Chapter 325: Construction Projects
The fleet sailed away again from the port of Fushan, and everything went well, although it was not able to reach Zhoushan in five days as idealized, but on the seventh day it still arrived at Daishan Island, where the port and supporting facilities were being built, and I am afraid that nearly 10,000 people were working. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Gu San took more than 100 masters transferred from Huangjiawan Island to expand a natural deep-water port at the foot of Mopan Mountain, and the aborigines of the island were hired to work.
On the day Gu San arrived, he found many fishermen who lived here, and there was no nonsense, first let them eat two large cooking cakes, and then gave them a few pairs of pants so that their women could go out.
These poor people are not stupid, knowing that this place is favored by a civil master, and they will be hired to work in the future, and every strong laborer who works seriously can earn at least one or two silver a month.
They immediately ran to tell each other, and soon organized themselves to participate in labor and eat rice and white flour cooking cakes.
Ye Chengjing also asked Ye Yanshi to send a thousand guards to the army, and Gu San simply asked these guards who had degenerated to the point that they were almost the same as the peasants to bring all the labor of their families here to work, taking care of food and drink, six yuan of silver a month for an ordinary laborer, and one or two silver for a month for strong labor.
Is there such a good thing? Many of the guards who were not arranged to work here have taken leave to work on Daishan Island, and they paid two dollars of silver a month, and they came here to work to fill their stomachs, and they were able to earn a few dollars of silver, and everyone thought it was worth it.
The officers also thought that they had received benefits and didn't care about them at all, so the construction site on Daishan Island was in full swing.
Investment drives employment that is the truth, Huang Sheng will never hide the silver in the cellar, it is definitely to earn one or two with ten yuan, and after starting to open a money bank, he can earn one or two and invest three taels.
Ye Chengjing, who has the background of the former cabinet and the first assistant minister, is too easy to do things in Zhejiang, and it is not difficult at all. This is already the territory of the Huang family, because the title deed has been obtained.
There are too many islands here, even the main island of Zhoushan has no residents, most of them are the families of the guards and poor fishermen, the Huang family came here to build a large number of buildings, which immediately brought vitality here.
In Zhoushan, I saw Ye Chengjing, who had been waiting for a long time, and also saw Ye Haowu, a military attache of medium stature, about forty years old, and looked quite capable.
It's no wonder that he has a son in a family, and if he doesn't have two brushes, he won't climb step by step to become an official.
Ye Haowu's attitude was very upright, seeing Lord Huang Sheng with a big salute, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, the strong dragon did not press the head snake, Huang Sheng did not pose at all, he pulled up Ye Haowu happily, and asked for warmth.
Lord Huang Sheng's prestige has spread all over the world, Ye Haowu has already been like thunder, today I see that Lord Huang really deserves his reputation, every warship under his command has more than six artillery, and the establishment of a thousand water battalions on Juehua Island is probably enough to destroy the Zhejiang Water Division.
Ye Chengjing had already told Ye Haowu not to talk nonsense, this time Lord Huang came out to do private work, and he specially invited him to send the Ye family's goods to Nanyang. This is not uncommon, and most civilian and military generals are like this, and everyone knows it.
Ye Haowu is a member of the Ye family, of course, he is his own person, not only does he not talk nonsense, but also keeps his subordinates tight-lipped.
Huang Sheng gave Ye Haowu a small greeting gift, and the military attache of the guard was so happy that he knelt down and kowtowed.
It was the sixty-fifth-level true widow that Zhao Shimin took to Japan to cut down, Lord Huang Sheng was useless with this thing, Ye Haowu got it, as long as there were people above, maybe he would be able to get some benefits from it.
Of course, if he wants to be promoted to command Tongzhi from the third rank, it is absolutely not enough to rely on a little bit of unwarranted combat exploits, and there will definitely be some equipment and money to supplement it.
Lord Huang is so interesting, of course Ye Haowu will serve the Huang family well, patting his chest to ensure that if there is anything that needs help on Daishan Island, he will definitely stick a knife in both ribs.
It took a whole day for the Huang family to load the goods transported by the Ye family to be stored in China and China, and the Ye family arranged three account rooms, and ten guys went to the port of Manila on Luzon Island to deliver the goods, and Ye Chengjing was actually ready to go with him.
This kid has courage, much stronger than Li Wenyou, the grandson of Li Sancai's family, everyone has common interests, Huang Sheng is not afraid of exposing his strength in front of the Ye family, it is good to take him to see it, after coming back from this trip, the partners of Haimao should be more in their position.
It's just that he didn't go to Nanyang to do business at all, but wanted to contact Xu Xinsu immediately and get him out of the middle and left.
Because Huang Sheng knew that this year was Xu Xinsu's death, and knew that Xiamen, the city of Zhongzuo, would be attacked by Zheng Yiguan this year, and Zheng Yiguan came to Fujian to loot this time with the main goal of eliminating Xu Xinsu.
The specific time is not clear, I don't have time to wait in the center left, I am afraid that the best way to be robbed by others is to take it first, but I can't be sure whether Zheng Yiguan has succeeded, Huang Sheng is still a little apprehensive in his heart.
Therefore, the destination of the first stop of the fleet is Xiamen Port, with Li Guozhu by his side, and Xu Xinsu will run to the South Seas together, this kid will not be suspicious, and he will definitely follow the fleet boldly and set off, and he will not be slaughtered by Zheng Yiguan as in history when he comes to the Huang family warship.
Xu Xinsu is a person from Yu Zhigao, an officer of the Fujian General Army, and he has crossed the province to fish for people on his behalf, and some of them are unjustifiable and inconvenient.
Huang Sheng said to Ye Chengjing: "It's good for Ye Gongzi to go to Nanyang together, but the official has something to trouble Gongzi to go back to Fuzhou to deal with." ”
"Your Excellency, are you going to ask for a meeting with Chief Soldier Yu Zhigao?" This Ye Gongzi is a smart person, and he immediately knows what Lord Huang means.
"However, Ye Gongzi can ask Lord Yu Zhigao to go to Zhongzuo City with him, and the official's fleet is waiting in Xiamen Port."
"Miao, my lord wants Lord Yu Zhigao to see our strength in running to the South Seas this time, and strengthen his confidence in dealing with Zheng Yiguan with you, but is it?"
"Ye Gongzi is really smart, how can he be convincing if he doesn't have the strength to speak in vain? As long as Gongzi brings Mr. Yu to Xiamen to have a look, how to cooperate in the future will be easy to talk about and discuss! ”
Ye Chengjing had already seen the Huang family's fleet and the majestic warriors, and heard that this was not all, and there would soon be pirates active in the Sea of Japan to join the alliance.
He has already begun to admire this civil official, it's black and white! also decided to get along with Lord Huang, people can mobilize pirates to fight pirates, it is rare that you can't instruct pirates to rob the merchant ships of maritime trade partners?
Ye Chengjing, a scholar who has failed many times, is most envious of the same scholar who was born Huang Sheng's promotion speed, when he was in Beijing in May, the great talent was from the fifth grade, and now it is less than two months, and now the Huang lord has obtained the military merit of killing Jiannu and has become an official from the fourth grade.
This promotion speed is too powerful, and it is only one step away from the governor of the feudal territory, and the reward of Lord Huang's main 'Ningjin Great Victory' has not yet been issued, I am afraid that Lord Huang will be promoted two levels to become a third-grade governor when he returns from Nanyang.
Ye Chengjing had a careful thought, he had too many distractions, he really couldn't read the sage book, seeing that the imperial examination was hopeless, if he got the love of Lord Huang to stay in the army, it was very possible to enter the court as an official after gaining military merit and fame.
Ye Chengjing saw that Lord Huang arranged for him to run errands, so he happily agreed, and asked Ye to send a clipper to send him to Ningde, Funing Prefecture to transfer to Fuzhou by land.