Li Mu got up in the morning to carry water and chop wood, and when Wanniang got up, he was pulling the bellows, and the fire in the stove was booming. Seeing the sleepy-eyed little lady Li Mu smiled and said to her: "I made an appointment with Brother Xizi to go to sea together, and when I leave, you go to the city and buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, yesterday I accidentally used up all the seasonings at home." ”

The county seat is farther away, and the town is near, only seven or eight miles away, and it only takes half an hour to walk.

Wan Niang simply freshened up, then hurriedly ran back to snatch the bellows, and pushed Li Mu out of the kitchen.

"The kitchen is a woman's place, and my husband won't dare to come in again. If you let outsiders know, you will definitely chew the root of Wanniang's tongue. ”

Li Mu grinned, very embarrassed, and stood at the door of the kitchen watching her busy. Breakfast preparation is relatively simple, Wan Niang cooked white rice porridge and steamed a drawer of white flour steamed buns. This kind of food is something that other people's families can't eat during the New Year. White rice porridge is breakfast for two, and white flour steamed buns are for Li Mu to take to sea.

It's just that...... Think about such a picture: the scorching sun is shining on the sea, and the two men eat steamed buns in cold water, the picture is so beautiful that Li Mu didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly asked Wan Niang to make two more pieces of bacon and bring it.

After breakfast, Li Mu gave Wan Niang all the remaining silver from yesterday before leaving, which frightened the little lady. Only leave one or two pieces of silver, and then return the rest of the money to Li Mu.

Li Mu blinked and said, "What can you buy with one or two pieces of silver? You have to buy a lot of things when you go to the town today." ”

Wan Niang took out a handkerchief, and there was 500 yuan lying quietly inside, which was the salary she got for sewing and repairing Liu Yuanwai's family.

Li Mu shook his head and said to her: "There are only two of us in this family when the door is closed, and the life is also lived by the two of us, and it has nothing to do with others." You don't have to care what other people think, you know?"

Wan Niang nodded as if she didn't understand. Li Mu stuffed the silver into her hand again, "Buy whatever is lacking at home, don't worry about money." You see, our clothes are already very torn, and you don't want your husband to go fishing in tatters, right? Buy some fabric, buy some cotton, and come back to make two more sets of cotton clothes...... Okay, I'm going to meet with Brother Xizi, bye-bye!"

Li Mu left, and Wan Niang was still holding the silver in her hand in a daze. It's a lot of silver, isn't it a pity to change such beautiful silver into clothes? Wan Niang still thinks that silver is better than cotton clothes, what should I do?

On the beach, Erxi had already prepared the tools for fishing, and he would start the boat when Li Mu came. Originally, Erxi wanted to catch some small fish in the offshore place, but Li Mu didn't agree. Why do you want to test the power of a heavy fishing crossbow?

Half an hour later, the fishing boat has passed the Phoenix Island, the so-called Phoenix Island is a desert island relatively close to the land, because the sunset will shine a piece of red here, very beautiful, so named Phoenix Island. This is already the limit of what the fishing boat can reach, and it is dangerous to go any further.

"Ah Mu, how about we get off the net here?"

Li Mu has no opinion, fishing Erxi is professional. The two of them hung up the fishing nets on one side, the second happy set up the boat, and Li Mu threw the fishing nets down, which was done, as for whether he could catch the fish, it depended on luck.

Today's weather is particularly good, and the slight sea breeze is refreshing. Li Mu sat on the deck, his legs sticking out of the boat, and fiddling with a fishing crossbow in his hands. The pulling force of the fishing crossbow is very large, and Li Mu has to cooperate with the internal force to pull it. The harpoon is hooked so that it can be fired.

Erxi grinned and watched the excitement on the side, Li Mu shot two shots and missed the shot, the third shot, the fourth shot, gradually, he began to slowly find his senses. In less than twenty shots he hit his first fish. This is a mackerel, about half a meter long, twenty or thirty kilograms. Very nice catch.

Erxi, who watched the excitement, widened his eyes. He's not a novice who goes out to sea, he's seen this kind of heavy fishing crossbow, and this guy can't be used by anyone. Just now he was already surprised to see Li Mu pull the bow of the fishing crossbow, but he didn't expect him to really catch a fish.

In his eyes, Li Mu is mostly here to play with this thing, as for catching fish, don't talk about it.

However, but, next, Erxi felt that his brain was short-circuited.

Mackerel, flounder, mackerel, salmon......

Li Mu is more and more comfortable to fight, and when the first net was closed, this guy had already caught more than ten fish!

Erxi couldn't be calm anymore, he looked at the net he had put away, there were only dozens of small fish in it, and there were two big fish, both of which were six or seven kilograms of mackerel, which made him a little crying without tears.

Normally, when you go out to sea, it is very good to catch two mackerel in one net, after all, it depends on luck. However, now after comparing with Li Mu, Erxi found that he was a turtle.

Li Muke didn't know Erxi's thoughts, he wanted to throw all the fish he caught into the fish protection, because the smell of blood could attract big fish, which was strongly opposed by Erxi.

"Absolutely not! Amu, you're going to attract sharks!"

Li Mu twitched the corners of his mouth, he didn't think he could be more powerful than a shark, so he still dispelled this idea. Helped Erxi get off the second net and began to entertain himself again. Large fish, ranging from more than ten kilograms to fifty or sixty kilograms, were thrown into the fish compartment by him. He is different from Erxi, he aims and shoots, so he will not waste his strength to shoot those five or six kilograms of mackerel.

At noon, the two of them ate the white-flour steamed buns and bacon prepared for them, and the two of them were very addicted to eating. Li Mu didn't care, he felt that such a lunch could only be described by the word "will".

"Brother Kiko. Li Mu took a bite of bacon, looked up and asked Erxi, "How many fish can you catch in a day when you go to sea?"

Erxi felt that his face was a little hot, and coughed embarrassedly: "When it's good, you can catch five or six big fish, and take them to the town to exchange for some food." When it's not good, there are only some small fish, like these, and I take them home to make fish sauce and eat them. ”

Li Mu looked at the small fish he was pointing at and nodded, "You see that these fish I shot were all killed by harpoons, and there is a big hole in their bodies, can they still be sold for money?"

Erxi was stunned and asked, "This fish is for eating, not for ornamentation." Does it matter if it has a hole in it?"

Li Mu was relieved. People in this world can't even solve the problem of food and clothing, who has time to pay attention to the mood.

Now he was relieved, and he had spent the whole afternoon shooting fish, and by the time he had collected the sails and returned to the sea, the two fish baskets on the deck were almost full. The two rowed back, and Li Mu asked Erxi: "I want to buy a fishing boat." ”

Erxi glanced at the catch caught today, nodded and said, "You are an excellent fisherman, you really should have your own fishing boat." How big do you want a fishing boat?"

Li Mu doesn't know much about the price of fishing boats, and he is now poor and white, and he still owes fifty taels of foreign debts, how can he have the money to buy fishing boats, he just asks casually, if it is not too expensive, he will set a goal for himself to complete.

"What about a ship like you?"

Erxi laughed: "This boat took me three and a half years to build, so you should start with a small fishing boat." Big fishing boats are slowly being built. ”

Li Mu's eyes widened: "You built this ship yourself, didn't it cost anything?"

"Of course it costs money. ”

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, this is right. Boats are a luxury, not to mention such large fishing boats, which can carry nearly ten tons.

"It cost me more than two taels of silver to build it!"

"Poof!"

Li Mu raised his forehead, "You only spent more than two taels of silver on such a large fishing boat?"

Erxi was dissatisfied: "Erliang is still less?"

"That's more?"

Erxi sighed: "I don't have land, and I have to exchange the fish I catch for food, repair fishing boats, buy fishing gear, and I can't save money except for food and clothing in a year." ”

Li Mu said: "Then why don't you go to open up the wasteland and grow some grain?"

Erxi said: "How can I have time to open up the wasteland, if I don't fish for one day, I won't chew the next day." Hey, take your time, I want to save two acres of farmland for my son, and I can't be like me in the future. ”

"How much is an acre of land?"

Erxi pouted: "It's not something that can be bought with money, land is the lifeblood of farmers, even if you sell your sons and daughters, you won't sell land." ”

Li Mu was a little excited and asked him, "Do you want to farm?"

Erxi was noncommittal, and Li Mu asked again: "You don't want to fish?"

"I've had enough of it for a long time, and I've been fishing with my father since I was sensible, and if I can't buy a farm, my son will also fish with me, I really don't know when it's the head. Erxi shook his head, not wanting to dwell on this issue anymore. Li Mu didn't want to let him go, and asked, "Brother Xizi, what if I exchange my family's land with you for this fishing boat?"

Erxi's eyes widened, confirming that he was not joking, and then said: "Your family's land was purchased by Father Li after a lifetime of hard work, if you dare to sell it......"

Li Mu blinked, "My father and mother have passed away, and now there is me and Wanniang at home, and Wanniang will definitely listen to me." Moreover, I'm really not interested in farming. ”

He has already decided, four acres is not too much, but no less, to ensure that he and Wan Niang's food and clothing are not a problem, even if they have children in the future. But it is impossible to get rich and rich. Da Yu is different, his vision is not comparable to these small-scale peasant consciousness people. He knows how many "treasures" are hidden in the sea.

Think about it, one day he set sail to trade with the outside world, sell the things of the Great Xia Empire to the outside world, and then sell the things of the outside world to the Great Xia Empire......

Erxi looked at Li Mu's eyes: "Are you serious?"

"Very seriously!"

Erxi pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How much land can you exchange for me?"

Shouldn't it be all?" Li Mu was stunned, since Erxi asked so, it means that he still has room for bargaining. Li Mu's brain was running rapidly, and he asked tentatively, "Two acres of land?"

"Really?!" Erxi looked surprised.

Li Mu said secretly: It's high!

It's high, it's high, anyway, he doesn't plan to farm again next year. Moreover, his goal was not to be a small landowner with land and livestock, but to be the first man to conquer the sea.