Due to the fact that it was necessary to raise seedlings before the crossing and carry the seedlings to cross, limited by such objective conditions, the final rice planting area in the spring planting in the first half of the year was only about 200 mu, and the other hundreds of acres of cultivated land were used to plant corn, soybeans, potatoes and other miscellaneous grain crops and economic crops. Although the Ministry of Agriculture is very confident in the yield of these two hundred acres of rice fields from the excellent rice varieties of later generations, in view of the rapid growth of the population in the area under the jurisdiction of the group, it is imperative to further expand the scale of grain planting.

In the period after the establishment of the Farm Commune, the Commune organized more than 500 acres of cultivated land in the area on the east bank between the mouth of the Tiandu River and the No. 2 base, and planned to use most of it for rice cultivation. The more inland area of Li Tong Miao Village, has begun to gradually accept the arrangement of the crossing group and plant some cash crops, such as spices, oil palm, sugarcane, etc.

After the last expedition returned from the Gulf of Tonkin the Gulf, it was proposed to the Ministry of Agriculture that the guano phosphate ore on the nearby islands could be considered for use as fertilizer in the fields. This proposal was quickly approved by the Executive Committee, and the Ministry of Shipping was instructed to cooperate. As a result, the sailing ships recently trained by the Ministry of Maritime Transport have another task, which is to take turns to dig guano on the two tortoiseshell islands in the east and west of Sanya Bay.

On this day, Yue Zhiyun came to East Tortoiseshell Island with a training boat, and let the laborers of more than 20 farm communes accompanying the ship go to the island to dig for several hours as usual. When he saw that there were almost two or three thousand catties of guano phosphate ore loaded on the ship, Yue Zhiyun ordered to call it a day and go home. On the way back, Koshinomo observed through the telescope that a ship was slowly approaching from the sea to the west.

Yue Zhiyun looked at the sailor's flag hanging on the ship, and knew that this was "an old friend of the Haihan people", Luo Shengdong Luo of Daming Yazhou Water Village visited again, and immediately used the ship's radio station to inform Shengli Port of the news, while preparing to order the sail to slow down, waiting for the other party to approach.

However, Victory Harbor's reply was a bit unexpected for Yue Zhiyun, asking him to return to Victory Harbor with the boat as much as possible without contact with the other party. Although Yue Zhiyun had some doubts in his heart, he still did it, quickly ordered the sail to be hoisted, and personally took the helm, and rushed back to Shengli Port with the ship. When he got off the ship, Yue Zhiyun found that Tao Donglai, Yan Chujie, Ning Qi, and Schneider all appeared on the dock, and such a formation obviously would not be waiting to greet him, so he hurriedly asked: "Is there an accident? The Ming army is coming to attack us again? Probably not, I only saw a Haicang ship, and I did not observe the appearance of the fleet of the sailors." ”

"Of course the sailor won't come to attack us, even if he does, Luo Shengdong will definitely find a way to communicate with us first. Tao Donglai patted Yue Zhiyun on the shoulder and comforted: "The Yazhou Office has sent a message to it, but the Yazhou Prefecture Government can't sit still, so it sent someone over to take over the local government affairs and taxes here." ”

Yue Zhiyun sneered and said: "This abacus is not bad, but I don't know who will take over who in the future!"

Tao Donglai also smiled: "Let's take a look at the situation first, if we are knowledgeable and interested, then it doesn't matter if we have a few more mouths, if it is an ignorant guy, when we get to this place, we also have a way to clean him up." ”

Regarding the news that Yazhou intends to send inspection departments and tax collectors to Shengli Port, he has already reported to the executive committee when He Xi came back last time. Yazhou saw that Shengli Port gradually gained popularity, and it was reasonable to want to bring this place back under its rule, but the executive committee was not a maritime merchant of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no fear of the Ming law.

Wei Ping stood at the bow of the boat, the oncoming sea breeze with a hint of fishy smell, which made his nose a little uncomfortable, but he still tried to make a high-spirited appearance, looking at the deer horns that had appeared on the sea level in the distance. Mr. Luo of Yazhou Water Village is next to him, Wei Ping doesn't want to lose face in front of him, before coming out this time, his brother-in-law has specially greeted him to do a good job, fight for Yazhou Prefecture's side of the government, don't let the limelight be snatched away by the big bosses of Water Village.

Wei Ping was the inspector of the Tianya Inspection Department before this, Zheng Jiupin, and this position was still supported by his brother-in-law, who was a fellow acquaintance of Yazhou. Although it is only a small inspection department, but it has already entered the official stream, at least it is a head higher than those mediocre officials, you must know that many small officials have worked in the yamen all their lives and finally can't cross the threshold, compared to Wei Ping, who became an inspector at a young age, is already a great luck.

But Wei Ping himself doesn't think so, there are only seven or eight hundred residents in Tianya Town, and the floating population is even smaller, and the inspection department has no oil and water to fish. After three months in office, Wei Ping only went for a few days at the beginning, and then simply left to pick and choose, who cares who goes, Uncle Ben went back to Yazhou to rest.

Of course, the inspection department is not all such a shriveled drudgery, for example, the situation of the Nanshan inspection department is much better, Wei Ping once heard others talk about it when he was drinking with his colleagues, and the inspection over there is not only eight to ten taels of silver for a month, but it is not uncommon to earn twenty taels a month when the year is good. Wei Ping was very indignant about this, and specifically told his brother-in-law about this, doing the same errand, why should others be able to earn a year's income from Uncle Ben in two or three months? It is better to kick out the inspection and let Uncle Ben do it.

Wei Ping thought that his request was very reasonable, but he was still rejected by his brother-in-law without hesitation, and it would be fine if it was somewhere else, but the current head of the Nanshan Inspection Division is the cousin of Gong Zongqi of Jinyiwei, not to mention whether this backer can move or not, even if there is a possibility of moving, Wei Ping's brother-in-law does not want to risk offending Jinyiwei to try.

Although the errand of the Nanshan Inspection Division was not won, Tongzhi's brother-in-law quickly found a new errand for Wei Ping. Lord Zhizhou plans to re-establish the Yulin Inspection Division, and this candidate must be selected from the existing "local talent pool", and Wei Ping, who has always been good, grabbed this position under the recommendation of Tongzhi's brother-in-law.

In fact, the Yulin Inspection Department was established as early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, but in recent decades, due to rampant piracy and the strength of the local garrison, the strength of the local garrison has been declining year by year, and it has existed in name only in the Wanli period. By the time the crossing group landed in Shengli Port, there was only a squad of soldiers stationed in Yulin, and as soon as they saw a large-scale unfamiliar force landing, they ran away directly, which had no effect at all.

However, in recent times, the appearance of Haihan people in Yulin has gradually attracted the attention of Yazhou officials, first there are Yazhou water village reports, there are "overseas righteous businessmen" in Yulin to help the officers and soldiers of the water division to exterminate pirates, and then there are Haihan merchants stationed in Yazhou City, and began to sell some exquisite glass products in Yazhou. If it was just a group of merchants who trafficked in seafood, it was naturally not so conspicuous, but these Haihan people then began to bring in a large number of people from Yazhou, whether they were prisoners or civilians, all of them were collected.

Since Dashuizhai brought Luo Shengdong together and allowed the Haihan people to introduce a large number of Yazhou prisoners, Yazhou officials found that in addition to solving the local financial problems caused by too many prisoners for a long time, there was actually a "labor rebate" calculated per capita, and since then they have begun to make up their minds about the Haihan people in Shengli Harbor.

According to the news from various sources, the Haihan people have opened a port and established a village in Yulin, taken root, and at the same time hired a large number of local people to work for them and cultivate farmland, and renamed the harbor in Yulin as "Shengli Port". Yazhou officials believed that both public and private affairs had to meddle in Yulin's affairs, so they decided to re-establish the Yulin Inspection Department, and sent a set of security teams and several tax collectors to bring that area back under Yazhou's rule.

Although Wei Ping is a gangster boy who is not high or low, he still has basic vision, and it is not the first time he knows about the existence of the Haihan people when he receives this errand. In fact, the abundance of the Haihan people has long been famous in Yazhou, and the bulk purchase of all kinds of goods, the price of daily necessities such as local coal and cloth prices often fluctuates sharply, and even some commodities with small supply in the market will be directly bought out of stock by the Haihan people; a large number of local laborers are hired to work in the "Shengli Port", and each time hundreds of people are shipped in batches, which makes people really wonder what kind of profitable business can be made in that place, and so many hired workers are needed; there is also the "Resident Ya Office" Wei Ping saw in his brother-in-law's study a set of exquisite glass stationery sent by the Haihan people to his brother-in-law's staff, and it is said that the same thing is sold for more than 20 taels of silver in the city's "An Fu Xing" and "Fu Ruifeng", and it is even difficult for people to muster up the courage to refuse this kind of gift-giving.

All these signs show that the Haihan people are a very wealthy group, and Shengli Port, where the Haihan people settled, should also be a place full of oil and water. Wei Ping thinks that his ability to make money should not be worse than that of his colleagues in the Nanshan Inspection Division, and people can make one or twenty taels of silver a month in places like Nanshan.

When Wei Ping was chatting with Luo Shengdong on the boat, he picked out some of his thoughts and wanted to hear what kind of opinions this sailor general who was said to be very familiar with the Haihan people. How do you know that Luo Shengdong just smiled, looked at him with disdain, and said: "One or two hundred taels of silver? Brother, you are a bear who fell into the honey pot, and you don't know the blessing in the blessing!"