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Chapter 181

Shuisheng shook his head: "If you can't buy it, all shipping companies have received orders, and the destination of each ship needs the approval of the Ministry of Shipping of the Empire."

Ren Daoyuan stared into the distance and sighed softly: "Shui Sheng, do you know about boats?"

Shuisheng shook his head, he had never left Xiangshui Bay, and he had only heard about the boat company, but not here.Xiangshui Bay only has a dock of more than a dozen people, which can be used to repair and maintain fishing boats. For large ships with more than [-] materials, even the most basic maintenance cannot be done here.

"Young master, I understand a little bit." The second manager followed up and said softly while standing aside.

"Oh! Tell me."

"Young master, Bingzhou has a total of ten major shipyards, and dozens of small boathouses. The big boathouses are those that can manufacture more than [-] materials. The number of boats manufactured every year is about [-]." Can become the Ren family. Of course, the second manager is not an incompetent person. Although the affairs in Xiangshuiwan have not been settled, the basic situation of Bingzhou is well known.

"Five hundred new ships every year?" Ren Daoyuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect so many new ships to be produced.

"Master, it sounds like a lot, but it's not. There are more than [-] ships that are sunk and damaged every year, and there are still [-] or [-] old ships that need to be replaced. Therefore, the total number of ships owned by Bingzhou is It didn't actually increase."

"How's the boat going recently?" Ren Daoyuan thought of a possibility.

"The top ten shipping companies are working at full capacity. The production volume is more than double the usual, but the number of ships for sale is still only [-]." The second steward replied, raising his eyebrows, thinking about the problem.

In the past few years, he has been worrying about the Ren family's camp. These materials were only collected by someone. He glanced at them, but did not study them in depth.When Ren Daoyuan asked, he realized that there was really a problem.Where did the extra five hundred ships go?

"Can the number of naval forces in Bingzhou increase?" Ren Daoyuan asked. After all, Bingzhou is close to the sea, so not only do you have to be careful of counterattacks from the South China Sea islands, but you also have to deal with pirates.

There are not many pirates, but they are very annoying. Unlike horse thieves, they kill people and steal money at sea, but they have nowhere to escape. Therefore, both Bingzhou and Yuzhou have a navy, and the Bingzhou navy is the most powerful.

"There is no increase. The Bingzhou navy has always had a thousand warships. Last year, a batch was replaced. All the warships with less than 300 materials were replaced with those with more than [-] materials. There are about [-] ships." The second steward recalled. He said that this information was useless to him, and it was not easy to keep it in his heart.

Ren Daoyuan and Ren Feng looked back at each other, and they both saw a trace of surprise in each other's eyes. Unexpectedly, Bingzhou was so well prepared.

As an outsider, there is not enough information to judge the real intention of the Daishui Empire, but one thing is certain, the Daishui Empire has kept a lot of ships in recent years.

"Forget it, don't worry about Bingzhou's affairs for the time being. Shuisheng, are you willing to help me?" Ren Daoyuan turned to look at Shuisheng and asked.

Shuisheng shook his head and said: "It's not that I won't help you, I can't get a boat, I'm a magic star, even if I have money, they won't sell me a boat. And in Xiangshui Bay, you can't buy more than [-] materials big ship."

What Shuisheng said was the truth. Xiangshuiwan was originally a small town with a population of less than [-]. Half of the people were farmers and the other half were sea hunters.There are quite a few boats, there are hundreds of them, but they are all offshore fishing boats and cannot travel far seas.

"If I can get a boat, are you willing to help me?" Ren Daoyuan continued to ask, the effect of the tender illusion painting was almost used.

Shuisheng hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "If you can bring out enough gold coins, I can help you steer the boat out to sea."

Ren Daoyuan heaved a sigh of relief, this tender illusion can only confuse ordinary people for a while, the advantage is that there are no side effects, even if Shuisheng feels something is wrong later, he still can't figure out what is wrong.

"Shuisheng, how about this? You join our Ren family, and you will specialize in sailing and sailing for the Ren family in the future. I know that in Xiangshui Bay, you can't find anyone alive, and they don't want to work with you. Your business, I have heard that the Ren family is considered a big family in Qingzhou, and it is not a problem to raise some orphans. From now on, those children will follow you, and our Ren family will take care of them." Ren Daoyuan had heard the second manager talk about Shui Sheng a long time ago, so naturally he also Know what he needs.

"Really?" Shui Sheng stood up violently, his feet were bare and without shoes, and he stepped on the slippery rocks, but he stood extremely firmly.

"Of course, but my Ren family's financial resources are limited, so we can only guarantee that we can't afford to take care of the orphans in other places near Xiangshui Bay." Ren Daoyuan quickly said, if this kind-hearted person works together, the orphans in Bingzhou will be taken care of. Ren Daoyuan really couldn't bear to accept them all.

"Deal." Shui Sheng said excitedly, he actually forgot to raise the price to Ren Daoyuan.

"Let's go, follow me back to the village group, and bring your brothers and sisters, as long as they are willing to come, our family will accept them." Ren Daoyuan said.

Shuisheng's appeal is much stronger than Ren Daoyuan imagined. There are more than 40 orphans who come with him. The youngest is only a few years old, and the oldest is only about 20 years old. These orphans have one thing in common , that is, not married.

According to Shuisheng, anyone who has a family will naturally have concerns in his heart and have his own house, so he no longer lives with these orphans.But they often send some food and money.

The Ren family's manor in Xiangshuiwan is really too small, with an acre and a half of their own land, after the house is built, there is almost no open space, and there are only a dozen houses. Most of the people still live in Xiangshuiwan Town , You also need to spend a lot of gold coins and rent a house to live.

The people in Bingzhou are really ruthless. The rent here is usually so cheap that you are speechless. When the people from Qingzhou and Yunzhou came, the room was improved hundreds of times. Ren Daoyuan walked around with the second manager and found an ordinary The courtyard costs dozens of gold coins every month.As for such courtyards, the Ren family rented a total of [-] courtyards.

With a gloomy face, Ren Daoyuan returned to the courtyard where the Ren family lived, and glared at the second steward: "Is this how you do things? A courtyard with dozens of gold coins a month actually rented fifty? You know, you came here, There are only a hundred people, so how many courtyards are needed?"

In fact, Ren Daoyuan didn't care about the rent of less than a thousand gold coins a month, he just expressed his dissatisfaction with the behavior of the second steward.

"Master, there are two reasons. One is that these people are all old people from the Ren family, and many of them are special servants. The other is that we need enough resources, many of which are difficult to buy. After buying, There is no place to store it." The second steward said helplessly.Don't think he's in charge, but he really can't manage some people.

"Understood, you go down first." Ren Daoyuan hesitated for a moment, and let the second steward quit first, and he also understood that the second steward was not entirely to blame for this matter.

"Zifeng, go and call Shuisheng." Ren Daoyuan said to Gong Zifeng outside the door after the second steward left.

"Good young master." Gong Zifeng responded and walked out.The manor was not big, and it didn't take long. Shuisheng walked in sweaty. He has been busy since he took over the Ren family's errand. It is not easy to arrange these children properly. The current Ren family The manor is really too small. There used to be quite a few Ren family members living here. It is really not easy to let them move out and make room for the newcomers.

"Shuisheng, you have also seen that this manor is too small, and we can't even arrange for such a small number of people. Do you have any good ideas?" Ren Daoyuan asked. He knew nothing about the situation in Xiangshui Bay, so he naturally wanted to ask Ask the locals, Shuisheng grew up here since he was a child.Xiangshuiwan is not a big town. The whole town has less than 1 people.Shui Sheng didn't say that he knew everyone in the town, but it was not too far off.

Shuisheng thought for a while and said, "Master, on the surface of Xiangshuiwan, the town chief has the final say. There is a town soldier under his command. There are about 200 people who farm the land in normal times and serve as soldiers in wartime. Apart from the town chief, The Chixia Villa outside Xiangshuiwan Town seems to be very powerful."

Chixia Villa?Ren Daoyuan recalled that he seemed to have some impressions. He remembered that on the way here, he saw a large manor covering dozens of slopes.The walls are high and the courtyard is deep, so you can't see what's going on inside from the outside, but from the size alone, you can tell that the owner of the manor is unusual.

"Do you know the owner of Chixia Villa?" Ren Daoyuan asked.

Shuisheng shook his head and said: "I've never seen it before. It is said that the owner of Chixia Mountain Villa was originally a disciple of Bingquan Daozong. Later, he was injured due to meritorious deeds. He left the sect and returned to his hometown. He built a manor here. People have seen the owner of the village come out, but the people in the village often go to the town to buy."

Ren Daoyuan nodded, not having too much hope for Chixia Villa in his heart.Since he is a disciple of the sect, he might be even more xenophobic than the head of the town against outsiders in Qingzhou. He may have set many rules.

Trouble, even though Xiangshuiwan doesn't have much force, Ren Daoyuan would never dare to do anything, even with Ren Feng by his side.It is not difficult to defeat Xiangshuiwan, but after that, they will have to face the wrath of the Daishui Empire, which is not something the Ren family can bear.

It seems that this Chixia Mountain Villa still has to take a trip. Put aside the matter of not being able to go to sea. If there is not a large enough place to live here, if the Ren family really needs to go to sea one day, there is not even a place to stay here. No.

"Can I buy a boat? I want a bigger one?" Ren Daoyuan asked again. After all, Shuisheng is a local, and he wants to get many more opportunities than himself.Money is not a problem, Ren Daoyuan still has hundreds of thousands in his hand, plus the gold coins sent this time, there is no need to worry about not having enough in a short time.

Shuisheng thought for a while and said, "Probably not. We have been ordered here not to sell boats to outsiders. It's the same in other places. If you want to buy a big boat, it's not impossible, but you can't buy it in Bingzhou."

(End of this chapter)