The island is not big anyway, so he simply acted as a tour guide and took He Lingchuan to see it on the spot.
After walking around for only half a circle, He Lingchuan had to admit: "Indeed, the scenery is endless." Not many people can resist the charm of the sea.
On the way back and forth, they could see a long bamboo pipe, and they even walked along the pipe for more than a hundred feet.
"The supply stack opens thick bamboo tubes and connects them one by one, several hundred feet apart, to bring down the streams and springs in the mountains." Otherwise, the fresh water needed by ships would have to be scooped from the mountains.
"This is very convenient."
Master Yang also showed the compensation agreement signed with the tenant, which was signed by both parties.
In front of big money, the Lu family won't care about the little bit of money.
Afterwards, everyone headed to Sodin Island.
Among the six outer islands of the Yangshan Islands, only the two islands closest to the waterway have supply stacks.
Soldin Island is actually three times larger than Black Leaf Island. The terrain is quite flat and is also dominated by shale. To He Lingchuan's surprise, the supply stacks here are quite neatly built, the trestles are wide and flat, and the buildings on the shore are
, the outer walls are smoothed with off-white mud, and the white spots on them are shells made from local materials. The roofs are uniformly covered with thick seaweed thatch.
Seen from a distance, several rows of houses are arranged in an orderly manner, like fat and round mushrooms, located in the shiny palm grove.
Upon closer inspection, the functional divisions of the house are reasonable, including a storage area for unloading ships, a food area for food, tobacco and alcohol, a kitchen, and a lounge.
Of course, all the food and water have been evacuated.
The rows of houses at the back are guest rooms, and those on the side facing the sea are single VIP rooms, with a front line of sea views and quietness;
The ones closest to the storage area are general bungalows for seven or eight people, and ordinary guest rooms for four or five people.
Various objects and utensils are also arranged neatly, as if the owner is only leaving temporarily.
I don’t know if it’s because the contrast is too strong compared to the supply stack on Black Page Island. He Lingchuan thinks this place is very pleasing to the eye. The original owner of the stack must have spent a lot of effort.
"It's well built here." It's not big enough, but it's clean and tidy. It doesn't need to be demolished later, it just needs to be expanded.
Master Yang smiled and said: "Yes, most ships are willing to stop here. Oh, there is a sulfur hot spring behind here, people can go directly in. A dip in it is very refreshing."
He led He Lingchuan to see the hot spring, which was actually a small lake half way up the bay. The water was steaming, and there was a smell of sulfur as soon as you got closer.
It's a seawater hot spring, and it looks like it has a lot of water. When I reached out and touched it, it was 45 or 6 degrees Celsius.
He Lingchuan was satisfied. The natural hot springs were a bonus. Well, they were worth developing.
"This supply depot is in great repair. The original owner is willing to leave before the lease expires?"
"Even after the compensation was given, they had nothing to say."
In He Lingchuan's original world, this was called liquidated damages.
After walking around the island for a while, He Lingchuan saw two more small villages, both living by the creek, but not many people.
The old people in the village sat on the bench outside the house and looked at them expressionlessly.
"these are?"
"They are the residents of the island. They have lived there for decades, and they have land deeds, and the ancestors of Lord Lu also recognize them." In other words, there are issues left over from history. "There are small villages like this on other islands, and there are less of them."
There are about ten people, no more than forty or fifty at most."
Is this the protected private property mentioned in the Yangshan Islands transfer agreement? According to the agreement, He Lingchuan cannot force them out.
"How many villages are there in the entire archipelago?"
"Well, six, there are three on Black Leaf Island; this island is larger, so there are more villages."
"This village has the most people?" He Lingchuan pointed forward, "What's the village called?"
Chief Yang didn't know much either, so he asked someone to go in and ask a few questions before he found out: "Ruding Village. It got its name because of the Ruding Creek next to it."
"There are so few people, so they only make a living by farming?"
"probably."
Chief Yang's words were tantamount to "I don't know." He Lingchuan looked at him and said, "They don't pay rent or taxes?" Otherwise, the officials would at least know a little bit about it.
Yang Hebo coughed: "There are too few people."
That is to say, don't pay.
After traveling to several islands, we only collected three melons and two dates, which was not worth the labor cost of tax collection. This small account was a big loss, so Bailie simply stopped collecting taxes.
He Lingchuan nodded and continued walking forward.
There are palm trees everywhere on the island, and there is even a farm in the forest, where many utensils are placed. There are also many fruits piled behind the house, and there are also shells, like chestnuts but bigger.
He Lingchuan picked up the nut shell and looked at it a few times: "What is this?"
Master Yang said: "This is a palm fruit. They secretly harvest the fruit here and squeeze the oil without reporting it and paying taxes!"
The archipelago belonged to Bailie before, and the crops on the island also belonged to Bailie. The supply store organized villagers to build workshops here to extract oil, and did not pay extra money to Bailie. Of course Master Yang was not happy.
Of course, these islands will soon be owned by He Lingchuan and have nothing to do with Bailie.
"There are many palm trees on this island. Are they productive?"
"They can be found everywhere." Master Yang replied smoothly, "I heard that there are more deep inside the archipelago."
"Oh? I heard?" He Lingchuan glanced at him, "Master Yang, haven't you ever gone to the depths of the archipelago?"
Thinking back on it, there were indeed countless palm trees on Longji Island. He had also seen that there were lots of fruits on and under the trees, and no one was taking care of them at all.
Ouch, I almost spilled the beans! Chief Yang quickly rounded off his words: "I'm afraid of the wind and waves on the sea, so I rarely take a boat. Other affairs in the Yangshan Islands are handled by my colleagues."
He Lingchuan hummed and didn't ask any further questions. Accompanied by Chief Yang, he returned to the seaside and boarded the ship.
However, as soon as we arrived at the beach, there were quarrels on the trestle in front of us.
He Lingchuan looked up and saw that a dozen guards brought by Master Yang had blocked the trestle, as if they were surrounding someone.
He Lingchuan couldn't see the other party in the quarrel, but he could hear the loud and angry voice——
"They are all built by my family. Why do you give them to us just as you say? Did you get my family's consent? There are still seven years left on the lease. Why do you drive us away? Do you know that the sale can't break the lease?"
It was a woman with a young voice, and she spoke as fast as popping beans, crackling and pouring out.
The dozen or so grown men across the street couldn't make any noise to her, and they couldn't even suppress her voice.
One of the guards was so angry that he stretched out his hand to push him, but before his fingers touched him, the woman grabbed his arm and pulled him hard, and at the same time she kicked him in the stomach.
With a splash, the man weighing more than 150 pounds was actually kicked into the water by her.
When the other guards saw it, they thought, haha, do you dare to take action? They immediately went to arrest him.
The woman jumped back into the boat first, grabbed the wooden oar, and slapped the guard who was following her.
Another one fell into the water.
She was extremely agile, and the other guards didn't want to go down to take advantage of her, so they grabbed the cable and worked together to drag the boat to the pier. In this way, she would end up either falling into the water or being captured. Is there a third way?