Wang Hong didn't think much about Xiaotian's request, and immediately nodded: "What's so difficult about this?" This Nanri Island is indeed not small, compared to your Treasure Island, it is much larger, come to this trip, how can you not take a look at it, let's go! I don't have anything to do in the afternoon, so I'll take you around! ”

After saying that, Wang Hong called two of his subordinates and ran to lead two horses, one for Yu Xiaotian to ride, and the other for him to ride, Yu Xiaotian did not let others follow, so he and Wang Hong went out of Dazhai and walked towards the east of the island.

There are few horses in the south, and this horse is a rarity, and there are only a few mules and donkeys on the island of Yuxiaotian, which are mainly used for them to pull carts and carry things on the island.

And Yu Xiaotian, who was born in the south, is very bad at riding a horse, he only rode once in a horse farm before, and the experience of riding a horse made him still remember it vividly, he sat on the horse, his nervous limbs were stiff, and he desperately pulled the reins of the horse, but the horse ran fast, so scared that he was even more desperate to clamp the horse's belly, and ran down in a circle, not to mention the pain in the buttocks, and the thighs were almost broken, and he was full of foreign appearance.

Today Wang Hong gave him a horse, and he was embarrassed to say that he couldn't ride, so he could only drive the ducks to the shelves, climbed on the back of the horse, and then tightened the reins of the horse with a nervous expression, for fear of falling off the horse.

Fortunately, the horses here are relatively docile and short, unlike the war horses in the north, and they are walking smoothly, and there are people next to him who mention him to lead the horses, which did not make Yu Xiaotian make a fool of himself again.

But Wang Hong still saw at a glance that Yu Xiaotian couldn't ride a horse, and Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "It seems that Brother Yu has never ridden a horse!" There is no need to be so nervous, the more relaxed you are, the more docile the horse will be, according to your way of riding, the horse is uncomfortable, how can it walk smoothly? Don't be afraid, let go of the handlebars! ”

Yu Xiaotian found out that he was almost about to pull off the horse's mane, and he couldn't help sweating profusely, and his heart was ugly again this time!

Nanri Island is large at both ends, small in the middle, like a dumbbell-like shape, the two ends are high, and there is a mountain with an altitude of more than 100 meters in the southeast direction, the scenery is beautiful and very pleasant.

But Yu Xiaotian didn't come to see the scenery, he didn't care about the beautiful scenery here, what made him interested was the various facilities on the island.

Zhang Hu's big village is located next to the bay in the northwest corner, backed by a high ground, facing a bay, it is indeed a good place, it is no wonder that the government came to attack in the early years, did not be able to beat his stockade, but was repelled by his men, the terrain here helped him a lot.

On the north shore of the island, there are scattered small villages, that is, the gathering areas of other subordinates under him, which are basically around the vicinity of Dazhai.

And there are only two small fishing villages on their island, and the fishermen of these two fishing villages, according to Wang Hong, usually they fish near Nanri Island, and while fishing, they have to act as sentry boats on the island, and once they encounter a large group of officers and soldiers or the enemy attacking, they will set fire to their fishing boats and give the island a warning, and if they send a warning in time, Zhang Hu will send them a new fishing boat and reward them with some silver.

The fishermen on the island, except for a small part of the fish left for their own consumption or in exchange for food and clothing, the rest had to be handed over to Zhang Hu for the pirates on the island to eat.

Sometimes, if something happens, these fishermen are sometimes forced into pirate ships to act as temporary minions, so that they can also get a little reward.

Therefore, the fishermen in the two fishing villages on the island live a life of both people and thieves, and their lives are not extremely difficult, but they are definitely not nourishing.

What Yu Xiaotian attaches the most importance to is a shipyard near Dazhai, this shipyard has two docks, the dock is connected to land on three sides, one is facing the water, and there is a dock door, the shipyard also has a frame and slipway facilities for repairing ships, the overall facilities are relatively perfect, but the strange thing is that it is in a state of abandonment, the dock door of a dock is nowhere to be found, and the wood is very little, and it is thrown in a mess.

So Yu Xiaotian pointed to the boat liao and asked Wang Hong: "Brother Wang, you have such a big place here, and there is a boat liao, why is this boat liao abandoned?" If the ship was there, wouldn't it be much easier for you to repair the ship, and why would you still have to spend money on land to repair the ship? ”

Wang Hong glanced at the shipyard, shook his head and said: "In the past, we repaired ships, and indeed they were all built here, and two years ago we could even build ships here, but back then, the officials and soldiers came to suppress them, burned down the shipyards, and captured the shipwrights of the shipwrights as our subordinates and returned them to land, killing those who were killed, and exiled by exile!"

Later, after we repelled the officers and soldiers, we wanted to repair this place, but for a while we couldn't find a few suitable shipwrights, and the remaining few shipwrights also inexplicably died two, escaped two, and even one of the ships that could be used to repair the ship was gone. You can only find a place to repair ships on land for the time being.

Last year, the second brother proposed it, if it didn't work, he would go to Meizhou Bay where to directly rob a boatman, and tie up the shipwrights of the shipwright, but unfortunately I don't know why the rumors were revealed, and when we went, the owner and the shipwright in the shipwreak ran away in advance! Not a single boatwright was caught.

This year, we tried to find a way to find two boats to start, but we didn't think about it and pounced twice, I don't know if we may have ghosts here, and the news was spread out in advance, otherwise, it wouldn't be like this, but the matter of restoring the ship's liao was put on hold! Otherwise, we wouldn't always have to spend a lot of money on land repairs! ”

Yu Xiaotian listened while walking, and secretly summed it up, looking at this abandoned shipyard, Yu Xiaotian was both envious and funny, a good shipyard, but they were abandoned here, this standard is the behavior of a loser, he has a shipyard and does not need it, but he wants to send the ship to the land, and repair the ship on Tuomen Road, only idiots can do such a thing.

Even with such a small scale as he is now, he is trying to find a way to find a shipwright to solve the problem of repairing his own ship, but Zhang Hu has such a large territory and so many subordinates, as well as ships, and he actually has to spend money on land to repair the ship, this Zhang Hu's head must be flooded, or there is too much yellow soup!

Suddenly, Yu Xiaotian asked: "So under normal circumstances, I don't know who your ship is going to take, Brother Wang, and where to repair it?" ”

Wang Hong immediately replied: "This is all the way that Lao Qi is looking for, to send it to a shipyard in Xinghua Mansion, if my brother needs to repair the ship, I can ask someone to help introduce it when I go back!" But it's there that it costs a lot to repair the ship! ”

Yu Xiaotian's heart moved, and asked, "Is Lao Qi the brother-in-law of Zhang Da's family?" ”

Wang Hong immediately became angry, nodded and said, "It's that guy!" The seventh surname is He Guang, the younger brother of our boss's wife, when we went to the sea, he went to the sea with him!

Not to mention that he loves money, but also relies on his sister's strength, he is very arrogant in our place, he has more subordinates than us, and he has taken advantage of some benefits, which does not depend on his brother-in-law is the boss, he comes first in all good things, and the drudgery is all our brothers' work! That's it, don't talk about it, it's angry when you say it! As he spoke, Wang Hong lifted the reins of his horse and walked forward.

Yu Xiaotian touched the short beard on his chin, looked at the boat, and pondered again, so he caught up with Wang Hong, didn't say anything more, and continued to walk down.

After listening to Wang Hong's words today, Yu Xiaotian has basically had a deeper understanding of the situation on Zhang Hu's side, and now Zhang Hu is no longer the Zhang Hu of the past, this guy has been carried away and a little carried away since he repelled the official army more than two years ago.

This guy is addicted to wine, and loves money as much as his life, and has not established a proper distribution mechanism, and secretly buys land and property, and now his behavior is full of complaints from many of his brothers, and his cronyism has made his brothers even more unhappy about it.

That Lao Qi is Zhang Hu's brother-in-law, relying on him as Zhang Hu's brother-in-law, who is rampant and domineering under Zhang Hu, and actually secretly controls the repair of ships, so this can explain why the shipyard on his island has never been able to be restored.

Wang Hong said that they repair ships expensively, and it can be seen that the profits of ship repair are very high, and He Guang is responsible for the way of repairing ships, and He Guang must have made a lot of benefits in this, and it is even very likely that the ship of Xinghua Mansion is He Guang's own, in this way, he can make more benefits for himself.

So in the past two years, they have repeatedly wanted to rob the shipwright, and the plan to kidnap the shipwright has been bankrupt repeatedly, this matter must be He Guang secretly doing something to blame, passing the news to the outside, otherwise, they would not have such a great power, and they can't even recover a shipwrea, if He Guang is not an internal ghost, he will not believe it if he kills Yu Xiaotian.

It is no wonder that Zhang Hu has such a great power, and now he has to go to land to repair the ship, and he is controlled by others.

Such a big Nanri Island, let him occupy it, it is really blind to such a good place, Yu Xiaotian is greedy to death, but there is no way for the time being, if Zhang Hu is a little better at management, then only with a huge Nanri Island, he will not be the same as before in the past two years, and now he has actually let the mixed river dragon force the door.

That's not all, the mixed Jianglong side has already forced the door, but Zhang Hu's side has not been able to unify his opinion, and he has concentrated his efforts to attack him head-on, the reason is just that the festival is going to be over now, and if it drags on like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the shark gang to show its original majesty.

It can be seen that Zhang Hu's shark gang has now become a plate of loose sand, and it still maintains a huge body on the surface, but the interior has long been torn apart, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses.

Wang Hong spent an afternoon of work with Yu Xiaotian to go around the island, Yu Xiaotian took advantage of Wang Hong's carelessness, went around Zhang Hu's Dazhai, carefully observed every place on the periphery of Dazhai, and secretly tried to memorize what he saw along the way.

After dark, Wang Hong originally wanted to take Yu Xiaotian to drink, but Yu Xiaotian excused himself and said that he was tired, and there was something on the boat, so he insisted on returning to the ship for the night.

At the end of the night, Yu Xiaotian took a notebook bound on white paper and recorded everything he saw in the day with a sharpened charcoal pen.

At the same time, he also sketched a brief topographic map of Zhanghu's Dazhai on Nanri Island and the villages of various branches, as well as the wharves and small villages, which was forgotten after a long time.

He is not doing this at the moment to covet Nanri Island, with his current strength, it is far from enough to compete with Zhang Hu for territory, but for him, since he came here, he can't be coarse with such a rare opportunity to collect intelligence, Wang Hong, this guy is a little heartless, treats him as a friend, doesn't hide anything from him, and almost says everything he can say, so that he understands a lot of the situation here.

Early the next morning, Yu Xiaotian prepared two more gifts on the ship, and each sealed fifty taels of silver, took them ashore, found Wang Hong, and asked Wang Hong to take him, visited the residence of the second Qian Song and the old Wu Fang'an, presented the two gifts, and thanked them for their help yesterday morning.

The second Qian Song didn't have many shelves, and when he saw Yu Xiaotian giving a gift, he was also very satisfied, and happily accepted the gift, and wanted to put wine to entertain Yu Xiaotian, but Yu Xiaotian refused his kindness on the grounds that he had to rush back to his Treasure Island.

As for Lao Wu Fang'an, he is an introvert, he doesn't talk much, and he is not very enthusiastic about Xiaotian, but he also accepted Yu Xiaotian's gift, but he didn't express any gratitude, let alone the slightest intention of keeping guests.

After coming out, Wang Hong was a little embarrassed and said to Xiaotian: "The fifth child is such a temper, he doesn't talk much when he sees people on weekdays, but his heart is not bad, he is very righteous to his friends, and he is the most compatible with me!"

Originally, he was not such a person, but in his early years, he went out to fight with others, and after his left hand was scrapped, he almost lost his life when he came back, and after the injury was healed, everyone thought he was a waste person, and he didn't look down on him much, and gradually his temper became like this!

Later, the second brother and I took care of him, and after he recovered from his injuries, he found someone to install an iron hook on his left hand, and practiced the knife technique of his right hand.

In the past two years, we brothers have done the best thing, but this temper has become a little strange! Don't mind, brother! ”

After listening to Wang Hong's explanation, Yu Xiaotian realized what kind of person Lu Dao Fang An was, a disabled person like him in this era, let alone mixing in this environment, even in a normal environment, he would be discriminated against and regarded as a waste.

However, Fang An can persist in this adversity, practice martial arts diligently, and take advantage of the situation to rise, it can be seen that this person is a very strong-willed person, and the reason why he became withdrawn is because he was excluded and despised by others, which hurt his self-esteem and made him unwilling to communicate with others.

But as long as this kind of person can identify friends, he will be very loyal, Yu Xiaotian was not a little angry, but admired him very much, shook his head again and again and said that it was okay, I hope that I can have the opportunity to meet with Lao Wu more and chat more.

Wang Hong sent Yu Xiaotian to the dock to board the ship, and on the dock he clasped his fists again and said, "Brother, let's go!" This time I came here, the hospitality was not good, and the brothers should not be blamed! When I have the opportunity to go back and go to your place to find you to drink, when the time comes, our brothers will fight for the amount of wine, I don't believe it, I can't drink you down! Ha Lu Ha! ”

Yu Xiaotian also admired Wang Hong's straightforwardness, and said with his fists clenched: "Brother is waiting for Brother Wang to come at any time, as long as Brother Wang doesn't dislike a small place like brother, he can come at any time!" Let's leave it at that, we'll see you later! ”