Two hours later the carriage turned onto the Corniche, from where there was no other path to the east. The sky was completely bright, the rain had stopped, and the left side of the road was full of reeds two or three meters high, and on the right side was the endless sea. The fishy smell of the sea breeze blew, and the yellow reeds rolled like the ocean, making a rustling sound.

"Is this the real sea?"

When it comes to scenery, the Sea of Reeds on the left is definitely more beautiful than the Bohai Bay on the right, but in the eyes of the ponies, it is the opposite. He had seen more vast grasslands and reeds, but he had never seen the sea after living for more than 30 years.

"It's just a small puddle in the sea, and when you find your daughter-in-law and find a way to get a boat, I'll take you to the real sea to see. Do you dare to go? The wave was as high as a building, and it would take days to vomit while eating. ”

Hong Tao didn't pay much attention to the sea of reeds on the left, and kept staring at the Bohai Bay on the right. After listening to the pony's question for a moment, without hesitation, he began to flicker again.

"Cut, can you still be amphibious?" The pony doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe that anyone can gallop across the land and make waves in the sea.

"Actually, I have a nickname, it's called Pirate!" Knowing that the pony was scolding, Hong Tao didn't talk back, he really wanted to get a boat to float on the sea, go around the world, and see what the world was like now.

By the way, bring some local specialties to help everyone communicate and exchange, stay a few more days if you are used to it, and leave Yang Fan if you are not used to it, no one should chirp crookedly, love not to die. One day it couldn't float, and a big wave fell down, and the dust returned to the dust.

Unfortunately, the only thing that makes an ideal an ideal is that it is very difficult to achieve. I owe a lot of human debts, Chu Qiu, two children, Juma, Zhou Yuan, and Tiger...... So far, I haven't paid off any of them, and when I do, I'm probably too old to move. Life, nine times out of ten, it is not as good as it should be!

"Cut, don't be blinded to me, when are you still pirates...... That's right, it seems that no one cares about being a pirate now! ”

The pony continues to pout, and in his mind the pirate is Hanako with an eye patch, a wooden leg, a ragged suit, and a broken ship. At most, they survived in the era of sailing ships, and they couldn't even eat the wake when they encountered modern steamships.

However, as he spoke, he suddenly realized a problem, it seems that there are really few modern ships in the world that can start, and if a sailing ship is sent to the sea to dominate at this time, it cannot be said to be outrageous.

"If you haven't even drunk the seawater, don't worry about pirates, it's your task to take care of the little girl!" How can a person who has never seen the sea understand the essence of pirate work, Hong Tao does not have the ability and energy.

If you don't close your eyes all night, you have to continue to bump throughout the day, and taking a break to maintain your physical condition is also a necessary basic skill for being a hero. The tarpaulin rolled on the board of the car is Simmons, and he will fall asleep in a few minutes by turning the wet outside over and lying down in his clothes, listening to the symphony of reeds, sea water and frames.

Speaking of the road from Jinmen Port to Caofeidian, he also mentioned it emphatically when chatting with the innkeeper yesterday. The main content is two points, safety and road conditions. Safety issues Hong Tao had heard the inn owner talk about before, which was nothing more than trying not to walk at night and not to camp.

The road conditions are the first time I have heard them, and I am more concerned, but I can't really understand what is called not good until I really walk. If you put it in the old world, except for trucks and off-road vehicles, family cars and SUVs can basically be abandoned. If you have to walk, dozens of kilometers down, the body of the car is basically out of shape.

Although this road is an old-world highway, the road condition is really not ideal. Every year, in addition to the sun in summer and freezing in winter, coupled with the invasion of floods and the crushing of heavy vehicles, many roads have been completely destroyed, and there are shell craters and washboards everywhere.

It's not that the alliance doesn't maintain and repair, in fact, this road is being repaired almost every month except in winter, and it is the only shortcut connecting Caofeidian Iron and Steel Plant and Jinmen Industrial Zone. If it is impassable here, it will have to go a long way to the north to the east of the capital and then to the south, and the distance has doubled several times.

It's a pity that the road construction thing has to use mainframe machinery and a lot of manpower and material resources, but it has just been repaired and the flood is over. The Coalition is really not rich enough to throw resources into the water, and after being able to transport heavier goods by boat, it will not compete with this road, and it can keep the carriage open.

As for why it is necessary to put the distribution center of aquatic products in Caofeidian, it is more trouble-free to go directly to Jinmen Port! This is really not a planning mistake on the part of the alliance, but a choice made by the fishermen themselves.

The only shipyard of the alliance is located at the mouth of the Shuanglong River in Caofeidian, which was originally a shipyard called Fangzhou, which is not very large in scale but quite functional. The iron-hulled boats used by the fishermen and the sailboats developed later were built by this shipyard, and in addition to building ships, they also repaired ships.

There are also large shipyards of the Shipbuilding Industry Group in Jinmen Port, but it is a pity that the steel mills, foundries, and large machinery factories are all in Caofeidian, so in order to reduce the transportation links, they have to go far and far.

However, it was more than 50 kilometers to walk, and after four hours, the small pier next to the shipyard was successfully reached. Queued up to hand in the bill of lading, load, and stamp, and before 3 p.m., three wagons each loaded 700 kilograms of salted fish and kelp.

After the busy work, the stomach is also hungry, whether it is to eat dry food or go to the restaurant to rub a meal, you must first find an inn to store the carriage and goods. At this time, I found that there were only two inns near the pier, and I went in to inquire, and coincidentally, it was full today!

"Tiger, it looks like we have to walk this way at night!" Hong Tao didn't leave immediately, but stepped on the board and looked at the backyard of the inn a few times, and looked helpless after coming down.

"Brother Mouse, I'm afraid it's not quite right!" The tiger didn't have a probe to peep into someone's backyard, but he also gained something, and motioned to Hong Tao to look behind him with his eyes.

“…… Do you know them? "Behind is a small wine shop, very small, and you can only put all the tables and chairs under the shed outside. But there are a lot of customers, and the seats are full, and most of them are coachmen.

"I don't know! When you went in to find the room just now, a few people kept looking this way, and their eyes were not quite right. Tiger replied with certainty, but not by clue analysis, but by intuition that had always passed by danger for many years.

"It's not not quite right, it's too right...... What did the ancients say? It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided! I thought I would stay in Jinmen for a night, and I would hide if I didn't see each other on the road, but people didn't agree, which made it clear that they wanted to rush us. ”

Hong Tao also had this intuition, but he was distracted by last night's incident. At this time, as soon as the tiger reminded him, he immediately realized that there were indeed a few not so friendly glances in those coachmen, and they were always dodging.

“…… Woe to the innkeeper too? "The tiger didn't understand too much, what a blessing or a curse, can't you say something directly?

"That's why I have to look at the yard, I looked at both stores, the front one is really full, and there are more than 20 carriages parked in the backyard. But this one is a bit of a problem in the back, there are less than ten cars parked in the yard, and at least a small and half rooms are empty! ”

At this time, you can't rely on intuition, and if you want to judge the final trend of a thing, you have to look for clues, carefully find out from the bits and pieces of abnormal phenomena around you, pick them slowly, and analyze them one by one.

"Can't there be anyone but the coachman?" Pony has neither intuition nor logic, he has survived until now thanks to instinct and luck, and the most troublesome thing is that he still looks down on people with intuition and logic, and always thinks it is a blind guess.

"Open your horse's eyes and look around, there is no industry here except shipyards and fishing villages. The shipyard's spare parts were transported by those ships, and they had their own factory areas that were strictly forbidden to outsiders, and they were guarded by Union troops...... Got it? ”

Hong Tao's instinct is to hate stupid people, including stupid people who don't like to study, don't like to use their brains, and are self-righteous. Ponies fit these conditions perfectly, so not only are they not taught well, but they are always scolded.

"......" but he himself did not think, nor did he think there was any connection between the way the shipyard delivered its goods, the presence or absence of military guards, and the inn rooms.

"The fishermen have homes, the workers have dormitories, and these two inns are full of convoys!" See, even the most taciturn scalpers understand.