For Li Yan, this night in the study was naturally endless and charming. However, when Xijun first experienced personnel, she was tortured by Li Yan. When she woke up in the morning, she felt sore all over and her body seemed to be torn apart, and it was very difficult to walk. She also thought that her innocent body was handed over to Li Yan so quickly, which made Xijun even more angry and wronged. She crawled and bittened into Li Yan's arms, like a little wild cat who was hurt. In the end, Li Yan swears that she will be responsible for her. With a sweet talk, she coaxed and deceived her, which temporarily comforted Xijun.

But after comforting Xijun, Wen Xin was still in trouble again. Now Li Yan’s inner house is Wen Xin’s decision, and the maids and mothers who came from the Xiao Mansion account for half of the country, so what happened in the inner house cannot be hidden from Wen Xin’s ears. However, as a wife, Wen Xin naturally would not do anything like “jealousy” that hurts the virtues of a woman.

Just as Li Yan comforted Xijun, before they could put on their clothes, Wen Xin led people into the study and brought Li Yan a ginseng soup to nourish her body. She also fed Li Yan with her virtuous drinks. Then she was intimate with her sister Xijun, and she didn't seem to mind Xijun and her snatching her husband at all.

However, before Li Yan could sigh that ancient men were so happy, he suddenly realized that no one was serving him, and the food was cold when he got up. Aunt Hu gave him the medicine several times more bitter than usual. When he wanted to help a servant, he couldn't even find a figure, and even Wen'er and Hua'er were hiding from him. What's even more excessive was that he wanted to go back to the dormitory to sleep at night, but Wen Xin turned him away because he was growing up at a young age and asked Li Yan to go to Xijun!

After this series of experiences, Li Yan finally realized that women are human beings. Whether in ancient times or modern times, they are like men, and have a sense of monopoly on their partner. Although the education they received since childhood told them that their husbands would have other women in the future, when this day really comes, their nature's instincts will still make them feel very sad.

After understanding Wenxin's psychology, Li Yan would not really run to Xijun, otherwise this matter would be endless. Li Yan was still very good at Xiao Wenxin. Seeing that she would not let her enter the door, she would simply act like a scoundrel. She begged loudly at the door, and she also screamed like "Little Kiss, Xiao Xinxin". The maids led by Wen'er covered their mouths and laughed in the room.

Li Yan was thick-skinned and didn't care at all. However, Wen Xin was very thin-skinned and defeated after less than two minutes. In the end, she turned red and asked someone to put Li Yan in. As long as she could see someone, Li Yan had a way. She kept bombarding sweetly during the day and night. Finally, she was sincere. The metal and stone opened up, which made Wen Xin smile a little, and Li Yan finally had a hot meal. However, Wen Xin never let go of the title of Wang Xijun's ladies. It was not that she deliberately made things difficult for her, but that Wen Xin felt that Wen Xin's background was too low. If she was enthroned as a ladies, Li Yan's face would be dull, so she had to consider it. Fortunately, Wang Xijun was not in a hurry at all. After she was well-behaved, she would do whatever she should do every day, as if she had not been affected at all.

In fact, the reason why Wen Xin forgives Li Yan so easily is mainly related to his good performance. For example, when Xiao Wenxin got married, the Xiao family originally prepared two dowry girls. Moreover, their status is not low. They are both sisters of the same generation, but they were rejected by Li Yan. Moreover, after the wedding, Wen Xin also discovered that even Wen'er and Hua'er, two close-fitting maids who were both close to Li Yan, were also virgins.

From this we can see that Li Yan is not a lustful person. Although the matter with Wang Xijun was a bit sudden this time, Xiao Wenxin had a premonition of Wang Xijun before, so he was not very surprised. He just thought that after he got married with Li Yan, he was unable to fulfill his family due to his age. Now Wang Xijun is driven in front of him. Wen Xin, the person who is the wife, is inevitably filled with pain, so he deliberately made Li Yan suffer for a few days.

After finally calming down the family affairs, Li Yan went to see Wu Meiniang again. This big trouble also gave Li Yan a great headache. Wang Xijun had already made Xiao Wenxin jealous for so many days. If he saw Wu Meiniang again, he would not know how big the matter would be caused. Li Yan remembered that when he was in Chang'an, the two met. Even after Wu Meiniang was abducted, Wen Xin specifically told Li Yan to pay more attention to the news about Wu Meiniang. After all, the mother and daughter of the Wu family have always lived in Li Yan's house, so Wen Xin, the mistress, naturally, should also care. If Xiao Wenxin sees Wu Meiniang in his hands, Li Yan really can't guess what would happen? Therefore, it's better to hide it from the other party for the time being.

On that day, Li Yan called Yanbei and took Zhao Fu, a Dengzhou driver, to the shipyard in the northeast outside the city with a carriage. Dengzhou's shipbuilding industry was very prosperous, with four or five shipyards with more than 500 people alone, and the largest of them reached a scale of more than 1,000 people. If they could reach such a large scale, they were naturally all official shipyards.

After Li Yan and his friends arrived at the shipyard, Zhao Fu immediately asked someone to call the heads of the two shipyards over. One of them was Gu, an old man in his sixties, who was responsible for the military shipyard that made warships, and the other was a middle-aged man named Xu, who was responsible for the construction of civilian shipyards for external sales.

Li Yan first went to the shipyard where the civilian ships were made and found that the cargo ships made here were made of sand ships, most of which were four or five hundred tons, and the largest one was only eight hundred tons. Among them, the ships bought by Li Yan, were also here and were being modified according to Li Yan's requirements and could be modified in a few days. Although these ships were not big in Li Yan's opinion, in the Tang Dynasty, these ships were extremely advanced and huge ships in East Asia and even the entire world.

Later, Li Yan followed the old man named Gu to the military shipyard. The built in them were Mengchong, Dou Ship, Zhaibo and other warships, and two huge tower ships were also under construction. After the introduction of the ancient man, Li Yan learned that the two tower ships being built were called Wuya Ship, which were established in the former Sui Dynasty. The ship was five stories high and could accommodate 500 warriors. There were more than 40 long oars, and huge poles in front and behind, which could be used to attack nearby boats.

Li Yan felt very painful about the boat that was much more ornamental than practical. When he came to Dengzhou, he rode the boat. The buildings of this kind of boat were all on the water surface, and the center of gravity was extremely unstable. He swayed back and forth when there was a slight storm. However, Li Yan was still seasick, but he vomited all the time along the way, and suffered all the hardships of the boat.

"Master Gu, Master Xu, there should be many shipmakers in your shipyard who are proficient in shipbuilding, right?" Li Yan walked around the two shipyards, and then came to the place where Master Gu usually worked, and sat down and asked them with a smile.

Director Gu was older and naturally had higher qualifications than Director Xu. When he heard Li Yan’s question, he stood up and replied nervously: “Your Highness, although there are many ship craftsmen in the shipyard, they are only thirteen or fourteen of them who can be said to be proficient in shipbuilding. After all, shipbuilding is a big project, and not many people can do it completely.”

"Well, there are not many more than a dozen, so let's do it. If you find all these people, I have to explain what I have to do." Li Yan nodded. He was not just here to visit the shipyard today, but to have a big thing to do.

Hearing the orders of His Highness King Qi, Gu and Xu naturally did not dare to delay and ran out to call people quickly. Zhao Fu didn't know what Li Yan was going to do, so he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask. Yan Bei didn't have so much scruples. He was about to ask Li Yan, but at this time Li Yan gave a few instructions to the people he brought, and someone ran out immediately. After a while, a black-faced official in his thirties came in, and there were several people carrying two big boxes behind him. This black-faced man was brought by Li Yan from Chang'an. His surname was Wei Gong. Because he was a black-faced man, everyone called him Wei Heizi.

"Your Highness, you have everything!" Wei Heizi politely said to Li Yan. He was originally a technical minor official in the Chang'an Ministry of Works. His ancestors made a living by building ships for three generations. In his generation, he was even more developed by him. Whether it was river boats or sea boats, Wei Heizi was very proficient. He was promoted to an official by the Ministry of Works. However, he was valued by Li Yan and was polished for several days before he got it. Now he served as the military officer of the King of Qi's Mansion. He was a seventh-rank official, nominally in charge of the equipment, riding and other matters of the King of the Mansion. In fact, he was the shipbuilding talents reserved by Li Yan.

"Well, Wei Gong, you will discuss with the boatmen of the two shipyards later. If you have any difficulties, I will ask them to help you solve them." Li Yan nodded and said. Although everyone called him Wei Heizi, Li Yan liked to call the other party's name. Coincidentally, Wei Heizi's name is quite similar to the name of engineers in later generations. Although the Tang Dynasty attached importance to craftsmen, the status of craftsmen was still not as good as that of scholars and farmers. Therefore, the shipbuilding masters such as Wei Gong were only called boatmen. This title was really inconsistent with the ability of the other party.

After waiting for a while, Master Gu and Master Xu brought people back one after another. Most of the dozen people brought were old, and occasionally a few young people were about the same age as Wei Heizi. These people were frightened when they heard that they were coming to see His Highness King Qi, and they seemed to be busy when they saluted, and even their movements were a little timid, without the destiny of a shipbuilder at all.

"Haha, don't be nervous, everyone!" Li Yan showed a kind smile that he thought was kind, wanting everyone to relax, but unfortunately the effect was not good. After all, the difference in identity was too great, and these people couldn't let go at all. In desperation, Li Yan could only get to the point directly, ask Wei Heizi to open the box, point to the things inside and ask, "Please see, how about these two things?" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!