After the affairs in the county seat were over, Li Ling took Su Yun back to the small fishing village next to the port.

Zhang Yuanshan and Qin Feng have already built more than a dozen large ships with the villagers, although they are only some two-masted and three-masted ones, but they are superior to a large number, and if these ships go to sea together, their combat effectiveness is also quite amazing.

"It's good to be back! We've almost finished building our ships, and if you want, we'll start building them according to the drawings you brought! ”。 Zhang Yuanshan said excitedly.

Big ships were floating on the sea, Zhang Yuanshan saw that his mood was rippling, and he said to Qin Feng and Li Ling beside him: "With this force, why can't you sweep across the southeast sea!" ”。

Li Ling frowned, but in the blink of an eye, he relaxed: "Let's work together to protect the sea frontier of the Ming Dynasty!" ”。

Dachang Qianzhuang also established a branch in the port fishing village, and although the place is dilapidated at the moment, with the opening of the sea ban, more and more merchants will gather here, and the port will become more and more prosperous.

"Li Xie Yuan, Xiao Ba has already taken care of his father's funeral, and he has recruited a large number of young people near the salt farm, these are all young people who have a deep blood feud and have been trained for a period of time, and they will arrive at the fishing village in a few days!"

Most of the young men participated in the battle against the Japanese slaves and were the main force in the various salt works. They heard that Li Xie Yuan served as the regimental training envoy of Ying Tianfu, and now he was building a ship at the mouth of the sea in Ningbo, and he could go to sea to fight against the Japanese slaves at any time.

Xiao Ba was worried about the weakness of their forces, and when he heard everyone's request, he agreed without delay, and only came to join Li Ling after taking care of his father's funeral.

Dachang Qianzhuang was brought into the village, and Li Ling's shipbuilding business was also carried out, and boxes of silver were moved out of Qianzhuang and replaced with timber one by one.

"Master Zhang, these are all bought according to what you said, I don't know how many masts of such a big wood can make a ship?" Li Ling looked at Zhang Yuanshan sincerely, hoping that he could give himself a satisfactory answer!

Zhang Yuanshan closed his eyes and touched a huge log, and he said with some intoxication: "Such a good material, if the craftsmanship of our craftsmen is good enough, we can make a big ship with more than four masts, and even reproduce the treasure ship that the Three Treasure Eunuchs rode in the past." ”。

Zhang Yuanshan's expression was a little fluttering, he didn't expect Li Ling to be so generous, and he agreed to the price of a log of dozens of taels of silver without thinking about it. He didn't even bother to argue about the price, or did he underestimate Li Ling's financial resources too much?

A lot of money was spent, and it was no wonder that the workers who transported the logs had no hands and feet!

He knew that Li Ling was a fat sheep, but he didn't expect that the other party would be such a big fat sheep!

"I'm developed!". Zhang Yuanshan really couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart: "Li Jieyuan, let's start processing these logs immediately!" ”。

Although the villagers were very enthusiastic, they did not compromise on wages at all, and Zhang Yuanshan came forward to convey their demands, which required two hundred taels for each four-masted ship and five hundred taels for each five-masted ship!

"Li Gongzi, the drawings you provided are too difficult to manufacture, and they are also very labor-intensive, so this price is not too expensive, please forgive me Li Gongzi!"

Although Zhang Yuanshan said it very politely, there was arrogance in his tone, leaving this small fishing village, it was not easy to find so many craftsmen who were proficient in shipbuilding.

As soon as the sea ban was opened, I don't know how many wealthy businessmen wanted to make a profit from it, and in just a few days, he received a lot of orders, but considering that Li Ling needed too many ships and a huge amount of work, he pushed them all.

"Okay, I promise your conditions, I have asked you to build the ship as quickly as possible under the premise of ensuring quality!"

Zhang Yuanshan smiled and promised Li Ling that he would definitely speed up, but in his heart he was calculating that these ships would fall into his hands sooner or later, of course he had to pay attention to the quality.

"Brothers, come on! The price given by Li Gongzi is reasonable, we must work hard, as long as we do it well, each family can receive five catties of fish and meat every day in the future! ”。

Zhang Yuanshan shouted at the top of his voice, and the villagers knew at once that Li Ling agreed to their conditions, as long as this job was done, this year would be a year of abundance.

Everyone's motivation is more sufficient.

Seven four-masted ships and two five-masted ships, hundreds of craftsmen worked together, and it took about half a month.

During this period, Li Ling spent money like running water, and there were thousands of taels of silver every day, and Zhang Yuanshan and Qin Feng were very blushing when they saw it.

"The strength of Dachang Qianzhuang is quite strong, it is worthy of being a big business name that resounded in the southern provinces, it is said that there are branches in thirteen provinces, and making money is like flowing water!". Qin Feng asked people to secretly investigate Li Ling, and found that his background was not simple, and Dachang Qianzhuang was able to do it smoothly, and the support of the government was definitely indispensable behind it!

"Don't worry, although we can't take the entire Dachang Money Village, but the branch stationed near the port is the turtle in the urn, and the gold and silver in it are destined to be ours!" Qin Feng said unusually confidently.

In fact, he has also coveted Li Ling's wealth for a long time.

Just when the villagers were in full swing to build a boat, Hachi also came to the fishing village.

"Young Master, I'll rush over after I took care of my father's funeral!" Hachi said with some excitement, "After these big ships are done, can we go straight to the nest of the Japanese slaves?" ”

Hachi's brother is not at home, and everything in the family falls on him, and after his father is buried, he stays at home and lives to enlighten his mother, until she is not very sad Hachi does not leave.

Watching the ships crisscross the sea, Hachi is extremely happy. He said to Li Ling with great joy: "Young Master, I have never seen such a large ship, even the Japanese slaves rarely have these ships, with them we will definitely cross the sea and frontier!" ”

"You're right, these ships are indeed capable of navigating the seas, except that their owners will no longer be yours but me!" Zhang Yuanshan walked to Li Ling and Xiaoba's side at some point, followed by Qin Feng and dozens of men holding big swords. "You want to rob these ships? So what do you do with the few of us? “。 Li Ling motioned for Xiao Ba to take a few steps back, and asked in a flat voice.

"Haha, Li Ling, this time you are unlucky, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, but you come to cast yourself if there is no door to hell, you and a few family members will naturally be executed, as for the maid you brought over? This leader still lacks a lady in the village, so let her act as it! ”。

"Shameless!". Xiaoba shouted loudly, wanting to rush over and fight with Zhang Yuanshan, but was stopped by Li Ling!

"Can you rebel alone? You'd better save your energy! Or your master can see it clearly! ”。 Zhang Yuanshan laughed proudly a few times and waved his hand at several big ships.

The big ship gradually approached the shore, and from above came down some strongmen with knives one after another!

All of them were Zhang Yuanshan's subordinates.