The huge sea boat sailed on the sea covered with ice. Because the wind direction often changed, the crew was busy manipulating the hard sails so that the sea boat could sail to the port area smoothly. The water diverter kept shouting with a paper loudspeaker, directing the crew to continuously adjust their course and avoiding the large chunks of floating ice on the sea.

Several small boats escorted the ship in front and left and right. The crew on the ship used iron poles to push away large pieces of floating ice from time to time to clear the channel for the ship, while preventing the hull from being hit by floating ice and causing damage.

It is mid-February now, and the weather is getting warmer. The ice surface that was originally frozen on the sea has gradually melted and began to fall apart, turning into large and small floating ice, gradually disappearing into the sea as the waves disperse.

It is precisely because of this that the Liaokou Port, which has begun to take shape, has met the basic navigation conditions and has ushered in a large number of ships berthing. Countless sea ships from Laizhou in the south traveled north through Lushun to transport heavy cargo to Liaokou Port for unloading.

The wealthy Beiyang Trading Company signed contracts with merchants from Laizhou and Qingzhou General Administration Office a year ago, paid a deposit, and agreed with the contracted merchants to let the other party deliver the goods they prepared at the designated location within the specified period.

Now, as soon as this sea ship was berthing on the pier, coolies began to unload the cargo. Boxes of "standard bricks" were transported out of the cabin and unloaded to the shore. Then the carts were pushed to the dock, and then the transaction parties began to count the number.

A large sea ship with a cargo capacity of tens of thousands of hu of hu can transport tens of thousands of "standard bricks" at a time, while the huge orders placed by the Beiyang Trading Company have kept brick yards in the coastal areas of Laizhou for more than half a year.

The orders placed last year must now be delivered, and whether the delivery is timely and the quality of the bricks determines whether merchants can get the next batch of orders.

At the dock, Wang Xin, who was carrying goods with the ship, accompanied the staff of Beiyang Trading Company to check the "standard bricks". After he got the inspection form with the "qualified" red mark from the other party, a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

With this inspection form, after returning to Laizhou, his brickyard can continue to renew his contract with Beiyang Trading Company and continue to provide the "company" with good quality and low price "standard bricks".

In this way, his family can have another good New Year this year.

Standing on the dock and feeling the salty sea breeze, Wang Xin looked at the sea boat he was riding, and looked at the large number of other sea boats berthed beside the trestle bridges, and sighed that it was such a good year now.

Since a large coal mine was discovered near Huangcheng, Laizhou, many people have made their homes by opening coal mines to sell coal. The emergence of a new-style brick yard has also made the Wang family, which invested in brick yards, make a fortune.

The court wanted to use troops to Liaodong. Beiyang Trading Company strongly assisted the "Qian Army" to fight in Liaodong, and built cities such as Lushun. This led to huge demand and benefited many people from all over Qingxu.

Everyone has never been so eager to pay attention to the situation in Liaodong as they are now, and is extremely eager to launch a large-scale attack by the government and then recover Liaodong. In this way, they can better serve the court and "by the way" to obtain generous profits.

Thinking of profits, Wang Xin had a question in his mind, that is, what does Beiyang Trading Company rely on to make a profit by spending money so much? He didn't understand how the "company" should give an explanation to shareholders of all sizes when the dividends at the end of the year are distributed, facing such huge expenses.

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A new Liaokou City is taking shape in the north of Liaokou Port. The original "simple version" Liaokou City will be included in this new city. As long as the construction progress is not interrupted, the solid "complete version" Liaokou City will be completed within a few months.

By then, the scale of Liaokou City will be several times larger than it is now.

Most of the building materials needed to build a city were transported from Laizhou by sea. It is late February. Half a month after the official army set out to fight, the ice on the sea surface began to melt, so the fleet from Laizhou can be safely berthed at Liaokou Port and unload a large amount of building materials, materials and "construction teams".

Beiyang Trading Company mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to build Liaokou City, and hired a large number of young and strong people as "migrant workers" to participate in the construction of the "complete version" Liaokou City. When the new Liaokou City is completed, it will have a rammed earth-covered brick wall.

The main buildings in the city will be brick and tile buildings, which are both strong and more suitable for long-term living of military and civilians.

Barracks, granaries, arrow towers, private houses, port areas, and shipbuilding yards will appear in Liaokou City. In order to protect Liaokou City, the official army will build fortresses in the surrounding areas of Liaokou City.

This requires a lot of building materials and various materials.

Everything is to ensure that the official army has a stable stronghold in Liaodong, a transit port that facilitates the transfer of personnel and materials, and a reliable landing point.

The new Liaokou City will be an important fulcrum for the Zhou Dynasty to implement the second stage of the Liaodong strategy, so whether the construction of the city is smooth or not is of great importance. The new city must be completed on time before the deadline comes.

This new city will withstand countless tests, including the fluctuation of floods in summer and autumn, the bone-broken coldness in winter, the ice-cold sea isolation and helplessness, and the continuous attack of the Goguryeo army.

Faced with so many tests, the construction of Xinliaokou City emphasizes quality, so the supervisors who are busy at construction sites everywhere shout loudly from time to time, for fear that the construction teams will be lazy or cut corners.

In order to make a living, young and strong people from Qingxu were employed by Beiyang Trading Company. After signing a contract, they were sent to Liaodong to build a city by their employers. Now they are seeing the busy construction site, and many people are deeply infected and full of energy.

They were hired to join the "construction team" and came here to build a city on a sea boat. Although they were far away from their hometown and might encounter shipwrecks, the employer paid a good salary and included food and accommodation, so many people were willing to take a try.

For these people, their family is full and hungry, and they are so poor that they don’t even have decent clothes. It’s better to come out and make a living.

Now, let’s not talk about wages for now, just talking about food and accommodation is better than expected.

The food is good, you can have enough food and rest well, so it doesn’t matter how tired the young and strong people are. When they see Liaokou City taking shape day by day, they have some questions in their hearts.

They can't understand why the "company" does this.

The name of Beiyang Trading Company is becoming more and more famous in Qingxu, but for many people, the "company" is a trading company that sells seafood and does maritime trade.

Since it is a big business business, of course it is rich and powerful, and then it needs to hire personnel to be thugs or guard the house to ensure smooth financial channels and safety of property, so there is a "jun".

I also need to hire coolies and build some ports, warehouses, villas, residences, etc. from time to time, so I have a "construction team".

What happened when the construction team was sent to Liaodong to build a city?

This Liaokou City is obviously a front-line fortress for the government's war. In theory, it should be that the government should work hard to build a city. Why did a trading company that sells seafood and does sea trade do such things?

No matter how rich a business is, if it gets involved in the war, is that little financial asset enough?
Chapter completed!