Compared with the Jews and special forces who pretend to be ghosts, Wang Hao's maritime merchant group is much simpler. Don't look at them as God's people, but they have known God for a long time, and they must be superior to the natives according to the first-come, first-served principle.

Even if you can't be worshiped by the people, you have to be considered a VIP person, and the identity of the Celestial Empire is even more unimpeded. With this convenience, the nature of a businessman is brought into full play.

Although the ships that came this time were loaded with supplies and weapons, and there were not many goods, it was enough for them to use as test items. Whether you can sell it or not is secondary, and it is important to understand what is produced on the island first. The thief does not go empty, and the merchant does not go empty either, so it is best to bring some special products back when you come once.

These five maritime merchants formed three caravans, and let the locals carry goods on their backs and set off from the port under the escort of special forces, one in the south, one in the west, and one in the east, which can be regarded as a simple turn around the whole island, and also explore the local products and natural environment.

The conclusion is not very optimistic, the island is oval, less than 70 miles wide from north to south, slightly longer from east to west, and 130 or 40 miles away, with an error of less than 10%.

The middle part of the island is the highest, and no one has gone up to see how high it is, but there is a large mountain wrapped in clouds and mist, and the mountain is surrounded by gentle slopes and black strange rocks.

No one has ever seen this kind of stone, let alone found any minerals. There is a lot of fresh water, and it is quite evenly distributed, and there are rivers flowing into the sea on all sides of the high mountains.

The climate, it's winter, you don't need to wear cotton clothes during the day, Wang Hao said that it is similar to Liangzhejiang Road, but the wind is a little strong. The land is fertile, and the locals grow rice and beans. The technology is a little worse, the farming tools are also quite miserable, there are not many iron tools, and there is a lack of ploughing cattle.

However, there is a very small horse in the area, which is just over three feet tall, and it seems to be wild, and it can be seen in many hillside meadows, large herds. The locals tamed these ponies as both cattle and transport, and they could also be ridden for transportation.

Although the pony is peculiar but does not have much economic value, it can be sold to a rich family as a pet to play with when it is transported back to the Great Song Dynasty. The rest of the cargo was basically nothing, which made the maritime merchants very, very disappointed, and they did not want to wander around the island.

"It won't take half a year for this king to have a special product here, but before that, I need a lot of help from you. The cost required is temporarily recorded, and after half a year, all the goods will be repaid, only a little more. Chen Niang listened to the report of Wang Hao and the special forces, and she did not look disappointed at all, and her tone was quite big.

Before the pyramid was built, she could only live on the ship, and ordered the Huangzhou to leave the port to go around the offshore circle, standing on the bow of the ship all day and holding binoculars to patrol the sea, as if to guard the port.

"I don't know the Queen...... How do you want me to wait? Wang Hao really didn't dare to underestimate Chen Niang, compared to other children, she was simply a monster, even more elusive than most adults. Whether it's a pirate or a queen, it's not a loss to have a good relationship with her, and there is also the love of the founding marquis.

"I need food, cattle and horses, farm tools, cloth, and weapons here, I will go and ask my father for these things, and you don't want to give them, but you have to help you and you to transport them, and the queen of this island is going to be decided!" Putting down the binoculars, Chen Niang's face was full of weird smiles, as if she had discovered a gold mine and successfully concealed it from everyone.

"Then why does Her Royal Highness think it would be better to return home?"

Chen Niang is now a god in the eyes of the natives, and when she meets the locals, both the Song people and the special forces have to bow and salute, and the title of the queen's little lady can't help but change her mouth.

But Wang Hao really didn't take this island marked as Jeju on the map as a good place, let alone expect any profit to be generated here, it was enough to be used as a transit point to Japan, but it was limited to that, no matter how much use it was...... Clumsy, I really haven't seen it yet.

As for using sea ships to transport goods here, it is not too troublesome, and you can get familiar with this new route by running two more times.

As long as you can be accompanied by one or two ships similar to the Huangzhou when you go to Japan in the future, these efforts will be spent unjustly. Cargo ship...... is also armed, this name is really shameless, and the only one who does business so domineering is the founding Houer!

"Don't be in a hurry, it's enough to go to the Daimyo's Mansion for a month, and it's troublesome to go back early and the ice in the Yellow River hasn't melted. Take advantage of this time to get you some samples, take them back by the way, give them an estimate, and use them to pay off the arrears if it is profitable. Hey, don't mention my father, this king can't bully others, and he is not a waste who only relies on his father to survive! You go ashore for two days first, and the good things will be produced in a few days, so I guarantee that the first one will be shown to you. ”

At this time, it is just after the first lunar month, and if you return to the Daimyofu in the spring, you can stay in Jeju Island for about a month. Chen Niang doesn't want to waste time, and she must lay a good foundation at the beginning of her business. Not only do you want the people here to see the methods of the gods, but you also have to let the father know what her daughter is capable of, so as to strive for more free space for the future.

"Abraham, go to the bilge and bring up four siege crossbows, two in the bow and two in the stern. Mosty, do you see a school of fish in the distance? Catch up with them, whether we can stand here in the future depends on whether they are as magical as Daddy's story! ”

After sending Wang Hao off the ship, Chen Niang took out the small notebook again, looked at it carefully, and began to give orders to the two Jewish captains. She didn't talk big with Wang Haozhen just now, and as early as the day after arriving on Jeju Island, she thought about what to live on in the future.

Not to mention the founding of the country, it is no problem for hundreds of people to survive by growing food on the island, but they are not much better than the natives. Without minerals, the smelting and forging industry cannot be developed; Farm tools, tools, and weapons cannot be produced without steel; Without metal equipment, there is no way to develop industry and agriculture, and even self-defense is a problem, so you can't always let Daddy's big ship be here as a gatekeeper for you.

It seems that there is no suitable solution to this problem, but unity is strength, and the three stinkers race against Zhuge Liang. The old phoenix changed his mind and proposed that to build farm tools, tools and weapons, it was not necessary to have minerals, and it was better to buy raw materials directly from the Great Song Dynasty, and it would be better if there were iron ingots and coke from Wujin Xing.

As for where the money for the raw materials comes from, all the Jews are not too worried. They all have skills, and there are many people who can do business, so everyone can raise some money to follow Wang Hao's fleet to Japan, or buy a sea ship on credit from the founding marquis to run the business themselves, how can they earn the money back.

Phoenix's proposal was indeed more appropriate, but Chen Niang didn't agree, she felt that it was still not very reliable. Japan is not a place where you can pick up money if you go there, and there is still a lot of risk in maritime business, so if there is a problem on the way, will everyone not develop?

You can't pin all your hopes on others in anything, the best thing you can do by yourself is the education that Chen Niang received since she was a child, and this time she doesn't plan to wait for the Wang family's fleet or her father's almsgiving, but to be self-reliant.

How do you rehabilitate yourself? The answer is in her little notebook, which contains a whale record. When Dad took everyone on Ganliang Road to learn the sextant by sled, he often told stories about the sea, and there were many episodes about whales.

In Daddy's mouth, this huge fish was literally made of gold, and it was full of treasures. Leather can be made into shoes, hats, clothes, and sails, and all cowhide and sheepskin can be made of whale skin.

The meat is edible and is said to taste similar to beef. A fish can produce at least 1,000 catties of meat, even if the Song people are not used to eating whale meat and there is no market, it is best to use it to improve the food of the island's residents.

The skin and flesh are useful, the bones are not wasted, in addition to making various handicrafts, the ashes are still very good white clay, and the Wujin line collects as much as it wants, isn't this the income.

The most powerful is whale oil, a whale's fat accounts for at least a quarter to a third of its body weight, and after a very simple treatment, this fat is a good lamp oil, and the residue can also be used to make soap, or simply fermented and used as fertilizer.

If you catch up with the sperm whale that Daddy said, you can also make a small windfall, its head is full of transparent liquid, which can refine high-grade lubricants. If you can't keep it, you can also find a black, stinky paste in the intestines, and throw it in the sea water for two years to soak it is an incomparably precious ambergris, musk or something compared with it, can only be regarded as the price of cabbage.

These days, Chen Niang has been wandering around the sea, not to provide a guard for the port, but to find out if there are any whales here. Whaling in the open sea is more time-consuming and laborious, and it is best to try to catch a whale if there is a whale in the offshore waters.

If it is really full of treasures, then it will not worry about the future development funds, if it is just a story, go back as soon as possible to find the ship of Daddy on credit and get some goods on credit, and don't wait for the Wang family's fleet, so I will drive the Huangzhou to Japan to explore the way first.

Are there whales near Jeju Island? There really is, but it's relatively small, only more than two feet long. Chen Niang has never seen a whale, only heard the unreliable adoptive father tell in the story, whether it is a whale still needs to be carefully observed, whether it sprays aerosol on the surface of the water every once in a while.

After observing for several days, this large fish that wanders on the surface of the sea does emit aerosols, and it has to be whales. Whether they have any treasures on them or not, it's useless to just think about it, just grab one and try it.

How to catch it? The principle of whaling is also told in the story, as if a rope and a bamboo tube were tied behind a large crossbow arrow. Large crossbow arrows are readily available and can be fired with a battering crossbow, tied with a thin cable and a barrel.

The speed of the Huangzhou after the full sail can completely catch up with the whales, in fact, there is no need to chase, the whales in the sea will run to the bow of the boat by themselves, as if they are helping the sailboat to open the way, if Hong Tao is present, he will definitely not let Chen Niang shoot these very cute animals.

They are indeed whales, called pilot whales, and they are small and have little oil. If you want to get whale oil, you don't need to make up your mind about them, just go to the waters south of Jeju Island for a few more days, and you will definitely find big guys such as gray whales, fin whales, and right whales, and kill one to refine tens of thousands of catties of whale oil.

It's a pity that Chen Niang doesn't have this knowledge, and if she really sees a big whale dozens of meters long, she probably won't dare to kill it rashly, and the smaller pilot whale just becomes the prey for her practice.

With the siege crossbow on the Huangzhou, this group of pilot whales can be regarded as unlucky, they don't need to use the barrel as a float, and the corpse can be collected after four or five thick crossbow arrows are fired, and they are directly dragged back to the port after the ship.

It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and Chen Niang is an abandoned baby when she is young, and she has endured all the hardships of the world, even if she has never suffered any crime after being adopted, but the childhood memories can not be erased for a lifetime.

She didn't say anything about the whale hunt, but asked her people to drag the dead whale in a small boat to the beach where the special forces landed, and boiled it in an iron pot on the boat.

"Daddy didn't seem to say that whale oil stinks......"

The slaughtering process is very smooth, and there is indeed a lot of fat, but as soon as the fat enters the pot, it can't be treated, and the taste is too much. Judging by Chen Niang's thinking mode, no one would buy such a stinky oil, so she hurriedly began to flip through several other small books, trying to find the answer on it.

Fortunately, she was still a little patient and didn't give up immediately, when the layers of whale oil were scooped out and continued to refine, the smell was much weaker, boiled twice and filtered twice, and the first bucket of translucent oil was finally made.

"Sidi, we don't have to wander around anymore, it's the future of South Judah! As long as there are whales in the sea, our country will not have to worry about money. ”

When the whale oil was successfully ignited, Chen Niang's eyes were reflected greener by the pale cyan flames. There is no oil smoke and a faint fragrance, and she doesn't need to be told by others, she herself knows what kind of price and sales will be when such lamp oil is sold to Da Song.