Hua Bushi said: "Thank you! Today we are here just to explore the terrain on the shore, in order to find a suitable place to build a harbor, and after a few days, I have leisure, and then I will make a special trip to Moli Village to visit Brother Xinlijia!"

Xiao Xinwang said: "Does Mr. Hua want to find a place to build a wharf on the island? My father is most familiar with this Okura Island, where there are reefs on the coast, where there are beaches, and how deep and shallow the water is in various places, he knows everything, if Mr. Hua wants to find what kind of place, just ask him!"

Hearing what Xiao Xinwang said, Hua Bushi's eyes lit up.

A fisherman who has lived on Okura Island for generations, he has lived on this island all his life, and if he is familiar with this island, I am afraid that there is really no one who can compare to him. Hua Bushi immediately said to Sima Rulan: "Miss Lan'er, how about we go to Moli Village at the bottom of the hill and go to Xiao Xinwang's house to sit down?"

Sima Rulan said: "Okay, I heard that Brother Xin once saved Mr. Hua's life, and Lan'er has long wanted to see him!"

When the next group dismounted, they followed Xiao Xinwang down the hill, and soon came to Moli Village.

Today, Xinlika's home is one of a dozen small shacks, built with only a few logs, and covered with leaves on all sides and on the roof. Xin Lika was not at home, Xin Wang led everyone to the house, and went out to find his father, while Ji Ji brought "fruit stacks" for everyone to drink.

The original village no longer exists, but the "fruit stack" is no different from what it used to be. This kind of bitter drink that Hai Hongzhu didn't even want to smell last time, Sima Rulan drank a whole cup.

After the tea work, Xin Lika rushed back with Xin Wang.

After experiencing the destruction of his home, Xin Lika still looks very cheerful, as if he has recovered from the previous disaster, and with Xiao Xin Wang interpreting by his side, there is no obstacle for this indigenous man to talk to everyone.

Sinlica and the villagers of Moli are the indigenous Baba who came out of Okura Castle earlier and have been back to the beach for more than a month. Since the original village had been completely burned to the ground, and the fishing boats and docks had been destroyed by the pirates, they had to temporarily build these simple shacks, but fortunately it was summer and the climate was warm, so it was okay to live in the shacks for the time being.

After returning to the beach, Xin Lika had built a small wooden boat to catch fish and shrimp on the shore, and now he is preparing to build a larger fishing boat with the villagers, which will be built in about 20 days, so that he can go out to sea to fish as before to solve the food problem, and will not have to rely entirely on the relief food provided by Okura Castle.

As he spoke, the indigenous fisherman thanked Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan, saying that without their help, the villagers of Moli Village would have starved to death if they were not killed by pirates.

Hua Bushi has been very busy these days, and he has no time to take care of the affairs of Xin Lika and the villagers of Moli, and he had promised to help them rebuild the village when the fighting subsides, but he did not provide more help except for giving Xin Lika some food and utensils when he left Okura Castle. At this time, facing this benefactor who had saved his life, Hua Bushi was also quite ashamed in his heart.

However, he immediately moved in his heart and asked Xiao Xinwang to ask Xin Lika if he was willing to lead the villagers of Moli Village to help build the port and dock, if he was willing, not only would the villagers' rations and housing be no problem, but they could also receive silver and two wages.

The construction of the Xingang dock and even the construction of the dragon slayer required not only shipbuilders and various craftsmen, but also a large number of small workers. However, there are not many laborers in Okura Castle, and it has just experienced a previous war, so it is not easy to hire people. Hua Bushi had already discussed with the two elders of the "Wanjintang" that he planned to recruit some men on the coastal borders of Middle-earth, but in order to do so, he would have to relocate a large number of people, which would not only be quite troublesome to settle in the city, but also take a long time to recruit all the people from the mainland and transport them to Okura Island.

There are many sturdy fishermen among the villagers of Moli Village, and it would be a double benefit if they could help.

After Xin Lika understood Hua Bushi's proposal, he immediately expressed his willingness, but said that he and the villagers had only built simple small wharves and small fishing boats before, and had never built ocean-going sailing ships or large docks. Hua Bushi signaled that it didn't matter, as long as they were willing to do their best.

Xin Lika was overjoyed, and immediately said that if it was to make a effort, then there would be absolutely no problem.

Hua Bushi immediately explained that he came today to find a place to build a new port water village, and said the water depth and topography of the port dock on the shore, and asked Xin Lijia to help think about whether there is a suitable place.

Xin Lijia listened to Xiao Xinwang relay Hua Bushi's words, pondered for a long time, and then stretched out four fingers, and pointed four times in several directions, Hua Bushi immediately understood what he meant, that is, there are four places on this island that meet these conditions.

Without further ado, the eldest young master asked Xin Lika if he could take them to see those places now, and Xin Lika nodded and readily agreed.

Anything that seems difficult, but if you use the right method, you will immediately get twice the result with half the effort.

Okura Island is not small, and the coastal terrain is very complicated, Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan have been on the island for several days, but they have not found a suitable location for the construction of a new port, and Xin Lika actually pointed out four locations in one breath.

In the next two days, Xin Lika led the way, leading Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan to check these four places, and as he said, these four places met the requirements of building a port whether it was the depth of the water on the shore or the topography. After some careful investigation and comparison, Hua Bushi discussed with several leaders of the "Wanjintang" and decided to choose one of them as the place where the new port was built.

The chosen site is located in the southern part of Okura Island, thirty miles from the existing port, but it happens to be near the village of Moli.

Once the site was chosen, the construction of the port began immediately. The "Wan Jin Tang" soon mobilized the city's artisans and transported all kinds of building materials and applications to the seaside, Xin Lika stopped building fishing boats, and the whole village of Moli moved to the construction site to help build the new port.

Gongora's shipbuilders from Spain would not arrive at Okura Island for at least two months, and the dockyard would not begin until they arrived, so the first thing to be built was the fort on land.

Shinko is located outside Okura Castle, far from the castle, and once a foreign enemy attacks the island, it can echo Okura Castle from afar, forming a flanking attack on the attackers. However, it also requires that Newport must be able to defend itself against enemy attacks, both at sea and on land.

Although he is not good at shipbuilding and docks, building defensive fortresses is one of his best skills, and the Hua family mansion in Wuyang City and the "Evil Dog Gate Rudder" in Changsha Mansion are all masterpieces built by this eldest young master. And now that he wants to build a fortress to defend Xingang, he will take a big package to the "Wanjintang" and is willing to bear it with all his might, Sima Rulan has always been obedient to Hua Bushi, and has no objections, and is happy to leave this matter to him completely.

In fact, the construction of this fortress is much simpler than the Hua family mansion in Wuyang City and the rudder in Changsha, just because the two houses are on flat ground, and strict fortifications must be laid on all sides to ensure safety, and the location of the new port has a unique terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Although the new port is not located in the bay like the existing Okura Port, there is a rocky ridge on both sides that leads from the land to the sea, like the wings of a goshawk. The stone ridge is 30 zhang high and very steep, as long as a large iron cannon is laid on it, it is simply a natural fort, and the power can cover the entire coast. If a ship comes from the sea, as long as it comes within ten miles of the shore, it will come into the range of artillery and be bombarded.

To defend against attacks on land, the stone ridges on both sides of the port have become walls that are difficult to climb, and no city wall can be 30 zhang high. The gorge between these two eagle wings, about forty or fifty zhang wide, became the only place where fortifications needed to be built for defense.

When Hua Bushi chose this place among the four sites pointed out by Xin Lika, he had already thought about how to build the fortifications, and he planned to build two stone walls five feet high between the mountain gorges, and the stones used to build the walls could be dug from the mountains on both sides.

Such a fortress with a difficult terrain would be more powerful than Okura Castle, and as long as there were one or two hundred men defending the stone wall, even if twenty times more enemies wanted to force an attack from the mouth of the gorge, it would be difficult to take it.

This fort was named "Eagle Wing Fort".

Of course, it was not easy to build the Eagle Wing Fort, and even if the villagers of Moli Village joined in, there was a huge shortage of manpower. However, Hua Bushi had already figured out a way, and he found Xin Lika and asked him to help recruit people from other indigenous tribes on the island.

In the past, there was only a small deal between the residents of Okura Castle and the indigenous Baba tribe, and very few people would hire the indigenous people, which was not only due to the fact that the Han people in the city looked down on the indigenous people for being stupid and dirty, but also because the two sides did not understand each other's language, making it difficult to communicate, and more importantly, most of the indigenous villages were unwilling to deal with the people of Okura Castle.

In the eyes of many natives, they were the masters of the island, and the Han Chinese of Okura Castle were ill-intentioned outsiders.

However, after this siege of the island, the situation has been very different. When the aboriginal village was destroyed, the city gate was opened to accept them into the city, and food and shelter were provided free of charge, and many indigenous people had regarded the "Mankintang" in Okura Castle as a life-saving benefactor, and rumors of "Bailan Holy Maiden" and "Hua Bodhisattva" also spread from them, and the prestige of Sima Rulan and Hua Bushi in the eyes of the indigenous Baba was simply higher than that of the immortal Buddha.