Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Seven Seas Company

Cui Daoshu explained: "It's not that I'm unfair, this time I really don't have that Zhe's share, one of them is for Zhai Xiaoshan." ”

Du Dalei stopped making trouble, sat down and didn't speak, thinking about how to pick up girls. Na Zhe asked Wei Hongye in a low voice: "Old Wei, why don't you want a girl?" ”

Wei Hongye said expressionlessly: "I'm not interested, I'm so tired all day now, how can I have the energy to pick up girls!" ”

An Dalang rubbed his hands and said, "I want to find a good one to raise and pass on my ancestry." ”

Everyone laughed, and everyone made fun of An Dalang. After talking for a while, Zhao Zizhong asked Wei Hongye: "How many red bricks and cement can you transfer out there now?" ”

Wei Hongye calculated for a while, "There are more than 60,000 red bricks, and the cement is about 5,000 catties." What do you want to do with it? ”

"I want to build a bunker first, make a prototype, and when you produce a large number of red bricks and cement in the future, I will start construction at the same time and build a few more bunkers."

Cui Daoshu also said: "I am in favor of building fortifications, if we start selling salt, there will definitely be people staring at us, sooner or later it will be found out that salt is produced here, and it is completely necessary to build some fortifications." ”

Everyone agreed, and Zhao Zizhong said to Hu Shuiyang: "Old Hu, you will gather carpenters and masons tomorrow, and some handymen, and we will start building a bunker, and I will draw the drawings overnight tonight, and we will start tomorrow!" ”

Hu Shuiyang said excitedly: "Mr. Zhao, I now like building houses, and watching the houses be built one by one, in Mr. Wei's words, is very fulfilling." I'll go find someone right now and start work early tomorrow morning. ”

After saying that, he hurried away. Cui Daoshu continued: "After the Shangyuan Festival, when I return to the manor, I will move the winemaking workshop here, so that the wine sold to other countries will not pay taxes. Thinking about giving Mingzhou more than 100,000 yuan every year, my flesh hurts! ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head, "You can't not give him any money, it's not good for us." ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "Brother, I have thought about it, this time I will hand over the winemaking process to Qian Hongyi and let him open his own workshop to produce wine." In the future, we withdrew from the market of Wu Yueguo and specialized in selling wine to overseas countries. ”

Zhao Zizhong said happily: "This method is good, you can get out of the mainland." After the sake brewery moved here, we were able to vigorously explore overseas markets, that is, we could get a lot of money without paying taxes. You can also train a navy that can run the ocean, killing two birds with one stone! ”

Cui Daoshu nodded and said, "That's my idea, our strength is too weak on land!" If someone wants to deal with us, it's as easy as crushing an ant. We must vigorously develop our maritime power and dominate this sea area in the future! ”

Du Dalei shouted: "Yes, we just want to be the overlord of the East China Sea!" Boss, shouldn't we have a loud name? Like Liang Shanbo, Mingjiao, heaven and earth will be something. ”

"I said that it is called 'Donghai Company', after all, we are businessmen, not bandits and underworlds who rob homes and houses, and we will crisscross the entire East China Sea in the future." Na Zhe said.

Zhao Zi thought about it and said: "The pattern of 'Donghai Company' is too small, I think it is called 'Sihai Company', our future goal is to cross the world, and we can't set a relatively low goal." ”

Cui Daoshu continued: "I used to play a game called 'Seven Seas Across the Seven Seas', and our brothers are exactly seven people, so it might as well be called 'Seven Seas Company'!" ”

Everyone agreed, thinking that the name was loud enough. Du Dalei proposed: "The boss is the chairman, Xiao Qi is the general manager, Lao Wei is the technical director, and Da Lang is the minister of security, what do you think?" ”

Na Zhe asked, "What about me?" Give me an official! ”

Du Dalei grinned and hugged his neck, "You are the same as me, don't be an official, eat and wait for death!" ”

Na Zhe pushed him away with all his might, "I'm a person with pursuits, not as unproductive as you, just a manure machine." ”

Wei Hongye saw that the two of them began to quarrel again, and hurriedly stopped: "Okay, you two can stop for a while, Xiao Du, if we want to open up the sea, we must have sharp weapons." The bed crossbow you are responsible for replicating is very important, if you can make it sooner, you can install it on the warship, and we will not be afraid of anyone. ”

Du Dalei rarely made a serious statement: "Brothers, I know." Now I keep an eye on the craftsmen every day, and no one is lazy, they are all working hard. They worked hard every day for a reward of 500 guan and 10 acres of land. There are even some people who eat and live in the workshop, and they are all dirty like Hanako. ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "You don't have to worry about anything else these days, you don't have to go to night school at night, anyway, there are six girls, they can go to teach."

Du Dalei agreed, "I will move to the workshop tomorrow to live, and I won't come back if I don't get a qualified bed crossbow!" Na Zhe teased him, "What about your girl?" Still have time to go soaking? ”

"Anyway, they're all on the island, and they can't run, I know the priority of things, and I can't delay the business for the sake of picking up girls."

Everyone saw that Du Dalei's ideological consciousness was quite high, and they all praised him a few words. This kid is very beautiful, patting his chest and saying some bold words.

After a little more talking, the meeting was dismissed and each went back to rest.

The next morning, Zhao Zizhong pushed open the door, and the cold air blew in, which shocked his spirits. He had been drawing a picture all night last night, and only squinted for a while, but he was woken up by the shouts of the guards for morning exercises.

He went out the door and walked towards the cafeteria. Entering the gate, he saw Hu Shuiyang talking to a few people. He walked over, Hu Shuiyang continued to talk because his back was facing him, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood: "You all listen to me, no one can be careless, this time we are going to build fortifications, just like the city wall of Mingzhou." This is related to the life of each of us, we must cultivate strongly, do you hear? ”

Several craftsmen nodded their heads and said they wanted to work hard. At this time, a craftsman saw Zhao Zizhong and came over to pay his respects. Hu Shuiyang and several craftsmen also turned around and saluted him.

Zhao Zi arched his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

After everyone sat down, Zhao Zizhong took out the drawings and let the craftsmen look at them. Several people gathered around and looked at the drawings carefully.

After a long time, several people looked at each other for a while, their expressions were puzzled. An old man, who was about fifty years old, asked, "Mr. Zhao, where did you get this picture?" I think there's a problem! ”

Zhao Zizhong took it and looked at it, and said to the old man, "Is there a problem?" Tell me, I can't see it. ”

The old man stroked his beard and said, "This fortress will be built on three floors, and it will not be supported by thick wood, and it will definitely not be strong, and it will fall." ”

Zhao Zizhong laughed, these people had never seen cement, and they didn't know how strong the cement was, no wonder they were worried that the fortress would fall.

He said confidently: "Old man, there must be no problem." I'll show you a special material in a moment, and you'll know. ”

At this time, Du Dalei and several of his craftsmen came in. He walked quickly to Zhao Zizhong and asked, "Boss, what are you looking at?" ”

Zhao Zi pointed to the drawings, "Look at the bunker drawings I drew and give some advice." ”

Du Dalei picked up the drawings and looked at them, and laughed, "Boss, you're too funny, isn't this a devil's turret?" It's still three-tiered, it's too similar! It's really laughing at me, hahaha! ”

Zhao Zi kicked him angrily, "Hurry up, get out, don't let me see you until the bed crossbow comes out!" ”

Du Dalei immediately hid next to another table, still laughing. Zhao Zizhong was very troubled by this second goods, so he simply ignored him.

Zhao Zizhong said to Hu Shuiyang and the craftsmen: "Today, you will first lead people to dig a pit and lay a good foundation, and then send people to Wei Hongye to transport red bricks and cement. It is estimated that it will take a few days to lay the foundation. ”

The people agreed, and the servants brought the food, and they ate together.

After the meal, Zhao Zizhong walked out of the camp with the craftsmen and came to the entrance of the valley. He carefully examined the terrain for a while, and chose a place that was very close to the valley mouth.

The terrain is open and there is no shelter around. Moreover, it is a relative commanding height, and if a pillbox is built, it can control the range of several hundred meters around the valley mouth. Zhao Zizhong ordered the craftsmen to draw a line here and circle the scope of the foundation. Then Hu Shuiyang went back to gather the handymen and prepared to start digging the foundation.

After more than half an hour, Hu Shuiyang came back with dozens of people. They began to dig the pit, and Zhao Zizhong instructed Hu Shuiyang to dig six feet deep, that is, about two meters. Then he left, to see the progress of the crossbow workshop to make bed crossbows.

After walking for more than twenty minutes, I came to the bow and crossbow workshop in the depths of the valley. There were more than twenty people busy here, and he saw Du Dalei and a few craftsmen working around a bed crossbow from a distance.

He walked over and saw that they were assembling the bed crossbows, which were about the same, and the craftsmen were installing ropes on the bed crossbows. Du Dalei saw Zhao Zizhong and said happily: "Boss, this bed crossbow will be assembled in a while, let's go test firing together." ”

Zhao Zizhong looked around the bed crossbow repeatedly, and saw that its various parts were thick and strong, and some iron pieces were nailed to the joints to strengthen the structure. He was very satisfied, and said to Du Dalei: "Yes, it looks sturdy." Any questions now? ”

"It's just that the material of the bowstring is not ideal enough, so we have to wait for the Cui family's steward to go to the mainland to procure, and it is estimated that it will take a while."

The two chatted casually, and before they knew it, more than an hour had passed. At this time, the craftsmen assembled the bed crossbow and came over to ask if they would immediately go for a test shot.

Du Dalei waved his hand in high spirits, "Open the way, let's go test shooting!" ”