Keeping carrier pigeons was a relatively common thing in previous lives. But in this era in which Wang Lun lived, it was still a relatively rare novelty. Otherwise, when a minister of power first hears the order of the pigeon, he will not be surprised, and behave as if he had never heard of it before.

Although as early as when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Liu Bang relied on the "Flying Slave Story" to save his own life, but the development of the military pigeon system was limited by technical reasons, and secondly, because people did not pay enough attention to him, so in the long river of history, the development of this "instant messaging" means still seems intermittent, and it has not been formed by dots into lines, nor has it been rolled out on a large scale.

Quduan was able to use pigeons for military purposes, which shows that this man is very clever. This time, Han Shizhong saved his family from going up the mountain by mistake, and he said that he would not let go of anything, and he might be able to change the opportunity of the disadvantages of communication in this era.

After a long conversation with Huangfu, the world's leading veterinarian also realized the importance of carrier pigeons for cottages, and immediately promised to learn the method of pigeon taming with Qu San.

"Scholar, is this flying pigeon really as suspenseful as you say?" After coming out of Huangfuduan, Han Shizhong was still a little puzzled and asked.

"No matter how strong a horse's hooves are, it can't catch up with a pigeon's wings!" Wang Lun smiled and said: "As the saying goes, the old horse knows the way, and this pigeon is also average, no matter how many hundreds of miles away, it can find its way home." Don't underestimate this bird, many things in the cottage may depend on it in the future! Of course, carrier pigeons are not omnipotent, and on the way to deliver them, they may encounter natural predators such as eagles, and they may lose their way, but these flaws are really insignificant compared to the prospect of large-scale use of carrier pigeons.

Han Shizhong opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. It's just that when I look at Wang Lun again, there are too many things in my eyes.

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In the next half a month, Wang Lun took care of the cottage affairs in an orderly manner.

Zhu Gui has already let out the wind, and the cottage needs to buy a large number of commodities such as wood, porcelain, spinning silk, and tea. Because Liangshanbo had a good reputation for not disturbing the people, and then he saw businesses from all walks of life gathering at the Lijia Daokou, wanting to do business with Liangshan and establish relations. Pei Xuan's two eldest brothers, Meng Da and Meng Er, stayed in the hotel every day, bargaining with the merchants, and were very busy. These two people have been officially transferred to become subordinates, and at this time, they can be regarded as making the best use of their talents.

The field battalions under the jurisdiction of the four armies of the cottage horse, infantry, water and garrison. is still under the leadership of their respective generals and deputy generals, and they are practicing in full swing. In particular, the Sixth Battalion of the Navy Army, moved by the huge prospects described by Wang Lun, no longer complained that they were useless, and stepped up their training of the Navy Army. The three brothers went to Wang Dinh Liu's to borrow a large ship for training when they had nothing to do, so that they could train more qualified sailors for the future voyage.

On this day, I finished handling urgent matters in the Justice Hall. Wang Lun took Xiao Jiasui to Meng Kang's shipyard.

Because of timber, there are only three 1,000-material ships under construction on the lake at this time, but the progress is different, and the fastest is only more than half of the project. Seeing Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui coming, Meng Kang's swarthy face showed a trace of bitterness, and as soon as he came up, he "complained": "Brother, military advisor." You'll have to rush for me! Brother Tang Long has dragged me for several days, saying that this batch of 500 catties of iron nails has not been delivered! ”

Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui looked at each other and smiled. Xiao Jiasui opened his mouth and said: "You sue him here, you must not know that he is also miserable there!" The captives replenished this time are all new, so that his output there does not increase but decreases, and now a master has at least three or five apprentices by his side, but it is not as fast as before. Let's wait! When the newcomer becomes a familiar hand, everything will be easy to say! ”

Meng Kang sighed and said: "Actually, I am also average here, although there are three thousand more living forces, but their craftsmanship is really difficult to mention, and the younger brother does not dare to rush to work, so he only asks the skilled hands to take them well." It's just that Brother Li Jun is going to come back when he sees it, I'm afraid this batch of sea ships won't be able to catch up! ”

Wang Lun waved his hand when he saw it, and said, "Do what you want, don't rush to work!" This ship walks on the sea, and does not dare to make the slightest omission, otherwise it will be a joke with the lives of the brethren of the navy! After speaking, Wang Lun emphasized again: "Work slowly and carefully, you only come according to your progress!" ”

Seeing Wang Lun so considerate of his own suffering, Meng Kang was very relieved to thank him, Wang Lun asked him how he had learned the craft of supervising the construction of sea boats, Meng Kang lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "Compared with the sea boat and the river boat, the difference is a little big, and the younger brother is still asking the invited masters for advice!" ”

"You've worked hard these days! It's still the same sentence, what can't be rushed! With a lot of precipitation, we must be able to build sea ships independently! Wang Lun nodded and said.

Meng Kang saw that he nodded, and said: "At most, in no more than three months, the junior brother will be able to master the skills of supervising the construction of ships below 2,000 materials!" ”

Even a skilled hand like Meng Kang would have to spend half a year to learn how to build a sea ship, and it seems that he can't be harsh on others. It's just that in terms of the current situation of the cottage, there are only five medium-sized and small sea ships that can go to sea. It seems that after the cottage's financial situation is more prosperous, it is better to send people to the south to buy some sea boats.

Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui, accompanied by Meng Kang, inspected the shipyard, and Wang Lun felt that the captives were in good spirits. At that time, when Meng Kang, Tang Long, and Tao Zongwang were selecting people among the captives, Wang Lun announced that all the captives selected by the cottage would not only be fed every day, but also decide whether to be absorbed as official members of the cottage according to their future performance.

Once they become official members of the cottage, all the treatment of each person will be on par with the personnel of the village. For these captives, whose lives hung by a thread, this policy undoubtedly aroused their desire to survive. Except for the last few lazy people, most of the captives were digested by these three large employers who were in dire need of manpower.

After turning around, Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui didn't stay too long, and after talking to Meng Kang again, they were ready to leave. Suddenly, Zhu Fu was full of sorrow at this time and came in a hurry. Wang Lun saw that he seemed to be in a hurry, stopped and hurriedly asked him why.

Zhu Fu cried and complained: "The little brother's mentor, the blue-eyed tiger Li Yun, my brother also knows him!" At this time, he was trapped in the dungeon of a large family in Mengyin County, and his life was on the verge of death, and he hoped that his brother would look at the thin face of the younger brother and send troops to rescue him! ”

Wang Lun was stunned when he heard this. said: "He is not the head of Yishui County, how can he be locked up in Mengyin County?" Tell me more! ”

Zhu Fu exhaled a breath of turbidity and said carefully: "Although this village is in the territory of Mengyin, it is not far from Yishui, and my master has a distant relative, and his house is adjacent to this village. There is a housekeeper named Jinzhuang in the family of the owner of the village who wants to ask the daughter of my master's relatives as a concubine, and the family is also a rich family, so where is he willing to ask his daughter to be a concubine with others, and he really does not want to have any entanglement with this family. He refused. I didn't know that Jinzhuang wanted to use strong, and the family had no choice but to ask my master to come forward. Speaking of this, Zhu Fu's eyes were slightly red, and he said indignantly:

"I don't want the village master to be very strong and protective, and I didn't agree with each other, so I actually arrested my master. The master asked someone to go to the county government for emergency relief, but he knew that the owner of the village was very powerful, and he was not only very familiar with the officials in Mengyin County. Even the new magistrate of Yishui County asked them to buy it! This guy also asked people to let out words, saying that they wanted to extinguish my master's prestige, imprison him for a year and a half, and wait for the birth of a baby. Look how he came out! ”

When Wang Lun saw this, he glanced at Xiao Jiasui in surprise, only to feel that this matter sounded a little unbelievable, and it was often said that the people did not fight with the officials. This village owner is just a local tyrant, and he dares to imprison the capital of Linxian County! It is the powerful Chao Gai of Yuncheng back then, or the arrogant Zhujiazhuang. Nor has it ever been. Besides, Li Yun is not an idle person, he has a martial arts that thirty or fifty people can't get close to, how can ordinary rich people catch him?

"What's the village owner's surname? Where does it come from? What is the struggle? Xiao Jiasui asked.

"This person is rich and powerful in the local area, although I haven't heard of any special relationship with the official, but the two of them are very strong in martial arts. The owner of the village is surnamed Zhao, his name is Xin, he wandered the rivers and lakes when he was a teenager, and he learned a good skill. After he came back, he said that he had met an immortal saint and that he would have some meritorious deeds in the future. This person has a Hun family, named Gaoliang, it is said that his martial arts are worse than his man, and this woman does not use ordinary knives and guns, and usually only wears sixteen flying knives. It is rumored that when she flies the knife, she will inevitably splatter blood! ”

"This husband and wife have a violent temperament, but there are disputes, and when they meet Zhaoxin, it is light to be beaten, but when they meet the sorghum family, they are worried about their lives! If they get into a life lawsuit, these two will frame each other as strongmen, anyway, the county officials have asked them to buy it, and they will not come to embarrass them, so they will be very arrogant! When the husband and wife have nothing to do, they practice the people in the village, but whenever there is a dispute with the neighboring villages over the acres of land and water sources, they will rush up, and who in the nearby villages has not suffered from them? Therefore, the people of a county are afraid of them! Even when the Ming media was getting married, and when they were hired as the main room, my master's relatives refused to marry them! ”

Zhu Fu was obviously prepared, although he was annoyed in his heart, he didn't forget to find out everything clearly, and he was annoyed and said: "My master doesn't know the details, and he actually hit them head-on!" Fortunately, they were worried that my master was an official, so they didn't want him to die! ”

It's this evil couple!? After listening to Zhu Fu's words, Wang Lun finally understood that the one who caught Li Yun was Zhaojia Village in Nayi Prefecture, and it seems that the husband and wife are really destined to have a bad relationship with Liangshan.

"Call all the leaders to discuss in the righteous hall!" Wang Lun said suddenly.

Zhu Fujian said that his gratitude was beyond words, originally he wanted to bring his brother over and beg Wang Lun to send troops to rescue his master, but he didn't want Zhu Gui to hear the details, so he directly called him over. Sure enough, my brother didn't expect it badly, my brother is not a person who can't be saved when he dies.

When Zhu Fuzheng sighed, he suddenly heard a person next to him shouting: "Wait! When Zhu Fu hurriedly looked at the sound, he saw Xiao Jiasui persuing Wang Lun: "Brother, isn't it going to go in person again this time?" Brother Li Jun will return soon, and the matter of going to sea is related to the survival of the cottage, and it is better for my brother to sit in the cottage at this time! ”

Seeing Wang Lun's thoughtful expression, Xiao Jiasui said again: "Little brother is not talented, this time I am willing to go on behalf of my brother and go to this Zhaojia Village!" ”

Wang Lun lowered his head and thought about it, and said in his heart that Li Jun was about to come back, and he really couldn't leave. This Xiao Daguan is by no means Song Jiang's character, and this move is undoubtedly for the sake of the overall situation. Wang Lun's heart moved slightly, Xiao Jiasui is indeed a suitable leader candidate.

To tell the truth, when it comes to military affairs, this military advisor will definitely be stronger than himself. The only thing Wang Lun is worried about now is that he is going to attack Qingfu by the way, and this Zhao family husband and wife are not good at their generation, who should they send with Xiao Jiasui? (To be continued......)