Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"The Tazhai Garrison is complete, and we need to speed up the construction of the Longwan Garrison as well. Recently, there have been bandits causing trouble, stabbing several craftsmen to death with spears, causing panic among the people."

The Water God Cult and Qinghe Martial Arts School were responsible for the construction of the Longwan Garrison. Bai Wei and Zhou Xing sighed slightly, obviously feeling a little helpless.

Longwan Wei Post is located in a section of the upper reaches of Qinghe River.

Therefore, this place was built along the river, which can effectively prevent the pirates from Shuibo County from going downstream.

Therefore, during the construction process, there were often disturbances caused by pirates, who obviously did not want the garrison to be completed.

Of course, there seems to be no major movement in Shuibo County for the time being, otherwise Zhou Xing and others would have been on high alert. However, the slow progress of the construction is also quite a headache.

"It would be great if we in Qinghe County had a big ship. We could just lay it across the river and shoot any pirates that came our way!"

Zhou Xing secretly clenched his fists and said hatefully.

There used to be a tower ship in Difei Mountain. They had been riding on this ship when they chased the dragon. However, it was burned down by a group of desperate lunatics during the cleanup. As a result, the entire Qinghe County could not produce a large ship.

Big ship?

Chen Changfan looked at Shen Wanwu who was standing beside him. The latter immediately understood and said:

"What a coincidence! The shipyard has just been completed and we can start building ships soon."

The shipyard did not build small boats like sampans or wupons, but warships about the size of a tower ship.

Of course, since it is a warship, it mainly focuses on actual combat, and abandons many of the complicated and useless decorations of the tower ship, instead adopting a deeper draft to carry artillery.

A harder keel to withstand attacks or direct impacts.

There are also more and larger oars and a more streamlined hull, which results in faster speed and higher maneuverability.

Chen Changfan has always been paying attention to the shipyard.

In fact, from the beginning, he wanted to quickly build more than a dozen black-sailed boats in the mode of a small workshop and catch a lot of fish in the Qing River. However, after fighting the dragon and destroying the four gates, he quickly stabilized the situation, and Chen Changfan was not so anxious anymore.

On the one hand, after experiencing two world wars, countless fish and shrimps in the river were affected and died, and the ecology needs some time to recover.

On the other hand, after the beginning of spring, it is the season when river fish shed their eggs. If you rush to catch them, it is like fishing in a dried-up pond.

Building bigger ships can not only be used for combat, but also withstand stronger winds and waves and catch more fish.

I still remember that Shen Wanwu also raised questions at that time, and Chen Changfan directly shut him up with one sentence.

“The louder the waves, the more expensive the fish.”

Shen Wanwu recalled the conversation he had with his boss and couldn't help but secretly sigh at his boss's foresight, which was indeed many levels higher than his.

At the same time, he glanced around and saw that the faces of these sect leaders were shocked again.

"Shipyard? You've been busy at Shuiyunjian for several months, and you actually built a shipyard?"

Bai Wei suddenly remembered something and asked in a lost voice.

"Yes, the boss asked for a bigger, faster, and stronger ship. We saw that there was no such shipyard in the entire Qinghe County, so we simply built one ourselves."

Shen Wanwu has long been accustomed to Chen Changfan, the hands-off boss. As long as it is something assigned by the boss, he can mobilize all kinds of resources.

Chen Changfan didn't care how much money it cost or how many people were needed. He only looked at the results. As long as he could build a big ship, the mission would be accomplished.

After hearing this, the four of them fell silent.

Since there is no shipyard for building ships, we might as well build our own.

This kind of confidence really comes from being wealthy.

Come to think of it, it seems that they are the big sects with a long history in Qinghe County, but in terms of foundation, they may not be as good as Xiaofengzhuang when added together.

There is no way around it. The most profitable markets in this county town are all under the name of Xiaofengzhuang. To say that they make a fortune every day may be an understatement. The income from this one industry alone is difficult to estimate.

In addition, they also control several high-quality mineral veins. From mining to iron smelting to weapon making, they have formed a complete industrial chain. Looking across the entire Qinghe County, there is no competitor. Even the Modao Sect has to purchase Modao from Xiaofengzhuang.

This is a genuine arms deal, and the word "huge profits" is not enough to describe it.

That’s not all. It’s okay that Xiaofengzhuang has strong commercial and industrial strength, but damn, they grow crops better than others. How can we justify this?

Yue Lingfei saw this with her own eyes.

The farmers in Xiaofengzhuang grow a crop called corn.

No one took it seriously at first, but after half a year, the corns that were planted had grown to be more than one meter tall, with patches of lush green covering the mountains and plains, looking full of vitality.

Although it is not yet the harvest season, green tender corn has already grown on the stalks, with two corns hanging on one stalk!

He remembered that Chen Changfan had broken off some fresh tender corn and brought it back to his wife and daughter, roasting half of it and boiling the other half.

Yue Lingfei ate two of them and they were so delicious that her tongue almost fell off.

In addition to commerce, industry, and agriculture, Xiaofengzhuang also has... oh, too many. These people were upset thinking about it, and felt that they could not compare with Xiaofengzhuang in any way.

"Everyone, you have been working on the academy, the clinic, and the new recruits' camp. How is the progress now?"

Hearing Chen Changfan's words, Xiao Suchen finally straightened his back and said, "Kaimeng Academy, Qinghe Academy, and Datong Academy have been completed. They are respectively responsible for children's enlightenment, youth research, and Confucian scholar training. Currently, there are 800 children, 200 young people, and more than 10 extraordinary talents."

"Yes, Pavilion Master Xiao has done immeasurable good deeds." Chen Changfan praised.

Education is an investment in the future. There may not be much change in the next few years or even decades, but in the long run, there will be many benefits.

"There are 10 clinics, two of which are in the county town, and the rest are distributed in various counties." Bai Wei said concisely, but everyone knew that it was quite difficult to open a clinic from the county town to the county town.

"Here at the new recruit camp, Sect Master Yue and I are training the soldiers together, and it's been quite effective. This first batch of 10,000 soldiers can barely be considered well-trained."

What Zhou Xing said was still conservative. These two thousand soldiers were not disciples or soldiers from major sects, but local militia recruited from the entire Qinghe County. Being able to train to such a level was already very outstanding.

You know, many local armed forces are just a group of rabble, so there is no such thing as training in a recruit camp.

Although the 10,000 soldiers in this new recruit camp have not yet experienced the baptism of war, they have developed a strong fighting force through several months of special training.

Chen Changfan nodded with satisfaction. With these ten thousand soldiers, there were many things that could be done.

"Now that Qinghe County has been revitalized and has achieved considerable success in all aspects, we can now look outward."