The time on the ship also passed quickly, and when Su You and the others arrived at Deqin Island, it only took seven or eight days.

Qindao is the Qingdao of later generations, but at this time, whether it is Laoshan Mountain or the later Qingdao urban area, it is still overgrown with trees and desolate.

Su You's fleet slowly sailed into the Jiaozhou Bay of the later generations.

Looking at the barren scene in front of him, Su You unconsciously wavered from his earlier confident plan, "Is it really necessary to establish a transfer station in this kind of place?" This idea also lingers in the hearts of Lu Zhongsu, Wang Bodang and other cadres;

If you think about it differently, if you build a ship here, it seems that there are no big trees available.

"Are you sure you want to build a dock here? If that's the case, I'm glad you didn't recruit me to the Seven Seas Trading Company in the first place. Knowing the reason for the ship docking, Yuan Caiwei laughed at Su You a little unscrupulously.

Lu Zhongsu and the others had ideas about Su You's plan, but after all, they followed Su You, so some advice was difficult to say, but Yuan Caiwei obviously didn't have this and didn't have to worry about Su You wearing small shoes for her.

Although Zhang Ding didn't have any brains about business, he didn't understand Su You's faintness, so although Yuan Caiwei's words were a little ugly, he didn't reprimand him for it.

"He who knows me says I'm worried, and he who doesn't know me says what I want? Alright, I'm going to get off the ship, and I wish you all the best. Su You was still a little uncomfortable with Yuan Caiwei's ridicule, but he couldn't make himself angry with this fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

Zhang Ding saw that Su You's words were unquestionable, and he knew that persuasion was useless, besides, Su You was originally holding the Sword of Heaven to run errands, who knew what secret mission he had? So he shook his head and said, "The strategic position of this bay seems to be better than that of Hangzhou Bay, you see, if you install a few trebuchets on both sides."

Zhang Ding's words can be regarded as relieving Su You, Su You smiled, this was originally his inner thoughts.

"That's it, big brother, I'll leave everything to the trading company to you." After Su You said goodbye to Zhang Ding, he walked to Yanbei again; The saddest person at this time is undoubtedly to come to Yanbei, from today onwards, she will be temporarily separated from Su You, and she doesn't know when they will get together.

Life is warm and cold to the extreme, it is a love word for men and women, and the way of the world is the ultimate in firewood, rice, oil and salt for the people.

Of course, Su You and Lai Yanbei prefer to stay together every day, but the love of children is no match for the way of heaven, and since the day they married Su You, they are destined to be Su You's virtuous helper, not just a confiner or bodyguard.

Su You is ambitious, but he has no choice but to lack skills, and there are a lot of people who can help him, but how many people can make Su You 100% relieved? Su You's most trustworthy person has to come to Yanbei, so she has to show up.

And that's just the beginning.

Uncle Sun and Su Shuangyu and Fuyu Minghui also said goodbye to Su You, for Uncle Sun and Su Shuangyu, of course Su You can believe that they will definitely assist Laiyanbei wholeheartedly, so Su You just nodded to them.

As for Fuyu Minghui, Su You's emotions are like the sudden departure of a friend, and they may never see each other again in this life; Fuyu Minghui's mood at this time was not very good, probably because of his homesickness, and Su You could understand such emotions.

Su You disembarked with Lu Zhongsu and his son, as well as more than 200 people including Zhai Rang Wang Bodang, among whom thirty or fifty belonged to Lu Zhongsu's original fleet, and the rest were mostly shipwrights and sailors recruited in Hangzhou a few days ago, among which there were two outstanding shipwrights, namely Shi Man and Zheng Yi.

Shi Man's age is close to the sixtieth birthday, and the reason why he came out to beg for life during the New Year is really because he is lonely; Zheng Yi was only about forty years old, and his family was much more affluent, and the reason why he joined the team of Lu Zhongsu's organization was actually the same as Lu Zhongsu, who had an incomparable passion for shipbuilding.

After being down-to-earth, the frustration on everyone's faces was more than excitement, probably because this place was too desolate, and most of these people were from the prosperous city of Hangzhou.

"How should I live in the future?"

When they came to this barren land, the first question that came to everyone's mind turned out to be this.

As the backbone of these more than 200 people, Su You didn't have much time to be sentimental, but immediately spoke, "You and I Su You are here, I Su You promise that you will not suffer a loss, and if you can persist here for half a year, you will be paid a month's salary."

"Wow ~ Long live the owner!" Everyone's salary was originally a few floors higher than the dock in Hangzhou, and at this time, there was a month's salary for Pingbai, how could there be no reason not to be excited?

After cheering, everyone's mood rose for a while, and they exchanged words with their partners.

Su You pressed his hands weakly, and then ordered, "You guys rest on the spot first, try not to run far!" When burning a fire, try to be safe. ”

Everyone agreed, and then they picked up dry wood and dry grass on the shore and set up a fire.

At this time, the south is already in full bloom, but the temperature here is lower than in autumn, so it is strange if you sit dry and blow the wind for an afternoon without being frozen.

Su You settled them, pointed to the west of the bay, and said to Wang Bodang, Lu Zhongsu and the others, "Let's go over there and take a look, I seemed to see cooking smoke over there on the boat just now." ”

Wang Bodang, Lu Zhongsu, father and son, Zhai Rang, Xia Ziwei and others nodded in agreement, and everyone walked west along the seaside.

At this time, it was already past the afternoon, and there was no obstacle to walking on the beach after the low tide, and Su You and the others were basking in the small sun while strolling in the slightly fishy sea breeze, which was also a kind of enjoyment.

Before he reached his destination, Su You saw a few young men on the beach picking up fish and shrimp on the beach with fish baskets, they seemed to be a little afraid of strangers, and after seeing Su You and others approaching, they retreated into the village one after another.

The place where Su You found the smoke was a small fishing village with more than a dozen households.

looked at the place where the men picked up the fish and shrimp just now, it was like a row of terraced fields, and then suddenly realized, "It turns out that they are fishing in the field, if this beach is not sand, their income must be several times more." ”

Lu Zhongsu listened to Su You's words and asked with great interest, "How do you say it?" ”

"Dry salt." Su You replied simply.

"It's not so easy to dry salt, you have to get permission from the imperial court first, right? Besides, this sandy land" Lu Zhongsu shook his head solemnly.

"Sand is not a thing, what if you put a layer of cement on this sand? As for the imperial court, how can the hand of the imperial court rise so long? Su You sneered.

The imperial court does control the mining and monopoly of salt and iron, but there is also a scope of control, if you really want to buy and sell sea salt, it is not impossible, there are so many islands in the sea

When everyone heard Su You's words, their eyes couldn't help but light up, they didn't think that cement would have such a wonderful use.

After discussing a few words about drying salt in the field, Su You and the others had already walked to the entrance of the small village, looking at the happy and peaceful appearance of the village, Su You said happily, "I originally planned to install our dock here, but I didn't expect them to take the lead." ”

Lu Zhongsu immediately quipped, "Wouldn't it be right to let them join the dockyard as well?" ”

"That's not necessary, how big can our dock be? This large bay can even hold a thousand docks! However, if I want to build a dock or a dock here, I still have to say hello to the local officials and civilians. Su You nodded and acquiesced in Lu Zhongsu's thoughts.

Lu Sheng interjected with some puzzlement, "Didn't Mr. already get angry with His Majesty?" ”

Su You sighed, "It's one thing to pass through qi, but you can't do it with only Your Majesty's nod, if you want to successfully complete the plan, you really can't do without their support; If you think about it, if this wharf is to be built, it will definitely take a lot of labor, and the protection and maintenance of this wharf will also require a large number of full-time personnel."

Lu Zhongsu nodded to himself, the reality is like this, but if you want to do something, you have to settle people first.

The group was about to walk to the village, but they startled a few old men and ladies and a few young children basking in the sun, Su You immediately bowed down to them, and asked, "There are many disturbances in the next place, I wonder if I can ask a few old people about something?" ”

A few old people and young children obviously hadn't seen strangers much, and although they welcomed the arrival of Su You and the others with a smile, they didn't know how to speak, but fortunately, one of the more dignified old men immediately nodded, and immediately smiled and waved his hand, "You distinguished guests don't know what to know, why don't you go to the cold house to drink tea first?" ”

With an authentic Shandong accent, only Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters and Su You can understand it, and the others look at each other, but there is nothing strange about this; China is vast and rich, and there are thousands of dialects in various places alone, how can you speak a Chang'an dialect or Luosheng chant anywhere?

Su You listened to his proposal, and of course there was no one who didn't nod.

After a brief exchange, Su You learned that this place was called Maijialing, and the old man was the patriarch of Maijialing.

And this Maijialing belongs to the jurisdiction of Jimo, and Jimo belongs to the jurisdiction of Gaomi County, which is a little different from Su You's always thought that Qingdao belonged to Langya, but this seems to be irrelevant; Because whether it is Langya or Gaomi, Su You has no acquaintances.

"I don't know how to go about this Jimo?" Su You listened to the old patriarch of Maijialing chatting about the scenery within a radius of three or five miles, and finally asked the question he wanted to know the most.

"Didn't you come from Jimo? I thought it was "

"We're from the sea, by the way, I've forgotten to introduce myself, I'm the southeast envoy of the imperial court, and I'm planning to build a dock here, I wonder if you can find someone to help me send a letter to the county order of Jimo?" Su You couldn't listen to his nagging, so he immediately interrupted him.

The old man didn't seem to have any idea about the official position of the Southeast Economic Envoy, and he only frowned after listening to Su You's request.

Su You observed his words and immediately added, "It's not in vain, I'll pay the same money." ”

"It's not about the money, but if you give enough money, the stinky boy will be faster." The old patriarch shook his head as he took a handful of silver beans.

Su You had no choice but to take over the burden from Xia Ziwei and began to look for the four treasures of the study.