Chapter 152 A Ship of Wealth
The day before, they sent someone out by boat and called seventy or eighty people from the Guzhu tribe to intercept the timber in the river near their village.
They simply drove piles into the river section, intercepted the timber and lifted it ashore.
In order to prevent the escape of timber from flowing downstream due to inadequate interception, another interception was made in the lower section of the river and people were also sent to guard it.
Everything is ready, only the wood needs to be put in place.
One by one, pieces of wood, some as big as two people could hug, some as big as one person could hug, and some smaller, were slowly put into the water. They half floated and half sunk and drifted slowly downstream. Everyone was very excited.
"Alright, alright, move it!"
"Oh, this is a really good idea!"
"Yes, yes, it saves a lot of trouble."
After all the wood was put into the water, Zhao Liya and the others slowly caught up in the boat.
There was no problem in this section of the river at the beginning, because the speed of putting the wood was relatively slow. Five or six pieces of wood were put down one after another, which was counted as a batch. Another batch would not be put down until this batch floated at least ten or twenty meters away, and so on.
This way, everything will look neat and tidy, and all the wood won't be squeezed together, with you tripping me and me tripping you, and no one can move forward.
However, there will definitely be stumbling blocks during the entire process of placing the wood. For example, in some river bends, the speed of many logs will slow down due to the bend. Before the logs have time to move, the logs behind will catch up, and they will get stuck with each other if they are not careful.
When reaching this section of the river, seven or eight people must be left in the water to deal with it, pulling out and pushing out the stuck wood one by one.
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng traveled the entire length of the river by boat, leaving people to handle the problem manually at five locations.
The two finally arrived near the Guzhu tribe, went ashore, and joined the Guzhu tribe members who were intercepting the timber.
One by one, large and small, wet pieces of wood were carried ashore and stacked in an orderly manner on the river bank. Each piece of wood was worth money.
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "We've finally reached this point. It wasn't easy!"
Zhou Hansheng also smiled and nodded. "This batch is quite large. With another batch, we can load it back on the ship. Then we can go back. Zhong Jing should also go back. We can leave this here to Zhong Ming, Zhao Nan and the others."
Zhao Liya nodded. These two were Zhong Jing and Zhou Hansheng's right-hand men and were very capable. Things had been sorted out and they could handle everything else.
They have been out for so long, it's time for them to go back.
Spring plowing will begin soon.
The trip had gone smoothly, and it hadn't even been a month yet! It was much longer than they had expected.
Zhao Liya was thinking that when Zhong Jing came next time, she would come again to bring Li Ying and the others
It took two days to get all the wood out.
Zhaonan also followed and immediately organized manpower, hired ox carts and donkey carts, and transported the timber to the port of Wanning Town and loaded it onto ships.
Although it is only thirty or forty miles away, wood is heavy and it is not easy to get it to the port and load it onto the ship. We must start early to avoid missing time.
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng once again lamented their good fortune: "Luckily, the people from the Guzhu tribe they encountered were all kind!" Otherwise, with only the few dozen people they brought, how could they possibly handle the situation?
You won’t have to spend a year in the deep mountains and forests.
Unlike now, where you can have as many people as you want.
Salary? That's not a problem at all!
After arranging the transportation of timber, Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng returned to the mountains.
Zhong Jing continued to arrange for everyone to cut wood.
This large area of huanghuali wood covers at least several thousand acres. There is no need to worry about cutting it all down. I'm afraid they may not be able to cut it all down even in a year.
Besides, there are more than just one place on the island where yellow rosewood is found. Even in Yanluo Mountain, there are probably more in other mountains, forests and valleys, but they just haven't found them yet.
They only cut down trees that were of good quality, leaving the smaller ones untouched.
Zhao Liya walked around and tied a red rope to some particularly tall, straight and beautifully shaped trees, asking everyone not to cut them down and to keep them.
It's not easy for a big tree to grow to this point, so some of it must be left.
Anyway, they will never cut them down. As for which generation these big trees can survive to, that is not something they can guarantee.
I hope it will last forever, as long as possible.
Ten days later, the large ship at the Wanning Town Port was fully loaded with timber and ready to sail back.
Zhao Liya, Hu Ling, the reluctant Yu Xiaofang, Zhou Hansheng, and Zhong Jing left with thirty soldiers on the ship.
Lizhu and his friends were reluctant to leave.
You Qi Liying tightly grasped Zhao Liya's hand, her eyes reddened as she spoke: "Sister Xiaoya, you must come again. I want to learn how to cook from you!"
Zhao Liya felt reluctant but also wanted to laugh. It was such a great thing that she could become a teacher with her poor cooking skills!
"Don't worry, I will definitely come again and bring you good things. Wait for me!"
"Yeah!" Li Ying nodded vigorously, and then she felt a little better. She burst into laughter and said, "I will definitely wait for you. Sister Xiaoya must come."
"Of course!"
On the morning of the departure day, Lizhu, Liying and dozens of other tribesmen came to the port to see them off, waved goodbye, and assured them that they would continue to do a good job in logging.
The ship left the port and drifted on the sea for a day and a night, and will arrive at Guangzhan Port at noon tomorrow.
At that time, Zhong Jing only needs to arrange the soldiers in the barracks to unload and transport the goods.
Distribution is of course Zhou Hansheng's job. He has connections in Jiangnan, and Zuoxiang will help him with everything.
Before leaving to board the ship, Zhou Hansheng specially sent someone to buy four baskets of seafood from the fishermen who had just arrived at the dock. He smiled at Zhao Liya and said, "We were in such a hurry this time that we didn't have a good time to eat seafood. This is a good opportunity to enjoy it slowly while we're on the boat. Let's come back again when we have the chance and go together to catch seafood, okay?"
Zhao Liya was stunned. Although she had arrived in Hainan Island this time, she was so busy with work that she didn't get to eat any of the seafood she had been craving for, let alone go to the beach to catch seafood. Not even once did she get to do that.
She said it with a slightly regretful smile, but she didn't expect that Brother Zhou actually remembered it.
These large baskets of seafood include crabs, shrimps, hairtail, abalone, scallops, oysters, grouper, squid, and other large and small sea fish that I can't name. The baskets are full of lively fish and you can slowly enjoy them on the boat.
Fresh seafood just caught on the shore does not need too much seasoning. It can be boiled or steamed with a little salt or Jiang's. The original freshness of the seafood will make people praise it and remember it for half a lifetime.
"Yeah, yeah, if Brother Zhou says it's okay, that's fine. Brother Zhou is so thoughtful!"
At least this trip was worth it, Zhao Liya felt sweet and happy.
Brother Zhou is so thoughtful!
Zhou Hansheng smiled, his eyes soft at a place she wasn't paying attention to.
(End of this chapter)
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