Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 261 Baekje
"Captain, the waves in the Bohai Bay are not scary at all. It's easier than when we go out to sea to hunt whales."

On one of the ships, Zhou Nan stood on the deck, watching the surrounding sea conditions at any time.

The coolies at the Mingzhou Wharf are now the elite of the Qin family's fleet.

And Lin Sanwa, the captain of the fishing boat back then, is now the captain of a clipper boat in the fleet.

"This season, there won't be any hurricanes in the north, and we are on the latest clipper boat, so you will feel relatively stable."

Lin Sanwa is very satisfied with her current life.

Not to mention the high salary, there are various rewards at every turn.

The most important thing is that Qin Xiedao also said this time that Haimao will use part of the money earned back to reward everyone.

Although we don't know how much the amount will be, everyone is full of expectations for Qin Xiedao.

After all, just a year ago, they were all struggling to fill their stomachs.

Now it's a completely different identity.

"I heard from Mr. Qin Lang that Japanese people are generally short and ugly. Otherwise, maybe we can buy a few servants this time."

Zhou Nan felt a little itchy when he thought that he was still in a state where one person was full and the whole family was not hungry.

"No matter how ugly the Japanese people are, there are always some good looking ones. Besides, with Zhou Nan as your condition, it would be great if you can get a wife. Can you still pick and choose?"

Feng Kun on the side couldn't help but hit Zhou Nan.

The two of them were good friends when they were working as coolies at Mingzhou Wharf, so they had no scruples about what to say.

"Anyway, we are also citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, and we are much more noble than the people of the Wa Kingdom.

Feng Kun, I'm not bragging, even if I bought Japanese female slaves, I wouldn't marry them, at most I would be a concubine. "

Zhou Nan raised his neck and said arrogantly.

When Qin Xiedao left Dengzhou, he specifically told everyone about it.

In the future, as long as they follow Qin Xie Daoist, everyone can marry a wife, live in a big house in Weishui New City, and live a good life with rich clothes and good food.

Zhou Nan firmly believed in this.

"Okay, don't talk so much. We are heading towards Baekje now, and we have been walking for two days. It is estimated that we will arrive soon. You should save more energy and wait until you go ashore to vent."

At this time of sailing, if there is a chance to replenish in the middle of the boat, it is natural to stop for a rest.

Qin Xiedao was there to gather the wool, but not to suffer.

If it weren't for the fact that the Mingzhou shipbuilding workshop was still in its infancy, he would have planned to build a luxurious version of the flying shear ship for his own use.

Otherwise, the living environment of sailing at sea these days is really a bit harsh.

Why do many countries say that women cannot board ships in the early days?
In fact, at the beginning, it was not necessarily related to any feudal superstition, but purely because it was inconvenient for women to board the ship.

A big boat cannot be operated by a family of two.

With so many crew members on board, eating, drinking and drinking are all in such a small space.

If there is a woman, it must be very inconvenient.

How do you go to the toilet?
How do you sleep?
The most important thing is that when the weather is hot, the crew members generally don't wear clothes, just busy working in the naked body, allowing the pendulum to sway constantly.

If there is a woman on board, can this kind of scene survive?
Not to mention inconvenient or inconvenient, there is no way to guarantee safety issues.

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"Brother Qin, is this the port of Baekje people? It looks dilapidated."

After a few days at sea, the fleet finally arrived at Baekje.

As the weakest country on the Korean Peninsula, Baekje not only has a relatively small land area, but also a relatively small population.

Otherwise, Wa Kingdom would not have snatched an enclave from Baekje in the early years.

"Desolation is ruin, but there are still fresh water and vegetables, which will not affect our supplies.

And although this Baekje is not considered rich, there are actually rich people in the domestic cities.

Now all we see are small coastal cities, so it's normal for them to look dilapidated. "

Qin Xiedao looked at the small Tucheng in front of him, but he also had little interest.

If he had just come to Datang, he might have been very interested in looking at all kinds of antique buildings.

But now there is no interest at all.

Of course, he wasn't really not interested in Baekje at all.

Although this country has very little to offer Datang, Baekje has a population close to 100 million anyway.

The average life expectancy is relatively low these days. Most of the 100 people are adults and children, and there are very few elderly people.

This also means that it can provide Datang with hundreds of thousands of strong labor.

Whether it is a man or a woman, Datang is in great need.

In feudal dynasties, labor was actually wealth.

Otherwise, the imperial court would not take the number of households as an important indicator in the assessment of various county magistrates.

Today's Datang has opened the door to industrial and commercial development, and the demand for manpower will definitely increase rapidly by then.

Although there is no accurate statistics on the population of Datang, it is estimated to be around 2000 million.

Such a small population is placed in the ten Daos, but it is actually not too much at all.

Once the production of each workshop expands rapidly, it will be troublesome to recruit enough craftsmen.

It is very difficult and time-consuming for the people of the Tang Dynasty who have been resettled and relocated. If you want them to give up the land in their hands, and then go to work as helpers in the workshops in the city.

At this time, it is necessary to recruit some people from the outside to come back.

Whether it is a country on the Korean peninsula, or a barbarian from the northern grasslands, or suspected to be a Japanese, Qin Xiedao will always come to him.

Anyway, just be a slave, just be obedient.

"When we come back next time, let's go ashore and take a good look, and then see if there is any chance."

Yuchihuan was fooled by Qin Xiedao along the way, and now he is more interested in going out to sea and sailing than anyone else.

For these noble children, although earning money is very important, it is more important to find the pursuit of life.

Otherwise, it is really a life of eating and waiting to die.

"If this route is successfully developed, a wharf can be built here, occupying a piece of land, and directly under our own jurisdiction."

These days, people don't pay so much attention to land.

As long as Qin Xiedao spends a little money, it is not difficult at all to buy a land of several thousand mu, or even tens of thousands of mu.

When the time comes to build this place into a country within a country, it will be useless when the people of Baekje realize that something is wrong.

Anyway, I can't beat you.

(End of this chapter)