Wu Baoer was only released after being locked up for five days. As a sailor who had been trapped on the ship all year round, he didn't have much of a problem. He just had to be more respectful, smile more, and gain a little more weight.
After being released, Wu Baoer and his twelve sailors were officially appointed as the Imperial Guard's water transport team. Even the flatland transport ship with 200 tons of raw materials was named 'Yingkou'. Wu Baoer and the others also received two sets of official military uniforms, including underwear and jackets. He was even given the rank of corporal with a monthly salary of two taels and five silver coins, the same as Gao Daniu and the others.
"Tsk, trying to buy people's hearts. Only two taels of silver, do you think I'm a beggar? I won't be fooled. " Wu Baoer took the uniform and rank from the Imperial Guard's quartermaster. He was smiling but cursing in his heart. He felt that the Imperial Guard had too many rules for those disobedient old pirates on the sea. Talking, eating, walking, saluting, everything was annoying.
So many rules, but the pay was so stingy.
"Corporal Wu, your current task is to quickly train 200 sailors for the Imperial Guard. I don't want them to be able to sail on the sea. I just want them to be able to paddle a raft from the Hun River outside Fushun City to the estuary of the Liao River. They can stop, travel, and reach the shore. These abilities are enough. I can't give you much time. The first batch of 20 people must be trained in three days. "
Zhou Qingfeng personally went to the barracks of the Qianhu Institute to give the order. In his view, Wu Baoer had too many bad habits and blood debts on his hands. He was just like Mao Ada in the past. He had to use him, but he had to control his use.
Wu Baoer naturally swore that paddling a raft was too easy. Not to mention three days, he could teach them in one day. Before he left, he asked about his boat. Zhou Qingfeng smiled and said, "There are some fishermen in Fushun. It's not a problem for them to control the flatland. The 'Yingkou' has already carried the first batch of construction workers down the river and is now building a camp at Yingkou."
Five days ago, after Zhou Qingfeng built the plane for Guo Jiao, Guo Buyi also had a test flight on the same day. Apart from a few minor improvements, it was considered to have passed the inspection. Due to the reasonable design, the plane could reach a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour. If it was cruising, it could reach 150 kilometers per hour without a problem. It was ten times faster than the slow flying boat from before.
Guo Buyi flew to Beijing with his daughter and arrived in four hours. Guo Jiao drove back on the same day. After that, Guo Jiao brought Zhou Qingfeng to Yingkou for an on-site inspection. They decided to build a dock and camp on the flat land on the west bank of the Great Liao River.
The first batch of construction workers boarded the 'Yingkou' with the building materials and set off. The sailors would be the local fishermen of Fushun. In short, Wu Bao'er and the others would no longer be in charge of Yingkou. The latter would obediently train sailors in Fushun.
Wu Bao'er was disappointed to hear that the Yingkou had left. He could only obediently go to the shore of the Hun River designated by Zhou Qingfeng to be an instructor for training. When he arrived at the training dock, he was immediately shocked by the piles of wood on the dock. A few days ago, Zhou Qingfeng had given him a show of strength at this dock. At that time, he did not see any wood.
The two to three hundred meters of the dock had been transformed into an open-air workshop. Carriages continuously transported large amounts of cheap pine wood. Wu Bao'er stood by the side of the road and watched as the coachman waved his whip and drove the carriage to deliver the goods. He asked in a low voice and heard the coachman say something like, 'It's a money-making project, transporting wood from Fushun and building rafts down the river.'
"What's the purpose of building rafts down the river?"
"To earn money. Zhou Baihu said that the rafts can carry horses, cattle, sheep, and other goods to the south. They can easily transport goods for hundreds of li. When they reach Yingkou, they can change to a larger ship to go to Tianjin. The value of the goods can increase by several times. The wood can be profitable, and so can the cattle, sheep, and horses. The local products of Liaodong sell especially well in the south. It's a good way to make money. It only takes half a month to make a trip. It's too profitable. "
The goods produced in Liaodong sell well in the south. Wu Bao'er had some understanding of the prices of the goods in the business. However, Zhou Qingfeng was the one who took the lead in this business, which made him feel that something was wrong.
The coachman continued, "Nowadays, the people of Liaodong all know that Zhou Baihu is very capable. Wong Yuanwai, who is especially rich in Fushun, and Cultivator Guo, who is especially powerful, have both invested. In addition, the way to make money is so clear now. There are many people who want to invest. Not long ago, Head Soldier Ma from Kaiyuan wanted to obstruct them. In the end, Lord Zhang, the Head Military Officer of Liaodong, sent someone to scold him.
When they heard that the third phase of this money-making treasure has begun to be sold, many people crazily threw money into it. Now, Head Soldier Zhou has opened up many ways to make money. The money is flowing in. Head Soldier Ma, who wanted to obstruct the road, obediently threw money in. He even sent people to deliver the five thousand horses from the Yehe Tribe.
A total of five thousand horses. It is said that they are all good Mongolian horses. If they are transported to Tianjin, they will be worth one hundred and fifty thousand taels. And Zhou Baihu has a good relationship with the Yehe Tribe. He only spent fifty thousand taels to buy them. This is only the first batch. There are more coming. Think about how much money this is. How many people are jealous!
Alas, it is a pity that the money-making treasure costs five hundred taels. Otherwise, we ordinary people would want to buy it. This is much faster than me driving a carriage every day. We poor people really have a hard life. Good things can't happen to us! "
The Daming Dynasty was unable to control the Hetao region. It was also unable to control Mongolia. The Daming Dynasty has been in existence for more than two hundred years. It has always been short of horses. In order to obtain horses, they even had to set up a horse policy that harmed countless people. If they could really get a large number of horses from Liaodong, it would definitely be a big business. And this matter could not be done by others. Not everyone could have a good relationship with He Zhuo of the Yehe Tribe.
After the coachman finished sighing, he shook the horsewhip and continued to send the wood to the workshop at the dock. After Wu Baoer listened to the numbers the coachman said, his whole person was stupefied. He used his ten fingers and still could not calculate how much Zhou Qingfeng could earn. The only thing he was clear about was that this sheep was too fat!
"This father swindled people on the sea, killed people and robbed goods. I have not saved a thousand taels in more than ten years. This Baihu Zhou doesn't look that old. How can he earn so much money? " After Wu Baoer finished sighing, he was not thinking about how to rely on others, but how to get benefits from this fat sheep, Zhou Qingfeng. He had the temperament of a pirate. He never had the thought of 'working together is mutually beneficial'.
After entering the dock, Wu Baoer knew more.
The wood that was transported from everywhere was bought by Zhou Qingfeng from around Fushun. The blacksmiths and carpenters in Fushun were now desperately recruiting people to make axes and saws. More people joined Zhou Qingfeng's men. They took tools and went into the mountains to cut wood. The cut wood was loaded onto the carriages. The horses that pulled the carriages were sent by the Yehe tribe.
Nowadays, one to two thousand pieces of wood were sent to the dock every day. The carpenters on the dock used iron nails and tree vines to firmly tie the pine wood, making two layers of rafts. These rafts were loaded with one or two tons of building materials or manpower and moved along the Mun River. They only needed to stay at the rest points along the way for two or three days before they reached the camp and joined the construction of the camp downstream.
The fishermen in Fushun and even Shenyang had been recruited. There was a shortage of people who could control the rafts. Wu Baoer and his group originally had to stay in the detention room for seven days before they could come out. Now, they could only be released for emergency training.
Looking at the bustling work scene on the shore of the Mun River, Wu Baoer and the others were dumbfounded. They had never seen such a large-scale labor scene. There were hundreds of people working together, and every half an hour, a raft would be launched. The goods that were waiting to be loaded onto the raft would be hoisted up and firmly tied up.
Even the pulleys that were used to lift the goods onto the raft from the shore caused Wu Baoer to marvel. The wooden box was a standard transport box. It was made by the city's carpenters according to Zhou Qingfeng's requirements. It was one meter high, two meters long, and was one meter wide. Each looked very cumbersome. It was convenient to transport, but it was terrible to lift. But with the pulleys, two or three people could pull the box with a hemp rope.
"It's really convenient to transport goods." Wu Baoer stood there and looked at it. He didn't want to leave. The huge and cumbersome wooden box only needed three people to move it onto the raft in a quarter of an hour. This efficiency was too fast. The entire dock also had people who were responsible for dispatching. When to enter the carriage, when to move the wooden box, and who should be where. There were many people at the scene, but it was orderly.
Wu Baoer was really impressed with this work efficiency. He had seen the Dengzhou guards' inspection once every few years. There were hundreds of people crowded together for a long time, and they couldn't form a line. It was really a mess like a headless fly. It was completely incomparable to the tacit cooperation they had right now.
"This damned place is really strange." Wu Baoer didn't understand, so he regarded all the strange things he saw as' strange '. He couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart. He felt that he really wasn't Zhou Qingfeng's opponent on land. But he quickly regained his confidence. "As long as we're on the sea, I, Lord Wu, still have thousands of methods."
Wu Baoer finally led his men to the dock. The twenty selected sailors were already lined up, and the few wooden rafts used for teaching were also prepared. He subconsciously wanted to show off his power to all the sailors, so he couldn't help but ask for some filial piety. But Zhou Qingfeng, who was well aware of the habits of these pirates, couldn't let them spread bad habits among his troops.
Zhou Qingfeng had other matters to attend to, so Xu Bing specially rushed to the dock to monitor the sailors' teaching situation. When Wu Baoer saw that a woman actually dared to point fingers at him, he was about to explode. In the end, he was tamed by a cold snort from Xu Bing. Xu Bing's spiritual power was of the 'sound' attribute, so her cold snort was like a clap of thunder to Wu Baoer's ears. His ears buzzed, and he almost fell down.
"Amazing, amazing. Why is everyone in Fu Shun so amazing?" After Wu Baoer was dealt with, he crawled up from the ground. He looked at the cold and mocking Xu Bing, then looked at the spear squad that had been specially transferred over to monitor the situation. He could only lower his head again and admit defeat.
"Only by working hard will you have a future, otherwise you're all useless people. For useless people, Officer Zhou absolutely can't be bothered to waste food. "After beating him up, Xu Bing threw down this sentence and turned to leave.
Seeing that even a woman was so difficult to deal with, Wu Baoer completely dispelled the idea of being unreasonable. He turned back to look at his twelve subordinates, and could only vent his anger on them. "What are you still standing there for? Teach those landlubbers to row a boat. Didn't you guys always say that I, Lord Wu, was too ruthless? Now you see something even more ruthless?! "
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