Datang Nongwang

Chapter 684 Fleet
Heart for heart.

This is Li Chongyuan's method, and it is also Li Chongyuan's stupid method.

There is a saying.

The heart is made of flesh.

No matter who he is, even if he is an ordinary citizen, even if he is a farmer, even if he is a low-class person.

As long as you treat him sincerely, he will definitely reciprocate sincerely.

Again.

These people used to work in the Qi family's shipyard, and they have been oppressed for too long. Finally, they met a boss who treated them like brothers, and it was impossible for them not to reciprocate with sincerity.

Unless this person is born with a kind of hatred of outsiders in his bones.

Because of the sale of the deed.

Wan Hong and the others approached Li Chongyuan several times.

They all said that they would like to be Li Chongyuan's person.

For this reason, Li Chongyuan did not agree.

Signing so many people's deeds of selling their lives by themselves has already violated the imperial court.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, even if he is a county magistrate, even if he is a county king, he cannot have so many people.

Regulations.

Li Chongyuan, the county magistrate, can only have a thousand servants at most, and if there are more, it will exceed this regulation.

If someone really insists on this matter, then Li Chongyuan can only lose his wife and lose his army.

But there are countless such things at the moment, and no one would linger on such things, even Wei Zheng, would not linger on them because of such things.

and.

At present, there are still many people like this.

Even if it's the nobles or the officials, most of them have done this.

But there are ways to avoid it, too.

For example, signing the deed of sale under the name of another person, and that person is one of his own. In this way, no matter how many people there are, no one will do anything to this person.

Although there are some people who avoid such things, they are relatively rare.

Powerful people don't need to sign any contract of sale at all, and some people will follow them on their own initiative.

After all, with someone behind him, the road ahead must be smooth.

Furthermore.

Once the sale contract is signed, his children basically belong to this person.

But the words came back again.

The Tang State suppressed all the countries in the Western Regions and the Turkic Kingdoms, and the Turkic people who were captured, as well as people from the countries in the Western Regions, basically became slaves.

Naturally, after these people became slaves, they would be rewarded by Li Shimin to the ministers and nobles.

In this way, as soon as these slaves increase, the ministers and nobles will already exceed this number.

Moreover.

The contract of sale signed by Li Chongyuan was only for one person, not his children.

and.

The contract of sale signed by Li Chongyuan still has a limited number of years.

This is placed in the Tang Dynasty, but there is really no such thing.

When others sign a deed of sale, once they sign, they become a family for a lifetime.

As for Li Chongyuan, he only signed for 20 years, and only one person.

As for this person's family members or their children, they are all free agents. Moreover, Li Chongyuan will also provide jobs for this person's family members and provide education for his children.

From the several schools under construction on the opposite bank, we can know that they are several schools that can accommodate [-] dolls.

and so.

last year.

Why did these boatmen have no voice of opposition when they were asked to sign the deed of sale, and those who could write directly signed their names and pressed their fingerprints.

For those who can't write, draw a sign and put your fingerprint on it.

people.

Always favor animals.

No benefit, who would do such a thing.

Moreover, such a contract of sale is still limited.

20 years of free agency, in exchange for a stable job, family work, and children's benefits.

Come on.

Such a contract of sale is equivalent to the labor contract of some companies in Li Chongyuan's previous life.

Of course, the term of this labor contract is a bit long, and he also paid the industry competition fee in advance, paying all his job-hopping money for the past 20 years in advance.

Although it takes a little time, all of this is worthwhile for these boatmen, even for those master craftsmen, and even Wan Hong and others yearn for it.

otherwise.

Wan Hong and the others would look for Li Chongyuan once in a while, just to sell themselves to Li Chongyuan, and even said they wanted to sign the original deed of sale.

but.

Li Chongyuan asked them to go back and think about it carefully, and discuss this matter after completing the shipbuilding task this year.

Once there are too many people, it will be a headache to manage.

Fortunately, this is now.

If it is changed to modern times, this kind of thing sounds like wild talk.

Once the year passes.

After less than half a month of rest, the shipyard resumed work.

As the shipyard continued to work, the enthusiasm of all the boatmen directly shocked Li Chongyuan into disbelief.

"This is not a good thing. If I continue to do this, if my body is exhausted, then I will lose a lot." Li Chongyuan saw that the boatmen seemed to be working hard on purpose, and he was so scared that he had to give way to Xiang Ba and the others. Stop this way.

At the New Year banquet.

Li Chongyuan's reward stimulated everyone, which made everyone jealous.

Indeed.

At the celebration banquet.

Li Chongyuan gave a promise to the top three who performed the best and made contributions.

This promise stated that as long as one of his heirs could read and read for a few years, Li Chongyuan would recommend his son to become a subordinate official.

Even Li Chongyuan promised.

If the heir of the honored person has studied for ten years and has good grades, Li Chongyuan can recommend him as a foreign official.

As for how many people are out of the country, Li Chongyuan didn't mention it at all.

But they all knew what the promise of a foreign official represented.

right now.

There are several ways to become an official.

If you don't study hard and don't have a background, the method of recommendation can be said to be the easiest method.

Li Chongyuan's promise directly led to the hard work of these boatmen.

visible.

For changing the fate of a family, anyone expects such a good thing to fall on their own head.

As for the subordinate staff promised by Li Chongyuan, it doesn't matter whether it is a foreign official.

These are not official.

If a subordinate official does a good job in his position, he can be promoted to an official, but the possibility of this is very low.

On the contrary, if you are a foreign official, you are more likely to get an official position.

The Tang State implemented an official system of nine ranks and thirty ranks.

And these foreign officials are the sons of officials below the sixth rank and above the ninth rank.

Foreign officials are also divided into nine grades.

Although they are only officials, they can be promoted step by step as long as they pass certain examinations.

If he is promoted to the first class outside, he will be eligible to become an official official.

to this end.

Only then did Li Chongyuan put down his words and made a promise, saying that as long as he could read and read for a few years, he could be recommended by him as a subordinate official or a foreign official.

It was because of Li Chongyuan's promise that Li Chongyuan was dumbfounded.

If they continue to work so desperately like them, within a month, people will collapse.

On the second day, when all the boatmen were about to enter the shipyard to work, Li Chongyuan blocked the gate of the shipyard, "Everyone, everyone, I understand that you work hard, and I understand that you work hard. But, as long as you work so hard like yesterday , I just want to ask, do you want to die? What is the most important? Your body is the most important. Don't put your body on a promise of mine. Let me tell you, if you work so hard Live, if a person dies, your wife is someone else's wife, and your son may be abandoned by others. So, don't take advantage of others because of a promise of mine. "

Li Chongyuan's words came from his previous life.

but.

After Li Chongyuan said this, it really played a role.

This is not.

In the following time, it was never the same as that time, working hard as soon as the work started, as if desperate for life.

Perhaps it was because what Li Chongyuan said had an effect, after he figured it out, he was relieved.

Time flies.

As soon as the year is over and the work starts, the first month will go away quickly.

February, keep working.

Everyone started to get busy.

Xisha Island has also ushered in another expansion, and the two islands are slowly closing together.

Like March, no one is idle.

As soon as April entered, the weather began to warm up. More and more wood was transported from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and more and more stones were also transported from Jiangyin and other places.

The shipyard was expanded, and several waterways were dug to provide access for the ships in the shipyard.

The pier is also expanding.

In this month, Li Chongyuan took Yao Kong, who had come from Xixiang, to Wuxian County, and entrusted Yao Kong with matters above his position.

Come on.

Li Chongyuan has not been to Wu County, the county where the Suzhou prefecture is located, a few times since he took up the post of recorder and joined the army last year, only once a month, which is considered a business trip.

It can be said that Li Chongyuan remembered Li Shimin's reprimand.

With Yao Kong's arrival, Li Chongyuan became more relaxed, and he didn't even need to deal with these officials in Suzhou, and likewise, he didn't need to deal with these officials who he didn't like.

As soon as the time entered May, Li Chongyuan became even busier.

Why?

Because the ten A-type paddle steamers in the shipyard are basically almost completed.

In less than a month, the ten A-type paddle steamers could be launched.

So, Li Chongyuan is busy.

Even if Li Chongzhen murmured every day that he wanted Li Chongyuan to take him to the islands in the southern waters, Li Chongyuan ignored him.

Saying.

After Li Chongzhen came to this Xisha Island with Li Chongyuan last year, he was like a wild horse running wild, wandering around everywhere.

On the way to Xisha Island, Li Chongzhen's initial thoughts were fishing.

But when all the boats were driven away by Chen Juan and the others, the only two little paddle boats left were not enough for him to play with.

In the end, I had to turn to land.

Years ago, Li Chongzhen wandered from one county to another, and from one state to another.

One month before the new year, because Xixiang sent two new C-type paddle steamers over, this guy started to go fishing again.

This is not.

After the new year, regardless of the cold wind at sea, he took his guards and, with the help of several boatmen, went to an island only two hundred miles away from Xisha Island. Began to be fascinated by the whereabouts of digging treasures on this island.

All kinds of conch, all kinds of seafood.

In short, the house where Li Chongzhen lives is full of all kinds of things.

Every time Li Chongyuan entered his room, he just shook his head.

And now, the ten A-type paddle steamers in the shipyard are about to be completed. Although they are surprised by such a large ship, their enthusiasm for hunting treasures on the island is still undiminished.

He also said that these are treasures, and they can be sold for a lot of money when they return to Chang'an in the future.

Ok.

This is also to blame for Li Chongyuan's cheap mouth.

There is no such conch in Chang'an, and few people are willing to spend so much effort to transport it to such a far place in Chang'an for sale.

This is not.

After Li Chongyuan casually mentioned something, this guy took his heart.

They insisted on getting a boat back to Chang'an to sell and make a lot of money.

Make money for sure.

There are a lot of conch.

Some special small conch and small shells are really beautiful.

If you find a craftsman and stack them into the shape of some kind of animal or ship, you can sell them for a lot of money.

Li Chongzhen drove away two C-type paddle steamers, leaving two small ones on Xisha Island.

Li Chongyuan wasn't worried about whether this guy would die at sea, anyway, he had already told the boatmen who were operating the boat to only wander around the Shengsi Islands, and not to go any farther.

Even if Li Chongzhen insisted, Li Chongyuan would not allow it.

end of May.

Ten A-type paddle steamers have been completed, and they have been slid down the waterway from the shipyard and outside the shipyard in turn, and the verification has begun.

When Li Chongyuan saw the ten A-type paddle steamers coming out of the waterway and docking at the pier, the excitement in his heart burst at this moment.

The length is 45 feet long, and even the width has reached nearly twelve feet.

Calculated in meters, its length exceeds 150 meters and its width is close to 40 meters.

A ship with such a distance in length and width should be number one in the Tang Dynasty, number one in the world, and number one in the world.

Moreover, Li Chongyuan built ten armored paddle steamers this time.

In a word, not bad money.

As far as the cost of A-type paddle steamers is concerned, each ship is currently around [-] yuan.

If it is built in batches, Li Chongyuan estimates that the cost will be lower, and it may be possible to build [-] guan.

As soon as the ten A-type paddle steamers came out of the waterway, all the family members of the boatmen on the other side stood there, exclaiming.

even.

Even the few cargo ships that had just come down from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River stopped their boats after seeing ten giant ships suddenly appearing on the side of Xisha Island, and looked at the ten giant ships in front of them.

And the boatmen.

Under the command of Wan Hong and others, climbing up and down, they began to inspect the ten A-type paddle steamers.

For newly built ships, the first priority of basic inspection is water ingress.

Fortunately, they were experienced and had fifty master craftsmen and more than seven hundred craftsmen joined in. They gathered all their strengths and built ten huge and sturdy A-type paddle steamers for Li Chongyuan.

Therefore, it is impossible for these ships to enter the water.

But if they don't show up again, they will still carry out these most basic tasks.

now.

Li Chongyuan, who was standing not far from the pier, looked at the ten Type A paddle steamers in front of him, and imagined, "With these ten Type A paddle steamers, the fleet can be formed. After Aunt Juan and the others return, Then you can try to explore the way in the direction of Wa country."

(End of this chapter)