Jiang Lili wanted to ask in detail, but Lord Hu laughed it off, "This involves court secrets, how could I possibly tell you!"

"Anyway, you should know that I, an old man, am not a paper tiger. I am still capable of defending the South Bank. You can just live here in peace."

However, there was a hint of sadness between Hu Chen's eyebrows when he spoke. Jiang Lili guessed that Lord Hu's situation was not very good.

Hu Chen suddenly remembered something and asked Jiang Lili, "You haven't told me yet, where did you put the first batch of improved fire poles that the Xin family's second son and I made?"

Seven days ago, the improved version of the fire rod that he and Xin Cheng had painstakingly researched was finally launched. It was no longer easily broken apart after one shot, and could fire five marbles at a time.

With Jiang Lili around, there was no shortage of materials for making fire poles. They made eight fire poles, and except for one that they kept, the others were borrowed by Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili made an excuse: "I already said I used it for hunting."

As soon as the first batch of improved fire poles were produced, Jiang Lili rushed to deliver them to Wen Qiao, and also brought a hundred kilograms of gunpowder made by Lord Hu, which almost emptied Lord Hu's underground warehouse.

In addition to the sea, small countries in the South China Sea are not safe either, and Jiang Lili is really worried.

Afterwards, Old Man Hu and Xin Cheng made a fire pole, and Jiang Lili borrowed one.

At that time, the fishermen who came to Cangsha Ferry to avoid the wind and waves breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the fierce group of villagers leave, and then went down to thank the villagers of Yeli Village.

The fishermen all looked the same.

The girl looked sweet and fierce, but when she opened her mouth, she asked for a price even more ruthlessly than the previous one.

"You have to light a fire and kill fish right now, you really have the energy."

"Fellow villagers, take a look at what kind of place you are." Yang Yunzhao, a male official, was very eloquent. "This is a big deserted island. You all have enough to eat. I only squeezed out a little bit to show my understanding for you all drifting under the sea."

The old man next to Chief Yu was very clever and immediately finished comparing prices. I asked Jiang Lili, "Miss Jiang, how much is their coconut chicken hotpot?"

The fish we catch on our boat are all from the open sea, which are more expensive than those from the near sea. Depending on the type of fish, the price can be sold for about 20 to 40 coins per catty.

You also asked Dapang to help buy ten tents. Those fishermen live under their fishing boats all day long. It is extremely rare for us to be able to live in a tent under land for even one day.

Jiang Lili thought the old man was too quiet and didn't have the time or energy to make more fire poles, so she used her trump card: "If he stays there any longer, you will have to accept that he, as a fatherly official, cares about the poor fishermen and sends us to live in his government office."

If we roughly estimate the price at 30 coins per catty, the price of a meal of coconut chicken would be 9,000 coins. For 5 pots, each pot would cost 1,800 coins, which is nearly 2 taels of silver.

Jiang Lili vividly described it: "The coconut chicken hotpot, made with coconut milk, coconut meat and pheasant soup, is incredibly delicious and can't be compared to just chicken soup."

Chief Yu spoke out all the ideas in his mind and tried to lower the price: "Miss Jiang, his price is not too high. It is not much different from the lowest-end restaurant on the North Shore."

We usually go to the lowest-end restaurants and spend about the same amount of money. After all, that shabby village can't compare with the low-end restaurants.

"For self-defense, the less the better. After all, it's his money and materials that are used to improve it."

Speaking of which, this old man Hu is really awesome. He figured out the method of making gunpowder when he was in charge of the smelting and foundry in Bashu. After being exiled to Dan'er County, Haizhou, he saw that the defense here was weak and the troops were insufficient, so he looked for sulfur, burned charcoal, dug saltpeter... and led people to concentrate on making gunpowder day and night.

Gan Guanjia said confidently: "You provided the materials, so it's no big deal if you borrow them!"

After saying that, I left in a hurry, fearing that I would be implicated in any way.

The fishermen were astonished: "That price is five times higher than in the market."

Each of us had a basket or a wooden barrel, with buns and steamed buns outside the basket and porridge outside the barrel.

The fishermen complained bitterly, blaming the horrible weather for trapping them in that shabby place. They were really at the end of their rope.

"If they want to eat, you are just being a weak buyer and a weak seller. There will be another store after that."

How could Gan Guanjia let go of such a bad business opportunity? You are also targeting the fishermen's boatload of fish. I heard that there are less than 700 kilograms of fish, which is enough for Dapang to send as a sample for nuclear waste water testing. But do you have such a blatant robbery as the one in the neighboring village?

"We don't know how long it will take for the waves to subside on the way back to the North Shore. Do we just have to camp out there and wait?"

Of course, the food was provided free of charge. Yang Yunzhao said, "Salted vegetable buns are 15 coins each, steamed buns are 10 coins each, and mixed grain rice porridge is 12 coins a bowl."

Gan Guanjia heard the fishermen complaining, "I bet you're all tired of eating fish underwater. Why don't you ask someone from outside the village to come over and make a coconut chicken hotpot for you? It's reasonably priced and delicious."

Jiang Lili shook her head: "If there is something, just make friends."

How could the fishermen eat pheasants under the sea? After hearing Jiang Lili’s description, they were already envious.

It was Zhijiang Lili who smelled the business opportunity. It was when she was young that she first came to the dock with food, but it was Yang Yunzhao and the villagers of the nearby fishing village who came to the dock first with food.

Jiang Lili counted the number of people and told Zhang Dapang the news that a boatload of fish had arrived, and asked me to slowly prepare to welcome the fortune fish.

Chief Yu looked at Li Zhan and said, "You guys want to build a fire and grill fish by the sea. I'd like to ask the village chief for his opinion."

After hearing what Jiang Lili said, the fishermen hurriedly asked, "Coconut chicken hotpot? This is the first time you've heard of that dish."

The hungry and tired fishermen's eyes lit up when they saw the baskets full of food.

I just want to know when Hu Chen stopped playing badly and started studying things like fire poles.

Some of the fishermen heard Captain Yu's words and made bitter faces: "Eating fish again?"

The leader of the fishermen, who was also the captain of the small boat, was named Yu.

Hu Xiaoren waved his hand and said, "Those are the people they rescued. They can take care of it themselves. I will go back now."

Li Zhan nodded, indicating that it was a problem: "It's up to you, just clean up the place before you finish eating."

Captain Yu immediately thought about it in his mind.

"300 yuan of sea fish can only be exchanged for the coconut chicken hotpot that feeds nearly 30 people, not five pots."

After Captain Yu arrived in front of Jiang Lili and her group, I said, barely holding back my fatigue and hunger, "Thank you, villagers, and that girl, for helping us out. It's true that you, a bunch of strangers, all knew what to do before you were in trouble."

So when we first showed it to Jiang Lili, the fire pole we used was so old because it had been in the bottom of the box for a year.

Hu Xiaoren was heartbroken, as if his child had been taken away from him: "Isn't it too extravagant to use it for hunting?"