Daming pirates

On the whole, the people on the island are simple and honest, which is very consistent with the nature of the Chinese people. Not counting the old guys, almost all the young people on the island are simple and have no evil intentions. Although in the first two days, Xiao Tian

The newcomers were still a bit repelled, but with the deliberate friendship between Yu Xiaotian, Liu Tong and others, these young people quickly eliminated the barriers with them. This made Yu Xiaotian very happy and secretly happy.

Liu Laoliu had not given up on him and jumped into the sea to escape. Otherwise, he really didn't know what the situation would be like now.

It's just that Yu Xiaotian is not used to the eating habits here. On this island, the daily diet of people is not much better than when they were on the ship, or even a little worse. Moreover, people in later generations have long been accustomed to three meals a day.

However, on the island, probably because of the lack of food supplies, the people on the island still follow two meals a day. They eat breakfast very late in the morning and do not eat at noon. The islanders have to work until

After returning to the village in the evening, we will have dinner.

This kind of eating habit makes Yu Xiaotian quite unhappy, and he always feels that it is difficult to maintain enough physical strength. Although he has sincerely proposed to change to three meals a day, because it is not enough for the time being, he can only endure it for the time being.

In addition, although the islanders are mainly engaged in fishing, they do not live a better life than the people on land and eat more seafood as Yu Xiaotian imagined. Their limited catch is not provided to themselves.

For food, they mainly have to be sold on land in exchange for money and other daily necessities. Only a few catches or worthless catches will be left to be dried and pickled to be used as supplementary food to improve their lives. Even so,

, these worthless dried salted fish are also used during the holidays to improve life. The daily meals are also very simple, basically using brown rice and some sweet potatoes grown on the island as the main food.

A heavy load of exercise and labor, coupled with the fact that there is almost no oil or water in the meals, the islanders here can only obtain protein through some brown rice, a small amount of sea vegetables or sweet potatoes, which also reduces the appetite of people in this era.

It's very big. Generally, it's normal for young people to eat one pound of brown rice in one meal. Those with larger appetites can't even fill up their stomachs with two pounds of brown rice every day.

This is even more true for Yu Xiaotian. After getting used to the food here, his appetite has become astonishing. He needs almost three kilograms of brown rice every day to be half full. From time to time, he will feel a little hungry in the middle of the night. See

De Ma Lian and the others shook their heads, feeling that they really couldn't stand his way of eating, and were worried that the food reserves on the island would be exhausted soon.

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian had just arrived and it was inconvenient to cause trouble to the people on the island. In order to keep his body strong, he had no choice but to use his time at night to go to the beach alone or with the young people on the island before going to bed.

Collecting some seafood such as crabs and shellfish, boiling them directly in a pot with a little seasoning is a good seafood. It is quite good to use it as a supplement to supplement the stomach and serve as a late night snack, and it also provides them with some extra nutrients.

For such a life, Yu Xiaotian can only take pleasure in hardship.

But the life on the island still depends on Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu. After they came here, the situation began to change, because they brought a boat full of goods to the people on the island. These goods were valuable, at least

It was many times more than what they had caught from fishing in several years, which gave everyone on the island who had lived a hard life a glimmer of hope for a better life in the future.

So Ma Lian and the others are grinning from ear to ear these days. While they are busy greeting Liu Laoliu, Yu Xiaotian and the others to settle down, they are also beginning to think about how to sell the cargo as soon as possible, and quickly cash it into money, and then

The guys divided the money so that the young people on the island could get a wife on the mainland.

Yu Xiaotian didn't care about this matter, because now even the cargo was considered to be his. If he was asked to find a place to sell it, he didn't have any skills. He couldn't go on land and yell along the street. If that was the case,

If so, his head would have been kicked by a donkey, so he left it all to Liu Laoliu and Ma Lian and the others as to how to sell the cargo. As for how they would find a way to sell the cargo, how much could they get?

Yu Xiaotian doesn't care about silver at all.

And he put all his energy on this boat that belonged to his name. Although this boat was not big, it was still quite big compared to the small fishing boat owned by Ma Lian and the others on the island.

With their arrival, the attention of the young people on the island was also attracted to this boat, so much so that even their daily main livelihood of fishing at sea was put on hold.

So after Yu Xiaotian settled down on the island, he asked the people on the island for help and began to carefully inspect the boat. After some inspections inside and outside, Yu Xiaotian found that this boat was really not a boat.

Liu Laoliu didn't lie to him about the broken ship. This ship was indeed built only a few years ago, just three or four years ago, and the wood on the hull was mostly made of strong and durable wood.

There are eight compartments in the whole ship. The whole ship is in the style of a standard Chinese sailing ship. Each compartment is separated by partitions, which enhances the anti-sinking performance of the ship. The watertight compartments are also a unique invention of the Chinese ancestors.

The ships manufactured in this way will not sink easily even if one or two cabins are flooded. Therefore, before the Ming Dynasty, and even before the Qing Dynasty, the wooden sailboats built in China basically adopted this method, even if

Modern ships also adopt this compartment design.

The two masts on the ship are made of a complete piece of fir, with no joints in the whole body. Such masts have better strength and toughness, and are very convenient for raising and lowering the rigid sails. After inspection, the two masts are both

It was still very strong, with no signs of moth damage. Only a crack appeared on the upper part of the foremast, which made Yu Xiaotian a little uneasy and wanted to go back and replace the foremast to avoid trouble when going to sea.

But after Liu Laoliu heard about it, he went to the boat to look at the crack and shook his head and said: "This crack is not a big deal and there is no need to replace it. What's more, replacing the mast requires a lot of manpower and has to be sent to the shipyard on land to be repaired."

It’s a big price to pay for it, so I think I’ll ask a blacksmith to make two iron hoops and it’ll be fine! It’s still very strong!”

Therefore, after a preliminary inspection, Yu Xiaotian concluded that this boat is relatively strong and durable. However, due to poor maintenance of the boat, the bottom of the boat is covered with a thick layer of marine life.

There are a lot of sea maggots, which will be a big hidden danger to the strength of the hull and need to be solved as soon as possible!

In addition, the hull and cabin are very dirty. This is what Yu Xiaotian is most dissatisfied with. He will have to rely on this ship for a long time in the future, and rats, mosquitoes and fleas on the ship will cause serious problems to the crew.

This is a health risk that he cannot accept.

So Yu Xiaotian planned to let the young people on the island serve as his crew, first conduct a large-scale cleaning and repair of the ship, and then consider what to do next.

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's suggestion, Ma Lian shook his head and said: "Brother Yu, it's not that we guys are unwilling to help you. Although this boat is indeed good, it is not easy for you to renovate it.

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You have also seen that our island has limited manpower. The goods on the ship have not yet been sold. The people on the island still have to live. Dozens of people want to eat. If they all go to help you get the ship, what will happen to our island?

Food has become a problem! You have been here for a few days, and our fishing guys have stopped for many days. The food reserves on this island will soon be exhausted, so I am thinking about going out to sea to catch some fish.

, go back in exchange for some food, so we can’t spare many manpower for the time being to get that boat for you!

Besides, if you want to shovel the bottom of this ship, I'm afraid we can't do this work here. I don't think you know how to work on this kind of ship. You know, if you want to shovel the bottom of the ship, most ship owners will either

Either send it to the boathouse, pull the boat ashore and shovel the bottom of the boat, or hire help to unmast the boat, take the boat ashore, flip it upside down on the shore, and flatten the bottom of the boat.

I’m afraid we don’t have enough manpower on the island to do it! Besides, a lot of wood is needed to repair the ship. You have also seen our island. There are some small trees on the mountains. There is not enough wood to even build a house. Where can you get enough wood?

What about ship repairs?

In my opinion, it’s okay to let the ship repair matter go for now! Only after we get rid of the goods on the ship can we free our hands to do this! Don’t you think so?”

Ma Lian was very polite to Xiaotian. Although he rejected Yu Xiaotian's request, he still agreed that as long as the cargo of the ship was sold, he would help Yu Xiaotian to clean up the ship.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian was a little disappointed. At least the Ma Lian gang had no plans to help him yet. The boat was nominally in his name, so the old guys like Ma Lian were not interested in renovating the boat.

Not very interested.

Liu Laoliu also limped over at this time. After a few days of rest after arriving on the island, the wound on his buttocks has basically healed. Walking on his own is no longer a big problem. In addition, his children are now fulfilling their filial duty.

, his mood is really good, he is cheerful all day long, and the wrinkles on his old face seem to be deeper because he smiles too much.

"I said horse face! This is your fault! How many fish can your little fishing boat go out to sea? Look at this boat. Originally, the Liu family built it according to the style of a fishing boat in order to cover up people's eyes. Compared with yours

That little broken boat is much stronger, but it is used by the Liu family for traveling on the sea. If we clean up the boat properly, it will be ten times more powerful than the little broken boat you use now for fishing!

What's more, your little broken boat only needs four or five people to go out to sea. The dozen or so young people on the island are idle, and the dozens of acres of fields don't need to be taken care of! Leave some manpower for Yu.

Wouldn't it be better for my brother to help repair the boat?

You said that there is no wood on this island, which is easy to handle. You can fool brother Yu, but you can't fool me, Liu Laoliu! Don't think that I don't know. It is true that there is not much wood on this small yellow island, but the one to the east

There are many trees on Dahuang Island, and Dahuang Island is also an uninhabited land with no one living on it. It is a good place for ship repairs!

Originally, this boat was hidden on this small Huangdao Island, which was a bit conspicuous. From time to time, people would come on land, and maybe they would see it. In my opinion, it would be better to hide this boat somewhere on Dahuang Island first!

Didn't Zhao Mazi go to Luoyuan to find shopkeeper Li the day before yesterday about the goods on this ship? With Li's financial resources, it is nothing to eat this ship's goods. It is estimated that this ship's goods will be sold soon!

With the money from this cargo, do you guys still have to go out fishing every day to make a living? You can't push this matter away, otherwise I, the sixth one, will disown you as a brother! What do you think we should do?"

After listening to Liu Laoliu's words, Ma Lian's face turned slightly red, and he smiled dryly and said: "Brother Liu! You are making things difficult for me! You were not on the island before, and you only care about things here.

You know one but don’t know the other!

This island is said to be occupied by our brothers, but in reality it is still in charge of Jiang Baihu. It’s not that you don’t know about Jiang Baihu. He is the tyrant in this area and dominates the fishing business in this area.

The reason why he turned a blind eye to us occupying this island is that, to put it bluntly, he let us fish for him and make money for him!

We haven’t sent our catch to the land for such a long time, so there’s no guarantee that Jiang Baihu will come to us and cause trouble! So in the past two days, I’ve been thinking about going out to catch some fish, take care of some errands, and also stop by to inquire.

Ask for news from the Liu family!

As for these young people on the island, your sixth brother is also an uncle. If you want to use them, if anyone disobeys me, I will not break his legs!

There is also Rhubarb Island. It would be good to hide the ship there for repairs. However, recently, a group of pirates on Shuangfeng Island often appear on the sea in this area. From time to time, they will go to Rhubarb Island to stay. Where should we repair it?

If they encounter the boat, wouldn’t it be like giving it to them for free? I’m afraid the lives of those who go there will be in danger!

So it’s not that I’m too impatient to help my brother, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run!”

After listening to Ma Lian's words, Liu Laoliu stretched out his hand to touch the goatee on his chin, looked eastward, thought for a while, and nodded: "What you said makes sense! This matter really needs to be discussed in the long term! So be it! You should say hello

When people go out to sea to fish, they just have to make arrangements. When we go out to sea tomorrow, Brother Yu and I will also go out on a boat and go around Dahuang Island!

Rhubarb Island is very large and has many bays. It is not difficult to find a place that can both hide and repair ships. Although pirates will stop at Rhubarb Island, they usually land on the east and north sides of the island, and on the southwest side.

As far as I know, very few people go anywhere!”

After listening to Liu Laoliu's words, Ma Lian nodded quickly and said: "It's done! Just do what you said!"

Yu Xiaotian was also very satisfied and nodded in agreement.

(I feel very low today. My grandmother, who loved me the most since childhood, was admitted to the hospital due to illness the night before yesterday. She suddenly passed away yesterday afternoon. Hanfeng has been in the hospital for the past two days, and now she has to help send the elderly home! I will try my best to keep updated with new books. As for the new book list

Thank you for your help! I will come back to pick up the things and update a chapter. I guess there won’t be many updates in the past two days. I hope you can forgive me!)