The next day, while half asleep, Jin Shiqi heard a small sound, which seemed to be running water. He was confused in his sleep and thought he was still on the boat returning to Qianjiang. Could it be that the good thing he had with Mo'er last night was just chun.

A dream?

He opened his hazy sleepy eyes and saw a slim and graceful Nana sitting beside his bed.

Only a back figure was seen, wearing a light gray wide-sleeved shirt, with white and tender little arms exposed. He was lowering his head and throwing a face towel into the basin. The copper basin reflected the yellow gleaming light, and splashed the water droplets.

The hair was twisted in every possible way. Only the sides of her round cheeks were exposed, and a strand of naughty black hair hung down by her ears.

"Xiao Yao?" Jin Shiqi guessed. No matter who it was, he jumped up to him and hugged him first.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong," the girl shouted, but it was the maid Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao twisted her body and slipped out of his arms. She rubbed the wet towel on her master's face with a smile. When Mo'er was not present, this girl would become very bold. "No shame.

No shame," Xiao Tao shouted in a crisp voice, "You guys made a scene all night last night, which kept others awake. I had to get up at dawn because I have a headache."

"I will allow you to sleep for the rest of the day."

"This is what you said. You have to protect me when my mother scolds me."

It was already dawn, and Jin Shiqi remembered that today was an important day. There were a lot of things to be done, and a large group of people were waiting to meet.

Xiao Tao helped him put on clothes, tie his hair and wash his face, but in the end she pulled him and begged, "Dad, are you going to the pier? Can you take me with you?"

"Don't you want to sleep all day?"

"How can I sleep? My mother has asked me to go to Shuiying to do something. I don't want to leave if you take me with you." She begged, "Also, I will show you something good on the way. You must like it."

Jin Shiqi didn't ask further questions and nodded in agreement. After dinner, he ordered his soldiers to summon the officers from Shuiying, and took Jin Cai and Xiao Tao with him to ride out of the city.

They marched along the city wall of the new city. To the east were endless rice fields, which were the local industries of Qianjiang. Looking around, they saw a green and golden land with crisscrossing streets and a few thatched mud houses. In the fields, native dogs ran,

Pheasants roam and toads jump around, making it an intoxicating pastoral scene.

Before reaching the river, Xiao Tao shouted: "Dad, this is it, come and take a look."

Jin Shiqi ordered the car to stop, and Xiao Tao took his arm and walked along the field path.

After only a few dozen steps, I saw a new and remote field. A short blade of grass grew on the finely cultivated soil. If they were not arranged in an orderly manner, they would look like weeds. "Uh..." Jin Shiqi was stunned.

The ground looked at this piece of land. Although he had 30,000 acres of fertile land in his name, he couldn't distinguish between the grains. "Xiao Tao, are you going to show me this?"

"I don't know" Xiaoyao smiled, "dig it out and have a look"

"Isn't that good?"

"Oh, let's dig it"

Jin Shiqi was curious, so he lifted a branch and poked at the seedling, and when he pried it, a thick columnar object jumped out of the soil, and it turned out to be a length of sugar cane.

This is a sugar cane field, and those "grasses" are small seedlings that emerged from the sugar cane festival. "It turns out that this is how sugar cane is grown. I have learned a lot." Jin Shiqi suddenly realized. He hurriedly put the sugar cane back to its original position and carefully

Cover it with soil for fear of hurting it.

Xiaotao asked with a smile: "Dad, do you like it?"

"certainly"

She was very proud: "I know that I always tell Bai Sha and the others that our master..."

Before she could finish speaking, a roar suddenly came from not far away: "What are you doing?" Jin Shiqi was startled and hurriedly stood up.

Following the roar, an old man jumped out of the house on the edge of the field. He was about to curse, but he immediately saw Jin Shiqi clearly. "Oh, it's Mr. Jin." The man hurriedly ran over and knelt down.

The old man was actually an acquaintance, named Li June. He was the old man whom Jin Shiqi met on the first day he came to Qianjiang. He also asked him about the local customs. After the "Military Intelligence Department" of Liuzhou Shuiying was established, this old man

He was also recruited as an informant and received a benefit of 5 silver coins every month.

This piece of land is Old Man Li's private land. Jin Shiqi asked Old Man Li how he planted sugar cane. Li June hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "Old man, I have a little selfishness. Don't blame me, these sugar canes are grown for you."

of."

When Jin Shiqi left Qianjiang two months ago, he asked Cha Yingcai to help him purchase a batch of sugar cane. He wanted to develop sugar pressing equipment. The news soon reached Old Man Li's ears. Since joining the "Military Intelligence Department", Li

The old man’s head also changed

He was so sensitive. When he learned that Jin Qianhu was going to vigorously promote the cane sugar industry, he made a prompt decision and planted 10 acres of his land with sugar cane, preparing to get the moon first and first come closer. Farmers in China have never lacked this kind of secret.

bright.

"Old man, you don't grow food?"

"If you don't want to plant any more, just follow me and you will never suffer a loss." Old Man Li vowed.

Jin Shiqi smiled and shook his head, "Old man, I've taken care of the sugar cane in your land. But you can only grow the sugar cane in silence and don't publicize it to the outside world."

"Ah? You are just a fool." The old man was a little nervous. "Sir, are you afraid that the news will spread and sugarcane farmers will raise prices?"

Jin Shiqi shook his head, "I'm afraid that the puss will swarm to plant sugar cane and affect the food supply."

Li June was a little confused and asked again: "What about your fields, sir?"

"I don't plant either." Jin Shiqi pointed to the 30,000 acres of military farmland in the west of the city. "I only plant food. I can't think of it."

Just last month, Zangbao Port added a new "Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Office" in addition to the original "Construction Office" and "Machinery Office" to be in charge of farming and water conservancy construction. Before Jin Shiqi left Qianjiang, he made a decision

The keynote of farming: these 30,000 acres of land are the brothers' "life-saving fields" and are only used for growing grain.

There are currently more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Zangbao Port, and 30,000 acres of farmland can only ensure that they do not starve to death. Several nearby states and counties are farming areas, and the Shizhai mountain people can also purchase food, but it is safe to have the rations in their own hands.

Jin Shiqi knew very well that the country was about to enter a period of turmoil, and food was more important than money. You must have a full stomach before you can do other meaningful things.

In the plan of the "Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Station", 20,000 acres are for double-cropping rice, and the remaining 10,000 acres are for potatoes, sweet potatoes, and various vegetables and fruits. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are exotic species, known for their high yields, and were popular in various parts of the south at that time.

They are all cultivated on a small scale and are not considered unusual.

The Juntun fields in Zangbao Port are all good paddy fields, so rice is still the main food. If more fields are controlled in the future, the proportions of various crops will be adjusted. When the cane sugar industry or other crop processing industries develop in the future, they

Just purchase from outside, or even go directly to the production area to set up factories and manufacture.

This truth cannot be explained in detail with Li June.

After seeing the sugar cane fields, Jin Shiqi rushed to the port.

He summoned the officers of the water camp and the craftsmen of the construction site to survey the future shipbuilding site. It was a gentle stone beach beside the city wall of Treasure Port, and next to it was a river bend. The river bank there was sloping, the water depth could reach 4 feet, and the current

Slowness is a good place for shipbuilding.

In the first phase of the planning of the "Zangbao Port Shipbuilding Yard", 6 "slipways" will be built, which can start construction of six "Amano-class" 100-material large river ships at the same time. The specifications and drawings of the slipways are provided by the cooperative shipyard in Guangzhou.

As long as there are sufficient manpower and materials, the construction can be completed in one month, and shipbuilding can begin as soon as Guangzhou craftsmen arrive.

Next to the shipyard are rope-making workshops, carpentry workshops, blacksmith workshops, pottery workshops, sawmills and a series of other industries. There was a rumble of noise in the air, which was the sound of a log being cut open by a hydraulic saw machine.

, and the continuous beating sounds in the blacksmith workshop. The "industrial belt" of Treasure Port has begun to take shape.

After making arrangements for the shipyard, Jin Shiqi went to inspect his direct unit: Liuzhou Water Camp.

Jin Shiqi's right-hand man, General Feng Hu of the "Military Intelligence Department" was not in Qianjiang at this time. Two months ago, he was ordered to set up the Military Intelligence Department and investigate the mountain villagers' villages, especially the further movements of the monster in Mengkan. But last month

After Hu Fulong raised the flag, the focus of the Military Intelligence Department shifted to Hu Fulong. Now Feng Hu took most of the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department to the Xunzhou rebel area to collect first-hand intelligence.

The person who has been in charge of Shuiying for the past two months has been Chief Qian Yao Mengyang, and his main job has been to recruit troops.

He sent about 10 hundred generals to the downstream prefectures to recruit refugees, and more than 300 people had been gathered. Yao Mengyang himself stayed in Qianjiang, living a leisurely life, and came every now and then to check on the progress of the construction of the barracks.

There are more than 600 people in Shuiying's "Central Army" and "Branch Camp" in Zangbao Port, so dozens of "row houses" were built here, with fences, trenches and sentry towers set up outside, just like a small city.

Village.

Jin Shiqi walked into the water camp and saw Xiao Tao, surrounded by four boys, sitting in the shade like "the moon is held by stars", talking and laughing.

They were the boys who had been rescued from the "coal raft" and were taken in by Jin Shiqi as his domestic servants. When they saw Jin Shiqi, they came over and kowtowed.

Most of the private soldiers brought by the Jin Mansion from the north were distributed to Lu Ying. Now there are only 30 private soldiers left in the manor, which is not enough. The job of the private soldiers is not only to look after the house and the courtyard, but also to follow the master into battle to greet the enemy.

The enemy is equivalent to the "guard force".

Jin Shiqi’s plan is to recruit some mountain boy boys, raise them by his side for a few years, and give them food, homes, training, knowledge, love, wives, and dreams. After a few years, when they grow up, at least half of them can be selected as private citizens.

Soldiers are not only of high quality, but their loyalty is also guaranteed.

Jin Shiqi purchased several daggers made of fine steel from Guangzhou and gave them to the boys. The boys hurriedly kowtowed and thanked them, holding the exquisite daggers and doing somersaults with joy. After two months of conditioning and training, these boys

They all grew stronger, their temperament took on a new look, and they understood the rules. They all respectfully asked Jin Qianhu questions and were very respectful. Under Bai Sha's training, their Chinese level also improved a lot.

When Jin Shiqi was chatting with them, Xiao Tao stayed close to him, helping him fan himself, shoo away mosquitoes, and pick grass leaves from him. She looked so close to him that the boys couldn't help but look at her.

Jin Shiqi asked Xiaotao what she was doing here after leaving Shuiying. She said that Su Moer wanted to help the boys make clothes, so she came to measure them. Jin Shiqi asked, "Don't Baisha come here every day?"

"She is very stupid," Xiao Tao said immediately.

Jin Shiqi didn't believe it. Bai Sha was the little slave given to him by King Lanmao. She was also a very smart girl and cooked good food. This little Tao Jin was so excited that she was ready to fall in love early? It doesn't look like that.

Is it so blatant?

Seeing the doubts on his face, Xiao Tao immediately said: "Dad, I was the one who rushed to come here. These boys live in Shuiying, but they are also members of our family. I have to take a look from time to time, otherwise this place

Under Baisha's control, they formed a small circle and it will be difficult to control them in the future."

"Control?"

"Yes, I have been following you for a long time, so I am the 'sister' and I have to take care of them. Baisha and the others may seem smart, but in fact they are very lazy. Mother has a Bodhisattva heart and cannot control them.
To be continued...