Chapter 903 Acceptance

Instead, another stipulation in the agreement expired:

Bai Lie must vacate the tenants on the outer islands of Yangshan Islands within six days after the signing of the agreement, and then hand over the islands to the new owners.

The officials are already busy with this matter.

In other words, Lu Qingan and He Lingchuan will meet again tomorrow to take the remaining 40,000 taels of silver.

Will that kid think that Bai Lie is a fraud and refuse to pay the balance?

If so, don't blame them.

However, judging from the situation that Lu Qingan sent people to follow He Lingchuan, although this rich kid lingered in the market, eating, drinking and wandering around all day, he didn't seem to ask anyone about the Yangshan Islands.

If he didn't ask, others certainly wouldn't tell him on their own initiative.

Lu Qingan didn't know whether his men would find out the news and report it.

Instead, Ding Zuodong, a subordinate of He Lingchuan, was more active. He has been purchasing furniture, tiles, farm tools, seeds, etc., and recruiting skilled craftsmen. It seems that he really wants to do a big job in Yangshan Islands.

It is almost autumn now, and it is a bit late to plant other crops, but wheat is suitable. And we should hurry up to open up wasteland and build fields. Even if we don’t plant anything, after applying wood ash and nurturing for a whole winter, the soil fertility will increase, and we can directly sow seeds in the spring of next year without wasting time.

Lu Qingan introduced all these channels to He Lingchuan.

Although he cheated the rich young master in the sale of islands, he helped others to find good reputations and good materials.

This is not because Lu Qingan has a conscience, but because the best local material suppliers are either opened by the Lu family or have invested in them. They make money, and the Lu family can also share dividends.

Killing two birds with one stone, what's wrong?

In the afternoon, he was looking through the grain account book for Mou Guo, and suddenly someone came to report:

"The pirates in Yangshan Islands suffered a heavy blow a few days ago."

Lu Qingan hummed, and didn't take it seriously at first.

The pirates in Yangshan Islands have been a problem for a long time and have been repeatedly eliminated. After Qing took over Blade Harbor, it also sent people to encircle and suppress the pirates several times. Now the number of pirates active in the archipelago is not large, and they are not rampant, so both sides are too lazy to care.

Bai Lie does not care about the life and death of pirates, and it is better to suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, now that the Yangshan Islands have changed hands, the pirates have become a problem for the new owner and have nothing to do with Bai Lie.

However, thinking of the new "island owner", Lu Qingan immediately noticed this special time: "Ten days ago?"

Ten days ago, the Yangshan Islands were still in their hands.

Eight days ago, He Lingchuan sent people to the door to buy the Yangshan Islands.

Could it be that they were the ones who severely damaged the pirates? "Which force defeated the pirates?"

"Yin Hu."

As soon as this answer came out, Lu Anqing was stunned for two breaths: "What? They dare to go deep into the archipelago?"

Those pirates are old hands, how could they not know the danger deep in the archipelago?

"No, no. I heard from the people at the supply depot that for two consecutive nights, the pirates were wiped out by Yin Hu in two nests, and nearly 200 people died."

The total number of pirates is less than a thousand, right? Lu Qingan was surprised: "You mean, the Yin Hu came out of the outer periphery of the archipelago?"

It is impossible for pirates to build nests in the depths of the archipelago. The only explanation is that the Yin Hu swam out of their territory and invaded the outer waters!

This is really a strange thing that has never happened in thousands of years.

"Yes!" The subordinate continued, "The people at the supply depot said today that there was actually movement on the Black Page Island that night, and something was desperately banging on the door. These guys quickly hid in the bunkers at the back. These fortifications are to prevent pirate riots, but in the end they saved their lives."

Pirates usually don't attack supply depots, but the latter have to be guarded against.

"They saw clearly that it was indeed Yin Hu?"

"Yes, I can see it clearly through the crack in the door. Each one is very big, at least more than three meters long."

Lu Anqing took a breath: "Yangshan Islands are no longer safe."

If the Yin Hu come out to make trouble, the waterways outside the Yangshan Islands will soon become deserted.

Huh, fortunately they have sold those islands.

The trouble in that sea area has nothing to do with Bai Lie from now on.

In the evening, he reported the matter to his father as usual.

Lu Zhensheng listened and said with his chin on his hand: "How could it be such a coincidence that all the things happened at the same time?"

Yin Hu expanded, pirates were injured, and the archipelago was sold.

Within ten days, all these things happened around the Yangshan Islands.

"What does father think?"

"It's hard to say whether the surnamed He has anything to do with these things." Lu Zhensheng pondered, "Since the Yin Hu has expanded its activity area, it will be a bit dangerous for you to accompany him to the island for inspection tomorrow."

Lu Qing'an nodded: "I won't go, someone else will accompany him. And-"

He paused: "In the past two days, there have been corpses floating to Daofeng Port, piled on the beach on the southwest side of the port, and the stench is overwhelming. The port has been cleaned several times, but they still keep floating here. These corpses are basically half-burnt and incomplete, but they are easy to identify-all Yin Hu. Fishermen in Daofeng Port complained that no one dared to eat the fish near the port. Even the Qing government officials were alarmed and sent people to inquire with us."

Yin Hu died one after another, the reason is unknown? Lu Zhensheng thought for a long time: "Yin Hu died, and the survivors came ashore to attack human gathering places, which may mean that something major happened on Longji Island."

"Does Mr. He know the reason?"

"You can test him tomorrow, but you must complete the agreement first and get the remaining money." Lu Zhensheng rubbed his hands, "Yangshan Islands have been sold and will not be returned. No matter what happens to it, it has nothing to do with us."

Lu Qingan smiled and said, "This is how I replied to Qingguo."

……

The next morning.

Just as the sun rose, Yang Zhubu, who was sent by Lu Qingan, arrived at Yunding Villa and asked He Lingchuan to go to Blade Port.

"Why, why so early..." He Lingchuan rubbed his eyes and yawned several times, barely finishing a sentence, "... Go to the island?"

He was in a dream, flirting with Master Sun, and before he could take advantage of it, he was interrupted by this guy.

Damn it!

"Doesn't Mr. He want to inspect it earlier?"

He thought, but seeing these guys were so anxious, He Lingchuan was not anxious.

"Where is Mr. Lu?"

"I went to the city to do something urgent. Mr. He will go to the island today, and I will accompany him." Yang Zhubu smiled, "Mr. Lu will go to Blade Port to wait for you in the afternoon."

He Lingchuan didn't say anything after hearing this.

The last time they had a drink, Lu Qingan agreed to accompany him to the island for inspection, but now he regretted it at the last minute.

Why?

Is it because the sea in Blade Port has been uneasy recently, and Lu Qingan cherishes his life?

This family is really careful. He Lingchuan took note of this characteristic.

It was a sunny day, the sea was rippling with golden waves, and the seagulls were circling and noisy tirelessly. Bai Lie had booked a pleasure boat here in advance, and now he was carrying Yang Zhubu, He Lingchuan and dozens of others to Black Page Island.

He Lingchuan fed a nut to the monkey on his shoulder, and asked Yang Zhubu: "Do the original tenants of the six outer islands agree to move out?"

"We have given them extra money, so why not?" Yang Zhubu smiled, "Originally they didn't make much..."

Not much money.

These words almost slipped out of his mouth, but fortunately he stopped in time.

He Lingchuan looked back at him: "Not much...?"

"They don't take care of these places much." Yang Zhubu shook his head, "It's like a slum, it's cheap."

As he spoke, a black thing floated on the sea.

Everyone took a closer look and found that it was an incomplete corpse.

He Lingchuan pointed at it, looking surprised: "Wow, what the hell is this thing? It's not a human, right?"

"It has a long curled tail, it's not a human." Qiu Hu also squeezed to the side of the boat to watch, and commented seriously, "But it seems to have hands. What kind of monster is this?"

Yang Zhubu wanted to take the opportunity to ask questions as Lu Qingan requested, but then he thought that whether it was a pirate or a snake, telling it would probably ruin the business.

If this young master He regretted not wanting to pay, although the agreement had been reached, he could resort to trickery, but it would be a disadvantage after all.

So he shook his head: "It's just a floating corpse. If Mr. He lived by the sea for a long time, he would know that there is no shortage of strange things in the sea."

He Lingchuan scratched his head, as if he didn't care much, and didn't ask any more questions.

In the morning, the boat sailed with a favorable wind, and soon arrived at Black Page Island.

The island looked lush and green from a distance, but when you get closer, you will find that the shore and cliffs are all black shale. The thin rock flakes are stacked arbitrarily like book pages, which have both the spaciousness of sea rocks and the roughness of tree bark and the texture of annual rings.

There is an arc-shaped bay here, and the wooden trestle extends from the shore into the sea, for ships to dock, passengers to go to the island, and to unload goods and drinking water.

Yang Zhubu walked onto the land along the wooden trestle and pointed upward: "That's the supply station."

Above the black reef group is a group of low houses, of different sizes and shapes, some are made of bamboo, some are made of wood, and some are made of stone. Only the roofs are relatively uniform, basically made of palm leaves, large-leaf seaweed and wheat straw.

Yang Zhubu was right. The supply station here is quite simple, and it is built casually without any planning.

He Lingchuan walked over and saw that the doors of the houses were all open, and the things inside were in a mess, such as broken bottles, broken cans, rotten grass balls, clothes that were not taken away, and stained farm tools.

Is this a supply station? The scavenger's house was still okay.

Seeing the stranger enter the door, several mice slipped out from under the bamboo strips and squeaked away.

There seemed to be a rat hole in the corner of the house.

Seeing this scene, everyone was silent.

Yang Zhubu cursed his subordinates for being perfunctory and not knowing how to clean up after driving the tenants away. Anyone can see that the business here is too bad, and the contractor of the supply warehouse is probably not making any money.

"This family was not honest when they left, and threw all the junk in." He coughed lightly, "Mr. He, don't worry, I'll ask someone to come and clean up."

He Lingchuan's face twitched: "Can they just tear down these houses?"

"Of course." Yang Zhubu's face was a little embarrassed, "Of course."

He changed the subject and quickly introduced to He Lingchuan: "The scenery of the eastern cliffs of this Black Page Island is actually very beautiful. You can see the boundless sea and the waterfalls on the opposite island."