The Tan family didn't like these soldiers, and it was estimated that they were usually driven away by them, so after getting on the boat, they didn't even have time to talk to Hong Tao, raised the sail and sailed out of the port. At this time, Hong Tao found that there were more than two small wooden boats that came to the dock to find him, and there were three Tanjia boats with canvases like broken curtains, and the people on the boat Hong Tao did not know, but they all held bamboo poles and machetes in their hands, it is estimated that Chen Mingen and they found helpers, once Hong Tao was in trouble, they planned to rush up to rob people.

Out of Zhenzhou Port, and went west for about half a nautical mile, a large number of Tanjia rows of boats appeared on the sea, Hong Tao probably counted, at least more than 50 ships, it seems that this is a settlement of the Tan family. However, with so many boats gathered together, and there is no advanced fishing equipment, the catch from casting nets alone may not be enough to feed them, so what do they live on?

"Holy! It's abalone! So much? When the small wooden boats approached the rows of boats, Hong Tao finally understood what they were relying on to feed themselves, and it turned out to be abalone, sea cucumbers, mussels and other seafood. Almost every row of boats will have strings of these things hanging in the air, and the smell, not to mention, is extremely cool.

The Weng family is the in-laws of the Bo family and the Huang family, and the two girls of their family married Bo Xiaosan and Huang Lang respectively as wives, both of whom are honest and hard-working. Judging from the number of rows of boats in his family, he should have had a good time before, a full four! But judging from the quality, the four rows of boats of their family are not the most broken, and they are also within the penultimate few, many of the planks are rotten, the bottom of the boat is crawling with barnacles and other sea creatures, and the canopy is also a hole in the east and a hole in the west, very much like a wreck that has just been fished up from the bottom of the sea.

Huang Hai told Hong Tao before that the Weng family had a hard time because the men in their family were about to die, almost once a year, and there were accidents every year, so far the second son's family was still complete, and the other three families were widows with children. Without men, there would be no more than half of the labor force, and a few widows alone would be very capable and industrious if they could not starve their children to death.

"Alas, have fewer children and more trees!" Hong Tao looked at the five half-sized boys who had to take turns wearing shorts and a girl who was shrunk behind the curtain in the cabin, only showing half of her face and not daring to come out, and couldn't help but think of a classic slogan in later life. What to do if you are poor? You have to expect your children to work more, but the more children you have, the poorer you are, and this has become an unsolvable circle.

"Second brother, go buy some food for the children, and buy a few pieces of cloth by the way, so that the children have a dress to wear, even if they go to sea, they can't go out with their bare butts. Fuber, don't stare, we have money, we don't have to pick and shrink anymore, don't dare to eat, drink or wear. What do you do when you earn money and come back? Isn't it just flowers! Can't you deduct it from my share? As soon as he heard Hong Tao say that he wanted to buy food for the children on the shore and pull new cloth, Bo Fu immediately hid the basket containing copper coins behind him, but he was still discovered by Hong Tao.

"Your money is not blown by the sea breeze, and you don't need money to marry a daughter-in-law? Do you need money to buy a new ship? Don't you need money to eat white rice for a meal? "Bo Fu has such a straight temper, talking about money with Hong Tao in front of the Weng family, this is not to make the family unable to come to the stage. The only living second son of the Weng family directly stuffed his head into the crotch of his pants, and the green tendons on his head jumped, but he couldn't say a word for half a word.

"Oh, the other man hasn't married your Azhu yet, you old man is really unreasonable, Xiao Er, take it, buy it according to what Tao Lingzi said, go and go back quickly!" Huang Hai is much more flexible than Bo Fu, Hong Tao and Bo Fu quarreled, Chen Mingen was not good to stand up and help, he could only be the collaborator, so as not to quarrel again. This thing can't say who is wrong and who is right, it can only be with mud.

"Fu Bo, we don't have to worry about food and clothing in the future, if your own family has a happy life, seeing that your relatives and friends are hungry and bare-butted, if something happens, is anyone willing to take care of us? Begging for a living on the sea, relying on a concerted mind, now give you the big ship of the maritime merchant, can you and my second brother and third brother drive away? In the future, what we have to do is a big thing, not to mention three or four families, maybe it will not be enough for all the Tan families in this area to join together to do it. When the time comes, I will let you be my big treasurer, and the money will be put in your hands, and I can rest assured that no one will be able to take any more points! "Hong Tao really didn't plan to quarrel with the old man Bofu, people who are poor and afraid, they don't dare to spend the money in their hands, for fear that they will be poor again one day, which is normal. However, when it is time to enlighten, you still have to enlighten, there is no need to quarrel, Hong Tao is very skilled in slapping and rubbing three times.

"Ahh Son, you can't gather all living beings, that's a big rebellion! Bo Fu let Hong Tao directly say confused, he couldn't understand what a big deal was, going to sea to fish, feeding his children, and marrying his old daughter smoothly were his big deals, how big was it? Huang Hai probably didn't understand too much, but he didn't plan to ask, but planned to listen and watch what Hong Tao would do in the future. Only Chen Mingen understands best, and he is also the most educated, as soon as there are many things in his mind, it is easy to associate, and his face changes immediately.

"Grandpa, you're thinking too much, I'm going to take the big guys to fish together! The sea is so big, not to mention these dozens of Tan families, even if they are a hundred times more, they can still be fed. Now that we have money in our hands, I want to try to build a small boat in my hometown first, this kind of boat is very fast and can help us transport our catch, but I don't know if the boatmakers of the Great Song Dynasty can build it. "Hong Tao actually wants to say that you are really smart, can you see it? But in the end, he kept his mouth shut and led the conversation to the construction of a new ship.

"Our Tan family has its own boatman, if it's a row of boats, you don't have to go to the natives, that kind of big sea boat our Tan family can't build, what does the boat in your hometown look like?" Huang Hai took over the conversation, and now he doesn't dare to take anything he says to Hong Tao, the ground cage, rolling hook, and new sail have all proved to be very useful, and they will also fight and kill Jiao sharks, if Hong Tao is really a Tanka family, it is a hero of the Tanka family.

"I don't know how to make carpenters, but I know how to build ships. In my hometown, one kind of person first drew a pattern of a boat, and then another person built it. The one who draws is called a designer, and the one who builds a ship is called an engineer, and the designer is better than the engineer. Hong Tao does not miss any opportunity to brag, and he has no burden in his heart at all to brag with these simple Tan family members.