People who are familiar with Li Kui know Li Kui's temperament, and this guy doesn't listen to persuasion.

Basically, no one will listen to what they say, and if they say that it sounds good, they have a good idea, and if they say it is bad, they are stubborn.

As far as Li Dalang's face in front of Li Kui, he definitely didn't expect Li Kui to change his mind. Li Kui grinned, and suddenly glared: "I have made up my mind, don't bother to speak." ”

There is only one reason why Li Kui doesn't look down on Li Dalang, the dignified shipyard, three big ships sank in the wind and waves one after another, but none of the key drawings were left.

It can be said that although Li Dalang's ability to keep money is very good, he is not a proprietor who can manage a shipyard with strong professional skills at all. Li Kui also knew that he was wrong, he heard from the third uncle that Li Dalang was his own person, a brother, and could be trusted.

That's right, people are infallible.

The problem is that there has been no progress.

Even if there is, it is not the progress that Li Kui wants. lends money to collect profits, and his business is much bigger than that of Li Dalang. If it's really for money, why doesn't Li Kui expand the business scope of the money bank to earn more wealth. Can money conjure up cruisers?

No way.

He asked for a big toy brig cruiser, not money. Even for this thought, he did not hesitate to invest more wealth into it. But what about Li Dalang?

There is no need to worry about the safety of the money on him, but this guy is not the material for the industry at all.

"Brother—"

"Go back!"

Li Kui looked at Li Dalang's back and muttered to himself: "You are also equipped with ideals?" ”

Li Dalang returned to his yard with a frown, and sighed at the beams. Don't think about it, he has food and drink now, and he has a wife, and he is reluctant to die.

Zhang Yulian looked at Li Dalang's sad face, and said angrily: "What did uncle say?" ”

"My brother looks down on me." Li Dalang is often blinded and has long been used to it. Don't talk about Li Kui, even if there is one in Baizhang Village, they all look down on Li Dalang.

How can a man from a dignified village make a living by driving a big car?

Especially Li Dalang is timid and has poor martial arts, so he tastes being bullied.

Xu is used to being bullied, and Li Dalang has no sense of humiliation. It's the grievance that he wants to do a big thing, but is blocked. In his view, the shipbuilding business is nothing more than a loss-making business. If it's really about making money, isn't it a good business to make money?

But Li Kui wants to lose money, but he has no choice.

However, there are exceptions. When Li Dalang founded the shipyard, he heard a sentence said by a craftsman, which immediately made him hear it in his heart.

"Proprietor, if our big ship is built, it will inevitably become the first sea ship in the world."

No. 1 in the world.

This is what makes Li Dalang's heart move. He wants to be number one in the world. But in other aspects, I am afraid that no matter how hard I work in this life, I will not be able to achieve it, and the shipyard does have a little hope.

Zhang Yulian was stunned, from the day she met Li Dalang, she knew that Li Dalang did not have any sense of shame, let alone even the slightest sense of initiative.

But these are not disadvantages, but advantages.

The former is bullied casually at home, and the latter takes care of his family.

Suddenly, I saw a little bit of motivation to do things from Li Dalang's body, which made Zhang Yulian very surprised. Slowly sat next to her husband and asked softly, "Li Kui didn't beat you, did he?" ”

"How dare he?"

After Li Dalang finished speaking, he looked up and looked around, and then said arrogantly: "I am his brother." ”

"But you're not in charge of the family." The trace of pity that Zhang Yulian had just raised suddenly disappeared. Li Dalang's goods are also pretending to be heroes behind his back. If you really want to be in front of Li Kui, you have no confidence.

Li Dalang felt that he would definitely be driven back to his hometown by Li Kui if he continued like this, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable, so he turned his head to look at his daughter-in-law...... said coldly to Zhang Yulian: "I remember that my brother used to look at you wrongly. ”

"What do you mean? Li Dalang, you make it clear to me, if you don't make it clear today, you won't want to sleep. Zhang Yulian was beautiful and provoked, she was a widow at the beginning, and Li Kui was a street bully, as if something should happen to them.

Li Dalang should know that she and Li Kui have nothing to do.

It's not nothing, Li Kui once leaned on her wall to look at her. Of course, later the matter was clarified, Li Kui came to see people for the county order Master Zhou.

But the way is not very serious.

Later, this marriage did not succeed, and Zhang Yulian did not agree.

The night is dark.

Li Kui sat in front of the bookcase and read the official document.

Squeak, suddenly the door was pushed open.

Zhang Yulian walked in with a food box and said in a low voice. He was busy in the room by himself, and the more Li Kui looked, the more wrong he became, this was wine and food, and two pairs of chopsticks were put in it...... What are you going to do?

Li Kui asked himself if he was definitely not a gentleman, but Zhang Yulian sent it to the door, and this bite must not be eaten.

"Uncle!"

"It's getting late, I'll talk about it tomorrow, you can go back."

Zhang Yulian's beautiful eyes turned, and she suddenly chuckled, her laughter was very crisp, as if she had taken a bite of a crisp pear, and the air seemed to be filled with a sweet and fruity fragrance. Li Kui's seriousness seemed to make Zhang Yulian more energetic, and chuckled: "When you were in Yishui County, you were much bolder than now. If I had let you into the yard that day, what would you say you would do? ”

Li Kui tilted his head and thought about it, shook his head and said, "I won't go in." ”

The woman's eyes seemed to show a little loss, but she pretended not to care at all. After all, women, especially those who like to dress gorgeously and have all kinds of amorous styles, care more about their attractiveness. Zhang Yulian squinted her eyes and said softly: "I don't believe it." ”

Where would Li Kui let her succeed, and said disgustedly: "You are too old." ”

Zhang Yulian's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe that the answer turned out to be this.

Li Kui raised his hand and gestured: "I don't like older women, it's just two or three years old, you're almost ten years older than me, right?" I was only fourteen years old at the time, and when I put it on you, this is an old cow eating tender grass, what do you want to do? Besides, with such a posture of you, go to Baihua Lane on the edge of the Confucius Temple in Linyi City, and you can find two people with ten yuan of money, and you can do whatever you want. ”

Zhang Yulian's face suddenly darkened, and she stood up suddenly, her chest rising and falling, obviously choking with anger.

dropped a sentence and walked out: "Li Kui, your broken mouth is still as annoying as it was back then." ”

Walking to the door, Zhang Yulian was angry and shouted angrily: "Dead ghost, have you heard enough?" ”

"Brother, I really didn't want to test you, it's your sister-in-law......"

Li Kui waved his hand weakly and said, "Don't talk about these, I didn't expect you to be a vinegar jar." Then he glanced at the wine and food on the table, and said helplessly: "Say, what are you going to make trouble about?" ”

Li Kui knew that the Li family was not an old martial artist. And Zhang Yulian couldn't do what Jin Lian did, otherwise she wouldn't have refused the request of the county order Zhou Yuan to take a concubine.

"Brother, please fill this cup."

The flavor of the sake is very strong, and it is a high-altitude sake. This is also the wine that the Li family likes. Ever since Li Kui figured out the pot in Zhuangzi, the people of the Li family have basically drunk this kind of spirit. It seems that only by drinking this wine can one be worthy of being called a man.

In particular, the degree of distilled liquor is very high, sixty or seventy degrees are common, but it is not easy to control, and there are often some discrepancies. After all, the liquor distilled by the liquor factory in later generations was also blended with a lot of things. In the case of puree, this is basically the degree.

Li Dalang drank a glass of wine, and his face suddenly became rosy. After drinking a few glasses in a row, with the strength of the wine, he began to speak incoherently: "Brother, don't you know that my brother and I are the happiest when I am not now, let alone being a rich man and having money." It was when I started trading in Yishui County. ”

"At that time, I thought that with the sale of chestnuts, I could support my mother and let you have books to read."

"And then?" Li Kui said curiously.

This may be the first time their brothers have talked about their hearts in their lives, and if the talks break down, this will be the same time in this life. For the sake of the only face, Li Kui reluctantly listened to it.

He knew in his heart that Li Dalang had worked so hard, why in the end.

Li Dalang poured himself a drink, but there was more grief between his eyebrows: "I didn't expect that our family has only been doing such a good deal as sugar-fried chestnuts for less than a month, so you went to rob Niubei Mountain, and then ...... No one can look down on the sale of sugar-fried chestnuts. ”

Later, the family also changed to a large family. The fifth uncle thinks about making a big deal all day long, and wants to be like you, raid Niubei Mountain and get rich overnight. And the fourth uncle trained me and other family members all day long, and it was miserable. ”

Li Kui stopped Li Dalang and asked, "I remember that the fourth uncle is training Li Qing and a few of them, right?" How did you get mixed up in there? ”

Li Dalang was an adult at the time, how could he be drilled by the fourth uncle with a half-grown child?

Li Dalang smiled bitterly: "I haven't beaten him, so I have to be trained." ”

"Fourth Uncle Li Hong?"

Li Hong is the son of the third uncle, and his martial arts belong to the top three in Baizhang Village. It's just that he doesn't do it on weekdays, but Li Kui feels that Li Hong's martial arts are even a little stronger than that of his fifth uncle Li Lin.

Li Dalang's defeat in the hands of Li Qing is not too embarrassing.

But Li Dalang angrily reprimanded: "It's Li Qing." ”

"Wait, Li Qing, I should have been in my teens at the time, right?" As an unlucky guy who was often suppressed by Li Kui, Li Qing was only in his teens at the time. But Li Dalang is already an adult, so there is no reason why he can't even beat a hairy child, right?

Li Dalang said angrily: "This baby has no martial virtue, I am his brother, he dares to beat me!" ”

Li Kui listened a little loudly and interrupted, "Let's say something else." ”

There is a reason why Li Dalang has a low status among the Li clan, and Li Qing is also a good hand who can cause trouble in the capital. But Li Dalang didn't even beat the child at the beginning.

Speaking of something else, Li Dalang was a little confused and asked, "What to say." ”

"How did you and your sister-in-law meet?"

"She likes to eat fried chestnuts with sugar, and she has taken care of my business since I was in business. Later, even if I didn't buy and sell sugar-fried chestnuts, I would fry a pot and send it to her the next day. ”

"Confiscation of money?"

"At that time, there was no shortage of money in the family." Li Dalang said confidently.

"How long has it been delivered?"

"It has to be a few years, right?"

Li Dalang recalled: "Actually, it's nothing, she likes to eat, I like to cook, isn't it good?" ”

Li Kui firmly believes that based on this alone, Li Dalang will definitely not follow in the footsteps of Wu Dalang. This guy is too patient, or rather, this guy is too idle.

But Li Kui was not happy, pointed at Li Dalang and asked: "But Uncle Xu wants to recruit you as a son-in-law, why do you still have evil thoughts about Fat Chun." ”

Li Dalang was anxious, raised his voice and said, "What is evil thoughts? I was a single person at the time, and she had no one to marry, isn't this a match made in heaven? But who didn't expect that I would lose to Li Quan. He's a fool! ”

Li Dalang howled a few times, and then he contained the sadness in his heart: "I didn't want to have any results with your sister-in-law, it's like feeding cats and dogs, and after raising them for a long time, isn't this emotion coming out?" ”

"Forget it, don't talk about it. You want to continue to run the shipyard, I still can't agree. Li Kui sighed and said, "I'm already planning to write a letter to Uncle Qing, so that he can leave after receiving the letter." When he comes to Dengzhou, you hand over the shipyard with him. ”

"I'm not leaving!" Li Dalang said boldly through wine: "This shipyard is my hard work, how can I give it to others?" Besides, Uncle Qing used to be a head catcher in the yamen, and he didn't know how to build ships. It's a meticulous job that needs to be spent all year round. Why don't you let me watch when he's coming? ”

"You look, I ask you, there are models of several failed ships in the shipyard."

"What model?"

"It's what it looked like before the ship was built. Ship with reduced size. If the ship is not successfully built, even if it sinks at sea, the reason for the failure can be found through the model. ”

Li Kui's words were like a slap in the face, and Li Dalang was stopped.

If he didn't preside over the shipyard business, he would probably be the owner of a grange in his life. It was even worse before, it was just a hawker. Where did he know how to build models to analyze the data of the ship and thus the safety of the ship?

Li Kui continued: "There are also drawings. It's really good that you test the boat's resistance to wind and waves when the wind and waves are high. But what about the drawings of the ships? Drawings are the basis for building a ship, and even after the construction is completed, you can analyze the drawings to find out the problems of the ship. You didn't leave any of this information. As long as the drawings are there, once they are successfully built, we can build ten or twenty of such big ships in one go, and as long as we build according to the drawings, we can build as many identical ships as we want. ”

"No one told me!" Li Dalang shouted in horror.

Li Kui gritted his teeth and said, "I wrote to you, and I said it in the letter. ”

Li Dalang looked at Li Kui ignorantly, and his reaction was as slow as a drunken goose, and after a long time, he was annoyed: "I can't read!" ”

"If you can't read, you should let someone who reads read to you, right?"

"If there is something big about the letter you wrote to me, wouldn't it make people hear the secrets of my family?"

I couldn't talk that day, and suddenly there was a sneering laugh outside the door. Li Kui touched his forehead and said to the door: "Sister-in-law, my brother is drunk, you can let someone help him to rest!" ”

Following.

Finally, a shipwright wants to fight for a bounty of 10,000 yuan.

And Li Kui was in Dengzhou City, ready to meet the shipwrights one by one and torture their knowledge. At least don't take the indiscriminate person for a treasure.

"Master Li, villain Wu Ping, has been building ships for fifteen years, and he is good at building any ship."

"Name the discrepancies in this drawing."

Li Kui pointed to a drawing of the most basic assessment standard for the time being.

"Master Li, you don't know how to build ships, and on paper you finally feel shallow......"

Li Kui saw at a glance that the other party was a bastard, and took advantage of his face and said, "Get out!" ”

"Master Li, I advise you to ......"

"Ruan Xiaowu will send it to the yamen and beat him with twenty sticks."

Li Kui was so angry that he fooled people into getting it on his head, and in anger, he simply put on his official uniform. Now, there are no more deceitful people, but there are many fewer people who come to earn this bounty.

Even if there is, most of them are craftsmen who know a little bit about it. Li Kui was drowsy when he heard this, but he didn't even recruit a skilled craftsman.

"Brother, take a sip of tea and wake up."

Li Kui looked at Li Dalang, who was serving tea and water, and shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, if you are willing to stay, just stay and take care of the money." ”

"Brother, don't worry, my brother will definitely give you good money and don't let people cheat you."

Li Kui moved his mouth, but didn't say anything more after all. He has also seen the craftsmen recruited by Li Dalang, and according to his half-understanding of the shipbuilding industry, the level is also very ordinary. There is no hope of building a big ship that does not belong to this era at all.

"Next!"

"Adult, villain Umeng." After speaking, he secretly raised his head and glanced at Li Kui tremblingly, pretending to be an official is a big crime according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. But he obviously came to the Li family shipyard to earn a bounty, but he found that the person sitting in front of him was an official in a scarlet robe, and for a while, he thought he was in the wrong place.

"Look at this drawing."

Wumeng was looking at the drawings, but Li Kui had no hope for this person. After all, he was too young, just when Li Kui felt that a day's hard work had been in vain, Wumeng made a sound from his lips one after another, as if it was a little incredible, and suddenly looked up at Li Kui. found that Li Kui's official robe was a veritable official master, and he immediately bowed his head in fright and said, "My lord, the villain thinks that this ship can't go to sea." ”

"How?"

Umengbi said: "When a boat walks in a river, as long as it weighs big enough, it can be stable." However, the ship going to sea needs to fight against the wind and waves, and when the wind and waves come, the ship twists from side to side, and once it cannot support its weight and the strength of the waves, the keel will inevitably break. ”

"Isn't it upside down?"

"No, it's important to subvert up and down. However, the most important thing for sea ships to consider is the squeeze of the left and right, once they can't bear the waves, the keel will inevitably break. ”

"Oh!"

Li Kui's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wumeng, but the other party didn't dare to look at him at all.

This made him wonder and made him look up.

The other party raised his head in embarrassment, but Li Kui was greatly disappointed, but Li Kui was very suspicious, and suddenly said coldly: "You are not Wumeng." ”

The latter panicked and turned to run.

Where can he outrun Li Kui, let alone Li Kui, even Ruan Xiaowu is in front of him, he can't pass. Seeing that he couldn't escape, he was twisted and pressed to the ground, and Wumeng simply stopped struggling. A look of resignation.

"Boy, why don't you hurry up?"

The other party made Li Kui suspicious in many places, and his face was too white. Every craftsman in the shipbuilding has a very dark complexion, and rarely has a fair face. And tall stature. It's not that it's not good to be tall, but most of the boatmen are southerners, especially in Fujian, and their stature is generally not too tall.

Especially the other party's eyes wandered, as if there was a ghost in his heart, which made Li Kui see the clues.

Unexpectedly, after being caught, the other party did not panic, and sneered: "I'm Meng Kang, Dog Officer, didn't you already know about me?" ”