Datang Nongwang

Chapter 623 Introduction
What Li Chongyuan promised was nothing more than to arrange the people in Qingfengzhai.

There is land to grow, houses to live in, food to eat and so on.

And what Li Chongyuan discussed with the two a year ago was to arrange a home for the people in Qingfengzhai, so that they would never be bandits again.

of course.

What Li Chongyuan promised was naturally conditional.

That is equivalent exchange.

Let the people in Qingfengzhai persuade all the bandits near Huayang County to come down the mountain.

These have been completed as early as this year, and Li Chongyuan's promise to Qingfengzhai will naturally be fulfilled.

Li Chongyuan's fief is getting bigger and bigger, although the original tenants can still farm.

However, Li Chongyuan never thought of putting the people from Qingfengzhai in Li Village. After all, this matter is not easy to handle, so as not to cause the original tenants of Li Village to feel uncomfortable.

Even, in the end, when the people from Qingfengzhai came, they squeezed out the original tenants in Li Village, which was not what Li Chongyuan wanted to see.

After everyone disembarked, Li Chongyuan led Chen and Juan to the yard where he lived.

Along the way, Chen Huan looked curiously at the distant shipyard and asked questions.

He even pointed to a tall round tower farther away and asked.

And Li Chongyuan also explained to the two of them one by one, and he didn't hide anything.

Li Chongyuan couldn't hide these things even if he wanted to.

After all, Chen Juan and the others are going to live in Li Village in the future, so it's useless to hide it, so it's better to explain it generously, so that the two of them have a general understanding of their property.

When they arrived at the small courtyard, Li Chongyuan served tea and some preserved fruit, looked at Chen Juan and said, "Aunt Juan, Aunt Huan, you just saw that my land is not small, but the land is huge. It is impossible to support so many people, so my idea is to arrange the people from Qingfengzhai to Fengjie, what do you think?"

"Fengjie? That's quite far away." Upon hearing this, Chen Juan said something after thinking about what Li Chongyuan said about Fengjie.

However, Chen Huan said with some minor opinions: "Little brat, you promised us last year that you would arrange all of us in Yangzhou, why did you suddenly change your mind? Why, you little brat tricked us down the mountain After you come, you are going to cross the river and tear down the bridge, right?"

"No, no. Aunt Juan, Aunt Huan, how dare I lie to you. In fact, I don't have many fields in my fief. If there are many fields, I am of course willing to arrange all of you in Li Village. However, my thoughts It is to send those old people and children in Qingfengzhai to Fengjie. I have [-] mu of good land there. All board and lodging will be provided, including cloth and so on. As for Aunt Juan, you will naturally stay here. After all, we have agreed before that when my fleet is completed, Aunt Juan and you will be the fleet I'm in charge." Seeing that Chen Huan had an opinion, Li Chongyuan hurriedly explained.

in fact.

Li Chongyuan also had some small thoughts in his heart.

How can the people of Qingfengzhai belong to bandits.

Moreover, as far as Li Chongyuan knew, all these people in Qingfengzhai knew some martial arts. If all these people were left in Li Village, Li Chongyuan was afraid that they would cause trouble with those water workers, boatmen and others.

I am used to the unfettered life on the mountain, but if I come to this mortal world, I will definitely not be used to it.

If you are not used to it, troubles are inevitable.

and so.

Only then did Li Chongyuan think about sending the elderly, children, women, and so on in Qingfengzhai to Fengjie. At least, Li Chongyuan didn't have such worries there.

And these men in Qingfengzhai will start practicing water skills with Chen Juan and the others in Li Village, and they will be suppressed by Li Chongyuan's guards. Even if something happens, Li Chongyuan can deal with it at any time.

After hearing this, Chen Juan and the two quietly looked at Li Chongyuan, and did not reply in time.

But their minds are running fast.

After a long time, Chen Juan looked at Li Chongyuan and smiled and said, "Just do it according to your idea. Since we have already come down the mountain, we will just obey you, the county lord."

"Second Miss, do you really want to separate?" Chen Huan looked at Chen Juan with some reluctance in his eyes.

Chen Juan tapped her pointed chin lightly, "The separation is only temporary. Although we have nothing to worry about, other people in Qingfengzhai cannot be like us. We have to think about them. Running around, this is not a thing."

With Chen Juan's words, the matter was settled.

The day.

Li Chongyuan hosted a generous banquet for everyone in Qingfeng Village.

Fortunately, there are not many people in Qingfengzhai, including men, women and children, there will be less than 800 people.

And after this banquet, Li Chongyuan invited Chen Juan and two into the house again, and discussed some matters.

After a few days, Xiang Si asked a few servants to take Qingfengzhai near old, young, women, children, and men on a boat and headed towards the Han River.

For this trip, they had to pass through the Han River and then turn to the Yangtze River before reaching Fengjie.

In Fengjie, there was the [-] mu of land that the Fang family compensated Li Chongyuan, enough to support these old and young women and children.

However, Chen Juan and the others did not go to Fengjie for the time being.

After the people from Qingfengzhai go to Fengjie, all the men will return to Xixiang after celebrating there.

Although Chen Juan and the others wanted to go there to have a look, but under Li Chongyuan's repeated assurances, they both gave up this idea.

Chen Juan trusted Li Chongyuan very much.

And Chen Huan didn't care, anyway, whatever happened to Chen Juan, that's what she would be like.

someday.

Li Chongyuan led the two of them to patrol the shipyard, and Chen Juan pointed to the two small paddle steamers in the dock and asked, "Yuaner, is this the ship we will sail long distances in the future?"

At Li Chongyuan's request, as Li Chongyuan's aunts, Chen Juan and the others should call Li Chongyuan Yuan'er.

To save sometimes a fish would come out of Chen Juan's mouth. At that time, Xiang Ba and the others would suspect that Li Chongyuan had something to do with Chen Juan and the others.

but.

Chen Juan and Chen Juan had no objection to Li Chongyuan's request.

In order to prevent some unnecessary things from happening, they will not be too rigid.

Besides, Li Chongyuan followed the two of them in detail, and of course asked them about his mother.

However, the mouths of the two were still tight, and they refused to say a word.

He also said that Li Chongyuan was still too young, and he had to wait until Li Chongyuan was in a high position to speak about his mother.

Ok.

Li Chongyuan couldn't pry their mouths open, that's all he could do.

"No, this is just a test ship, also called a paddle steamer, which was designed by me. Before you came to Li Village, my shipyard had built two medium-sized paddle steamers, but they have been towed out for a long-distance sea trial some time ago. Wait for the long-distance When you come back from the trial voyage, you will be able to see the two medium-sized paddle steamers." Li Chongyuan shook his head and said.

Chen Juan was curious.

Chen Huan was also curious.

They were curious that Li Chongyuan could design ships, which made them look at Li Chongyuan in disbelief.

And Li Chongyuan couldn't explain it well, so he just smiled.

Seeing that Li Chongyuan didn't explain, the two didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Huan was curious about the paddle steamer Li Chongyuan was talking about, so he jumped onto a small paddle steamer. After looking at it, he turned around and asked, "This boat is not small. Could it be that the medium-sized paddle steamer you mentioned is bigger than this one?" Much bigger? The boats I saw in the Hanshui River are basically not much different from yours, and they are very capable of loading."

"Auntie Huan, the length of these two ships is about six feet, and the width is only a little more than one foot. The medium-sized paddle steamer is about seventeen feet long and less than two and a half feet wide. After all, as long as the ship sails in the sea In addition, if the boat is too small, it is estimated that one wave will overturn it. Moreover, I plan to continue to build five medium-sized paddle steamers this year. At that time, there will be seven medium-sized paddle steamers. When the five medium-sized paddle steamers are built After the end, I will build two more large paddle steamers." Li Chongyuan told the two about the general situation of the ships and his own ideas.

Of course, the bigger the boat, the better.

It is not possible to cross the ocean with a few small boats.

Moreover.

Li Chongyuan brought Chen Juan and the others here in order to make them the stewards of the fleet.

There is a saying.

Chen Juan and the others have been traveling in the mountains and forests all year round to survive. If they are given water-based training, they will lead the team to the opposite side of the ocean. At least after they land, they don't have to worry about the situation there.

As for the matter at sea, Li Chongyuan could only make the boat bigger, and then give water training to the participants.

After hearing Li Chongyuan's words, Chen Juan and the others were shocked again, "Yuan Er, the medium-sized paddle steamer is nearly seventeen feet long, so this large paddle steamer must be several tens of feet long?"

"That's right, Chong Yuan, you won't tell me that you can build a ship of tens of feet?!" Chen Huan was also amazed.

However, Chen Huan called Li Chongyuan differently from Chen Juan.

One is called Yuaner and the other is called Chongyuan, which seems to be a distinction.

Li Chongyuan touched his head in embarrassment and said: "It must be possible to build it. However, the built ship has to be tested. Without testing, who would dare to go up. The design draft of the large paddle steamer has already been released. Its length is about 27 feet, and its width is also four to five feet. However, it is impossible for us to build such a large ship here. At that time, we can only go to the sea to build a shipyard. Otherwise, such a large ship will be built But if you can’t navigate in the water, then you will suffer a lot.”

"Yuan'er, where did you get so much money? Was it given by the court?" Although Chen Juan didn't know how much it cost to build a ship, she knew that it must be expensive after seeing the shipyard.

Li Chongyuan grinned and said: "Well... I'm not afraid that the two aunts will laugh at me. I was not idle when I was in Lizhuang. I opened a restaurant, and the restaurant can provide me with some money every year. Moreover, I also bred some beautiful fish in Lizhuang, and the fish can be sold for some money. Moreover, I even set up a few workshops, and the things in the workshops can also bring me some income, just like those toothbrushes Yes, I think the two aunts have also used it. Besides, I also set up a workshop in Li Village, but there is no income for now."

"Chongyuan, so you are rich?" After hearing what Li Chongyuan said, Chen Huan jumped to Li Chongyuan's side again, staring at Li Chongyuan non-stop.

There were copper coins in Chen Huan's eyes, which really made Li Chongyuan a little nervous.

a while.

Li Chongyuan took two steps back after being stared at furiously, and replied: "Aunt Huan, what you said, look at what I'm wearing, how can you tell that I'm rich? I'm poor. If it wasn't for the high yield on the other side of the ocean Food seeds, I don't want to do so many things, and make all my energy now be spent on making money."

"Yuan'er, Auntie, I have some here. If you don't have enough, you can tell me." Chen Juan looked at Li Chongyuan with distressed eyes.

When Li Chongyuan heard it, he was very moved, "How can I ask for my aunt's money, I'm not so poor yet. Yuan'er appreciates my aunt's kindness."

"You have a conscience. Let me tell you, your aunt and I don't have much money, and the second lady pawned all the jewelry and saved it. There are so many people in Qingfengzhai who need to eat and spend money. If they didn't have any money, Qingfengzhai would probably have already dispersed." Chen Huan was very relieved to see that Li Chongyuan didn't reach out his hand.

As for money, Li Chongyuan still has a lot.

Moreover, the money in the underground cave in Yuanzhuang has not been used yet.

Li Chongyuan is really not short of money now.

When it was time to run out of money, the person Li Chongyuan reached out for was not his own people, but Li Shimin.

I have done so many things, not for Li Chongyuan, but for the whole country.

When that time really comes, it is impossible for Li Shimin not to allocate some money to him.

Afterwards, Li Chongyuan took the two of them to the blacksmith's house for a walk.

When the two asked about the tower again, Li Chongyuan explained a general truth to them.

As for the principle, Li Chongyuan will not go into details, at least these things, Li Chongyuan will not let too many people know.

The blast furnace is a product of the modern era, and it is not something that can be spread casually.

Even if it is the imperial court, Li Chongyuan will not hand it over easily.

although.

Furnace-style ironmaking has existed as early as the Han Dynasty.

But that's just iron, not steel.

And the blast furnace in Li Village produces steel, not ordinary iron.

After watching the blast furnace carefully, Li Chongyuan took the two of them to the school again.

When she got outside the school, Chen Juan said, "Yuan'er, can you build a school in Fengjie so that the children in Qingfengzhai can also study?"

"Auntie, don't worry about this matter, I have already explained it to you. At the latest, the second half of next year, the little baby will be able to enter school." Li Chongyuan has already given orders on this matter.

Speaking of this school, it's not just Li Village.

Even Lizhuang in Chang'an, after Li Chongyuan wrote a letter to ask the old lady for instructions, has already established a school, which can accommodate 200 children to study.

(End of this chapter)