Outside Wuyi County, there is a small river, not big, but every time in the flood season comes, let the surrounding people suffer, year after year, the riverbed gradually rises, when the big water comes, the harm will be greater, so that the two sides of the river slowly become barren beach, rocky, overgrown with weeds.

Now the spring flood has passed for a long time, the river has long since receded, in the riverbed, only the crazy growth of weeds and the stones washed down by the water flow from the upstream, the middle, but three or four meters of water flow through the roar, look at the scene in front of him, it is difficult to imagine that he is in the flood season, the momentum of rushing like the sea.

Li Ze is now renovating the river.

He did not levy conscription, because most of the young and strong people in Wuyi were now conscripted by him to join the army, and the two troops he had just established governed the river.

Shen Congxing and Shi Zhuang each led a unit and were stationed on both sides of the river.

The solution is simple, digging deep into the riverbed and tying the embankment to flush the sand, so that the riverbed will be greatly narrowed, but the water will flow extremely fast. The silt dug out of the river is piled up on top of the original barren beach, and when the sun dries it, the land becomes fertile land.

The embankment is made of those stones, and it seems that there are a lot of stones on the river beach, but when it comes to doing it, everyone finds that the stones are far from enough.

Of course, Li Ze didn't think that such a huge project could be completed in a short time, anyway, let's do it slowly, first finish Wuyi City to the left, in this way, if there is a big flood, at least it can ensure that Wuyi City is not threatened by floods.

Each of the two armies had 1,000 men, and every day they worked for half a day and trained for half a day. Controlling the river was just something that Li Ze did easily, and now he is thinking more about making this army more professional.

But even so, after the two thousand young men were full of food and drink, they still had a lot of motivation to work, and although the time was not long, Li Ze had already seen a lot of results.

At his feet, a section of the river for hundreds of meters has been dug out, and the black silt is lying on the beach behind him in piles, and at his feet, the sloping river embankment is inlaid with large and small stones, and he has to admire the craftsmanship of those workers.

If you want to build a real embankment, it will cost money and labor, but Li Ze can't afford it now, not to mention anything else, just using Sanhe soil and glutinous rice juice to bond the stones, that is, he doesn't want to afford it at all and can't afford it.

To be able to do this is a big surprise to him.

Bending down to pick up a piece of swarthy mud from the ground, he reached out and pinched it, and the mud powder that had been dried by the spring sun fell from his fingers.

"Next year, there will be plenty of crops and a good harvest." Looking at the riverbank stretching far from both banks, Li Ze tilted his head and said to Shi Zhuang beside him.

"Food is the foundation of the people, there is food in your hands, and you don't panic." Shi Zhuang said with a smile: "In fact, Wuyi is vast and sparsely populated, if there is enough population, there is still a lot of wasteland that can be cultivated, and if it is carefully planted for a few years, it will become a good fertile land."

Li Ze nodded, but where did Ren Ding say that growth can grow, judging from the current situation in the whole world, I am afraid that the big melee is about to start, and countless young people are no longer ploughing under the sun, but wielding knives and guns on the battlefield. No matter which side wins in the end, those who fall will not be able to get up again.

A large amount of loss of people is irreparable in a short period of time.

"Childe came to me today, do you have anything to say to me?" Shi Zhuang looked at Li Ze, who was preoccupied, and asked.

Li Ze stared intently at the soldiers in the river who were wielding hoes to dig up the soil and carry the soil to the embankment in a wheelbarrow for a long time, and said quietly: "Have you heard of the Four Seas Trading Company?"

Shi Zhuang paused for a while and nodded: "I've heard of it before. Why, they found you, son, in a way, this is a good thing! If these people are not optimistic about a certain person, they will never invest in this person."

Li Ze glanced at Shi Zhuang, he knew that his subordinate was extraordinary, but Shi Zhuang never said, and he never asked. It doesn't matter where he comes from, what matters is whether he is now with his own heart. As for the changes in current affairs, who can say what will happen in the future! In the last life, many former comrades-in-arms who worked hard with him didn't fight to the death on a battlefield without gunpowder in the end?

The crowning of victory is magnificent, and the gloom of defeat is out.

"Do you think they're going to take a fancy to me now?" Li Ze asked rhetorically.

Shi Zhuang smiled and said: "With Gongzi's current strength and situation, if they can take a fancy to Gongzi, it is indeed a unique vision. Childe, is there anything strange here?"

Li Ze came to the door a few days ago when Gao Xiangsheng, who had joined the army, and told Shi Zhuang in detail about his generosity.

"I see!" Shi Zhuang suddenly realized: "It's not Gongzi that they fancie, it's Chen Bangzhao, right?"

"That's what I thought, too." Li Ze said with some annoyance: "Chen Bangzhao wants to enter the game now, but Chengde, Zhenwu, and Henghai are determined not to let him enter the game, if the situation is allowed to develop like this, Chen Bangzhao really has little hope of entering the game."

"If the three Chengde families win the war against Yingzhou this time, he will indeed have no chance to enter the game." Shi Zhuang said: "But if it fails, it can't be said for sure."

"If he fails, everyone's heart will be stronger if he doesn't let him enter the game, think about it, if we lose the battle in Chengde, there is a strong enemy outside at this time, and there will be another strong dragon in the stomach, who can stand it?" Li Ze snorted coldly.

"That's it. So after they learned about Childe, they felt that they had a great opportunity." Shi Zhuang stretched out his foot and kicked a stone down the river embankment, falling into a puddle of water, splashing everywhere, and the water, which was originally quite clear, immediately became turbid." Only when the water of Chengde is muddy, will they have a legitimate reason and opportunity."

"If it's messy, of course, it's about the grievances between me and Li Che." Li Zedao: "Now I know that before me and Li Che, it was not just a brotherly dispute, there was a blood feud between my mother's family and Li Che's mother's family, and it was simply an endless ending. They are fighting against us brothers. Seeing that my strength is too weak now, if Li Che calls, I probably have no room for resistance, so I rushed to strengthen my strength, it is best for the two of us brothers to fight in the dark, the sun and the moon are dark, and their chances are greater, you know? Not only did they give money, but they also gave a thousand! A thousand armored soldiers in full armor."

Shi Zhuang laughed: "It's a good time, the strength of the son is indeed not enough, just use it."

"That being said, it's still very difficult to operate." Li Ze was a little sad, "And if things continue to develop like this, it is really possible that they will be able to fulfill their wishes. I definitely can't beat Li Che now, but if it's just Shouwuyi, I'm still a little sure. Isn't that what they imagined?"

"What does Childe want to do?" Shi Zhuang asked directly.

Li Ze said faintly: "The strength of this Four Seas Trading Company is very strong, right?"

"Not only powerful, but also mysterious. Their principals have never surfaced, and as far as I know, they also played a great role in the competition for the world when Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, competed for the world."

"Who the hell are they?"

Shi Zhuang was silent for a moment: "If the son is fine, he can go back and look through the collection of books at home, and see Li Tang for hundreds of years, there are those families who have always stood at the top of this world, even if there is a trough in the middle, but it can rebuild its glory in the shortest possible time, a family falls from the peak to the bottom and then regains its glory, generally speaking, I am afraid that it will take several generations of efforts in the middle, but there are some exceptions."

"I see, I know where to look for clues." Li Ze's eyes lit up, "What I'm afraid of is that they have no trace, as long as they can find one of the lines and peel off the cocoon, they can dig them out, hum, now they want to use me, one day, I will make them regret not doing it at the beginning."

"If you can make them feel that you are worth investing in, then they can also be the biggest help." Shi Zhuang said with a smile: "These people are not only rich, but also people, these people are not just ordinary people, but also countless talents who are full of wealth and splendid chests. In this regard, these people are uniquely advantaged."

"So how do you think you can make them think that I have the value to invest in?" Li Ze asked.

"If you want them to feel that Childe you have the value of investment, the first step is that Childe wants to become the master of virtue, only when they sit in this position, they will seriously examine the possibility of investing in Childe, even if they do not take Childe as the main investment object, but they will definitely put some bets on Childe. It's not just a matter of using Childe as an object of use." Shi Zhuang Dao.

"I see!" Li Ze muttered.

"If Childe doesn't have a high enough stage and doesn't show enough ability, how can he get into the eyes of these people? It's just that now, that is, it can be used as a knife, and when you use it, you will naturally use it desperately, and if you break it, you will throw it away." Shi Zhuang said mercilessly.

Li Ze was silent for a moment, "If you count the time, the battle of Yingzhou should have started at this time, and the specific battle situation, Hu Twelve will send us back soon. Once we've got that, we'll talk about the rest."

After saying this, Li Ze turned around and walked towards the county seat of Wuyi in the distance.

"Childe is good to go!" Behind him, Shi Zhuang smiled happily. The little boy is finally starting to think seriously about how to get into that position.