Hey~hey~Pull the turnip~ Can't pull it, grandpa, come on, come and pull the turnip~"

"Phew~"

Opened the wrong way.

"Hey~hey~"

On the edge of the primeval forest near the bay of the Tamsui River, a group of men are walking around and shouting trumpets, and they are cutting wood with a large saw built by the Miyun Iron Works.

"It's about to fall~ It's about to fall, hurry up and get out of the way~"

"Boom~"

With a slight shaking of the earth, a large tree with a diameter of two feet was directly down, and the men who were cutting trees on the side immediately smiled.

The Ryukyu region is densely forested with tall trees, and there are many kinds of precious and high-quality trees.

"The quality of the iron in this Miyun Iron Factory is really not good, it's leverage~"

Someone looked at the ironware in his hand, which was branded with the four big characters of Miyun Iron Factory, the iron produced by Miyun Iron Factory, good quality, cheap price, the key is that there are all kinds of styles that everyone has never seen before.

For example, the saw specially designed for logging in front of you, it is equipped with handles at both ends, when cutting, both sides push and pull each other, cutting is very labor-saving, easy to loosen a big tree, three or two times to knock down.

"It's not, this is the industry under the command of Liu Gongzi, Liu Gong has always been the most practical in doing things, and he will never lie to us."

Someone nodded and said.

"Work, work~"

The leader smiled and motioned for everyone to continue their work.

In a place not far away on a gentle terrain, many advance team members have leveled out a piece of land with sickles, axes, saws and other tools in their hands, and all the weeds and trees on the land have been cleared.

"This is a very good piece of land, the terrain is very flat, and there is this river above that can be used to divert water for running water, and below it can be dug for drainage ditches to build an underground drainage system, and it is close to the river bay, which can be used to see the dock and the harbor, and in the future it can be used to moor ships."

Li Yuanshan held a map in his hand, this is the surrounding topographic map that he has spent time drawing in the past few days, and he has finally chosen the place to build the city, which is the land that is now leveled under his feet.

Dong Mu on the side also had a map in his hand, which was exactly the same as Li Yuanshan's, but he couldn't understand the content on it at all, what scale, latitude and longitude, and the lines on this map, which were too different from the maps he had seen before.

However, he still pretended to understand and listened, anyway, he was the captain of this advance team, although he had been ordered before he came, and he listened to Li Yuanshan in terms of building the city, but he still had to show his existence to some extent.

In addition to him, there is also a father-in-law who is full of beards, Father-in-law Zhang, who is the supervisor sent by Emperor Hongzhi, he also looked at the map in front of him with dark eyes, and he also couldn't understand the things on it, but he also pretended to understand.

"Team Dong, Gonggong Zhang, if there is no problem, we will build a city here?"

Li Yuanshan asked the two with a smile.

"Our family has no opinion, you can build a city anywhere, just build a house as soon as possible, and live in a tent every day, it's really uncomfortable."

Gonggong Zhang said at the top of his voice, he is a eunuch in the palace, and he has no part in the palace to speak, I thought that he could live a good life in this release, but who knew that he was sent to a wild place like Ryukyu Island to endure hardships.

He lives in a tent every day, and he doesn't dare to go out at night, because the mosquitoes outside are too powerful, and it is so hot here during the day, which makes him, a eunuch who has lost his life, very uncomfortable.

"I think this place is also very good, it can be attacked and defended, which is very suitable for building a city."

Dong Mu pretended to be very serious and said that he said this to show his existence.

After getting along with Li Yuanshan and them for a long time, he felt as if he didn't understand anything, while Li Yuanshan and the others seemed to understand everything, not only could they sail, they could shoot artillery, they could draw maps, and they could even build cities.

I feel that compared to them, I am a mud leg, a dirt bun, and I don't understand anything, which is unacceptable.

"Since both of you have no opinion, then we will officially start construction."

Li Yuanshan nodded with a smile and said.

"We have too few people now, Team Dong, can we go to Fujian to recruit some people to come over, here is a water away from Fujian, and it is very convenient to go back and forth."

"In addition, we need buffalo to reclaim the land, so we can go to Fujian to buy some buffalo."

After thinking about it, Li Yuanshan said some difficulties in front of him.

It is definitely not an easy task to build a city on a barren land, especially with only the two thousand people in front of you, and if you want to speed up the progress, you must have more people.

Before coming, Liu Jin had already explained to Dong Mu and Li Yuanshan that they could recruit manpower from Fujian, buy materials, etc. to build the city.

Of course, Liu Jin has also made two preparations, and in the north, he has also arranged for people to go to Henan, Shandong, Beizhili, and Shanxi to recruit people, and transport them to the Ryukyus side in batches.

Fujian is very close to the Ryukyus, separated by a strait, it is very convenient to come and go, Quanzhou in Fujian has been an important point of the Maritime Silk Road since ancient times, there are mature ports and supporting industries, and even the shipbuilding industry in Quanzhou is very prosperous in the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He's treasure ships in the West are basically made in Quanzhou, which can be seen that Fujian's shipbuilding industry is actually quite developed, but the Ming Dynasty later closed the country, and the shipbuilding industry that has been prosperous in Quanzhou for hundreds of years also went out all of a sudden.

"Yes, yes, Father-in-law Zhang and I will go to Fujian, recruit some people, and buy some buffaloes~"

As soon as Dong Mu heard Li Yuanshan's words, his eyes immediately lit up, in fact, Li Yuanshan didn't mention it, he was ready to mention this matter.

There is nothing here in Ryukyu, and there are many mosquitoes, so he has long been a little unwilling to stay, and now he can take this opportunity to go to Fujian for a walk.

"Yes, yes, Captain Li, you are erudite and talented, you are indispensable for building a city, the two of us don't know how to build a city, and it's useless to stay here, just go to Fujian for a walk, it's still okay to recruit people."

When Gonggong Zhang heard this, he immediately nodded again and again, he likes this errand, anyway, as long as he doesn't stay here, as for the prison army, does this need a prison army?

This place is far away from the capital, and there is no war, what army he needs to supervise, he has already made up his mind, and after going to Fujian, he will find an excuse to stay there all the time, and come back when he can go back.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you to go!"

Of course, Li Yuanshan knew why they agreed so happily, whether they were gone, he could do it freely, and he didn't have to ask for their opinions on everything.

Soon, the advance team was divided into two parts, Dong Mu and Zhang Gonggong took some people to drive the boat to Quanzhou, Fujian, preparing to recruit more people and buy various materials, while Li Yuanshan began to take the rest of the people to start building a city here.

Leveling the land, planning the layout of the city, excavating the underground drainage system, building a water system, building a simple perimeter fence with wood, and building a fort......

There are a lot of things that need to be arranged one by one, but none of them can be difficult for these people in the advance team.

Among the advance team, there are a large number of backbones drawn from the industries under Liu Jin's command, these people used to be mud legs, and they used to do what they did, such as carpentry, masonry, farming, ironwork, military households, etc., all kinds of people, but without exception they were all from poor backgrounds.

Poor people are from poor backgrounds, and they are very hard-working, and they naturally don't say anything about their work.

After entering the industry under Liu Jin, he began to learn all kinds of things, learn literacy and hyphenation, learn management, and are all diligent and willing to work, so he can become the backbone.

With these people, plus these students who graduated from Tianjin Maritime College, Li Yuanshan arranged things, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

The ditching area is responsible for digging the ditching area, the logger is responsible for logging, the water builder is responsible for building the tap water, and the land reclamation is responsible for clearing the land, all of which are arranged very well and there is no confusion.

Under the arrangement and drive of these people, the project is progressing very smoothly.

"After this water pipe is connected, this tap water is completed~"

In just three days, the water supply project was completed.

In the upper reaches of the city, in the Danjiang River, the advance team members dug ditches to divert water, built pools with cement, and then used the water pipes produced by the Miyun Iron Works to get the tap water.

"The water pipes are connected, and you can start releasing water!"

When the water pipes took over, some people ran to the high place of the fort and shouted to the upper water pool in the upper part of the battery, and soon the people in the water pool also replied with the flag language.

"Open the Gate~"

With Li Yuanshan's order, Zhang Lun turned on the faucet, and suddenly the water flowed out of the faucet.

Although it is not the first time that everyone has seen this tap water, here in Tianjin, Tianjin New Town, tap water is almost everywhere, and everyone has seen it when they are training at Tianjin Maritime College.

But now everyone finally understands what this tap water is all about, I used to think that this tap water is very incredible, just turn on the switch, and the water will come by itself, very magical, very incredible.

Now that we have built this tap water ourselves, we immediately understand that it is actually quite simple, nothing more than to make a few large pools on it, and then use the pipe to connect it, there is nothing unusual, but the convenience is indeed convenient, and it is very cool to use.