When Su You finished writing a letter to the county magistrate of Jimo County, the old patriarch of Maijialing also found the person who delivered the letter.

But it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child named Mai Yazi.

Su You didn't worry about such a young child going to deliver the letter, and the old patriarch was helpless, so he found two more men together.

After Su You drank tea, he heard that the messenger had to go back and forth to Jimo for two or three hours, and he knew that it was probably impossible to see Jimo's county order today, so he put down the tea bowl early and went out of the village with Wang Bodang and others.

Su You and the others walked west along the bay, about four or five miles, but they were blocked by a small river.

Su You walked along the river to a small hillside, and then faced the sea, "Our dock is built here, what do you think?" ”

Wang Bodang nodded, "Very good, there are mountains, water, and seas, and the fact is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack; The most important thing is that this small river enters the sea but there is no silt, and it is very convenient for us to enter the water after we finish building boats here. ”

Lu Zhongsu and the others also nodded.

"Then it's decided, let's start planning how big the place to encircle" Su You talked about the enclosure, and suddenly became excited, after all, this is the first time he has occupied the territory.

"I'll call them here," Lu Sheng was naturally happy, and as he spoke, he turned around and ran towards the place where he had just gotten off the boat.

"This stinky boy, so urgent!" Although Lu Zhongsu laughed and scolded his son, he didn't stop it, he also knew that if he didn't start doing it now, they would have to sleep out that night.

Su You took the burden from Xia Ziwei again, and found the design of the dock from the baggage, Wang Bodang and the others knew at this time that Su You had already made several plans for the dock, and it happened that the terrain in front of him was also within Su You's plan.

The "take-it-or-leave-it" doctrine is really simple, but the renderings are always contrary to the actual situation, for example, the houses and walls to be built in Su You's plan are all bricks and stones, but he has to think about how to spend the night tonight.

The top priority is to build a wooden house for more than 200 people to spend the night, and then it can be converted into bricks and stones in the future, and when Su You learned from the old patriarch of Maijialing that birds don't in this place, he has sadly realized that the cement for building the dock also has to rely on his own efforts.

Fortunately, the recipe was written by Su You himself, and the cement materials are everywhere.

Lu Sheng walked over with the two hundred people carrying large bags and small bags, and then Su You took half of the people to the camp to cut wood first, and the remaining half continued to carry it.

As for Su You and Xia Ziwei, they set up a pot stove and made lunch for these workers who were far away from home.

Su You's cooking skills are famous, and those people are in high spirits after seeing Su You cooking in person, and their work efficiency has obviously improved a lot.

After more than an hour, the daily necessities unloaded from the ship have basically been moved, and Su You's lunch has also been made, and everyone knows that it is rare to be able to eat Su You's cooking, so they can't help but feel sacred when they treat today's lunch.

However, Su You didn't have any shelf, and the way he sat casually on the grass was no different from a peasant in the countryside; What makes the workers feel that Su You is different is that Su You's jokes and jokes come as soon as they open their mouths, which are incomparable to the old farmers they know

After eating, the workers continued to camp on the hillside, Su You was inevitably pointing fingers at his first business, but fortunately, Shi Man and Zheng Yi, who were newly recruited by Lu Zhongsu, had been by Su You's side, so he didn't make any mistakes.

When the sun was slowly sinking in the west, Su You saw seven or eight people coming from the east.

When you look closely, isn't it the Mai Yazi in Maijialing who leads the way in front? The person in the back, from the clothes and hat and walking posture, Su You could see at a glance that the other party was a Jiupin county commander, and behind the county commander was naturally the county lieutenant and the officer.

"I didn't expect this Jimo county order to pay attention to efficiency, I thought he would arrive tomorrow, follow me to meet him." Su You patted the dust on his body and said with a smile to the few people around him.

Su You, as a member of the Sanpin, actually said that he was going to greet the Jiupin Zhi County, isn't this going to torture people?

Lu Zhongsu, Wang Bodang and the others naturally just nodded in response, and then followed Su You to Mai Yazi and the others.

Mai Yazi saw Su You and the others coming, and immediately flashed to the side smartly, and the county commander who was still behind him just now took a few steps towards Su You and then bowed and saluted, "Is it Su Yushi?" The county commander of Jimo County, the next official, Lu Rang greeted him here, forgave his sins, and forgave his sins. ”

It is impossible to do any big gifts on this sandy land, of course Su You doesn't care about these, and immediately stretches out his hand to help, "Lu Zhixian is polite, don't say forgiveness, if you really say that, I will already be guilty of a forgiveness, and I still think that you can come tomorrow." ”

The title in Su You's words was all "I", which made Lu Xian Ling even more relaxed, but after walking for half a day, Lu Zhixian's forehead was also slightly sweaty.

Lu Zhixian stood up straight, shook his head and said, "How can it?" Xia Guan had long heard about what Su Yushi had done in Yangzhou, and he had long wanted to pay tribute to Yushi. ”

Su You nodded, he used the seal of the Southeast Economic Envoy when he wrote a letter to Lu Zhixian, originally Su You wanted to use the manpower of Jimo County to repair the wharf, but Lu Zhixian has always called Su You the imperial history, which is enough to show that his words are groundless, and they are not false.

The key is that Su You's focus is obviously different from his, Su You asked him for help, he was always on guard against Su You, and the name of Yushi was too scary.

"Lu Zhixian is serious, this official has just arrived in your place, and I hope that Lu Zhixian will take care of it."

"Definitely, definitely." As Lu Xianling spoke, he shuddered.

Su You cut down two trees and sweated a little when he was camping just now, and now he felt a little cold when the sea breeze blew, so he smiled and suggested to Lu Zhixian, "The sea breeze here is a bit strong, let's go back to Maijialing first?" ”

"Su Yushi, please." Lu Xianling nodded, and immediately made a gesture of please, and when Su You walked in front of him, he turned around and walked half a body behind Su You towards Maijialing.

Su You said to Lu County Ling as he walked, "Lu Zhixian didn't take a good look at the letter I wrote just now, right?" The main purpose of my coming here is not to supervise officials, but to create taxes for the Great Sui, such as building a dock so that passing ships can have a transit, such as building a dock so that more merchants can have ships to go to sea, these places all need the assistance of Lu Zhi County. ”

Lu Xian Ling seemed to be secretly relieved, but after calming down, he asked tremblingly, "Yushi, please make it clear, I don't know what the lower officials need to do?" ”

"Of course, it's a contribution. You may not know that when this official took over the post of envoy to the southeast economy, he made a military order in front of His Majesty, that is, he would collect enough five million yuan in commercial taxes within half a year, and His Majesty was waiting for this money to be used as military expenses for the annihilation of Tuyuhun."

For the first time, Su You made it so clear that he needed to collect five million yuan in the past six months, in fact, there should be five months left.

In fact, when Su You and Yang Guang talked about this topic before, Su You didn't know exactly how much money he could charge, but Su You finally had a number in his heart, because he had the military expenses of the Eastern Expedition to Ryukyu last year as a reference

If he can't even collect five million guan, then Yang Guang's expedition to Tuyuhun this year may not be much of a problem, but if he wants to continue to conquer Yiwu and Goryeo, it may be a little reluctant.

And there is also an accident here, that is, after the conquest of the Ryukyus, there was a rebellion

"Five million kans!" Lu Xianling gasped, if these five million pieces are all copper, how heavy will they be.

Su You didn't care too much about the embarrassment of Lu County's order, and continued to say as he walked, "My focus is not here, so I won't stay here for long, I only plan the general direction, and the rest of the things still depend on Lu Zhixian's means." ”

When he said this, Su You and the others had already entered Maijialing, and then Su You saw the old patriarch of Maijialing again.

Under the familiar road, Su You and Lu Xian Ling had already sat down in the old patriarch's hall according to their dignity and humility, and except for the two of them, everyone else in the house consciously stopped outside the house.

Lu County Ling personally poured tea for Su You, and Su You handed him the plan of the wharf, and then said, "I plan to build this wharf three miles east of here, and the renderings are like this, I don't plan to generate income from this wharf, but the county magistrate can send relevant personnel to collect taxes here." ”

Lu Xian Ling heard that Su You had a good thing about pies falling from the sky, and raised his head to look at Su You with some disbelief.

Su You nodded and said with a smile, "If this dock is well run, the commercial tax you can receive even exceeds the agricultural tax." Of course, you can't get this benefit for nothing, because I don't plan to pay a penny for this pier. ”

When Lu Xianling heard this, he couldn't help but say with some discouragement, "Su Yushi is embarrassed, how can this wharf be repaired without money?" ”

Su You shook his head and asked, "I want to ask the magistrate, where is your county's annual labor used?" Lu Zhixian also knows about the construction of canals and the Great Wall in Jiangbei and Jiangnan in the past two years, right? By the way, the Yongji Canal is being dug now, but what is the matter with you? ”

"Even if we don't have anything to do, we don't get any convenience from it." Lu County Lingqiang smiled and shook his head.

"It seems that you have pity on your people? Unexpectedly, Lu Zhixian was a good official. I also have a method, you can first encourage the large households in the county to invest, and then use the commercial taxes collected in a few years to pay off the debts, or let the large investors directly send people to the wharf to collect taxes, and as for labor, they can be withdrawn in the form of half service and half employment. If you can gather 2,000 people to work, you can repair the wharf within a month, that is, when spring ploughing comes."

"In a month, you can't even adjust the cement, right?" Lu Xian Ling frowned.

"I can provide the formula for the cement, using local materials." Su You had thought about this question just now, so he asserted.

Lu Xianling watched Su You block all his excuses, until at this time, if he struggled again, he would seem to be too incompetent; In desperation, he nodded and said that he would do his best.

Su You immediately said happily, "I will stay at the construction site for the next few days, and Lu Zhixian may feel free to find me if you have any doubts." ”

After getting Su You's assurance, Lu Xian Ling immediately said softly, "I was in such a hurry to see Su Yushi, but I actually encountered a little trouble. ”

"Oh?" Su You frowned, he couldn't imagine that this Lu County Order was really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he actually learned to beat snakes with sticks.

"There is a small island on the west side of this bay, and a gang of thieves is stationed here, and the lower officials hope that the imperial history can help."