Kai Fu Han

Chapter 63 Return to Dengzhou

After seeing off Li Cang and Liu Xingang, Liu Xingqi stepped up the repair and cleaning of the eight cargo ships, and once again called some people to replace those who had been tired for a day. He did not rest after dark at night, working overtime with oil lamps and torches. Keep going.

Because there is no dock for rent in Qinglinpu, we just rely on the dock for simple repairs, but there are many people, so the speed is not slow.

Around Xu time, the repairs and cleaning of all eight ships were finally completed. After arranging the night watch, Liu Xinqi returned to his residence to rest.

You can leave for Dengzhou tomorrow.

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On November [-]th, early in the morning, people were arranged to load supplies onto the ship, and then began to organize the people who were going to Dengzhou to board the ship.

Some of the people who arranged to go to Dengzhou this time were the old and weak of Zhaojiacun. It was completely useless for these people to stay in Qinglinpu. It was better to go to Dengzhou to settle down early.

Some are the family members of the sailors responsible for operating these eight cargo ships.

The last part is skilled workers and their families who should go to Dengzhou as soon as possible to participate in the productive labor in Dengzhou.

Since the eight ships only need to sail at sea for a maximum of two days, they have less supplies and the Cypriots are more densely packed.Each ship contained more than 100 people and their belongings.

It was not until the sun was high that everything was loaded onto the ship.

Zhao Liang was responsible for leading the fleet, and Liu Xinbao and other soldiers followed Liu Xinqi back to Dengzhou.

Arrange for Liu Xin'ang to watch at Qinglinpu first, and wait until Liu Xin'ang comes back before taking the coal ship back.

This arrangement is to avoid that Liu Xingqi, Liu Xingang, Zhao Liang, etc. are not in Qinglinpu, and Qinglinpu is not in charge.

When Liu Xingang went to Laizhou yesterday, he took away three soldiers from his team. Qinglinpu's left-behind force was seriously insufficient.If some local forces are stupid and come over to cause trouble, things will get messy if they are not taken care of.

Along the way, Liu Xinqi followed Zhao Liang and continued to learn the knowledge of sailing ships. Time passed quickly during the learning process.

On these eight ships, there were too few people and few experienced people. For safety reasons, there was no sailing at night. The eight ships stopped together to rest for a night. They continued their journey on the morning of the [-]th and arrived at the port of Dengzhoufu just after Chenshi. -Penglai Port.

The people from Liujiapu who were left at the port kept watching what was going on outside the port. Liu Xinqi was standing on the bow of the first ship. This man saw Liu Xinqi coming back with the fleet from a distance, and hurried back to the Liu family warehouse to call for people. .

When the ship docked at Qinglinpu Pier and Liu Xinqi disembarked, Liu Lisheng and Zhou Xinyuan were already waiting on the shore.

"Thank you for your hard work. I heard Li Cang tell you what happened in Laizhou. I'm very happy that you can restrain yourself." Zhou Xinyuan said, meaning that he was very satisfied that Liu Xinqi did not make a big fuss in Qinglinpu.

It seems that Zhou Xinyuan’s requirements for Liu Xinqi are very low. Liu Xinqi killed more than 100 people in Qinglinpu, which is not considered a big fuss here by Zhou Xinyuan... "The power in Laizhou is too complicated, and there are too many mines. I guess there are people behind it." The big family and big eunuchs support it, so I'm a little more cautious." Liu Xinqi replied awkwardly.

"You have recruited more than 1000 people this time. Liujiabao's food could originally last for half a year, but now it only has about two months' surplus food." Liu Lisheng said.

"Third Master, there will be a way, so that people won't starve. If it doesn't work, you can break the jar and grab it." Liu Xinqi replied, making a joke later.

"What are you talking about? Bah, bah, bah!" Liu Lisheng obviously couldn't accept Liu Xinqi's joke, and he sighed a few times, as if he was spitting out what Liu Xinqi had just said.

"Hahahahahahaha, the third master is really not kidding." Liu Xinqi continued to reply with a smile: "Now there are twelve large and small ships in Liujiabao, and the ports along the Jingdong East Road can be used to purchase food, so although there is not enough food now It’s plenty, but it won’t be a problem that strangles Liujiabao’s neck.”

"Since there is a way, buy more as soon as possible and save it. Don't worry if you have enough food at home." Liu Lisheng said.

"I understand. These eight cargo ships will make another trip to transport all the people from Qinglinpu back, and then they can start transporting coal and grain. The two months of food that the family has now will definitely be able to continue." Liu Xinqi replied. road.

A few people stood on the dock and chatted for a while. Liu Lisheng continued to go to the ship to organize people to disembark, and then placed everyone in the Liu family warehouse. Liu Xinqi and Zhou Xinyuan walked towards the Liu family compound.

The current warehouse is definitely not enough to live in, but Liu Lisheng has just said that he will rent another warehouse to ensure that this wave of more than 1000 to [-] people will have a place to live.

"Teacher, how is the free kang work going?" Liu Xinqi asked Zhou Xinyuan while walking on the road.

"All the officials' orders have been finished, leaving some fragmentary carpentry work. I have arranged for a few carpenters to finish it. Most of the people are busy working in the military camp now, but the military camp is full of earthen kangs, and it should be completed in a day or two. The next step is to make a kang in the warehouse for the more than 1000 people who came this time."

"What happened to the two thousand pebbles of charcoal brought back last time?" Liu Xinqi then asked
"One thousand stones were given to the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture, which settled the profit-sharing thing last time. If they still need it later, they will need to spend money to buy it, but we have already promised them that the pebbles for their own use will be ours." We will supply the goods at a price that is three cents cheaper than the market price." Zhou Xinyuan replied: "For the remaining one thousand shi, I kept five hundred shi in the warehouse and put the five hundred shi on the market and tried to sell them, with the price starting from 25 shi per piece. The price of stone has been raised to thirty cents, and people are rushing to buy it."

"Things are rare and expensive. Now there is a shortage of fuel in Dengzhou, so coal can naturally be sold at a high price." Liu Xinqi continued: "It is only more than a day's boat ride from Laizhou. Someone will soon discover this business opportunity and then transport coal. Sell. When the time comes, the price of pebbles will definitely drop all the way until the profit is meager. Therefore, the biggest task of our twelve ships in the near future is to transport pebbles for sale and seize the opportunity until the Dengzhou market is saturated, and then we can give up this business. It’s business.”

"What you said makes sense, 'Every bustle in the world is for profit, and all the bustle in the world is for profit.' If you can see any way to make money, there will definitely be people who are eager to do it." Zhou Xinyuan agreed.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Zhou Xinyuan asked.

"I can't do anything anymore. The twelve ships take up part of the manpower, and the Kang business basically takes up the remaining manpower. Even if I want to do something, there is no one to do it." Liu Xinqi replied: "Wait until these refugee workers settle down Come down, let them all participate in Pankang, finish the business in Penglai County as soon as possible, and stop doing it any further away, this profit is too small. "

"When the Pan Kang incident is over, I plan to start rebuilding the Liu Family Fort. I will go to the school to attend classes in the past few days, and then write down some of the knowledge I know so that Zhou Yue can compile teaching materials."

"The 'physics and chemistry' knowledge you mentioned is very magical. It sounds like a fantasy, but it turns out to be true when tested. The principles of everything in this world are really grand." Zhou Xinyuan praised.

The two were walking and chatting, with the master beside them. Liu Xinqi was too embarrassed to go directly to his daughter Zhou Yue to relieve his lovesickness, so he could only go to the school to see the fresh blood of Liujiabao, give them lessons and "brainwash" them. .

(End of this chapter)