Of course, the only "civilized" rule in European ports for dealing with such ships was that you were not allowed to trade in the harbor, but you were allowed to enter the harbor to replenish fresh water and grain before leaving.

However, Xin'an City does not have these rules that keep merchants out, and more and more Nanyang merchants know that the "open door, equal interests" and "free trade" declared by Australians are not just words, but are actually practiced.

So more and more ships are waiting near Timor Island for the Nicole, the legendary Australian iron ship, and now the captains of the South Seas know that as long as they follow the Nicole and accept its protection, then the city of Sin'an is completely open to them.

This is also an important reason why whenever the Nicole arrives in Sinan, the whole city is as lively as a big festival, at this time, Sin'an is full of all kinds of people, there are laborers who come here to earn money, there are also all kinds of vendors, in short, the arrival of Nicole and her fleet makes Sin'an City full of job opportunities and business opportunities.

After the Nicole docked at the Blue Pier, all kinds of loading and unloading operations began non-stop, although the whole dock area seemed very busy, but in fact, everyone here knew where they should go to earn money or take on their job responsibilities, after all, the Nicole came back every other month in Sin'an City has become a norm - people who are accustomed to everything related to it can do everything in order, and do what they should do in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Lao Wang and Xiao Pingguo, Wei Hongfang, Linyou, Hou Xianglin, Kangda and others have been waiting on the dock trestle for a long time, they usually don't gather so neatly, this time they are so neat, the only reason is that there will be two crosser partners who arrived here for the first time on the boat - Lao Ba and Han Letian.

Everyone waited for a long time, only then did they see the old bus appear on the foredeck with the support of Han Lotian and Nicole's first mate Han Qisheng, and soon, a special gangway was slowly lowered from the bow of the ship, only to see the old bus being helped by the two to slowly walk down the high gangway of Nicole.

Lao Ba's face was a little pale, and his legs were a little trembling, and when he got to the trestle, Lao Ba finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lao Wang and the others hurriedly greeted him, Lao Ba saw Lao Wang coming with everyone, and hurriedly helped the two strong fighting spirits around him, panting and laughing:

"I'm sorry everyone, I'm sick, hey, don't talk about seasickness, I'm still afraid of heights......"

Obviously, Lao Ba's weak appearance shows that he has made seasickness again along the way, and Han Lotian looks okay, after all, he is young and adaptable much stronger than Lao Ba Benwu.

It's just that Wei Hong, who was following behind the welcoming crowd, couldn't help but almost laugh, and said in his heart, "Are you afraid of heights?" How did you jump off the building to find a short sight? Of course, he just held it in his heart and didn't say it.

Everyone saw each other in a foreign country, naturally they were very affectionate, after the greetings, the old bus explained his intentions, Xiao Pingguo nodded frequently to show that he understood, and said that since this is the case, he should seize the time to recover his body and start negotiations as soon as possible, so he immediately turned around and beckoned, called the two carriages parked in the distance, and then turned back and stretched out his hand to replace Han Qisheng to support the old bus, at this time, Gu Jin also went down from the gangway to the dock trestle, and there was another greeting greeting.

At this time, Han Qisheng hurriedly hugged his fists and said goodbye to everyone, and the brothers also waved their hands to let him go, knowing that there was a lot of work waiting for him on the deck.

Subsequently, Xiao Pingguo took these two new arrivals and Gu Houkang and others to the two four-wheeled luxury carriages of the Governor's Palace, and then made an appointment with the three of them, Wei Hongfang, who stayed on the dock, to call the crew of the Nicole to the Governor's Mansion for dinner together, and then hurriedly said goodbye to everyone.

The coachman whipped and the motorized motorized all the way to the governor's palace.

The two carriages are divided into two groups of people, Xiao Pingguo's old man Gu Jin sat in the front one, and Han Letian was caught by Kangda Hou Xianglin on the back carriage, the two stayed outside for too long, and they wanted to know about the recent situation in the Red Mansion, and the "old guys" such as Captain Gu and Lao Ba were not on the side, and it was convenient for the brothers to gossip.

On the first carriage, Lao Ba looked curiously at the scenery outside the carriage - on a clear day in a tropical climate, the mountains in the distance, the green, thin and red fat vegetation, the nearby cement dock square, and the bustling crowd.

At this time, the Shuangshanzi greenhouse warehouse area on the edge of the square is crowded, several shops nearby have put their goods outside the door, small merchants and hawkers come and go in the crowd, and the porters with burdens and ropes on their shoulders hurry through the square, the crowd makes the traffic on the square seem a little congested, and the carriage has to stop and go.

This exotic scene full of people and strange costumes made Lao Ba's spirit a little better.

At this time, Lao Ba suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Xiao Pingguo, who was sitting in front, and said, by the way, before leaving, Sun Lao said that there was a private matter, and asked us to take a field trip to care about it, Sun Lao explained - this time to Dili, I want to see more about the cultivation of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn in the Duchess's family, I heard that Master Wang has made an experimental field in the manor, Sun Lao said, this experimental field of the Duchess Manor Li is the first time that the crop seeds we brought from the old world have taken root overseas, and Sun Lao said that it is of great significance......

Seeing that the two people in the carriage were listening quietly, Lao Ba added:

"It's just that I think Sun Lao has some words that he didn't say clearly, I know, this time we came to Timor to open a bank, Sun Lao hopes that the Duchess can also benefit from it, I heard that the capital chain of the Duchess's manor has been very tight recently......"

So Gu Jin smiled beside him and sighed, hey, now Sun Lao is also a man with a son and a family, and he is really a father, and his thoughts are really different from when he was single in the past.

If you want me to say, in fact, this is not entirely a private matter, in Timor Island, the Duchess's manor is a significant support and base for us, so of course we have to care about the operation of the manor, as long as you can, you should take care of it, this is nothing that can't be said explicitly, right......

Xiao Pingguo immediately nodded like pounded garlic when he heard this, and responded to Captain Gu and said that Sun Lao did send a telegram in this regard a few days ago, asking Uncle Wang about the situation in the manor, but Uncle Wang is worried now, he said that there is more rain on Timor Island than at home, and the temperature difference between day and night is smaller than that of Mornington Island, and there may be some problems with the growth of sweet potatoes in the manor.

Is it? And what about corn and potatoes? Lao Ba asked.

Corn and potatoes didn't listen to Uncle Wang said, it is estimated that the problem is not big, but now the problem is not only sweet potatoes, it happens that the rain on Timor Island this year is particularly much, Uncle Wang said, he estimates that the sugar cane yield in the manor will drop a lot, no way, the sugarcane varieties here are not the sugar cane of the old world, it is the fruit cane of this time and space, Uncle Wang said, the sugarcane varieties here are degraded a little seriously, especially not resistant to rain.

Isn't that even worse?

Gu Jin couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard this.

Xiao Pingguo immediately responded, it's not a drop, so Uncle Wang said that he plans to copy the brewery at home here, although these sweet potatoes and sugar cane are not satisfactory for sugar extraction, but if they are used to make wine, they are definitely high-quality raw materials, and now in the Duchess's manor, there are more than 50 black people who follow Uncle Wang to make wine every day, and the workshop is so big that I can smell the smell of distiller's lees from a mile away......