Chapter 72 Their respective miseries
"What's wrong with you? Have you not slept for a few days?"
"Is something wrong? Is everyone okay?"
When Poppy discovered Lin Yue's whereabouts, she took advantage of everyone's attention being on them, and quietly approached her, mumbling about what had happened during this period. In a word, she was extremely unlucky and in danger.
Lin Yixu's eyes relaxed. Who knew that the people in Baixiang Village usually went out to sea by boat? If they didn't come back at the agreed time, every minute would be torture, as they worried that someone might have met with an accident.
Later, they discovered that the pirates had come ashore, and their Baixiang Village was the first target. They finally scared the enemy away, but then they started a massacre in other villages and the county town, and many people died.
Some people took advantage of the situation and murders occurred in various places in Lingnan. Some desperate criminals ran around in various places in Lingnan after causing trouble.
During this period, Lingnan was in a state of panic. The people of Baixiang Village did not dare to leave the village, for fear that they would be killed by some desperate criminals who appeared out of nowhere.
The government imposed martial law and sent a large number of officials to search everywhere, so the dried seafood was completely out of stock.
I guess the people who were secretly eyeing this cake have also noticed the source of the supply. They will have to be extremely cautious in the future, otherwise they will really be wiped out.
Several things weighed on him, and he felt that the past half month had been longer than the first half of his life. White hair began to appear on his head, and his face had a few more wrinkles.
Therefore, his father's safe return gave him confidence like a stabilizing force.
People from both sides hugged each other excitedly and carefully checked each other for injuries.
"Okay, if there's anything, let's go home and talk."
With tears in their eyes, the crowd supported each other and happily returned home. As long as everyone is fine, the hardships they have experienced will eventually become life's wealth.
The two sides exchanged information with each other, and it was not easy for them to understand each other. To be honest, only Li Yue and Cheng Xiao were injured, and the rest of the people suffered more mental torture.
Lin Jiao, Lin Daxuan and Li Feier talked about their distress at sea. The vast ocean, schools of fish and water-spouting dolphins made those who love adventure excited and full of envy.
However, they almost forgot the dangers after encountering a storm at sea, the feeling of being exhausted and uncomfortable on the boat for a long time, and the experience of vomiting after eating too much seafood.
The women also made jewelry out of the gems they had selected in Zheng State and distributed them to everyone. After five days of rest, Lin Yue and others prepared to discuss how to develop the small island that was very close.
"First, we still need to explore the island. We didn't get any information last time in a hurry. We need to find out what dangers there are and whether there are pirates. We need to find out before we act. We can't let anyone get hurt again."
Ruan Xiayu is a weak scholar. Although he has learned the six arts of a gentleman, he is still a weakling to the desperate pirates. He also understands how important it is to possess military force in their situation.
"Injured, who is injured? You didn't say who was injured before!"
Wang stayed behind in the rear, living in fear all day long. She became even more sensitive to the dangers at sea, and now she would be on high alert at the slightest sign of trouble.
"Old man, are you injured? There are desperate criminals running around outside right now, and there are pirates on that small island. Can't we go there later?"
"Shut up, what do you know!"
Although Wang Shi also has a big vision, she is more worried about the safety of her family, especially since the second house has basically lived in a haze for a month after You Dai's tragic death some time ago.
She had witnessed with her own eyes the decadence of her nephew Lin Yiyan and the grief of her brother and sister-in-law. She didn't know if she could bear the pain of seeing the young die.
"Damn old man, you've become more irritable after being away for a while! I can't even express my opinion anymore."
Wang was concerned about the man's face, so she spoke in a low voice so that only people around him could hear it.
"Everything you do is dangerous. Even if you're doing well at home, disaster can still strike. How can you expect to gain anything without any effort?"
Lin Hongyuan was explaining this to his wife and also pointing out to those who were timid and retreating that there is no such thing as something good that can be obtained without hard work in this world.
"You have also experienced conscription and know how difficult it is. We have also inquired about it. You are conscripted at least three times a year. With such high-intensity labor, do you dare to let your wives get pregnant?
If you continue like this year after year without finding a way out, are you planning to become extinct?"
What Lin Hongyuan said was harsh, but it was also true.
Lingnan has always been a place of exile, but why has Lingnan always been so sparsely populated?
The environment is full of poisonous insects and ants, but the key point is that the fugitives basically have no offspring.
At this time, everyone also recalled the scene of Youdai's tragic death from miscarriage in the heavy rain, and everyone shuddered at the same time. Although they wanted offspring, they were not so cruel as to let their wives get pregnant and have miscarriages frequently, gambling on such a small hope.
"Besides, the children are growing up. Do we want them to live such a hopeless life forever?"
Lin Hongyuan's words hit their hearts like a hammer, it hurt!
"We'll need a lot more people to develop the island later. How will we solve this problem?"
Ruan Xiayu directly smoothed things over.
"We can't buy people with our identities. If we want to build an island, we have to trust our own people. Otherwise, if it's exposed early, we may all suffer a catastrophic disaster, and our achievements may be directly plundered by others.
In fact, picking up refugees is the most cost-effective. If you give those who can't survive a little hope, they will follow everyone. Unfortunately, we have missed the great turmoil."
Lin Yixu sighed and regretted that he had missed the opportunity, but then he thought about how he had trouble even feeding himself before, and he had no place to accommodate all these people.
"These can be dealt with later. We have so many workers in Baixiang Village that we can still handle it for the time being. We can first open up a venue for activities. If we want to develop it in a sophisticated way, we still have to wait and recruit more people later.
Besides, we don’t have to work in a big way to find people. People from other countries are the same. After all, we are all hired for money, so everyone is the same.”
Ever since Lin Yi Guang discovered that there were other countries on the sea, he became wild and even had the crazy idea of becoming emperor.
If Lin Yue knew about her second brother's arrogant and brainless thoughts, she would definitely spit in his face and point at his nose and curse, "Is it so easy to be an emperor?"
He is really a toad wanting to eat swan flesh. No wonder his uncle suppresses him like this. If it were me, I would definitely make him suffer even more.
"Hiring workers from other countries is less risky, but it's also difficult to recruit. Communication is also a problem. Ultimately, there are only a few hundred people in Baixiang Village, half of whom are women, children and young children. If we recruit so many people, how can we suppress them?"
After going through a life-or-death moment, Lin Yue still felt that upgrading her weapons was urgent.
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