Wenden Pier is more than twice as wide as it was a year ago!

In the past, only the boats of the East China Sea fishery were moored here, but now it is Dengzhou from Chang'an who comes to Dengzhou to go fishing and come back, and there is an endless stream of boats docking and leaving every day.

There are more than 100 people on the docks who rely on the help of loading and unloading the ships alone, and the number is constantly increasing.

The scale of the salt drying plant under the East China Sea Fishery is also expanding, and there are more than 1,000 salt workers alone; Since refined salt is not sold directly, the catch from other fleets is sold in a salted fish workshop.

Of course, this situation must be temporary, a few miles away from the salt field, the same salt plant, there are already several under construction, it can be expected that in the near future, Dengzhou will become the largest salt production area in Datang.

The number of salt workers in the salt workshop is large, but the number of helpers in the candle workshop is even more terrifying.

Since whale oil needs to be refined from oil, and if it is processed into candles, it also needs to be molded in a mold, and a whale can make hundreds of thousands of candles, and the number of helpers required is very scary.

"Lord Wang, this area is all candle workshops, the left is a house for foreign helpers to live, the right is a warehouse, and the back is a processing area, at present, the entire candle workshop accommodates more than 1,200 helpers, if the number of whale fishing increases in the future, then the manpower of the candle workshop will also increase."

Wang Xuance proudly introduced the situation of the workshop to Li Kuan.

In the past six months, Dengzhou has undergone visible changes, and the living standards of the people have improved rapidly.

"How many people are there in total who help in our workshops?"

For Li Kuan, who has the vision of future generations, the employment rate is a thing that needs to be paid attention to.

Dengzhou was originally not a very large state capital, and all the people together were hundreds of thousands, most of whom were peasant households in various villages, and no more than 30% of the people lived in the city.

"Lord Wang, there are about 5,000 helpers directly in the palace industry, but if you count the workshops of other families, the number of people working in the workshops in Dengzhou Mansion should exceed 10,000."

"So much?"

"Wood workshops, canvas workshops, fishing net workshops, blacksmiths, salt drying yards, shipbuilding workshops...... Accommodating a few thousand people in total, it's not much. ”

Hearing Wang Xuance say this, Li Kuan also figured it out.

Although the industrial chain of this era is not as long as that of later generations, shipbuilding workshops and fisheries in the East China Sea have extended a lot of demand, which has made Dengzhou suddenly have a lot of small workshops and shops, which are very helpful in attracting new jobs.

"A fishing industry has solved the problem of eating for the people of Dengzhou. It can be regarded as liberating many people from the farmland, otherwise it would be a bit difficult to recruit people for a while. ”

"Lord Wang, what you said is so right, in recent times, there have been some changes in the recruitment of helpers, and it has been difficult to recruit locals in Dengzhou, and often new recruits are from Laizhou and other surrounding states and counties."

"It's no problem where you come from, it's just that a lot of outsiders have poured in all of a sudden, and you have to coordinate with Chun Yu in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the city, don't make a mess."

"Lord Wang, don't worry, that Chun Yu has finally figured it out recently, and he has also started to build a workshop, bought a boat and went to sea, and is more cooperative with the affairs of the palace."

"Hmph, count him as acquaintances, otherwise this king is preparing to clean him up."

【Ding Dong!】 Mission accomplished! 】

Li Kuan suddenly heard a voice that had not been heard for a long time, and he didn't reflect it a little, "What task is completed?" ”

"Huh? What did you say, my lord? ”

Wang Xuance asked a little confused on the side.

"Oh...... It's nothing, you go get busy, this king will go back first. ”

Li Kuan suddenly remembered that last year's "all-round system" had assigned him a task:

[Within a year, Dengzhou Mansion will become a prosperous city where everyone has food to eat and everyone has clothes to wear]

Could it be that it is done now?

According to my own understanding, there is still a lot of gap between the current Dengzhou City and the prosperity.

It seems that this system follows the customs of the locals, and the standards of prosperity are calculated according to this era.

Li Kuan couldn't wait to go back to the county office, find a place where no one was around, take a good look at the rewards of the task, and see if there were any surprises; During this time, in order to develop the fishing industry, just exchanging glasses, fishing nets and raw materials for refined salt almost spent their points, just waiting for the rice to be cooked.

"Bang!" Li Kuan hurriedly returned to his room, leaving Xue Li, Xi Junmai, Qing'er and others outside.

"System, claim the task reward."

Back in the room, Li Kuan took a deep breath and gave instructions a little excitedly.

【Please confirm the withdrawal】

As soon as he finished speaking, a task reward screen appeared on the interface.

"Confirm."

Without too many fancy reflections, a copy of Advanced Sailing Techniques appears on the panel.

"I'll go!" Li Kuan almost wanted to lift the stool and smash the panel.

Sailing skills?

What's the use of this?

Is it possible to make yourself a Columbus?

With this idea of shipbuilding technology, even if you have the bonus of "Elementary Shipbuilding Technology", if you want to cross the Pacific Ocean or sail around the world, it will be a lifeless thing.

He is a prince and has a very nourishing life, why do you want to go to sea?

It's a year or two to float on a boat, crazy, right?

"System, can I change the prize? Even if it's a potato, a sweet potato, or a piece of corn. ”

Li Kuan has always wanted to exchange some high-yield grain crops in the system, but unfortunately he never got his wish.

[No, the host can refuse to accept the quest reward, but there is no compensation.] 】

Am I stupid?

Li Kuan looked at the panel resentfully, without any compensation, "Advanced Sailing Skills" is still a bit useful.

Anyway, sooner or later, the East China Sea fishery will have to engage in foreign trade, and when the time comes, I can always use this knowledge to guide them.

Forget it, don't get tangled, there's no point in tangling.

Let's go and see if there is any change in the points exchange interface, after I received "Elementary Shipbuilding Technology" last time, there are more ship-related items in the exchange column, I hope this can also give you more choices.

"Nautical charts? Just one more commodity? ”

If it weren't for the fact that after completing the task, the points had risen by two hundred points, Li Kuan would have really been depressed.

[Host, please don't wronged the system, it's clear that there is more than one product]

"East China Sea Charts, South China Sea Charts...... A chart is divided into ten parts, is this called more than one commodity? ”

It is rare to take the initiative to say something about the broken system, and the result is better than not to say it.

This, you can't force yourself to go to sea, right?

Don't throw out a mission one day and ask yourself to cross the Pacific Ocean or something, and you're done.

Taking advantage of the temporary lack of response from the system, Li Kuan hurriedly withdrew and walked out of the room!