Chapter 56: Cui Daoshu's gift package

Cui Xiaoniang was stunned, not knowing what she was thinking. Cui Daoshu looked at her quietly, and after a while, the little girl spoke: "Brother, I think it is very pleasant to live on this island, although the conditions here are not comparable with those at home, but the relationship between people is very simple, and there is no distinction between high and low status. The elder brothers never put up a fight with others, even if they were slaves, they could treat them equally. And they are very kind-hearted, and they take good care of the poor people of the island, the homeless, and my slaves, and they are fed every day, and they are rewarded for their hard work. ”

The more she spoke, the more excited she became, "When I used to read books, the books said how good the rule of the three generations of antiquity was, and I saw that the situation here was not inferior, maybe it was better than in ancient times!" I have a lot of fun here every day, teaching children how to read, painting landscapes, and sometimes going to the island. So I really don't want to go back, I'm annoyed by a lot of rules at home! ”

Cui Daoshu asked her: "I don't have any problems here, but how can you explain to your mother?" Girls always have to get married! ”

Cui Xiaoniang's eyes were red, and she looked at her brother and said firmly: "I don't want to get married!" You also know that those children of the family are either gentlemen, nerds, or arrogant, and in fact they are useless without the family. I don't want to marry someone like that! ”

Cui Daoshu saw that his sister was gradually taking the bait, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and then said quietly: "If you don't marry those children of the family, your mother will not agree, and in the end, it will be her old man who is in charge, and we don't count." ”

"Then I won't marry, I just won't marry." Cui Xiaoniang said angrily.

Cui Daoshu thought for a while and said, "Sister, I have a way, do you want to hear it?" ”

Cui Xiaoniang's eyes lit up, and she walked over and pulled her brother to be coquettish, "If you want to listen, you can talk about it!" Good no good? ”

Cui Daoshu said seriously: "You don't want to leave here, and you don't want to get married, the only way is to choose one of my brothers and be your husband, so you don't have to leave." If I try to persuade my mother, I guess she will agree. ”

Cui Xiaoniang was dumbfounded, she didn't come to her senses for a long time, and after a while, her face flushed, and she lowered her head shyly.

Cui Daoshu was secretly happy in his heart, secretly thinking that there should be hope. He asked, "Sister, what do you think?" Do you have a favorite candidate? ”

Cui Xiaoniang twisted and didn't speak, and her clothes were about to be torn by herself. Cui Daoshu stood up and said, "Think about it, don't rush to answer me, my brother is gone." ”

He opened the door and went out, looked back and saw his sister sitting there distracted, and went away happily. When I arrived at the door of the cafeteria, I ran into Wei Hongye. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and the two went into the cafeteria together, sat down and started chatting.

After a while, breakfast was served, and the two began to eat. Cui Daoshu took a sip of porridge and said, "Second brother, let's have a meeting later, I have something to discuss with you." ”

"No problem, we should discuss it, we have encountered many difficulties, let's study how to solve them."

In the morning, in the wooden house where the archives were kept, the seven brothers gathered together, and because of the snow, today everyone had a day off and rested in the house.

Cui Daoshu spoke first: "Let me say it first, the auction a few days ago was very successful, and we got a lot of money. This is extremely beneficial to the development of our business, and we have successfully obtained the first pot of gold. ”

Everyone laughed, and Du Dalei shouted: "It's time to give everyone dividends, I also want to taste the taste of the rich, buddy is now a local tyrant!" ”

Zhao Zi glared at him again, "Look at your useless appearance, now give you money, on this island, where are you going to spend it?" Keep the accounts first, and hand them over to the Taoist to exchange for materials. In the future, when there is money, everyone is distributing dividends in proportion. Now you kid has the original stock in his hand! The benefits in the future are sure to be staggering. ”

Du Dalei was deflated and sat obediently without speaking. An Dalang asked in confusion: "Why don't I understand what you are talking about, what is the 'original stock'?" ”

Everyone explained, and An Dalang suddenly realized, "Ah! It's the meaning of dry stocks, so I'm also a rich man? ”

Everyone laughed, "You can't miss a share." ”

After laughing for a while, Cui Daoshu continued: "When I collected money from the three big merchants who bought the treasure, I didn't collect all the cash, because they also had to sell some properties and goods, so the time would be very slow. I told them that it was okay to trade with the homeless people and craftsmen with supplies, and they were very happy, and after discussing the price with me, they went back to collect people and supplies. It is estimated that it will be delivered in Minnesota soon, and we have saved a lot of time and effort. ”

Everyone was very happy and praised Cui Daoshu's ability, saying that he was a complete profiteer. Cui Daoshu knew that everyone was ridiculing him, and he didn't care.

He continued: "One more thing, isn't there two bottles of 'Wuliangye', I only sold one bottle at the auction, and the other bottle was given away. ”

Everyone was amazed, knowing that he was not without a purpose, so they gave it away casually. Na Zhe asked, "What important people did you give it to?" ”

"History of Mingzhou Thorns."

"Oh, you're looking for an umbrella! Is this thigh thick enough? ”

Cui Daoshu saw that the brothers were very keen, and said proudly: "It's definitely thick enough!" Mingzhou Thorn History is the younger brother of the king of Wu Yueguo, and the current Fengguo Army Festival Envoy and Mingzhou Thorn History, which is under his control for hundreds of miles. ”

"It's pretty rough, but does his words count?"

"This man has a good official reputation, and he is said to be very good to the people, and he is not greedy and perverts the law, but he is a little weak."

"Isn't that right, we can just toss."

Cui Daoshu continued: "Lord Thorn Shi did not keep this bottle of wine, but dedicated it to the king of Wu Yue Kingdom in exchange for a promise. ”

"What promise?"

"The king ordered officials, generals, royal families, and heroes at all levels to strictly order them not to covet the property of our Cui family, as long as we do not rebel and abide by the law, we will keep my Cui family safe and sound."

Everyone was very excited, and Zhao Zizhong said: "This umbrella is amazing, the promise of the king of a country!" We can develop with peace of mind, and we don't have to worry about us! This is a great thing. ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Wei Hongye said: "I am the most difficult here now, the construction of the kiln factory is not going well, do you have any good solutions?" ”

Cui Daoshu took out a booklet and looked through it for a while, "I found five craftsmen from Mingzhou, all of whom are old potters, and they have a lot of experience in building kilns, so I guess it will help." In addition, this time I brought a lot of raw materials, such as green bricks, clay, etc., and a shipload of coal. ”

Wei Hongye shook Cui Daoshu's shoulders excitedly, "Now you can solve the big problem, brother, I thank you, our industrialization is about to start!" ”

Cui Daoshu was about to be stunned, he pushed Wei Hongye away, walked to the side, and said helplessly: "Second brother, calm down, there are still a lot of things down there, can you let me talk about it?" ”

Wei Hongye was a little embarrassed, sat down and scratched his head, "You go on." ”

Cui Daoshu looked at the pamphlet again, and then said: "I also brought a few craftsmen of the Cui family who can prepare* , and a large amount of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal will be transported to the island one after another. ”

Zhao Zizhong was very happy, "Then we will set up a * workshop as soon as possible, this is a big killer!" ”

An Dalang saw the power of *, and muttered in his mouth: "With this thing, you don't need to practice martial arts in the future, just throw a few * bags over, and any army will collapse." ”

Everyone treats him as air, and no one pays attention to him. Cui Daoshu continued: "I also bought a lot of cold weapons, and I brought them all this time. Knives, swords, spears, shields, bows and crossbows were available, as well as some leather armor. There is another sharp weapon, which is the bed crossbow. ”

Everyone was boiling, and they all stood up and went to ravage Cui Daoshu. Zhao Zi shouted again: "You kid is so powerful, so many good things, how did you get it?" ”

Cui Daoshu finally got rid of everyone, straightened out his messy hair, and said in high spirits: "Money can make ghosts grind!" Many of these weapons were obtained from the armies of the Southern Tang, Jingchu, Minyue, and Southern Han. As long as you are willing to spend money, there is nothing you can't get! ”

He paused, "I've also brought in some craftsmen, some who can make swords, some who can make armor, and a few who can make bows and crossbows, and bed crossbows as well. ”

Everyone is a little numb, the good news is one after another, this Cui Daoshu is too powerful, there is nothing he can't handle.

Zhao Zizhong said: "We should make every effort to develop the military industry, steel, weapons, *, all of which are indispensable, and use weapons beyond this era to equip the escort team as soon as possible, after all, we are too few people to play crowd tactics with others." There was also no advantage in hand-to-hand combat, and long-range attack weapons had to be developed. ”

Cui Daoshu said: "I placed an order for the shipyard in Mingzhou, and the first batch of eight sea ships were bought, all of which were fast ships, which could be used as warships with weapons, and a group of sailors was also recruited, and it is estimated that they will be assembled and transported here in a month." ”

Du Da Lei hugged Cui Daoshu and kissed him, "Haha, this is really good, next year I will put the sea ship on the bed crossbow, and I will go to sea to hunt whales and get a few big whales to play, it must be very majestic!" ”

Cui Daoshu took out a handkerchief and wiped his face in disgust, "Whaling is a very dangerous thing, everyone should be careful!" ”

Zhao Zizhong said firmly: "Training the navy must go through actual combat, where can we find an opponent?" Mingzhou sailors can't touch it, and pirates can't find it, and whaling is a good training method. ”

An Dalang was also very happy, put his arm around Du Dalei's shoulders and said, "I'll go with you in the future, let's catch a few big fish and play, it must be very interesting!" ”

Boris shouted: "Count me in!" ”