The bonfire was lit, and the fish were roasted on the wood.
The natives on the island carefully tore off the fish meat, dipped it in salt, and ate it with infinite satisfaction.
Sometimes, they also ate fish and shellfish.
Shellfish were easier to deal with as they could be picked up by the sea.
Fish were usually hit with a stick in the shallow sea. Standing in the water and seeing a group of fish coming over, they would hit them with a stick.
Eating salt was to boil seawater or collect salt from the reef after the tide receded and the sun was strong.
In particular, there were pits on the reef. When the tide receded, it would dry quickly and there would be salt in the pits.
They cooked their meals and cherished pottery pipes very much, just like the people in some places of the Tang dynasty.
The fish was a gift from Li Yi. He was reluctant to give other things, so he would give less.
Along the way, he had to give things to others and communicate the supply points one by one.
Refined salt could be extracted by the yacht. It needed fresh water and seawater desalination equipment. When the fresh water was separated, the salt would appear and the other impurities would be thrown away.
Seeing that the people on the island were so devout about refined salt, Li Yi quickly thought of what to give to others in the future.
Refined salt was indeed better than other kinds of salt and was not bitter.
The best naturally produced salt was well salt from Sichuan. There was brine, and it was salt after it was dried.
The natives were all here, but there were not many of them. Li Yi roughly counted four to five hundred people.
Most of them were not here. They lived in Xinluo's Wuzhou with their big boss.
There were 8,000 households recorded in Wuzhou. Li Yi thought that there were not that many people. 8,000 was an imaginary number.
Wang Ru also wanted to save face and sent people to the Tang dynasty. The Tang dynasty asked, "How many households do you have?"
"To be honest, I have 500 households. It's too pitiful. There are few people and no status. It's not comparable to the population of Zhongxian in the Tang dynasty."
"Therefore, I have to say more. It should be more than the number of households in Shangxian in the Tang dynasty, right?"
Everyone came, including the children.
Each person received a sack. No, it was a set of classic hemp clothes.
Li Yi took a tablet and recorded from time to time the actions of others when they spoke and what they wanted to say.
This included adults talking to children and talking to each other.
Li Yi was not a linguist, and he had a ready-made translator to help him learn a foreign language.
Without translation, he only needed to collect data, and the software would naturally process it.
The software would categorize the sounds, and the sounds that were repeated the most were the ones that were most needed in daily life.
Under normal circumstances, most of them were modal particles.
After sorting out the words and pictures, the words and grammar appeared.
Li Yi planned to collect everything along the way. Then, he would learn it himself. Then, he would write a book for people with talent in languages to learn.
In fact, it was the most convenient to go to Xinluo to find people from Danluo. Some of them knew several languages, including Xinluo language and the Tang dynasty language.
Li Yi didn't trust others. Sometimes, the translation wasn't accurate. What if the person in charge of the translation was blindly translating and purposely causing trouble?
The six officials were enjoying the respect of others. They themselves were not powerful, but Li Yi's tablet was powerful.
Li Yi showed the video of the Winged Knights training with the sixteen guards to the natives.
When the natives saw it, their first thought was that they couldn't beat them. There were so many people in the Tang dynasty's army? And they were wearing clothes made of iron?
The cavalry was the scariest. They ran with a rumbling sound. They didn't have enough people to trample on.
The children of the natives surrounded the palace maids and eunuchs. There was food.
There were no preserved fruits and dried fruits on the island.
There was also rock candy. The children had never eaten it before.
The palace maids and eunuchs were good-looking. Even as eunuchs, those who could go to the Li Family Zhuangzi were more handsome.
No one was willing to face an ugly face all day, except for the guards of the Zhuangzi who were injured in battle.
Their physical defects were their honor.
"In the future, there will be more people from the Tang dynasty coming over to exchange things with you." Li Yi was communicating with the small leader.
He collected a circle of words and the software translated them into words.
Then, the words could be translated into the Tang dynasty language. When he spoke the Tang dynasty language, the software translated it into the native language that sounded a little awkward.
It was so magical. Sometimes, there would be mistakes in the grammar, and it was gradually adjusted.
It was okay to make mistakes. It was understandable.
For example, noodles, long, boiled, salty.
If a foreigner said that to Li Yi, Li Yi's first reaction would definitely be that the foreigner wanted to eat noodles.
When communicating at a critical moment, there was no need to consider prepositions, conjunctions, and modal particles. A single word was enough!
"Clothes. We want such clothes. How can we change yours?" The small leader didn't even dare to speak loudly.
He was shocked. He thought that the people of the Tang dynasty all had such technology.
It was a board made of an unknown material. There were images on it, and it could even make sounds.
There was a big ship on the sea. It didn't use torches and had so many colors.
When could he have such a ship and such things?
Thinking about it, he actually said, "I want a big ship and torches."
Li Yi smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood. Yes, you want to have it. I also wanted to have it. Most people in my place also wanted it, but they didn't have the money.
There was also a helicopter on my yacht. I have a driver's license, which made countless people envious.
"Not for the time being. I can't give it to you. Even if it's yours, you won't use it. I'll think of a way to give you some boats and fishing nets. You can fish by yourself.
When the people of the Tang dynasty come later, they will provide you with more pottery and porcelain. Silk clothes are more expensive … "
Li Yi was very patient. He couldn't let the other party suffer too much unless he wanted to solve the problem by force.
"Go up and have a look?" The small leader knew that he was thinking too much. He gave up the idea of owning it. Let me go and have a look, okay?
"After dinner, drink!" Li Yi held the wine glass and took a sip of wine while enduring the nausea.
60% white wine was blended with the water desalinated by the seawater desalination machine into about 10% white wine. It was as disgusting as it could be.
However, the people on the island who were qualified to drink this kind of wine were actually very happy to drink it. One sip and they would feel dizzy.
They usually couldn't drink wine. They were like people who would feel dizzy after drinking a glass of beer.
The small leader was already excited after drinking less than 200 grams. Otherwise, how would he dare to ask to go to the yacht?
He and the other small leaders each had a can of chestnut chicken. They couldn't bear to eat it.
If Li Yi hadn't said that it would spoil if they didn't eat it, they would have kept it.
When they were almost done eating, or to be precise, drinking, Li Yi asked the Winged Knights to operate the rubber boat and took the six small leaders back to the yacht.
The six of them came to the yacht wearing burlap clothes and stood there, not daring to take a step.
For them, the yacht was too luxurious.
Li Yi introduced it enthusiastically. He mainly talked about its functions. It could be driven quite fast. As he talked and walked, the six of them finally caught up.
When they entered the main hall from the deck, the six small leaders stood at the door and didn't dare to move again.
"In the future, we can build a house like this on the island. It's not difficult, and we don't need too many things."
Li Yi's tone was casual so that others wouldn't feel awkward.
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