On the twenty-eighth day of the winter month, Xingang Pier looked much better than it had three months ago.

Nearly one kilometer of breakwater has been repaired, and the ships moored at the dock finally have a peaceful harbor.

Standing on the dock and looking north, the most eye-catching thing is two rows of tall warehouses with blue bricks and black tiles, which are the cargo warehouses of the Tamra Chamber of Commerce. The construction site behind is busy, and it seems that there are several rows of warehouses under construction.

If Xingang Fort is the brain of Xingang City, then this warehouse is the heart of Xingang. Once it stops handling, Xingang City will no longer have any value.

In order to prevent the Tamra Chamber of Commerce from having too much influence in the local area, Tang Youde ordered the security of the warehouse area to be handled by the City Hall Security Team. Today was the day of storage, and there were many Li Dynasty security guards wearing gray cotton robes, dog-skin hats, and jujube wood sticks around the warehouse, leading wolfhounds to patrol everywhere, and no strangers were allowed to enter.

On the dock, the third generation of large jib cranes invented by Zhang Jian are ready. This type of crane has a sturdy tilted cantilever with a pulley on the top of the arm, which can be raised and lowered and rotated. It can also use the principle of leverage to easily lift cargo that workers could not move before. This crane crane produced by Jiangnan Machinery Factory has been widely used on the construction site of the Jiangnan embankment.

These huge machines that look like catapults are "Popeye" dock cranes specially made by Jiangnan Machinery Factory for loading and unloading cargo ships. Although they are too heavy, cannot be moved after fixed installation, and require at least ten people to operate at the same time, they can significantly improve work efficiency.

It used to take a hundred dock workers a day to unload a shipload of cargo, but with its help, it can be unloaded in one morning, and only forty or fifty people are needed. This makes all its problems tolerable. Besides, the berths for unloading cargo on the dock are fixed, so there is no need to move the crane once it is installed...

Under the protection of his guards, Young Master Zhao stood on Pier No. 1, admiring the busy scene before him.

Who could have imagined that half a year ago, this place was just a wasteland?

This kind of pleasure of 'the goddess should be fine and will shock the world' intoxicated him and made him feel very happy!

Watching the workers shouting slogans as they used a crane to lift thousands of pounds of cargo from the ship, rotating the crane arm, and slowly placing the cargo on shore, Mr. Zhao couldn't help but sing:

"Look at the dock, it's so impressive. The machinery is lined up on the riverside. The big crane is really amazing, it can lift tons of steel with just a light grab..."

Hearing this, Sister Qiaoqiao behind him looked puzzled and asked Sister Ma beside him in a low voice: "Is this the beach..."

"Young Master said it was by the river, so he has his reasons, just listen." Sister Ma coughed lightly. Otherwise, why is she a work secretary and Qiaoqiao a life secretary?

"Oh." Qiaoqiao quickly shut up. It was a rare occasion for her to go out with Zhao Hao today, and she was afraid of embarrassing him.

At this time, a large sailing ship with a flag of the sun and the moon slowly sailed into the dock. Then, one after another, a huge fleet appeared before their eyes!

"Here they come, here they come!" Tang Youde hurried over to report: "Sir, our Royal Shipping fleet has arrived at the port."

"I see it, I see it." Ma Hongliang... Oh no, Master Zhao came back to his senses and looked at the boat in front with a smile.

He immediately saw Chen Huaixiu on the deck, wearing a navy blue hooded fur cape and a light blue cross-collared jacket. Chen Huaixiu also saw him immediately, and first covered her mouth in disbelief, then waved to him in surprise.

Zhao Hao also waved happily. Although Sister Huaixiu was still dressed very plainly, she had obviously walked out of the dead silence of a widow. This was really cause for celebration... Oh no, I was really happy for Sister Huaixiu.

Then Chen Huaixiu suddenly turned around and said something. A moment later, a tall figure appeared on the deck like a whirlwind.

The girl was wearing a dazzling red and white down feather cloak with a pink jacket underneath. In this monotonous winter day, she was like a red peony bud about to bloom, so bright and outstanding, so eye-catching. When she appeared, everything around her became a foil.

"Mingyue!" Master Zhao cried out and waved his hands to greet her.

"Brother Zhao!" Princess Lanling Li Mingyue cupped her hands to her mouth and shouted excitedly.

"Ming Yue!" Zhao Hao also put his hands to his mouth and responded loudly.

Before he finished speaking, another graceful figure appeared in front of him. The girl was wearing a snow-white cloak and a white fox fur cape. She stood there with her hands clasped in her hands, staring at him infatuatedly, with tears streaming down her face.

When the white peony appeared, it took away half of the red peony's color...

"Uh, Xueying is here too? Why are you crying? Don't cry, don't cry..." Mr. Zhao's smile turned into a silly smile, and he was dumbfounded. After a long separation, he would be overjoyed to see either of them, but if he saw them together, it might not necessarily be twice as happy, but it might also be twice as frightening.

God bless him, if he knew that they were both on this boat, wouldn't it be better for him to pretend to be sick?

"Oh my..." Seeing the young master's cinnabar mole and white moonlight coming together, Secretary Ma gently covered his forehead, feeling worried for the young master.

As the saying goes, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. I wonder which one Mr. Zhao plans to hurt today?

"Is there no good way?" Even Qiaoqiao was worried about Zhao Hao. But she also knew that it was best for her to watch quietly. This was not something she could get involved in.

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Soon the ship docked and the dock workers skillfully pushed the gangway over.

The atmosphere at the dock was quite strange. Everyone held their breath, not knowing what expression to make.

Not to mention Tang Youde and Ma Xianglan, even Gao Wu and his guards knew the status of the two young ladies, one red and one white, in the young master's heart.

The future mistress will definitely choose one of the two. How dare they show the slightest expression of gloating or watching the show optimistically? Don’t they want to get involved?

However, they all underestimated the ambitions of the two girls. How could they let the people below laugh at them?

The two people who had been competing with each other overtly and covertly before no longer competed for the first or last place when getting off the boat. Instead, they walked down the boat hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, like a pair of lotus flowers, in a friendly manner.

After standing still at the dock, the two men let go of each other's hands and bowed to Zhao Haofu together.

"Greetings, brother!" A voice was as clear and bright as a yellow oriole flying out of a valley, a kite chirping, and a phoenix singing.

"Long live my brother." The sound was as gentle and pleasant as the sound of rain hitting banana leaves or the gurgling of a stream.

The two of them looked at Zhao Hao with the same fiery eyes, and also with implicit expectation.

She said she wouldn't argue, but which girl wouldn't want his response to her to be more special?

Everyone turned their heads away, but couldn't help but secretly glance at Master Zhao, wanting to see who he would respond to first and who he would be more special to.

Who is Mr. Zhao? How could he not know that hesitation will lead to defeat, and decisiveness will lead to failure?

He then revealed his most heartfelt and warm smile and naturally extended his left hand to Li Mingyue.

At the same time, he extended his right hand towards Jiang Xueying.

Then, under the stunned gaze of everyone, he gritted his teeth and hugged his cinnabar mole and white moonlight tightly at the same time, refusing to let go of either one.

"The breeze and the bright moon are still there, and the plum blossoms break through the snow to welcome you. Xueying, Mingyue, I miss you so much..." At the critical moment, the bloodline of the old Zhao family is completely awakened, and he is not fighting alone!

The two girls' brains immediately shut down when their beloved hugged them in public. They just hugged him and shed tears to relieve their lovesickness. They didn't care whether it was appropriate or not, or whether they would be watched...

Qiaoqiao opened her lips slightly. She didn't expect the young master to be so bold.

Secretary Ma blinked her eyes. Even she had not expected that Zhao Hao would just wipe out the whole thing. Although this was a solution that would not offend either party, when it came to wipe out the whole thing, she suddenly thought of what the young master had done to her and Qiaoqiao when they were at sea. She wondered if he was just practicing to solve this big problem.

It shouldn’t happen, young master… you are still young.

On the gangway, Chen Huaixiu stopped and looked at the three people hugging each other tightly, but his smile was a little bitter. I don't know if it was because he thought of his own miserable life, or something else...

It was not until the three people got on the same carriage that she came to her senses, got off the boat and walked towards Ma Xianglan and Qiaoqiao.

Behind him was a stunning girl in a blue skirt...

"Oh my god, Miss Zhang is here too?" Qiaoqiao covered her mouth in surprise. Today she finally understood what Sister Ma meant by 'too many monks and too little porridge, too many wolves and too little meat'.

This is so silly. Ma Xianglan's lips curled slightly, and she quickly changed the subject, bowing to Chen Huaixiu and Zhang Xiaojing and saying, "You two have had a hard time on the journey."

"It's not hard, you two are the ones who are really hard-working. You have been at sea for more than two months and you have lost a lot of weight." Chen Huaixiu hugged them both affectionately, showing her elder sister style. This was also to make Zhang Xiaojing not feel embarrassed.

However, she underestimated Zhang Xiaojing. After Miss Zhang returned the greeting to Qiaoqiao, she smiled calmly and said, "Miss Qiaoqiao, long time no see. I am now Sister Huaixiu's student."

"Ah?" Qiaoqiao was stunned. "Learn, what to learn?"

"Learn to be a captain." Zhang Xiaojing gathered her hair and looked at the vast ocean. "The world is so big, I want to go see it."

"The sea is all water, there's nothing to see." Qiaoqiao shook her head like a rattle and said, "I've been sick of it these past two months."

"There are always different scenery on the other side of the sea." Xiao Jing smiled and nodded at Ma Xianglan, meaning, my good friend, please don't expose me.

Sister Ma nodded slightly, meaning, don't worry, my good friend. Your trick is very good, someone will fall for it...

"Isn't it you who is still the one who is relying on me to give me the direction?"

"Give someone a rose, and the fragrance will linger on your hands..."

The two of them exchanged glances quickly, and accurately conveyed their joy.

Boss Chen's eyes widened as she watched. She was worried about Zhao Hao. Wouldn't there be open and secret fights in the family in the future, and they would fight each other until their brains were blown out?

At this time, the second carriage drove over, and the four girls got on, talking and laughing.

After the carriage drove away, Jin Xishan approached Tang Youde and whispered, "Mayor Tang, are these Mr. Zhao's women?"

"Ah, what's the matter?" Tang Youde raised his head and said, "Our Master Zhao is very capable and powerful!"

"It's so powerful!" Jin Xishan agreed deeply and nodded rapidly.

ps. I didn’t sleep much last night, and I’m in a bad state. I just finished writing…