"Really? How many types of paper do you produce? Zhou Xian asked with a smile when he heard Xu Shouyi's words.

"According to Master's instructions, there are four types of paper, which are soft toilet paper, paper for writing, newsprint for printing, and thick hard paper." Xu Shouyi introduced.

"If we do a good job of keeping righteousness, our lives will change dramatically with these papers." Zhou Xian praised.

After having toilet paper, Zhou Xian no longer has to wipe his butt with a cloth when he goes to the toilet, and with newsprint, he can issue newspapers, and with newspapers, he can control the hearts of the people in the entire Shanxi Prefecture.

"Shouyi, there are two more tasks to you, the first is to make a fountain pen, with a fountain pen we can write quickly, and it is a lot more convenient, the brush writing is too slow and troublesome, and the second is to manufacture a rotary printing press, this is used to print newspapers, what do you need to go directly to Zhao Laoyan to make it for you."

Then Zhou Xian taught Xu Shouyi how to make fountain pens and rotary printing presses.

After Xu Shouyi learned the manufacturing methods of these two things, he bowed to Zhou Xian, "I will make these two things as soon as possible, and I will not delay the master's major event." ”

"President, what is this newspaper?" Zhou Fugui asked at this time.

"The newspaper is to print all the major events that happened on a large piece of paper, and then sell the newspaper to all the people, so that everyone can know the major events and situations that happened at the first time." Zhou Xian explained.

When everyone heard Zhou Xian's explanation, they all suddenly realized that this newspaper still had such a big effect.

"President, this newspaper is good, we need to get it out quickly." Zhou Fugui said excitedly.

"Now the popularity of our Xingjing is not very high, and when there is a newspaper, we will publicize it everywhere, and then the entire Ming Dynasty will be able to know about our Xingjing." Zhou Xian nodded and said.

Hearing Zhou Xian's words, everyone cheered up.

After Xu Shouyi sat down, Xu Qiang stood up and said, "Master, the cement road from Xingjing to Jiaozhou Bay and Datong Mansion has been repaired, and the cement road and railway from Xingjing to Longshan Mine have been completed. ”

"Xu Qiang is doing a good job, and the speed of road construction is getting faster and faster." Zhou Xian praised.

"If you practice more, everyone will have experience, and you will naturally cultivate quickly." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Okay, you continue to work hard to build roads, now the road is an important factor restricting our development, you arrange to repair the cement road from Xingjing to Shanxi Fucheng, now the entire Shanxi Mansion is ours, we have to fully repair the road." Zhou Xian always remembered that in his previous life, there was a famous saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads!

"Yes, I will speed up our road construction and complete the construction of the main road as soon as possible." Xu Qiang agreed.

"Master, our shipyard has been completed, when will we start building the ship?" Xu Xiaosong stood up at this time and said.

"That's great, I'll go to the shipyard with you in a minute, we're going to build a steam engine ship now." Zhou Xian was overjoyed when he heard the good news.

Everyone who saw Zhou Xian's happiness was very surprised, and Zhou Fugui asked, "Is it a steamship like a steam train?" ”

"That's right, it's a ship that doesn't need sails to sail freely." Zhou Xian said with a smile.

Everyone was excited, and they all wanted to see the steamship as soon as possible.

After having a steamboat, Zhou Xian could arrange for people to go out to sea to fish, and he could also go to trade with the Dutch to buy some rubber and rubber trees.

Rubber trees will become more and more important in the future and are an important strategic resource.

Zhou Xian plans to have some people go to Hainan and Yunnan to plant large quantities.

"Master, our three waterworks have all been completed, the pipes have been fully repaired, and basically every household has access to tap water." At this time, Xu Yun spoke.

"Xu Yun, you have really done a great thing for the people of Xingjing, now that there is running water, the people no longer have to go to the well to fetch water, which is too convenient." Zhou Xian praised.

"Thank you, Master, for giving me this opportunity." Xu Yun said excitedly.

"Your waterworks can be used for free for people for one year, and after one year, you will charge some fees appropriately to maintain the cost of the waterworks." Zhou Xian suggested.

"Yes, Xu Yun obeys the master's orders!"

After everyone had explained everything, Zhou Xian first said to Zhou Fugui: "Uncle Zhou, since the railway to the Longshan mine has been repaired," you go to Zhang Yun and ask him to arrange for the miners to go to the Longshan mine to mine, where there are more mines, and then go to the steam engine workshop, and ask Zhao Bugui to give the Longshan mine a steam train to transport ore and coal. ”

"Well, I'll go and inform Zhao Bugui and Zhang Yun." Zhou Fugui agreed.

"Well, that's it for today, you all go back, and Komatsu and I will go to the shipyard to have a look." After the arrangement, Zhou Xian said to Zhou Fugui and them.

Zhou Fugui and the others got up and left the mansion as soon as they agreed, and only Xu Xiaosong stayed.

After Zhou Xian returned to the study and got a drawing, he and Xu Xiaosong got into a carriage and came to the shipyard in Jiaozhou Bay.

Looking at this large shipyard, Zhou Xian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Komatsu did a good job!" ”

"Thank you, Master, for your compliment!"

The two walked into the shipyard, and there were still many workers busy inside.

When the workers saw Zhou Xian and the others coming in, they stopped their work and greeted Xu Xiaosong.

It seems that Xu Xiaosong has a good relationship with the workers here.

Then the two of them went to a meeting hall in the shipyard.

After the two sat down, Zhou Xian said, "How many people are there here now?" ”

"Now there are 2,600 people, of which 2,000 are ordinary workers, and 600 are some shipbuilders I recruited in Jiaozhou Bay."

"Well done, you're becoming more and more assertive now, I haven't told you to recruit shipbuilders, you can recruit me first, that's good." Zhou Xian praised.

"Since Master asked me to build a shipyard, it must be used for shipbuilding, so I took it upon myself to recruit some shipbuilders." Xu Xiaosong said.

"Well, well done, you go and get six hundred shipbuilders, and I'm going to teach you the art of building steamships today."

Xu Xiaosong said yes and walked outside excitedly.

Zhou Xian looked at the shipbuilders brought by Xu Xiaosong in the hall, these people were old and young, everyone was very dark, and at a glance, he knew that they had been exposed to the sun all year round.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Xian said: "I'm Zhou Xian from Xingjing, and I'm here to the shipyard today, mainly to teach you how to build a steamship. ”

After hearing Zhou Xian's words, everyone immediately became excited, and everyone showed a look of worship when they looked at this supreme ruler of Xingjing.

They had long heard about the deeds of Zhou Xian's Zhou army, first defeating the Manchu Tartars in Jinan City, and then defeating Li Zicheng to occupy Xiangyang, Zhou Xian was the idol of everyone in Xingjing.

Looking at the excited appearance of these people, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It seems that everyone knows me." ”

Hearing Zhou Xian's words, the shipbuilders below immediately said: "President Zhou is the hero of our Shanxi Mansion, how can we not know it." ”

"Yes, President Zhou's deeds of sending troops to defeat the Manchu Tartars and Li Zicheng are well-known in Shanxi Mansion."

"Thank you for your compliments, and then I will talk about shipbuilding, and I hope you will study carefully." Zhou Xian smiled and continued.

Everyone immediately quieted down and listened attentively to what Zhou Xian said.