When I was wondering, I saw that the pedal of the passenger ship was lowered again, and three people dressed as Confucian scholars stepped down from the pedal, all three of them were in their thirties, and the two people in front were full of anger and panic, but the one behind them had a calm face.

After the three Confucian students got off the boat, several soldiers of the Zheng family followed with swords, turned around and shouted a few words loudly, and some women and children walked off the boat crying.

Presumably, it is very uncomfortable to live at sea for such a long time, and there is certainly no way to compare it with modern sea voyages in these years, although the clothes worn by this big family are obviously good things that only have official eunuchs, but no matter how you look at it, they look very haggard and decrepit.

Li Meng's side was completely confused, and the leader of the Zheng family walked up quickly, opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"Sending eggs is nothing, this hen that lays eggs is a long-term thing, these are some of our big experts in making cannons!"

As soon as he heard this, Li Meng suddenly became interested, and the leader of the Zheng family looked at the change in the expression on Li Meng's face, and was overjoyed, thinking that this time it could be regarded as the right bet, and the other party was really extremely interested in this, so he hurriedly explained:

"Do you know that Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was executed a few years ago because of the Dengzhou Rebellion?"

This person Li Meng naturally knew, nodded, and the leader of the Zheng family said:

"Sun Yuanhua is a first-class expert in making cannons in the Ming Dynasty, although he was executed, but the three sons who can be left behind, but some people have learned this skill, we have made our own opinions, and we have invited the adults to come, and there are dozens of craftsmen who cast cannons in Macao next month, I hope to help the adults."

When Li Meng heard this, he pondered it a little, and immediately overjoyed, Sun Yuanhua's book "Western Law Divine Machine". I've read it myself, but there are too many professional terms and ancient weights and measures terms, and the craftsmen below are illiterate at all.

The so-called stepping on iron shoes has nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to get it. That is to say, the situation in front of you, good guys, the Zheng family not only sent theoretical guidance to the door, but also craftsmen will come to the door next month, and the matter of making cannons suddenly becomes easy, at least in Li Meng's thoughts, it is already very simple.

Of course, looking at the Zheng family's soldiers holding swords and shouting on the ground. There is also the haggard state of these people, and the word "please" in the mouth of the leader of the Zheng family is really debatable, but Li Mengna cares about such a trivial matter.

He didn't hide the joy in his heart, and his face was full of smiles. groaned slightly, and said to the leader of the Zheng family:

"There are many good harbor islands between Jimo and Lingshan, what you are doing is trading at sea, and ships also need a place to dock, just choose a place to build a port between them, the Zheng family is an expert in the sea, you choose, and the official guarantees that there will be no problem."

What the Zheng family has always wanted is to have a safe and protected port in the north, but the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea several times, and there are also the wars of the Japanese in the middle and late periods. For the construction of new ports, the north has always been difficult to be allowed by the government, and there is a sea transport line between Tianjin Wei and Shandong to transport grain and weapons, but after Kong Youde fled from Dengzhou, this line also stopped.

What Li Meng promised now will definitely not be allowed by the government, but on the ground of this Laizhou Mansion, since Li Meng speaks, it is the royal law.

Hearing Li Meng's words, the leader of the Zheng family didn't react for a while. Immediately he was ecstatic, who would have thought that the Zheng family's dream would suddenly be done, and this time the cannon and craftsman were just thinking that they could have some price concessions in the private salt business in the future. The affairs of this port still have to be carried out slowly. Who would have thought that Li Meng would actually open his mouth and promise today.

In a moment of ecstasy, the leader of the Zheng family didn't care about any etiquette. turned over and knelt down towards Li Meng, and said in a continuous voice:

"Lord Li has given such a great favor to the Zheng family, and the Zheng family will repay it wholeheartedly."

Li Meng smiled, having such a port is certainly beneficial to the Zheng family, and it is very beneficial to himself, so he will do it.

The people who drove down from the Zheng family passenger ship gathered in a heap, the crying of women and children still did not stop, but the three Confucian scholars had already calmed down, several people stood on the simple dock and looked around a little blankly, and the one who walked at the end hesitated and said: "This is the boundary of Shandong, right?" ”

After saying the words "Laizhou Mansion", except for the children, the women also quieted down, and they stood on the dock and watched around, as if they had a lot of emotion.

The soldiers of the Zheng family should have been instructed, and after sending the three sons and family members of the Sun family down, they will no longer care, Li Meng stood on the other side and looked at these people, and Chen Liu, who was on the side, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and followed, and asked:

"My lord, what the hell ......are these scholars and their families?"

Li Meng crossed his arms and said with a smile:

"Send someone to the guard to mobilize the carriages and horses, and escort these scholars and their local families back to Fengmeng Town, and settle down well."

Although Chen Liuzi didn't know who those people were, he still agreed, hurriedly turned around and went to handle it, and after walking a few steps, he was stopped by Li Meng, but he saw Li Meng, the general who had always been moody and angry, and said with a smile:

"Don't be reckless, these are distinguished guests, you must be polite, polite."

Today's Lingshan Guard is not the poor it used to be, it is already one of the richest places in Denglai and the two prefectures, and it is also quick to prepare a few carriages, Chen Liuzi quickly brought it here, since Li Meng has already given instructions, he also told his subordinates to be gentle.

Standing on the wharf, the three sons of the Sun family, came to the Shandong boundary from Songjiang Mansion inexplicably, feeling uneasy, Chen Liuzi came over with the Jiaozhou battalion soldiers to invite, although the expression was polite, but a group of soldiers with swords came over, what these soldiers said, who dared not listen.

The leader of the Zheng family was already overjoyed, and went below to discuss the good news with a few Zheng family members who came with him, but Li Meng was still standing in place, surrounded by guards.

Right now, on the edge of the beach, people are shouting and shouting. The sound of the chirping of the bullocks, and the occasional cry of a child, is all resounding, and it is really lively.

Li Mengdi looked at the crowd of people transporting artillery for a while, and looked at the Sun family who walked along the dock for a while, but he was now among the old and young of the Sun family. Most of them were disgraced, and the Shandong territory obviously didn't leave a good impression on them, and they were taken from home, and when they came to the place, there were some strong men with swords, and they were still carrying artillery, and it was good that the Sun family didn't have a mental breakdown.

It is estimated that when he was at sea, he also knew that the people on this ship were all pirates, and they had been taken captive until now. It is true that every moment is spent in thrilling fear. It was normal for everyone in the Sun family to look frightened, but Li Meng noticed that there was one person who looked different from everyone else.

It was the last of the three people dressed as Confucian scholars to get off the boat, and the others all lowered their heads, terrified, for fear of being noticed by the people around them, but only the person dressed as a scholar kept staring at the cannon that was dragging on the edge of the beach, and the long shirt on this person was already dirty. The face is also unshaven.

This appearance has nothing to do with Sven's temperament, and he is also quite robust, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, but there is also some meaning of a martial artist.

When these people from the Sun family passed by Li Meng's side, they all took a few more looks, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was also known as a Confucian general back then, and his family naturally knew more about military affairs than ordinary people, but Li Meng was standing there in a short robe and trousers, and it was a collar position, which was really confusing.

It's about to be passed. Li Meng suddenly asked:

"Excuse me, sir, what do you think of these cannon gentlemen?"

When he raised his voice to ask, the Sun family in front of him was stunned, but except for the one who was staring at the cannon, the others lowered their heads and walked towards the carriage, and the sturdy scholar hesitated, and replied in a hoarse voice:

"This kind of coarse and heavy goods is a Western cannon, and it is just used to defend the city, what is the use?"

The two men spoke loudly. The leader of the Zheng family came back just when he heard it, and said very unconvinced:

"The old slave chief of the Jurchen Tartars, but he was killed by this cannon, which is not powerful."

"What if it was blown up, how did the Tartars rampant in the land of Gyeonggi a few years ago. This cannon is so powerful. Why don't you use it to kill big guys like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong! ”

The scholar's cold rhetorical question made the leader of the Zheng family speechless. could only laugh dryly and get busy again, but Li Meng's heart became more and more happy, and he continued to ask with an attitude of trying:

"Can you teach me what cannon to use in the infantry team?"

"If it is cast by Westerners, four hundred catties, five hundred catties will do, if it is a Daming craftsman, I am afraid it will cost seven or eight hundred catties."

Li Meng hurriedly wrote down in his heart, although the scholar was scribbled, but after talking about these few words, he didn't have a decadent look, his face was full of energy, Li Meng didn't step forward, just stood in place, hugged his fists and made a full salute, and said solemnly:

"Thank you Mr. for your doubts, I don't know Mr.'s honorific name? Give me a word of advice! ”

No matter how generous the young literati are, after reading the story of Liu Xuande's three visits to the thatched house, he is also enthusiastic, and he thinks in his heart when he will meet a Ming lord who can treat me with such a courtesy, Zhou Yang and Zhou Juren are like this, and this son of Sun Yuanhua is naturally like this.

Since he went to the dock, although he did not know the color of these soldiers' sturdy uniforms, there was no doubt that they were officers and soldiers, Li Meng was firmly among them, and he was the leader, looking at the strong temperament of this soldier, he thought that Li Meng would definitely be a high-grade general.

After Sun Yuanhua was killed in vain, the Sun family was disheartened by the court and decided not to go out to be an official, but when Li Meng worshipped him like this, he still felt boiled for some reason, and replied involuntarily:

"Don't dare to be, student Sun and Dou see adults!"

The artillery cast by Westerners is about 500 catties, and the artillery cast by Ming craftsmen is about 800 catties, and this requirement was immediately told to the leader of the Zheng family by Li Meng.

At present, the request to establish a private port has also been agreed, not to mention buying a few cannons, the leader of the Zheng family agreed with his mouth, thinking that this kind of thing is too easy, the bigger the artillery, the more expensive it is, and now to buy smaller artillery, it will cost him much less silver.

It took five days for the six artillery pieces to be transported from the Lingshan Guard to Fengmeng Town, which still mobilized more manpower and animal power to do this, and the road between Fengmeng Town and Lingshan Guard could not withstand this kind of heavy pressure, which was really troublesome.

After returning to Fengmeng Town, 1,000 of the 3,500 soldiers stationed nearby in the Jiaozhou battalion moved to the Li family manor, which was just a part of Fengmeng Town, as long as they were residents of Fengmeng Town, they could go to the Li family manor.

The gate outside this manor is generally open, because the Li family manor is just a place to live for Li Meng, the military camp is not in it, the weapon manufacturing site is in the nearby village, and the former training ground has also been changed to the Lingshan Guard. Most of the people living here are soldiers from Liaodong craftsmen and non-guards, and the residences of the families of officers, and only Li Meng's own small mansion is closed in it.

However, after returning this time, the Li family's manor immediately became a heavily guarded place, and the gate that was originally open during the day began to close, and all places where it was possible to enter were patrolled and guarded by soldiers.

Li Meng's safety is one thing, but Mu Yunyao, who is following him, can't see people, and the Sun family's family naturally can't let others see it.

On Mu Yunyao's side, the Zhou Wangfu in Kaifeng, Henan Province already said that his own county lord died of a violent illness, and there is a commentary, the third son of the Sun family suddenly disappeared from Songjiang Mansion, Sun Yuanhua's deployment is a lot old, and he is looking for it, and Sun Yuanhua has also served as the governor of Denglai, and there are many people who know the Sun family in Shandong, and it is troublesome to be recognized by anyone, so Li Meng has to hide people here.

In the future, if those artillerymen come to make cannons, the Li family's manor will be the place where they make cannons.

In June of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the drought in Shandong has become a catastrophe, but the southern part of Laizhou is still peaceful, and the important reason is that Li Meng, the general who guarded Laizhou, built a large construction camp in Jiaozhou and built a fort barracks as a place to be stationed.

In this period of history, the land of Denglai in Shandong was weakened a lot due to the tragedy of cannibalism due to the great drought, and countless people survived because of this.

In fact, history has changed......