Blood from Daming

Chapter 277 Outlying Islands
Yan Sanniang lived in Changtu Island for almost ten days and was finally about to leave. During this period, she accidentally subdued Mr. Jiang Yangjiang, who she thought was unlikely to sincerely join Xue's family. Anyway, it was a good thing, big and small. More than 400% of the original islanders on the island began to work for Xue's family. Only less than [-] islanders are still insisting on their independent lives, and most of them are islanders from Xiaochangtu Island.

All the food and supplies brought by Yan Sanniang were transported from the fleet to the island for storage. Yan Sanniang reorganized the original warehouse on the island, and the newly opened Xuejia warehouse purchased the islanders’ dried seafood at a very fair price. Because the price of dried seafood purchased by Xue’s warehouse is [-]-[-]% higher than that of Daishan Island, and the islanders’ dried seafood is not undervalued, the islanders who were still a little worried at the beginning felt relieved and sold all their next-year-end goods. Yes, I bought and exchanged all kinds of production and living materials I needed at Xue's warehouse on the spot.

Yan Sanniang's move is very good. With the purchase price of Xue's Warehouse, I am afraid that the islanders of Changtu Island will never go to Daishan Island to sell the seafood they salvaged. Even the price of land goods in Xue's Warehouse is also very fair. , the only regret is that the goods are a bit lacking, but Yan Sanniang has already stated that the next time the ship comes, it will fill up these shortages, and even increase the supply of some commodities that the islanders need but not in large quantities according to the needs of the islanders.

Now the people of the Xue family and the hired workers on Changtu Island all think that they have fallen into the blessed nest of the Xue family, and even the four hundred islanders who have not joined the Xue family system have a lot of affection for the Xue family. , Some people are considering whether to join the big organization of the Xue family.

Xue’s warehouse has purchased more than 30 catties of dried seafood of various types, most of which were sold by the original islanders. No one would eat these things at home, and they couldn’t afford to sell them. This time, the Xue’s bought the island The fisherman's goods, the fishermen have almost sold out all the old goods at home, Mr. Jiang and the others euphemistically raised their opinions on Yan Sanniang's high price to buy the islanders' dried seafood.

Yan Sanniang explained to Mr. Jiang and the others that, according to what she learned in Hangzhou Mansion before coming here, the purchase price is only slightly higher, but the quality of dried seafood on Changtu Island is particularly good, and the pressure from fish merchants on Daishan Island, etc. The Xue family’s purchase price does not suffer a loss for the part of the downgrade profit, and the Xue family’s fleet comes to Changtu Island not entirely as a merchant ship, but more as a Xue family’s military vessel, so the transportation cost It can't all be counted in the purchase of dried seafood, it can only be regarded as transporting the goods along the way. The cost of this is a big discount, so there is still a lot of profit margin for the purchase of dried seafood in Changtu Island.

And Yan Sanniang's bigger goal is to monopolize the purchase of dry seafood from Changtu Island, so that the fishermen on the island will become dependent on Xue's family, so that they will gradually cut off their connection with Dinghai Island and Daishan Island, and build Changtu Island into Xue's home. With a solid sea base off the coast of Hangzhou Bay, the construction and investment in Changtu Island and the support for the islanders cannot be fully calculated economically.

A few days ago, Yan Sanniang took Changtu Island's managers at all levels to inspect the hills in the interior of Changtu Island. According to the local staff, these mountains are not suitable for inland farming because they are close to the sea and there are frequent showers and storms all year round. According to Yan Sanniang, Yan Sanniang also decided to vigorously develop sideline businesses according to local conditions, and established agricultural cooperatives to focus on fruits and vegetables, and to raise pigs, sheep, geese, ducks, chickens, etc., to provide enough non-staple food supplies for the island.

Just two days ago, the Xue family established a fishery cooperative, and organized the islanders to fish on Xue's large boats of [-] to [-] materials. Changtu Island is farther away, and more and bigger seafood can be caught. The remaining small sampans are arranged for the use of women and children on the island, so that they can catch some fish in the offshore, or pick up some shellfish, sea cucumbers, and seaweed plants. wait.

Just yesterday, Yan Sanniang participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the first phase of Changtu Island Fishermen's New Village Project. This is a major event in the hearts of Changtu Islanders. The construction period of the small courtyard is two months. There will be [-] islanders living in new houses in Changtu Island this year, and [-] islanders will live in next year. Yamen, commercial operation market, Islander Plaza, Islander Leisure Park, etc.

There are 2000 islanders in Changtu Island who came to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the first phase of the Changtu Island Fishermen’s New Village. After listening to Yan Sanniang’s words, they looked at the future construction plan of Changtu Island posted on a large wooden frame. These islands All the people are very excited, and they will live a good life with Xue's family.

The members of the Xue family figured that everyone could move in this year, and those who had just worked for the Xue family were extremely happy when they found out that they could also be allocated rooms. Wei Wei felt a little regretful that it was too late to join the Xue family, and they probably would have to wait until next year.

The most anxious thing is that those islanders who came to see the fun and did not join the Xue family system all ran to the steward of the Xue family to ask if they could get a house. The steward of the Xue family replied that the Xue family had not considered outsiders like them. Everyone expressed that they wanted to join the Xue family to do things, and the manager of the Xue family said that they would ask the head of the family to let them wait patiently for the Xue family's notice. These people were immediately very disappointed and became the most disappointed group of people on Changtu Island.

After Yan Sanniang heard the report from the Xue family steward, she confessed to Lou San that it would take a while for the last batch of islanders from Changtu Island to join the Xue family. The people have a sense of superiority, and finally accept some diehards.

Yan Sanniang boarded the good ship back to Hangzhou, and the big and small stewards of Changtu Island came to see them off. Yan Sanniang had a talk with them at the bow of the boat. Yan Sanniang said: "Uncle Wu, the progress of the shipyard. It's going well."

Wu Bo replied: "Mrs. Hui, it's been a long time since I built a big ship. The dock is very messy. I was cleaning up materials and sundries a few days ago. In a few days, I can start building warships."

Yan Sanniang said: "Uncle Wu, you are bold to do it according to your own ideas. Don't be afraid of failure if you don't make it well. We must learn from experience to build more and bigger warships. If we succeed, the younger generation will ask the general to hand over the best and largest warships." The warships are named after Uncle Wu, so that Uncle Wu will be famous overseas."

Hearing this, Uncle Wu was even more grateful and expressed that he would swear allegiance to the Xue family to the death. Yan Sanniang also appointed Liu Ben as the commander of the combined navy fleet, leading two [-]-material sea ships and two [-]-material and two-year-old ships from Changtu Island. A sea-going ship with a thousand materials is used for training.

Then Yan Sanniang gave a special explanation to the captains Liu Ben, Wu Dahai, and Wu Yang, asking them to do more military training at sea, less to participate in general fishing salvage, and gradually transition to regular sailors, and enter the deep sea for the Xue family navy. Get ready for combat with land and sea support.

Yan Sanniang left a hundred subordinates for Lou San, and appointed Lou San as the deputy hundred households of Jinyiwei and the head of the East Factory, so that Lou San's identity could be enough to fight against the government on Daishan Island and Dinghai Island, and Yan Sanniang handed over to Lou San The task is to pay close attention to the overall construction of Changtu Island, cooperate with the navy, shipyard and other important departments, organize a powerful armed force on the island, and take remote control of the Wuhai and Wuyang ships, and gradually let them integrate into the island. The Xue family system, with Dachangtu Island as the main island and Xiaochangtu Island as the vice island patrol, cuts off the connection between the big and small Changtu Islands, Daishan Island and Dinghai Island. Considering that Xiaochangtu Island is too close to Daishan Island, the island The armed personnel of the Xue family all patrolled secretly, trying to avoid irritating the government and the people of Daishan Island.

Afterwards, the leaders and stewards of Changtu Island retreated from the big ship. Uncle Min gave instructions to return to the voyage. Three seagoing ships with a thousand materials weighed anchor, lowered their cables, raised their sails and left the pier of Changtu Island. Yan Sanniang stood at the bow of the ship. Waving goodbye to the more than 2000 islanders who saw them off, the distance gradually became blurred. Yan Sanniang knew that the soldiers and civilians of Changtu Island had returned to Xue's family.

Master Jiang said to Yan Sanniang respectfully: "My lord, I have some contacts with the naval divisions in Nanjing, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and I can buy their old ships. I also have some connections with the raw materials for shipbuilding. I would like to be the master." Share your worries."

Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. Jiang, you have done a great job for being brave enough to share the general's worries. I know it well. When I go back to my seat, I will ask Yan's mansion to send 20 taels to Mr. Jiang for use. I will raise follow-up funds for you later. Don’t worry too much about the price of privately selling forbidden naval items, it’s best to have a long-term relationship, and see if you can buy artillery.”

Master Jiang: "My lord, my subordinates will remember."

Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. Jiang, we have established ourselves on Changtu Island. The first batch of immigrants from the Xue family will move to Changtu Island in two months."

Jiang Yang said, "Master, it's so fast."

Yan Sanniang: "Recently, we will organize several transportations to transport the living and production materials needed on the island, so as not to be inconvenient if the government is targeted in the future. If we need to transport people to the island in the future, the transportation capacity will be very tight at that time. Now, when a large number of new immigrants come to the island, large-scale military training will be carried out to prepare for the island-seizing exercise against Taiwan Island in the future.”

Jiang Yang said: "My lord, there are Westerners, Japanese pirates, and pirates on Taiwan Island. Their strength should not be underestimated. Especially the guns and artillery of the red-haired Dutch ghosts in the West are very powerful. Our strength is far behind them in a short time. .”

Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. Jiang's concerns are very reasonable, but the armed forces on Changtu Island are only used as an auxiliary force to seize the island, and the firearms production in the capital will also be moved here. In the future, our firearms will be greatly strengthened, and the main force to attack Taiwan Island Troops will come from Northern Zhili and Shanxi."

Jiang Yang was taken aback when he heard Yan Sanniang's words. Although he already felt that he had pledged his allegiance to Yan Sanniang to the death, he still didn't have enough confidence in the capital of the Xue family's struggle for supremacy. The trust in the ability of the mother, I feel that this is an alternative opportunity to realize the dream that many generations of the Jiang family have pursued, and the most important point is that the most important reason why Jiang Yang is willing to join the Xue family is that Jiang Yang believes that Yan San Niang is willing to let her go. In fact, Xue Yun and Yan Sanniang are descendants of Emperor Jianwen or have a special relationship. Otherwise, Yan Sanniang's martial arts would not be able to restrain herself just now, and the tricks are martial arts passed down from generation to generation by Jianwen's descendants , Many of the tricks are unheard and unseen by Jiang Yang. This is by no means a coincidence. It can only be said that the martial arts secrets he practiced are higher and more comprehensive.

(End of this chapter)