"County order, my family is really in urgent need of money. Please spare my house. The pleading sound sounded very miserable, and Li Yong, the county commander of Fuqing County, pretended to be deaf.

Li Yong hasn't slept well in the past few days, and he has spent a lot of effort to prepare the accounts of the families who grow chrysanthemums in arrears of paying taxes. As soon as Zhao Jiaren came to inform, Li Yong, who was sleeping in a daze, immediately led the messengers to arrive. This time, those people can really get the money, and they will get their debts back no matter what.

Some of these debts were owed by the poor during Li Yong's tenure, and many more were even earlier. If he can pay off part of the arrears, Li Yong believes that as long as there are no major mistakes this year, he will not be able to run the excellent rating for three consecutive years.

Zhao Jiaren was also indifferent to the pleas of those people. The reason why Li Yong not only did not do it right in the past few months, but even helped him, is what is going to happen today.

It had rained for the day before yesterday, and the weather was starting to dry out for the past two days. At this time, the priority is to take advantage of the very limited sunny days before the rainy season to dispose of at least 20,000 catties of chrysanthemums.

A few days later, Zhao Jiaren's ship loaded more than 3,000 catties of medicinal powder and went straight to Fuzhou. In a cool way, I went up the river and entered the city of Fuzhou. It didn't take long for Qi Ye to personally bring several carts to the port. Loading the medicine powder into the car, Qi Ye went to a courtyard. Zhao Jiaren had been to Qi Ye's house, and when he saw that the yard was unfamiliar, Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Brother Qi, you have so many houses, aren't you afraid of being treated as a first-class household?" ”

Qi Ye snorted disdainfully, "This is a rented yard, not mine." Brother Zhao, the reason why I rented this place is for this transaction. ”

Zhao Jiaren replied calmly: "Don't worry." When those people come, they will know if this year's powder will be effective. "Because the test has been done in Fuqing, Zhao Jiaren is very confident.

After a while, the owners and technicians of the incense shops last year arrived with their guys. All they wanted was money, so they simply said hello. The technicians took random samples and began to make incense inside the house.

After more than an hour, the sample was taken out. At this time, it is dark and mosquitoes are very active. Once the incense is used, the effect is needless to say.

Qi Ye let out a long breath and gently patted his chest a few times with his left hand. Next, Qi Ye asked happily under the crisp night sky, "Everyone, if you don't want to try the color of these medicinal powders again, just make a price." ”

In the next few days, Zhao Jiaren was completely running at sea. More than 20,000 catties of medicinal powder were all sold, allowing him to earn 8,000 yuan. Much more than expected.

Qi Ye also introduced a business to Zhao Jiaren, transporting 5,000 catties of mosquito coils to Quanzhou. Qi Ye looked at Zhao Jiaren's face very seriously, and said very cautiously: "Brother Zhao, I know that your ship is fast, and it is an official ship. Help them transport these 5,000 catties of mosquito coils, and they can earn another 200 yuan. ”

Zhao Jiaren has no enmity with Qian, and he is willing to continue to cooperate with these incense makers. Not to mention anything else, thousands of catties of mosquito coils were produced in a few days, and Zhao Jiaren definitely did not have this ability now.

"That's very good. But I'll have to wait a day. Zhao Jiaren replied.

"One more day, and they can probably make more incense." Qi Ye said jokingly.

Zhao Jiaren went to Xu Yuanzhi's house first. Xu Yuanzhi looked energetic and even a little radiant. In the room with the elegant aroma of pyrethrum mosquito incense, Xu Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Jiaren, I washed my clothes with your powder, and I also used that water to bathe and wash my hair, and I really feel much better." ”

Zhao Jiaren laughed a few times, but he didn't want to explain. In such an era when there was a lack of sterilization and insect control methods, the difference in sanitary conditions between the emperor and ordinary people was limited. Pyrethrum has a strong lethality to insects and parasites, pyrethrum powder soaked in water for washing clothes, bathing, washing hair, it is also considered to be a killing from the inside out, it will feel refreshing is a natural thing.

"Xu Zhizhou. I'm not just here to send some mosquito coils and powder, I'm here to talk about what happened last time. Construction of a lighthouse in Fuzhou. Once the lighthouse is completed, it will be much safer for ships to enter Fuzhou, and they will be able to sail near the sea at night. Zhao Jiaren said the purpose of the trip.

"I know about it." Xu Yuanzhi replied.

As soon as he saw this response, Zhao Jiaren knew that Xu Yuanzhi didn't really want to do this. Repairing the lighthouse is quite expensive and laborious. What's more, the repair of lighthouses is not within the scope of the survey. The Southern Song Dynasty did not realize the role of lighthouses in shipping, and Xu Yuanzhi was not a bad person, or even a promising official. But Xu Yuanzhi was not willing to do thankless things.

Determined this, Zhao Jiaren did not forcibly push his own lighthouse suggestion. He changed the topic, "Xu Zhizhou, Xiaguan wants to go to Quanzhou." I also hope that Xu Zhizhou will open an official document. ”

Hearing this, Xu Yuanzhi chuckled, "Come to me tomorrow." ”

There are some things that everyone tacitly knows, Zhao Jiaren, as an official, can not collect taxes on his boats. But this does not mean that Zhao Jiaren can run amok. A voyage without taxation also requires a reasonable reason, and Zhao Jiaren must find Xu Yuanzhi to open this document. Seeing that Xu Yuanzhi agreed, Zhao Jiaren immediately took out an envelope containing 100 bills and handed it to Xu Yuanzhi. Xu Yuanzhi accepted it without saying a word.

The next day, Zhao Jiaren got the expected paperwork, and then pulled anchor and set sail. As before, Zhao Jiaren was personally at the helm, and the brig performed very well when the wind was headwind. At its peak, thousands of brigs run on the Great Lakes and related rivers in the United States. Zhao Jiaren has played this kind of sailboat in the North American offshore waters, and is very confident in the performance of the boat.

Standing next to Zhao Jiaren was Xie Wuhuan, a shipyard technician, who watched carefully as the wooden shaft behind the spinning steering wheel wound and loosened the cables in different directions. He stood at the stern of the ship and watched the rudder swing delicately under the operation of the steering wheel and cables.

Standing back beside Zhao Jiaren, Xie Wuhuan praised: "Zhao Guanren, I don't like to convince people on weekdays, but today I have to say that I really obeyed." ”

Zhao Jiaren laughed sarcastically, "If you accept it like this, probably you think such a ship is the best ship, right?" ”

Xie Wuhuan was stunned, he didn't immediately understand what Zhao Jiaren meant. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "If you have these things, I think all the ships will be the same." ”

Zhao Jiaren's tone was still a little mocking, "Hehe." Brother Xie, I invited you to get on the boat and showed you the steering device, you don't think this is all I can do, do you? With Brother Xie, your cleverness, after reading it, you can probably learn eight or nine without leaving ten. But does Brother Xie really think that by stealing a teacher, he can build a really good ship? ”

Xie Wuhuan finally understood the secret of Zhao Jiaren's ship, and his heart was extremely happy. Hearing these words, he remembered what he said to Zhao Jiaren last year. At that time, Zhao Jiaren proposed to invest in the shipyard where Xie Wuhuan is now. After hearing this, the shipyard owner immediately objected, and the shipowner hoped to buy Zhao Jiaren's technology, rather than let Zhao Jiaren, an official, intervene in the shipyard.

Xie Wuhuan can fully understand the factory owner's worries. Officials are often too ruthless, and the matter of doves occupying magpies' nests is not particularly uncommon in the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Jiaren didn't even have to kill the factory owner, he could have obtained much more shares than the price for a small price.

"I know the owner can't trust me, and I don't have time to dwell on him. This time, I invited Brother Xie to get on the boat, just to let Brother Xie see what this patchwork boat can run. Brother Xie, if you really want to become a real shipbuilder and want to come to this run, you will know where to go. All the artisan wanted was to make more money and not have to work sooner. And shipbuilders would never think so. There was not the slightest ridicule in Zhao Jiaren's tone this time, but there was a kind of solemnity that made Xie Wuhuan couldn't help but be in awe.

It didn't take long for the brig to sail out of the Min River and into the sea.

Under Zhao Jiaren's order, all the sails on the ship were raised. At this time, the south wind is blowing, and the route from Fuzhou to Quanzhou is from north to south. Xie Wuhuan saw that Zhao Jiaren's boat had eaten the wind, but continued to sail south quickly, as if it was blowing a north wind instead of a south wind at this time.

One order after another was issued, and the sailors carried it out. Xie Wuhuan watched this unusual ship sail at high speed against the wind, and naturally had an idea in his heart.