Zhang Gui smiled and said politely to Qian Lejian before he spoke: "Cousin asked someone to bring news."

said that in the recent period, I am afraid that I will not be able to find time to come to Yongzhou for the time being.

Therefore, my cousin wanted to go to the Governor's Mansion to visit him and confess to Lord Xie on his behalf.

I also asked Brother Qian to help introduce my younger brother. ”

Qian Lejian listened to Zhang Gui's words, and after hearing his eyes, he said, "Cousin's etiquette is very thoughtful.

However, it is not good for the brother to agree rashly on this matter, so it is better to wait for the brother to go to Lord Xie's mansion to explore the situation.

Or do you just do it for your brother? ”

Zhang Guidao: "It's not that the younger brother doesn't know how to lift, it's just because the cousin still has some private matters to explain to Master Xie."

Therefore, I also asked Brother Qian to help make an appointment, and the younger brother could visit on time. ”

Qian Lejian's eyes flickered after hearing Zhang Gui's words.

I only heard him speak: "In that case, then my brother will walk for you tomorrow."

The elder brother can wait for news at home with peace of mind. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gui got up and saluted and said, "Thank you Brother Qian, and the younger brother will go back to prepare a thin gift."

so as not to lose Brother Qian's face at that time. ”

Qian Lejian got up and saluted back: "Lord Xie is straightforward and righteous, even if his brother is rude, he will not blame him." ”

Zhang Gui walked out of the door while greeting Qian Lejian, and the two were officially separated until they were about to walk out of the county office.

At this time, the sky had already completely darkened, so neither of them noticed that a dark shadow was quietly lying on the roof of the study.

The woodcutter had just listened to most of the conversation between the two.

Therefore, it is basically clear that Zhang Gui came to the county government for his purpose.

What he didn't expect was that this business, which was involving many people, actually involved Xie Changxing, the governor of Yongzhou, and another very important person.

For the next few days, the woodcutter had been quietly following Zhang Gui.

And through his whereabouts, he grasped many useful clues.

However, as he grasped more and more clues, the woodcutter began to realize that it was difficult for his several people to quickly find out the case.

So he hurriedly found the shopkeeper Huang and asked him to help make an appointment with several other people to meet at a time.

If this matter is to be clarified as soon as possible, it will be necessary to apply for more manpower.

The exact number of applicants will not be decided until several people meet.

Just as the Baiqi Division was busy investigating the case, Li Zhi, who was in Guangzhou, was inspecting the ship repair yard under his name in Tuen Mun.

It has not been long since the merchant ships that sailed far away have just returned.

As a result, there are still many merchant ships in the shipyard that have not been overhauled.

In addition, the two warships that participated in the last escort are also here to prepare for overhaul.

The giant crossbows on the battleship exude a strong metallic texture in the sunlight.

The merchants who were waiting for the maintenance of their cargo ships all showed shocked and envious eyes.

They've all seen the power of these giant crossbows with their own eyes.

The ships of the Great Pirates will soon be sunk by the attack of these giant crossbows.

If their merchant ships were equipped with several sets of crossbows, their ability to protect themselves against pirates would be greatly improved.

Li Zhi inspected the shipyard and listened to the discussions of these merchants.

I almost took the business on impulse.

However, after calming down a little, he decisively gave up on this idea.

You know, these giant crossbows are weapons that can destroy warships.

If it is widely spread, then I am afraid that there will never be a peaceful day on this sea in the future.

Thinking of these, Li Zhi couldn't help but think of the artillery that was still under development.

This thing is easy to solve in other aspects, but the processing of the barrel is too difficult.

With today's metalworking technology, it is difficult to guarantee that the quality of the barrel is always consistent.

But Li Zhi has already thought of a simple solution.

That is, to first develop large-caliber machine guns, and then transition to small-caliber machine guns.

Subsequently, small-caliber artillery gradually developed to large-caliber artillery.

Nowadays, there are more and more scientific researchers in Datang, and I believe that it will not take too long to really manufacture large-caliber artillery.

At that time, these giant crossbows on the battleship will be eliminated directly.

It can even be sold to other countries.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi suddenly slapped his head.

Then he said under the surprised eyes of Liu An, Chai Long, Duan Shizi and Ruan Hongxi and others:

"Oops! How could the king have forgotten such an important deal? ”

After saying this, he immediately came to his senses, he was inspecting the shipyard at this time, why did he suddenly lose his mind?

When he saw the surprised eyes of Liu An and the others, he immediately said in embarrassment: "Suddenly distracted, let's continue, continue." ”

With that, he immediately took the lead and walked forward.

The shipyard's main business is currently ship repair.

Li Zhi's idea was to train a group of excellent shipbuilders with the help of ship repair business.

And then gradually develop in the direction of shipbuilding.

Although it is only engaged in ship repair business, the slipways of this shipyard are all oversized.

In the future, it will be more than enough for a large ship to test two or three thousand materials.

All kinds of huge gantry cranes can be seen everywhere.

Although at present, it is only possible to use manual inverted pulleys.

But even this is much more efficient than other shipyards.

In addition to various cranes, machines are used in many other processes.

For example, assembly lines are used for baking and drying all kinds of wood, and chainsaws are used for processing ship boards.

In addition, painting, drilling, and many other processes are using automated tools.

The use of these tools makes the shipyard's maintenance efficiency much higher than that of other peers.

When the efficiency is high, the customers are naturally willing to take the initiative to come to the door, and the more the shipyard earns.

Ruan Hongxi has abilities that are not inferior to Pei Mingli at all, so Li Zhi treats the two of them the same.

In addition, Li Zhi also gave them a lot of independent decision-making rights.

This allowed the two to establish a high prestige in front of the other treasurers under them.

The institutional characteristics of the feudal dynasty made both of them loyal to Li Zhi.

Because the two knew that as long as Li Zhi was satisfied with their performance, then their entire family would benefit from it.

When Li Zhi returned to Guangzhou from the shipyard, the sun was about to set.

And as soon as he returned to the courtyard, someone informed him that Duan Zhixuan and Feng Ang were waiting for him to come back at this time.

Li Zhi raised his wrist and looked at the time.

Then he said to Chai Long: "Since this is the case, please trouble General Chai to inform the two of them to go to the Jin King Pavilion for dinner." ”

After saying this, he took the lead and turned around and walked towards the Jin King Pavilion.

At the same time, he was also analyzing the reason why Feng Ang came to meet him.

He had not been in Guangzhou for a long time, and Feng Ang at this time may have just received the news.

Since he was so desperate to see him, it was probably in a hurry.