Qi Ke's gaze turned back to the picture, looking at the small boats drifting on the sea, "I really want them to come to our waters, so that I can grab their boats and use them in a bright way, and we will have fishermen and fishing boats in the name of righteousness; If they go ashore elsewhere, I will only be able to rob the boat, and I will have to find another opportunity to take the boat out. ”

"Not everything can go well, since we have made two preparations, let's wait and see."

"That's all there is to it."

"Why don't you go back and explain to the deputy housekeeper now, prepare the explosives bag, I have to contact the county here, Zhuang Zhaiya people have given a few good properties, and the boat company is going to send someone to take a look."

"Okay, if it's really good, make up your mind."

The two went their separate ways, Qi Ke went back to Qianhe Realm and asked the deputy housekeeper to make her some explosives bags, and hurried out after the explanation, and when the news of Haikou's landing spread, the blacksmith who also received the task might come to her.

Qi Ke had some raw materials in her hands, and she couldn't count on the already poor Bai Jiajun for everything, so she took advantage of the convenience of the robot to save a lot of raw materials that could be used for weapons.

In addition, there are some ready-made things in the village's public accounts, and the last time Bai Qing came over, he cleared the accounts, and he left the physical objects and accounts that should have been taken to the village, and the iron ore and other things that the blacksmiths could use were in this batch of surplus materials.

Not long after returning to Zhuangzi, the blacksmith who had received the task really came to the door, invited Qi Ke to collect the supplies, and chatted about the casting of cannon barrels, the power of cannon barrels and explosive bags did not match, which made the blacksmiths also very distressed.

But Qi Ke really can't say much about the content of smelting and casting, the only thing she can say is to comfort them to do it according to the previous standards, in case the Haikou really goes ashore from them, the cannon barrel is better than the musket, and when it is used badly, it will be broken, and the normal wear and tear on the battlefield.

The blacksmiths didn't know if they were comforted, but after receiving the supplies and talking, they broke up and went back to work.

Qi Ke seized the time to learn traumatic first aid, and there was a few good news, she picked two of the properties given by the Zhuang Zhaiya people, and made a deposit in the name of the boat company to buy, just one is a shop with a back house, and the other is a private house with two entrances.

The investigation of the Cao family in Siping County is still ongoing, and there are really a lot of problems found in the accounts they have accumulated over the years, and there is a rough list of partners at all levels.

A big grain merchant like Cao's is naturally looking for a first-hand grain merchant from the grain producing area when he buys goods, but if he wants to do a big and smooth business, he must settle all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and the bribery records are all on the account.

According to the inventory of the Cao family, and when the Cao family's trade routes were robbed, they just built a branch of Jia Ji Boat Company, connecting Nanyang County, Siping County and Donglin County into a line, and taking the coastal waterways into their own hands.

However, the Cao family is such a big family, it is not easy to bring them down, it takes some time and effort, grinding with them little by little, and suppressing their reputation when there is a chance, in general, it takes a long time, fortunately, Zhaolin is not in a hurry, there is no money in hand, and he can't hold the trade route if he robs it, so it is better to take his time steadily.

As for the subordinates that the patriarch of the Cao group once sent out to cause chaos, they have long been thrown out of the field, and no one can find them back, let the patriarch Cao worry about his own brains, the manpower he uses is his own credulous son, and the son is missing without Lao Tzu not in a hurry, just see if this Lao Tzu will do something surprising for his own son.

To put it bluntly, I am not afraid of them making trouble, and whoever wants to make trouble will slap them back.