Returning to the small fishing village from yesterday and seeing those dilapidated little wooden boats drifting on the sea, Bai Suihe worried that a violent wave would flip them over.
"They rely on these little boats to go out to sea?" Bai Suihe had only seen such boats since yesterday. She thought it was unlikely; with the wisdom of her people, how could they not have come up with a better solution for facing the ocean?
"There are larger ships," Gu Kaiyuan said. "I heard they aren't here, though. You have to go over to the port.
"However, those large ships belong to wealthy merchants and official families. Ordinary commoners simply can't afford them."
Commercial monopolies existed everywhere, especially along the coast. The ocean was a grand avenue to wealth, and there was no way the rich and powerful would let it slip by.
