That was more than ten years ago, that year was the spring of Geng Yin, it was before the history called "Geng Yin's difficulty", the Qing army besieged the city in October, the lady in the old house in Macao acted decisively, and took the family ship to Yangcheng before the city was broken, and in the dark night, rescued the lord and a large group of family men trapped in the city from the waterway.

At that time, within a few days of the Qiao family's fleet, the Qing army broke the city, and 700,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, regardless of whether they were good or bad, were slaughtered.

In other words, it was the decisive behavior of the lady that preserved a large number of people and fine softness of the Qiao family, which greatly increased the prestige of the lady in the mansion.

The old lady of the Qiao family is not only the first elder in the family to explicitly support the marriage between the Lilia sisters and the Australian, but also the first Chinese businessman in Macau to send the second son of the family to directly contact the Australian big iron ship, and the first Chinese businessman to entertain the Australian "Grand President" in the mansion.

Dai Ai and Captain Sun Lao Gu both participated in that dinner, and during the tea after the meal, Mrs. Qiao also took the second son to talk secretly with Captain Sun Lao Gu and them for a long time......

Regarding the fact that Dai Ai and the others wanted to recruit displaced people to explore the outer islands, the old ancestor had already received the news in advance, and Lilia and Giovanna were both the old lady's ears.

The brother's pioneering plan will definitely not be hidden from his own lady, and there is no need to hide it, therefore, since the three went ashore to meet the future lady ten days ago, all kinds of news about the Australians have been transmitted to the ears of the ancestors of the Qiao family one after another.

After Lilia learned that her future husband wanted to buy property in Macau, of course she was very happy, after all, this is a major event related to the happiness of herself and her sister for a lifetime, although Australians are famous in Macau, but after all, they are still newcomers.

So the two sisters were going to take their husbands to Qiao's Mansion to visit two days ago, but Dai Ai and the two did not agree, and the brothers said that it was of course good to find the ancestor directly, but it was the eldest son who should be found first, after all, he was the son-in-law of the eldest prince's house, and he was too polite to be polite.

When the sisters heard this, they both laughed, and said that I haven't seen you pay attention to any etiquette and arrogance on weekdays, why are you paying attention to it this time?

Dai Xiaoshan can speak better than Xiao Ai, he immediately pulled Xiao Ai and responded, after all, it is our father-in-law, Xiao Ai and I are both orphans, and there was no decent family elder in the past, but now that I have it, I feel so happy, so emotionally speaking, treat my father-in-law like a father......

Well, Dai Xiaoshan is really older and understands the principle of being intimate, this remark is sincere and true, and it actually touched the two sisters.

However, Lilia also smiled and said, Daddy has never been involved in industry, he is a casual and elegant person, if the husband wants to do big things, he needs to see the ancestors directly when he encounters things in the future, although Dad is a good person, but he does things recklessly on weekdays, and has always ignored these etiquette, otherwise he will not be kicked out of the house by the old lady.

Dai Xiaoshan laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, and said that talking about his father in the back like this is quite inconsistent with the etiquette of this era, but he didn't dare to say it, Dai Xiaoshan loves Lilia very much, this girl has known herself, except for not letting herself move, all the things that should be done have been done, and big and small things are for her own sake, and she also has all kinds of care and care on weekdays, probably because she has been lonely for too long, this doctor eats this set very much......

This time the meeting in the main hall of the Qiao family's old mansion was very formal, and the eldest prince led the two prospective sons-in-law to prepare gifts and formally meet the ancestors of the Qiao family in the lobby.

After the contemporary Xiaoshan explained the intention, the old lady listened to it and thought for a while and said, the trouble is big, and it is quite urgent, so let's buy a boat and recruit sailors by my Qiao family, of course, the ship is newly built, a ship of at least 800 materials is a must, and my Qiao family can not only find you and other suitable manpower, but also save a lot of silver taels, but this survey can not be delayed, even so, the Qiao family first allocated a 600 materials of the Guangzhou ship, together with the sailors are lent to you for two months, when the new ship is built, and then return the old ship.

Dai Ai Ren and the three of them immediately got up to thank them, as for the rent of the crew and sailors, the old lady didn't mention it, but how could this brother be so ignorant, and immediately asked the entourage to go to the carriage to carry out two thousand taels of silver, and without going through the old lady, he directly let people enter through the side door, and then moved to the Qiao family's silver vault.

They have learned that under normal circumstances, if a 600-gauge ship runs a month's worth of business with sailors, the average income is about this number.

Sure enough, if there are people in the world with connections and silver, things will be done smoothly, and just one day later, a 600-material sharp-bottomed hard-sail Cantonese tea boat of the Qiao family sailed to the South Wharf of Macau Port to stand by.

The brothers then boarded the ship to meet with the handlebars and the head sailors, and then invited the group to the courtyard of the office to set up two tables of wine, and after a few rounds of the Australian sweet potato wine, the two sides soon became acquainted with each other.

At the banquet, the brothers learned that these sailors and boats were personally selected by the old lady of the Qiao family, after some words, the brothers felt that these sailors were very good, and the next day, the Qiao family sent a smaller boat to follow, and the old lady passed the word that because of the risk of going to sea, this boat was sent by the Qiao family to follow the companion, and there was no need for the two aunts to pay the rent.

The elder brother was very emotional, saying that this old ancestor was really extraordinary, thoughtful and meticulous, and knew that this was the old lady's kindness, after all, his safety was related to the lifelong happiness of the two young ladies in Qiao's family's room, and it was normal for the woman to be unwilling to let the two aunts be in danger, so she gladly accepted it, and at this time, if she insisted on paying rent, she would seem to be stiff.

So on the same day, the brothers set up another table of wine, which made the courtyard lively for a day.

On the third day, the two shippers paid tribute at the Mazu Temple in the north of the city, and burned incense to invite auspicious days, and the fleet finally set sail on the sixth day.

The scope of this expedition was set on the ocean surface within 100 kilometers from east to west and 30 kilometers from north to south with Dawanshan Island as the center, and there were more than 20 large and small islands in this sea area.

They went to each island to inspect each island, measured the depth of the water along the coast, observed and recorded the vegetation on the island, and then learned from the handlebars and sailors about the climate and hydrology of the place, when there was wind and rain every year, and the population of the island, etc., and the two ships went out early and returned late, and so on for two weeks, a large booklet was recorded.

On this voyage, the three of them not only visited the large and small Wanshan Islands and the seven nearby islands belonging to the Wanshan Islands, but also sailed east to Lantau Island, which belonged to the Xiangjiang River in the old world.

The once prosperous Pearl of the Orient is now extremely desolate, and it seems that there are no villages and villages outside the stockades where you can vaguely see a few bandits.

At this time, the three of them were full of emotion, Xiao Ai also said that if there is a chance in this life, I must recover Xiangjiang from the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so that the prosperity of the old world can be restored......

The three of them actually discussed it very seriously and said, what will be the consequences if we go to develop that island now? Of course, the final conclusion is unrealistic, because it is not Macao, and the Qing court will not be "exempted", and when that time comes, we will either obediently withdraw or start fighting.

There is no doubt that according to the temper of the brothers and the opinions of the people in the Huotang Club, it is necessary to fight, the problem is how to break if the strength is not enough? Since then, he has been stumbling with the Qing Dynasty?

I guess there are many people in this basket who won't agree, right?

Yes, at least the Vegetable Garden Club gang doesn't want to......

After some discussion, the brothers shook their heads and said, so although Xiangjiang is a good place, it is not our dish for the time being, and the current situation is better to honestly go to the open sea to develop and accumulate strength......