Although Liao Li's fu brought a short-term blow to his prestige, it was a long-term benefit.

Therefore, Liu Feng did not mean to clarify or defend at all. Regardless of the flood of him, when the truth comes, make them all dumbfounded.

Because of his marriage, Liu Feng let himself go on vacation for a few days.

After the holiday, Liu Feng began to deal with the affairs of the three counties.

The Taiwan side is like a strategy set by Liu Feng early on, blocking the news, and even the ships are just going back and forth. It is too dangerous to cross Jiangdong, and if your own messenger is captured, Taiwan may be exposed.

So even Liu Feng didn't know the situation over there.

The other three counties don't have much to do, that is, digging deep boreholes to survive droughts, as well as river remediation, and surviving floods.

The deep borehole is a bit simpler, and it's pretty much coming to an end. Jiangxia, Changsha, and Jiujiang villages all have fixed deep wells, and the number is calculated according to the population, with three or four large ones and one or two small ones.

On the contrary, it is a troublesome matter to remediate the river, and the water system of the three counties is developed, and the number of large and small rivers is innumerable, and it is very labor-intensive to remediate.

The only good news is that it is now the autumn and winter exchange assembly, and there are countless prime-aged laborers. Although it takes a lot of gold to maintain these laborers, it is the same as flowing water, if Liu Feng hadn't robbed Jiangling once, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to support it. But at this time, Liu Feng couldn't help but feel distressed.

As long as the river is well regulated, it can reduce the loss in the flood and save more people under its rule, which is more important than anything else.

Liu Ba, the new chief secretary, praised Liu Feng's move to benefit the people and clean up the river without regard to the cost.

Doing things has added three points of motivation. It seems to have a little sense of belonging.

This was something Liu Feng didn't expect.

In this state where there are not many big things, but small things are continuous, a month has passed.

This said that Liu Feng was in the study to read the recent river improvement reports in Changsha, Jiangxia, and Jiujiang.

The expression was a little dignified, although the three counties together also recruited 200,000 prime-age laborers, but there were too many water systems in the three counties, and more than a month had passed, and only one-tenth of them had been remediated.

By the time the floods occur in the summer and autumn of next year, the progress may only be completed.

"Hey, it's so vast and sparsely populated." Liu Feng put down the bamboo slip in his hand and sighed.

I don't know if I can extort some people from Sun Quan's side during the drought, I heard that Sun Quan has been very diligent in attacking Shanyue recently, and he has collected hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people.

Hundreds of thousands. How much labor is needed.

Liu Feng couldn't help but swallow his saliva, if there were more hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people, there would be 100,000 more laborers.

Not only will the river be cleaned up when the flood comes. It can also widen the Yangtze River and increase the flood discharge force.

This is short-term, in the long run, hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people are also a huge resource, you must know that the population of the three counties is only 800,000.

It's just not my race. This made Liu Feng hesitate slightly.

Just then, a maid walked in. Let Liu Feng withdraw from the plan in his heart.

"General, Madame sent a slave and maid to tell the general that the ship has been built." After the maid entered the door, she immediately bowed to Liu Fengyi.

The title of Liu Feng in the house is a little confusing, for example, Huan'er calls Liu Feng his son, Cai Yu, you call him, Xiao Qiao calls Liu Feng a general, Huang Yueying, and Cai Da calls Liu Feng a husband.

Everyone has their own name. , but the maids were uniformly called Liu Feng as a general.

It's just that Liu Feng was excited at this moment, no matter how this maid is. Rushed out with a single lunge.

What is a ship, of course, it is a steamer, it is a steamer that suppresses Sun Quan and suppresses the Jiangdong Navy, a genius, although that girl's surname is unreliable, but she is really reliable.

In only a month, I was able to understand the principle of the ship, and even the boat was built.

Sure enough, it's a wizard.

Thinking about it, he was not happy to marry Huang Yueying at the beginning, but now that he thinks about it, he is really cheap and obedient. He who will be struck by lightning.

These thoughts just flashed in Liu Feng's mind, and his body rushed out of the study at an extremely fast speed and came to the front yard.

There are several offices in the front yard, long history, master book, gongcao, engagement, etc. This mansion used to be Huang Zu's, and it was greatly renovated. So there are many vacant spots.

Even if these yards are vacated, there is still a lot of room to spare. Therefore, the yard that Huang Yueying needs is also arranged in the front yard.

Equipped with a few carpenters, the subordinates of the summons.

At this moment, in the front yard of Huang Yueying's office, Huang Yueying was kneeling on the ground, fiddling with the things on the case with great interest.

It's a boxy box with two wheels on the outside of it.

The structure inside is a bit precise, but the main thing is that there is something similar to a foot plate. Now Huang Yueying is playing with her feet with her jade hand with great interest.

It makes the bright wheel on the outside rotate rapidly.

It took her a month and an unknown amount of brain power to build. Now Huang Yueying is turning with great interest, but also some pride.

It's just that after a while, the pride on Huang Yueying's face was gone, and it was replaced by a strange expression.

She thought of the reward Liu Feng said, hugging the doll.

Liu Feng hadn't touched Huang Yueying these words, but Huang Yueying and Cai Da's yard were very close to each other, so Huang Yueying could hear the wheezing sound coming from the opposite courtyard every night.

Cai Da's joyful gasp made Huang Yueying wonder.

She had gone through that kind of process that night, but it was very painful.

Not to mention that Huang Yueying was thinking nonsense here, Liu Feng entered the courtyard at a very fast speed. I saw that Huang Yueying's hand was fiddling with the delicate parts in her hand for a while.

Liu Feng's eyes lit up.

The shell, though a little ugly, doesn't look like a ship at all. But Liu Feng will not criticize Huang Yueying with such side effects.

As long as you can create a delicate structure inside, it's fine.

"Not bad, not bad." Liu Feng took an arrow step and came to Huang Yueying's side, looked at the parts on the case carefully, and nodded incessantly.

"Why do you walk without sound." Huang Yueying was startled, and at the same time, a touching flush rose on her face, she was still thinking about that embarrassing thing just now.

But fortunately, with a veil in the way, Huang Yueying will not be frightened like a little rabbit.

"What are you thinking of yourself?" Liu Feng rolled her eyes, and when she came in just now, she found that Huang Yueying seemed to be a little distracted, obviously because of her own reasons.

However, Liu Feng spoke, and his attention was devoted from Huang Yueying's body to the parts.

It's a kind of pedal and gear. Pedal with your foot so that the outer paddle wheel rotates quickly.

Among them, the power is determined by the number of people.

It's such a little thing that the shipwrights couldn't make for months. But Huang Yueying only made it in a month.

Looking at the rotating parts, Liu Feng was very excited. But then, some details were noted. Turning his head to look at Huang Yueying, he said, "Is there only one pedal for this?" ”

"How is it convenient for me to do this, the position of the pedals can be placed at will according to the size of the hull." Huang Yueying was stunned for a while, saw Liu Feng asking her, and explained. Then, Huang Yueying explained again, according to Liu Feng's design, this ship should not be too big and moderate.

But that doesn't mean, because there are only two pairs of paddle wheels, only two rows of positions can be made. In this regard, Huang Yueying also has some designs that can allow fifty people to work together. Let the whole paddle wheel run at high speed.

At the end, Huang Yueying also reminded: "My current shaft is made of wood, and when building a ship, you must not use wood, but iron." So, you're going to send some blacksmiths over. ”

"Hmm." Liu Feng nodded, of course he knew that to support such a big ship and so many people, it would be an early death to make gears out of wood.

"Go, follow me." After looking at it for a while, Liu Feng picked up the parts on the case, and then pulled Huang Yueying and walked outside.

"Where are you going?" Pulled by Liu Feng, Huang Yueying wondered.

"It's too important, I'm afraid the shipwrights won't understand it. Why don't you come with me and explain it to the old shipwrights. Liu Feng pulled Huang Yueying out and turned around to explain.

For Liu Feng, time is pressing now, and of course good things must be created first.

Mass production, only equipped with a water army. Liu Feng will feel down-to-earth.

After finishing speaking, Liu Feng didn't care if Huang Yueying was unhappy. dragged Huang Yueying out of the courtyard all the way, and after coming outside, he ordered someone to call Kou Shui and prepare the carriage. Depart for Xiakou.

It wasn't until he got into the carriage and left Xiling City that Liu Feng found that Huang Yueying, who was sitting next to him, was a little puffed.

"What's wrong?" Liu Feng asked strangely.

"Hmph." Huang Yueying snorted, don't overdo it.

"Don't want to go out? Or don't you want to be in the company of those shipwrights? Liu Feng continued to ask.

"Hmph." Huang Yueying's answer was to let out a coquettish snort from the tip of her nose again.

"Oops." It's just that the arrogant look didn't last long, because Liu Feng had already reached out to untie Huang Yueying's veil, revealing the beautiful face inside.

This is the only trick to deal with Huang Yueying's eccentric surname, once the veil is removed. This girl is a cowardly little woman who can't be cowardly.

With an exclamation, Huang Yueying covered her face, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Liu Feng.

Fortunately, the carriage that Liu Feng sat in this time was the kind of carriage with an enclosed carriage, if it was the kind of open-air carriage, maybe this little girl would have buried her head in her towering chest in shame.

"Be good, wait until this is done. For the husband to let you hold the doll. Liu Feng smiled in his heart, put his hand on Huang Yueying's waist, and then took it over.

Suddenly, Wen Xiang was full of jade and embraced.

"Hmm." At this time, Huang Yueying really couldn't be more obedient, leaned her head on Liu Feng's chest, and nodded lightly.

Hold the doll.

Huang Yueying couldn't help but think of Cai Da's happy voice every night.

The procession did not stop because of the couple huddled in the carriage, and soon arrived at Xiakou Castle.

However, they did not enter the city directly, but walked towards a small water village next to Xiakou.

This is a small water village built by Zhang Gu specially for shipwrights and shipbuilders.

With the expansion of Liu Feng's power, the number of shipwrights has also risen from dozens to more than 100. Deputies, low-ranking shipwrights had two thousand people. Among the more than 100 shipwrights, as long as the ration is given to some deputies, low-level shipwrights can read and build a warship.

This reduces the shipbuilding cycle without limit. You must know that a good ship takes at least several months from start to construction. If you can read and build ships, there will be fewer shipwrights.

I don't know when or how long it will take to build a hundred warships.

Such an important place, of course, is guarded by a naval army. But this is really nothing to Liu Feng.

Kou Shui turned over and dismounted, and after saying a few words to the guard, the team entered the water village under the respectful gaze of the guards.

After entering the water village, it was a different situation.

There were countless tents for the shipwrights and boatmen to live in.

On the water, there are still some warships coming in and out. The boatmen are busy with some tinkering work.

Because the internal structure has not yet been completed, Liu Feng did not dare to order the external structure to be built first. But that doesn't mean these shipwrights are just idle.

Gan Ning's sailors trained very diligently, and collisions and accidents were inevitable. As a result, the workload of each shipwright is still not small.

Glancing outside, Liu Feng and Huang Yueying both got out of the carriage. Of course, Huang Yueying's veil has also been brought back.

"Get the shipman." Liu Fengdao.

"No." Kou Shui answered, and immediately led someone down to find it.

Soon after, an old boatman was brought back by Kou Shui. The gray hair is pale, and it is the fate of Liu Feng, and the first to see Liu Feng's paddle steamer, the advantage of the shipwright Guangye.

Skilled old man.

"I haven't seen you for a few months, don't you come unharmed?" Liu Fengxiao asked.

"Thank you, General, for your concern." Last time he came, Liu Feng called Guangye an uncle, Guangye was impressed, and it was not surprising to see that Liu Feng called him an uncle again. Just said very respectfully. After a pause, he smiled again: "The blessing of the general, the little old man eats well and sleeps well now." ”

This is definitely not a compliment, Liu Feng attaches great importance to the shipwright, and the treatment he gives is the best. Guangye has been very satisfied for several months. The only dissatisfaction is that he owes Liu Feng, and they can't study the boat alive or dead.

"Hehe, that's good." Liu Feng smiled, and then turned his head to Kou Shui and made a look.

Kou Shui understood, took out the internal parts of the Naming steamer made by Huang Yueying from the side, and handed them to Guangye.

"This, this is?" As soon as he saw this part, Guangye also realized something, and said excitedly.

It's something they've been thinking about for months.

"That's the internal structure, just do it step by step, get it right. The ship can be built, and it will be able to fly. Liu Feng smiled and fiddled with the pedal, and sure enough, with Liu Feng's movements, the external paddle wheel was running fast.

"Okay, okay." Guangye was excited, and looked at the parts in Liu Feng's hand with dead eyes. It looked like I couldn't hold it in my arms.

(To be continued)