Chapter 946 New Visitor
If we buy another ship, even 170,000 taels may not be enough.
Both of them knew that this was far from the end.
The Yangshan Islands were a blank sheet of paper, and there were countless projects that needed to be built from scratch, and each one would cost money.
He Lingchuan only had 280,000 taels in his hand, which sounded like a lot. At this rate of spending, how many months could he last?
"This is just the beginning?" He Lingchuan waved his hand, and said proudly, "You should hire more people and buy more things for me, and spend as much as you can, and don't save a penny for me! As for the capital, you don't need to worry about it, I have my own way."
Hearing "you don't need to worry about the capital", Ding Zuodong felt relieved, and his voice became more confident: "Yes!"
"Spend it when you should." He Lingchuan comforted him, "Show the courage you had when you helped me buy the property in Dunyu. Now it's just more than 60,000 taels a month, maybe 600,000 or 6 million in the future."
Pah, Lingguang didn't hold it firmly, and half of the peach in his hand fell on the table.
It picked it up and ate it, and heard Ding Zuodong exclaim: "That's great!"
The premise of being able to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan a month is that the boss has so much money or so much credit.
I hope that day will come soon.
He Lingchuan knew in his heart that more than 140,000 taels of silver was an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for his future plans, it was just a drop in the bucket.
After Ding Zuodong finished his report, he walked out with a notebook under his arm, and his steps were brisk.
The boss said there was a way, then there was a way. He, a worker, only needed to do his job well, why worry about such things?
As soon as his back disappeared outside the door, He Lingchuan's face fell, and he stood up and scratched his head hard.
Damn, more than 60,000 was spent in a month! With such a big gap, where can he get the money?
He was calm in front of Ding Zuodong, not trying to pretend to be 13. If even the boss himself was panicking, how could the workers below have the confidence to do their work?
The future ambition is the future vision, and the current financial constraints are the current problem.
At the current spending speed, the mere 280,000 taels will not last long. I am afraid that if there is any accident, the money will flow faster.
However, the way for him to quickly gain a foothold in a foreign land is to expand rapidly, to spread out comprehensively, and to strengthen himself before other forces pay attention.
Time waits for no one.
Money, money, money, rushing to work requires more money.
Yangshan Islands is now in the early stage of large-scale investment, and the output is just a drop in the bucket. All the progress depends on his money.
Money will not fall from the sky for nothing, what should he think of?
Lingguang finished eating a peach and happened to hear He Lingchuan swear.
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This morning, Blade Port also welcomed six new guests.
Blade Port is the largest port in the rear of Mou State, located on the Golden Channel. There are countless passengers coming and going every day. These six passengers are not noticeable, but one of them has a white bird perched on his shoulder, which attracts the attention of passers-by.
He took out a compass, opened it and looked at it for a few times, frowned towards the south: "The bee needle still points to the sea, within 120 miles. This spider queen has not changed its place for several days. It seems that it will settle down on the sea this time."
"The burrow spider queen fled to the sea by boat?" Someone else said, "I heard that there is a whole archipelago to the south of here, with a large area."
Hidden in the archipelago? That's very likely. If there is no chasing bee compass, it is really difficult for them to find the target among the large and small islands.
"But how did it get there? Such a big spider demon, and the remains are even bigger than it, ordinary fishing boats can't carry it at all."
"After all, it is an ancient demon fairy, maybe it has some other means?"
"You said it drifted more than a hundred miles on the sea by itself? How is that possible?"
"Let's take a look first." The leader pondered for a moment, divided the team into two groups, one group stayed at the port to get information, and he took the other group to the port to rent a boat.
It was actually not easy to rent a small boat. There were only two boats for rent in the huge dock, and the price was very expensive. The captain took the money and told them that it was the palm harvest season now, and the boat rental price was this price. If you were late, it would be gone.
What palms to pick? The three people only said that they wanted to go sightseeing on the sea. One of them could row the boat, so there was no need to hire a captain. But the rent would be more expensive, and the captain also specifically said: "The deep part of Yangshan Archipelago is a restricted area, you can't go there!"
"Why?"
"In the past, if the ship sailed into the deep part of the archipelago, the living people on the ship would go crazy, and there were man-eating snakes and pirates in the sea! So the ships could only go along the golden route, which was relatively safer."
The three people grasped the key words: "In the past? What about now?"
"Now the archipelago is a private territory with a lord. The island owner He only opened some islands and some sea areas, and no one is allowed to approach the others, nor is fishing allowed."
The island owner He? The leader took note.
The captain said again: "Anyway, don't go to the islands that deviate from the route. Some places have undercurrents and whirlpools. Although the ocean currents have changed direction in this season, there are fewer underwater undercurrents, but you outsiders are not familiar with it, and you will not be able to get out if you barge in at random!"
The three people boarded the ship and left the port to the south.
Today, the wind is calm and the sea surface is shining with gold. The leader fed the white bird with dried meat, and the seagulls in the sky were also greedy, so he threw a few small pieces of dried meat into the sky.
The seagulls flew down to take them, not afraid of people at all.
After walking for more than ten miles, the first island appeared in front of us, with lush forests, like a pearl on the sea.
This should be a normal route, because there are other ships coming and going nearby, some big and some small, and it is peaceful and harmonious.
"Is this the Yangshan Islands?" The leader took out the bee-chasing compass and looked at it. "Continue to the south."
Only when they entered the Yangshan Islands did they realize how vast this island is. The boat shuttled along the sea, bypassing an island, and there was another one in front, and another one... It seemed that there was no end.
After sailing for a long time, they still couldn't see the vast sea.
But there were fewer ships nearby, and there were occasionally a few fishing boats. The sea was so quiet that it was a little creepy.
If the burrow spider queen chose to build her new nest among these islands, she was really smart. The leader looked at the compass and said, "We need to go further south."
Just then, a fishing boat ten feet away kindly called out to them, "Hey, we can't go any further!"
The leader motioned the boat to row closer and asked, "Why?"
"Ten miles ahead, we will reach Longji Island, where there are man-eating monsters." The boatman told him, "You will be eaten if you row closer!"
"What does the monster look like?"
"It looks like a snake, with hands!" The boatman gestured with both hands, "It's very big!"
The leader asked again, "Fellow villagers, is there no one who can go up to Longji Island?"
"I don't know, I guess the island owner He can, but no one else can!"
The leader thanked them and ordered the boat to continue moving forward.
"Hey, hey, I told you we can't go any further!" The boatman shouted a few times behind them, and the boat girl grabbed his arm and said, "Don't yell, we just met by chance, and we don't need your kindness!"