Daming pirates

After Yu Xiaotian returned to Nanri Island, he ran around non-stop, looked everywhere, and urged production everywhere to speed up significantly. In addition to various workshops, he was also very concerned about the development of the island.

After trying every means to engage in immigration last year, the island's population has grown a lot. The number of residents on the island has grown to nearly 3,000, of which more than 2,000 have been resettled in several immigrant villages, responsible for the island's

Carry out plowing of wasteland.

These immigrants were very energetic, like a group of hard-working ants, working in the fields day and night. They first cut down or burned the weeds or shrubs, and then used human or animal power to reclaim the land. After drying the land, they leveled it and made it

Have the ability to grow crops.

By the end of the year, thousands of acres of land had been reclaimed on the island, and one square kilometer had 1,500 acres of land. Based on this calculation, these immigrants had developed about three square kilometers of land on Nanri Island.

The area of ​​Nanri Island is about fifty square kilometers, but there are many hilly and mountainous areas, which are not suitable for development and use as farmland. Therefore, by this time, about 30% of the land available for reclamation on the island has been developed. If according to this

If the pace continues, in another year, there will be basically no land available for reclamation on the island.

After Yu Xiaotian calculated it, he shook his head secretly. Nanri Island was still too small to support his future plans. If the food problem could not be solved by itself, it would be a big problem. Once there was a famine on the land,

Their food supply would be in big trouble, so he chose to go to Taiwan to occupy the territory. It can be said that it was a very wise decision. This further strengthened his idea of ​​​​increasing the development of Taiwan Island.

Fortunately, in addition to cultivating farmland on Nanri Island, the hills and mountains on the island are also suitable for raising some goats or cattle for grazing, which can also make up for some of his food needs.

Moreover, in order to colonize Taiwan Island in the next step, he had to prepare a lot of cattle in advance, so he had to send people to the land and find ways to buy some cattle. Even if Nanri Island could not use them temporarily, he would temporarily send people to bring these cattle.

The cattle are raised on Nanri Island, so preparations have been made in advance.

In addition, the seafood around Nanri Island is very rich. Fishing technology and storage technology have restricted fishermen from fishing in large numbers at sea for a long time. Therefore, the abundance of seafood along the coast in this era can be said to be unimaginable by future generations of fishermen.

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In order to solve the problem of catch storage, Yu Xiaotian made up his mind last year. After ending the battle of Dongchi Island and the problem of Nangantang, he sent Hunjianglong back to Funing.

After winter came, he asked the council to send several ships all the way north to the coast of Shandong to collect sea ice, load it into the cabin, and transport it back to Nanri Island.

This era was in the Little Ice Age, and the climate was much colder than that of later generations. Without crossing the Bohai Bay, after winter, a large amount of sea ice would appear on the sea surface along the coast of Shandong.

So they don't have to go too far north to get ice. They can even get some ice floes in the Yangtze River Estuary area, but the transportation cost is relatively high.

Yu Xiaotian originally thought about using saltpeter to make ice, but at present, he doesn't have enough saltpeter supply or even gunpowder on hand, so he can't bear to use it to make ice! So he can only use this stupid method to reserve ice.

For this purpose, Yu Xiaotian chose a cave on Nanri Island. The four walls were covered with thick thatch mats as an ice cellar for storing ice. The entrance of the cave was sealed with several layers of thick grass walls to store the transported ice.

into the ice cellar, saving the labor and trouble of digging the ice cellar.

Now that the weather is getting hotter, he renovated a small ice room on the ship and put the ice stored in the ice cellar on the ship. This way, when the ship goes to sea, you can eat some fresh meat and vegetables.

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He also gave this method to the fishermen on the island, asking them to modify the cabin to keep the ice warm. When fishing at sea, the caught fish can be thrown directly into the cabin with ice, so the fishermen don't have to worry.

If the caught fish is not transported back to the island for processing as soon as possible, it will become smelly and rotten.

In this way, the fishermen can go out to sea for a longer time and catch more fish. At the same time, the fishermen will benefit, and they can also get more catch reserves in the Wolf Lair of Nanri Island.

However, this method is still a bit stupid and cannot solve too big a problem. But so far, it is the best method that Yu Xiaotian can think of. In short, he must find ways to reserve more food for emergencies and save money.

I'm just cramming and I won't be able to make it when the time comes.

In short, his hard work began to pay off four years after the Apocalypse, and everything was progressing relatively smoothly. In addition, the government was still busy dealing with the Dutch in Penghu and had no time to trouble them, so they are currently

My childhood was pretty good.

In addition to these things, Yu Xiaotian also has another place that he focuses on, and that is the boathouse on Nanri Island.

The shipyard has now been expanded and has already begun to undertake ship repair work. Basically, Sea Wolf's ships have received an opportunity for maintenance and repair, making Sea Wolf's fleet more capable.

But such tinkering is not all that Yu Xiaotian wants. He does not hesitate to invest huge sums of money to repair the dilapidated boathouse on Nanri Island. In addition to maintaining his own boats, he has only one purpose left.

, that is to build your own ship.

Nowadays, the number of craftsmen in the boathouse is quite sufficient. In addition to Guo Fu, there are two experienced boatwrights who were captured from the land. One of them should be more skilled than Guo Fu. According to him, he is experienced in craftsmanship.

He has built at least hundreds of boats with his hands.

Among them, he knew how to build Fu Chuan, Haicang, Bird Chuan, Sha Chuan and even Guang Chuan. He also helped build them himself. According to him, the cost of building a medium-sized Fu Chuan was probably more than three thousand taels of silver. Without it,

The equipped anchor, sails, rigging and cannons would cost more than 4,000 taels. If everything is ready, the construction period would take about four months, and sometimes it would take as long as half a year to build.

But for the bird boat, the construction cost is more than one thousand taels. If good wood is used, add 30%, and the cost will not exceed two thousand taels. The construction period is about two and a half months to three months.

You can go into the water early.

Therefore, there are currently no technical problems with the boathouses of Nanri Island building brand new ships by themselves. The main problem is the source of wood, especially the wood used to make ship keels and masts, which must be made from whole aniseeds.

These aniseed materials can only be transported along the rivers from Yunnan and Sichuan via waterways. After arriving, they must be dried in the shade for more than half a year before they can be used. Otherwise, even if they are forcibly used, the boats will not be durable and will easily crack, causing water to enter the boats.

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But if you want to go faster, there is no way to solve it. Currently, some boathouses along the coast have materials prepared. These materials are dry materials and can be put into use immediately, but the price is much higher.

If all these woods are used, the cost of a boat will increase by at least 30%, or even more than half of the cost, which is not an exaggeration.

Yu Xiaotian, a veteran ship modeler, certainly knows about these things, but he also has solutions to them.

If the wood is wet when it is purchased, you can use the drying method to shorten the drying time of the wood. However, this requires building a workshop specifically for drying wood. The workshop alone needs to be very large, otherwise

The wood is difficult to put in.

In the drying room for drying, the wood should be set up, a fire should be lit under the surroundings of the drying room, and heat should be used to force out the moisture contained in the wood, so that it will not deform after it is cut and used on the ship.

Yu Xiaotian thinks this matter is not a big problem. The current manpower and material resources on the island can basically meet his needs.

The main problem is the problem of incoming materials. Yu Xiaotian originally planned to ask the council to purchase a large amount of wood from the land through relationships with all parties, but when he raised this matter, Li Gouzi and Zhao Mazi's faces changed.

The color.

Because with Yu Xiaotian's crazy activities on Nanri Island, the money they saved before has basically bottomed out.

Yu Xiaotian didn't pay much attention to financial matters during this period. He thought he started collecting tolls last year, and money would come in every day. In addition, from time to time, his men would go out hunting, and they could often snatch back a lot of property. In addition, when he received

With Zhang Hu’s legacy, they shouldn’t have any major financial problems.

But when he heard Li Gouzi and Zhao Mazi say that their money bank had bottomed out, Yu Xiaotian was shocked and quickly called them to his residence to ask about their income and expenditure during this period.

So Li Gouzi brought a bunch of account books, placed them in front of Yu Xiaotian, and said to Xiaotian:

"Master, take a look for yourself! Although we have had a good harvest in the past six months or so, the reward and punishment system established by the master has meant that a large part of the harvest has been given to the brothers below!

Of course there is a lot left over, as much as thirty thousand taels of silver, but the boss himself may have forgotten that the money goes in with the left hand and goes out with the right! There is no way to keep it!"

Yu Xiaotian scratched his head and said, "Oh? Did I spend so much money? Where did it all go?"

Li Gouzi immediately started to vomit: "Isn't this money all spent by the boss? Look! From last year to now, we have been recruiting refugees to the island, and we are also recruiting various craftsmen.

, this is a big piece!

In addition to those who were kidnapped by force, we recruited a lot of them through various channels, and also spent money to buy a lot of domestic slaves! This alone cost more than ten thousand taels of silver!

In addition, the big boss purchased copper and iron on land, as well as cattle, grain, medicinal materials, and cloth. The expenses were very large. Remember to have an account for each piece. If the big boss doesn’t believe it, you can check it yourself.

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Also, I spent more than eight thousand taels of silver to manage various relationships on land some time ago. No one in our council dares to make money from this, and I remember every account clearly!"