It's been a long time since I've talked nonsense, so let's say a few words today. At the end of the year, there are many things, the unit has to summarize, to make a budget, to make a plan for next year, in short, a lot of broken things, can only be busy every day in a chapter, and I am not in the mood to correct typos, that, I can only say sorry, try to pay attention to the code words in the future, so that there are fewer typos. As for the update, the unit will have a holiday in the middle of January, and it will be updated after the holiday.

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The old man is in his early fifties, even if he is placed in Daming, he is not too old, but he looks like he is seventy or eighty years old, not only his hair is half white, but also thin like a hemp stalk, almost like a pair of human skin and bones.

The furrows and wrinkles on the face all tell the hardships of life.

His clothes were very tattered, his trousers were only half of his legs, the part below the knees was completely bare, and there were no shoes on his feet.

In fact, the common people of Daming are almost like this.

Even the people of the north are much more pitiful than the old man.

The old man said as a matter of course: "My lord is merciful, give us wages, and have the opportunity to earn money, how can there be any reason not to come?" ”

Li Chuan nodded and said, "It's been cold recently, why don't you wear more, if you get frostbite, it will be troublesome." ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's too bad to do this job, so it's over after you endure it." ”

Li Chuan asked a few more words, sent the old man away, and said to Wan Youqing: "Get a batch of cotton clothes and shoes as soon as possible, don't let these military households freeze out, and then get some coal to put the fire on the shelf, and let the military households come up to roast the fire when it is cold." ”

Wan Youqing nodded in response, and couldn't help but say, "Adults are too good for these mud legs." ”

Li Chuan looked at him expressionlessly, and he didn't speak, the look in his eyes was very intriguing.

Wan Youqing was a little embarrassed, and somehow felt a little empty in his heart.

Li Chuan said in a flat tone: "I advise you, don't look down on the people." There is a saying that if you want to take it, you must give it first. The common people are the best group of people to buy, and they are also the most unreasonable group of people. Look at all dynasties, how many dynasties have destroyed their foundations in the hands of the people. People who truly have retribution and ideals will never satisfy themselves by discriminating against the people. Even the emperor has to be sympathetic to the people, although he is not doing well, what qualifications do you have to say that these military households are mud legs? ”

"What the adults taught me is that Wan has Meng Lang."

Wan Youqing was covered in cold sweat, and honestly bowed his head and admitted his mistakes.

After getting along with Li Chuan for a long time, these businessmen gradually ignored his age.

Li Chuan didn't say anything more, and said: "Get a few more cauldrons, cook more ginger soup, let the military households drink it, and it will be counted on my account when I turn around." If you suffer so much in the winter, find a few more Langzhong, and if a military household is sick, you will be treated quickly. ”

Wan Youqing and others and Lu Congliang and other officials hurriedly responded, and they were somewhat disapproving.

It's boiling ginger soup again, and it's looking for Langzhong again, when did these mud legs become so expensive.

But with the lessons of the past, no one dares to say what they think in their hearts anymore.

A large group of people stood on the ground, looking at the big pit not far away, and the military households were sweating and busy.

The sea water had been drained, but the dock was full of thick sediment, and the soldiers had to dig out the sediment underneath, then stand on top of the erected gargs, hang the sediment out in wooden barrels, and then pick it out and dump it.

"It's a bit inefficient!"

Li Chuan suddenly felt that he had overlooked a problem, in fact, the progress of building a naval camp could still be very fast, although the labor force in this era was not valuable, but sometimes the manpower could not be compared with the machinery.

Let's just say that hanging mud and sand out can't be fast by manpower alone.

The biggest factor restricting the construction period is to lift the sediment out.

If there is a batch of mechanized equipment, coupled with more than 10,000 laborers, the progress of the construction period will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Li Chuan used his brain and thought about how to get a set of equipment to do this work.

Just as he was thinking about it, the shelf that was erected on a high place not far away suddenly overturned, and the more than a dozen military households responsible for lifting the sediment on it were defenseless, and all of them fell down like dumplings and fell into the mud and sand.

Li Chuan was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, and subconsciously shouted: "Quick, hurry up and save people." ”

The military households below were taken aback, and a few of the military households who left were stunned for a moment before they reacted, and hurriedly ran over and pulled up the military households that fell into the mud.

A few of them have passed out, and I don't know if there are any dead people.

Lu Congliang saw that the commander made the adults pay attention to these military households, so he hurriedly ran over, commanded the military households to hang people up from below as soon as possible, and arranged for people to be carried to the city quickly to find Langzhong for treatment.

"Let's go!"

Li Chuan was a little excited, just come and see, you can also encounter this kind of thing, and the mood is really bad.

The mud and sand in the dock were too thick, and most of the momentum was unloaded, so that no one evacuated and died, and only a few of the more unlucky ones were injured, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. However, this incident happened to make him think about construction safety.

The next day, Li Chuan issued a series of instructions on ensuring construction safety.

Nan'an, Fujian.

"Big brother, it's all over."

Zheng Zhibao knelt down in front of Zheng Zhilong and cried.

Zheng Zhilong was startled, frowned, and said, "What's the matter, what's going on?" ”

Zheng Zhibao snorted and said with tears in his eyes: "The artillery surnamed Li who got it out of nowhere, not only has a super long shooting distance, and can hit our ship from a distance of more than ten miles, but also the speed of the cannon is also amazing, and the time to shoot a shell will definitely not exceed twenty breaths, as if there is no need to clear the barrel of the cannon, and the time to load the shells and gunpowder is also fast and scary." ”

"Fart!"

Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "Where in the world did such a powerful artillery come from. ”

"Big brother, it's true!"

Zheng Zhibao was not really sad, but was afraid of being punished for losing the battle, so he played the sad card and said anxiously: "How dare the younger brother deceive the eldest brother when he sees it with his own eyes." If it weren't for this, how could the younger brother have suffered a bad battle if he brought a large army over. ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes froze, and he still said in disbelief: "I also know about the Xiyi countries, the Dutch are considered to be Xiyi powers, and the artillery they built is not much stronger than the red-coated cannon made by the imperial court, if the Xiyi countries really have the kind of artillery you said, then how can the Dutch not know, are you sure that Li Chuan's Western artillery can hit a warship ten miles away?" ”

"It's true!"

Zheng Zhibao nodded as if he was calculating: "If the eldest brother doesn't believe it, you can ask others." ”

"Come on, call the officials of a thousand households to come over!"

Zheng Zhilong immediately commanded, ready to ask clearly.

Soon, three thousand household officials came in nervously.

"What's going on, tell me what happened."

Zheng Zhilong's face was ugly, and he had the heart to strangle Zheng Zhibao.

It was enough for three thousand troops to crisscross the sea and frontier, but he was defeated and fled back by dozens of family members surnamed Li, how could this make him feel better, if it weren't for Zheng Zhibao still kneeling on the ground and wiping his tears, he definitely didn't believe it was true.

The three thousand household officials did not dare to hide it, and explained it carefully again.

The content is exactly the same as what Zhi Zhengbao said, and it doesn't look like it's arranged in advance.

Zheng Zhilong's face turned solemn, and after the three thousand household officials finished speaking, he secretly took a breath and said in a deep voice: "There is really such a powerful artillery in the world, why have I never heard of it before, and where did so many artillery pieces come ashore, so where did Li Chuan trade with Fanshang, I asked you to lock the sea area tightly, but anyone has found anything?" ”

Zheng Zhibao and Qianhu officials didn't dare to speak, and hung their heads.

They also wondered how the guns were brought ashore.

If it was really transported from the West, how could it escape the Zheng family's traceability?