Datang Nongwang

Chapter 622 The people from Qingfengzhai are here

Peach is a gift.

Anyway, there are not many, each family can only say that they are trying something new.

However, it is estimated that starting next year, the production of this peach will also increase. At that time, whether Lizhuang's peaches will be given or sold will depend on next year.

Wan'er, who stayed in Chang'an for a day, returned to Li Zhuang, and lived a normal life with Li Yuan.

However, because of Wan'er sending the peach back, Li Chongzhen from Li Zhuang a year later was sent to Li Zhuang by his father.

As soon as Li Chongzhen arrived in Lizhuang, screams began to float in the sky above Lizhuang, which made the villagers of Lizhuang cover their ears.

Li Chongzhen, ever since Li Chongyuan left Lizhuang, this guy never came to Lizhuang again.

After Li Chongyuan left, Li Yuan never asked about him.

For Li Chongzhen, without Li Yuan's suppression, he had a good year in Chang'an.

after all.

With the [-] guan money from the restaurant, if Li Chongzhen doesn't enjoy it to the fullest, then he will be really sorry for Li Chongzhen.

Unexpectedly, after being sent to Li Zhuang by his own father a year later, for Li Chongzhen, the days that followed were really painful.

From the first day when Li Chongzhen came to Lizhuang again, this Lizhuang never stopped screaming.

And Wan'er is also laughing and laughing every day, joking about how Li Chongzhen is.

On the other hand, Li Yuan.

Recently, he has become more and more frowning, talking about Li Chongyuan who is far away in Xixiang from time to time.

at this time.

Li Chongyuan, who was far away in Xixiang, was busy inspecting and accepting two medium-sized paddle steamers that had undergone sea trials several times. He had no spare time to think about the affairs of Chang'an, let alone Lizhuang.

For Li Chongyuan, Li Zhuang was already on the right track, and it didn't matter so much whether Li Chongyuan was there or not.

It's like the state government office, it really doesn't matter if Li Chongyuan is there or not.

"Li County Marquis, our paddle steamer has been tested five times, and all the corrections that need to be made have been made. Do you think it can be finalized?" Wan Hong, who has completed several trials, is very much looking forward to Li Chongyuan's understanding of what he has said. The supervised paddle steamer was finalized.

Also really.

Been busy for almost two years.

Two years to build a new type of ship is an achievement for any shipbuilder.

Li Chongyuan looked at the paddle steamer with mast in the dock, and he was very sure in his heart, but Li Chongyuan thought it was still too early for the finalization, "I'm afraid it's too early for finalization. However, the acceptance is It can be accepted. I participated in the trial voyage the day before yesterday, and felt that there were no major problems with this paddle steamer. The speed and stability of the boat were good. Therefore, this long-distance trial voyage still needs to come once. For small boats Long-distance sea trials mean nothing, and every ship we build in the future will have to go through one or two long-distance sea trials."

After Li Chongyuan finished speaking, Wan Hong felt a little disappointed.

Based on their past experience in shipbuilding, it is basically enough to try a few times to test a ship, and there is no need to try again and again.

Although the medium-sized paddle steamer they built this time is already the largest ship they have ever built, for Wanhong's team, there have been too many trial voyages, and the time is always too late.

"Li County Marquis, let's go on like this, when can we build a fleet like Li County Marquis you said. Li County Marquis, how about trying a certain distance for this long-distance trial voyage?" What Wan Hong said to Li Chongyuan in his heart There are still some differences of opinion on the trial voyage.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "That can't be done. I don't build ships to sail on the river, but on the sea. The situation on the river and the sea are completely different, and we don't have the conditions at present. Going to the sea for a test voyage, so I can only sail a little longer to verify the reliability of the ship. I don't want the ship to be blown away by strong winds and waves as soon as it reaches the sea, and I don't even hope that when the fleet becomes [-]%, all people are buried at the bottom of the sea."

Li Chongyuan has his own ideas.

At least, in Li Chongyuan's perception, if the ship doesn't try a few more times, Li Chongyuan will have no idea.

What's more, no matter the various ships in the previous life, or large ships, aren't they all troops or companies that need a long time of testing before they can be officially delivered for use.

After Wan Hong listened to Li Chongyuan's words, he could only silently accept Li Chongyuan's instructions.

With Li Chongyuan's instructions, Wan Hong and the others started the long-distance test flight again.

And the mastless paddle steamer supervised by Yu Rong also started a long-distance trial voyage together with Wan Hong and the others.

As soon as the two medium-sized paddle steamers entered the Hanshui River, the people on both sides of the river, and the passing boats, waited and watched, curious, and even discussed.

"Look, that ship is so strange and big. It can't be a new type of warship from the imperial court." Some tourists who saw the paddle steamer for the first time were shocked.

"These two ships appeared some time ago. I have seen two small ones before. Although they are strange in shape, they can't keep up with the speed of riding a horse."

"That's right. A year ago, when I passed Jinzhou, I saw two small ships. The speed was really fast, and they disappeared in front of my eyes in a blink of an eye. At that time, I thought they were ghost ships. Well, it scared me so much that I thought I saw a ghost."

"What kind of ghost ship? I'm afraid you don't know it. This is a ship built by Li County Marquis of Xixiang, and I heard that in the future, even bigger and weird ships like this will be built."

"It's really weird. The boat and the wheels look like a carriage, and the speed is indeed several times faster than the boat we're on."

As the long-distance sea trials of the two medium-sized paddle steamers began, everyone was surprised and talked a lot when they saw it.

Say anything.

However, most of them were surprised by the shape and speed of the ship.

Few people mentioned the cost of the ship.

But come on.

They don't necessarily know the cost of the ship.

Even those ship bosses may not be able to guess the cost of these two medium-sized paddle steamers.

The cost of an ordinary ship about the size of a medium-sized paddle steamer is around [-] guan.

But the cost of Li Chongyuan's two medium-sized paddle steamers was more than ten thousand yuan.

If it wasn't for Li Chongyuan's ability to get money, it is estimated that he really didn't have the ability to build these ships, and he might not even be able to sustain the expenses of a shipyard.

Two medium paddle steamers went out for long distance trials.

The boatmen in the shipyard did not stop. According to Li Chongyuan's confession, they had already been building the planks and other materials for the other four medium-sized paddle steamers.

As for the old Xu's family, they were also busy with blast furnaces recently, so they asked Li Chongyuan to get some helpers to help.

As for learning crafts, Li Chongyuan also talked with Lao Xu's family.

As long as they think that someone can become an apprentice, they will go there first to help them, and wait a few years to see if they can be accepted as an apprentice.

Regarding this matter, the old Xu's family did not object at all, but followed Li Chongyuan's suggestion and observed who among the helpers was suitable to become their Xu family's apprentice.

If you want to learn some crafts in this era, not only depends on the person's hard-working spirit, but also pays more attention to the character.

If you don't have good character, you'll never want to learn this skill.

This is the same as wanting to join Taoism. To become a genuine Taoist priest, in addition to needing the consent of your family, you also need to stay in a Taoist temple for a few years. After a few years of observation by the master, you will be judged whether you are suitable to become a Taoist priest. its apprentice.

mid-October.

Yao Kong suddenly returned to Li Village from Xixiang. After finding Li Chongyuan, he said, "Young Lord, the government chamber of commerce that you told me to set up last year seems to be ready to let go."

"Oh? You can let go now? It's only been less than a year, and it's been so smooth?" After listening to Yao Kong's report, Li Chongyuan was a little surprised.

Yao Kong shook his head, "It didn't go well, but recently I found that some officials have started to reach out again. Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of thing from expanding, I suggest letting go of this chamber of commerce. Otherwise, if things go on like this, the officials will inevitably Put your hands together, when the time comes, the money that can reach the hands of the people will definitely not be too much."

"That's what you said. Now that we have such a goal, it seems that we have to start looking for someone to take over. In this way, I will write a letter back to Chang'an and ask someone to come over to take over this chamber of commerce. I cannot let anyone else take over this chamber of commerce. Let’s touch our hands, I think it’s up to us.” Li Chongyuan felt that Yao Kong’s words were true.

Li Chongyuan has already experienced the greed of officials.

The establishment of this government chamber of commerce was initially just to help the common people sell mountain products, and by the way, to make some extra money for the government, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

After all, officials are human beings, and as human beings, they have selfish motives.

At the beginning, maybe everyone worked together, but after a long time, the corruption gradually appeared.

that day.

Li Chongyuan wrote a letter and sent it to Chang'an as quickly as possible.

end of October.

The weather is getting colder.

The old lady in Chang'an received a letter from Li Chongyuan from Xixiang.

Although the old lady doesn't know how Li Chongyuan spent this year in Xixiang, but from the letter, she can see that Li Chongyuan has done a lot of practical things in Xixiang.

Now, the letter said that she hoped that the old lady would send some people to Xixiang to take over a chamber of commerce. Was it mentioned in the previous letter?"

"Back to the old lady, Mr. Xiaolang never mentioned it, but Xiang Si mentioned it to me. Now, Mr. Xiaolang is worried that there will be some corrupt officials in this government chamber of commerce, so he wants to let us take over .I really think Mr. Xiaolang’s decision is a good thing, how about we take over?” The butler also read the letter and replied.

The old lady thought.

For the old lady, she didn't want to get involved in this matter.

After all, this is a real merchant, compared to what Li Chongyuan made, it is a bit incomparable.

Half a day later, the old lady asked the housekeeper to send someone to call her other sons back to have a good discussion.

the next day.

After everyone discussed, the old lady sent someone to call someone over, "Xiao Liu, you have to take good care of this matter, and don't cause trouble, otherwise, Yuan'er will definitely be in trouble."

"Madam, don't worry, when I arrive in Xixiang, I will discuss it with Mr. Xiaolang. The Chamber of Commerce is not a trivial matter, and Xiaoliu understands it." A middle-aged man responded respectfully to the old lady.

When the middle-aged man left the front hall and was about to leave the house, the steward stopped him, "Xiao Liu, let's go to Xixiang, everything is based on Xiao Langjun's ideas. Although I know you have many ideas, but You can't mess around with this, remember."

"I remember." Xiao Liu replied.

The person who can be called Xiaoliu by the old lady and the housekeeper must not be an outsider, otherwise, the old lady would not have sent him to Xixiang to accept the business association established by the Yangzhou government.

Xiao Liu, whose name is Xiang Liu, and Xiang Si are both from the same clan of the old lady.

After the third day, Xiang Liu packed up everything and left Chang'an with dozens of people given to him by the old lady, heading for Xixiang.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan from Xixiang arrived at the pier early.

a few days ago.

Li Chongyuan received a letter saying that someone would come to his fief Li Village today.

But for this letter, Li Chongyuan waited for nearly a year.

When the sun was high, dozens of small boats paraded under the ocean.

Every boat is full of people.

There are old people, women, and children.

Of course, there are also men.

On the leading ship, there are Chen Juan and Chen Huan standing, and they can be found at a glance.

That's right.

The letter Li Chongyuan received said that people from Qingfengzhai were coming to Li Chongyuan's fiefdom.

This was also what Li Chongyuan and Chen Juan had discussed last year, and for this matter, Li Chongyuan had been waiting for nearly a year.

Li Chongyuan looked at Chen Juan and the others in the lead boat, his face brimming with excitement.

As soon as the boat arrived at the pier, Li Chongyuan couldn't wait to shout to the people on board: "Aunt Juan, Aunt Huan, you can keep me waiting."

Chen Juan and the two jumped off the boat, came to the pier, and looked at Li Chongyuan carefully.

"How have you been this year?" Chen Juan's first words were still words of concern, which moved Li Chongyuan very much after hearing it.

On the other hand, when Chen Huan jumped onto the pier, the first thing he did was to punch Li Chongyuan, "Little bastard, I haven't seen you for a year and I've grown taller again, even a head taller than me."

"If you go back to Aunt Juan, I'm pretty good." After Li Chongyuan responded to Chen Juan's words, he turned to Chen Huan and said, "Aunt Huan, if I don't grow taller, I'm going to be scolded to death by you. Aunt Juan Aunt Huan, are you all here?"

Chen Juan was still staring at Li Chongyuan, and then Chen Huan pointed to the people on the boat and said: "They are all here. However, you must not forget what you promised, otherwise, I will not forgive you."

"That's that, that's that. Don't worry, Aunt Huan, I will never forget what I promised. As soon as the spring of this year begins, I've already started making preparations." Li Chongyuan quickly responded.

(End of this chapter)