Chapter 922: Cotton on the Road (5)

Qi Ke couldn't help but open her eyes after taking a look, the art aesthetics she had trained since childhood had been critically attacked.

In comparison, the small flat heads, green camouflage uniforms and liberation rubber shoes on the five ocean-going ships are not only pleasing to the eye, but also very intimate.

The small boat carried two people leisurely into the estuary section, and the military wharf of the Bai family army was located on a sandbar in the estuary section, showing a strangled posture, and the geographical conditions were very good.

The officers and soldiers stationed at the wharf naturally saw a big ship coming in at a glance, and when they were surprised and vigilant, they found that those ships were parked in the waters at the mouth of the bay, and there were still dark traces of artillery fire on the hull, and the crooked mast of the Ocean No. 1 was the most eye-catching.

Since the Bai family army came over last year, and not long ago they captured a pirate fighting boat, this is the first time that the officers and soldiers stationed here have seen a big ship take the initiative to sail here, and it is also a very high-end building ship, if this is a merchant fleet, how strong the shipowner is.

Just when the officials and soldiers were loudly discussing whether to send someone over to take a look, the sharp-eyed people first saw Jia Min, the head of Jiajia Village, who had already rocked the boat.

"Eh, look, Lao Jia is here, did he bring someone?"

"It seems that the man is wearing some kind of clothes, like a flower, such a big collar around his neck."

"Foreigners?"

"Huh? Foreigner? Will you speak our words? ”

"Huh...... What about adults? What about us? ”

Ma Zhiwen, the general manager of Liangshui Town, was pushed to the front by his own soldiers.

Under the gaze of such a large group of people, the village chief Jia finally docked at the edge of the dock with the small boat, and the soldiers on the dock caught the boat cable he threw up and tied it on the keke.

Village Chief Jia introduced the identity of the person brought to him by President Ma Zhiwen, and this scumbag Bo countryman who claimed to be the interpreter of the ship, spoke in a stiff tone of Dong'an Mansion, which sounded like listening to a book from heaven to the officials and soldiers, and I didn't know what teacher this person learned from this person, and Village Chief Jia had to repeat it again.

After a hand-to-hand self-introduction, the officers and soldiers finally figured out that the five building ships were really merchant ships, after a month's sea voyage from the country of Zawabo, they unfortunately encountered pirates, and finally escaped but lost their way, originally wanted to go to Dong'an Mansion to sell goods this time I didn't know where I was, plus the ship was damaged and needed to be repaired, after seeing such a large estuary, I couldn't help but come in, hoping to meet the locals to ask for some help.

Knowing that the ship was full of goods, the officers and soldiers suddenly moved, Liangshui Town will take advantage of the favorable position of the dry flow into Haikou in the future, the plan for the great development of the city, the officers and soldiers stationed here have already knew, and when they are bored, they will also guess how to develop, and they are looking forward to a big merchant ship one day to feel the enthusiasm of the locals.

"What are you carrying on board?" Ma Zhiwen asked casually, thinking in his guess that it was the spice that was so expensive that it was heavenly.

"Cotton." These two words are pronounced accurately by this translator.

"Cotton? The cotton that makes clothes? Ma Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, and immediately repeated the question in disbelief.

"Yes, cotton." The interpreter tugged at the collar of his ornate big pleats, "Make clothes." ”

"How many?!" didn't expect it to be such a shortage of goods, Ma Zhiwen subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Five ships."

This means that it is easy to understand, the five boats are all cotton, Ma Zhiwen looked up at the five building ships in the distance, and he didn't dare to imagine how much cotton there was in total, anyway, he had never heard of it and never seen such a large amount in his life.

"How much cotton is there? How many pounds? Ma Zhiwen didn't know how to compare, "You know, we locals use catties, you know how heavy, right?" ”

"You know, you are a load of a hundred pounds." There must be no misunderstanding in weight and quantity, and the translator pronounced it accurately, "18,500 packs, 100 catties per pack." ”

“…… Oh, my God! ”

The news is too shocking, even if Ma Zhiwen has experienced a hundred battles, he really can't react at this time, but fortunately, his literacy is not in vain, he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his excitement, first glanced at Village Chief Jia, and then swept his arm over, hugged the interpreter's shoulder tightly, and the three of them walked to the barracks behind the dock together.

"Let's go, come from afar and have a chance to meet is brothers, let's go into the house and sit down and talk, talk well!"