As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 765: Night Rain and Wind on the Sea

Hu Lian tilted his head and thought for a while, "Thanks to your professor, everyone can identify edible seafood. Most people can make a living by fishing. Some people are very hardworking and live a good or even wealthy life by relying on their own strength. However, there are lazy people everywhere, and some people don't live a very happy life, but overall, the good outweighs the bad!"

At least Hu Lian himself is a beneficiary of this sea. From having enough food to becoming a monk, it all has a great relationship with Su Yuanhai.

Jiang Ran nodded and continued to listen to Hu Lian's clear youthful voice. "However, more and more people have flocked to Nanzhu Village this year. Perhaps it is because the boat shop rents and sells boats to ordinary people like us. Many cultivators or warriors who think they have some strength have seen the opportunity and flocked to Nanzhu Village. Nanzhu Village originally has a small land area and the villagers basically have no arable land. The village is really crowded. With more people, public security is not as good as in previous years."

In addition, industries such as salt fields and shipyards are located in Nanzhu Village, and this small village cannot accommodate so many people.

Dasu adopts a household registration system. It is not so easy to transfer your household registration, but as long as you want to do it, there is always a way.

Some officials have also responded to the current situation in Nanzhu Village. In order to prevent the people from just wanting to go out to sea and abandoning the land, the officials of Dasu proposed a policy of increasing fishing taxes.

On the one hand, it can increase the tax revenue of Dasu, and on the other hand, it can ensure that there are people who continue to farm and do other business.

This policy is expected to be officially implemented in October this year.

But even so, it is estimated that many people will still choose to flock to Nanzhu Village. After all, with the markets of Mingxiao and Tianchen behind it, Dasu’s seafood will never have trouble selling. And in the entire Dasu, there is only one ferry crossing, which is Nanzhu Village.

Jiang Ran thought about the terrain around Dasu. Except for the northern part which was isolated by the mountains, the southern part, that is, the eastern part of Huangquan Swamp, was actually close to the ocean. The terrain of Huangquan Swamp was flat. If the poisonous miasma could be overcome, it would be great to build a shipyard and a ferry there.

As we talked about this, the sun gradually moved westward, and large patches of orange light appeared on the horizon, which soon faded into light red and light gray. There was a dim feeling that a quiet twilight was approaching this world.

Before nightfall, Chen Guangyu and others who had been exploring the surrounding environment also returned, and someone was seen bringing back some wild fruits and game.

Chen Guangyu said, "Your Highness, this island is quite large. We only had time to explore the area within a radius of ten miles. There are many tall trees and weeds here, but no ferocious beasts. We only saw some pythons and large rabbits."

As he spoke, he shook the rabbit in his hand. The rabbit was half a meter tall, with warm yellow fluffy curly fur and gray-blue eyes.

Chen Guangyu put the little yellow rabbit on the ground. No one was controlling it. The little guy didn't even know how to run away. He tilted his head and looked at everyone, sniffing the air from time to time. He looked very cute and docile.

Perhaps it is because there are not too many predators on the island that they can reproduce successfully.

"Your Highness, life at sea is very boring. I think this rabbit is pretty good-looking, but I don't know what kind it is. If there is no problem, why not bring it on board to entertain you?"

Jiang Ran didn't respond yet, but Bai Mei's mouth was watering. "Haha~" Although the meat doesn't look very nutritious, it has a plump body~
"This should be a Tired Rabbit." Hu Lian said, "I've read in a book before that Tired Rabbit is a brown-haired rabbit that loves to sleep. Rabbits in the population are generally small earth-type monsters. Just like what Commander Chen said, this rabbit has a relatively docile temperament and only eats vegetarian food."

Judging from its appearance and personality, this rabbit is quite suitable as a pet.

Chen Guangyu nodded and said to Hu Lian with a smile, "As expected of a cultivator from Suhong Academy, you are well-educated and talented."

Jiang Ran said, "We are going to sail on the sea, and we don't have enough grass to feed it, so let it go."

"Yes." Chen Guangyu had no objection. He threatened the rabbit that was standing there stupidly, and it suddenly jumped into the bushes and disappeared.

The most disappointed person was Bai Mei, because the fat rabbit flew away. A flickering bonfire was lit at night, and everyone was halfway through their meal when suddenly a strong wind blew, and bean-sized raindrops fell, the bonfire went out, and the world instantly fell into darkness.

The black-armored soldier took out the Liuyun lantern to illuminate the water, and saw that the sea water suddenly became turbulent, and countless waves surged onto the Dongliao Island. The Henghai No. 2, which was docked in the deep bay, was swaying in the sea water.

"The weather at sea is so unpredictable." This scene did not cause too much panic among the old Xuanjia soldiers. Some new recruits were a little confused at first, but seeing their predecessors so calm, they also calmed down.

Jiang Ran was holding an ice umbrella, and the raindrops hitting it made some crisp tinkling sounds.

She watched the soldiers quickly pack up their things and ordered, "There is no shelter from the rain on Dongliao Island, let's go back to the ship first."

The next voyage is still a long way to go, and it would be terrible if the soldiers got sick here.

The group quickly returned to the Henghai No. 2.

Everyone stepped onto the deck, and the shaking boat made it difficult for them to stand steadily.

"Luckily, this is the large Henghai No. 2. If it was a small fishing boat, it would have capsized long ago."

Bai Lifei basically did not get off the boat, but stayed in the bedroom to draw blueprints until the boat began to shake and there was a lot of noise. Then he came out of the bedroom and went outside to see the situation.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Seeing Jiang Ran, he held onto a part of the boat as a handle to steady himself, and stretched out his other hand to take the ice umbrella from Jiang Ran's hand to hold it for her. In the wind and rain, he raised his voice and said in her ear, "Your Highness, do you want to activate the Wind Spirit Rudder? It will allow our boat to resist the strong wind and stabilize!!"

"Open it." Jiang Ran also wanted to see the power of the improved Wind Spirit Rudder.

Once the order was given, everyone immediately carried it out. The black-armored soldiers immediately divided into four waves and ran to the two cabins at the bow and stern. There was a large wheel in the cabin. The wheel was very heavy, and it took two or three people to work together to twist the wind spirit rudder.

Hu Lian, who was most sensitive to the trajectory of the wind, was giving orders at this time. He controlled a few wisps of wind and transmitted his voice to the ears of the boatman who controlled the wind spirit rudder.

"The strongest wind on the sea is the west wind! We have to turn left!"

"Just twist it halfway!"

"One, two!"

"One, two harder!"

"Okay! That's it!"

"Wind~~~~" There was a hum of wind on the boat, and the violently shaking hull suddenly stopped, like a shaking swing suddenly controlled by a hand, and the shaking boat suddenly became quiet!

It wasn't completely stagnant, the Wind Spirit Rudder only controlled the direction of the wind, but it couldn't calm the restless sea water, so it was still shaking a little, but it was much better than the feeling just now that it seemed like it was going to be overturned!