Hua Bushi said: "Thank you very much! Today we are here just to explore the topography of the coast to find a suitable location for building a harbor. I will have some free time in a few days and then make a special trip to Moli Village to visit Xinliga
Brother, come on!"
Xiao Xinwang said: "Mr. Hua wants to find a place to build a pier on the island? My father is most familiar with Okura Island. Where are the rocks and beaches on the coast? The water in each place is deep and shallow. He
Everyone knows that if Mr. Hua wants to find a place, just ask him!"
After hearing what Xiao Xinwang said, Hua Bushi's eyes lit up.
Xinlika is a fisherman who has lived on Okura Island for generations. He has lived on this island all his life. If we say that he is familiar with this island, I am afraid that no one can match him. Hua Bushi immediately paid attention to Sima Ru
Landao: "Miss Lan'er, how about we go to Moli Village at the foot of the hillside and sit at Xiao Xinwang's house?"
Sima Rulan said: "Okay, I heard that Brother Xin once saved Mr. Hua's life, and Lan'er has long wanted to meet him. Chenglong!"
At that moment, the group of people dismounted one after another, followed Xiao Xinwang down the hillside, and soon arrived at Moli Village.
Xinlika's home now is one of those dozen small shacks, built with only a few logs, and covered with leaves on all sides and on the roof. Xinlika is not at home, so Xinwang leads everyone to his house
, then went out to find his father, and Jiji brought "fruit stack" for everyone to drink.
The original village no longer exists, but "Guodie" is no different from before. Sima Rulan drank a whole cup of this bitter drink that Hai Hongzhu didn't even want to smell last time.
After a cup of tea, Xinlika and Xinwang hurried back together.
After experiencing the destruction of his home, Xinliga still seemed very cheerful, as if he had recovered from the previous disaster. With Xiao Xinwang translating beside him, there was no obstacle for this indigenous man to talk to everyone.
The Xinlika and Moli villagers are indigenous Babas who came out of Okura City earlier and have been back to the seaside for more than a month. Since the original villages have been completely burned to the ground, the fishing boats and docks have also been destroyed by pirates.
Destroyed, they could only temporarily build these simple shacks. Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was warm, so it didn't matter if they lived in the shacks temporarily.
After returning to the seaside, Xinliga has built a small wooden boat that can catch fish and shrimps on the shore. Now he is preparing to build a larger fishing boat with the villagers, which will be built in about twenty days.
Well, then you can go out to sea to fish as before to solve the food problem, and you don't have to rely entirely on the relief food provided by Okura Castle.
As he spoke, the indigenous fisherman thanked Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan profusely, saying that without their help, the villagers of Moli Village would probably starve to death even if they were not killed by pirates.
Hua Bushi has been very busy these days and has no time to take care of the affairs of Xinlika and the Mori villagers. He had previously promised to help them rebuild the village when the war subsided, but apart from giving some gifts to Xinlika when he left Okura City,
Apart from food and utensils, he did not provide any more help. At this time, facing the benefactor who had saved his life, Hua Bushi felt quite ashamed.
But then he had a thought and asked Xiao Xinwang to ask Xinliga if he was willing to lead the villagers in Moli Village to help build the port and dock. If they were willing, not only would the villagers' rations and housing be no problem, but they would also be able to receive silver coins.
wages.
Building the Xingang Dockyard, or even building the Dragon-Slaying Ship, requires not only shipbuilders and various craftsmen, but also a large number of small workers. However, there are not many laborers in Okura City, and they have just experienced a previous war, so they want to hire
It is not easy to get manpower. Hua Bushi has already discussed with the two elders of "Wanjintang" and plans to recruit some manpower in the coastal areas of Middle-earth. However, if he wants to do this, a large number of people must be relocated, not only in the city
Arrangement is quite troublesome, and it also takes a lot of time to recruit them from the mainland and transport them to Okura Island.
There are many strong fishermen among the villagers of Morili Village. If you can help, it will kill two birds with one stone.
After Xinlika understood Hua Bushi's proposal, he immediately expressed his willingness, but said that he and the villagers had only built simple small docks and small fishing boats before, and had never built ocean-going sailing ships or large docks. Hua Bushi then
It's okay to signal, as long as they are willing to put in the effort.
Xinlika was overjoyed and immediately said that if it was done through effort, there would be absolutely no problem.
Hua Bushi then explained that he came today to find a place to build a new port water village. He also told the water depth, topography and other conditions of the shore opposite the port dock, and asked Xinlika to help think about it.
The right place.
After listening to Xiao Xinwang's narration of Hua Bushi's words, Xinlika thought for a long time, then stretched out four fingers and pointed four times in several directions. Hua Bushi immediately understood what he meant.
Say there are four places on the island that meet these conditions.
Without further ado, the young master asked Xinlika if he could take them to see those places now. Xinlika nodded and agreed happily.
Anything that seems difficult will become twice the result with half the effort if you use the right method.
Okura Island is not small, and the terrain along the coast is very complex. Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan spent several days exploring the island, but they could not find a suitable location for building a new port. Xinlika actually pointed out in one breath
There are four locations, beauties, please stay.
In the next two days, Xinlika led the way and led Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan to check these four places. As he said, these four places were in line with the construction requirements in terms of water depth and topography.
The requirements of the port. After careful exploration and comparison, Hua Bushi discussed with several leaders of the "Wanjintang" and decided to choose one of them as the location to build the new port.
The selected site is located in the south of Okura Island, thirty miles away from the existing port, but happens to be near the village of Mori.
Once the location was selected, the construction of the port began immediately. "Wanjintang" quickly mobilized craftsmen in the city and transported various building materials and applications to the seaside. Xinliga no longer built fishing boats.
, the whole village of Morili Village moved to the construction site to help build the new port.
It will take at least two months for the shipbuilders Gongora hired from Spain to arrive at Okura Island. The shipyard cannot be built until they arrive, so the first thing to build is the fortress on land.
Xingang is located outside Okura Castle and is far away from the city. Once a foreign enemy attacks the island, it can respond to Okura Castle from a distance and form a pincer attack on the intruders. However, this also requires Xingang to be protected whether at sea or on land.
It must be able to defend against enemy attacks.
Although Hua Bushi is not good at shipbuilding and docks, building defensive fortresses is one of his best skills. The Hua Family Mansion in Wuyang City and the "Evil Dog Gate Branch" in Changsha Mansion were both presided over by this young master.
A masterpiece of construction. Now that he wanted to build a fortress to defend Xingang, he asked "Wanjintang" to take over the responsibility and was willing to shoulder the responsibility. Sima Rulan had always obeyed Hua Bushi and had no objections, so he was happy to take care of the matter.
Leave it entirely to Him.
In fact, building this fortress is much simpler than the Hua family mansion in Wuyang City and the branch in Changsha. This is just because those two mansions are on flat land, and strict defenses must be set up on all sides to ensure safety.
, and the location where the new port was built has a unique terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although New Port is not located in the bay like the existing Okura Port, there is a stone ridge on both sides from the land to the sea, just like the wings of a goshawk. The stone ridge is thirty feet high, even
It is so steep that as long as large iron cannons are deployed on it, it is simply a natural fort, and its power can cover the entire coast. If a warship attacks from the sea, it will enter the range of the artillery as long as it is within ten miles of the shore.
was bombarded.
To defend against attacks on land, the stone ridges on both sides of the port have become insurmountable walls. No city wall can be thirty feet high. And the gap between the two eagle wings is about forty or fifty feet wide.
The mountain gorge has become the only place where fortifications need to be built for defense.
When Hua Bushi selected this place among the four locations pointed out by Xinliga, he had already thought about how to build fortifications. He planned to build two five-foot-high stone walls between the gorges.
The stones used can be dug from the mountains on both sides.
The defensive power of such a fortress with a dangerous terrain will be stronger than that of Okura Castle. As long as there are one or two hundred people defending on the stone wall, even if the enemy with twenty times the number wants to attack by force from the mouth of the gorge, it will definitely be difficult to attack.
Gotta come down.
This fort was named "Eagle Wing Fort".
Of course, it is not easy to build the Eagle Wing Castle. Even if the villagers of Moli Village join in, the manpower will be greatly insufficient. However, Hua Bushi has already thought of a way. He asked Xin Liga to invite
He helped recruit men from other indigenous tribes on the island.
In the past, there were only a few transactions between the residents of Okura City and the indigenous Baba tribe, and very few people would hire indigenous people. The reason for this was not only that the Han people in the city looked down on the indigenous people as clumsy and dirty, but also because the two sides did not understand each other.
For communication, the more important thing is that most of the indigenous villages are unwilling to deal with the people of Okura Castle.
In the eyes of many indigenous people, they are the owners of the island, and the Han people in Okura Castle are outsiders with malicious intentions.
However, after this pirate siege of the island, the situation has been very different. Okura Castle was destroyed when the indigenous villages were in trouble. When they were in trouble, they opened the city gate to admit them into the city, and also provided food and shelter for free. Many indigenous people have
The "Wanjintang" in Okura City was regarded as a savior, and the rumors of "White Orchid Saint" and "Hua Bodhisattva" also spread among them. Sima Rulan and Hua Bushi were in the minds of the indigenous Babas
His prestige is simply higher than that of the gods and Buddha.