Updated: 2012-08-25

Wei Jichen put his hands behind him, stood on the reef by the sea, looking at the busy crowd, and was very happy.

The construction of the port is a long way to go, Dalian and Lushun are very close to this place. Whenever he has time, he will bring two or three personal soldiers to Changxing Island to take a look, mainly because he wants to buy a few submarines as soon as possible.

The main design of Changxing Island Port is based on the design of Lushun Port, which is why the progress is so fast.

"General, the wind and waves are blowing, and it seems that the weather is about to change." The foreman walked up to Wei Jichen with some concern and reported it to him.

It’s not a typhoon, right? Wei Jichen doesn’t understand these things, but this foreman is experienced. Since he dares to report to him, he must be 70% or 80% sure.

Wei Jichen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Then everyone go down and rest first, just make up for the arrears tomorrow."

"I thank the general on behalf of my brothers." Seeing Wei Jichen so easy to speak, the foreman completely relieved his heart.

More than a thousand people quickly packed up their things. Not long after, the sky began to be covered with dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain came in an instant, which made Wei Jichen admire the foreman's ability.

The waves attacked the port location, but were blocked by the left and right sides. When they rushed to the port, they became very small. It turned out that this was what the engineer said was a natural port. Wei Jichen suddenly realized.

However, dozens of nautical miles away from Changxing Island, the violent waves were rising and falling freely, and at this time there was still a ship moving forward rapidly along the huge waves.

Inside the captain's room, Princess Mode's old servant looked at the huge waves worriedly.

"Jack, there is no problem, I believe you know that there is no big problem with us when something happened to us, but His Royal Highness the Princess is also on this ship." The old attendant said softly in a low voice.

The European royal princes and princesses of this era are different from the Chinese princesses and princes. They do not stay in the palace all day long, but travel around to increase their knowledge.

For example, the current Russian Emperor Nicholas II, when he was the crown prince, had already traveled around the countries, China and Japan, and was assassinated in Japan.

Mod's father Edward Widin also visited Europe and the United States. When German Emperor William II was the crown prince, he served in the Austrian army and was in the same team as Yinchang, the current general manager of Tianjin Wubei Academy. The two of them finally met Mung Beans. Therefore, every time there was a Sino-German friction, the Qing court sent Yinchang to Germany to mediate.

Even if the flowers in the greenhouse are exposed to sufficient sunlight, they will not be tough in the stems that have been hit by wind and rain.

Captain Jack had two beards, and he said with a relaxed look: "Old John, don't worry, Jack has never seen any kind of wind and waves. These are just small wind and waves."

"Isn't the Chinese Lushun Port next to you? Otherwise, how about we go there to avoid the limelight first?" Old John was still very cautious.

Captain Jack shrugged helplessly and smiled: "If you insist, we will go there, but you have to compensate me for the money I lost in time."

"You miser!" Seeing Jack agreeing, Old John felt relieved immediately.

Jack was about to order to turn his way and head towards Lushunkou, but suddenly he saw a dark thing floating on the sea, advancing towards the bow of the boat under the huge waves.

"Oh, God." Jack's hands stopped in the air and screamed in shock.

When Old John saw him panic, he felt a little anxious and asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"

"God, a mine!" Jack pointed to the object that was about to touch the hull and cursed loudly: "Damn Japanese."

During the war, the Japanese put down countless mines in this generation of waters. Although some of them were cleared, some were left out. Today, they were pushed towards the ship by the surging waves.

If the boat was hit by this mine on weekdays, maybe it would be fine if it was repaired, but today, in such a bad weather, Jack stamped his feet and shouted: "Hurry, hurry, turn left and avoid it."

Accompanied by Jack's roar at the top of his lungs, there was a huge explosion.

boom…

The entire ship was shaken and bumpy, and even the red wine tied to the table fell onto the wooden board with a bang, falling to pieces.

The huge waves followed the explosion and rushed up to the hull continuously. The water poured onto the deck, and Jack and Old John's hearts continued to sink.

"Captain Jack, a big hole was blown out of the hull, and the sea water was pouring in." The first mate rolled and crawled into the captain's room, with a little trembling and horror in his voice.

Outside the door, there were countless screams and running around.

This British ship is mainly used as a cargo ship, but also as a passenger ship. Chuanshan carried about 200 people, including more than 40 entourages of Maud, including guards, chefs, doctors, translators, etc.

"Emergency repair, hurry up and repair it! Make a gap for me." Jack roared with sudden bursts of eyes.

A huge wave came over like a mountain, and the entire hull of the freighter began to tilt down. It was obvious that the water intake was severe and it was overwhelmed.

Captain Jack's face was ashes, and he waved his hand weakly: "Let the lifeboat."

The moment the boat hit the mine, Old John ran to the first warehouse.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Along the way, countless people were running around, not knowing that the ship had sunk, and it was useless no matter where it ran.

The disaster ended with each other. Who else could follow his instructions? Old John gritted his teeth, pulled out his pistol, and thumped it, killing the two Eastern people standing in front. Everyone was shocked and their courage dispersed.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Old John rushed into the first class and saw several guards surrounding Maud, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Quickly, prepare a lifeboat for His Highness the Princess." Old John saw the rush of water, smashing the surrounding window glass, and he couldn't help but give a quick order.

Several guards looked at Maud, whose faces remained unchanged.

"You guys go and prepare." Mo De waved his hand gently and said calmly.

Although she tried her best to maintain a royal demeanor, Old John still saw a hint of panic in Maud's eyes.

As soon as Mode got on the lifeboat, suddenly, a shocking wave came back. The ship, which had already sunk most, was instantly swept into the waves and swallowed into the sea.

"Your Highness!..." Old John exclaimed with a sudden scream, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Due to the strong wind and rain, Wei Jichen had to stay and rest for a night on Changxing Island. Fortunately, this place will become his second home in the future.

Wei Jichen built a large-scale construction on the island, and had someone built a simple temporary wooden house first, and the formal mansion was also under construction.

Wei Jichen, sitting in the wooden house, entered the system again. After a few days of calm, he finally understood the system's good intentions. The reason why the wheat bought from the system cannot be planted outside his territory was that the system was considering himself.

In this way, the varieties will not be stolen by other countries. It is better to buy seeds from me every year. Just think about it, wheat is the world's second largest grain crop. If you do the seed business all over the world, just doing this "small business" can make the wealth you can earn every year, that is an astronomical figure.

The world's largest grain crop is corn, which can be used as food, feed, wine, and even industrial raw materials.

Wei Jichen certainly would not let go of such a versatile crop and a wide distribution range. He immediately entered the system to check the price of corn.

Corn seeds require about 4 kilograms of seeds per mu.

Ordinary corn seeds, yielding 400 kg-700 kg per mu, 1 kg of seeds requires 15 prestige points.

Excellent corn seeds, yield of 700 kg-1000 kg per mu, 1 kg of seeds requires 25 prestige points.

Extra-grade corn seeds, yielding 1,000 kg-1,300 kg per mu, 1 kg of seeds requires 35 prestige points.

The yield of corn is lower than that of wheat, and the price is even higher. However, Wei Jichen knew that the conditions for corn planting were relatively loose, and some arid places in the northwest could not plant other things, but could grow corn.

Therefore, these cannot be measured by price.

Just in time, when the wheat harvest next year, Wei Jichen made a decision in his mind.

This year, the area of ​​Changxing Island has reached 200 acres, but this is far from enough. I have all kinds of seeds here, so at least I should have some experimental fields.

Unfortunately, prestige spends too quickly. With more than 80,000 prestige, it will cost more than 30,000 yuan in just buying wheat seeds. If you buy some other things, I believe it will be spent soon.

Fortunately, the current prestige now has an average income of more than 30,000 yuan per month. And as I implement new measures in Liaodong and immigrants are pouring in, my monthly income will surely become more and more considerable.

The merit value is now stopped at more than 80,000 points. Wei Jichen has not launched bandit suppression activities yet, so he will naturally not have any income.

In Wei Jichen's view, prestige is civil and moral values, and merits are martial arts. This is the system that secretly promotes the balanced development of civil and military skills in the future.

Well, it's time to enter the system and become a disciple of Mozi.

After learning from Mozi, you can buy various machinery and equipment yourself, and then sell these equipment to iron factories, coal factories, gun factories, and power plants at a high price. You can turn your merits and prestige into real silver.

However, you have to find an agent abroad and get a bag company so that it can be easier to operate.

Wei Jichen began to think about it secretly in his heart.

The heavy rain stopped the next day. Just as Wei Jichen was about to lock himself in the room and practice for two days, Liu Buchan sent him a letter.

This morning, as soon as Liu Buchan entered the dock, he heard the deputy manager Li Dingxin coming to report.

"Admiral, many fragments of broken boards floated from the port, which seemed to be the wreckage of a broken steamer. And when the subordinate sent a small boat to check around, many dead bodies were found." Li Dingxin said solemnly.

Liu Buchan immediately stood up and asked, "Have you ever asked other ports that there would be those who passed by Lushunkou yesterday in the ship departing?"

"Admiral, my subordinates have checked. A British merchant ship departing from Dagukou should have passed through the outer sea of ​​Lushun yesterday." Li Dingxin said carefully.

"It is a British merchant ship, and it's a little trouble. Do a good job of investigation. It is estimated that the British will send someone to investigate soon. We must cooperate at that time." Liu Buchan said with a frown.

The court has always been afraid of foreigners. Now that something happened to the foreigners' ships in China, they will definitely cooperate with foreigners to find out the cause of the accident clearly and separate the relationship. Liu Buchan sighed in his heart.

Li Dingxin nodded, but soon came back with a look of surprise.

"Admiral, we found a living person." Li Dingxin couldn't help Liu Buchan's questioning, so he couldn't wait to say.

"Is that true? Yesterday's weather was so bad, and the ship sank, and there were still people alive. This is a miracle." Liu Buchan stood up and exclaimed. In any case, with a living person, he would have understood the cause of the accident one day.

Li Dingxin also admired: "He is a British woman, but she is a little dazed."

Not long after, the two entered the medical room.

Liu Buchan saw a beautiful foreign woman with long brown hair lying on the bed. The woman's eyes were closed and her lips were still trembling slightly. A military doctor had just taken her pulse.

Liu Buchan walked up and asked softly, "How is the situation?"

The military doctor bowed slightly and said with relief: "I don't have any worries about my life. As for the rest, it's unknown for the time being. The official will prescribe some medicines for calming the mind and nourishing her."

The two of them obviously woke up the woman on the bed. She opened her confused eyes. When she saw the three people in the room, she asked, "Where is this?"

They speak English, but Liu Buchan and Li Dingxin have both drunk foreign ink and have been in the UK for several years. They speak English very smoothly.

Liu Buchan immediately smiled and replied, "Beautiful lady, please rest assured that you are safe. This is Lushunkou."

This woman is naturally Princess Mode, and her beautiful eyes are still confused.
To be continued...