great respect for this old man, not only because the old lady is still deaf and clear-sighted, her mind and language are clear, and her speech and demeanor are temperamental and open-minded. Another main reason is that the ancestor's attitude towards the marriage of his eldest granddaughter is that the old lady is the first elder in the family to clearly express her support for the marriage of her granddaughter to an Australian.

This old lady of the Qiao family, married the old lady Qiao as the eldest daughter of the Zhong family, and gave birth to two boys and two girls under her knees, because she is capable and sincere, she was relied on by her in-laws not long after marrying the Qiao family, and the big and small affairs of the family are all involved in others, so this lady of the main room has been no stranger to family affairs since she was young, and later the old lady Qiao returned to heaven, although the family is nominally the second son, but in fact it is still the lady of the main room who is in charge.

After Dai Ai and the others learned about the situation of their father-in-law's family, they privately said that this scene was familiar, and Ren Ke, who was listening, said in one sentence: Isn't this "listening to politics with a curtain".

And there are many legends about the deeds of this old lady inside and outside Qiao's house, she is a very capable family, think that when the old lady Qiao was alive, the old lady often helped to make decisions around the family, at that time Mrs. had just married into the Qiao family, when the Qiao family moved south to this place not long ago, the business contacts needed to be rebuilt, when the Qiao family was not stable in Macau, the daughter-in-law from the Zhong family devoted herself to the family business, and simply treated the Qiao family as her own maiden family, and did her best to teach her husband and children. also showed up to deal with all kinds of local people, fighting for the Qiao family's living space.

In the early years, the old lady also turned the tide and saved the Qiao family.