"The walkie-talkie is pretty good, very good. You can talk to someone dozens of li away," Yan Beitian said.
"Heh, once you use a mobile phone, you'll realize how much of a chicken rib a walkie-talkie is," Tang Wen said with a laugh.
"Chicken rib?" Clearly, Yan Beitian did not understand what "chicken rib" meant and looked at Tang Wen in bewilderment.
"It means something that isn't much use," Tang Wen said with a laugh.
"What's a mobile phone?" Yan Beitian's interest was piqued.
"I'll tell you about that another time." Tang Wen waved his hand. If they kept dwelling on this question, they would have plenty to talk about. Yan Beitian would probably come out with a hundred thousand whys.
"Master, there's something I've never been able to figure out," Gu Hanyan said.
"Oh? Go ahead," Tang Wen said.
"Sky-Stone Island is just a lousy island. Why did we spend hundreds of thousands of taels buying it?
"It would be one thing if it were close to our Su Mei Island, but it's so far away. Do you intend to expand to Sky-Stone Island in the future, Master?
"If so, we'd be better off buying land on the mainland and expanding there.
"How can we develop a lousy island with nobody on it?" Gu Hanyan asked.
"Yes, Master. If you bought Sky-Stone Island for its limestone, shipping that limestone back from so far away wouldn't even cover the costs," Luo Yiwu also said.
"Heh, do we need cement to build our big bridge?" Tang Wen asked with a mysterious smile.
"Of course. Not just for the bridge, but for paving roads and building houses too. We've used quite a lot for things like the dam. It's incredibly useful," Luo Yiwu said with a nod.
"There you have it," Tang