Chapter 102 A Coconut Leaked Intelligence
The next morning, the fleet arrived at the Nan'ao Island Pier.
After saying goodbye to Lin Zhongcheng, Mr. Zhao got off the ship, and yawned and watched the governor's fleet sail south from the dock.
The judge Shu Tong, who stood beside him, was also listless, with dark circles facing him, his eyes as red as a rabbit.
"Why, you haven't slept all night?" Zhao Hao asked curiously: "Don't sleep in the middle of the night and be a door god?"
"No, I've gone to bed early, I'm just getting older and I'm recognizing the bed." Punishment Shu Tong was told, and smiled embarrassedly. He leaned closer and asked, "Brother, have you said a few words to Lin Zhongcheng Meiyanyu?"
"Uh..." Zhao Hao was stunned. He had never thought about this. But how thief this guy was? He nodded and said, "Some say something, and of course some say something."
"Oh, thank you, thank you." Punishment Shu Tong immediately became energetic. After a night of fatigue and depression, he hurriedly bowed his gratitude and then asked, "What did you say?"
"You are good, it's good to be kind, but it's good in any case..." Mr. Zhao had no choice but to speak nonsense. He was used to lying... and changed to being honest and reliable all the time, so no one could tell the truth or falsehood.
"I'm not that good..." Said Shu Tong covered his face shyly and asked in a slight manner: "What did Zhongcheng say?"
"Zhongcheng said," Zhao Hao patted his shoulder and imitated Lin Run's tone and said: "Tell him to judge Shu Tong and let him follow Zhao Sima Gan properly, and his future will be limitless!"
"Yes! The humble position will definitely live up to the high expectations of the Chief Executive!" Shu Fu hurriedly pointed his head with great excitement. His whole body was filled with strength, and he wished he could put wings on his feet and fly back to the city and follow Mr. Zhao to do something special.
"Let's go, brother, let's go back quickly, don't let your father wait and worry!" Punishment Shu Tong's voice was octave higher.
"Oh, I still have something to do, so I won't go back." Zhao Hao smiled.
This time he went south, his first stop was originally from Ryukyu, but he was worried that his uneasy father would hurry south to Chaozhou. Now that Mr. Zhao's danger has been lifted, his heels have stood firm, and the situation has opened up. The rest is only necessary to implement the results achieved during this period. These things can be handled by the father's management team, and he doesn't need to worry about them anymore.
Zhao Hao received a report from the security area the day before yesterday that the task force heading south had completed supplies and set sail, and it was still ten days before he could arrive at Ryukyu. So Mr. Zhao should also look back and look for the bad luck of King Shangyi of Zhongshan.
Watching the finally comfortable judge Shu Tong returned to Hanjiangkou by boat, Zhao Hao also raised his foot and put on a bloody roar.
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On the First Blood Number, Wang Rulong and Tang Paul had been waiting for a long time.
"Huh, I'm so tired..." Mr. Zhao threw himself into the lounge chair under the parasol. Paul Tang inspired him to serve fresh coconut.
"Oh, it's a rare thing!" Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up. He couldn't wait to take a deep breath of refreshing coconut water, and suddenly felt that the fatigue of the day had dissipated a lot. "Where does it come from, Penghu?"
"No, I did it when I came from the bottom." Paul Tang smiled. "There are several coconut trees in Penghu, but they don't bear fruit."
"That's what I entered from Qiongzhou Prefecture?"
"It shouldn't be that far, the shell is still green." Paul Tang scratched his head and said, "It's more than two thousand miles from Qiongzhou, so it can't be so fresh."
"Oh?" Mr. Zhao suddenly became interested and sat upright and said, "Is there any other one? There is no such thing as peeling the shell."
"I know the young master must like it, so I've done it better." Paul Tang smiled and nodded, turned around and went there happily.
After a while, he picked up two large green coconuts from the cabin.
"How could there be someone selling this at the bottom?" Zhao Hao asked Wang Rulong to pull out his knife and split the coconut green. As expected, the fiber layer under the green skin was still very fresh and white, and it would never take more than ten days.
It takes half a month to go from Qiongzhou to Chaozhou, so it can be ruled out.
"You explain the process of buying coconuts carefully to me." Zhao Hao asked in detail.
"Yes." Baolu Tang didn't know why the young master was so concerned about such trivial matters. Is the coconut poisonous? This thought scared him and quickly explained:
"It was yesterday afternoon when my nephew left Xiawei Port and saw a boat that had just entered the port, with a lot of coconut green. My nephew had eaten this thing in Luzon and Qiongzhou. I knew that the coconut green juice was rich and fresh, and it was a holy product for cooling off. Thinking of my beloved uncle who hadn't tasted the coconut, I felt like a knife was cut and felt that I was so unfilial..."
"First, don't be sensational. Second, I have eaten durian, let alone coconut." Mr. Zhao laughed and scolded: "Who do you look down on by the stinky brat?"
"Young master is so knowledgeable. He has even eaten durian? Oh no, he dares to eat it?" Paul Tang stared at the dog, thinking to himself, what is the difference between eating shit?
Of course he would never dare to say anything.
"Don't go off topic when it comes to serious matters." Zhao Hao glared at him, as if he had guessed his thoughts. "Durian is fragrant and smelly, not just smelly!"
"Ahhh." Paul Tang hurriedly continued: "I asked someone to ask, and I wanted to wrap all the coconuts in the boat."
Zhao Hao sat cross-legged on a bamboo chair, sucking coconut milk while asking, "What kind of boat is it? How to store it, open air or cellar?"
"It's the common red-headed boat in Chaoshan, which is no different from other boats on the wharf. Coconuts are not valuable things. Of course they are piled up in the open air, and there is no cover for the mats that block the rain, otherwise I won't see them, right?" Tang Paul replied with a smile.
"Well, how did they get back to you?" Zhao Hao asked very carefully. "Also, how many of them can tell what the hell is from?"
"It's normal, more than a dozen sailors. As for how to do it... I look like I've gone out to sea all year round and licked blood from the knife." Paul Tang scratched his head and said, "But who are the good people going into the sea these days? Are there any good people going into the sea?"
"What nonsense?" Wang Rulong, who was chopping coconuts on the side, waved the machete in his hand. "We are not good people?"
"Haha, that's right." Paul Tang smiled perfunctorily, thinking that if you want to be a good person, then this world will be a beautiful world.
He continued, "We have Lin Daoqian's subordinates who came to see him off. They are quite polite. They replied that the head of the company had disembarked and they couldn't make the decision. Besides, they were not selling it, but giving favors. But we all spoke, and it was not easy for us to go back empty-handed, so they gave us more than ten."
"So generous?" Zhao Hao frowned and said, "It's great to give you three or four, right?"
"Lin Daoqian's subordinates met the sailor. They said they were the general's distinguished guests, so they gave them more." Tang Paul smiled and said, "I also said too much, but a sailor said, "It's okay, this is for the general to treat guests..."
"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, asked Lin Dao about some details, and his fingers knocked on the coconut green, falling into deep thought.
Paul Tang and Rulong dared not speak out, for fear of disturbing the young master's thoughts.
After a while, Zhao Hao suddenly patted the coconut green heavily and said loudly: "I understand!"
"What does uncle know?" Paul Tang hurriedly asked with a slight interest.
"I know where the people Lin Daogan recruited were going!" Zhao Hao laughed excitedly and said, "Just go to the place where coconut green is produced!"
"Is that?" Tang Paul widened his eyes in surprise. His business station was Zhao Hao's main source of information in Guangdong. Naturally, he could know that Lin Daogan used pyramid schemes to poach people from Chaozhou, Zhangzhou, and even further away from the prefectures. But strangely, Xiawei City has not had a large population, and Lin Daogan has not lost any population. It is obvious that there is another nest.
How could Mr. Zhao allow the man he chose to have a secret? He must see every inch of his skin and every ravine!
So the important task of finding the truth fell on the shoulders of Paul Tang. Unexpectedly, before he could start working on it, Mr. Zhao actually found it through a coconut!
'Is it so amazing?' Paul Tang was incredible, but he said in surprise: "Uncle is so illuminating thousands of miles when he sees the small things! Why is my nephew confused?"
"It is normal for you to be confused, because in addition to being smart and wise, it also requires some scientific knowledge." Mr. Zhao said stinkyly.
"I'll ask my uncle for advice." Paul Tang hurriedly said with interest.
"First of all, you have to know where the coconut is produced nearest." Zhao Hao waved his hand and didn't have to speak. Secretary Ma handed over a marching map in a sympathetic way.
Ma Rulong hurriedly helped Tang Paul to expand the map in front of the young master.
I heard Zhao Hao talk about it: "Coconut is a tropical light-loving crop. It can grow and develop well under high temperatures, rainy, abundant sunshine and sea breeze. The specific requirement is that the annual average temperature is above 24 degrees, the temperature difference between the four seasons is small, and there is no frost throughout the year, so that the coconut can bloom and bear fruit normally. If the average temperature for one month of the year is too low, the yield will drop significantly. If it is low, it will not bear fruit."
"So let alone Chaozhou, even Guangzhou, the temperature in winter is not up to standard. So you have to go south, such as Leizhou and Qiongzhou to have coconuts. But the distance is too far and it cannot be transported." Zhao Hao pointed to the Leizhou Peninsula first, then slowly moved his finger eastward:
"In addition, there is only one place in my Ming Dynasty that has coconuts growing, and that's it here!"
The two followed his point and their eyes fell on the southern end of Taiwan Island.
"Chicken Cage?" Wang Rulong said. This is the name of the Ming Dynasty for Taiwan.
"Beat the dog?" said Paul Tang. This is the southernmost title of Taiwan.
"Yes, it's here." Zhao Hao laughed loudly and said, "No wonder Lin Daogan is trying hard to recruit people. It turns out that he is going to develop Taiwan!"
The two looked at the straight line distance between Xiawei and Dadu, which was about 350 kilometers and a maximum voyage of three or five days.
"But it seems that beating a dog is no more than going south in Chaozhou, right?" Tang Paul asked scratched his head.
"But the climate between the two places is different." Zhao Hao explained with a smile: "Chaozhou has a subtropical monsoon climate, while Pingtung... Oh no, beating dogs is a tropical monsoon climate. The continuous mountains to the north block the cold air going south in winter, so the year-round high temperatures, the temperature difference is very small, and it is close to the sea, so coconuts can grow."
Mr. Zhao silently thanked Brother Xian for his program "Food Crossing" that year, and let himself know that in Taiwan, there are betel nut Xishi, there are also coconut Xishi.
The heavy fog was crossed out and changed to know that Pingtung is at the southernmost end of Taiwan and produces coconuts. Although there is Kenting in the south, Pingtung is all mountainous areas to the south and does not have the conditions for large-scale reclamation.
In this way, Brother Xian is a hero of my Ming Dynasty’s advance unification of Taiwan!
Chapter completed!