The snow on Beihua Island is the biggest snow Fang Shun has ever seen, today is the third day, and it still doesn't stop, the mountains and seas in the distance are filled with snow powder, and he can't see twenty or thirty steps when he raises his eyes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the morning, the camp eats salty sweet potato puree and polenta, which is steaming and tempting, but some people are already tired of eating it.

"Dad, why is it still sweet potato puree," Fang Gaoshan pouted, he was about to vomit after eating sweet potato puree.

"Little rabbit, it's good to have you to eat, forget the days of starvation in Zhenjiang Fort, at that time there was a frozen cake was good, and it was almost delicious." Without waiting for Fang Shun to finish speaking, Fang Yuanshan reprimanded him first.

Fang Gaoshan shrunk his neck, he also felt a little uneasy, now there is meat here almost every day, although most of them are sea fish caught from ice holes, but they are also meat, but he really eats sweet potatoes until he vomits, and he faints when he sees sweet potato puree.

Back to the nest where the family lived, the family of three had to clean the snow on the roof of the shed so as not to collapse the roof.

After clearing the snow, the three returned to the room, saying that it was indoors, but in fact it was a cellar, and most of the indoor was underground, but the branches for heating were extremely sufficient, and the room was very warm.

The two sons were bored and began to play chess, Fang Shun lay down to rest, and the days of rest were also luxurious, only on the snowy day can he return to the camp to rest, and the other days are to open up the road to the east, and the trees on both sides of the road will be cut down, and the large logs will be removed, and the small ones will be piled up on the spot or warmed.

Fang Shun estimated that he touched it. Three laborers in the family. Now he has saved nearly thirty taels of silver. This is a huge amount of money, which can be used to build a house after the land is divided, and if you have more savings in the next few months, you can buy a Jeju horse.

Fang Shun heard that Jeju horses can be bought for only eight taels of silver, this kind of horse is relatively short, but after all, it is a horse. Pulling goods, opening up land, and cultivating can still save a lot of manpower.

In particular, the acres of land here are still under the grassland and woods, and they have to be reclaimed by themselves, and they have no animal power and only rely on manpower, even if they have three laborers and 50 acres of land to reclaim, they have to be tired to half death.

Fang Shun slept for a while, got up refreshed, and the camp remembered the sound of the gong for eating, this sleep for two hours, Fang Shun came out to see the sky. It's still snowing, but it's a little lighter than in the morning.

The family came to the meal. I saw that at noon today, it was herring fish stewed sweet potato, and there were yellow corn tortillas, and the big guy ate this heartily, and after eating, he was sweating.

When he returned home, Ye San swept another side of the snow, but if he didn't sweep it, he couldn't do it, and he accumulated half a foot thick in two hours.

In the evening, Fang Gaoshan and Fang Yuanshan had to go to the school to practice words, which made Fang Gaoshan, who was unwilling to learn words, extremely unwilling, and he was still helpless to go under the push of Fang Yuanshan.

The next day the snow finally stopped, the temperature was still not low, just a little breeze, the Liao people in the camp were divided into several brigades to rush to climb the plow and began to clear the road in sections, now the road clearing is the most important thing, nothing can be done without the road.

In the afternoon, the road had just begun to pass, and the goose feather snow began to fall on Fangmao Port again, and the good-natured Gu Wuyue also scolded him more than once, because he understood how many acres of fields would be opened in the spring when he opened a mile of road, and now the heavy snow has delayed a lot of progress.

It's just that the sky doesn't shift according to people's intentions, the heavy snow is two more days, then another day to clear the road, and another three days of delay, Gu Wuyue is really speechless and asks the sky.

When Gu Wuyue was in endless misery with Tiandou on Beihua Island, Zhao Lie left ten warships to guard Jeju Island and led the fleet back to Shidao.

In this winter, Zhao Lie plans to move the craftsman household, shipyard, and salt factory in Shidao to Jeju Island, and now, the private salt business is in full swing, with an income of more than 100,000 taels per month, plus the hot sale of cement, Shidao can have an income of nearly 250,000 yuan per month, which is also a big business.

Zhao Lie estimated that the days of Shidao's obscurity were coming to an end, and Zhao Lie, who had a deep understanding of the sinister nature of Ming officialdom and shopping malls, could only take precautions.

The shipyards, shipyards, and salt farms were all relocated to Jeju, and the timber from the shipyard was originally mainly purchased, but now a large number of logs from Bekhwa Island have arrived in Jeju, and it is much more economical to set up a shipyard in Jeju than in Seokdo.

The cost of relocation will increase after the artisan camp, and the distance from the salt factory to Yangzhou is about the same as the distance from Jeju to Yangzhou, but the security is not the same, and Jeju is an island, so there is no possibility of a large number of leaks.

The sea route back was against the northwest wind blowing from the mainland, and the fleet lowered the speed to three to four knots in order to borrow the wind, and it took more than ten days to reach Shidao Bay.

This time, Alexandra did not return to Shidao with Zhao Lie, because Zhao Lie would return to Jeju Island after dealing with Shidao affairs, after all, a certain general was about to conquer him, Yidi, as the main general, of course, he could not be separated, and at the same time, Zhao Lie also wanted to meet this opponent who indirectly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

For Zhao Lie's arrival, Zhao Meng has been waiting for a long time, when the fleet departed to Jeju, he sent a message to Zhao Lie, hoping to meet on the issue of money and food, and now the treasury of Shidao is almost empty, Zhao Meng is also taking precautions, and he can't wait until there is no money in the account to find a way.

Since there is nothing to transport back, Zhao Lie rushed off the ship and came directly to the official office, Zhao Meng and Tang Xianwen are discussing the relocation, the relocation is not only the artisan camp, the relocation of the shipyard personnel also involves the relocation of their families, complicated matters, these days as the relocation date approaches, there are many things that need to be coordinated.

Seeing Zhao Lie coming in, the two hurriedly got up,

"Second brother, you're back, you're really looking forward to it." Zhao Meng greeted him with his arms and took a closer look at Zhao Lie. "The body is okay, how is the trip to the north this time, there is something to gain."

"The harvest is huge, and it is initially estimated that Beihua Island can be half the size of Shandong." Zhao Lie looked at Zhao Meng, his face was also good, Shidao was already on the right track, the management of the town was in charge of the council, Zhao Meng was only responsible for the coordination of the craftsman camp, the shipyard, the kiln, the salt field, and the refugee camp, after all, each place has its own person in charge.

Most of the captives were transported to Bukhwa, Jeju. Therefore, the degree of labor of Zhao Meng and others has dropped significantly.

"Really," Zhao Meng, Xu Hong, and Tang Xianwen were both surprised and delighted. Jeju Island is good. It's still a small place, though. Beihua Island can be half the size of Shandong, which is really a vast area.

"No more, no less," Zhao Lie replied with a smile, "However, the south and southeast are in the hands of the Wakos, and the north is in the hands of the Ainu, so they all have to be robbed with knives and guns in their hands." No, the imperial court of the Japanese invaders saw us landing on Beihua Island to open up. Extremely furious, he has begun to gather the sailors and prepare for war. ”

"Our army's territory is hard-won, and it is all piled up with money." Zhao Meng said with some feelings, he is the most touched, because Zhao Meng has been staying in Shidao to coordinate finances, Shidao's silver treasury opened the gate and released water in and out, recently a little stagnant, but it is estimated that the development of Beihua Island will begin next year, and the construction of castles, fire piers, grain, groceries, seeds, etc., is quite expensive.

In a word. Before the Liao people turned it into a real fertile land, Shidao had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of raising more than 200,000 Liao people for two years. That's the expenditure of more than two million taels of silver. If it weren't for the huge income of the robbers of the Franciscans, Shidao would have been unable to support it. Whenever he thought of this, Zhao Meng forced himself not to think about it anymore.

There are 300,000 taels of silver, some copper materials and other things, and about 300,000 taels of gemstones, etc., which is all the assets of Shidao.

"My lord, it is estimated that Beihua Island will be developed for two years, 100,000 people will be resettled on the island every year, 100,000 people will be resettled every year, and it will be completed in two years, and 200,000 people must be supported in the first year, and 100,000 people must be raised in the second year, plus food, seeds, etc., between 200 and 2.2 million taels of silver will be used for two years, and the monthly income of Shidao's private salt, money, cement and other items will be about 1780,000 taels a month, and there will be a deficit of 200,000 taels to 300,000 taels in between. If you include the cost of the soldiers of the captive army, I am afraid that there is still a huge shortcoming. Tang Xianwen came slowly and logically.

The more Zhao Lie listened, the bigger he became, he was really sad to death, this crossing was really not a good job, he went all out and worked for several years, and he still traveled a hundred miles and a half ninety.

"In addition, because of the relocation of the shipyard, the follow-up keel laying was stopped, and all the manpower of more than 10,000 people was used on ten 500-ton Galen warships, and now all of them are launched, and artillery is being installed, and after the shipyard moved to Shidao, it is necessary to build a large number of Galen ships, which is a huge expense, and the cost of each 500-ton Galen ship reaches thousands of taels of silver, if it is plus artillery, armor, and the food is more than 10,000 yuan." Zhao Meng added another fire.

Zhao Lie got up irritably and stretched his body, he had a rough estimate of the finances, knowing that there was still a lack of food, he decided to go south this year to find another Francophone to do a vote.

But this is the last time, because Zhao Lie must keep the trade route of Manila, the Dutch and English are rising, arrogance and greed are by no means good partners, and the Francois are in decline and have no big ambitions, just to form an alliance.

Zhao Lie's idea was to build a huge fleet to dominate the East Asian trade routes, no matter whose merchant ships had to pay taxes to the Breaker Army, and the Breaker Army's sailor was responsible for protection, so that at least one million taels of input could be made every year, and at the same time, a powerful Shui Infantry Army would be built with this entry.

Therefore, it is not possible to lose the confidence of the Francois to maintain the profits of the East Asian trade routes, and then to cooperate with whoever is win-win, is it possible to cooperate with the greedy English, I am afraid that I am only seeking the skin of the tiger.

However, today's predicament forced him to rob the Franciscans again.

"Big brother, don't worry, after a while, I will lead the sailor to the south again to find Franco." Zhao Lie wiped his face and said his plan.

"I estimate that you are the same method, alas, the sea route is dangerous, the soldiers are dangerous, it is really not a good way, I think about it but there is no other way, alas, the eldest brother is really useless." Zhao Meng couldn't help but sigh.

"What did the eldest brother say, I am fighting outside, thanks to you and others to stabilize the rear, and you have worked hard, and you are all heroes of the broken army." Zhao Lie hurriedly appeased the two, this is not polite, but a fact, Shidao is the foundation of Zhao Lie now, without Zhao Meng leading people to guard, it is really internal instability.

"Okay, second brother, let's deal with it like this for the time being, I'll eat and rest first, and then discuss it tomorrow." Zhao Meng cleaned up his mood, and the three of them returned to the mansion. (To be continued.) )

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