Chapter 826 I'm afraid something will happen in the village
As the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce grows in size, more and more goods need to be transported. However, Dakang's transportation is backward and the Double Hump is on the Jialing River, so the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce has been developing water transportation.
Not long after the Xihewan Salt Factory was established, Guan Zhuzhu purchased many large ships from various places, and later purchased two shipyards in Sichuan, Sichuan and Jiangnan that were about to go bankrupt.
Capital is always the best medicine to stimulate the development of the industry. With the continuous investment of Jinfeng's funds, the shipyard that was about to go bankrupt has become full of vitality, and the workers have surpassed their peak period in a short period of time.
Although it still takes a long time to manufacture large-scale building ships, it is easy to manufacture small boats such as lifeboats. In addition, Jinfeng improved the production process and introduced production line operations, which allowed the shipyard's work efficiency to increase several times in a short period of time.
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Ever since Tang Xiaobei's accident, lifeboats have become the standard equipment for all building ships of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce.
Whether it is your own merchant ship or one rented from others, as long as it is helping the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce to transport cargo, it must be equipped with it.
In fact, there was no need for Tang Xiaobei to explain. Bei Qianxun figured it out by himself after asking just now.
In order to cover up his embarrassment, he pushed up his hair and looked at the hidden compartment curiously: "What are the other boxes filled with?"
"This box contains things for making fire, this box contains things for making water, and this one contains bedding."
Jin Feng pointed to the remaining three boxes and introduced them one by one.
"We are at sea and there is water everywhere. Do we still need to bring water supplies?" Kita Chihiro asked.
"Although there is water everywhere on the sea, seawater cannot be drank directly."
"Why?"
"Because... seawater is salty and contains too much salt. If you drink it directly, you will be killed alive. If you don't believe me, just scoop out some seawater and try it."
Jin Feng didn't have the time to analyze the composition of sea water with Kita Qianxun, so he could only use this reason to explain it.
This was Kita Chihiro's first time to the East China Sea. He had been on a boat before and had plenty of fresh water, but he had never thought of trying the sea water.
Hearing what Jin Feng said, he stretched out his hand to grab some sea water from the sea and took a sip into his mouth.
The next second, it spurted out.
Jin Feng had long expected her reaction and quickly handed over the kettle.
Kita Chihiro rinsed several times to get rid of the salty and bitter taste in her mouth.
"This is too salty!"
Kita Qianxun finally understood why Jin Feng carried water-fetching tools.
Drinking sea water directly will really kill you.
After taking out the three boxes, there were rows of black stones with small holes placed neatly in the deepest part of the secret compartment.
"What is this?" Kita Chihiro asked, pointing to the black stone.
"This is coal, and we will live on it next." Jin Feng explained: "With coal, we can make fire for a long time and use it to distill fresh water."
"This is too complete." Kita Chihiro sighed: "Every lifeboat has these?"
"No, those cargo ships mainly ply the Yangtze River and don't need these things, so different lifeboats carry different tool kits."
Jin Feng said: "The lifeboats we brought to the sea this time are all specially made..."
At this point, Jin Feng suddenly fell silent.
He thought of Da Liu again.
If Da Liu and the others could successfully get on the lifeboat, they might not have died.
However, Jin Feng had already adjusted his mentality at this time. After being silent for a while, he raised his head and looked around again, trying to determine his current location.
But at a glance, all I could see was the vast sea surface. Not to mention islands and the like, not even a seabird could be seen. There were no clues to help judge the situation.
Jin Feng looked at it for a while and had to give up.
Open the fire box, take out a saber with a compass, and head towards the west.
Fortunately, the east wind happened to be blowing at this time. After Jin Feng hoisted the sail, he took out the small box containing the bedding from the secret compartment.
There were not only quilts in the box, but also more than a dozen steel pipes.
Jin Feng inserted the steel pipe into the small hole that had been left in advance, and then tied the waterproof pad to the steel pipe, and a simple pergola was ready.
"Ms. sir, you are so awesome!"
Tang Xiaobei said in surprise.
This was the month of the year when the sun was the most poisonous, and just now she felt like she was about to be sunburned.
In just a few hours, Tang Xiaobei was tanned quite a bit.
When Jin Feng built the pergola, he was naturally not worried about Tang Xiaobei getting tanned, but he was worried about them suffering from heatstroke and sweating due to being too hot.
After doing all this, Jin Feng had nothing else to do. He picked up the fishing tackle that Tang Xiaobei had put on the boat from the cabin and sat silently at the stern of the boat to fish.
Although there was dry food on the ship, they didn't know how long they would be drifting on the sea. Of course, the more food the better.
While fishing, Jin Feng was also reviewing in his mind.
Tang Xiaobei noticed that Jin Feng sometimes frowned and sometimes sighed, and worried that he would fall into self-blame again, so he picked up another set of fishing rods, sat down next to Jin Feng, and comforted him: "Ms., please stop blaming yourself.
This time it was just an accident..."
"I'm not blaming myself, I'm reviewing myself." Jin Feng said: "I was too inflated before and always felt that as long as I had the advantage of weapons, everything else was not worth mentioning.
I underestimated those powerful people.
They are all old foxes, each hiding deeper than the sea. Even if they hate Wuyang and me, they still smile when they see us.
At that time I thought they were ridiculous, but now that I think about it, I was the one who was ridiculous!
Some powerful people have been inherited for nearly a thousand years. Their heritage is so deep. How can I underestimate them?
If we were careful, this accident could have been completely avoided."
"Ms. sir, it's okay. You will learn a lesson from the experience. When we go back, stop looking down on them and give them a good fight. I don't believe they can beat the Escort Bureau or the Zhenyuan Army!"
Tang Xiaobei said with murderous intent: "As long as I find out who is behind this time, I will definitely let Wuyang destroy his nine tribes. My husband, don't stop Wuyang then!"
"This is what I'm worried about," Jin Feng said: "The other party can poison everyone. It has obviously been planned for a long time. After Wuyang's two purges, the powerful people were frightened. Since they dare to take action, they must have prepared a foolproof plan.
Xiaobei, do you still remember what Lao Xie said?"
"He said a lot at that time, which sentence did Mr. Xiangong refer to?" Tang Xiaobei asked.
"Da Liu said he would take revenge on him, and Lao Xie said that soon there would be no Xihewan and no Zhenyuan Escort Agency."
Jin Feng said: "I'm afraid something is going to happen in the village!"
"After being besieged by bandits last time, sister Xiaorou built many new forts. Who can break into our village?"
Tang Xiaobei frowned and said.
"I used to think that Jinchuan was already monolithic, but the handyman on the ship was right. Is there any monolithic place in this world?"
Jin Feng smiled bitterly and said: "People's hearts are fickle. They can instigate Lao Xie, but can't they instigate others?"