The journey was smooth, and Deng Yi's fleet successfully arrived at Chongming Island thirteen days later. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My lord, we have negotiated with the harbor guards, and we can land on the shore." Ding Yi reported in front of Deng Yi. Now every time Deng Yi goes to sea, Ding Yi and Xiang Yi take turns to accompany him. As for Xia Yu, he deliberately avoided Lu Yina, so he didn't go along. Otherwise, with his temperament, he will definitely not be able to sit still.

"Well, come to the shore." Deng recalled.

"Yes." Under the guidance of the port guards, Deng Yi's fleet successfully docked.

After the boat stopped, Deng Yi took Shen Zhi and Lu Yina took two maids and two servants to get off the boat and go to Yuan's mansion together. Ding Yi took the initiative to ask to stay, so Deng Yi didn't take him with him.

"Does Ina remember the way to Yuan's Mansion?"

"Well, I remember, I lived here for more than a year when I was a kid."

"Yuan Mansion is not far from here?"

"It's a little far, let's take a carriage." Lu Yina proposed. After all, her servants and maids carry so many things. are all kinds of gifts prepared by Lu Yina's parents for her grandparents.

"Good. Shen Zhi, go and ask two carriages to come over. Deng Yi commanded.

"Yes, my lord."

Chongming Island is a big island, no worse than Shuanghuo Island. It is also full of traffic, the flow of people is shoulder to shoulder, it is very prosperous, and there are many merchants and tourists coming and going from the nearby islands. It's just that the people of Chongming Island don't seem to have a good time, many people are ragged, yellow and thin, and beggars can be seen everywhere. It's a little more stale and less angry than Twin Fire Island, I don't know why.

Under Lu Yina's guidance, the carriage soon arrived in front of Yuan's mansion.

"As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that my granddaughter Lu Yinat came to visit my grandparents." After getting out of the carriage, Lu Yina said to the doorman in front of the Yuan Mansion.

"Please wait a minute, let me go in and say goodbye." When the porter heard that it was the old man's niece who came to visit, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly took three steps and two steps to report.

"Haha, my good granddaughter Ina finally came to visit her grandparents!" Soon an energetic old man came out to greet him with a happy face, and before he saw him, he had already heard his voice, and said happily from afar.

"My granddaughter Lu Yina has seen my grandfather. Grandpa's demeanor is still the same as it was back then, which makes Ina deeply happy. Lu Yina said obediently.

"Haha, Ina can come to visit her grandfather, and her grandfather's spirit will naturally come up. Let's go, your grandmother misses you very much. Lu Yina's grandfather Yuan Shiqing smiled heartily. And led this Lu Yina to go inside, completely leaving Deng Yi and the others aside. Or that he put his spiritual power on Lu Yina from beginning to end, and he didn't notice Deng Yi and them at all.

"Grandpa, there are still guests." Lu Yina reminded. and glanced at Deng Yi apologetically.

"Oooh!" Yuan Shiqing noticed Deng Yi and the others, slapped his head, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I was happy for a while, and I neglected the distinguished guests, please forgive me. Ina, don't you tell my grandfather about it. ”

"Okay. This is Deng Yi, the lord of Xiaoyao Island. Brother Deng, this is my grandfather, surnamed Yuan Shiqing. Lu Yina introduced.

"It turned out to be the lord, I've seen Lord Deng!" As soon as he heard that Deng Yi was the lord, Yuan Shiqing didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to salute.

"I've seen Old Man Yuan."

"Distinguished guest, please come inside, Lord Deng can come to my Yuan Mansion, it is really brilliant." Yuan Shiqing said and led Deng Yi and Lu Yina into the Yuan Mansion.

It is also a wealthy maritime family, the Lu Mansion gives people the feeling of simplicity and elegance, without losing the solemnity, while the Yuan Mansion gives people the feeling of luxury and magnificence, and the two styles are very different.

What follows is some trivial greetings and introductions, and what Deng Yi doesn't like the most is this kind of scene, so he can only deal with it mechanically. It wasn't until after lunch that Deng Yi found an opportunity to hide in the guest room with Shen Zhi to rest, leaving Lu Yina to continue to greet her grandparents, uncles and aunts and other relatives.

It wasn't until near evening that Lu Yina brought Yuan Shiqing over to find Deng Yi.

"Listen to Yina, Lord Deng came to Chongming Island to do something. I don't know what's going on? I wonder if I can help? After the guests and hosts sat down, Yuan Shiqing went straight to the topic.

"I heard Uncle Lu say that Chongming Island has always been short of grain, and it just so happens that my Xiaoyao Island is rich in grain, so I want to come to Chongming Island to find merchants to sell grain. I wonder if Old Man Yuan is interested? Deng recalled.

"How far is Xiaoyao Island from Chongming Island?" Yuan Shiqing did not immediately respond with a full mouth, but first asked this question that all maritime merchants were most concerned about.

"If it goes well, you can get to Xiaoyao Island in about thirteen days. It takes more than 20 days to get back and forth. Deng recalled.

"Well, it's not too far. I wonder how much grain can be sold on the island every year? Yuan Shiqing continued to ask. If it's too small, it's not worth the risk.

"At present, it can provide more than 100,000 people with food for a year, and it will increase year by year."

"Such a large amount!" Yuan Shiqing's heart was shocked and exclaimed. He thought that it would be good to have 30,000 or 40,000 people of grain, but he didn't expect that there would be more than 100,000 people of food, which is not a small amount.

What is most lacking on the island? Definitely not the population, but the food. Most of the islands have limited area and even less arable area, so they are largely food scarce. Although a large part of the fish can be replaced by fishing, fish is not a staple food after all. Comparatively speaking, people prefer to consume grains and vegetables. Therefore, food has always been a very scarce commodity among the islands, and there is never a way out, but it is only worried that it cannot be bought.

"I don't know, uh, can the grain of this Xiaoyao Island be exclusively operated by our Yuan family?" Yuan Shiqing said a little hesitantly, looked at Deng Yi with some embarrassment, and then looked at Lu Yina, who was silent next to her, and even glanced at her, hoping that they would come forward to help intercede. Such a big piece of tempting fat, Yuan Shiqing's first thought was to eat it all.

Lu Yina could only lower her head, as if she didn't see it, she didn't want to say this. Moreover, Deng Yi himself was preparing to hand over the grain business to the Yuan family temporarily. But the Yuan family wants to operate exclusively, I'm afraid it's impossible, and Deng Yi doesn't want to put it all in one basket.

And although Xiaoyao Island has not formed a caravan now, it will definitely be indispensable in the future. Now that you are willing to give all your resources to others, your own people will drink the northwest wind. Therefore, it is impossible for any materials and commodities on Xiaoyao Island to be handed over to others for exclusive management. You can't hand over your economic lifeline to others and let others hold it in your hands for profit.

"I'm afraid this will disappoint Old Man Yuan. It is impossible for any of our materials and commodities on Xiaoyao Island to be handed over to others for exclusive management. Deng Yi refused.