Li Dengke was also on the rocky slope at this time, and after a few days of training, he even had a vague look of resoluteness.

Tian Shiyi gave Li Dengke a new task, to do a good job in the ideological education of all craftsmen here.

It is said that Li Dengke was not qualified at this time, but there were too few people under his command who could use it, so he had to let him do it while learning. For him, it was also a rare opportunity to practice.

As for why Li Dengke was put in the Tianci Army for training, it was a secret between the eleventh brother and him.

At present, there are more than 30 craftsmen on this side of the rocky slope, which has almost hollowed out all the talents of the Sanxiang Association. But most of these craftsmen are not exquisite, and their profession is also messy. Fortunately, with the addition of Ping Daoren, the first thing Tian Shiyi asked him to make was soap.

At present, the workshop is not completely fruitless, at least the half-finished soap is drummed up.

It is only said that it is a semi-finished product, because the saponification is not thorough, not only can it not be produced, but it cannot be used. All that's left is to record data and master the rules through constant experimentation.

The reason why Brother Eleven didn't do it himself was because he didn't know how to do it, but he just knew some general processes and materials, and if he wanted to really make it, he couldn't do it.

Think about the ones I read in my previous life, people can make soap in the second half of the day, and even refine glycerin, I don't know what kind of genius they are, anyway, Tian Shiyi thinks he is inferior.

Glycerin seems to have many uses, but the memory is a little blurry, and it seems to remove the bitter taste from the wine. These naturally have to be explored a little by little, and Brother Eleven is ready to continue to be the shopkeeper.

The problem of not enough craftsmen is also urgent, Tian Shiyi has already asked a group of teenagers from Fang Baihua to come over, all of them are children of poor families, most of them are very simple, and they are so loyal that they don't have to worry, but they don't know if they are smart or not.

Those teenagers will become apprentices, and these craftsmen will be slowly trained.

Now that the land has been rented, the workshop can be expanded in large quantities. Brother Eleven's drawings have already been drawn, and a lot of materials have been prepared, so it is enough to arrange a carpenter to lead the construction.

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The days that followed seemed to be dull all at once.

The business in the west building is still booming, the structure of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds is gradually complete, and the construction progress of the rocky slope with those apprentices has suddenly accelerated.

It's just that someone who owes the eleventh brother copper money is in a bad situation.

The management of the country in the Great Song Dynasty still maintained the state of royal power not lower than that of the county. In those rural places, the actual power is still those old squires.

Changguo County is very large, but only a few important islands can really be managed. If you break it down a little further, it's really just a few important docks. In other places, there are usually no government people who go there, except when collecting taxes.

There are more than 1,000 large and small islands in the archipelago of Changguo County, but most of the islands are uninhabited at this time.

This makes it convenient for one type of person, and that is pirates.

At night, the island looks like a big black turtle.

A small boat slowly approached in the night, and even though the man on the boat had been born here since childhood, he was still apprehensive.

Not many ships approached the islands these days, as they were inhabited by pirates. For a long time, not many people knew about the waterways, and even less did anyone know the details of the island's vicinity.

Shuangyu Island is home to the largest group of pirates in the vicinity, the island has a steep terrain, two opposite mountains on the east and west, and there are water mouths in the north and south, and a hill is like a castle gate to provide a barrier for the island, which is the most conducive to defense. There are more than 20 miles in the middle, which can be said to be the best place for maritime trade, but unfortunately it is in the hands of pirates.

It is connected to the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo in the north, and to the south to the Ilju and Malacca Straits, making it an important transportation route between the north and the south. There are dozens of sea ships passing by here every day, and Mao Xiaoshan can make money every day just by drawing taxes from them.

The maritime trade of the Song Dynasty was still very developed, and correspondingly, the Song Dynasty's maritime power was weak at this time. It was not until half of the country was seized by the Jin people that the Southern Song Dynasty navy was slowly improved.

It is this deformed development and weakness that makes the pirates live more and more nourishing one by one.

Fodu Island is the first pass into Shuangyu Island, and Li Bao carefully steers the boat through the shadows as much as possible.

It is still more than four miles away from the island, which can be called easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It was precisely in order to pass through here that Po Li San had to steal a flat-bottomed boat across the sea. Because the area is covered with reefs on and off the ground, it is impossible for a larger boat or someone who is not familiar with the situation to pass through here.

There are a few stone cannons erected on the island, which were accumulated by Li Bao's uncle Ruoxin for many years, but unfortunately they are all cheaper than Mao Xiaoshan at this time.

Po Li San looked around again, and his heart was even more depressed. There is Fodu Island in the northwest, Liuheng Island in the east, and Xiaofodu Island in the south, and there is a horn between the two islands of Shuangyu, with such a natural barrier plus the stone cannons on the island and more than a thousand brave pirates, it is almost impossible to attack here.

The boat finally reached the shore, and someone on the opposite side connected a cable tied to the ship's pile.

The man with a full beard couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Po Li San, and said in a low voice: "Third brother, I have been waiting here for three nights after receiving the news from you." You're finally back, but I want to die."

Po Li San jumped ashore with an arrow, and he was extremely happy to hold his bearded arms.

It's just that he didn't wait for Po Li San to speak, but the bearded man grabbed Li Bao's arm and flipped it violently, directly knocking Po Li San to the ground.

Two people immediately ran out of the darkness, and tied up Li San by pressing it.

Li Bao struggled, glared at the bearded man and shouted, "Hu Cake, you betrayed me?" ”

The bearded man still smiled and said, "Third brother, since you have all gone out, what are you doing when you come back?" This island has long been owned by Mao, and you don't know it. It's just you and me who want to take it back, isn't that looking for death? You've lived enough, I still want to live a good life. "The mobile phone side of the second memory provides you with wonderful \ novel reading.

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