From the estuary of the Crocodile River in Lingzhou, walking west along the coast, only a few dozen miles away, passing an enoki mushroom-shaped mountain standing in the sea, you can see a waterway. After entering the waterway for a mile, it suddenly becomes clear, but it is a bay, white beaches, green dense forests, blue sea water, and towering mountains, combining into a beautiful scenery. The four-character scenery is not enough to describe it. This is a natural good harbor, with a very hidden location. The mountains on both sides are like arms protecting this place to block the wind and rain. The only disadvantage is that it is a little smaller. Of course, compared with those large ports, there is no problem to park hundreds of big ships here.

When Xiao Tianlei picked up a beautiful conch on the beach here, he immediately hastily decided the name of this nameless place - Conch Bay. After that, he naturally occupied the place and began to build a harbor.

The harbor has been built, it is very small and very simple, because there is only one ship anchored here, which is the pirate ship named Concher by Xiao Tianlei again lazy. Today, Concher returned here again after leaving for more than a month.

In addition to the Conch, there are several other ships of all sizes, but they were the spoils of Xiao Tianlei's trip. They were all pirates before.

Xiao Tianlei's plan to capture the pirate ship was very simple. Fishing, the Conch itself was an excellent bait, and there was nothing to do. It attracted the attention of many pirates along the way. These pirates thought they had caught a fat sheep. After some pursuit and chasing the Shanghai Nail, they found that the fat sheep they caught was clearly a disguised tiger. The battle process was not obvious, but the pirate ship was here anyway. As for their original owners, those who died and those who were injured were thrown into the sea to feed the fish, and the rest became prisoners.

A group of people with a embarrassed and panic look were driven off the ship. Among these prisoners were professional pirates, amateurs, and some were just obedient ship workers. However, it was not the reason why Xiao Tianlei failed to kill him this time.

While at sea, he received a message from Xiao Tianfu through a private chat. While exploring the dense forest along the Wild Boar Ridge Waterway, he found a mine near the river. Mining is hard work and very dangerous. Xiao Tianlei would never let his brothers and relatives go to mine. Some pirates surrendered. Xiao Tianlei immediately decided to let these people come to mine, not only mining, but also some other dangerous tasks.

"Let these people take a hot shower, change clothes, and have a full meal."

Xiao Tianlei shouted. The people who were originally in Conch Port were busy. There are now more than 100 people in Conch Port, which is much more than when he set out. However, it is still not enough to complete many of the construction projects planned by Xiao Tianlei. The most important project at present is to expand the port so that all ships can be docked.

After the prisoners had dinner, they were taken to start working and built a port with the others.

Xiao Tianlei led a few people to the side of Conch Bay, where he dug a slender waterway. The sea water flowed through the waterway and flowed to a hill. After climbing over the hill, he could see an open land and saw small pools like squares, among which some ice crystals could be seen. This was a salt drying field.

People must eat salt. A person cannot eat much. Once there are too many people, it is a huge amount. Now Xiao Tianlei is not short of money in his hands, but he can save as much as possible. Besides, using his technology to produce and purify the salt, the quality of salt is much better than what he bought, and he can no longer taste bitter. Xiao Tianlei did the experiment of purifying coarse salt when he was a child, and later continued to improve it to extract most of the impurities.

The salt drying yard looks simple, but in fact it also requires a lot of technology. It is not enough to just hang the sea water there. The salt pond is a concrete-like mixture made by Xiao Tianlei, which is far worse than the cement concrete in his previous life. However, it is OK to use it to repair salt ponds to prevent leakage.

The next day, Xiao Tianlei and his group returned to Wild Boar Ridge, and there were also various supplies and cargo. Large ships were difficult to pass through the narrow waterways, and mainly used a large number of small boats. They were not ordinary boats. These boats were equipped with pedal transmission devices to drive propellers, which could quickly travel back and forth in the river channel, transport goods, and have flexible direction control. However, today's transmission devices can only be used for two people to pedal, and a transmission device that can allow more people to force at the same time is still under development.

On the way, Xiao Tianlei went to see the place of the mine. The dense forest was full of dangers. The safer way to explore the dense forest was to follow the waterway. This time, the mine discovered was not far from the waterway. After learning from Xiao Tianfu that this mine was discovered, he made some arrangements to allow further exploration and initial construction.

Now that I have a lot of money, Xiao Tianlei has more ideas, but there are still many constraints. One of them is manpower, and I can't work with my own group all day long. Although my grandfather can redeem Shanyue people, he has to ensure that the people he is looking for are completely trustworthy, and he has to take it slowly. If he redeems too many people at once, it will inevitably cause some doubts.

Xiao Tianlei knows only limited knowledge about mining, but he knows where there are professional talents. Lingzhou has many mines, many types, and often comes with strange gold. Therefore, Lingzhou has many mines, and the miners are miners. The miners have no freedom of life and their sources are complex. The criminals exiled by the court, Shanyue people, trafficked, foreign races in the north, etc.

What Xiao Tianlei thought of was to rob a mine and rob the miners. Of course, this matter required careful planning.

When Xiao Tianlei arrived at the mine, he just gave the mine a name - Laohuling, and then used the flight ability of the verdict angel to survey the surrounding terrain from the air, make some arrangements for safety measures, and some basic plans. Since he decided to plunder some mine slaves here, building sheds and transporting some daily necessities must be put on the agenda.

It was almost the same when he returned to Wild Boar Ridge. A lot of things were waiting for Xiao Tianlei. From farmland fertilization to some mechanical research, he needed to ask about it. He was so busy that Xiao Tianlei was a little confused. Even if he maintained the status quo, he could live comfortably and smoothly. However, just a moment of thought. He knew very well that since he had to live a life of life, he had to live a life of life. Since he had chosen to take this path, there was no reason to stop. Now it was no longer his own problem. Although he was tired and had nothing to do, it was even more boring.

If you think about it from another perspective, treating all this as a strategic game is undoubtedly much more interesting than all the games you have played. Whether it is Conch Port or Wild Boar Ridge, almost all buildings and facilities have been involved in Xiao Tianlei. It is built bit by bit according to his ideas. Seeing the development day by day, I feel a sense of accomplishment in my heart, even if it is tired, it is worth it.

After working for three days, Xiao Tianlei was free and was about to go home to check. He had been away from home for quite some time, so he would go back to avoid worrying his parents.

When Xiao Tianlei returned home, Xiao Qinghe and his wife were very happy and immediately started to work hard to cook. Jiang never asked how much money his son earned when he was doing business outside. As long as his son returned home safely, Xiao Qinghe was the same, but he had some opinions. Now he doesn't have to worry about food and drink, and he lives in a new house. He can live a peaceful life without having to go out all day. However, he still supports his two sons to do their careers.

While eating, Jiang talked about some family issues as usual, but now there is indeed a big event in the Xiao family. This time, several children of the clan passed the student exam. This incident spread and the Xiao family made a big splash.

Through the imperial examinations, you can obtain corresponding identities, namely, students, bachelors, scholars, wise men. Even if students are real scholars, bachelors are more knowledgeable. Scholars have great knowledge and enjoy privileges, can be exempted from taxes and labor service, and wise men are talents and can enter the court to become officials. This time, several people from the Xiao family passed the exam for students and a few more bachelors seemed to be foreseeable. Therefore, Mr. Xiao was happy every day.

Xiao Tianlei just heard about this. He was not on the same path with the brothers in his family and had ordinary relationships. He didn't want to get involved, especially a few guys who were so funny about their heads that he was a little annoying.

On the other hand, Zheng Biao also returned home to pay homage to his parents. When Zheng Baihu met, he just said "It's back". In fact, Zheng Baihu was quite happy, but he didn't show it. Now Zheng Biao is known as the little bully and the eldest brother of the Brotherhood. Zheng Baihu doesn't think it's anything about this, but instead thinks it's good. Although his reputation is not good, it can really scare many people. This floor has to be a little bit wider, otherwise everyone will have to step on you.

Seeing Zheng Biao's unstoppable excitement and joyful look, Zheng Baihu knew that his son probably had gained a lot during this trip. He had known that his son had followed Xiao Tianlei to do a big deal, so Zheng Baihu was not easy to ask about the specific money he earned, but he couldn't help but want to find out how much money he earned.

After driving Zheng Biao's mother and servants out, Zheng Baihu whispered: "Biaowa, are you going to do a big business this time?" His voice was slight, as if outsiders were afraid of hearing it.

"Yes." Zheng Biao still looked indifferent.

"How much did you earn?! Is there such a number?" Zheng Baihu asked with a little excitement, and gestured a number on his finger.

"How much is this?" Zheng Biao stared at Zheng Baihu's fingers full of doubts.

"Uh...you guys, don't you count when you do business?"

"Uh, so many, so many I can't count them."

"I'll probably tell you a few words and let my father feel at ease." Zheng Baihu dragged Zheng Biao and refused to let go.

"I haven't counted it, but I can count it. I'm exhausted from moving gold and silver. I'm so shaking it makes me dizzy... Let me tell you this, it means that all the gold planted in the field is harvested every year."

Moving gold and silver is exhausted! Planting gold in the ground! You can harvest one crop every year! Just imagine that Zheng Baihu was intoxicated, his whole body was light and seemed to be about to fly, wandering outside the sky.

When Zheng Biao saw that Zheng Baihu had lost his soul, he quickly ran away.

Even when he returned home, Xiao Tianlei was unable to relax. The next day, Qin Jincai and some other brothers rushed to Zhengjiazhuang. They were responsible for all the affairs of the Brotherhood during this period. The Brotherhood recruited members basically based on kinship as a bond, one was tied up with the other, just like a pyramid scheme. Of course, not everyone was admitted. There was an inspection period, and only after the inspection could they officially join.

The Brotherhood has now expanded to several other prefectures in Ganquan County, so it has some conflicts with some local gangsters. However, with Qin Jincai and others in charge, those gangsters can be easily dispossed, and the Brotherhood has also developed rapidly. Some small businesses that the Brotherhood has done are profitable and have a very good development momentum. A hall is also being established to handle various affairs, train members, teach martial arts, etc.

"Tianlei, when will we take us to do something big? Children fight all day long, and it's so trivial." Qin Jincai complained that the affairs of the Brotherhood were indeed complicated and small. At first, Qin Jincai thought it was interesting. Being a gang boss was quite cool. In a few days, he felt that it was not very meaningful, and he was still energetic to rob the big players.

"There's just one thing to do, let's discuss it."

What Xiao Tianlei said was naturally a robbery of mines. There are generally no masters in the mines, and there are no difficult fortifications to break. At most, there are some supervisors, servants, etc., and it is no difficulty to get them down. The main problem is how to transport these mine slaves to the Huling mine quickly, safely and secretly.

Seven days later, just as the sky was dawn, Xiao Tianlei led his men to a mine, subdued everyone silently, tied everyone up within half an hour, took them on a boat, and transported them to the Huling mine by water.

Xiao Tianlei originally wanted to say something to these mine slaves, and look at the numb appearance of those mine slaves, but he would forget it. He didn't know what to say. If he talked about some of the coaxing clichés in movies and TV dramas in previous life, it would be quite stupid. Originally, Xiao Tianlei didn't think he was the liberator, savior, etc. in some movies in previous life. It seemed that those guys did nothing but bragging. Xiao Tianlei liked to do practical things and did not like bragging. He made some arrangements for the diet and daily life of these mine slaves, and asked his grandfather, Doctor Jiang Wu, to treat some of the injuries and diseases of some of them.

Perhaps many of these mine slaves suffered miserables, but it had nothing to do with Xiao Tianlei. Xiao Tianlei is not a bad person, he just needs some miners, that's it.

Xiao Tianlei was not worried that these mine slaves would run away. As long as they had a full meal, they would not be able to escape. Besides, there were dense forests, various wild beasts, and even strange beasts, so where could they run out.

For the mine slaves, they were a little panicked when they were just kidnapped and found that the other party was asking them to mine, so they calmed down. It was no different from the original one, but they just changed places and owners. However, they soon discovered the difference. Life here is much better than before, but they even ate meat. The daily workload required is not heavy. Compared with the previous life, which was worse than death.

Xiao Tianlei stayed in Laohuling for a few days. By asking the mine slaves for some experience, planning and arrangement of the mine, and improving according to some knowledge in his previous life, he asked the carpenters and blacksmiths to make some small carts instead of backpacks, and used some pulley machinery to complete some heavy work, etc.

During this period, several mine slaves killed a supervisor who was tied up with him. This guy had been retaliated before, and he was too cruel to oppress the mine slaves. The supervisor originally wanted to find the boss here to please him and continue to work as a supervisor. As a result, no one paid attention to him and gave him the same treatment as the mine slaves. This guy who pretended to be powerful had no support and lost his life, which was considered to be a self-inflicted. Xiao Tianlei did not ask much about this, but instead let these mine slaves get revenge and take revenge. As long as it is reasonable, he would not ask, but set up a series of reward and punishment systems.

Xiao Tianlei's affairs are far from over, and he needs to personally inquire about the subsequent smelting and other aspects.
Chapter completed!