The fisherman invited Mr. Liu Quan and Fang Hao into the back living room, sat down at a round table, and poured a glass of water for each of them.

"I haven't been here for a few years, but it's really changed a lot." Mr. Yanagizumi said with great emotion, "The last time I came here, I felt that there was no place to stay in the market. ”

"I'm far worse than you. When I first came to Xihai City, I was so smoked that I almost fainted before I could come in. When the fisherman heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "I was really surprised at the time, what kind of person can live in such a foul smelling environment!" ”

"I have lived in a fish shop for a long time, and I don't smell it." Mr. Liu Quan said with a smile, "It's really not easy to let the people here know about hygiene." ”

The fisherman nodded and said, "It's not easy. When I first arrived here, I felt that there was almost no solution to this problem. One of our five brothers counts as one, and no one has ever seen such a dirty place. ”

At first, Fang Hao thought that when Mr. Liu Quan said that there was no place to stay, he meant that Xihai Town did not have a place here. After listening to a few words, I realized that it was originally talking about the hygiene problem of the market.

Thinking back to when I entered Xihai City just now, although I also smelled a fishy smell, it was still within the acceptable range. I didn't pay much attention to the hygiene of the streets, but this just shows that at least it is passable.

So he was a little curious and asked, "Captain Fisherman, how dirty is Xihai City?" ”

The fisherman looked at Fang Hao and said with a smile: "The market is full of discarded dead fish and stinky shrimp, and there are aborigines and livestock drowning everywhere, and any pigsty of ours is a hundred times cleaner than here." The natives all smelled foul and unpleasant, worse than those who had been dead for days. ”

Fang Hao couldn't help but change color slightly on his face. The picture described by the fisherman came to mind, and I suddenly felt a little sick to my stomach, and even my hunger subsided a lot.

But compared with the current situation, he couldn't help but be more curious: "Then how did you make those natives become hygienic?" ”

The fisherman said: "At that time, it was still Captain Geng Niang who led the team, and she thought it was useless to reason with the natives. People who come and go here all the year round basically only recognize one truth. So we took over this place first, and then we set rules for everyone, those who are willing to abide by it stay, and those who don't want to abide by it leave. ”

Fang Hao thought to himself, it turned out that he was speaking with his fists. This is not surprising, to establish a stronghold in the Metaverse, the fist is not hard. But there are some problems that can't be solved by fists alone, right?

"Captain Fisherman, a group of people who have never known hygiene, I'm afraid few are willing to follow those rules, right?"

"Isn't it! Soon Xihai City became a place where no one cared, and merchants went to other ports to trade. We hired more than 100 natives living nearby to clean up Xihai City. At that time, Xihai City was much smaller than it is now, but this work took more than ten days. ”

Fang Hao thought to himself, good guy, how dirty this horse must be, it is estimated that it can fatten hundreds of acres of land.

The fisherman continued: "Then we hired more people, dug sewers for the whole market, built a drainage system, built a lot of toilets, erected drinking water towers in the middle of the market, and demolished all the houses that were built in a mess. It took about half a year to complete the renovation of the market.

"During this time, many of the goods produced in our Xihai Town have gradually gained the favor of the natives. We designated the city of Xihai to trade, and merchants who wanted to make money had to come, and when they came, they had to follow our rules. The number of people who came after gradually increased, and when they saw that those who took the lead in front of them had benefited, it was easier for those behind to accept it.

Later, they found out that although Xihai City had many rules and was troublesome, it was really much more comfortable than staying in other places. Merchants who often come here have bought property in the market, and they have begun to look down on merchants from other places, thinking that they are vulgar and dirty.

This kind of limelight has caused more businessmen to drill into Xihai City, and the scale of the market has also continued to expand. The merchants who can now have a place in Xihai City have become a symbol of identity and strength in the Xihai Rim. ”

Fang Hao was quite shocked when he heard it, and the real estate business has been expanded to Xihai City!

Obviously, the market is more than just a port and a trading center for goods.

Once the natives begin to accept the ideas of life from the Netherlands, they will continue to lean towards their strongholds in their actions and consciousness.

Of course, it is not an overnight thing to completely change their thinking, and some diehards are only driven by profits, and the ideas in their bones cannot be changed for the rest of their lives.

But this subtle influence will make them drift away from the ideas of the past, and it will be difficult to change back.

When the influence of the stronghold reaches a certain level and scope, there are many things that can be done. This is a much more solid foundation than the "Temple" and "Moro" organizations that are engaged in some flies and dogs behind the scenes.

After chatting a little about the past of Xihai City, Mr. Liu Quan got to the point: "This time I came to look for you, mainly because of two things: one big and one small. ”

The fisherman sat up straight and said, "Sir, please speak." ”

"In the near future, we are preparing to take action against the 'Moro' organization entrenched in the kingdom of the Medes. This operation can't have too many people, it needs elite soldiers, and I am ready to transfer about ten people from you, in addition to the requirements of cultivation, I also need to understand the language over there. ”

"I understand, we will conduct the selection later, and we can make a list for Mr. to interview before noon."

"In addition, I plan to climb over the Ash Mountain from the south coast of the West Sea, you are familiar with the geography here, give us a few routes."

"Yes!"

"It's a big deal. There is also a small matter, I, a student, want to make two spirit shells, please help me gather some materials. ”

"Is it a swim bladder? This is easy to do, and there are many ready-made ones. ”

When the business was almost finished, I heard someone knock on the door outside: "Captain, the grilled fish is ready." ”

The fisherman said to Fang Hao, "You go eat first." ”

Fang Hao got up and went outside, and came to the table where the grilled fish was placed.

He grew up in inland cities, and most of the fish he has eaten are freshwater fish, including a silver carp nearly a meter long, which has made him the king of fish.

But compared with the fish brought to the table, the silver carp suddenly became the younger brother.

In a large square wooden plate more than a meter long and half a meter wide, three sections of fish are grilled and then stewed, and some red and green side dishes are spread on top.

When I pulled away the side dishes, I found that the three fish bodies could be put together, with a length of more than one meter, and the weight was not much more than twenty or thirty catties.

And that's just the back half of the fish's belly. If it is a whole strip, the length and weight must be doubled.

The fish meat is particularly porcelain, the meat is rich in fish fat, and it tastes quite chewy, a bit like beef stew, but the shredded meat is not so thick.