Da Zhuzi was a strong man who was nearly forty years old, and when he learned that Han Lie wanted to see him, he looked a little restrained, standing in front of Han Lie, bowing his head and looking honest.

"Come, sit down and talk, have you eaten?" Han Lie showed a smile and greeted him cordially.

"Eat, eat." Da Zhuzi replied nervously, looking at Xu Sheng on the side with some uneasiness.

"Childe asked you to sit down and reply, and you were still stunned." In the past two years, Xu Sheng has followed Uncle Chen in addition to learning martial arts, but also read a lot of books, and gradually gained some prestige in the fishing village, and many villagers in the village are willing to listen to him.

"Huh." The big pillar smirked, and then sat down on the beach not far from Han Lie.

"Big Pillar, I heard that you have seen a fish monster, give me a good talk about the specific situation at that time." When Han Lie waited for the other party to sit down, he asked calmly.

Da Zhuzi heard Han Lie ask him about the fish monster, his face showed a slight hint of panic, and he said after a while: "That fish monster has long hair floating on the water, covering most of her body, her face is beautiful, her skin is snow-white, only a strand of gauze is wrapped around her body, and she is covered with fish scales below her waist, but she doesn't seem to be able to speak, but she can cry like a woman." ”

Under Han Lie's gaze, although Da Zhuzi was a little scared, he still told the specific situation of the mermaid he saw.

"How far is the place where you saw the fish monster from the village?" Han Lie nodded and asked.

"It's a little far, and it takes about an hour to walk by water, and there is an island on the surface of the sea, and there are a lot of fish near the island, but that island is also what we undoubtedly found a few months ago." The big pillar replied truthfully.

"How can you say that the few villagers who disappeared in the village were all missing near that small island?" Han Lie immediately grasped the key point.

"Hey, listen to Childe's analysis, it seems to be true." Xu Sheng would interject, they didn't pay much attention to this matter before, after all, it was not a strange thing to go out to sea and encounter wind and waves and disappear, if it weren't for the big pillar to see the fish monster, they wouldn't even think of the missing people, maybe they were pulled into the bottom of the sea by the fish monster and disappeared.

"Big Pillar, that small island, who else in the village has been there besides you? If you go again, will you be able to find it? Han Lie asked again.

"Uncle Xu has also been there, and there are also a few dogs who have been there, although it is a little far away, we must find that island." The Uncle Xu in the mouth of the big pillar is Xu Sheng's grandfather, and it is obvious that the small island is not a strange island for the fishermen of the fishing village.

"Xu Sheng, tell the villagers who stayed behind not to leave the village too far away to fish for the time being, especially that island, and when I go back, see if there is any way to subdue the fish monster, so that the villagers can get rid of the scourge." Although Han Lie was not sure that the fish monster was the legendary mermaid, he could almost conclude that the vicinity of the island in the mouth of the big pillar must be the lair of the fish monster, which is why the fish monster would drag the villagers who went fishing into the sea.

It's just out of self-preservation, or the fish monster originally likes to eat people, these don't matter, for Han Lie, since the fish monster has threatened the survival of the villagers in the fishing village, then it must be eliminated, even if it is to run away, in short, these fish monsters can no longer be left.

"Don't worry, Childe, I will tell you, and half of the villagers are willing to go to Licheng with Childe, and they can leave tomorrow afternoon." Xu Sheng replied in a deep voice.

"You can just watch and do it." There are dozens of households in the fishing village, as for going to stay, it doesn't matter to him, if he is willing to go to Licheng, he will also arrange a place to live and land for them to cultivate, and he is not willing to go, and continue to stay in life.

However, the villagers' encounter with the mermaid was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Han Lie. The mermaid is also known as the merman, the legend is that the merman's whole body is a treasure, once the ointment on the body is ignited, it can be immortalized for thousands of years, and it is said that this mermaid bead has the effect of avoiding water and driving away poison, and wearing it all year round can make people refreshed.

Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, Han Lie already has the idea of capturing the sharks, although there is a hunting psychology in it, but there is also his idea of catching sharks and hunting for treasures, after all, now he is in this Licheng order, but he is almost poor, if he can capture the sharks and find a batch of shark beads, this is undoubtedly an important measure for him to relieve financial pressure.

But at the moment, because Han Lie was not completely sure and knew little about the merman, he was not in a hurry to act, so he was ready to return to Licheng, and when Zheng Xuan arrived, he would ask him about the merman, and then arrange the method of capture.

The bonfire banquet on the beach did not disperse until the middle of the moon.

The next day, Han Lie took Chen Bo and Xu Sheng and his grandfather, as well as eleven families, and left the fishing village to set out on the journey back to Licheng.

Back in Licheng, when Uncle Chen saw Cai Yan, he praised Han Lie again and again for his vision, especially when he learned that Cai Yan was still Cai Yong's daughter, he was very satisfied, and Cai Yan was naturally very filial to Han Lie's beloved elders, and completely served Uncle Chen as a grandfather.

As soon as Han Lie returned to Licheng, he devoted himself to official business, and Xu Sheng was appointed by him as a military candidate of the pro-soldier team, responsible for the security of the county government, but in fact, he mainly studied with Han Lie, after all, Xu Sheng is still very immature at the moment, although martial arts are already considered masters compared to ordinary people, but in Han Lie's opinion, at most, it is a third-rate level, and he still needs to practice hard for a few years.

However, with the 60,000 people of Junan flocking into Licheng, the pressure on Han Lie's body suddenly became unprecedentedly great, although he had food in his hands, but Licheng was too small to accommodate so many people after all, and the new city at the port and wharf would take at least a year to build, and the investment would take at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

At present, Han Lie has to arrange for the people's food and shelter, and he wants to build a new city, his hands are stretched, and the money in the treasury goes out like flowing water every day, but the income is almost none, if it is not for the savings in Donglai and Junan, Han Lie is afraid that he will not be able to survive for a day.

For Han Lie, the lack of money is not the biggest problem for the time being, for Han Lie, the biggest problem at present is indeed the problem of officials, and the shortcomings of the lack of talents in his hands at this time are very obvious.

Although Wang Ling and Wang Bao are both good talents, but after all, the experience is still insufficient, and the two of them have too many official duties to be busy with, they can't be busy at all, although the 30,000 people in Donglai have been resettled, but the next summer planting is also the top priority, and they must continue to open up the wasteland in order to get more planting land.

Xu Rong's main energy is devoted to public security, after all, in a city of 110,000 people, once the public security problem is loosened, it will cause a catastrophe. Dian Wei was arranged by Han Lie to lead the people of his department, and urged 20,000 young people to open up wasteland in the space between Licheng and Haizhou Bay, and Xu Huang led his troops and supervised 10,000 people to be responsible for digging up the connection of irrigation and Kaiyang River, so as to completely turn the two-hundred-mile plain east of Licheng into a fertile land irrigation canal rich in water conservancy.

Zhao Yun led his subordinates and supervised 20,000 people to the mouth of Haizhou Bay to be responsible for the construction of the new port city and wharf, while Han Lie was responsible for the coordination of all parties and dealt with all aspects of the problem in a timely manner.

But no matter how Han Lie squeezes Zhao Yun and Xu Huang and other fierce generals, they will never be able to become civil officials, and the fierce generals will never be able to manage government affairs, and the efficiency of handling affairs will never be improved.

However, just when Han Lie was anxious, Zheng Xuan with two hundred disciples finally arrived late.

Hearing the news that Zheng Xuan had entered the realm of Licheng, Han Lie left what he was doing, personally took his own soldiers, and Pegasus went all the way out of the city for thirty miles to greet him.

When the two sides met after the ceremony, Zheng Xuan couldn't help but say in surprise when he saw Han Lie with a worried face: "What is Ziyang worried about?" ”

"Sir, let's talk as we go." When Han Lie invited Zheng Xuan to get into the carriage, he said: "It's not a secret, there are 110,000 people in Licheng at the moment, no matter how big or small, all have to be decided. ”

Zheng Xuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Anbang's talent for governing the world, among my disciples, I can't find it for a while, but there are indeed a few state and county shepherds, but whether they can be used by Ziyang, I can't make decisions for them, but I can introduce it to you." ”

"It would be great if I had Mr. recommend." Han Lie said with great joy.

After Han Lie's advice along the way, Zheng Xuan already knew what kind of talent Han Lie lacked the most at the moment, so after entering the county government and taking a seat, Zheng Xuan said to Han Lie: "Le'an Guoyuan, the son of the country is also the talent of the national weapon, if Ziyang wants to reclaim the tuntian, if he can get the help of this person, it will get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Guoyuan?" Han Lie muttered to himself, but he had no choice but that the history of the Three Kingdoms was limited, and he really didn't have any impression of such a person, but now he was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, and when he saw Zheng Xuan recommending Guoyuan, he said: "If you dare to ask Mr. Zini, I will visit this person to help." ”

"Ziyang sit down for a while, I have already asked Wu'er Yien to summon him, it shouldn't be long before they come over." Zheng Xuan smiled slightly, and said confidently that he also agreed with Han Lie's hard work to settle the people.