"And among those sailors who have been at sea, many have spent over a decade, even most of their lives there. If we dismiss them now, the morale of our seafaring workforce would be lost," he said with a worried look on his face, "We can't just leave the trade ships idle, nor can we dismiss the sailors arbitrarily."
"Regrettably, we can only convert those two trade ships into fishing boats temporarily. Let those sailors take the ships to the nearby sea and fish."
"The fish they catch will belong almost entirely to the sailors themselves. That way, we can provide them with a livelihood for the time being."
"At the same time, those two trade ships won't just be left idle at the dock, not moving at all."
"I see!" Yun Jiuqing suddenly realized after hearing his explanation, "No wonder when we arrived, we saw no trade ships at this dock; your ships have all gone out to fish!"