When Captain Guo Beyu returned to Liuqiu Island, they carried a large amount of supplies and labor...... Along the way, they planned to stop at only three stops, namely Srivijaya, Boni and Yazhou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is precisely because they have taken a lot of labor with them that the squad leader who stayed at the Lion City Naval Base is always worried about labor, thinking of getting some slaves from the second captain.

Captain Guo Beyu is actually worried about labor...... He once said to Squadron Leader Zhang Depei that labor is the most valuable asset, and this time when he goes back, he must recruit more and bring it out no matter what.

Squadron Leader Zhang Depei said, there is no need to bring out the labor of the Great Song Dynasty, we just need to make good use of the local people......

This suggestion is feasible...... The results of their construction on the island of Hormuz speak for themselves.

They organized the emancipated slaves and some fishermen on the island to carry out construction, and the results showed that the labor of those people was not much different from the labor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although they do not understand the language and have different living habits between them and the laborers, it is not too difficult to organize them, and there is really no racial or religious problem here, but the point is that they always give the laborers the reward and freedom they give, and the laborers work hard because of this.

Squadron Leader Zhang Depei said with emotion: "Our master's method is actually very simple, that is, whoever pays will get in return...... This is a principle that can be used everywhere. ”

At that time, Captain Guo Beyu further added: "Where can it be so simple? Don't you still have to send someone to supervise?? ”

Most of them work hard, and likewise, there are those who cheat and cheat...... If you don't punish such people seriously, the efficiency of other people's work will not be improved at all!

Squadron Leader Zhang Depei has personally punished people who fool their work...... He had whipped the wall with his own hands, and he was basically fooling their returning laborers, and when he whipped them, he showed them to the public, so that everyone knew the reason for the whipping, and finally let them tear them down and do it again!

Squadron Leader Zhang Depei finally summed up a truth:

"As long as we are willing to give a reasonable return, and at the same time we are carefully supervising...... Even the devil will be our good labor! ”

People who travel by sea are more taboo to talk about demons and monsters...... Captain Guo Beyu gave him a blank look at that time and did not answer his words.

Their experience of sailing, fighting, and building over the past few years has enriched their lives and increased their experience...... Although they always subconsciously imitate their master's behavior, they will always have their own experience when they practice it themselves.

The experience of going to sea in the past few years may be far more than what they have gained by the side of the Lord's house!

On their way back, they first stopped at a naval base in the Sriwijaya area, where they had to resupply their supplies...... When they first docked, almost all the inhabitants of that place came out to watch them, and they found themselves even more popular than the caravans of the Great Song government passing by.

In terms of the size of the fleet, they were far less large than the official caravans of the Great Song Dynasty, and there were other reasons why they were popular.

The Liuqiu Navy has kept the waters free of pirates.

The members of the Liuqiu Navy never leave the base easily...... Even when they go out, they only wear casual clothes, and they are the most generous consumers in the market here.

They are not the Great Song caravans, they only want to exchange spices here, and in order to beg for the work of the navy and wages, everything needed for that naval base must also be bought or exchanged from them...... So, the Liuqiu Navy brought security and prosperity here.

The king of Sriwijaya gave them his own guards to train, and like the king of the Bo Ni region, his guards used their weapons.

The king had also approached the captain of the squad stationed here and asked why he couldn't find that oil underground, like the Nabo mud country...... The Sriwijaya region and the Boni region are closely linked, and the situation in the two places is easy for everyone to know about each other.

That squad leader didn't really understand the benefits of oil, it seemed that only Liuqiu Island could use that thing, and the rest could only be used to set fire to the wasteland.

The squad leader thought for a moment and said, "My island owner didn't arrange for anyone to come here to look for ...... Presumably, there must be no more here, so why not urge your people to make more spices, and with it you can get everything back from Liuqiu Island......"

The king of Sriwijaya immediately nodded in agreement, and the variety of spices in Sriwijaya is far more than that of the Boni region, which is what he is proud of!

Before the Great Song Dynasty, spices were not imported much except tribute, and the types were also few, so their use was not widespread, and was generally limited to the use of the upper class of social bureaucrats and aristocrats.

However, after entering the Great Song Dynasty, the sources of spices were abundant and diverse.

Now there are more than 100 kinds of imported spices, among which there are dozens of common kinds of frankincense, ambergris, dipterocarp, agarwood, sandalwood, white sandalwood, cloves, Suhexiang, musk, wood, fennel, and Huoxiang.

In addition to musk, other common spices in the Sriwijaya region are produced...... It's just a matter of how much.

The demand for spices in this Great Song Dynasty was basically endless...... In the Great Song Dynasty market, in addition to giving camp tea, salt, and alum, only incense is profitable, and even when the profits of sea salt are decreasing year by year, and the Great Song Dynasty government has given up the official business, the profits of spices are still rising, and they have left tea and alum as far away as a few neighborhoods.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty have not yet been destroyed and plundered by the bandit groups of the past generations, and they are still healthy and prosperous...... Their men still wear flowers for beauty and love spices.

The Great Song Dynasty now has a wide range of uses for spices, such as medicine, food, makeup, laventeration, worship, candle making, hygiene, and even architecture.

Taking the life of Lin'an citizens as an example, the wealthy families often spend a lot of money on the construction of their living houses, and they can even spend huge sums of money to buy those precious agarwood and sandalwood from tropical places as the main pillars of the house.

The best spices, such as real ambergris, can be sold for 300,000 yuan as long as they have two yuan...... But most spices are also affordable for the general public.

Take frankincense, for example.

It is divided into 13 grades, and the price ranges from 1 to 10 yuan, which is within the affordable price range of the people.

The Great Song Dynasty government could bring considerable revenue through the taxation of spices, so the Great Song Dynasty government has always encouraged the import of spices, and did not hesitate to reward them with official positions!

At the same time, places like Sriwijaya also made a fortune from the production of spices, and they could exchange them for fine silk and porcelain, and even ordinary people could get things like cotton, linen, and porcelain.

Of course, it was the king of Sriwijaya who gained the most...... He got back a lot of iron, and he could cut down more hardwoods, and the variety of fragrant woods that he didn't find often made him even more abundant!

But the king of Sriwijaya was not satisfied, and he hoped that his country would be like the Bo Ni region, where people could dig a well in the ground and produce that oil...... I heard that that thing can also be exchanged for iron tools from the Liuqiu.

He was not very interested in silk and porcelain now...... but they tried to get more of the iron weapons of the beggars, especially their weapons...... (To be continued.) )