Chapter 904 Islanders

The island wasn't big anyway, so he decided to be a tour guide and take He Lingchuan to see it.

After walking around for a while, 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, you can see a long bamboo tube pipeline, and they even walked along the pipeline for more than a hundred feet.

"The supply station opens up the thick bamboo tube, connects it section by section, and connects it for a few hundred feet, so that the stream water in the mountain can be brought down." Otherwise, the fresh water needed by the ships coming and going would have to be scooped from the mountains.

"This is very convenient."

Yang Zhubu also showed the compensation agreement signed with the tenants, which was signed by both parties.

In front of big money, the Lu family would not care about the small silver.

Then, everyone went to Suo Ding Island.

Among the six outer islands of the Yangshan Islands, only the two islands closest to the waterway have supply stations.

Suo Ding Island is actually three times larger than Heiye Island, with a fairly flat terrain and also mainly shale. To He Lingchuan's surprise, the supply stacks here were built quite neatly, the piers were wide and flat, and the outer walls of the buildings on the shore were smoothed with gray-white mud, with white spots on them being shells made locally, and the roofs were uniformly covered with thick seaweed.

From a distance, the rows of houses were well-arranged, like fat and solid big round mushrooms, located in the shiny palm forest.

When we got closer, we found that the houses were divided into reasonable functional areas, including a storage area for ship unloading, a food area for food, tobacco and wine, as well as a kitchen and a rest hall.

Of course, the water supply had been emptied.

The rows of houses at the back were guest rooms, and the ones on the side facing the sea were single VIP rooms, with a first-line sea view and quietness;

The ones closest to the storage area were bunk beds for seven or eight people and ordinary guest rooms for four or five people.

Various objects and utensils were also neatly arranged, as if the owner was only away temporarily.

I don't know if it's because the contrast is too strong compared to the supply stack on Black Page Island, but He Lingchuan feels that this place is very pleasing to the eye. The original stack owner must have spent a lot of effort.

"This place is well built." It's not big enough, but it's clean and tidy. It doesn't need to be demolished in the later stage, just need to be expanded.

Yang Zhubu smiled and said, "Yes, most ships like to stop here. Oh, there is a sulfur hot spring behind it, people can go directly. Soaking in it is very refreshing."

He took He Lingchuan to see the hot spring, which is actually a small lake in the upper half of the bay. The water vapor is steaming, and there is a sulfur smell as soon as you get close.

It's a seawater hot spring, and it looks like there is a lot of water. Reach out and touch it, forty-five or forty-six degrees.

He Lingchuan is satisfied. Having a natural hot spring is a plus point. Well, it's worth developing.

"This supply stack is really well built. The original owner is willing to leave before the lease expires?"

"Give them compensation, and they have nothing to say."

In He Lingchuan's original world, this is called liquidated damages.

After walking around the island for a while, He Lingchuan saw two small villages, both of which were located by the stream, but not many people lived there.

The old man in the village sat on a bench outside the house, looking at them expressionlessly.

"Who are these?"

"They are residents of the island. They have lived here for decades, and those with land deeds are also recognized by the ancestors of the Lu family lords." In other words, it is a historical legacy. "There are also such small villages on other islands, with as few as 20 people and no more than 40 or 50 people at most."

Is this the protected private property mentioned in the transfer agreement of the Yangshan Islands? According to the agreement, He Lingchuan cannot force them out.

"How many villages are there in the whole archipelago?"

"Uh, six, there are three on Black Page Island; this island is bigger, so there are more villages."

"Which village has the most people?" He Lingchuan pointed forward, "What's the name of the village?"

Yang Zhubu didn't know either, so he asked someone to go in and ask a few questions before finding out: "Luding Village. It's named after the Luding River next to it."

"With so few people, do they rely on farming for a living?"

"I think so."

Yang Zhubu's words were equivalent to "I don't know". He Lingchuan looked at him and said, "Don't they pay rent or taxes?" Otherwise, the official would at least know a little bit.

Yang Hebu coughed and said, "Too few people."

That is, they don't pay.

After running around several islands, they only collected a few melons and two dates, which was not enough to cover the labor cost of collecting taxes. This small account was a loss, so Bailie simply stopped collecting taxes.

He Lingchuan nodded and continued to move forward.

The island is full of palm trees, and there is even a farm in the forest, where many tools are placed. There are also many fruits and fruit shells piled up behind the house, which look like chestnuts but are larger.

He Lingchuan picked up the fruit shell and looked at it for a few times: "What is this?"

Yang Zhubu said: "This is palm fruit. They picked fruits and pressed oil here privately without reporting and paying taxes!"

The archipelago used to belong to Bailie, and the crops on the island also belonged to Bailie. The supply stack organized the villagers to build a workshop here to press oil, and did not pay extra money to Bailie, so Yang Zhubu was of course unhappy.

Of course, these islands will soon belong to He Lingchuan and have nothing to do with Bailie.

"There are many palm trees on this island. Are they productive?"

"You can see them everywhere." Yang Zhubu answered casually, "I heard that there are more in the depths of the archipelago."

"Oh? Heard?" He Lingchuan glanced at him, "Yang Zhubu, haven't you been to the depths of the archipelago?"

Thinking back to it, there are indeed countless palm trees on Longji Island. He has also seen fruits on and under the trees, and no one is taking care of them.

Oh, I almost let it slip! Yang Zhubu quickly corrected the situation: "I am afraid of sea waves and rarely take a boat. Other affairs of the Yangshan Islands are handled by my colleagues."

He Lingchuan hummed, and without further questioning, he returned to the seaside to board the ship accompanied by Yang Zhubu.

However, as soon as he arrived at the beach, a quarrel was heard on the pier in front.

He Lingchuan looked up and saw that the dozen guards brought by Yang Zhubu had blocked the pier, as if they were surrounding someone.

He Lingchuan could not see the other party in the quarrel, but he could hear a loud and angry voice--

"These are all things built by my family. Why do you say you can give them to others? Have you got my family's consent? The lease period is still seven years. Why do you want to drive us away? Do you know that the sale does not break the lease?"

It was a woman with a very young voice. She spoke as fast as popping beans, crackling out.

The dozen big men on the opposite side could not argue with her, and even their voices could not suppress her.

One guard 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 out hard, and kicked him in the stomach at the same time.

Plop, a man weighing more than 150 kilograms was kicked into the water by her.

The other guards saw this and thought, "Oh, you dare to do it?" They immediately went up to arrest him.

The woman jumped back into the boat first, grabbed the oar, and slapped the guards who followed her.

Another one fell into the water.

She was very agile, and the other guards didn't want to get beaten, so they grabbed the rope and worked together to drag the boat to the pier. In this way, her fate was either to fall into the water or to be captured. Is there a third way?