"Raise a child, send Zhou ...... for me Haha, to this day, I still don't know the word of Zhou Lang, please ask Zhou Lang what is the word? ”

The conversation with Su Mai was quite pleasant, although Su Mai was not immune to all kinds of problems of scholars at this time, but at least he still had a little economic acumen and knew the significance of developing the cotton textile industry to Haizhou and even the Great Song Dynasty.

This is also related to his understanding of Hainan's cotton cloth production, but he once asked Su carefully and knew that cotton cloth in Hainan is very prosperous. And when Su Shi was in Hainan, he knew that his family was poor and could not support his family, so he also sent him cotton clothes, so he was no stranger to cotton clothes.

In terms of the concept of governance, Su Mai is an authentic member of his father's faction, rooted in the Shu Party, and does not pay attention to the difference in concepts, but pays more attention to local conditions and changes with the times, so even if Zhou Quan's plan still has something that Su Mai feels inappropriate, he does not object.

It's just that after a very happy conversation, he found that he had been calling Zhou Quan Zhou Lang, and he didn't know his words.

Hearing him ask about this, Zhou Quan smiled and said: "The younger generation is seventeen years old, and he has not yet written a word. ”

This seventeen-year-old is still a virtual age, but if the Zhou family is a literati family, they would have already had words, but Zhou Quan's father Zhou Fu was only a general of the forbidden army and a small official of the Beijing Division, although he also wanted to give Zhou Quan words, but he couldn't think of a good one, and both of them were busy, so things dragged on.

Su Mai heard that Zhou Quan had not yet spoken, and his heart moved, but at this time, the friendship between the two sides was still shallow, and it was not his turn to pick up words for Zhou Quan.

He thought about it and had an idea in his heart, his uncle Su Zhe had been the prime minister, and his literary name was spread all over the world, if Zhou Quan was willing to study under his disciple, the relationship between the two families would not be ordinary from now on.

No wonder Su Mai thinks so, in the past hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty has been a process of continuous party struggle, and the struggle between the new party and the old party has reached the top wind, and within the old party, the dispute between Luo Shushuo is also extremely fierce. In Su Mai's view, if Zhou Quan can study, he will have to have a position in the political hall in the future, and pulling him into the Shu Party as soon as possible can reverse the current situation of the decline of the Shu Party and the lack of successors.

Therefore, Su Mai smiled and said: "Before the old man came to Haizhou, he went to visit his uncle, and his uncle was also full of praise for Zhou Lang, especially Zhou Lang's envoy to Liaoguo, and his uncle appreciated it very much, and he only hated himself for being old, and he couldn't come to see Zhou Lang in person...... The old man took the liberty to beg, if Zhou Lang had spare time, he might as well go to Yingzhou......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw a slight confusion outside, and then a man appeared in front of them.

When Su Mai saw this person's appearance, he was shocked: "Boye, why are you here!" ”

The person who came was very young, with tears in his eyes, and when he saw Su Mai, he knelt down and kowtowed: "My grandfather passed away a few days ago, and my father sent my little nephew to report it!" ”

Su Mai sat down slowly, then glanced back at Zhou Quan, and said with a wry smile: "I don't mean so...... Uncle regrets it for life! ”

This is also his lifelong regret, originally relying on his uncle's fame and knowledge, to recruit the young hero in front of him to enter the wall, Shu Xue, he can continue to fight with Ercheng's apprentices and grandchildren.

Zhou Quan's face also showed surprise: "But Su Xianggong...... Something? ”

"Uncle Jia has gone immortal, this is the grandson of Uncle Jia, the son of Su Bo, Alas, ......"

"Since this is the case, the younger generation does not dare to disturb...... Please stay as well. Zhou Quan didn't expect that on the day he met Su Mai, he got the news of Su Zhe's death.

He also thought about meeting Su Zhe, but he had never been free, but he didn't expect it to be a pity.

But regret is regret, Zhou Quan is not too sad, after all, those who leave will have to leave after all, and the old era must pass after all.

Zhang Shun sent Zhou Quan out of the yamen, and when he saw Wuyang, Li Bao and others waiting in front of the door, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "These two are eye-catching......

He was telling jokes, and he was quite familiar with Li Bao, but he hadn't seen him for more than a year, and Li Bao was so big that he was almost the same as him.

Li Bao knew that he had saved Zhou Quan, and he paid a big salute at the moment, and Wuyang also saluted him over there, and the two sides tried their strength with their arms, Zhang Shundao "good man", Wuyang said "Your strength is not small", although it is not a sight to behold, but it is also speculative.

While he was talking, he saw a fat man coming and worshipping under Zhou Quan: "I learned that there are old friends in the ya, and the villain prepared a table of banquets to catch the wind for the old friends in the ya, and also invited the yamen to appreciate his face." ”

This fat man is none other than Wei Debiao.

He wanted to reconcile with Zhou Quan some time ago, and knelt in front of the inn, but he still didn't get Zhou Quan's answer.

But all Zhou Quan gave him was ignorance.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun said with some joy: "The reputation of the unknown Dalang is so high, it is Haizhou, and there are people who treat him." ”

"Hugh go and ignore him, Uncle Zhang, please come here, I will definitely make Uncle Zhang drunk today!" Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Wei Desheng still had to fight again, but he was stretched away by Wu Yang's arm, and he fought behind Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan still ignored it.

"I think this person is still sincere, why doesn't Da Lang give him face?" After walking farther, Zhang Shun asked.

"This person relied on Zhu Mian's momentum, and he fished the people here, ruined the Yanhu family, and crashed into my hands, and now I don't want to trouble him, but he always comes to me to obstruct my eyes." Zhou Quan said lightly.

Hearing that this person relied on Zhu Mian's momentum, Zhang Shun's eyes had already stood up, and when he heard that he had ruined the Yanhu family, Zhang Shun clenched his fists even more: "Da Lang didn't say it earlier, if he said it earlier, I would give him an old fist, so that he would know that there is still justice in this world!" ”

They only talked about Wei Desheng for a single sentence, and then did not mention this person again, such a scumbag scum, how can it be put in the hearts of those of them who think highly of themselves. Like Zhou Quan, he is waiting for the time to be ripe, and he will dispose of Wei Debiao casually.

In the distance, Wei Debiao looked at their eyes, no longer as deferential as before, his eyes were full of resentment.

"Grandpa has already shown weakness so far, but this puppy surnamed Zhou still won't let go...... It seems that I don't have a way to live if I don't give my grandfather! ”

He felt that he had put his posture to the lowest, and even knelt in front of Zhou Quan to beg for mercy, but he couldn't get the response he wanted, so his heart was full of resentment.

Previously, he could bend his knees to kneel for Zhou Quan, but now, he can take risks for himself.

"If so, then...... Didn't he exterminate the Haizhou thieves! ”

On the streets of Haizhou City, Wei Debiaosen laughed coldly twice. During this time, he had been paying attention to Zhou Quan, and he also knew Zhou Quan's true intention to recruit salt households.

Ship yard.

The address of the shipyard chosen by Zhou Quan is not too far from the salt farm, about ten miles northwest of the salt farm. At this time, the salt farmers he recruited were already making preliminary preparations there.

This place was originally a borderless land, and Zhou Quan only needed to report it to the government before it could be used to start a salt factory. Before Su Mai arrived, Zhou Quan had already passed the Qishan Order to complete the matter.

"However, this little cub kills people without blinking, and if he clashes head-on, he can't let him know that I instigated it, and the only way is to create an accident...... Hey, hey, isn't he interested in Liandao, he originally wanted to put the boat yard in Liandao, among them, maybe there was a chance! ”

Wei Debiao made a decision in his heart, so he took this matter to heart.

As the head snake of Haizhou, although he has lost some face now, everyone knows that it is because he encountered a strong dragon, so it is still very convenient to really instruct people to do things.

In a short period of time, the servants and splashers of Haizhou Yamen and Qishan County all took action in the sound of copper coins, and they had to keep an eye on Zhou Quan every day, who Zhou Quan visited and what he said, almost all of them had ears and eyes to Wei Debiao.

And Wei Debiao, just like a few days ago, was circling around Zhou Quan all day long, looking for every possible opportunity, wanting to get close to Zhou Quan. It seems that he is still doing his best to ease the relationship with Zhou Quan.

It's Zhou Quan, after all, he is not omniscient, and he didn't find out what this fat man was thinking.

"The people around me don't know how to build a ship, and they don't know anything about the water, Uncle Zhang, I invite you to go north, just for this shipyard, there must be a person I trust in Haizhou, watch this shipyard for me, how about Uncle Zhang help me?"

About ten miles away from the salt field, looking at the still messy construction site in front of him, Zhou Quan asked Zhang Shun.

At this time, it was the seventh day that Zhang Shun came to Haizhou, and Su Mai wanted to serve Qi Yuan, and he lived in a simple place on weekdays, so Zhou Quan only saw him twice in the past few days. It was Zhang Shun, who followed Zhou Quan around every day, and this time he came to the shipyard for the fifth time, and Zhou Quan finally confided in his heart.

In the past few days, the connection has been brought to the shipyard, Zhang Shun has also guessed about it, and when he heard this, he smiled bitterly: "Da Lang values it, I don't know how to do it, but I really don't know anything about shipbuilding......

"I don't need Uncle Zhang to build a boat by himself, just keep an eye on people, I know my uncle's mind, he wants to take a boat to cross the world...... In this way, in five years, Uncle Zhang only needs to be here for five years, and after five years, I will sponsor Uncle Zhang's fleet, and Uncle Zhang can take it to the East China Sea and the South China Sea to verify whether what I said is true that the earth is round! ”

When Zhang Shun heard this, his mood suddenly became excited: "Really? ”

"Naturally, it's true, it doesn't even take five years, if it's fast, it will only take two or three years, but the premise is that Uncle Zhang can find a replacement for you!"

"That being the case, we are sure of it!" Zhang Shundao.

Zhou Quan didn't know how to build ships, but as a hobby of the Age of Discovery, he still had some understanding of the development of human navigation technology. At least he knew something about famous ship types such as Galen boats and clippers. At this time, the shipbuilding skills of the Great Song Dynasty were originally the best in the world, although there was still a gap compared to the shipbuilding level of the Great Age of Discovery, but the gap was not so big.

As long as they took out the design drawings of the appearance of the Galen ship and the flying clipper ship, the skilled craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty could study them thoroughly in a short period of time, and then recruit experienced sailors to control these ships and open up distant sea frontiers for China.

The two finalized the matter, and Zhou Quan laughed again: "Today, with the permission of Duke Su, the water diverter will take a boat and go to Lian Island to take a look, will Uncle Zhang go or not?" ”

At the same time, at the Haizhou Salt Farm, Wei Debiao looked slightly nervously in the northwest direction: "Even if you want to go to Liandao today, will you go or not?" ”