After the efforts of everyone, more than ten days later, because of the large number of carpenters who participated in the construction at the same time, more than a dozen Lanzhou wind-blown waterwheels were finally built quickly.

The wind-blown water wheels are huge, up to more than ten meters, and they are very spectacular when they are erected on the side of the river trough.

(In the past ten days, of course, every other night, Zhu Zilong will wear his soul to the palace, and be the emperor to approve the red and sleep with the princess beauty.) Anyway, don't mention missing work, isn't it the same where to sleep? ）

When more than a dozen large water wheels started at the same time on this day, the Grand Canal can be said to be crowded with onlookers.

The characteristics of the Chinese love to see the excitement are undoubtedly revealed, several craftsmen pull open the gate on the side of the river trough, and the woven wheel blades of the waterwheel slowly rotate under the impact of the river, the huge waterwheel turns faster and faster, the sound of the roar, the bamboo tube on the wheel blade constantly pours water into the canal on the bank, and the river continues to flow forward.

Immediately, there was a cheer from the crowd of onlookers, and many of them had tears in their eyes.

Zhu Zilong generously paid the wages of the craftsmen, and at the same time revealed the intention of solicitation.

This group of carpenters are all excited, in fact, they have been officials and craftsmen for generations, and they have no freedom, and they are also hungry and cold on weekdays. When I came to Zhu Zilong this time, the salary was doubled and doubled, and the owner was also kind, mainly because the relationship with the official family was also good.

With a single word, maybe the local officials won't stop them from staying here.

Both sides had intentions, so Zhu Zilong called the local officials.

Forcing all the carpenters to be kept is obviously suspected of breaking the law. But Zhu Zilong is now a lord, and he has a very strong relationship with Jiu Qiansui and others, and it is said that the emperor has been very fond of him recently, and even has an idea to go straight to heaven at any time.

This kind of character who can see the sky with his hands and eyes, even if he is not used to seeing him as a person, he does not dare to offend Zhu Zilong too much.

What's more, the local officials here are still ready to tie up Zhu Zilong?

Therefore, as soon as this matter is said, there is no need to guess the result, and it is passed.

Soon, Zhu Zilong bought another shipyard by the canal, and acquired a batch of cargo ships that were not too many but not too few.

Let henchmen and others travel along the estuary of the Yellow River, and then turn to Yantai, and bring a batch of rice and potato seeds, which are planted in time for the season.

Of course, in addition to seeds, there is also a large amount of ready-made food, after all, before the harvest, there must be food and drink before the autumn comes.

In addition, a batch of mules and horses needed to be bought in the following time, and animal power was required to irrigate wells and divert water. In the same way, the baggage team also needs animal-powered carts and horses, and this demand will become more and more strong as the scale of the fiefdom expands in the future.

Just thinking about this, Zhu Zilong suddenly heard that Wang Binghe came to report.

"Big brother, someone set fire to the dock at the shipyard yesterday."

"What?" Zhu Zilong stood up suddenly: "How much is the loss?" Who did it? ”

"We found it early, it was extinguished before the fire was big, and no one was caught at the scene, but there were some knives and clothes, as well as a brand, which seemed to be from a river transport gang." Wang Binghe handed over some things and said.

Zhu Zilong looked at it, and threw it directly on the ground: "You haven't caught anyone, this thing is placed on the spot, when I am a pig, it must be used for guilt, obviously, it was not done by this river transport gang." ”

"Big brother sees it, and I think so too. I think it may have been done by the Zhou landlord of Zhoujia Village! ”

"Oh, why do you say that?" This time, Zhu Zilong was a little curious.

When Wang Binghe told him about the situation he had found out in the past few days, Zhu Zilong understood. It turns out that there is a land called Zhoujia Village not far from the fiefdom!

The Zhou family is considered a superbully here, taking advantage of the way the people have borrowed money for many years, and gradually controlled the livelihood of many people in the canal. A fleet of ships has been formed!

also colluded with the government to take charge of the salt class, insisting that the price of rice is high now, and the color of each stone of rice is three taels of silver. The loan sharks here can't be repaid, and the official fees over there are in a mess. So that many landed people had no choice but to sell their fields at a low price and return them to their Zhou family!

Over time, more than 100 miles in this vicinity, the Zhou family became the controller behind the scenes here because there were people in the court who were officials.

This is simply another similar picture of Zhu Zilong controlling Zhujiazhuang!

Recently, he planned to occupy the dock here and monopolize the operation, but he didn't think that Zhu Zilong would choose the fief here!

Moreover, they also preemptively occupied the wharf and shipyard, and they couldn't say that their Zhou family was not convinced, and some river transport gangs did not deal with them, so they made this kind of trick of killing people with knives and sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger.

"It seems that this Zhou family is really not simple." After listening to the report of his subordinates, Zhu Zilong sneered.

For him, it doesn't matter if it's really the Zhou family's fire.

There are such neighbors on the edge of the fiefdom, which makes people very uneasy, very uneasy!

The so-called broken county order, the prefect of the door, and the general of the family, hehe, will be destroyed by all bones. Zhu Zilong only knew that the family really deserved to die this week, just if they didn't set the fire in their own shipyard, just pay more attention in the future.

If you have something to do and go back to Zhujiazhuang, this fiefdom on the side of the Grand Canal, here from time to time let the Zhou family invade a few times, can you be deceived and gradually exist in name only?

In the land of Longtan Tiger's Den, there are people here!

If he is not of my kind, his heart will be punished, not to mention that he is a man of great sin.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zilong decided to inquire carefully, if the situation was true, he would have to find a legitimate excuse to destroy the Zhou family not far from the edge of the border.

Soon, after inquiring about the voices of the people nearby, Zhu Zilong got a lot of real information.

It turned out that there were once one or two clansmen of the Zhou family who served as county magistrates here.

Back then, the Zhou family took over the work of salt class and land taxation, and also used many errand soldiers, and since then, many people have fallen into the hands of their Zhou family step by step in the local area.

Later, the county magistrate, although he was aware of this matter, was the golden rule that the magistrate should not offend the local wealthy family. Every year, the salt tax and land tax can be collected normally, and the Zhou family continues to have filial piety, and there are also people in the family who are studying, so the later county orders will ignore it.

As a result, the Zhou family became bigger and stronger and became a bully!

This set is actually not uncommon, it is nothing more than "collusion between officials and blacks"!

With the local government as half of the support, there are scholars in the family who have been promoted. The Zhou family gradually saw no one in their eyes, (as if it was the late Ming Dynasty, the central government's management of the locality, generally as long as the taxes were in place, there were many other situations where there was nothing else to do!) ）

After confirming that the Zhou family's group of bullies really deserved to die, Zhu Zilong was relieved.

A meeting of squad leaders was held that night, explaining the development of the fiefdom and the hostile relationship between the Zhou family, as well as the crimes of the other party.

"The Zhou family is so rampant, it is nothing more than relying on two things: raising thugs and colluding with the government. For the sake of local stability and fiefdom security, he can't be kept! Zhu Zilong smiled with eight teeth, as if to say a trivial matter:

"What does Lord Ben want, and what are you going to do, you understand?"

Several squad leaders looked at each other for a moment, then stood up in unison and saluted Zhu Zilong in return, and finally made a decapitation gesture.

"Very good, discuss a suitable legitimate external excuse, and report it to me tomorrow!"

After saying this, Zhu Zilong floated away and left the conference room satisfied.