Chapter 231: The Idea of Exploring Taiwan

Wei Hongye said with a smile: "Hongyu, I'm just joking and livening up the atmosphere, I don't mean anything else, don't take it to heart." The second brother apologizes to you, so forgive me. Otherwise, when Du Dalei comes back, he will have to play with me. ”

Fu Hongyu smiled: "Second brother, don't say that, the little girl is ashamed." If I cause discord among your brothers, then the sin of the slave family will be great. I have been in the Workshop Division since I was a child, and I often see some sisters being used as playthings by dignitaries. Many of them had a very miserable fate, and they were fine when they were young, and they were pampered. If they get old and decrepit, many people are sold, or evicted from their homes, and end up on the streets, and they have to return to their old jobs in order to sell their physical hygiene. Many of them died at a young age. ”

Fu Hongyu's eyes turned red, and she continued: "Compared to them, I and the female teachers in the school are very lucky. After coming to Qishan Island, our sisters were well taken care of, no one bullied us, and let us go to the school as teachers to teach the children to read and write. We sisters are very grateful to you, so I bow to you on their behalf and ask you to bow down to the little girl. ”

After speaking, she bowed down and performed the most solemn kowtow of this era.

Zhao Zizhong hurriedly said, "How do you do this?" Hurry up. Wu Niang, it's inconvenient for us, you help her up. ”

In addition to Fu Hongyu, there is only one woman in the house, Jiang Wuniang. Jiang Wuniang immediately went to pull Fu Hongyu and wanted to help her get up.

But Fu Hongyu was very stubborn, she didn't get up, but solemnly bowed to Zhao Zizhong and Wei Hongye three times before standing up.

Wei Hongye sighed and said, "Hey, what's wrong with you?" I'm just kidding. You do this as if I were bullying you. If it is spread outside, how will everyone see it! ”

Fu Hongyu said: "Second brother, this matter has nothing to do with you, the little woman sincerely thanks your brothers for saving us from the fire pit." And with a lot of respect for us, no one bullied us. That's why I thank you and pay tribute to you as our sisters, so don't think about it. ”

Cui Daoshu quipped: "Fu Niangzi, I bought you and brought you here, should you thank me?" If it weren't for me, would you be able to become a good match with Du Dalei and be my sister-in-law? Hahaha! ”

Fu Hongyu glared at Cui Daoshu, and then said: "I don't appreciate you, you are the son of a wealthy family, and you didn't have any good intentions when you bought us lowly women." If you don't come to Qishan Island and be taken care of by Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wei, our sisters will be like duckweed, and we may not end up anywhere! So what do I appreciate you for? You and those stinky men are all the way, and you have several concubines. ”

Cui Daoshu was bored, so he had to stop talking. The people next to him covered their mouths and snickered.

Jiang Wuniang opened her mouth and said, "Everyone, I came from a humble background, I am still a widow, and I have two children. But here, no one looks down on the slaves, and everyone is very kind to me. Mr. Zhao's status is precious, he respects me, and he wants to marry me as a wife, I am very moved. You also made me the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, which is not a big official, but it is very significant. Most of the women on the island are from displaced backgrounds, and their backgrounds are miserable. If they are sold to the mainland, they will be used as slaves and maids, and they will definitely be bullied and tortured. When they arrived, they were well cared for, they were fed and clothed every day, and no one dared to bully them. So my sisters told me that it was like going to heaven, and they had never dreamed that they would be able to live like this. ”

Zhao Zi saw that Jiang Wuniang was a little excited, so he comforted her and said, "Wuniang, don't be too excited, if you have something to say, just say it slowly." At the heart of our mission at Seven Seas is to build an equal society for all. If you believe in our brothers, let us work together to build our own home. Do you have faith? ”

Many people in the room shouted:

"It can be done!"

"We have faith."

"Mr. Zhao, I'll hand over my rotten life to Seven Seas Company! What do you say, my old fan has to do it. Fan Jinchun was so excited that he actually took off his coat, threw it on the ground, and shouted shirtless.

Wei Hongye hurriedly put his clothes on him, and then said: "Old Fan, you are in your thirties, why are you still like a hairy boy, and you express your determination at every turn?" Get dressed, there's a woman here. ”

Fan Jinchun was a little embarrassed, he hurriedly put on his clothes, and smirked: "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of shape." My old fan will definitely change it next time, and he will definitely change it. ”

Zhao Zizhong continued: "Everyone, we are too busy now, and when winter comes, after everyone has settled down, we must first select a group of well-behaved workers, craftsmen, guards, and farmers, and then find a daughter-in-law among the single women, and then give them a marriage and ten acres of land for each family." As the saying goes, 'those who have no permanent birth, no perseverance'. ”

Everyone was very interested in this proposal, and there was a lot of discussion.

Wei Hongye asked: "Lao Zhao, with so many people, the land on Qishan Island is definitely not enough, what will you give to everyone?" ”

Zhao Zizhong explained: "Old Wei, I said that I would give ten acres of land to everyone, not necessarily the land of Qishan Island. The world is so big, we can't always stay on this small island. If we have a strong fleet, we can go anywhere. I have already promised the members of the escort that if we go to the island of Taiwan the year after next to expand our territory, we will give 100 acres of land to every family that immigrates to Taiwan. The same goes for the guards, but they don't have to farm themselves, we can manage the land for them, and they can enjoy the benefits of the land then. ”

Everyone was very excited, and several officers of the escort team, led by Fan Jinchun and Zhai Xiaoshan, all screamed as if they were wolves.

When Jiang Wuniang and Fu Hongyu saw this scene, they both covered their mouths and laughed.

Cui Daoshu shouted helplessly: "I said everyone, can't you stop for a while?" Isn't it just a hundred acres of land, you can't be so excited, right? ”

Fan Jinchun said with a smile: "The head of the family, you are from a wealthy family, and I don't know how much importance we people with low status attach to the land. For the sake of these lands, I estimate that the vast majority of people on the island will risk their lives to fight. Mr. Zhao's trick is really powerful, if this matter is announced, I think the people on the island will sign up to go to that island. ”

Hu Shuiyang interjected: "Mr. Zhao, where is that bay you are talking about?" ”

Zhao Zizhong explained: "About four or five hundred miles to the south, there is a huge island called Liuqiu Island. Many businessmen in the West call this island 'Taiwan Island', and that's what I'm talking about. ”

The people in the room suddenly realized, Cui Zhaorong said: "I heard people talk about the island of Liuqiu, it is too big, the island is full of dense forests, and only some natives live there. It seems that there are some displaced people from Fujian in the western coastal areas who are reclaiming the famine, and the number is very small. If we go there, it's going to be very easy to occupy. However, we have to prepare a large amount of supplies, and we are now very difficult to settle these displaced people, so we still can't be in a hurry! ”

Cui Daoshu opened his mouth and said: "Lao Cui is right, we have to speed up the accumulation of strength, anyway, we plan to open up Taiwan the year after tomorrow, we can't be anxious!" ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "Yesterday there was a pigeon letter from Mingzhou, saying that in a few days, Mingzhou Shipyard would send four new warships. We'll wait for Guo Jintao to recruit a large number of sailors and officers, and train them with the guards for a few months, and then go south to clean up the pirate gang that has attacked us and wipe them out!" Then you can stop by and go to Liuqiu Island to reconnoiter and prepare for future plans. ”

Several officers of the escort team were very excited, and they all expressed their determination to Zhao Zizhong, scrambling to go to sea to kill those pirates.

Fan Jinchun relapsed and wanted to take off his coat. Wei Hongye hurriedly held him down, "Old Fan, are you sick again?" You deserve to be surnamed Fan, and when you are excited, you will become mentally ill. ”

Fan Jinchun smirked again, and said the English that Du Dalei taught him: "Sao Rui, Sao Rui, can't I be wrong?" I will never get sick in the future. ”

Hu Shuiyang immediately laughed at him: "Old Fan, don't always talk about Sao Rui if you have nothing to do in the future, last time Du Dalei and Qi Jiuniang said Sao Rui, they were scolded for being a dog blood spray, you don't have a long memory?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Cui Daoshu said helplessly: "Everyone, it's not right for Qi Jiuniang to scold, I will criticize her when I go back." You have to bear with her more, she has a straightforward temperament and doesn't have any city government, you must not be like her, okay? ”

Wei Hongye said: "It's okay, we all know Qi Jiuniang's temper, except for Du Dalei, the second goods, no one will provoke her easily, you don't have to worry." ”

Fu Hongyu was a little unhappy, and she said to Wei Hongye with a frosty face: "What's wrong with Da Lei?" You, the elder brother, why do you say that he is a second goods? I know that 'second-hand' is not a good word. ”

Everyone stopped squeaking and looked at Wei Hongye.

Wei Hongye had no choice but to apologize: "Brother and sister, it's me who is wrong, I will never say that Da Lei is a second commodity in the future." Forgive me. ”

Hu Shuiyang whispered to Zhai Xiaoshan next to him: "Du Dalei is a second-class thing, and everyone on the island knows about it." It's not something unsightly, he doesn't care about it himself, everyone is just joking, is it necessary to take it seriously? ”

Although the sound was small, everyone in the room heard it.

Fu Hongyu's eyebrows were upside down, and she immediately stood up, looking like she wanted to go crazy.