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Li Yuanqing stood up and looked down at everyone with a condescending stern look, "I am the decent imperial officer, the Guangning Army Guard, and the Chief of the Changsheng Island, will I deceive you?"

"Stop being angry, little one dare not." Xu Liang was shocked and hurriedly fell to his knees on the ground.

Old Man Yang and the craftsmen around him were also startled and fell to the ground.

Li Yuanqing was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and his expression softened, "You all get up. Although I, Li Yuanqing, are poor, I, never stingy in rewarding the talents under my command. As long as you do well, I will make my children less bleeding. Not to mention a few hundred taels of silver, it is a thousand taels or ten thousand taels. What's the point of rewarding you?"

"Thousand taels? Ten thousand taels?"

Everyone couldn't believe their ears and looked at Li Yuanqing. If this was the case, then how much hope would there be on this day?

Li Yuanqing glanced at everyone lightly.

How is this possible if you want the horse to run but don’t let the horse eat grass?

At this time, craftsmen were not valued because of the inheritance of history and the limitations of the times. However, Li Yuanqing, who came from later generations, deeply understood that technology is the primary productivity.

Only when the soldiers are strong in their soldiers, Li Yuanqing has more capital to create more wealth.

After a long time, everyone calmed down from their excitement.

A carpenter in his fifties said, "Sir, I don't know, I don't know, I can have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions like Old Man Yang and Xu Liang?"

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Of course. Everyone in our army has a chance, it just depends on whether you are willing to do it."

The carpenter couldn't help but be overjoyed and carefully retreated aside, but his mind quickly turned. What should he do and what to do to get such a reward?

At this time, Xu Liang calmed down. He looked at Li Yuanqing carefully and said, "Sir, it takes time and effort to build a bird gun. I wonder how much iron material can you give to the young man and Old Man Yang? How many people can you give to him? "

Li Yuanqing glanced at him, "How much do you want?"

Xu Liang gritted his teeth, "Sir, the villain is not sure about this matter, so he can only continue to experiment. The villain needs at least a helper, 500 kilograms of iron."

Li Yuanqing laughed, "Okay. I'll give you and Old Man Yang 1,000 kilograms of iron, and then pick 0 blacksmiths from the craftsmen. In the process of building the bird gun, everyone can fill their meals and eat two meats a day. I'll leave this to you."

Xu Liang and Yang Peifu couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed, "I hope to die for the Lord."

The two left excitedly, while the other craftsmen in the room looked at Li Yuanqing with eager eyes, waiting for Li Yuanqing to assign a new task.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Our army is about to move to Changsheng Island soon. You and others probably already know that Changsheng Island is now in ruins, and you have great opportunities."

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It took a full morning to talk to the craftsmen. After lunch, Li Yuanqing came to Yang Peifu and Xu Liang's "Blacksmith shop".

The two of them selected the blacksmith shop on the hill behind the camp and had already started a large-scale construction.

The making of iron is different from heating. The combustion temperature of wood is not enough and a large amount of coal is required. At this time, although the sea surface has thawed, it is too late to buy coal from the inland.

Fortunately, there were other blacksmith shops in the Guanglu Island households, so the two bought some coal from there to use it first.

In this regard, Li Yuanqing also notified Guan Canghai that Guan Canghai would bring a batch of coal to their blacksmith shops in the shortest time.

Seeing the two of them fucking enthusiastically, Li Yuanqing didn't stop much, and said a few words of warm words and encouraged him to the dock.

At this time, the craftsmen were ready. In the afternoon, they would go to Changsheng Island with Li Yuanqing.

Xu Heizi has been on Changsheng Island for more than a month. Although news often comes back, Li Yuanqing has not checked it in person and does not know the detailed progress.

At this time, it was already late in the first month of the first year of the Apocalypse, and the ice near the coast had already begun to show signs of thawing. Now, it is not too much trouble to go to Changsheng Island.

The group set off quickly and arrived at Changsheng Island the next afternoon. Xu Heizi hurriedly led the crowd to greet him and led Li Yuanqing to inspect Guanglu Island.

In the past month, Xu Heizi's main focus has been in the Nanxinkou area.

After all, this place is too close to the southern Liaoning continent, and the defense here is also the top priority of the defense work of Changsheng Island.

"Sir, you see, we have built twelve watchtowers here over the years, and we can clearly observe the movements several miles away from the opposite side. Regarding the camp, we have also conducted a lot of inspections. Changsheng Island is very large and there are many places suitable for living. We have chosen several locations for specific implementation. You must make a decision."

In Nanxinkou, Xu Heizi reported on Li Yuanqing's work during this period.

At this time, on the hill near Nanxinkou, deep in the woods, more than a dozen watchtowers have been set up. These watchtowers are all set up in the woods on the mountain. Unless you are looking carefully, it is difficult to find that there will be someone living here from a distance.

Xu Heizi and his friends also chose a depression a few miles away from Nanxinkou to avoid the fireworks being seen by the opposite side when cooking and heating.

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Xu Heizi and the others thought very thoughtfully. During this period, they must have suffered a lot of grievances. This man like an iron tower has now lost a lot of weight.

"Brother Xu, thank you for your hard work. I remember your contribution in my heart."

Xu Heizi couldn't help but be overjoyed and kowtowed quickly, "It is a blessing for a humble position to die for the Lord."

Li Yuanqing smiled, "These people are all craftsmen. They are professionals. After they have carefully examined the site and defense settings of the specific camp, we will make a decision."

Xu Heizi hurriedly nodded and whispered to Li Yuanqing: "Sir, where did you recruit these craftsmen?"

Li Yuanqing smiled, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

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In the next few days, the craftsmen inspected the landform and terrain of Changsheng Island, visited almost every corner of Changsheng Island, and summarized their experiences.

Among them, the carpenter in his fifties, named Lu Dadao, who made the most efforts and spent the most effort. He reported to Li Yuanqinghui carefully: "Sir, we have visited Changsheng Island in the past few days. We have also gained some insights in the site selection of the camp and report it to you."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Dadao, you don't have to be so nervous. Come on, drink a sip of water and say slowly."

The personal soldier poured a bowl of hot water for Lu Dadao. Lu Dadao took a few sips and kowtowed to Li Yuanqing, then said: "Sir, just like what Xu Baihu said, there are several suitable locations for camps, without deviation. Sir, the space near Nanxinkou is slightly larger, and the surrounding arable land is also very fertile. From the small point of view, if a camp is built here, it will cost the least and it will be twice the result with half the effort. But I don't know what size the camp the adult wants is? Is it like the camp in Guanglu Island, or the ordinary town camp?"

Li Yuanqing said calmly: "What is the difference between the two?"

Lu Dadao hurriedly said, "Sir, if you build a camp on Guangluo Island, you can do it in several locations. But if you want to build a town, it is best to build a Nanxinkou. However, the other side of this place is too close to it."

Seeing that Li Yuanqing was not speaking, his expression was calm and he could not guess Li Yuanqing's thoughts and did not dare to say more.

Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled, "Changsheng Island is my territory, so we must naturally create it well. You can say it according to the size of the town."

Lu Dadao couldn't help but be overjoyed. For a craftsman like him, being able to build a town by himself is also a great honor.

After thinking for a while, he sorted out his thoughts, and then he said: "Sir, in the past few days, the young man has carefully examined the resources of Changsheng Island. Changsheng Island has a lot of wood and stones. On the south side, there are also some lime mines and some land, and there is no problem in burning bricks. If you want the young man to create..."

Lu Dadao spoke for half an hour and drank three bowls of hot water. Li Yuanqing basically understood what he meant.

Lu Dadao's idea was to build a medium-sized town that could be used for tens of thousands of people. It was basically entirely sourced from Changsheng Island. It costs not much silver, only a few thousand taels of silver, but it requires a lot of labor.

According to his plan, it will take about half a year to build the town of Changsheng Island, including the outer castle walls, moats and other cities, and the population will take about 000 people.

After careful consideration, Li Yuanqing roughly agreed with Lu Dadao's idea, but he made some improvements.

For example, soft defense measures such as fort walls and moats were directly cancelled.

This thing is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also has no practical effect.

The largest defense system of Changsheng Island is the sea. Once the Later Jin army broke through the natural barrier of the sea, Li Yuanqing would not have much room for resistance and could only choose to run away.

Of course, it only depends on Li Yuanqing's current military scale.

At this time, Li Yuanqing had nearly 7,000 pounds under his command, and there was no shortage of manpower. In terms of silver, Li Yuanqing had about 30,000 taels of silver notes and cash banknotes, and Qu Minqiu had a small amount of private money of 100,000 taels. Of course, Li Yuanqing would not move her money until she had no choice.

These silver coins are enough to support the plan to build a city in Changsheng Island.

However, Li Yuanqing would never withdraw 100 soldiers. In this way, the labor that can be used is mainly these craftsmen, as well as the elderly and the weak and women.

Women can do things like building a house. Most of the workers on construction sites in later generations were women.

As long as Lu Dadao can grasp the direction, this is not a problem.

It is not difficult to build a city, but Li Yuanqing is very worried about Nan Xinkou's defense work.

After all, without absolute military strength, even if this city is built, it can only be used as a mermaid meat, but instead makes wedding dresses for others.

But Changsheng Island is the territory of Li Yuanqing, and Li Yuanqing has the rule of law. This place will also be Li Yuanqing's homeland, so we naturally need to build it well and work hard to build it.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuanqing came up with a compromise plan.

Lu Dadao can prepare for the city construction immediately, but before the spring offensive ends, Li Yuanqing will only give him a small part of his financial resources and manpower, and build military camps and houses first.

By then, Li Yuanqing will station 500 troops in Nanxinkou. At the same time, he will give 150 craftsmen from Lu Dadao, all of whom are stonemasons, carpenters and strong men, as well as 600 strong women, elderly and weak, to carry out the early construction of Changsheng Island.

Lu Dadao took the order and left happily, but Li Yuanqing fell into deep thoughts.

At this time, financial and human resources became secondary.

What Li Yuanqing lacks most now is talents who can stand alone and be loyal.

Before the spring offensive, Li Yuanqing himself can sit in Changsheng Island, with Shang Laoliu standing in Guanglu Island, and the two lines will be opened at the same time, but if the spring offensive begins...
Chapter completed!