Daming Haikou

For more than ten days in a row, the sea wolves did not go out to plunder again, and Yu Xiaotian temporarily put all his energy on the training of newcomers and the management of Treasure Island.

Warehouses and new houses were built one by one, and various living facilities were also gradually improved. For the sake of hygiene on the island, Yu Xiaotian ordered Li Gouzi to build a new building in their residence and the subsidiary island. For public toilets, the main island has built a special toilet for women, and regularly sprinkles it with quicklime obtained from the Li family to kill maggots.

In addition, he also built a bathroom near the spring, using local materials to build a bathroom with stones and shrub branches on the island, and strictly ordered people on the island to bathe regularly to keep their bodies clean and save water. Diseases transmitted by parasites such as fleas.

In addition, he also directed people to dig drainage ditches in the residential area of ​​the island to directly discharge domestic sewage into the sea, preventing domestic sewage from accumulating in the living area.

In addition, taking into account the issue of guards, Yu Xiaotian also planned to build a walled camp around the residential area on the island, as well as defensive facilities such as watchtowers, lighthouses, etc., but such a plan is currently difficult to implement, and they have limited materials. Although there are inexhaustible stones on the island, there is still not enough manpower. The wood and the lime used to bind the stones need to be purchased from land. They cannot complete such a project within a few months.

As for personnel, after the newcomers finished the first phase of obedience awareness training and quarantine period on the island, he began to bring the selected newcomers to the ship, and asked them to follow Hu Cheng and Crazy Meng on the ship according to the division of labor. , Familiarize yourself with the operation of the ship and the fighting style on the ship.

Most of these people are not from coastal fishermen, and they are not very familiar with the operation of ships and life at sea. Some people even suffer from seasickness. Without adaptive training, they are taken out to rob ships, which is simply to let these people die. .

Yu Xiaotian made it clear that since he brought these people here to join the group, he would not treat them as consumables, and drive them to take risks regardless of their life or death.

For Yu Xiaotian's statement, the newcomers also think it is acceptable. No one thinks they have a long life. Yu Xiaotian attaches so much importance to them, but it makes them feel that they are treated as adults, so after boarding the boat, they are more obedient. Didn't cause much trouble.

Like Li Dazui, many people have gradually accepted this fate, and began to feel that this kind of life is better than their previous days of wandering around hungry and full. It's so cool that there are too many rules here.

Yu the helm seems to be a maniac by nature. Whether it is eating, drinking, sleeping, there are rules, and everything must be done according to the rules. If you are a little careless, you may be punished. Even the shoes they wear have to be placed in designated places when they sleep, and they are forced to take a bath with cold water every two days.

But it's not enough if you don't follow the rules. After learning a few lessons, these newcomers can gradually adapt to the various rules here, and they are getting used to everything being done according to the rules.

Seeing that the end of September was coming, Yu Xiaotian finally took the boat out to sea again and started a new round of hunting operations. They continued to choose the target area on the sea in the south of Haitan Island, because it was separated from Fuzhou The direct controllable range of the army navy is also the place where merchant ships from the north and the south must pass. There are more ships passing by, and the probability of finding the target is relatively high.

Therefore, according to Liu Laoliu and the Li family, many pirates in the surrounding area have chosen this area as their target area, and it has been the hunting ground for pirates all year round. Of course, if they go further south, to the west of Nanri Island , the harvest may be better, but right now it is the area of ​​influence of Shark Zhang Hu, and small pirate groups like Sea Wolf are not yet capable of confronting Zhang Hu, so they can only choose to be a little farther away from Nanri Island This small sea area is used as their hunting place.

These novices who went to sea for the first time, after leaving Treasure Island, began to look nervous and a little excited, which made the old people of Xiaohuang Island who had done it twice a little contemptuous of their performance, but many people But I forgot that when they came out for the first time, they might be worse than this group of guys. Anyway, now they have called themselves veterans and started to become arrogant.

But for Xiaotian, his confidence was also much higher when he came out this time. After all, he brought about thirty people with him this time, and even though half of them were newcomers, his strength was still greatly increased.

Right now, the number of soldiers on his ship, that is, warriors, has reached nearly 20. Finally, they can further refine their responsibilities, and appoint full-time gunners, archers, and gunners, so that the division of labor among his men can be detailed. more professional.

And once he started, he could command more than double the number of people rushing to the front. When dealing with ordinary merchant ships, they had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, and the probability of successfully robbing the ship also increased exponentially. .

Therefore, when Yu Xiaotian came out this time, he was full of confidence and took the boat straight to the hunting area, starting a three-day cruise.

In the first two days, they seemed to be unlucky. They didn't encounter a ship worthy or suitable to start with, but only encountered an empty ship leaving Fuzhou for Quanzhou.

After catching up with them, the other party directly declared their surrender without any resistance, so they were asked to board the ship and search for it. As a result, apart from finding a few knives and guns and dozens of taels of silver, they ended up empty-handed and had to let them go. They stopped the merchant ship and let them continue southward.

Such a result made the people on the boat very discouraged. As a last resort, they could only continue cruising in the sea, looking for the next target to attack.

But on the third day their luck came, they found two boats at the same time on the sea, one of them seemed to be heavily loaded, so Yu Xiaotian immediately chose this heavily loaded boat to attack.

After some chasing, they finally caught the boat, but after boarding the boat and taking control of the boat, they were disappointed. It turned out that the boat didn't travel far. It is a ship that transports timber from Chaozhou Prefecture to Fuzhou Prefecture.

There is not much money on board, only a little grain and a small amount of scattered goods on board, which are not worth much, and even the owner did not escort the ship on board. Such a result disappointed everyone, knowing that they chose the wrong target this time. , but I heard from the boatman on the boat that the other boat they let go contained a lot of spices, pearls, agates, and silver, but they took a wrong look and chose this boat because they were so lucky to die. The wooden boat, the angry Mengzi just wanted to kill people to vent his anger.

Yu Xiaotian was also very disappointed, looking at the timber of this ship, he could only admit that he was unlucky, knowing that they were still inexperienced, otherwise, they would not have only looked at the load of the ship, but ignored the possible cargo on the ship. At this point, Yu Xiaotian wanted to let them go, but he changed his mind after thinking about it.

So Yu Xiaotian ordered all the boatmen on the boat to be tied up, and all of them were thrown directly into the cabin, locked up, and someone from his own boat took over to replace them. They sailed towards the shore, and after dark, they found a random place, left the boatmen on the shore, and then boarded the two boats and began to return home to Treasure Island.

Although this ship of wood is not worth much, it is also an urgently needed material for them. They will continue to operate in Treasure Island for a long time in the next step, and they cannot do without wood.

Moreover, most of the wood in this boat is teak, which is an excellent wood for shipbuilding. It will not warp or crack under the conditions of large changes in sun, rain, dryness and humidity; it is water-resistant and fire-resistant; it can resist termites and different sea areas. It is eaten by sea worms and is extremely resistant to decay. It was originally produced in Southeast Asia. Fujian and Guangdong do not have this kind of thing. After asking the boatman on the boat, I found out that these teak trees were purchased by their owner from a sea merchant in Chaozhou Prefecture. It was transported to a shipyard in Fuzhou for shipbuilding.

The rest of the wood is mostly mahogany, which is mostly produced in Southeast Asia. It is either used for shipbuilding or for making expensive furniture. After careful calculation, the value is not small, and this boat was also used by Yu Xiaotian. Look at it, although this ship is not a Fuchuan or Guangzhou ship, but it is a flat-bottomed boat similar to a sand boat. Although it is not suitable for sailing in the open sea, it is very suitable for offshore or relatively large rivers. Transporting bulky materials is not easy to run aground because of the shallow draft. Although the speed is relatively slow, it is not suitable for use as a pirate ship, but it is more suitable for transporting bulk cargo.

Moreover, this boat is relatively young, it is considered a relatively new boat, and can be used for a relatively long time, so Yu Xiaotian decided to eat the boat and the wood of the boat.

The wood will be used to repair their boats in the future, and if they are not needed, they will be taken to the Li family for money, and they can keep the other boats. In the future, they will run the Dalian Island line on Treasure Island and ship them for use. Unobtrusive and easier to conceal their identities.

So Yu Xiaotian simply ate all the goods brought by the boat. After this calculation, they came out this time, and the harvest was not small, and it didn't take much effort. Not bad.

But just when they were about to sail back to Treasure Island, they saw a thick smoke appearing in the direction of Treasure Island from a distance, and Shangdou, who was in charge of looking out on the mast, suddenly cried out in surprise: "No! Yes! Our island is on fire!"

Yu Xiaotian and everyone felt tense suddenly, and rushed towards the bow of the boat...

(Continues to yell shamelessly: Brothers, where are the red tickets? Hehe)