After the craftsman finished speaking, Lu Xianling looked at Chen Zuyi, "Chen Zongshang, what do you think?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's no problem at all, but I don't know if these five masters are willing to work in my dock?" Chen Zuyi looked at the five people, "Chen is willing to pay 1,000 taels of gold per person per year to hire three, and the two apprentices of the three are 500 taels of gold per person per year, what do you think?" ”

Lu Zhizhong and the five of them all took a breath of cool air, what is the meaning of wealth, this one in front of him is!

"Meet the proprietor!" The old man who took the lead was very simple, and took the four of them to bow deeply, directly indicating that we recognized you, don't want to run! In fact, the status of craftsmen at that time was very low, and they often earned only enough to feed their families. Hearing this high wage, the fool agreed.

"No need to be polite! You wait and wait outside the door, I'm on my side, and I have something to say to you. ”

When the five of them heard this, they hurriedly bowed and walked out of the study.

"Lord Lu, I don't know when this rich island will be delivered to Chen?"

"Hehe~, it depends on when Mr. Chen's money will be handed over to the county government!" Lu Zhizhong made a rare joke, and then explained seriously: "The land belonging to the county government can be judged by the county order, but it needs to be reported to the household department!" ”

"Oh——, hahaha..., it's Chen who wants to go wrong, I'll ask someone to send two silver immediately!" Chen Zuyi looked at Meng Chengbi.

Meng Chengbi stood up, gave a salute and went out.

"Lord Lu, I will return to Nanyang in a few days, and the dock here will be taken care of by Shopkeeper Chen and Meng Tent here, and I hope Lord Lu can take care of it!"

"I should have asked the house to prepare the title deed, and the two of you will wait here for a while!" After speaking, Lu Zhizhong walked out of the study and walked to the sixth room.

When Meng Chengbi led people to hire Dalian to bring two million taels of silver to the household to count and put it into the warehouse, Lu Xianling personally handed over the newly made title deed to Chen Zuyi. Before leaving, Chen Zuyi asked Lu County to post a recruitment notice, and then thanked him and left.

Fujia Island is now owned by the Black Shark Gang, and the few natives on the island will have the county government relocate them elsewhere, and promise Lu County that if they wish, each male family can work in the dockyard.

Lu Zhizhong returned to the study, looked at the delicate box on the table, opened it casually, and his eyes were straight.

"It's ...... Mutton fat white jade! What a generous handwriting! Lu Xian Ling picked up the well-carved, moist mutton fat jade, and just held it in one hand. Playing with the best mutton fat jade, Lu Xianling couldn't put it down.

Outside the county office, Chen Zuyi and the three of them took five craftsmen to the restaurant opposite the county government and asked for a private room to sit down. The five of them were very restrained at first, just half-pulling their butts and sitting on chairs.

"I still don't know the five noble surnames?" Chen Zuyi was very polite, so polite that the five of them were uneasy.

"Back to the proprietor, the three of Xiao Lao'er are surnamed Wan, we are cousins, my name is Wan Hai, Wan Quan, Wan Xing, this is Xiao Lao'er's eldest apprentice's surname is Wu, called Wu Yan; This is the second apprentice named Wei Xiang. ”

"Master Wan, since you know how to build a shipyard, do you know how to build a dock?"

"What's so hard about that! The three of them have worked in the dock all their lives, and they are very familiar with the structure inside, although the proprietor can rest assured! I just don't know how big a ship the owner is going to build? The size of the dock determines the size of the shipbuilding. ”

"I heard that Daming has a big ship of 4,000 materials, so let's prepare it according to the dock of the 4,000 material big ship!"

"This ...... I don't know in the east, the big ship of 4,000 materials can also be built, it is 44 zhang long, 18 zhang wide, 6 zhang deep, but the main keel of the three sections needs to be cast with fine iron in order to withstand the huge wave beating. The length of the keel is thirty-one zhang, the width is six feet, the thickness is three feet, and the fine iron alone needs about 4,100 quintals, and the auxiliary keel is the most cypress, and each ship consumes at least 500,000 taels of silver. ”

500,000 taels is acceptable, Chen Zuyi touched the stubble on his chin, "How long will it take to get a boat?" ”

"Look at how many boatmen the proprietor uses, if the fine iron keel has been completed, a thousand shipwrights can complete the ship in half a year. If there are 2,000 shipwrights, it can be completed in four months. ”

"Well, I probably know, I don't need to build such a big ship first. Let's start with the 500 Mengchong warships, and build 30 first! I'll find a way to get the artillery on it. ”

"Everything is at the behest of the proprietor!" Five people respectfully should be.

After that, they had a meal in the restaurant, which was considered a banquet.

It was night, and tomorrow Chen Zuyi would lead the fleet to sail back to Lombok, and he called Chen Mancang and Meng Chengbi to the room to ask for a solution.

"Brother, you recruit new recruits in the name of recruiting guards, the more the better, and train them well. It is best to send a batch back to Lombok in about half a year to a year, and it is estimated that it will be of great use at that time. ”

"Zishi, you have to take care of this rich island, and you have to worry more about everything. There is also this dock, which is not in a hurry to build a big ship immediately, and can start trial construction with 500 materials Mengchong. I will leave you 10,000,000 taels of silver first. The ratio of gold and silver here is too cost-effective, and when I go back, I will exchange the gold and send someone to bring 40 million taels of silver or the equivalent of goods. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll take care of it here! It's just that it's just starting out here, and it definitely needs a lot of silver taels. I calculated, the lord must deliver the remaining silver taels within three months, if the goods are faster, otherwise we will not be able to maintain it here! ”

Chen Zuyi thought about it and calculated the distance, "Okay!" When I go back, I will send out all 20 Mengchong, which should shorten the time to about two months. Be at ease! ”

"Yizai, I ......" Chen Mancang didn't say anything, but he shed tears. They had never really been thousands of miles apart, and they were separated like this, and Chen Mancang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Well, we'll see each other again in a year at most! For the future, it's worth it! Chen Zuyi hugged his cousin fiercely.

"I'll leave you with the B battalion, the camp is all our own people, you can use it easily, and you can also let them help train recruits! I brought back the C-shaped battalion, Zishi, you are not very suitable for leading troops, in the future you will be my prime minister, and you will help me govern the empire, now I am wronged to hone your temper on this small island! ”

"Lord, Zishi will live up to your ......" Meng Chengbi said with tears falling like rain, he knew Chen Zuyi, and he never made promises to his own people easily. If it is promised, it will be fulfilled!

"Alright! All right! Chen Zuyi also had a sour nose, and reluctantly smiled and joked: "A future prince, a future prime minister, but here he cries like a baby, and he is not afraid that someone will see the joke!" ”

After speaking, he hugged the two of them separately, "Go to sleep, don't cry tomorrow when you say goodbye, you have to save some face for yourself!" Go ahead! ”

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Chen Zuyi set off with the fleet, and before leaving, he took 50,000 quintals of coffee beans with him, which he exchanged for the jewelry he had looted in Japan this time. In fact, if these things were sold separately, they would be worth twice the price of these coffee beans. But when these goods go to the South Seas, they can multiply their profits tenfold. So both sides of the deal are very satisfied!

At the beginning of December of the 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he returned to Lombok Island in more than a month. When he left, he left three battalions, two battalions to defend the island of Swallowing Moon, and only one battalion remained on Lombok. But when Chen Zuyi first entered the water village, he clearly saw that the shore was crowded, and the phalanxes stood there, and there was a faint sense of oppression.

"Welcome back to the island!" Song Haihou's voice resounded through the dock.

"Welcome back to the island!" Then came the roar of the mountains and the tsunami.

Chen Zuyi stood on the deck, looking at more than a dozen phalanxes, and was happy in his heart, this soldier must have ten thousand armor numbers! Retracting her gaze from the military formation, she saw Hua Hai'er standing at the front in a gorgeous costume on the dock, accompanied by Chun'er next to her, followed by Songhai, Lin Xian, Peda and others.

Chen Zuyi stepped off the deck and looked at Hua Hai'er as if he hadn't seen him for many years. took the hands of the two of them, and then found that something was wrong, both of them were holding their stomachs. If that's right, this is ......

"What are you ......" Chen Zuyi actually felt a little unreal, and he was a little speechless with excitement, so he could only point to the stomachs of the two.

"Hmmm! Grandpa Hu took our pulse every two days, and both children are very healthy! Hua Haier said a little shyly.

"Really! It's true! It's true! "Chen Zuyi is a little demented.

In the evening, Li Yuanliang came to invite Chen Zuyi to the front hall for a banquet, and he suddenly came to his senses. Unwillingly, he left the two lovely people, changed into black gang leader clothes and came to the front hall. All the people who were waiting inside and outside the hall stood up in unison and saluted him, "Welcome to the helper!" ”

"Excuse me!" After Chen Zuyi finished speaking, he sat down at the head of the table, poured a bowl of wine, stood up again, and said loudly: "Brothers, for so-and-so, there is double happiness today!" Yixi is to see that my Black Shark Gang has ten thousand soldiers! The second joy is that I have an heir! Drink for these two joys! ”

"The Black Shark Gang will last forever! Military! Military! Military! The soldiers responded in unison, picked up the wine bowl in front of them and killed it in one gulp!

When everyone calmed down, Chen Zuyi continued: "This trip has gained a lot, I believe everyone has heard it, according to the rules of the black shark, the three battalions of people who stayed behind have fifty percent of the income of the travelers!" Yuan Liang let people lift the gold up! ”

Li Yuanliang had already prepared, and with a wave of his hand, a group of guards carried the boxes in one by one and opened them one by one.

"This million taels of gold are equally divided between the three battalions of the original A-word battalion, the E-character battalion, and the self-shaped battalion! I hope that the camp will continue to work hard to help Liduoduo generate income! ”

"Take! Military! Military! ”

The crowd shouted loudly. Those who can come here are too poor to live, how have they ever seen so much gold! The eyes of the other new recruits to the 12th battalion are red and they are more motivated. On this trip alone, everyone who kept the house had 600 taels of gold to share the profits, which was 6,000 taels of silver! Proper new landlord old wealth! Think about the five battalions that went out to fight, not each of them had 10,000 taels of silver! Thinking of this, those people are a little crazy, pouring wine in big bowls one by one, secretly ruthless, don't let us go out, as long as we go out, we will definitely do a big job!