Chapter 374: Everything is ready
While Lin Sen was busy building the future flagship, Feng Ang was happily organizing people to harvest super rice.
The seeds bought from Lin Sen were indeed worthy of their price, and the yield was not less than that planted by Lin Sen's soldiers, but a little more.
In addition to the better fields he found, Lin Sen also helped a lot, directly imparted their planting experience without concealment, and pointed out many areas that needed to be improved, so there was a bumper harvest this season.
However, after Feng Ang counted the harvest this time, he was silently grateful to Lin Sen in his heart, and then honestly and unceremoniously took the new rice as a rice seed and began to prepare for planting again.
I remember that Lin Sen said that Yazhou can achieve three crops a year, so just try it by the way.
As for the idea of continuing to find Lin Sen to buy rice seeds, it never appeared in Feng An's head at all.
Of course, he also heard about what happened to those land-sitting households in Guangfu, and he was also very afraid of the mysterious weapon that Lin Sen had made.
What's more, no one knows exactly how those weapons work, and what form they can take to achieve such a terrifying effect.
He, like those who sat on the ground, could only see the corpses of those elite men who died in a very strange way, but the living ones were not seen.
It is precisely because of this unknown that the deterrent power of those secret weapons is increased.
Especially when I think of the "ghost-haunted" scenes I have experienced before, I feel a chill.
Maybe it was because of a weak heart, or maybe it was really out of gratitude for Lin Sen's hammer deal of selling super rice, Feng Ang still sent someone else to send Lin Sen some more pearls and agarwood.
Of course, nominally, it was the land money returned to Lin Sen, but the value of what Feng Ang returned was much higher than the bag of jewel-grade pearls that Lin Sen bought the land.
Didn't the land he bought from Feng Ang be planted for that season, because the place was relatively far away, Lin Sen must have been out of reach.
After getting the sucrose made from those sugar canes, Lin Sen didn't care about it anymore, but just asked the person who came to deliver the cane sugar to help bring the letter back to Feng An, and it was regarded as returning it to him.
Now all this cane sugar is still in the warehouse in the barracks, and the reason why Lin Sen came up with this thing is not to eat delicious food for himself, but to prepare hard currency for the new flagship.
At the beginning, the goods that could circulate all over the world were not gold, silver or luxury goods, after all, the situation in each place is different, and not everyone yearns for these things, but it is sugar, which has the taste of happiness, which can be recognized by everyone.
Regardless of whether the local people live a developed life or are uncivilized, sugar is an easily accepted commodity, and the purpose of Lin Sen's hoarding of this thing is self-evident.
The construction progress of the new flagship is gradually accelerating, the theme part is about to be completed, and the installation and commissioning of weapons have been put on the agenda, so Lin Sen is also speeding up preparations for other aspects.
The goods used to open up the shipping lanes, such as cane sugar, are only one of the aspects, and what he really worries about is the shipping route.
In Panyu City, some strange things have happened recently, but they have not attracted too much attention except for the parties involved.
If anyone really pays attention, they will find that some of the pillars of the fleet have suddenly disappeared.
Among them were experienced sailors, first mates who once boasted of their knowledge, and navigators who were quite crucial.
With these people in place, plus a few qualified crew members, it will probably be enough to start a big ship, go on the same routes they have been to, and even explore and try some new places further.
However, they should have been most anxious about this, and no one in the fleet they were originally in cared too much.
There are simply too many foreigners in Canton, and in contrast, there are not too many entertainment and service projects that provide services specifically for them.
Compared with the monotonous life in the West, these foreigners are always full of yearning and nostalgia for Guangfu, and many of them will stay here in various forms, not wanting to fight for their lives on the sea anymore.
Instead of facing the uncertain sea route, it is better to enjoy the world of flowers here. Even those who are well-paid in important positions such as navigators and first mates often leave their posts without reason.
In addition, there are always other ships or fleets that will give them all kinds of favorable conditions that they can't refuse, and there are also many excellent crew members who quietly change jobs.
Under the combined effect of a variety of factors, the crew mobility of many merchant fleets is still quite large, unless it involves a unique route, or some other great interests, otherwise no one will deliberately restrict the freedom of these seemingly important crew members.
So for the quiet disappearance of these people, naturally not many people will care.
But if someone can see the process of their disappearance, they should find that when every such important crew member disappears, there will be a figure of Lin Sen's special team members next to him, sometimes a local, sometimes a few Kunlun slaves.
It's just that their appearance seems very natural every time, and no one will doubt it at all.
What's more, in the urban area of Panyu, where foreigners gather, no one will take a second look at any race they see.
Since no one reports to the authorities, these people will only be treated as a natural flow.
As for where they are going, it goes without saying.
While Lin Sen was busy dealing with these chores, the caravan had already completed its task in an orderly manner.
The only side has already opened, and the transaction with the merchant is also going smoothly.
In addition to bartering, he obtained a lot of imported goods in demand, such as ivory rhino horn, and also relied on exclusive products such as perfume and toilet water, and harvested a lot of gold and silver, which is definitely quite fruitful.
If you go back and sell those imported goods, the profit will definitely not be low.
This time, only those who are responsible for the transportation are the most powerful dealers, and the safety is also guaranteed.
Besides, the most dangerous side of Lingnan has now become the safest area, and there are caravans from the Qin family and the Cheng family, and there is absolutely no problem in arriving in Chang'an City safely.
Lin Sen also asked the caravan to bring back all the beads that he got from Feng An's side, and the sister paper always lacks resistance to this kind of thing, so I think Cheng Huaiyu will also like them very much.
There are also some toys made by Lin Sen himself, and they are also brought back, which can be regarded as a heart for Cheng Huaiyu's mother and son, and express their lovesickness.
After sending off his caravan, Lin Sen could put all his thoughts into the shipyard again.
Under his attention, under the escort of his soldiers, and under the overall management of those students, the new flagship, which had placed Lin Sen's ardent expectations, was finally built!