Sure enough, as Wei Shuo expected, it didn't take long for the officials of the county guard to send a message appointing Wei Shuo as the Laoshan salt field envoy, and at the same time transported 300 stone of grain, which was enough for more than 1,000 people on Laoshan to eat for a month, and it seemed that the county guard had learned of the dilemma of the lack of food on Laoshan Mountain.

The government's hemorrhage has once again injected strong impetus into the development of Laoshan, at least temporarily solving the problem of eating up and down Laoshan. After filling his stomach, Laoshan immediately rushed into the great development as if it was full of horsepower.

The first is to expand the salt pan to 200 acres, and suddenly increase the annual output of salt to 240,000 catties, of course, only a few people know the specific output, and most people do not know the actual output of Laoshan in the next year.

Secondly, because Wei Shuo became a legitimate Yantian envoy, after taking office, he immediately included Laoshan and its surroundings under his jurisdiction in the name of Yantian envoy. The Qingdao Port of the later generations happened to be within the jurisdiction of Wei Shuo, and today Wei Shuo brought people to Qingdao Port to investigate.

In later generations, Qingdao Port is located in Jiaozhou Bay, which is a natural and excellent harbor, including Qingdao Old Port Area, Huangdao Oil Port Area, Qianwan New Port Area and Dongjiakou Port Area. However, during the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty did not realize the importance of the sea, and the use of major coastal ports was far less than that of later generations.

Take Qingxu Erzhou as an example, there are a large number of excellent ports in the coastal areas, but only Donglai Port and Langya Port can really be used.

"Ladies and gentlemen, come and see, this is Jiaozhou Bay, the harbor in the bay is wide and deep, the wind and waves are calm, the sea water is not frozen all year round, and it is a natural excellent harbor. There are also Dagu River, Nanjiao River and so on into it, if a seaport is built here, the entire harbor can be guarded. In the future, if the opposite Langya Port is occupied, it will be easy to occupy the entire bay. ”

Wei Shuo stood on the beach, looking at the calm bay, which can be described as ambitious, and he couldn't help but be enthusiastic when he thought that Qingdao Port would be born in his hands.

"In the future, when Qingdao Port is completed, we will be able to sell refined salt to all parts of Dajin by sea, and then see who can stop the development and growth of our Laoshan Mountain."

"Qingdao Port? Brother Wei, how do you know that this place is called Qingdao Port? "Zhang Erlang is now in charge of the protection of the entire Laoshan Mountain, and today he brought a few people from the escort team to protect the safety of Wei Shuo and others.

Wei Shuo didn't think of how to fool Zhang Erlang, but Zhu Wen behind him stood up and shook his head and said: "Presumably this is the name that the president got for the port that is about to be born, this place is located in Qingzhou, and it is on the peninsula, isn't it 'Qingdao'?" ”

"Oh, I see! The name of Qingdao is good, and this will be Qingdao Port in the future. ”

"Erlang, I heard that the displaced people who have recently gathered in the county town have shown signs of going south, and your escort team should be vigilant to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to mix with our Laoshan Mountain." Wei Shuo turned his head and said to Erlang.

"Brother Wei, don't worry, everyone who comes to our Laoshan must be inspected by the escort team first, and they can be distinguished at a glance whether they are homeless or not. As long as they are elements with ulterior motives under the banner of being homeless, they will never escape the eyes of our escort team. Zhang Erlang patted his chest and assured Wei Shuo.

Wei Shuo looked at Zhang Erlang, who was full of tigers and tigers, and couldn't help but sigh that it was really a dragon giving birth to nine sons, each with its own advantages, and the personalities of the two brothers of the Zhang family could be described as diametrically opposed. The eldest Zhang Dalang is steady, considers problems comprehensively, and has the demeanor of an eldest brother; And the second Zhang Erlang is eager to do things, and he is a little unwilling to accept the status quo.

Since the establishment of the Escort Team, Zhang Erlang, who is active by nature, has been soaking in the Escort Team all day long, and it can be seen that he likes the life of the army very much. Wei Shuo also noticed this, and at the adjustment meeting, he was specially promoted to the direct head of the escort team.

"President, we have just expanded production, and now there is an extreme shortage of labor on Laoshan Mountain, and I am afraid that we will not be able to build a port for the time being." Zhu Wen was a little worried that Qingdao Port would become a burden on Laoshan at present, and as a staff member, he felt that he had the obligation to remind his lord that it was important to be far-sighted, but if it became a great achievement, it would not work.

"Hahaha, Ziwen don't worry, I'm not so anxious. Qingdao Port is by no means something that can be built in a day or two, and we in Laoshan Trading Company have not been able to build a port in a short period of time. What I think is that Laoshan will face a wave of displaced people in the future, and the salt and escort will not consume much of the population. ”

"Besides, we don't have much land for everyone to plant, in order to avoid the new displaced people from having nothing to do, we can consider picking a group of people to clean up these four weeks, and after a while, when we have enough money, we can officially start the plan of Qingdao Port." Whether Qingdao Port can be built or not is related to the future development of our Laoshan. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo stood on the beach facing the sea breeze, pointed to the endless sea in the distance, stretched out his hands and shouted passionately: "Do you know? No, you don't know, the sea, the endless sea in front of us is where our hope lies in the future. I know that many of you are afraid of the sea and have never really understood it. ”

"But I know that the sea is the real treasure trove, not only is there endless food, but there are also countless treasures at the bottom of the sea, and even at the end of the sea there are many unknown lands. Jiro, you have seen two precious crops in my package, do you know where they come from? ”

Zhang Erlang was stunned for a moment and said, "Is Brother Wei talking about corn and sweet potatoes?" ”

"What are corn and sweet potatoes?" Not long after Zhu Wen went up the mountain, he didn't have time to get in touch with the new crops.

Wei Shuo turned to look at Zhang Erlang, who was a little embarrassed, and explained with a smile: "Ziwen, the matter of corn and sweet potatoes is not intentionally hidden from you, but even I have almost forgotten about it. If it weren't for the fact that I came to the beach today and reminded me of some of the past, I'm afraid you wouldn't know until later. ”

"Sweet potatoes and corn are two new crops that I have obtained from overseas, and they are not only planted in a wide range, but also have extremely high yields, almost several times or even more than ten times the yield of wheat, millet and other crops. As long as corn and sweet potatoes can be promoted in the land of China, ordinary people in the world will no longer go hungry. ”

"Shhh More than 10 times the yield of corn?! This, this, is this true? ”

Zhu Wen gasped, he had tried his best to overestimate his lord's energy, but he didn't expect that the lord still held such a big hole card in his hand, which made Zhu Wen full of unprecedented confidence in the future of Laoshan.

"Hehe, whether it's true or not, we'll know when the output comes down next fall, and no matter how much you say it now, it's just empty words. In fact, when it comes to corn and sweet potatoes, I just want to tell you that there are still many unknown lands and unknown things on the other side of the sea. ”

"If possible, I hope that one day our people will be able to sail the ship across the endless sea and reach the other side of the sea to have a good look."

Hearing Wei Shuo's description of the end of the sea so beautifully, everyone couldn't help but look forward to it, and Zhang Erlang couldn't help but ask about overseas affairs: "Brother Wei, have you been to the other side of the sea?" Do you know what's on the other side? ”

"Hehe, what can there be, it's similar to our Huaxia, there are a lot of locals, forests, rivers, grasslands, etc., and a lot of animals and plants that we don't have here. And it is said that when the Yin Shang destroyed the country, there was a group of Yin Shang people who fled across the strait from the extreme north of Liaodong to the other side, and now it has developed into a large tribe in the local area, named Yindian. ”

"And this kind of thing? How do I sound like a myth? Zhang Erlang and Zhu Wen couldn't help but be fascinated when they heard Wei Shuo tell overseas stories.

"Whether it's true or not, I don't know. It's just that I heard that when King Wu invaded the city, broke through the capital of Chaoge, and the king of Zhou was in Lutai**, a commander named Youhou Xi of the Shang Dynasty led part of the Yin people to cross the strait in the extreme north and arrived on the other side of the sea, and it is said that the local Yin tribe is the descendants of the Yin people. ”

"If you want to be sure of the truth of this thing, it's best to have a chance to go to the local area to have a look, if they are really descendants of Yin Shang, they will definitely leave records related to Yin Shang culture, as long as they find relevant clues, won't they be able to prove the origin of the Yin tribe?" Wei Shuo strongly encouraged the ancients to look away from the small Central Plains as soon as possible, and he always felt that it was a bit of a waste for the ancient Chinese to limit their influence to East Asia.

"Okay, when Qingdao Port is completed in the future, I will definitely go overseas to have a look!" Zhang Erlang said with a look of fascination.