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Chapter 146 Landing on Kinmen Island

The man first checked Gao Shixin's Lu Yin, then took out a contract, wrote Zhang Sheng's name on the paper, then asked Gao Shixin to press a fingerprint on it, and then said to him: "Okay, you can go to Kinmen early tomorrow morning. But remember, after joining us, you cannot quit casually, nor can you go home to visit your family casually."

Gao Shi said in confidence: This thief actually wants to lead the way? But he is still plagiarizing the contract. Anyway, there is nothing unfavorable to him in the contract. It is nothing more than abiding by the rules of the pirate industry, not embezzling the proceeds of plunder, obeying the arrangements of the head. He didn't know why he had to show the way. It turned out that it was to verify the identity of the visitor.

Cai Jiuyi, Wu Liuqi, Fu Shan, Ji Jike and other four people also passed the inquiry and obtained a contract to land on the island. Naturally, they had no way to guide them, but they all had the certificate of monks.

It was already dark and there was a boat going out to sea until the next day. So the refugees who were preparing to join the pirates and who were preparing to go south to hunt for gold were arranged by the Yang family to spend one night in a temporary camp by the sea.

The so-called temporary camp is a few broken wooden houses built with broken boat boards. More than 100 people who are about to go out to sea tomorrow are crowded in it for a night.

The next morning, the pirates gave breakfast to the refugees.

The so-called breakfast is a large bucket of porridge made of rice bran and wheat bran, and each person gave a small piece of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are very small, about the same size as the medium-sized potatoes in later generations. This is because this crop has not been introduced to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and it has only been cultivated in Fujian and Guangdong. It has not been spread to other places, nor has it been improved.

As for why this high-yield crop is not cultivated elsewhere? It is said that it was blocked by local landlords and gentry. As for why it was blocked by local landlords and gentry, Gao Shixin couldn't figure out the reason.

In the original time and space, this high-yield crop was not promoted throughout the country until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, so it solved the problem of food and clothing for the people, and the population also increased sharply. Therefore, the so-called Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era can also be called the sweet potato era. Without the high-yield crop of sweet potatoes, the two wise monarchs of Kangxi and Qianlong might have been overthrown by the angry people.

Speaking of which, the luck of the Qing Dynasty was so good. When it was about to be killed by Xiong Tingbi, Wanli died. The party struggles led to Xiong Tingbi's step down, and the dying Dajin came back to life. Sun Chengzong went to Liaodong and also stepped down due to the party struggles, so the Dajin further grew. Later, Yan Mingtai went to Liaodong, which made Dajin breathless for a while. As a result, Tianqi died. Chongzhen believed Yuandudu's five-year plan to pacify Liao. Yuandudu went to Liaodong, killed Mao Wenlong, and sold food to Dajin, which triggered the change of Jisi...

Even so, it would be difficult for our Qing Dynasty to enter the Central Plains. However, the Ming Dynasty's own civil strife led to the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the bandits. The bandits were about to be wiped out, so the Qing Dynasty came in and entered the bandits. When the Qing Dynasty left, the bandits developed again. The bandits and the Qing Dynasty continued to bleed the Ming Dynasty and finally fell down.

Therefore, Gao Shixin felt that this trip to Fujian was worth it. Even if Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong were not convinced, he would bring a batch of sweet potatoes back to the north to plant them, which would solve the possible famine problems in the future.

After breakfast, the refugees who were preparing to cross the sea were waiting on the seaside dock. At 9 o'clock in the morning, a 500-yuan dafu ship sailed to the shore, and the refugees who were preparing to cross the sea boarded the ship one after another. After everyone got on the ship, the Dafu ship set sail, and the sails slowly rose and headed towards the Kinmen on the other side.

The Dafu ship entered the harbor of the pirates on Kinmen Island. There was a large port here. There were ships of all sizes, including the Dafu ships of four to six hundred materials, the Cangshan ships of two to three hundred materials, and the centipede cliff ships of about two hundred materials, but the largest number was the various small sampans.

In fact, those small sampans also have their names. Some are called net shuttles, some are called eagle ships, some are called serial ships, some are called mother-child ships, and some are called fire dragon ships. The serial ships, mother-child ships and fire dragon ships are actually fire attack ships.

The most amazing thing is that there are two huge Western hull gunboats here! The two ships are warships that combine Chinese and Western styles. The hull is a Western hull, with two layers of artillery decks and two layers of gun doors on both sides. At this time, the gun doors are closed, and two rows of white windows are seen on the brown hull. In fact, they are all gun doors and there are Thais guns inside. However, although the hull of this kind of ship is Western, the sails are Chinese hard sails.

It turns out that it is not that Yan Siqi cannot imitate Western soft sails, but that there is a lack of sailors who know how to operate soft sails. The operation of Western soft sails is very complicated, and sailors without certain experience cannot control soft sailing ships at all. However, the advantage of soft sailing ships is that they are large in wind-receiving area and can provide the ship with higher speeds.

The Dafu ship passed between the warships of the League of Brothers and finally approached the shore. Standing along the boat and looking at the shore, you can find that there is a seaside town here, which seems very prosperous. In fact, this is also a pirate town. The residents of the town are all the families of pirates of the League of Brothers.

The ship stopped on the shore, and the Gushixin and others followed the refugees to land and waited on the pier.

Not long after, someone came to pick them up. More than 100 refugees were divided into two teams, one was preparing to go to Southeast Asia to hunt for gold, with a relatively small number of people, about thirty people; the other team was preparing to stay on the island to be pirates, with a relatively large number of people, with more than 70 people.

Gao Shixin was also preparing to join the pirates. After the Brothers League came to check, he took them away from the dock, passed through the town, and headed to the camp.

After passing through this town, Gao Shixin discovered that although the sparrows in this town are small, there are blacksmith shops, clinics, private schools, shops, restaurants and restaurants, and even kilns.

After passing through the town, I walked across a highway. There were farmland on both sides of the highway, but there was only one crop in the farmland, that is sweet potatoes. On Kinmen Island, for a long time, almost nothing was planted except sweet potatoes.

After passing through the avenue between the farmlands, I walked a long way and arrived in front of a camp.

The man opened his voice and said, "My name is Shi Daxuan, and I will take you new recruits in the future! You are here for the first time. When you make contributions in the future, you will naturally be assigned a place to live. If you have any other place you don't understand, you can go to Shi's mansion in the town to find me!"

As for Shi Daxuan, this is also a celebrity in the Brotherhood, and later he was also a famous general. However, his son is even more famous, and Shi Daxuan's son is Shi Lang!

Gao Shixin and the others moved into the barracks, which were all bamboo houses, and it was quite cool to live in them in summer. However, there were too many people and few houses, and there were often five or six pirates crowded in one room. Gao Shixin lived in the same room with his four small followers.

Looking at the recruit training camp, Gao Shi said confidently: If this continues, when will he meet such big-name figures as Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong? If he follow the steps, it will take several months to be in the recruit training camp. He will be assigned to board the boat, go to sea to fight, and wait for the qualification to make a living, it will probably take several years! At that time, the daylily was cold.

No, it is definitely not a solution to wait like this. You have to get in touch with the investments of senior pirates from Yan Siqi as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Gao Shixin left the house and ran towards the town.

Before Shi Daxuan could walk far away, he heard someone shouting behind him: "Sir Shi! Chief Shi!" He turned his head, but saw a young man in rags running towards him. Shi Daxuan had a little impression of him, this person was one of the refugees just now.

"This little brother, what's wrong with you when you're looking for Shi?" asked Shi Daxuan.
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