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Li Yuanqing stood up and looked down at everyone condescendingly, "I am a dignified court official, the garrison of the Guangning Army, and the governor of Changsheng Island, will I deceive you?" ”

"The adults are angry, but the little ones don't dare. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Xu Liang was taken aback and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Yang Laohan and the craftsmen around him were also taken aback and fell to their knees.

Li Yuanqing was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and the expression on his face softened, "You all get up." Although I, Li Yuanqing, am poor, I never hesitate to reward the talents under my command. As long as you do a good job and let my sons shed less blood, let alone a few hundred taels of silver, it will be a thousand taels, ten thousand taels, and I will reward you, so what's the matter? ”

"A thousand taels? Ten thousand taels? ”

Everyone couldn't believe their ears, and looked at Li Yuanqing one after another, if this is really the case, then, how much hope should there be for this day?

Li Yuanqing glanced at everyone lightly.

How is it possible to want the horse to run and not let the horse graze?

At this time, craftsmen were not valued because of the inheritance of history and the limitations of the times, but Li Yuanqing, who came from later generations, deeply understood that technology is the primary productive force.

Only when the soldiers are sharp, can he Li Yuanqing have more capital and create more wealth.

After a long time, everyone calmed down from their excitement.

A carpenter in his fifties said: "My lord, I don't know, I don't know if I wait, but there can also be opportunities for meritorious service like Yang Laohan and Xu Liang?" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Of course." Every soldier in my country has a chance, it just depends on whether you are willing to do it or not. ”

The carpenter couldn't help but be overjoyed, and carefully stepped aside, but his mind spun rapidly, what should he do, what should he do, in order to receive such a reward?

At this time, Xu Liang calmed down, he looked at Li Yuanqing carefully and said: "My lord, it takes time and effort to build a bird gun, I don't know how much iron and manpower can an adult give to the little one and Yang Laohan?" ”

Li Yuanqing glanced at him, "How much do you want?" ”

Xu Liangyi gritted his teeth, "My lord, the villain is not too sure about this matter, so he can only keep experimenting." The villain needs at least 3 helpers and 500 pounds of iron. ”

Li Yuanqing laughed, "Okay." I'll give you and Yang Laohan 1,000 catties of iron, and then select 20 blacksmiths from the craftsman's household. In the process of building the bird's gun, everyone has a full meal, and each person can eat 2 taels of meat a day. I'll leave this matter to you. ”

Xu Liang and Yang Peifu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "I am willing to die for the adult." ”

The two of them left in a hurry, and the other craftsmen in the room looked at Li Yuanqing with blank eyes, waiting for Li Yuanqing to assign a new task.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Our army is about to move to Changsheng Island in the near future. You and the others probably already know that Changsheng Island is now in ruins, and you and the others have a great opportunity. ”

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After a full morning of talking with the craftsmen, and after lunch, Li Yuanqing came to Yang Peifu and Xu Liang's 'blacksmith shop'.

The two of them chose the blacksmith shop on the hill behind the camp and began to build it on a large scale.

Iron is different from heating, and the wood is not burned at a sufficient temperature and a large amount of coal is needed, and although the sea has thawed, it is too late to buy coal from the inland.

Fortunately, there were other blacksmith shops in the households of Hiroshima, so the two of them bought some coal from there to use first.

In this regard, Li Yuanqing also informed Guan Canghai, and Guan Canghai would get a batch of coal for the blacksmith shop of the two in the shortest possible time.

Seeing the two of them working in full swing, Li Yuanqing didn't stay too long, Wen Yan said a few words of encouragement, and came to the dock.

At this time, the leaders of the craftsmen were ready, and in the afternoon, they would go to Changsheng Island with Li Yuanqing.

Xu Heizi has been on Changsheng Island for more than a month, and although news often comes back, Li Yuanqing has not personally checked it, nor does he know the detailed progress.

At this time, it was already the second half of the first year of the Apocalypse, and the ice near the sea had begun to thaw, and now it was not too much trouble to go to Changsheng Island.

The group set off quickly, and the next afternoon, arrived at Changsheng Island. Xu Heizi hurriedly led the crowd to greet him and led Li Yuanqing to inspect Guanglu Island.

In the past month or so, Xu Heizi's main focus of work has been in the Nanxinkou area.

After all, this place is too close to the southern Liaoning mainland, and the defense here is also the top priority of the defense of Changsheng Island.

"Your Excellency, you see, we have built twelve watchtowers here these days, and we can clearly observe the movement a few miles to the other side. Regarding the camp, we have also conducted a lot of investigations, Changsheng Island is very large, there are many places suitable for living, we have selected a few locations, the specific implementation, and you have to decide. ”

Nanxinkou, Xu Heizi reported to Li Yuanqing about his work during this time.

At this time, on the hill near Nanxinkou, deep in the woods, more than a dozen watchtowers have been set up, and these watchtowers are all set up in the woods on the mountain.

Xu Heizi also chose a depression a few miles away from Nanxinkou, just to avoid the fireworks when cooking and heating, which were seen by the other side.

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Xu Heizi and they thought very thoughtfully, during this time, they must have suffered a lot of grievances, this tower-like man has lost a lot of weight now.

"Brother Xu, thank you for your hard work. I will take your credit to heart. ”

Xu Heizi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Serving the adult is a blessing for the humble duty." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "These people are all craftsmen. They are professionals, and we will make a decision on the location and defense of the specific camp, let them carefully investigate. ”

Xu Heizi hurriedly nodded and whispered to Li Yuanqing: "My lord, you, where did you recruit these craftsmen?" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Heavenly machine, don't leak it." ”

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In the next few days, the craftsmen inspected the topography of Changsheng Island, traveled to almost every corner of Changsheng Island, and also summarized their experiences.

Among them, the carpenter in his fifties, named Lu Dadao, contributed the most and spent the most thoughts, and he carefully reported to Li Yuanqing: "My lord, we have traveled all over Changsheng Island in the past few days. In terms of the location of the camp, I also have some opinions, and I would like to report it to the adults. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Dadao, you don't have to be so nervous. Come, take a sip and speak slowly. ”

The soldiers poured a bowl of hot water for Lu Dadao, Lu Dadao drank a few sips, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuanqing, and then said: "My lord, as Xu Baihu said, there are a few locations suitable for camps, and there is no deviation." My lord, the location near Nanxinkou is slightly larger, and the surrounding cultivated land is also very fertile, according to the small one, if you build a camp here, it will cost the least and get twice the result with half the effort. It's just that the small ones don't know, what kind of scale does the camp the adults want? Is it the same as the camp in Hiroshima, or is it the same as a normal town barracks? ”

Li Yuanqing said quietly: "Is there any difference between the two?" ”

Lu Dadao hurriedly said: "My lord, if you build a camp like Hirokashima, you can have several locations." But if you want to build a town, this side of Nanxinkou is the best. It's just that it's too close to the other side. ”

Seeing that Li Yuanqing didn't speak, his expression was not shocked, and he couldn't guess Li Yuanqing's thoughts, so he didn't dare to say more.

Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled, "Changsheng Island is my governing land, so naturally I have to build a good life." Let's just talk about the size of the town. ”

Lu Dadao couldn't help but be overjoyed, for a craftsman like him, it was also a great honor to be able to build a town with his own hands.

After thinking for a moment and sorting out his thoughts, he said: "My lord, in the past few days, the small one has carefully investigated the resources of Changsheng Island, there is a lot of wood on Changsheng Island, and there is no shortage of stones, in the south, there are still some lime mines, some land, and there is no problem with burning bricks." To create a ...... small"

Lu Dadao spoke for half an hour, drank three bowls of hot water, and Li Yuanqing basically understood what he meant.

Lu Dadao's idea was to build a medium-sized small town that could be used by 10,000 people, basically completely from the local materials of Changsheng Island, and it cost not much silver, only a few thousand taels of silver, but it required a lot of labor.

According to his plan, if you want to build the towns of Changsheng Island, including outer fortress walls, moats and so on, it will take more than half a year, and about 2,000 people will be needed.

After careful consideration, Li Yuanqing roughly agreed with Lu Dadao's idea, but some improvements were made.

For example, soft defensive measures such as fort walls and moats were directly canceled by Li Yuanqing.

This thing is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also does not have much practical effect.

The biggest defense system of Changsheng Island is the sea, once the Houjin army breaks through the natural barrier of the sea, Li Yuanqing's side will not have much room for resistance, so he can only choose to run away.

Of course, it is only specific to Li Yuanqing's current military scale.

At this time, there are nearly 7,000 Dingkou under Li Yuanqing's command, and there is no shortage of manpower at all, and in terms of silver, silver tickets plus cash silver, Li Yuanqing still has about 30,000 taels, Qu Minqiu's side, there is still a small 100,000 taels of private money, of course, her money, until she is forced to do so, Li Yuanqing will not move.

These silver taels are enough to support the plan to build a city on Changsheng Island.

However, Li Yuanqing will never pull out the 1,200 soldiers, so the labor that can be used is mainly these craftsmen, the old and the weak and women.

Building a house is a thing that women can do like that, and most of the small workers on construction sites in later generations are women.

As long as Lu Dadao can grasp the direction, this is not a problem.

It was not difficult to build the city, but Li Yuanqing was very worried about the defense of Nanxinkou.

After all, without absolute military strength, even if this city is built, it can only be a mermaid's meat, but it is a wedding dress for others.

However, Changsheng Island is Li Yuanqing's place of governance, and Li Yuanqing has the right to rule the legal system, and this place will also be Li Yuanqing's homeland, so it is natural to build it well and work hard.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yuanqing came up with a compromise plan.

Lu Dadao could immediately carry out the preparations for the construction of the city, but before the end of the spring offensive, Li Yuanqing would only give him a small part of the financial resources and manpower, and build military camps and civilian houses first.

At that time, Li Yuanqing will garrison 500 ~ people in Nanxinkou, and at the same time, give Lu Dadao 150 craftsmen, all of whom are strong men and strong men of stonemasons and carpenters, as well as 600 strong women and old and weak, to carry out the early construction of Changsheng Island.

Lu Dadao took the order and left with joy, but Li Yuanqing fell into deep thought.

At this time, financial resources and manpower have become secondary.

What Li Yuanqing lacks most now is a talent who can take charge of himself and is loyal.

Before the spring offensive, Li Yuanqing himself could sit on Changsheng Island, and Shang Lao Liu would sit on Guanglu Island, and the two lines would be opened, but if the spring offensive began......

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