This time, the first stop of Li Miao's small sailing boat was Lingshan Island. Lingshan Island is located on the coastline of Li Miao's Qiwantianzhuang in Huangdao County, more than ten miles east in the deep sea. In this era of forbidden seas, Lingshan Island is almost an uninhabited island.
Nowadays, people on land are living such a difficult life, let alone on islands far away from the mainland. In the first half of last year, Wang Yonggui began to organize manpower to develop Lingshan Island.
A total of more than one million taels of silver was invested. Transform Lingshan Island into a livable place and a shipbuilding center. It is also Li Miao’s scientific research sanctuary.
Lingshan Island is more than three miles wide from east to west and more than ten miles long from north to south. It covers an area of more than 40,000 acres, and is also related to Li Miao, whose internal space is similar to it.
The altitude of Lingshan Island is five to six hundred meters high, which is very valuable. There is no need to worry about the impact of high tide on the island.
The forest coverage rate of Lingshan Island reaches 70 to 80%. Most of the ancient trees are fine timber for building large ships. It is really a natural island tailor-made for Li Miao. Lingshan Island also has a natural harbor, and there is only one. harbor.
This natural harbor can easily dock even large ships, saving Li Miao a lot of money and time. Even if he had time and money, Li Miao would not be able to build such a good harbor. Undersea operations are inherently unsolvable in this age without machinery.
Except for this natural harbor on Lingshan Island, even small boats cannot dock anywhere else unless you get off the boat and swim. In other words, as long as this natural harbor is guarded, Lingshan Island will be safe.
Wang Yonggui also secretly thought that the owner might be a person with great luck. The owner discovered such a geomantic treasure from a travel note. Without such a large natural harbor, it would still not be possible to build a large ship.
Li Miao asked Wang Yonggui to find Lingshan Island and occupy it secretly. The main purpose was to build a large ship. Now Li Miao has no shortage of money, no shortage of craftsmen, no shortage of skills, and now that there is Lingshan Island, there is no shortage.
After the large ship is built, Li Miao can start his maritime strategy. Li Miao did not dare to build a large ship in Qingzhou. Nowadays, the manufacture of two-sailed small sea-going boats has become somewhat famous.
However, Li Miao, who was used to keeping a low profile, felt unhappy. Now the first large-scale ship in Chengzikou Port of Lingshan Island is about to be completed. Li Miao's ocean-going maritime trade career is about to set sail.
The first thing that will be brought to Li Miao is a huge amount of wealth. Li Miao, who comes from later generations, knows that there are many Western countries in this world and may soon enter the Ocean Age.
The true overlord is determined by the strength on the sea. Li Miao did not want to repeat the old path of later generations. Now that he has come to this world, he will never allow that to happen again.
Now Li Miao is developing ocean trade, accumulating experience in ocean shipping and cultivating a large number of shipping talents. Prepare for the coming ocean age. Not to mention how much ahead of others in strength, at least he no longer takes passive beatings.
Li Miao didn't believe it. He earned a lot of money through ocean trade and then invested it in the shipping industry. If he still couldn't defeat the Western maritime overlords, he'd better go home early and go to bed!
Lingshan Island is a livable island. There were originally more than a hundred Tu people on the island. It is said that they were the lucky ones and their descendants who traveled to the island after the shipwreck.
Wang Yonggui organized more than 3,000 immigrants, all of whom were hungry people from various coastal areas, and they all brought their families with them.
In addition, nearly fifty households of slaves were arranged to manage more than 3,000 people. A total of seven villages were built in the open areas around the island to accommodate these more than 3,000 people.
Lingshan Island now has a total of more than 20,000 acres of fertile farmland, and four reinforced or newly excavated reservoirs. The fresh water on the island is enough for tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of livestock to survive.
There are a large number of livestock raised on the island. Last year's food income alone was enough to feed thousands of people on the island for five years.
The residents on the island have been living and working in peace and contentment for a long time, and they cannot be driven away. Even the Tu people felt that their homes were being invaded at first, but now it seems that they are fortunate to have been invaded. Otherwise, how could we have the life we have today?
Wang Yonggui also used a large number of seaside beaches to dry salt according to the salt drying technology given by Li Miao. The tidal flats on Lingshan Island are no less than hundreds of thousands of acres, and the conditions are much better than those on the Yangzhou coast.
The salt produced last year alone, if sold as private salt, would cost no less than one million taels of silver.
There is still no energy to focus on sun salt. If we go all out, it will not be a problem to double the output several times. Moreover, Li Miao did not allow the salt to be sold, but instead hoarded it on Lingshan Island as a strategic reserve.
Of course Li Miao will not sell private salt. First of all, with such a large amount of private salt entering the market, it is impossible for there to be no movement. It doesn't suit his low-key personality.
Secondly, he is not short of money for the time being. I still can’t spend the money I have in hand. So there is no need to look for trouble. In Li Miao's mind, salt is more valuable than silver. Can be used as strategic material storage.
Wang Yonggui sees the good salt he has produced, can he not do it? It’s almost catching up with the expensive refined salt on the market. If this is sold, it will definitely fetch a high price.
Lingshan Island itself is located in the deep sea, so there are few impurities in the seawater and the salt content is high. Coupled with Li Miao's advanced technology from two generations, the salt produced is not only of high quality, but also low in cost.
Wang Yonggui sometimes thought that the proprietor's money was so profitable that he could earn millions of taels of silver a year by just doing whatever he wanted.
Today, the scale of Lingshan Island Chengzikou Port is quite large. There are more than 200 craftsmen and more than 300 skilled workers, and they all work with their families.
These craftsmen were recruited by Wang Yonggui from all over the Dazheng Dynasty. They not only required good craftsmanship, but also had families, otherwise they would not be hired no matter how high the level was.
Now these craftsmen are all Li Miao's people. In later generations, it would be unbelievable that so many outstanding craftsmen were quickly accepted as slaves by Li Miao.
This is also the tragedy of this era. If we cannot treat craftsmen well, how can technology progress? Therefore, Li Miao found a mistake, and the craftsmen were sincerely grateful to their employer.
Nowadays, Lingshan Island provides free education for all resident boys. Not only knowledge, but also Jeet Kune Do is taught. Li Miao really treats them as one of his own.
In fact, this is also the case in all Li Miao's industries now. Boys of school age are admitted to school for free, and monthly payments ranging from 1 to 300 Wen are paid based on academic performance. All young men on Lingshan Island must join the escort team.
As for the young and strong, they will also join the escort team during their leisure time. Lingshan Island is now heavily guarded, with no less than thirty guards in each village on the island.
Chengzikou Port has an amazing security force, with 300 experts transferred from the Southern Bureau and the Northern Bureau. Specializing in port security and defense.
Not including the more than 200 local guards trained on Lingshan Island for a year, these guards are now beginning to take shape and will soon be assigned to new posts. Most of them boarded ships and served as guards.
If you want to stay at Chengzi Port as a guard, you must be one of the best.
Nowadays, the monthly salary of the guards at Chengzi Port is no less than five taels of silver. They are all masters from the north and south. It can be seen that Li Miao attaches great importance to Lingshan Island.
The brother of Li Miao's personal maid Ding Qiusheng, Ding Chunsheng is one of the leaders. It can be seen that Li Miao values him. He has a hundred guards with high martial arts skills under his command. He is really a hero out of recklessness.
According to Li Miao's understanding, Ding Chunsheng also belongs to the type with low education but good at doing things. The same type as his sister Qiusheng.
Chengzikou Port is more prosperous than other county towns. The port of the city with thousands of people is well-organized, and the guards are gathered together. The guards are all high-paid people, so business here is prosperous.
It was approaching noon that day, and it was rare for Chengzi Port to be under martial law. A small two-sail ship docked at the pier. Wang Yonggui and his party greeted them at the pier. After disembarking, Li Miao and his party went directly to the expert building in Chengzikou Port, which the locals used to call the guest house.
It is rare for VIPs to live here. It was originally built for craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions. The craftsmen here are proud to be qualified to live in the Craftsman Building. Currently, there are only four craftsmen living in the Expert Building. And they are all accompanied by their families.
There are twenty expert buildings in total. Wang Yonggui was puzzled at first. Twenty sets of expert buildings cost nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver. At first Wang Yonggui thought it was not worth it, but later he gradually saw the merits.
The enthusiasm of more than two hundred craftsmen alone shocked him, and various technological innovations emerged one after another. Big sea ships are being built much faster than expected.
So there are still sixteen sets of expert buildings vacant? In total, only four experts have been granted permanent residence. Now, Wang Yonggui looks back and sees that these twenty sets of expert buildings were built correctly, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm and sense of honor of the craftsmen.
