"The docks? Isn't the pier allocated to Mo Tuanza? Han Wuye didn't look at Mo Ning, as if he was saying to himself.

"yes, the dock has been rowed to us." Mo Ning said in his heart, although it was allocated to us, but if Han Wuye or Han Wuye's descendants want to go back, I can't help it, after all, they borrowed it, "Han Wuye, I have an idea, near this dock, you can't grow crops, why don't you sell it to us?" ”

"Sell?" Han Wuye was a little surprised, and his mouth couldn't close for a while, "What kind of selling method?" ”

"We signed a document to sell this wharf to us permanently, and we will pay you the silver, what do you think, Fifth Master Han?"

Han Wuye was a little displeased, "The dock is sold to you, so how will the people go out to sea to fish and catch aquatic products in the future?" ”

"Fifth Master Han doesn't need to worry, isn't there a shoal in the northwest of Qingzhi Island? We developed the shoal, rebuilt a dock, and left it to the old man to manage. ”

"Will this work?" Han Wuye remembered that there was such a beach.

"Don't worry, old man, if we can't develop a wharf, we will never want the current wharf."

"That'...... How much silver does Mo Tuanzuo have to give? "Han Wuye said in his heart, anyway, this area has been given to you, and now you have to pay silver to buy it, that's your business.

Mo Ning didn't know the price of the wharf, he just wanted to get this piece of land permanently, in case the future owner of the island would regret it, "One hundred taels? What do you think, old man? ”

"A hundred taels? How much Middle-earth goods can be sold for a hundred taels? ”

"Different goods in Middle-earth have different prices, just take this grain as an example, one tael of silver can buy two stones of grain, and one hundred taels of silver can buy two hundred stones of grain." Mo Ning could only calculate the value of silver based on the grain that Han Wuye was familiar with.

"Two hundred stones? This is the area now? ”

"With the current area, there is no need to expand it at all." Mo Ning secretly rejoiced.

Han Wuye thought for a while, "If the old man doesn't go to Middle Earth, isn't this silver useless?" ”

"If the old man really decides not to go to Middle-earth, you can use this silver to buy food from us, and the silver will definitely not be wasted."

"Buying food from you? Really ¤dǐng¤diǎn¤小¤say,.←.≯os_();? "Fifth Master Han is obviously calculating the usefulness of these grains.

"Really, you can buy from us at any time, and if the old man needs it, we can pay for it with food now." Two hundred stone of grain, which is more than 20,000 catties, Wei Xin has now sent a fleet to transport food and other materials to Hachizhang Island and Qingzhi Island, and 20,000 catties of grain can be exchanged for a permanent piece of land, Mo Ning felt steady.

"Since you can exchange huàn grain at any time, the old man should collect the money first." Han Wuye felt that silver could not only buy grain, but also other goods.

"Okay, the old man can do whatever he wants," Mo Ning toasted again, "Old man, such an important matter, there is no basis for words, you must sign the paperwork, and I will go back and explain it to our commander." ”

"It's okay to sign the paperwork, but Mo Tuanzuo needs to repair the dock in the northwest first."

"Don't worry, old man, that's certain, if I can't build a new dock, I won't be scolded to death by the people on the island?"

"Haha......"

"Old man, I still have an idea, I don't know if the old man agrees?"

"Mo Tuanzuo, let's talk about it."

"This time I brought a large number of excellent seeds, once planted, when the harvest season comes, the island's grain production will definitely increase significantly, if the people can't eat it themselves, they can sell it to us, and the surplus vegetables can also be sold to the soldiers stationed on the island." With a permanent supply base, Mourning doesn't need to hide anymore.

"The people generally stock up the surplus grain to prepare for the famine year." Han Wuye's first consideration was the diet of the islanders, and as for the extra vegetables, they were left to themselves.

"Fifth Master Han, we will not persecute the people on the island, if they are unwilling, we will definitely not use force, we are not short of food, on the contrary, if they are willing to sell the surplus grain to us, in the future in the case of a famine, we can also buy the grain back with silver."

"Aren't you keeping it for them for free?"

"That's it, if there is a surplus of food on the island, we can transport it back to Middle-earth to sell, in case there is a famine on the island and there is a shortage of food, we can also transport grain from Daming and sell it to the people on the island."

"Then the people of the island will never go hungry again?"

"As long as they are willing to cooperate with us, they should never go hungry and cold again, and the people of Daming will not go hungry and cold."

"Freezing? Do you also sell cotton cloth for clothes? ”

"As long as there is silver, whatever you need, we can have the convoys carry it, as long as they have the silver."

"Silver?" The silver really stumped Han Wuye, and neither Qingzhi Island nor Hachijo Island produced silver.

"Han Wuye don't need to worry, I have to go to the sea to the east this time, and when I come back, I will slowly think of a way to see how to let the people on the island earn silver, as long as there is silver, you can buy the qiē he wants from Daming."

"That old man is waiting for Mo Tuanza on Qingzhi Island."

"The old man is polite."

The next day, Mo Ning signed a document with Han Wuye to sell the island and the wharf, and actually measured the land on the wharf, according to the measurement of the Ming Dynasty, it was only a little more than 280 acres, and Han Wuye drew some more to the island, which happened to be 300 acres.

In order to thank Han Wuye, Mo Ning presented Han Wuye with some porcelain and Han clothes, and Mo Ning also promised Han Wuye that after returning to Daming next time, he would strive to bring back some agricultural tools that Qingzhidao could use to improve the efficiency of labor.

The original wharf in the south of Qingzhi Island was temporarily stopped, and Mo Ning asked the soldiers who stayed on the island to first build a civilian wharf in the northwest, and after this wharf was built, it was handed over to Han Wuye, and the contract they signed would officially take effect.

This wharf was built for the island by Moning, and all the people who participated in the construction of the wharf would receive a remuneration of 20 copper coins a day, and the islanders could also directly exchange these copper coins into food.

Bidding farewell to Han Wuye, Mo Ning returned to Hachijo Island, he took a large amount of grain from the transport ship, and exchanged the grain with the people on the island for a large number of vegetables, so the two of them opened Hachijo Island and sailed to the southeast.

After unloading the grain supplies, the transport ship returned to Qingdao along the same route, preparing to transport some more grain and seeds to the two islands.

After ten days and ten nights of aimless navigation on the sea, Mourning finally discovered a nameless island.

This is the first uninhabited island that Monin found in the sea.

The fleet circled the island, which was nearly triangular in shape, and the length of each side was about four miles, and the area of the whole island should have exceeded fifteen hundred acres (one square kilometer), and the terrain on the island was fairly flat, high in the middle, slightly lower on all sides, and from the sea, the surface was rocky, but there were no ridges.

Mourning ordered the ship to approach and test the waters, looking for a pier close to the island.

After testing the waters, the fleet found that the waters to the southeast were deep enough to dock large ships.

Mo Ning felt that even if he could not get supplies from the island, he could use the island to avoid the wind and waves at sea, and he sailed on the sea for ten days and ten nights in a row, and both soldiers and sailors were very sleepy.

The ships docked, the soldiers had no intention of going to the island to play, they soon fell asleep, there were only a small number of guards, they were on guard, they didn't want to sleep, but they couldn't, the fleet was in their unfamiliar waters, no one knew if there were fleets from other countries nearby, or pirates, so they had to be on high alert.

Mo Ning saw that the soldiers were very sleepy, so he didn't wake them up, and let them sleep well first.

Boredom, Mo Ning himself also slept a little, and when he woke up, he found that most of the soldiers were awake.

But it was already dark, and there was no place for entertainment nearby, and in the darkness of the night, there was nothing to do but sleep and recuperate.

After dawn, Mo Ning had breakfast early, took some soldiers, and began to patrol the island with a sun and moon military flag.

At first, the rocks were covered in water stains and a thick layer of dead moss, and it was clear that the place was often submerged by the high tide.

As I walked further, the water stains became less and less, and the withered yellow moss was much thinner.

Except for the gray-black rocks on the island, there is a thick layer of guano, and there are obviously no traces of human activity.

"Tuanza, there are seabirds in front, let's shoot to see if we can shoot a few seabirds, eat fresh bird meat at noon, and by the way, see if the flintlock pistol can shoot normally in this environment."

Mo Ning looked ahead, and sure enough, there was a large group of water birds, the big ones were like white swans, and there were gray and white water birds that were much smaller than white swans, and they seemed to sense the danger, and they stretched their necks one after another, looking at them as uninvited guests.

"There's neither cold nor heat here, so how can a flintlock not shoot properly?" Mo Ning smiled, "I'm afraid you're greedy, right?" ”

"Tuanza, this is the sea, and the air is full of moisture, so maybe the flintlock bullets are too wet to be used."

"Haha, your reasons are really good, then try it, if the flintlock pistol is normal, but you can't hit the seabirds, see how I clean you up." Mo Ning agreed, in fact, when he saw these fat seabirds, he was ready to put a few shots himself.

"Yes, Tuanza, I guarantee that the brethren will be able to taste the seafood today."

And they all stopped, lest they scatter the waterfowl.

Twenty or thirty soldiers, began to aim at the poor seabirds.

There was a medium-sized, long-legged seabird, perhaps an albatross, which, as if it saw danger, suddenly screamed and spread its wings high, and its slender red legs resembled a tail, which kept dragging under its tail feathers.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The flintlock pistols rang out, and the gunners fired a salvo, half of the flintlock pistol aimed at the seabirds, and half of the flintlock pistol aimed at the low altitude.

"Gaga...... Ji...... Phew......"

A variety of different seabirds, let out a terrible cry.

The large seabirds, which were so resistant to blows, basically flew away, except for one that looked like a white swan, probably a flintlock bullet, which hit its wings, and one fell from a low altitude and fluttered a few times on the rocks, which was finally caught by the scrambled soldiers, who also picked up a few small wounded seabirds.