Chapter 242 242. Debate
"Let me ask you a question. When a farmer cultivates a field, does the harvest belong to the farmer or to the land?" Lovey asked meaningfully.
"Of course it's the farmer. Why are you asking that?" Ai Xin didn't react at first, with a confused expression on his face, but then he suddenly realized: "Don't even think about it. The land has no ability to resist!"
"Do you know that there is no future for me following you, Luo Xin?"
"I have made up my mind. In the future, I will let Luo Xing inherit Donglin City. Give me a ship first, and don't say anything nonsense."
After some argument, Lowe had to give in.
He took Ai Xin to the dock, where a steamship with a capacity of 100 passengers was being launched today.
"You chose this yourself. In a few years, the ships will be even bigger. If you want more, you'll have to pay for it."
“I think it’s good right now.”
Seeing Ai Xin's satisfied look, Lowe said nothing. After the two boarded the ship, the crew introduced the basic usage to Ai Xin.
"Okay, that's it, I'm going back."
Ai Xin had no intention of staying. He urged several people to get off the boat and sailed away as if escaping.
This woman. Luo Wei looked unhappy. He found that Lan Lan was laughing behind his back with her hands covering her mouth: "Damn Lan Lan, what are you laughing at?"
Lan Lan suppressed her smile and shook her head in panic: "I'm not laughing, Master, you are seeing things."
"You still dare to quibble." Lowe rushed over and hugged the tail, making Lan Lan make strange noises.
Mixia looked at the two quietly. Compared to Lanlan, she was much more quiet and seldom spoke unless necessary.
Over the years, the girl's appearance became even more outstanding, with brilliant blonde hair and a very nice slightly curly hairstyle.
Her facial features could score 99 points, and her body development is far better than Xiqi's 100 points.
The clear eyes are like a blue spring, making it difficult for people to have any desires.
Very consistent with the temperament of a religious person On the sea, Ai Xin kept adjusting the sails. The steamship sailed with the wind and upstream, faster and more stable than she imagined.
With this ship, it will be easy to reach Wanglong Port, which takes ten days to reach.
People over there like sugar very much. As long as the sugar from Donglin City is transported over there, it can be sold at more than three times the price, which is a huge profit.
Fruit is also very popular.
As long as the transportation time is shortened, the fruit will have more time to be stored and sold, and the fruit will no longer go bad when it arrives at Wanglong Port.
The ship sails like an arrow and will encounter many large marine creatures along the way.
For example, a giant dragon turtle weighing about ten tons floated on the water like a reef, and the ship almost collided with it.
Fortunately, I turned the rudder in time and managed to avoid it.
"What bad luck!" Ai Xin couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Looking up at the light blue sky in the distance, I feel a sense of joy as if the sky is high and the sea is vast.
Before you know it, time flies.
The sun still sank into the horizon.
Ai Xin felt hungry and his eyes were a little blurry.
I didn't eat lunch, and now I feel hungry.
She looked for food on the boat, but of course she found nothing. There was nothing on the brand new boat.
Forget it, just bear with it!
Ai Xin waved his hand and summoned a ball of clear water to moisten his throat, while his mind sensed the movements under the water.
Under the sea, huge shadows swim by from time to time.
Although this is near the coast, it is still very dangerous. Ordinary fishing boats can only be safe within 50 meters of the shore.
The ship is now at least five hundred meters from the shore.
Ai Xin did not dare to be careless at all and had to pay attention to the wind direction at all times as there would not be much change in a short period of time.
She steered the boat closer to the shore.
A post station, standing alone on the road, was an official post station, built to provide food and shelter for immigrants.
Ai Xin rode her broom over to buy some food and quickly returned to the ship.
In just a moment, the boat was almost lost.
That's right, she did not stop the boat. She kept sailing until the next day, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, she returned to Donglin City.
The people on the shore found out that it was Ai Xin and notified people to come.
The beautiful deer with antlers on her head, holding a baby in her arms, looked helpless.
"Lord Aixin, you are finally back. Luoxin is almost starving."
"Shouldn't we arrange a wet nurse for him?"
“No one else eats it.”
"All right."
Ai Xin did not discuss business matters. Instead, he held his son in his arms and skillfully pulled off his collar.
"Lord Ai Xin, this ship is empty?" Bai Lu discovered after boarding the ship. "No crew members are coming back with you?"
"No, I drove it back by myself. From now on, this ship will be our merchant ship." Ai Xin said calmly: "You can make the arrangements. It'd be best if we can start sailing tomorrow."
Ai Xin left all the affairs here to Bai Lu, holding her son in her arms, and walked slowly towards the city.
In six years, the development of Donglin City has also been rapid.
After the cement problem was solved, various houses emerged like mushrooms after a rain.
At first, ordinary families only built two-story buildings, and only wealthy families would build three-story buildings. Later, as materials became more and more abundant, they simply started with three-story buildings like Donggang City.
Because of the rich variety and low price of fruits, Donglin City is still popular among immigrants and its population is growing rapidly.
As of now, the registered population has exceeded 80,000, almost double the population of East Guard City.
There are too many people, which has its downsides as the sanitary conditions in the city have further deteriorated.
Bai Lu carefully studied the sanitation management methods of Donggang City, built sewers, constructed toilets, and established fines.
After some operations, the sanitary conditions improved and people could barely live there.
The newly built buildings are scattered, and each residential house is at least five meters apart.
Therefore, the total area of Donglin City is larger than that of Donggang City, and more guards are needed to patrol.
The city defense army was 3,000 men, and the imperial guards were 500 men. A total of 3,500 men put a considerable pressure on the finances of the Executive Office.
However, considering that it could bring income to more families and stability to the city, Ai Xin acquiesced to the expansion of the army.
It has some militaristic meaning.
The main reason was that people were initially skeptical about the power of firearms.
Most people believe that rifles are just enhanced crossbows with limited deterrent power, and cannot make up for the advantage of numbers with quality.
Ever since the report of the pirate attack on Donggang City came in, Donglin City has completely taken the power of firearms seriously and listed armed infantry as the most elite force.
Agriculture alone is unlikely to meet the needs of the people of Donglin City.
In order to ease financial pressure, Donglin City actively participated in commercial trade.
Bai Lu found many locals and formed a caravan, selling salt, sugar and other materials to inland cities in need, making a lot of money.
The caravan once reached as far as the City of Morning Light.
(End of this chapter)
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