Ah Xi, who was standing at the beach, pursed her lips and nodded, and asked in a low voice: "Did Brother Ding say anything when you came back?"
"He said he was going to Luoyang and asked us to go back first."
"Why has he been gone for so long?" Ah Xi whispered to himself.
The wait was in vain again today. It seems that Brother Ding will not come back.
I heard from Ah Hu that Brother Ding was promoted and bought a stunning woman named Chen Yuanyuan in Suzhou. But Ah Xi didn't blame Brother Ding at all.
Brother Ding is a man, but also a great hero. What’s so great about having a few women around such a man? I’m just a fisherman who can’t read, so I’m very satisfied to be by Brother Ding’s side every day.
The sky was already darkening. Ah Xi turned around slowly and was about to leave when suddenly she heard Ah Hu shouting from the side: "Sister, look!"
Ah Xi turned around again. On the sea, a small boat was slowly coming towards Penghu.
Ah Xi suddenly became nervous and stood on a rock, trying to look over there.
The boat gradually approached, and there seemed to be a person standing on the bow, but he couldn't see clearly. Axi stood on her toes and tried to look there.
Gradually, gradually I can see clearly...
Suddenly, Ah Xi let out a cry of joy:
"Brother Ding!"
Ding Yunyi is back!
When the boat finally docked and Ding Yunyi got off the boat, he saw the Axi siblings at first sight.
Ah Xi forgot how shy a girl should be and rushed over. When she rushed in front of Ding Yunyi, she realized something was wrong and stopped quickly, but tears flowed out unsatisfactorily: "Brother Ding, you said you would only go for half a year.
Then I asked, why, why did it take so long..."
"It's only the first few days of half a year." Ding Yunyi smiled slightly.
A Hu couldn't help but said: "Since we left Penghu, sister has been standing here every day waiting for us to come back."
Seeing Ah Xi's obviously thinner face and eyes that were red and swollen from crying, Ding Yunyi felt compassion in his heart, and regardless of anything else, he stretched out his arms to gently hug Ah Xi.
Ah Xi's body trembled for a moment, then became docile and motionless.
At this moment, Ah Xi felt that all his waiting and all his thoughts were worth it...
...
"Inspector Ding is back, Inspector Ding is back!"
This joy instantly spread throughout Penghu Island.
No matter whether Ding Yunyi is the general manager or a defensive officer, in the hearts of Penghu people, he will always be the "Inspector Ding".
Most of the people in Penghu came out in response to the news and surrounded Ding Yunyi. At this time, everyone in Penghu cheered and was extremely excited.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Chongzhen, but in Penghu, the soldiers and civilians only recognized one person:
Ding Yunyi!
Ding Yunyi patiently answered each question. He did not change himself in any way because of his promotion. It was not until the sky became completely dark that the fishermen dispersed one after another.
"Brother, it will be good if you come back. Go back to the military camp quickly." Bao Juhua said in a rough voice.
Ding Yunyi nodded and turned to Ah Xi: "You should go back first."
Ah Xi said "Yes" gently and submissively.
When he was approaching the military camp, Ding Yunyi suddenly stopped and asked someone to bring the torch closer and point it in front: "What is that?"
"Brother, that's called a church." Bao Juhua said proudly.
"Damn it, I know that's a church!" Ding Yunyi cursed: "Who brought the church to the front of my military camp?"
Cai Jiuzhou smiled on the side and said: "Shou Guard, didn't you ask Father Sarozzi to help you do business with Hongyi, and then everyone split the accounts? After you left, the priest worked very hard. In half a year, he got all the
Money, you can actually build a church. No, this church was just built half a month before you came back. Yesterday, Father Sarozzi organized two more shipments of goods to be sent to Taiwan. It will be ready about tomorrow.
return."
"He built a church with the money he received?" Ding Yunyi was stunned: "How much money did he earn during this period?"
After delivering the goods to Penghu, Xie Xuandao, who was responsible for accounting for Ding Yunyi, said: "Deducting necessary expenses and working capital, in more than half a year, the defense has earned 82,000 taels of silver just from Fujian via Penghu and then to Taiwan.
In addition, taking the Java, Luzon and other routes, after deducting necessary expenses, working capital, and what was handed over to Zheng Zhilong, the garrison made a total of one hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, and everything can be checked in the accounts."
Ding Yunyi couldn't believe his ears.
When he was in the capital, Chongzhen made Lei Lei furious because of the military expenses of more than 100,000 and 200,000 taels at the border. He even took part of the imperial silver to get it in front of him. Relying on the maritime merchants, he had nearly 200,000 taels in just half a year.
Two silver coins?
The future of serious business is much greater than that of being a pirate. No wonder so many people, regardless of the sea ban and the risk of beheading, find ways to beg for food from the sea. There is indeed a lot of profit in this.
He only had a few ships to do business, but Zheng Zhilong had countless ships, and he monopolized the right to do business with Japan. After so many years, he may still be richer than King Fu.
Sea ban, sea ban, must not be a sea ban. Once this sea ban is lifted, it will be a great benefit to the country and the people. In any case, I have controlled the throat of maritime business.
Back at the military camp, Cai Jiuzhou asked someone to serve tea and briefly talked about the situation after Ding Yunyi left.
The warships customized in Quanzhou are basically in place. Only two Haicang ships have to be delayed in delivery due to a small problem. They will arrive next month or so.
These warships are fully armed, equipped with French cannons, muskets, spray cannons, rockets, etc.
This means that Ding Yunyi now has a small fleet. If combined with the powerful "Challenger", Ding Yunyi already has the capital to launch a small skirmish.
The Fenggui City Fortress has begun to take shape. Bolaiman is very trustworthy and purchased artillery for Ding Yunyi. Of course, this was paid for with the money earned from maritime merchants.
It's just that Poleman is not very satisfied with the current artillery. He is working non-stop and continues to think of ways to purchase it. He thinks he should be able to come back in the next few days.
The artillery purchased by Bolaiman was installed at the Fenggui City Fortress and Mazu Temple according to Ding Yunyi's previous instructions. Once Penghu was attacked, it could cooperate with the sea warships to form a three-sided defense of Penghu.
Ding Yunyi never expected that so many changes would have taken place in Penghu in the six months since he left.
The only troublesome thing now is that Penghu is not very big and there are not many soldiers that can be recruited, so the army is short of manpower.
"Go to Fujian to quietly recruit and then recruit pirates." Ding Yunyi thought for a moment and said: "Anyway, the emperor has agreed to recruit a large number of pirates who are willing to change their ways."