Chapter Twenty-Four: Flickering, Flickering (continued)
The sea is vast, and when I first took the boat, the sea was calm, and the red sun illuminated the whole sea red, and the golden light flashed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWhite clouds flutter in the blue sky, and seagulls fly happily close to the sea,
Wu Yinglin and Fang Yichen also feel that the sea is vast, which makes people feel happy.
But anyone who has ever been on a long-distance bus or a ship knows that it was really one day in heaven, two days on earth, and three days in hell.
What's more, in ancient times, there were no mobile phones and no computers for recreation, staying on a ship with limited space, Wu Yinglin felt a little bored the second day, and felt very depressed from the third day.
There is no fresh water to bathe, and after washing with seawater, when you are exposed to the sun and blown by the sea breeze, you can leave a layer of white salt, and the skin is dry and dry, which is very uncomfortable.
There is no tasty food to eat, there is a lot of food, and seafood can often be fished and caught.
But it is difficult to make a fire, there are few materials, and most of these seafood are eaten raw.
Once or twice, I still felt delicious, and Wu Yinglin felt sick to my stomach when I had more.
If these are these, Wu Yinglin can still bear it, after all, he is also a person who has fought and suffered.
But what made him most uncomfortable was the kind of depression, the kind of depression.
All you see is the sea all day long, and the people you see are these people.
There's nothing to do and nothing to do!
Wu Yinglin felt that he was about to go crazy, so he could only desperately find someone to chat.
Wu Yinglin found that he had said more than he had said in his entire life during the half month he had been on the ship.
Talk to everyone, and talk to everyone when they catch it.
Wu Yinglin finally understood why most of those captains and drivers were very talkative.
How can you do it without talking!
Wu Yinglin and Fang Yichen talked to people the most about the captain Wang Dazhu.
According to Wang Dazhui, he grew up in a blacksmith's family, and his father saw that he was just born and thought that he could thrive, so he named him Dazhui.
The son of a blacksmith is usually a blacksmith in the end, but his father was killed when he was fourteen years old because of the Tartars who went south, he begged for food, worked as a coolie, and later after the country regained Fujian, when the sea trade was flourished, he Wang Sledgehammer followed the boat, and after a few years, he spent all his savings to buy this ship and became the owner of the ship.
Wang Dazhui has been to Nanyang, Taiwan, Fusang, and has seen a lot of things, and often tells Wu Yinglin interesting stories about the open sea.
Wu Yinglin and Fang Yichen talked to Wang Dazhui about the past of Liaodong.
The two sides also had a good conversation.
Wu Yinglin and Fang Yichen also learned a lot about Australia, which deepened their impression of Australia, which is vast and rich in vegetation and suitable for grazing. There are many mining resources, many indigenous people, and the people are simple.
After a long and nearly a month of sailing, Wu Yinglin and his colleagues finally set foot on a place called Sydney in Australia.
As soon as he stepped on Wu Yinglin, he couldn't help but roar to relieve his feelings.
Probably seeing too many such scenes, the people in the port took a look at it and continued to do their own thing.
roared, his mood was much more relaxed, and when Wu Yinglin calmed down, he saw that the most prominent platform made of wood in the port was the most lively.
Hundreds, apparently native, were tied with ropes and dragged onto the platform, with a wooden sign on their heads, numbered in bright red lettering.
A Chinese man in his forties with an obese belly was pounding on the table with a mallet, and he desperately shouted, "No. 19, young and strong, is the most suitable time to open a mine." ā
After shouting, he didn't think he could express enough, so he pulled out the natives of No. 19, dragged them to the forefront, and shouted loudly, "Look, everyone, his arms are so strong." It's not that I boasted, if I bought him, at least it could bring you a hundredfold and a thousandfold return. Whoever wants, three or two starting price! ā
As soon as he fell, a voice immediately shouted, "I want it, three or two!" ā
A voice also came from the other side, "Three two hundred wen!" ā
"Three, two, five hundred!"
"Four taels!"
"Four, two, two hundred!"
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When the price came to nine, two or five hundred, no one shouted anymore.
The best slave of the present is ten taels. Although these slaves look young and strong, who knows if he will resist or not, whether he will not survive and die.
After ten taels, the risk is greater, and few people are willing to spend ten taels to buy a slave.
Seeing that no one was bidding any more, the fat man hurriedly struck the gavel and shouted, "All right, this slave belongs to the gentleman." Someone pull him down and brand him! ā
When a few of the guards heard this, they pulled the slave down and asked for the buyer's name.
The guard picked up a red-hot iron and forked it on the slave's arm, and the hot iron burned on the skin, and there was a zizzling sound.
The slave tried desperately to struggle in pain, but his hands were so strong that he couldn't break free.
Soon the imprint of the buyer's surname remained on the slave in perpetuity.
Wu Yinglin saw that he was busy asking the captain Wang Da Hammer who walked off the boat, and said, "What is there for?" ā
Wang Da Hammer glanced at it and said, "There are slave sellers there!" Wu Gongzi, if you want to buy slaves, you can go over there and buy them, it's very good. ā
Wu Yinglin said, "Brother Wang misunderstood what I meant, I mean, it's just buying and selling slaves, why do you want to brand?" And why is the price so high, the average slave is only two or three taels, and even as long as they are given food, some people will voluntarily come to the door to be domestic slaves. ā
Wang Dazhui explained, "The house slaves that Wu Gongzi said should be the common people under the rule of the northern Tartars. Childe, now the Chinese people under the rule of the country are not allowed to buy and sell, you must be careful about this, otherwise your life may not be guaranteed. As for the high price of these slaves, it is also because since the country regained the south, all the Chinese people have land and work. Who would work hard to earn that hard-earned money. But these jobs can't be done without one. That's why it's time to capture some slaves to work. And there are too many places to work, and there is no shortage of slaves in Nanyang, Taiwan, and Australia. This slave is very sought-after, so the price is naturally high. As for branding. For these were the most lowly slaves, the slaves they were bought to work in the fields, in the mines, and in the mills. They often disobeyed and ran away, so the slave owners had to mark them so they could be easily recognized. ā
Wu Yinglin hurriedly arched his hand when he heard it, "Brother Xie Wang pointed out, Qihua has been taught!" ā
Wang Dazhui also had to prepare fresh water food to prepare for the next voyage, and agreed on the return time with Wu Yinglin at the dock, and then went to busy his own business.
Wu Yinglin and his entourage went to observe Australia by themselves.
Countless people were busy on the dock, and Wu Yinglin saw dozens of carpenters cutting flat wood with planers.
Before the freshly flattened wood could be piled up, someone carried it and crashed into the carriage at a high speed.
Before the carpenter could breathe, the owner of the lumber shop had already said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I know your hard work. But the guests are in a hurry, so everyone works harder. This month, everyone's salary is doubled! ā
The carpenters, who were very dissatisfied with their continuous work, heard that their wages had been doubled, so they sighed and continued to dig wood.
On the other side, on a construction site where a wall was being built, two people were arguing.
"Boss Zhang, what about the bricks that he said? Haven't the bricks that Lao Tzu wants have arrived? ā
"It's almost there, Boss Wang. You wait. ā
"Hurry up, damn it, don't you know how expensive labor is now? Delay for a day, do you pay for this artificial money? ā
"Boss Wang, you have to bear more, there are too many people who want to build a house during this time, and it's too late to burn this kiln! Dude, this apologizes to you! Today, I will definitely send it to you today! ā
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Wu Yinglin looked at the people who were in a hurry, and he was very happy in his heart, this will be his father's chassis in the future.
The more industrious the people, the better!
Less than five miles from the port, you will see a town, many places where construction is still under construction, and countless people are walking as fast as if someone is chasing after you.
At the entrance of the town, Wu Yinglin saw thousands of people patting the long three teams.
Wu Yinglin was curious and walked over to take a look.
A servant wearing Zheng Chenggong's new custom-made uniform pointed at a large map with a long bamboo whip on a high platform and shouted, "No, no, there is no land here now, and it has been sold out." There's still here, there's still here. Do you want it? ā
"Where is the price?"
"It's a bit far from Sydney, but it's cheap, only forty taels for a hundred acres. Do you want it? ā
When a young man at the front of the queue was still thinking about whether to buy it, the person behind him was already urging and shouting, "The front, whether you buy it or not, if you don't buy it, get out." Don't get in the way of us buying land! ā
"yes, if you don't want it, I still want it! Come on! ā
"Don't stand in the pit and don't!"
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While he was still thinking about it, the other two teams had already made the first move and bought the land he fancied.
Now the rest of the team looked angrily at the front of the group, and cursed one by one.
He saw that there was less and less land on the map, and he hurriedly shouted, "I want thirty acres, which is the remaining piece of land in that district." ā
After setting the status and paying the deposit, the man put the title deed in his bosom, carefully covered it, and went away happily.
"There is land, there is land, and from today onwards I am also a big landowner!"
As soon as he left, the official on the high platform shouted, "The C land has been sold, and now the Ding land is sold." ā
Wu Yinglin saw the long queue, turned to look at Fang Yichen and said, "Mr. Fang, we have all seen the town. Why don't you go out of town and see if the land is really fertile and full of vegetation! ā
Fang Yichen nodded and said, "That's true!" ā
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After buying dry food and walking for a day, Wu Yinglin saw an unforgettable scene.
The boundless grassland, a piece of emerald green, is illuminated by the sun, like a layer of gold dust, with the gust of morning wind, setting off blue waves and golden waves. Wildflowers of all colors in full bloom, one bush here, one there, bathed in the sun, competing in the vast grassland, exuding a rich fragrance, as far as the eye can see, wildflowers are like colorful clouds, falling on the green grassland.
And where the green grass meets the blue sky, cattle and sheep chase each other, thousands of fat flocks, horses and cows.
Wu Yinglin squatted down and pinched the green grass, turned around and shouted excitedly to Yichen, "Uncle Fang, this Australia is indeed as King Qin said, the land is fertile and the vegetation is abundant. When I go back, I must persuade my father to take refuge in King Qin and become the actual controller of Australia! (To be continued.) )