On 20 April, three seagoing vessels, one large and one small, sailed from across the strait and anchored at the harbor in Mani Township.

Li Minho, the housekeeper who was waiting here early, greeted the people on the boat to Li Jiawu Fort.

These people are from the "Seahorse Trading Company" in Saikaido, which specializes in ship trading. Kaima Trading Company is engaged in the business of second-hand ship resale and does not build new ships.

Half an hour later, Li Luo took a few local old shipwrights and followed a few people to inspect the goods.

Both sea-going ships are 1,000 gauges (500 tons), which are typical three-masted ships. Fuchuan originated in Fujian and was introduced to Goryeo during the Southern Song Dynasty.

Due to the advanced design of the watertight compartment and pointed bottom, the Fukubune is very suitable for sailing in the sea with strong winds and waves, so it quickly became popular. It has become the mainstream ship type in East Asia since the Song Dynasty.

Li Luo boarded the ship and found that the two Daifuku ships were made of pine and cedar for the masts. The upper and lower three floors are about 40 meters long, about 10 meters wide, 78 meters high, and the height is close to 20 meters if you add sails.

Such ships can carry at least 1,000 people at a time.

It may be an exaggeration to say that "towering like a mountain, a tall building on the sea", but standing on it is still a little shocking.

The side panels of the ship are made of double or triple wood, and tung oil and lime hatches are used to prevent water leakage. Each ship was divided into more than ten compartments, and it seemed that even if one or two compartments leaked, the whole ship would not sink.

Li Luo looked at the three-zhang high mast and the huge white sail, and observed and assessed the normal sailing speed, which should be between four and seven knots (7.5~13 km/h). From Goryeo to the treasure island of the Taiwan Strait, it takes four or five days to get to the island in the Taiwan Strait, and six or seven days to get slow.

On the surface, it is indeed a well-designed, well-built, and in good condition, but it is a pity that it is not a warship.

Several old shipwrights carefully observed the ship for a long time, and reported to Li Luoyu: "My lord, there is nothing wrong with these two big ships. ”

Li Luo was relieved at this time, and delivered a silver bottle worth 3,000 yuan to the "Seahorse Trading Company" on the spot, and obtained the ship deed documents, which was regarded as both money and goods.

I bought two big ships, and I couldn't do it without a sailor. The day before yesterday, Li Luo sent a document to recruit sailors and boatmen in Mani Township and Xiwan Township, and now he has found forty or fifty people.

More than 20 sailors were assigned to each ship, experienced men were appointed as captains and co-officers, and 50 village warriors and private soldiers were assigned to each ship to guard the ships from being taken by pirates.

Li Luo tastefully named one of the two big ships "Mayflower" and the other "Golden Deer" (the famous pirate ship).

Others don't know the true meaning of these two names, but Cui Xiuning does.

Although she felt that Li Luo was a little funny, she also felt that these two spoof names were strong and interesting enough.

For a few days, I was safe.

The news that Li Luo is also the capital of Xiwan Township has already spread to Xiwan Township. The villagers rushed to tell each other and rejoiced.

"Li Xiangjun of Mani Township (Goryeo's honorific title for township officials) is also the township gentleman we are waiting for!"

"With Li Xiangjun, it won't be so bitter!"

In the past few months, Li Luo's reputation for lending money at low interest rates, repairing water conservancy, defending against pirates, and loving the people has spread to several surrounding townships, and the villagers respect him as "village king".

Li Luo summoned eleven village leaders in Xiwan Township to meet with these new subordinates. Although these people came last time, it happened to be his trip to Hanyang, and he was received by Cui Xiuning.

Although it was the second time for the people of Xiwan Village, they were still a little shocked to see Lijiawu Fort again.

The momentum of Lijiawu Fort is simply comparable to that of Liujiawu Fort.

They haven't had a chance to see the village warriors in practice. Cui Xiuning had already ordered that if any outsiders entered the dock fort, they would immediately rest in place and not be allowed to train.

Therefore, when they passed the playground in the outer courtyard twice, they only saw the villagers sitting on the ground chatting.

"Li Duzhai's military training is mostly perfunctory. Also, the horizontal and vertical are the Central Plains refugees who are going to be dragged to Japan to die, how can the adults of Duzhai really care. The village was thinking.

When he came to the meeting hall of the Intermediate Court, Li Luo didn't talk nonsense, and after everyone introduced the situation, he directly explained three important tasks to the village leaders in Xiwan Township.

First, it is necessary to select 300 young and strong people from the Central Plains in Xiwan Township within half a month to cope with next year's conscription for military service.

Second, now that there is no green and yellow, in previous years, there were all usurers who took the opportunity to lend, and they were all banned. The interest on the loan shall not exceed 10%, and those who dare to violate the order shall be immediately arrested and punished. If the people need a loan, they can be guaranteed by their neighbors and come directly to the low-interest loan of the Duzhai Institute.

Third, 500 villagers were organized to repair the water conservancy in the township to prepare for irrigation of autumn grain, and most of the labor cost was borne by the capital village, and the small half was borne by the rich households with more than 100 acres of land in the township.

In the end, Li Luo advised: "The prince has repeatedly reiterated that the major events in the township today are to recruit to cope with the conscription of military service, and second, to produce more grain to cope with the rations of the conscripted army. These two major events are focused on the above three priorities. You are all the leaders of the people, whether it is for the livelihood of the small people or for the plan of the court, it is all within your own responsibility, and you must not neglect it!

This official is the deputy envoy of the regiment and the capital of the two townships, and he has a lot of responsibilities. You have done your errands well, and you have your own benefits, but if there is a mistake, this official must be more serious. ”

Li Luo calculated that according to his plan to raise troops, he needed to buy nearly 10,000 stone of grain by himself within a year, and purchasing it nearby was the safest, most economical and most low-key method. He can only let the people of the two townships produce with peace of mind and produce more food.

All the villages did not dare to disobey, and said together: "Obey the orders of the adults, how dare we slack off." ”

Cui Xiuning, who was on the side, suddenly said to a village official: "Cao Cunzheng, your brother-in-law, has already lent nearly 100 yuan of usury to the people in your village, and the deadline is only two months, what are you going to do?" ”

Cao Cunzheng's face changed, and he hurriedly said, "Madam, I really don't know about this matter. Lord Duzhai, the little official will definitely deal with it after he goes back. ”

How to deal with it? Li Luo sneered: "None of the previous usury will be investigated, but it must be corrected." Cao Cunzheng, let your brother-in-law change the contract. The interest rate is 10%, and the term is extended for three months. ”

"Yes, yes!" Cao Cun was in a cold sweat. There are also a few Muramasa's faces that are also abnormal.

Cui Xiuning sneered: "The relatives who lend usury are not only Cao Cunzheng alone, but also four Cunzheng, and the same." I won't name them all. I wondered, the village is the parents of the villagers, can they bear to let them have no way to live? ”

Li Luo frowned in disgust, "Everyone! If you have something to do with it, you must correct it when you go back! Some people eat the people's, drink the people's, and exploit the small people, but don't pass it! ”

Everyone suddenly felt uneasy.

After a lot of beating, Li Luo let the village leave.

"Hmph, there must be some of these people who want to dance. We'll just wait, just in time to make an example of the monkeys. Li Luo looked at everyone's backs and said.

Cui Xiuning said: "Their bad behavior, someone will report me at any time." It's up to whomever bubbles first. ”