Chen Xin walked with six personal soldiers in Li Guozhu's small kingdom, flanked by Japanese-style wooden houses, mixed with some thatched houses. Li Guozhu temporarily left to raise copper materials for him, and did not come back for several days, Chen Xin turned around this small island, and took a few personal soldiers to practice drums and trumpets in remote places, his army was increasing, it turned out that it was no longer appropriate to shout by mouth, and sooner or later flags and drums would be used, so he did not forget this matter when he went to sea.

The sea dog went abroad for the first time, and looked curiously at those wooden houses and some Japanese men and women wearing kimonos, Li Guozhu This town is full of organs, especially shops, wine shops, there are only three ships in the port today, in addition to Chen Xin's two, there is also a Li Guozhu's, because of the arrival of Chen Xin's two ships, the town is also lively.

More than a dozen steps in front of Chen Xin, several sailors came out of a secret door with a smile, and an old bustard behind him just sent them out, and stood at the door waiting for business, when he saw Chen Xin and others coming, the old bustard came up again and greeted him warmly.

Chen Xin's military discipline is not allowed**, the soldiers have three days off every month, and many single soldiers go to Weihai to drink and have fun, Chen Xin does not prohibit it, but he will never allow this thing to be stored in the dungeon.

Chen Xin looked at the soldiers behind him, although the military appearance of several people was much better than that of sailors, but their eyes glanced over there, these young soldiers trained every day, and there were few opportunities to relax, Chen Xin planned to carry out some ball games for the soldiers after he went back, so that they could vent their energy.

Chen Xin smiled at a few soldiers who looked at the old bustard: "You can go if you want, it's safe here, you don't need to accompany me, I can go around." ”

Nie Hong and the others hesitated, and then ran in with a dazzled smile, only Zhou Shifa and the sea dog did not move.

Chen Xin looked at them a little strangely and asked, "Why don't you two go?" ”

Zhou Shifa arched his hand and said: "How can there be no entourage around the adults, and there is not much to go to such a place." "Zhou Shifa is half a ruffian, and he has been a housekeeper, and he still sees it very accurately when he should earn a watch, so Nie Hong is much simpler-minded.

Chen Xin knew that Zhou Shifa was doing this deliberately, but he could also see that Zhou Shifa was more thoughtful, he nodded, and asked the sea dog again: "What about you?" ”

The sea dog looked up at Chen Xin with a smirk, "I'm afraid." ”

Chen Xin raised his hand and patted him on the head, "Silly boy, you're not afraid of killing, are you afraid of this?" ”

The sea dog touched his head and took a step back, and said with a smile: "I haven't done it, so I don't dare to go." ”

Chen Xin scolded with a smile: "You don't know Xuexue Zhang Assembly, he is not afraid of anything, those soldiers dare to go, but your instructor does not dare." ”

The sea dog was still smiling like that, Chen Xin shook his head, and continued to walk with the two of them, Li Guozhu was too anxious when he left, and he didn't arrange a maid to accompany Chen Xin and Song Wenxian, and Song Wenxian still had a lot of complaints about this.

After Chen Xin went out from the other end, he happened to see a Japanese sailing ship in the style of a Japanese ship entering the private port, which was the one that took Li Guozhu away that day, and it still carried a lot of goods in the draft.

"There's a play!" Chen Xinyi clapped his hands and took the two of them to the port, although Li Guozhu promised to raise money that day, but he did not say that he was dead, now he looks at the draught is deeper, it seems that he has found copper.

After a while, there was a smaller boat behind Li Guozhu's boat, and there were a few holes in the hull, obviously there had been a battle, Chen Xin couldn't help but be a little worried about Li Guozhu, this person is his most important trading partner now, if this person dies, he can't do sea trade and copper money, and he can't even raise a hundred soldiers.

When he hurried to the dock, he saw Li Guozhu standing at the bow of the boat, Chen Xincai breathed a sigh of relief, he only found out that Li Guozhu was so important at this time, which also showed that his economic pillar was too single.

Li Guozhu got off the boat with a calm expression, saw Chen Xin waiting at the dock, came over and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, isn't it really a god operator, do you know that you will come back at this time?" ”

"Brother Li laughed, I just saw that there was damage on the boat behind, and I thought there had been a fight, because I was worried about Brother Li's safety."

Li Guozhu and Chen Xin turned their heads to look at the ship, which was also a Japanese-style mixed boat, with both hard sails and Western-style soft sails, and was slowly approaching another pier next to it.

It looks like Li Guozhu robbed and did a vote, Chen Xin didn't plan to ask about it, but Li Guozhu himself spoke, and he said to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, do you know whose boat it is?" ”

Chen Xin looked at Li Guozhu's smug expression, who else could make him so happy, "Zheng Yiguan?" ”

Li Guozhu smiled, "Exactly, this ship is one of the ships I left in Beigang first, I recognized it at a glance from a distance, and I stopped it easily." ”

It turned out that the enemy met each other, Chen Xin saw that the draft of the small boat was not deep, and it may have returned from Japan, and he asked Li Guozhu: "What is on that boat?" ”

Li Guozhu snorted, and then said with a smug expression on his face: "It's all weapons and sulfur, and even a few cannons." ”

Chen Xin didn't want to buy Japanese weapons, he still cared about his copper materials, and said to Li Guozhu: "I see, but even if it is a shipload of gold, it is not as important as Li Gongzi's safety." ”

Li Guozhu smiled and said: "Thank you Brother Chen for your concern, since he dares to come to Nagasaki, how can I let it go." By the way, Brother Chen's copper material was finally found, and fortunately he was not dishonored. ”

Chen Xin asked with a look of surprise: "How many did Li Gongzi find?" ”

"100,000 catties, this is the most you can find in Xia."

Chen Xin was basically satisfied, at least better than 20,000, and hurriedly thanked Li Guozhu.

Li Guozhu sighed and said: "The shogunate is also making a large number of copper coins now, and this copper material will only get tighter and tighter, but since Brother Chen wants it, I will be cheeky to beg for more people, and I will leave you more on weekdays, so that when Brother Chen comes, it will not be as tricky as this time." ”

Chen Xin was about to speak, when the ship of Zheng Yiguan docked next to him suddenly shouted and cursed, and seven or eight sailors with tied hands went up to the deck from the lower warehouse, among which there were a few Japanese looking, and several of Li Guozhu's subordinates were driving them. Seeing these people, Li Guozhu's face became cold.

Chen Xin looked at their yin and yang heads, and suddenly his heart moved, and he said to Li Guozhu: "What does Gongzi Li plan to do with these people?" ”

Li Guozhu sneered: "I killed all the questions I asked." ”

"Li Gongzi, how about my brother help you do it? But the head is mine. ”

"Brother Chen is really a businessman, he even has to take a human head to kill people, what is the use of the heads of these sailors?"

"Li Gongzi, they are not sailors, they are widows who went to Wendeng to rob their homes."

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In the wheat field of Mazidun, there are green wheat seedlings, and the Songding Mountain and Diaowo Mountain in the distance are also green, and the air has a trace of earth.

Liu Minyou commanded a group of farmers, and in groups of four, they carried stones to a place where a well was being drilled. Liu Min shook the sweat on his hand and put the stone on the open space, and Xu Yuanhua also carried a stone to follow.

After Liu Min sweated, he looked at the irrigation wells scattered on the surrounding wasteland, all according to the method of Wen Xianming, with 100 mu as one side, one well at the four corners and one in the middle, and each well was used to lift water from orange trees, which could irrigate 20 mu a day. Some of the places where they are fighting are and some people are around.

At present, the manpower of the dungeon fort is sufficient, and there are more than 100 displaced households after the beginning of spring, and the total number of peasant households has reached more than 200. Because of Wen Xianming's example, everyone wants to get a salary like him, and they all take out the methods they know, among them is a person who can dig wells, Liu Minyou asked this person to take others to do it, and he didn't spend money to hire people, Liu Minyou saw that he did have skills, and also turned him into a manager.

It has not rained since the beginning of spring this year, Liu Min has a look at the low sky, how can it not rain with so many clouds, he can't understand it, he has enough hands and silver, but he can dig a well, the people of Mazidun there are not so comfortable, the water of the Qincun River has not been much, and the water of the canal they dare not move, and those Dun people carry it on their shoulders every day.

Most of the military households in Mazidun were tenants of Yang Yunnong, Wang Yuanzheng and Zeng Qianhu, and the ripe fields by the river were all occupied by these people, because they were closer to the water source, and those adults never thought of digging irrigation wells or repairing water trucks to carry water.

Liu Min was depressed when he thought of this water, he originally designed an Archimedes spiral, he remembered that this thing could lift water, who knew that it was not so simple to do, the spiral blades were very difficult to do, and each spiral could not be too far apart, the wooden spiral and the round wooden shell outside must also fit closely, so as to lift the height of two or three meters, Tan Carpenter did it many times, only one could barely be used, Liu Min had to give up this plan, or pick up the orange arc This ancient tool, After Wen Xianming came, he proposed two kinds of water lifting tools, the dragon tail car and the animal power wheel, and I don't know if the carpenters could make it in the end.

The group of craftsmen in front of him suddenly let out a burst of cheers, Wen Xianming came out of the crowd, saw Liu Minyou and greeted him, and said loudly before he got closer: "Mr. Liu, there is water from another well." ”

Liu Minyou smiled and waited for him to walk in, Wen Xianming's face was full of mud, he hurriedly handed over a handkerchief, Wen Xianming rubbed it indiscriminately, but it was even more spent.

Wen Xianming put down his veil and said to Liu Minyou: "Mr. Liu, you can dig the rest of the well today." ”

Liu Minyou praised: "It is obvious that you are hard, and you have to do more in the future of this tuntian planting." There are more and more people in the fort, and it is not always possible to buy food from outside. ”

Wen Xianming's eyes were slightly red and said: "Mr. Liu has the grace of knowing the villain, and the villain dares not to care." He now has many farmers, not to mention wages, and he also has a sense of accomplishment in his work, and he is very grateful to Liu Minyou.

"If the wall of the well is not done well, hurry up, and if there are not enough stones, say it earlier, those soldiers are busy going to suppress bandits, and there will be much fewer people moving stones when they leave."

Wen Xianming agreed, and he promised: "All the wells can be completed within three days, and the water in this tuntian will not be afraid of dry weather in the future." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly touched his face, looked up at the sky, a few drops of water fell on his face, he looked at Liu Minyou in a daze and said, "Mr. Liu, it's raining." ”