Under the dim lights on both sides of the market, the girl in red was panicked and turned back from time to time to look back. Peng knocked down Li Ming, who was talking and laughing softly with Zhang Yao. The girl was staggered by Li Ming and fell to the ground.

Li Ming, who was full of warmth, was shocked by Wen Xiang's soft jade. The girl he saw was coming down in front of him, and involuntarily reached out to hold the girl's slender waist and helped the girl up. After a while, the big men chasing behind rushed over and surrounded the three of them in the middle.

Li Ming and Zhang Yao hurriedly pulled out their swords and asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to surround me?"

The leader-like man glared at Li Ming and shouted: "Boy, you should not care about the matter of uncle. Leave that little girl to the uncle. Do you dare to interfere with Mr. Qian's affairs? Are you impatient?" As soon as he finished speaking, a sword was put on his erect neck. The cold sword tip made his spine chill, and a voice rang coldly in his ears: "Who is impatient? He is so brave, dare to speak like this to my master!"

The big man glanced around with his eyes and saw that each of his companions was held hostage by the other party. Five or six people had entered the circle and surrounded Li Ming and the other party. Each of them was in green clothes, looking so imposing.

The big man swallowed his saliva, quickly changed his smile, and said, "Dear uncles have something to say, the boys don't know Mount Tai. If you offend him, you deserve to die. Please forgive me."

Li Ming asked coldly: "Who are you? Why are you chasing this girl?"

The big man hurriedly said, "When you say that, this little girl stole a treasure from my master and was discovered by us, so we chased her."

The girl in red shouted hurriedly: "They are lying! It was his master who took my appearance and wanted to force me back and be a concubine for him. This young master, don't give me to them!" After that, he held Zhang Yao's arm with both hands and shook it gently, and said to Zhang Yao in a pleading tone: "Sister, please save me. It will be miserable if I am caught by them. Please."

Zhang Yao felt very sorry for her. She hurriedly hugged the girl in red and said to Li Ming: "Sir, save this girl. She looks very pitiful, don't let these people take her away!"

Li Ming nodded, turned around and said coldly to the man, "What I hate the most is you, the bunch of things that rely on people's power. Your master bullies others with power. Since I have encountered it today, I can't ignore it! Malin, lit their acupoints and took them back first, and let them go tomorrow when we get rid of the city."

The guards agreed in unison and lit the acupoints of the people. Marin ordered a group of guards to carry these people back to the inn and send them to the horse shed for care.

Li Ming turned around and said to the girl, "Okay, we have subdued these dogs and fasteners. You might as well leave here quickly, so that they will not cause trouble for you another day."

A layer of mist was immediately covered in the eyes of the girl in red. She looked at Zhang Yao pitifully, shook his little hand and begged: "Sister, please take me away. I have no relatives anymore and don't know where to go. Please accept me. I know you are a good person. I am happy to be a cow and horse for you. Please."

Li Ming smiled and bowed his hand and said, "Sir, it's really amazing. I'm right. I'm going to Mocheng this time to ask for help from some business. I want ink oil outside Mocheng, but I wonder if I can agree?"

Sun Wen laughed and said, "I think it's something. There are so many swamps outside the east and west city. Just go and pick it up, don't need to go through the consent of my official!"

Li Ming smiled slightly and said, "I misunderstood what I mean. I want to monopolize the right to use ink oil. As for the ink making workshops outside the city, I want to buy them one by one at a high price. Those who work in the workshops, I also promise to let them work under the flags under the ground to ensure that their lives are better than they are now. What do you think?"

Sun Wen was stunned for a while and said in embarrassment: "The conditions proposed by Mr. Hun, it is not impossible. Originally, the ink oil outside has no other use except burning ink, and it is not impossible to give it to Mr. Hun, but this is related to the issue of land transfer. It is not something that I can do if I want to transfer such a large area of ​​land to Mr. Hun. In addition, the high and low-end ink ingots in this city are already famous all over the country. The ink that goes out from here every day accounts for nearly 70% of the country's production. Most people in this city rely on this. If Mr. Hun monopolizes the low-end ink, I am worried that there will be public grievances."

Li Ming smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, please rest assured. After buying those workshops, it will not affect the interests of the relevant industries in the city. This can be guaranteed. It can be guaranteed that the price will never increase. What was going on in the past is still like now, but it is just handed over to the business. In addition, as long as Lord Sun agrees to the exclusive business, the above matters will be handed over to the business. You can ask the prince for a franchise. How about it?"

Sun Wen hurriedly smiled and said, "Sir, since that's the case, what else can I say? Sir, please rest assured that as long as the state government office comes to approve the documents, I will never cause any trouble here."

Li Ming stood up and bowed, "What I want is this sentence from sir. Li Ming thanks sir here first. In the future, when sir, I'll send someone to Biquan Island Tea Farm to get it, you don't have to be polite."

Sun Wen hurriedly said, "That's good, so I will thank you first! I will give you any instructions in the future. I will do my best if I can do anything!"

Li Ming refused Sun Wen's kind banquet, and the group said goodbye to Sun Wen and returned to the inn. After lunch, he rushed back to the boat. Halfway through, Ma Lin taught the evil guys a lesson and then put them back.

The group of people and a group of people were loaded with oil and set off in the afternoon. They rushed back to Biquan Island at dawn the next day. The island had already received a letter from Marin's flying pigeon on the island, and a large group of people were waiting at the dock to prepare for unloading the goods.

Li Ming jumped out of the boat, explained some things, and went to the Zhulin Pavilion with the Saint King who came to greet him.

After everyone sat down, the Saint Hand King said, "The dean has been leaving for two days and everything on the island is normal. The ore from the crystal mine has been transported over, and the kiln you told me has been built. The craftsmen said that they can use it after two more days of work."

Li Ming nodded and said, "It's best if you have nothing to do. Let's consider that the treatment of those craftsmen can be appropriately improved. Also, in order to improve their enthusiasm, you will give a notice. Anyone with any good ideas and good suggestions will be put forward and will be rewarded immediately after adoption. These craftsmen are very talented and creative, but they are just a long-term trend, and the system has wiped out their advantages. This time I met a master craftsman, but unfortunately I was unable to invite him."

The Saint Hand King asked with great interest: "There is still such a thing? With the dean's eagerness to seek talents and treating people sincerely, it is really strange? Who is that person?"

Li Ming told the story of the day to the Saint Hand King. After hearing this, the Saint Hand King lowered his head and pondered. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "This matter is a bit strange. Chen Zhongshi is not an ordinary person. Forget it, let's not mention him for now. By the way, all Wenxiang Zuijiufang in the city have been moved to the island in the past two days, and now it is at the foot of the mountain not far from here. The master of winemaking Cao Da said that the spring water there is good and very suitable for winemaking. Yesterday, the masons and carpenters worked overnight to build the new winery. The dean wouldn't go over and take a look? Go quickly, haha, we are very looking forward to the new wine you mentioned."

Li Ming laughed, stood up and said, "Since you are so anxious, let's go and have a look. Let's talk while walking." After that, he walked down the mountain with the Saint Hand King and others.

"Yesterday your master told me that the staff in Linjiazhuang were basically ready, and they would probably be able to arrive here within half a month. There was also news from Huang San that his people had set off to come here." The Saint Hand King said to Li Ming as he walked.

"That's great," Li Ming said excitedly: "With these two groups of people coming to the island, I won't worry about anything. I have thought about it these two days and am not going to expand other industries for the time being. At present, outside the island, I am focusing on the iron ore and crystal mines to operate well. When these are normal, I will consider other people. How is the recruitment of personnel?"

The Saint-Hand King replied: "At present, more than 100 families are willing to move to the island, but this matter should not be too outspoken, otherwise it will cause disgust among some wealthy families nearby and it will also easily cause the attention of the government. Although our relationship with the prince's mansion is extraordinary and this island was sent by the prince, if we do too much, it will be difficult for the prince to speak for us."

Li Ming nodded and said, "Yes, take this matter slowly, but you can't relax. I want to build Biquan Island into a paradise first, haha. However, all matters on the island should not be overly publicized, especially all construction on the island must be kept strictly confidential, so don't disclose it. Otherwise, it will be used by some people with ulterior motives."

The Saint Hand King said: "Actually, we have been doing this. Anyone who can enter and exit the island freely is the one who we think is very reliable, including our managers, the one hundred warriors of Huang San, and the fifty people of the Minshan Sect. Other outsiders are not allowed to go out when there is no special situation after entering. Therefore, the outside world still knows very little about the island."

Li Ming smiled approvingly and said, "That's right. I don't want to be the target of public criticism too early. I have to cultivate a group of my own people from the large number of immigrants. This will be our team in the future. Tomorrow, I will call on the craftsmen to host the start-up ceremony of our new glass factory in front of the built kiln."

"Oh?" The Holy Hand King asked in surprise: "Glass Factory? Are glass the two cups given to King Kang by the dean? They are priceless treasures! Can we make them ourselves?"

Li Ming smiled and said, "Of course it can be done. The white stones I asked you to transport back from the crystal mine are actually called quartz. They are of the same type as crystal. We use quartz to make glass. However, at the beginning, we definitely couldn't produce good finished products, so we have to think about it slowly. Think about it, now our Longjing has opened up sales and has become a treasure in the upper class. If we can make glass cups again, what a big sales route it would be!"

The Saint-Hand King said excitedly: "Is it really OK? Haha, Dean, who are you? Why do you know everything? I really admire the old man. There is a winery in front of you, and we are here."

The winery is located in an open space at the foot of the mountain. Next to it, a stream flowing from Biquan Peak gathers into a pool on the ground. A group of people are busy in front of the winery that has just been built.

Seeing the arrival of the Saint Hand King, a middle-aged fat man came up and said to the Saint Hand King: "Master Wang, why are you here? We are busy preparing to pour rice into a pot tomorrow!"

The Saint-Hand King introduced Li Ming to Cao Da. After the two sides met, Li Ming said: "Master Cao is an expert in making wine in the local area. I have a suggestion that it can make the wine more vigorous. I wonder if Master Cao is willing to listen to it?"

Cao Da said in surprise: "Oh? The master still has any experience in making wine? Please give me advice."

Li Ming smiled and said, "I don't dare to give advice, I just want to say some of my ideas. Generally, when you make wine, you steam the rice and add the koji to seal it for fermentation, and then press the fermented wine lees. But I made a suggestion: fermented wine lees do not need to be pressed, but placed in a special utensil with water to heat the wine, so that the wine can overflow and direct it to the container through the tube, and you can get more powerful wine. This time you try this method, and tomorrow I will let the carpenter build the utensils I mentioned."

Cao Da said in surprise: "I have never heard of the method that the master said. Can I really use this method to make wine? Well, listen to Master, I will try it this time."

The saint Wang smiled and said, "Cao Da, don't worry. What the gentleman said is all the most reasonable and famous sayings, and they are absolutely useful. Just do as you do. Haha, don't you expect to make a new wine?"

Farewell to the Holy Hand King, Li Ming walked into Yongyue Villa. The hot sun shone on people and seemed to hurt. The cicadas in the forest desperately told the heat of the weather. Li Ming walked to the Biquan Lake with sweat on his head, reached out and picked up the cool spring water and pulled it on his face twice. He suddenly felt a hint of coolness penetrated his heart.

A pink little hand held a fragrant sweat towel and handed it to Li Ming. Li Ming took it and wiped the water droplets on his face. When he looked back, he saw that Man'er, who was covered in red clothes, stood behind him with a pretty smile. The fragrant fan in his hand was constantly sniffing the cool breeze.

Li Ming was slightly stunned, returned the sweat towel to Man'er, and said, "Thank you, Man'er, it's such a hot day, you'd better go into the house quickly. Don't worry about me, I'll cool down in this pavilion for a while." After that, he turned around and walked towards the pavilion.

Man'er pouted her little mouth, her pretty little nose wrinkled, and she said angrily: "Why did you run away so quickly? Am I a tiger? I'm afraid I'll eat you, hum, I won't go into the house, and I'll follow you." After that, she followed into the pavilion and sat next to Li Ming.

Li Ming shook his head helplessly, turned his head and was about to talk to Man'er, but he saw Lin Long leaning against the door of the room and staring at him.
Chapter completed!