XXXIV. Esmeralda

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There's a turf!

Develop, develop, expand, expand!

Vegetables! Growing vegetables ......, oh no, the starting point is about farming!

Young Master Li's long-brewing Jinyuan offensive began to move, and the much-needed supplies were transported back by Lin Yongxiang, who had already been sent out to procure, and according to the young master, the expansion of the entire land must be completed before the Germans and the British transported the machinery here.

At this moment, the shortage of a large number of workers made Master Li worried, but fortunately, Long Guozhang, who got the news, packed all the craftsmen who were rescued from the prison of the Criminal Department overnight, except for a dozen craftsmen necessary for the mine, together with their families, a total of 600 people.

However, he did not come to Hawaii directly, but went to San Francisco, and handed over the 500 skilled Chinese and craftsmen recruited by Duan Fei to an American transportation company to bring here, so that no one would suspect that Li Mo had been prepared.

With a large number of Hawaiian-born Chinese gradually joining the construction army under the waving checks, Master Li's territory finally has a preliminary appearance, and his happiest thing at this time is to hold Xiaoxiao, stand on the balcony and watch the daily changes in the territory, and he can't close his mouth happily.

"Young master, is this dress good-looking?"

In the room, Xiao Xiao turned around twice, but saw that Li Mo only looked into the distance and paid attention to her at all, so he was so angry that he pouted, rushed to the young master, and shouted: "Young master! ”

"Ahh Li Mo, who was startled by Xiaoxiao, hurriedly turned around, only to find that the little girl's mouth was upturned to the sky, and hurriedly smiled: "Good-looking, good-looking!" My family is small and looks good in anything. ”

"The mouth is not right!" Before Li Mo finished filming, Duan Yue'er appeared at the door. "This girl must be deliberately finding fault, otherwise how could it be so coincidental?" Li Mo gritted his teeth, but there was no way, he couldn't play and push it down in broad daylight, right? What's more, the young master is wearing a body, hey, it's still too small.

Although the ancients had a matter of taking a concubine and marrying a wife at the age of twelve or thirteen, as a "civilized person" in later generations, Master Li really couldn't lick his face, and the eldest of the two girls was only sixteen years old, and it was not good for the body to do this too early, so for the sake of a "beautiful" life in the future, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

"I don't know if it will affect development!" Young Master Li crossed his fingers, worried.

Facing the young master's pair of bad eyes that flickered and swept back and forth, Duan Yue'er couldn't stand it, and hurriedly pulled up the small one and was about to run away, but when she thought of it, our eldest young master Li deliberately made it bad, and suddenly stretched his feet forward.

"Oops!"

Poor Duan Yue'er didn't think that there would be such a conspiracy, and her body suddenly fell forward, Li Mo saw the opportunity, opened his arms suddenly, grabbed his thin waist with one hand, and pressed the other hand on the [***] that had begun to take shape.

Woo.......

The key point was arrested, Duan Yue'er's majesty just now disappeared in an instant, but she was still afraid that Xiao Xiao would see the claws of Young Master Li pressing on her chest, so she had to lean sideways and let Li Mo hold her, her red lips bit lightly, and she didn't dare to scream.

"Sister Yue'er, are you okay?" Seeing that Duan Yue'er almost fell, how could the simple-minded Xiaoxiao think that this was the young master's ghost, and hurriedly walked over, only then did Li Mo finally pinch it hard, and said pretendedly: "It's such an adult, I don't know how to be careful!" ”

"Bastard, pervert, disciple!" Duan Yue'er, who had a pain in her chest, saw Li Mo still talking like this, and immediately scolded this Young Master Li in her heart, stood up straight, and slashed her eyes a few times before she blushed and ran out with Xiaoxiao angrily.

"Wow Ka Ka ......, look at those hypocrites, why did they accidentally fall down and hug each other! The young master did it on purpose! Li Mo laughed and put his hand under his nose with a look of intoxication. Well, it's so fragrant, it's so slippery! ”

But before he could revel for a while, Du Dazhuang rushed in.

"Young master, warship, it's a warship here! Good guys, so many cannons! ”

"Say!" Li Mo shuddered, it's only been a few days, and someone has come to beat me? The young master hasn't done anything bad yet, has he!?

Before he could finish trembling in fright, he heard Du Dazhuang shouting again: "It's a Chilean warship, it's coming to us for maintenance!" ”

"Dog calf! Halfway through talking, I don't know it will scare people to death! Li Mo kicked it away and said: What are you yelling about? Repair it, repair it, anyway, the shipyard is idle and idle, and you can help the young master make a little money! ”

Du Dazhuang, who had been kicked firmly, walked out with a face full of grievances, didn't you say that if you see a passing warship, you will call you immediately, where is your mistake? At this moment, Li Mo suddenly stopped him.

"You just said it was a Chilean warship?"

Du Dazhuang nodded his head like a chicken eating rice, and hurriedly said: "It's Brother Chen Ping who said it, I don't know that national flag!" ”

Since it was Chen Ping who said it, it must not be wrong, and the curvature of the corners of Li Mo's mouth spread out all of a sudden. "If you really want something, you can come here!"

The fact that his [***] ship entered the port was a novelty for Li Mo and the others, but for others who lived in Hawaii all year round, it was nothing at all. Because Hawaii at this moment can be said to be a free port, whoever likes to come comes, there are more [***] ships that come here all year round to refuel, rest and avoid hurricanes, so after such a warship entered the port, it did not cause any turmoil at all.

At this moment, Chen Ping stood on the dock, watching the Chilean warship slowly sailing towards him, and his heart was suddenly shocked. It's not that he thinks that the other side is going to attack here, but the appearance of this warship is too familiar, and if it weren't for the flag and the Chilean sailors on it, he would even wonder if it was the Chaoyong from Beiyang, or the Yangwei was coming.

Because this ship is too much like two ships, except for some enlargement and some local differences, both the layout and the shape of the ship are completely identical. Just as he was wondering, an explanation came from his ears.

"Esmeralda." Construction began in June 1883, with a displacement of 2,950 tons, a length of 82 meters, a width of about 13 meters, and the power of two reciprocating steam engines, four boilers, two-shaft propulsion, and a maximum speed of 18 knots. Dome armor protection, up to 2 inches thick, armed with two 10-inch 30-caliber cannons, six 6-inch secondary guns, two rapid-fire guns, and three torpedo tubes. ”

Listening to such detailed data coming from his ears, it was almost like he designed and manufactured, who is so powerful? Chen Ping hurriedly turned his head to look, but he was completely stunned at this look, only to see that Li Mo had appeared behind him at some point, and his brows were furrowed.

"Young Master, it was you ...... just now"

Without waiting for Chen Ping to finish stammering, Li Mo nodded, he was too familiar with this ship, if it wasn't for the fact that this ship was a hindrance, this ship might have become Beiyang's bag. Although I dare not say that a warship will change the situation, if all the warships sold by Chile at that time are bought, it may be possible.

"Look at the newspapers!" Since the trick of beating the teacher was immunized by everyone, Master Li shamelessly launched the newspaper theory. This time, Chen Ping's eyes straightened. "I read the newspaper every day!?"

"Maybe you missed it!" Du Dazhuang said beside him.

"Missed? ……。 Chen Pinghu was full of suspicion, could it be that there is a newspaper in the world that specializes in introducing warship data?

Li Mo ignored the suspicious eyes next to him, and silently looked at the Esmeralda that was preparing to dock at the port, the Esmeralda at this time was obviously not as majestic as it was said, the mast at the front end was broken from the middle, the upper deck was in a mess, and there were only two lifeboats left on both sides.

Pirate encounters? Or did you encounter a storm?

The answer finally came out as the Esmeralda docked, and a bearded officer stepped down from the ship and saluted. "Hello, Rear Admiral of the Chilean Navy. Simmons has seen Your Excellency! ”

"Another bearded, is it the current popular bearded captain in the navy? Play pirate play too! Li Mo muttered in his heart and said with a smile: "Hello, Your Excellency the Honorable Major General, is there anything I can do for you?" ”

"You are? What about Sykes? "Reach. Simmons asked, looking around suspiciously.

"He ran away, and I bought this shipyard!" After Li Mo finished speaking, he glanced at the Esmeralda before saying, "It seems that you are in trouble!" ”

"Ran away? This damn guy still owes me money! Simmons stomped his feet and scolded, but fortunately he remembered that the task at the moment was not to collect debts, but to repair ships, so he continued to mumble a few words and finally said, "Yes, this damn hurricane!" Almost left me there! ”

After speaking, he looked around and said with some suspicion: "Can you help me repair it now?" Obviously, the sudden change of owner made him a little worried, for fear that the other party was inexperienced, and if it could not be repaired here, he would have to go to San Francisco and see the Yankees' face.

Li Mo smiled, this bearded major general looked quite straightforward and cute, and immediately said: "Don't worry, General Simmons, although Sykes has run away, those workers are still here, and I also have two technicians who know how to repair warships, I believe that soon your warship will be restored to new state."

"Oh, that's great!" Simmons shook Li Mo's hand and said gratefully.

"Tell me to go down and cook more delicious food in the kitchen today to entertain our old friend!" Li Mo turned his head and instructed Du Dazhuang, but he spoke in English, although Du Dazhuang was also making up for this passage, but these words were too long, and he couldn't turn the corner at all.

Seeing that he was about to make a fool of himself, fortunately there was Chen Ping, so he hurriedly nodded and responded: "Yes, young master, don't worry!" After speaking, he turned around and shouted, "Why are you still stunned?" Hurry up and arrange for the warship to dock, and notify the workers to go to work immediately and repair the warship! ”

"Yes." The onlookers of the warship dispersed in a hurry under Chen Ping's reprimand.

"Thank you so much!" Simmons held Li Mo's hand and was reluctant to let go for a long time.

"Say, the young master is not Lala!" Li Mo vomited wildly in his heart, but with a smile on his face, as if he hadn't seen a friend for many years, he patted Simmons on the shoulder and said, "General, don't mind visiting my manor and having dinner together!" ”

"Of course ......"

Seeing Simmons shouting at the sailors behind him to get off the boat, the smile on the corner of Li Mo's mouth once again expanded a lot, a lot!