Obviously, this means skyrocketing prices, inflation.

Well, in fact, this is a fairly typical financial problem that inevitably arises from international trade under the monopoly and control of the government, and it is also a commonplace phenomenon and common sense.

Obviously, these merchants and workshop owners did not understand the reason, and in the eyes of the ordinary citizens of Holo City, in the days that followed, people were suddenly faced with an inexplicable market crisis.

Soon after, there was a serious inflation in the city of Holo and the surrounding rural tribes, and then, in the two months after the Australians left the port of Holo, the price of grain, meat, vegetables, ironware, ores, timber, rattan products, fiber, cloth, medicines, etc., all the items that Australians had ever purchased, skyrocketed......

In the face of rising prices, there are a lot of depreciated inferior copper coins in their hands, these business houses and workshop owners really want to cry without tears, which is called:

"Who are you busy with after a few hard work? In the end, you have to make wedding clothes for others......"

However, these ordinary merchants and workshop owners can only helplessly live on a pile of inferior copper coins, what can they do but endure?

Well, they can grit their teeth and curse the Australians and their devil ship loudly after the Australians' devil ship is far away and they can't see it, but the rest seems to be only able to knock out their teeth and swallow blood, blaming themselves for the bad years......

On that day, along with the Australian fleet, there was also Xue Laixiang's fleet.

Three renovated Cantonese hard-sail tea ships sail in front of the Nicole in the rising sun.

As the pilot ship, after sailing a hundred miles east after leaving Holo Harbor, Xue Laixiang's fleet said goodbye to the Nicole and the Pride.

The destination of Xue Laixiang's fleet was Leizhou in Guangdong, which was his last departure and where his wife and concubine's family were small.

Now, Xue Laixiang and the others finally embarked on the journey back to their hometown, Xue Laixiang stood on the deck of the Heng'an, holding the gift given to him by Captain Gu - binoculars with high power binoculars, looking at the Nicole that was gradually moving away, recalling the ups and downs before and after this voyage, as if there was a feeling of being suddenly separated from the world.

Now he can be said to have turned over, not only received a huge amount of silver compensation, but also obtained a chart that made him so excited that he couldn't sleep at night, as a person who has been running the sea for many years, he knows how valuable this chart is accurate enough to make people wonder whether it comes from the world.

He also learned how to identify and understand this map that was completely different from the maps he usually saw from Wei @ Hong and Ren Ke, and for the first time in his life, he learned to use contour lines to describe the terrain and use latitude and longitude to mark locations......

When the fleet parted, the Pride and Nicole in the distance were honking goodbye to him, and Xue Laixiang Huang Zhiyan knelt on the deck and bowed in the direction of Nicole, and the two knelt down to Captain Nicole on the deck until the huge hull was only a wisp of green smoke on the sea.

In fact, the guys on the ship were very excited and lamented their fate, and they also knew that if they hadn't met the Australians, what awaited them would be death and cruel slavery.

Now, they know their future mission - Xue Huang and his companions will be closely tied to the Australians, they will carry out various trade activities as Australians' agents in Nanyang, and they will do business and expand their careers in Nanyang with Australians, which is not only to repay the kindness, but also a promising career......

At nine o'clock in the morning of July 16, the restaurant on the first floor of the Red Building.

Since the fleet left the Red Wharf until now, the people who stayed behind in the Red Mansion have been very busy, especially Sun Lao and several "old guys" of the Supreme Executive Committee.

No, Xiao Fei ran from the telegraph room on the roof of the fifth floor to the temporary office of the "old guys" - the dining room, and handed them a telegram from Nicole:

“...... The Nicole and the Pride set sail at 8:30 a.m. today, and the fleet will return to the Red Pier at an average speed of 8 knots, and it is expected to arrive at the Red Pier in about 10 to 15 days, taking into account the possibility of avoiding wind and waves.

Time of issue: 8:30 a.m. on July 16, 1657. Gu Jin. ”

Sun Lao took the telegraph and read the contents to Lao Ba, Lao Zhu and Lao Wang around him.

"More than 400 people, more than 200 houses, even if it is simple, it is not a small project, plus the women's dormitory of 45 people, this amount of work is ...... It's almost impossible to accomplish ......"

Lao Ba took the telegram and glanced at it, then handed the telegram to Lao Zhu next to him and said.

"Now everyone is working overtime in the brick and tile factory cement factory to produce cement bricks and tiles, these houses have not even been excavated yet, and now that they are about to return to the ship, there is no choice but to let these migrants live on the ship first......

Lao Wang, who glanced at the newspaper, took a sip of water and responded.

"Xia Xiaoou's report asks for priority in school."

Lao Zhu added a sentence next to him at this time.

"Well, it seems that this can only be the case, the ladies have their special considerations, and the focus of their attention is on the female slaves who were bought, and what kind of premarital education and naturalization training, and it also involves the education of more than a dozen underage Han children and indigenous children, so I think it is best to concentrate on the school to do it, and it is not a long-term solution for young children to always occupy the dormitory of the Red Mansion......"

As he spoke, Lao Wang raised his eyes and looked out the window, and the vegetable garden in the distance was now lush and full of all kinds of vegetables, especially tomatoes, and the red and green fruits hung in clusters on the vines.

“...... Moreover, the vegetable garden also needs labor, so it is not too much to let the female slaves and children in these schools help in the vegetable garden in their spare time, which is considered a labor practice class, right? ”

"Well, it's certainly not excessive, so a place like a school is really necessary, it's a priority."

Sun Lao pondered for a moment and said.

"Oh, by the way, let's stop calling other slave girls, or the ladies will be unhappy, they have a new name, trade labor or reserve Australian citizens......"

At this time, Lao Wang smiled slightly and reminded everyone in time.

"Well, trade labor...... Since it's labor, you have to work, right? Ladies and gentlemen...... Trade laborers can go to the fields and pastures to help you while they are in school.

But obviously not full-time, otherwise their husbands may not agree, so the full-time must be the four hundred male and female laborers...... Well, guys, how do you distribute this workforce? You always have to come up with a specific distribution plan, don't you? ”

Sun Lao shook the work notebook in his hand and said to a few old brothers.

"Alas, don't mention it, the other day the gang quarreled so fiercely over labor, and you didn't see it, it seems that you will continue to quarrel!"

Teacher Zhao rubbed his somewhat sour eyes and said, he hasn't slept well recently, and too many things are just one aspect.

As a member of the Supreme Executive Committee, he has been a little anxious recently, the reason is the distribution of these labor, after all, Sun Lao and they are not science and engineering, on the issue of the distribution of labor between various industrial projects, obviously Engineer Wang Xue and Teacher Zhao are the most vocal, and the other members of the committee are also quite respectful of the opinions of the two.

However, Wang Gong's recent focus seems to be on the female slave, and she doesn't say much about the distribution of labor, in fact, she just handed over this thankless matter to Zhao Xihe, obviously a group of science and engineering men are counting on him to allocate more labor to his major, and Mr. Zhao has now become the focus of everyone's attention, which makes him feel very pressured.

"That's no way, it's okay to argue or not, anyway, get a result, give an opinion, right? Or you Mr. Zhao and Wang Gong coordinate the industrial project, and pull Boss Luo on, he is also a bigwig-level figure in your science and technology male group, let these people coordinate and discuss with everyone, in short, no matter how good or bad it is, please come up with a specific plan for everyone to discuss. ”

As he spoke, Sun Lao began to hold his forehead with both hands, pressing his thumb on his temples and rubbing it gently......