The next day

Li Shen personally invited the people who went to sea in King Ji's Mansion, a total of more than 20 people, and the rest were locals they temporarily hired in Fuzhou.

After disembarking, he was paid two hundred yuan per person.

For fishermen who earn less than half a year, this is equivalent to their harvest for decades.

When these crew members received two hundred wages, they were all incredulous, and they all negotiated the price when they went to sea.

How much is fixed every month, and then said that there will be a reward after coming back, they think that a reward of ten or twenty times is a big deal, where did they think that they would be rewarded two hundred,

When these crew members went home happily with the money, they did not forget to tell the steward that they would call them next time they went to sea.

In fact, it is also Li Shen's idea, the sea has been mysterious and dangerous from ancient times to the present. How many people have not come back after going to sea,

It was very difficult to recruit people at the beginning, but this time it was different, and the high income can make many people willing to fight for their lives.

At the banquet, Li Shen praised more than 20 people, and then rewarded each of them with a thousand yuan, which made these people overjoyed.

This trip earns 1,000 yuan in less than a year, and only 10 or 20 yuan a year in the workshop, and the stewardship only earns 100 yuan a year.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, this king has been thinking since he was a child, is the sea really boundless?" Li Shen began to sensationalize.

"This king has a dream, he wants to see the sea of stars, and he wants to see if the sea has no boundaries.

This king wants to see what else is in the sea, and you have done a good job this time, and your children and grandchildren will be proud of you.

They will say that their ancestors were pioneers, pioneers, explorers. You will go down in history,

You have brought back the seeds that the people of Datang can eat, and I will publish your deeds in the big newspapers, so that the whole world will remember you. ”

Li Shen's words flattered these people, with a hint of pride, they are not people who have not read,

They have read books and understand the truth, so they know what it means to go down in history.

"Lord Wang, we are willing to assist Lord Wang to explore the sea, as long as Lord Wang is willing, we can go further and bring back more things that will help Datang." The first stood up and said,

His name is Zhao Derong, the fourth in line, Zhao Derong was taught in the Huangzhuang School, and he used to work in a brick factory.

After having a school, Zhao Derong went to night school, and learned to read, write, and count very well in a few years. This time he went to the south and volunteered to sign up.

"Yes, Lord Wang, next time there is something to go to sea, we will go." Others followed suit, going a thousand times at a time,

Even if it is worth playing with their lives, at least they know that Li Shen is a good prince, even if they die, this thousand times is enough for their parents and children to be prosperous and rich for a lifetime.

"Well, sure enough, you have all the courage, rest assured, this king has been building bigger ships earlier, to ensure that you are safe and sound at sea.

Even if there is an incident, this king will ensure the glory of your family for a lifetime. You will be the first stewards of my royal fleet. The salary is 100 yuan a year, and as for the reward, it depends on what you bring back when the time comes, and this king will definitely not let you suffer. ”

Li Shen was very happy, he was afraid that after these people got the money, they would not be willing to go to sea. Therefore, it is necessary not only to reward materially, but also to motivate spiritually.

After the banquet, Li Shen asked these people to go home to spend more time with their wives and children, and it wasn't long before Li Shen was ready to go to Nanyang again.

And this time, the target Li Shen is going to be a little farther away, there are so many islands in the South China Sea, and they are basically ownerless at this time.

Li Shen remembers watching a video saying that there was an island full of spices, and he didn't know if it was true.

And the focus is on rubber, Li Shen knows that Malaysia produces rubber, the reason is very simple, common sense comes from life, Li Shen bought the hat packaging is written on the word Malaysian imported rubber.

Li Shen is very busy these days, and after receiving the crew, he brought gifts to his father-in-law's house, if his father-in-law is far away, he doesn't have to go at all, but who called him close to his father-in-law's house,

As soon as he stopped at home for a day, the four brothers Wei Siyan came and brought a lot of gifts.

They came to thank Li Shen, and when Wei Siqi received the holy decree, he couldn't believe it was true.

In the end, the eunuch who passed the decree explained that it turned out that their powerful nephew fought the two princes in the court to get this beautiful difference.

Although this beauty difference does not get money, it has a lot of credit and will be of great help to Wei Siqi's future promotion.

"I've seen the prince, princess." The four of them saw Li Shen coming over with Lu Dingniang and hurriedly got up.

"I've seen my uncle, and my uncle doesn't have to be polite."

"Lord Wang, we came here this time to express our gratitude, Siqi can get this errand, all thanks to the recommendation of the prince." Wei Siyan, as the boss, was the first to speak to express his gratitude.

"Uncle is polite, it's just a gesture, there are only a few concubines and uncles in Yun Gongfang, and the mother is very worried about you, I hope that Yun Gongfang can regain the glory of the ancestors." Li Shen also replied politely,

"Alas, it's all because we have no ability and no talent, which makes the eldest sister worried. We're sorry big sister. Wei Siqi said guiltily, and shed a few tears,

Is the drama so heavy? Li Shen was speechless.

"Second uncle, when do you want to pull away the rice, tell Fugui and let him take you to pull it, the king of farming doesn't know very much, but I will give you a suggestion.

First, when you arrive in the local area, you should try to find farmers to do things, which is more reliable than the local county officials and officials. These officials, they don't know the grains, they don't distinguish between the six animals, and they have no ability.

Second, Lingnan is a good place, you go directly to the fifth prince Li You, and let him be in charge of the promotion of Lingnan, he has been in Lingnan for a year and is more familiar than you. You just have to be in charge of supervision.

Third, let professional people do professional things, you don't point fingers, if there are magistrates obstructing or greedy for ink rice seeds, report directly to the court,

If the other party's background is hard, you report directly to my Ji Wangfu, I'll see who dares to be greedy for King Moben's rice seeds, but remember not to disturb my mother, I don't want my mother to be unhappy about things in the outside world, understand? ”

The last words are Li Shen's point, don't let your bad things affect Wei Guifei's mood. I gave you ideas just because I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to do it.

"Don't worry, if it really can't be solved, we will report it to King Ji's Mansion, I believe that the imperial court must attach great importance to this."

Wei Siyan understood Li Shen's words, they knew that in order to make Wei Guifei happy, Li Shen could do anything, and he guessed that this errand might also be to make Wei Guifei happy, so he did not hesitate to compete with the two princes.

"Well, you know. The concubine is very concerned about you, and she has time to write a letter to the palace. Tell me that you are doing well now, if you can't send it in, send it to my house and let the stone be sent. ”

Li Shen felt that the family affection of people in this era was more important than that of later generations, and Wei Guifei was actually just cousins and brothers with Wei Siyan.

Their parents are brothers, but Wei Guifei treats them as if they are her own brothers, and Li Shen is not close to his half-brothers and sisters, let alone cousins.

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(From the beginning of this chapter is the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, because of the changes in history in the novel, all the events from this chapter onwards are made up by the author himself, not recorded in the annals of history, if there are similarities are purely coincidental.) ）