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Donghai County, Xuzhou

Xu Fei didn't choose which big city to be the county capital.

Instead, they came to a small city in the easternmost part of the country: Qu County.

This small city is close to the East China Sea and the land is relatively barren.

The population is only more than 1,000 households, and the fertile land is less than 100 acres.

Most of the people here make a living by going out to sea to fish.

After Xu Fei led the people who followed him here, the small city suddenly became lively.

First of all, there is the issue of housing!

He first asked people to set up a shed and live in it.

Then it's all about everyone coming together to build the house.

came with Xu Fei, as well as Mi Fang of the Mi family.

He watched as the people were building their homes in full swing.

But his mind was on the big pot in front of the shed, where the food was boiling.

"Xu Junshou, if this situation continues, the food we bring will be exhausted in no three months!"

"At that point, even if the houses are built, everyone will starve to death."

Xu Fei saw his sad face, and said with a smile: "After the grain is eaten, we can eat something else!" ”

"It's close to the East China Sea, and you're afraid you won't have enough food?"

When Mi Fang heard this, she thought about it for a while, and said worriedly: "Is Xu Junshou talking about the fish in the East China Sea?" ”

"But with so many mouths, how many fish do you have to catch to eat for everyone?"

"And going out to sea to fish is not only uncertain every time, but also extremely dangerous!"

"The weather at sea is unpredictable, and when huge waves hit, if the ship is slightly damaged, the whole ship will be buried at the bottom of the sea."

Xu Fei replied: "What you said is true, but we only need to build a big ship that can withstand the wind and waves at sea, weave a large enough net, and predict the changes in the climate at sea, then the problem you said can be solved!" ”

Mi Fang didn't know what to say for a while.

That's right, but it's easier said than done!

After Xu Fei inspected the construction of the house, he returned to the county government in the small city.

The county magistrate of Qu County led a group of people and had been waiting here for a long time.

"Lord Gunden, I've found all the people you want me to find."

"Wu Lao Er, the highest level of shipbuilding in this county!"

"Zhao Laosi has more than 20 years of fishing experience in this county."

"The rest of the people have lived here for generations, and they have a lot of experience in shipbuilding, going to sea and fishing!"

The county magistrate's name is Zhao Yu, and although the Zhao family where he is located is not large, it is also the largest family in Qu County, and four generations of ancestors have lived here.

Xu Fei ordered him to find some shipbuilders and old fishermen who were familiar with the climate at sea.

In order to be able to build huge sea boats and then go out to sea to fish.

Xu Fei took out a drawing drawn on a sheepskin and handed it to the shipbuilder in front of him.

"This is the sea ship that the government wants to build, you see how long it will take to build it if there are enough people?"

The crowd gathered in front of the shipbuilding drawings and watched carefully.

While looking at it, he sighed: "Looking at the hull structure, you can withstand the impact of the waves to the greatest extent at a glance." ”

"And with this huge size, even if you are driving on rough seas, you can walk on the ground......

“……”

"That is, if you want to build this kind of sea ship, I am afraid that the materials used~"

Xu Fei waved his hand at them: "I will help you solve other problems one by one, I will ask you how long it will take to build them when everything is ready?" ”

After hearing this, Wu Laoer, who had the highest level of shipbuilding, replied to Xu Fei: "Lord County Guard, if it is according to what you said, then we will be able to build it in about half a year!" ”

When Xu Fei heard this answer, he shook his head dissatisfied.

"It's too long, I can only give you three months!"

Trimester?

Hearing Xu Fei's time limit, the heavy shipbuilders were shocked.

It would have been impossible to build such a huge ship in three months.

Not allowing them to refute, Xu Fei stretched out two fingers and put them in front of them.

"I will transfer 200,000 people to cooperate with you in building ships!"

When Wu Lao Er heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and finally said: "If there are 200,000 people who continue to build day and night, three months is barely enough!" ”

"Well, from now on, you can start building sea ships!"

"Anything you need, you can tell Zhao County Ling directly, and he will help you solve it."

As he spoke, Xu Fei turned his head to look at Zhao Xianling: "No problem, right?" ”

"No, no problem!"

Seeing this, Zhao Xianling immediately nodded in agreement.

Xu Fei then looked at those people who had rich experience in going to sea to fish.

"The climate and environment at sea, although there are some changes from time to time, are generally regular."

"You have been fishing here for generations, and you yourself often go out to sea to fish, so you must know something about this."

"I'm asking you to compile a 'nautical journal' together, okay?"

Hearing that Xu Fei was going to ask them to compile a book, these fishermen who couldn't read a few big characters looked confused.

"Lord County Guard, although we have a wealth of experience in going to sea to fish, we don't know anything about compiling books!"

Xu Fei also waved his hand at them: "It's very simple, I will arrange a few scribes to follow you."

You just have to tell them everything you know.

They will compile what you have to say. ”

In this way, this group of people is a lot more steady.

After a few more commands.

Xu Fei asked them to hurry up.

Mi Fang, who was on the side, saw Xu Fei arranging people to do things in such an orderly manner, and solved all the problems in a moment, so she began to admire it from the bottom of her heart.

The reason why Xu Fei came to this small coastal city was to discover the treasure of the sea.

Building a ship to go out to sea to fish was just one of his plans.

Next, he has to lead people to make sea salt.

The first is to feed these hundreds of thousands of people in the future, and the second is to sell the prepared sea salt in exchange for money and food.

He led thousands of people to reclaim a sand field by the sea.

At high tide, seawater soaks the sand fields by the sea, and salt adheres to the sand.

Then it is sun-baked, the water evaporates, the salt crystallizes and settles to the bottom of the salt pond.

The salt and sand are transported to a leaky pond that has been built in advance

It is showered with seawater, filtered through a leaky pond, and the salt brine flows down the water into the tank.

Cook in a sink to make ripe salt.

The salt obtained from decoction is collected, washed and dried to obtain clean sea salt.

Not only that, Xu Fei also had people build a salt mill.

The clean sea salt is purified again to make edible salt that resembles snowflakes.

It's only been a month.

Mi Zhu came to the salt mill under the leadership of Xu Fei, looked at the white expanse in front of him, and was directly stunned.

With such a huge amount of refined salt, this is a gold mine!

"Send a message to your eldest brother Mi Zhu to come here, and I want to talk to him about the salt business!"

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the message to the house!"

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(End of chapter)