The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the main courtyard of Hushan.

Yulong and Yuhu immediately got out of the car and acted separately, Zhu Daolin did not mean to enter the courtyard, and ordered Dading to drive the car to the dock, and met Uncle Xuanfang and Zhao Xunting who hurried to the dock on the way.

Zhu Daolin hurriedly got out of the car, saluted his uncle and Zhao Xunting, and learned that the wharf had just docked two cargo ships, and more than 200 officers and soldiers of the naval division had come, and he knew what was going on, so he told the two about transporting copper into Beijing, and then went to the wharf together to wait for the upcoming Duke Wu.

The thousand households and two hundred households who led the troops on the dock saw Zhu Daolin coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and reported their names, positions and orders from Wei Guogong, and then asked Zhu Daolin with a smile: "Brother Daolin, do you need me to send my brothers to help carry it?" ”

Zhu Daolin smiled slightly, and explained politely: "Don't bother Brother Li and the brothers, my two junior brothers have already gone to mobilize manpower and carriages, and 168,000 catties of copper will be loaded onto the ship within an hour, and someone will send some food later, it is estimated that the big guys have not eaten breakfast." ”

Li Qianhu, who was dark-skinned and thick-skinned, smiled happily when he heard it: "Brother Daolin is still thoughtful, haha!" The brothers had a hard time, and they often went hungry without a meal, and they would have to rely on adults more in the future. ”

"Well said, well said! For as long as there is a day, Brother Shui will not go hungry. ”

Zhu Daolin heard a lot of things from Li Qianhu's words, and he didn't need to think much to know that this person was the confidant of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and knew some secrets that others did not know, so he simply expressed his position, so as not to offend this straightforward and cunning general.

Daoist Xuanfang and Zhao Xunting were confused, and they didn't understand what the underlying meaning of the two of them was.

Daoist Xuanfang frowned and muttered for a while, and finally simply pulled Zhu Daolin aside and asked carefully.

Zhu Daolin has seen that the matter has come to this point. So he decided not to hide it anymore, and approached his uncle to explain the ins and outs in detail.

Before Zhu Daolin finished speaking, Daoist Xuanqing's face had changed greatly, grabbed Zhu Daolin's hand, and asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Do you know about your master and two uncles? ”

Zhu Daolin smiled bitterly and shook his head, so he had to patiently explain again: "I haven't had time to say anything about the master and uncle." Uncle, you are the first to know......"

"In less than two months, the appointment document of my Sipin commander will be issued, and the Nanjing Governor's Mansion will then restore the establishment of the Shangyuan Thousand Households of the Naval Division, and our wharf will be shared with the Sailor for the time being, and I asked Brother Meng Shan to build another wharf along the north of the wharf, mine the rocks, fill out more than ten acres of land, build a military camp and build a large fort, the purpose is to settle the Shangyuan Thousand Households."

"When the time comes. Most of the soldiers will be recruited by ourselves, wouldn't it be more beneficial to Ziyangguan and Hushan Manor? ”

"Besides, even if I serve as the commander of the Overseer's Mansion, I don't have to go to the court every day, how I lived in the past, and how I will live in the future, except for the multiple official titles on my head, nothing has changed."

Xuan Fang thought for a moment: "No. For such a big matter, I have to talk to your master. ”

"Don't worry. Uncle Shi, you have to say a few kind words for me...... Originally, I wanted to report to the master and uncle after the past few days, but I didn't mean to hide it, but I didn't expect Gonggong Wu to suddenly use the dock to transport away the copper materials, so I said to my uncle first, you have to support me! ”

Zhu Daolin took Xuan Fang's hand and begged bitterly.

Xuan Fang sighed: "Actually, I also know that this is a good thing. It is a good thing for Ziyangguan and Hushan Manor, but do you know how high your master and a few of us expect from you? I dreamed of turning Ziyang Temple into Ziyang Palace as soon as possible! ”

"I pinned my medical sect on you, but at this time you chose to join the army, alas! I'll go talk to your master. I can't do such a big thing! ”

As soon as Xuanfang Daoist left, a large war ship with a displacement of about 450 tons appeared in Zhu Daolin's field of vision, although it only raised half a sail, it was still very fast to go down the river, and it was about two hundred meters away from the pier before dropping the sail.

At this time, Xu Hongji and Wu Jingxian, the Duke of Wei Guogong who were standing on the bow of the boat, waved their hands to Zhu Daolin, which surprised Zhu Daolin very much...... Before, he didn't expect the Wei Guild to come in person, and he even thought that his eunuch uncle would be greedy for comfort and take a four-wheeled carriage to the dock by land.

Zhu Daolin pointed to the carriage convoy slowly coming from the west, whispered a few words to Zhao Xunting, and then walked to the edge of the dock, said hello to Wei Guogong who was on the boat, and then moved a few steps sideways to the side of the ship and helped Wu Jingxian ashore.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jingxian pushed Zhu Daolin's hand away, jumped on the dock steadily, and asked unhappily, "Is our family very old?" ”

Wei Guogong and the others laughed when they saw this, and Zhu Daolin hurriedly distinguished: "This is out of politeness, I don't dare to say that you are old, you are in your early forties, you are in your prime, you can kill a cow with one punch, how can you be old?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Wu Jingxian was also happy: "The rabbit cub has learned to slip his whiskers and pat the horse, how can this mouth be oily and smooth?" Ha ha! Grandpa Guo, how do you think this dock is repaired? ”

Wei Guogong came to Zhu Daolin's side, patted Zhu Daolin's shoulder, and looked around again: "It's much better than I expected, the entire three-hundred-step long wharf edge is all neatly built with large stone strips, and this alone is far more than the vast majority of military and civilian wharves along the river." ”

"The Sanhe ground under our feet feels very solid when stepping on it, it is estimated that it is compacted layer by layer, at least a foot thick, especially rare is that the entire wharf is such a solid and flat ground, as well as the upstream blue brick factory and five large and small docks, as well as several warehouses in the depths of the wharf that are being capped, all add up to 300,000 taels of silver and absolutely can't take it, a big deal!"

More than a dozen generals and colonels around echoed each other, and the old Shi who had changed into a hundred military uniforms was also mixed in, squeezing his eyebrows at Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin corrected with a smile: "So far, 420,000 taels of silver have been invested in this wharf, and 300,000 taels of silver will be taken out to completely repair it...... Please come there with Grandpa Guo, Uncle and friends, Yao...... It's just north ......."

Everyone was very interested when they heard this, and followed Zhu Daolin to the edge of the wharf in the north, where they saw a team of craftsmen carrying sledgehammers and steel drills, pushing wheelbarrows full of tools, and entering the flat ground below the mountain one after another to start working, and the rough estimate of the number of people was no less than 3,000.

On the riverside side, the stone base that connects the wharf along the river is more than six feet above the river, and the thickness is an astonishing one zhang thick, extending to the bottom of the raised mountain rock two hundred steps downstream, almost the same as the wharf built at the foot.

Everyone carefully looked at the filled ground with a width of more than 20 acres between the stone base and the mountain being excavated, and finally understood why Zhu Daolin had to invest another 300,000 taels of silver.

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