When Ning Pengpeng heard the news, she couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
Cui Futai is really not a good man. He doesn’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!
It was originally agreed to set up a naval battalion first, but now that the number of people has doubled and the number of ships has doubled, the expenses will naturally increase several times.
Originally, she thought that by holding an auction in Mingzhou Prefecture, the money she would earn would be enough to sustain her for a while.
Now it seems that I am completely overthinking it.
It seems that this year's treasure of the store may not be saved.
We also have to find a way to sell the pearls mined this year.
Of course, there are only so many wealthy people in Mingzhou Prefecture, so it would be unrealistic to sell them all.
Therefore, the best way is to find a way to get the pearls mined this year to the capital or the south.
Since this matter has been handed over to Jiang Luochun, it would be most appropriate for Jiang Luochun to go to the capital and the south to host the auction.
She must dig out a little more money from the pockets of those rich bosses to plug such a big hole that Mr. Cui dug for her.
Cui Qingyuan recruited a thousand men from two naval battalions. After being happy, he still felt a little guilty.
However, when I saw the Lord of Shouning County, he had no objections and I felt relieved.
It was naturally impossible for Cui Qingyuan to just let these people from the naval camp train in the camp.
After all, after the shipbuilding and naval battalion were established, the port naturally had to be built.
If the construction of this port involves doing corvee work and letting the common people do it, it will inevitably cause unrest among the common people.
Now, due to the venue, these 1,000 gentlemen are divided into morning and afternoon training.
After they finish their rough training, they can come to the port in batches to work!
There were 500 people in the morning and 500 people in the afternoon. They had good and full meals three times a day.
Therefore, I have a lot of strength, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of lifting a stone and fainting from exhaustion.
It must be said that at the beginning, those who applied to be navy officers were definitely not willing to go to the beach to work after finishing their training every day.
But every time after finishing work, Mr. Cui would ask the cook to prepare a large piece of meat for each of them, and the reluctance in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.
In this day and age, who can eat as well as they did in the navy camp every day, and still have big chunks of fat to eat?
Now, it's just a matter of doing some work after finishing the grass practice!
Most of the gentlemen in Qingshi County usually break stones in the quarry and don't take this job seriously at all.
Seeing others happily going to work and eating big chunks of fat, it was natural for others to show no reluctance.
Therefore, I originally thought it would take a long time to build the port!
It really fits the saying, there is strength in numbers.
The port was finally built in autumn.
Built together with the port, there are also the shops and houses of the Ning family near the port.
In such a large piece of land, except for the street-facing shops built along the main road to Nanyue Fucheng, Ning Pengpeng had people build warehouses in the back area.
In a port like this, apart from food and accommodation, the highest demand is naturally warehouses that can store goods.
Because they were at the beach, Ning Pengpeng specially ordered people to insulate the warehouses from heat and moisture.
Even where the goods are placed, a high platform is set up at least half a meter above the ground.
At first, Cui Qingyuan saw that the Lord of Shouning County had built the house, and when he came to take a look, he was a little puzzled.
But after hearing what the Shouning County Lord said, his heart was suddenly shocked.
Over in the capital, the weather is extremely dry. As a native of the capital, Cui Qingyuan has no idea about moisture protection.
Thinking of the houses built by the government, I immediately ordered people to go down and make preparations to prevent moisture.
The port was built and three large Fuzhou ships were built.
As long as one more ship is built, the young and old men from the naval camp who have been training for more than half a year can be pulled onto the ship and go to sea for training.
After all, training on a ship is completely different from training on land.
Everyone is also very interested in being able to train on the boat.
After all, they have grown up by the sea, but they have never been on such a big sea ship!
Ning Pengpeng looked at the built ships and the people in the naval camp, wondering what he was thinking.
"Mr. Shouning County, do you have any advice?"
Ning Pengpeng took Cui Qingyuan and showed him the house and warehouse he built. Cui Qingyuan did not hide it and took Ning Pengpeng to the navy camp to see his subordinates' grass training and the sea ships.
Construction progress.
Originally, he thought that the Lord of Shouning County would show an expression of surprise or amazement on his face, but now, the attitude shown was completely beyond his expectation.
Cui Qingyuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, thinking that he had failed to do something well, so he asked casually.
"It's nothing, I just didn't expect that Fuchuan would be so big!"
Ning Pengpeng came back to her senses, smiled at Cui Qingyuan, and explained.
When Cui Qingyuan heard what the Shouning County Lord said, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It's okay.
Back at Tulou, Ning Pengpeng treated Cui Qingyuan to a seafood dinner before sending him off politely.
"County Lord, do you have any thoughts?"
Qing Niang followed Ning Pengpeng and asked firmly.
"Qingniang, tell me, will the people from the pirate lair come ashore again?"
Ning Pengpeng walked slowly in front and asked Qingniang.
Qingniang was stunned for a moment, then pondered for a moment.
"County Lord, even if pirates come ashore now, the fishermen can hide in the earthen buildings, and they can't do anything even if they want to.
Besides, didn’t Mr. Cui take us to see the navy camp this time?
With the naval camp here, these pirates will never dare to come again."
Hearing what Qing Niang said, Ning Pengpeng just smiled and said nothing more.
She is very clear about the greed of these pirates.
Once the port here opens, ships traveling from north to south will shuttle through the ocean.
Even if there is a naval camp, these pirates will definitely be tempted and attack these merchant ships.
The best way is to do it once and for all.
However, Ning Pengpeng knew that if she persuaded Cui Qingyuan to take the newly minted navy battalion to attack the pirates' lair, I am afraid Cui Qingyuan would not agree so easily.
However, unless this group of pirates is eliminated, they will always be a hidden danger that could explode at any time in the port of Nanyue Prefecture.
When Qing Niang saw what Ning Pengpeng said to her, she just smiled and didn't respond, and her eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.
Could it be that those pirates will come again these days?
I don't know if it was Ning Pengpeng who had a crow's mouth. She originally just thought that if the group of pirates came after the port opened, it would have a huge economic impact on Nanyue Prefecture.
But what she didn't expect was that this group of pirates landed in the dark before the port was activated!