There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Wu Youwei thought for a while: "It can be replaced by labor, or it can be offset by fishery goods. I buy fish goods here.

"Then how much is the house?" Everyone calculated carefully, who is not selling fishing goods?Sell ​​it to the master at least for a fair price.

These days, the master knows all about everyone's attitude. As far as the income of those fishing goods outside is concerned, it used to be only three to five cents per catty, but the master gave him six pennies per catty.

Good fishing products are not needed, only the middle-grade ones are fine, and they are not sold, but are eaten by the workers, which is even more admirable now.

Eat and drink every day, work, and pay monthly, these are the benefits they see.

"The courtyard is 20 taels for the first entry, 50 taels for the second entry, and 100 taels for the third entry to the mansion." Wu Youwei said: "But the things I use are the same as those used to repair the city walls, green bricks, concrete .”

People don't know what "concrete" is, but they know that the things that repair the city wall are very rare, and they are as solid as a rock after being dried.

And after the wind and rain, I found that the thing was really no different from a stone.

If you use that thing to build a house, at least the quality should be fine, and it should be windproof and waterproof.

"So cheap?" It's just that the adult's quotation is very surprising.

They thought it would take at least a hundred taels to build a house.

"It's okay." Wu Youwei said: "The bricks and tiles are all fired by ourselves, and the cement is also very cheap, so you can just go to the beach to dig the sand.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it only takes a little labor, and charcoal can be collected nearby, so it can be said that it is a no-cost business.

But in the ears of these people, it was for their sake that the master collected such a small amount of money, but he could build them a house that was windproof and rainproof.

All agreed to build a new house.

Moreover, Wu Youwei also arranged for the water supply and drainage system, as well as repairing the wells and so on.

Unify the dirty drainage channels of toilets and so on.

Leaning on the water's edge is not afraid of lack of water.

After talking through them, Wu Youwei went to design Huangpu Jiangti again.

The Huangpu River runs through Shanghai County from east to west, the east side is called Pudong, and the west side is called Puxi.

It is a branch of the Yangtze River and has sufficient water. Wu Youwei also expanded it into the county town, and the construction of embankments and docks was also a major event.

The work here has been in full swing, and soon, Shanghai County has a new look.

Especially the river embankment. After the cement road was built in Shanghai County and the roads were smooth, all the road builders were sent to build the river embankment.

In one month, the embankment was built.

Although it looked like a huge project, it was actually not too much trouble because of the cement. After it was finished, everyone couldn't believe that this was the Huangpu River they were used to.

Today, there are not only rock-solid embankments, but also willow trees planted on both sides, and stone tables, chairs, and stools for people to rest.

Well, it's actually made of cement, for people to rest.

There are still quite a few shops on both sides of the river, well, they haven't been sold yet, but the remaining three merchants in Shanghai County are planning to buy shops here.

They have just finished repairing the river embankment here, and it is already August, the autumn harvest, a busy season, and there are many farmlands near Shanghai County, the repair project is suspended, everyone goes back to the autumn harvest.

There is another festival in the busy August, August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Everyone had a good time this Mid-Autumn Festival. For the first time, everyone ate mooncakes, and some even gave Wu Youwei a lot of mooncakes.

The mooncakes here tend to be Cantonese-style mooncakes, which use honey for sweetness, as well as salted egg yolk, coconut paste, lotus paste, etc.

Just two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Youwei received a report from the court.

In autumn and August, Jiachen, Zhendong and Zhejiang were flooded.

Finally, the drought stopped, and as a result, Shandong and Zhejiang were hit by floods.

After the autumn harvest, they dry the rice and plant autumn vegetables, which are actually Chinese cabbage, radish, and rapeseed.

And the repair work continues.

The county office has been repaired and the interior decoration is underway.

Wu Youwei and Wantong were busy going around, and it was good for the two to see each other every few days, and they tried every means to say a few words to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Cui Tieniu has already taken people to pay for the ordered food and pull the food.

In addition, Wu Youwei sent someone to contact Luo Lun long ago. There is a salt field in his place now. It just so happens that he still has some salt quotations that Emperor Xianzong rewarded him before. salt.

Now the salt produced in the salt field is as white as snow and as crystal clear as jade, so he happened to have some.

There is no government store selling salt here in Shanghai County, so if you want to go, you have to go to Songjiang Mansion to buy it, and it's so expensive!

Seeing that it is time to pickle the salted fish.

However, on this day, Wu Youwei received the head of the village and several clan elders again.

"My lord, I don't know how to pay this tax?" These people looked at Wu Youwei anxiously.

"Before I took office, I have already reported to the emperor that Shanghai County has been flooded, looted by pirates and Japanese pirates. The emperor is sympathetic to the people and specially decreed that Shanghai County will be exempted from taxes for three years." Wu Youwei said: "So within three years , Shanghai County does not have to pay any taxes.

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then they were overjoyed: "My lord, is it true?"

"It's absolutely true." Wu Youwei said: "Besides, there are other sayings about the imperial court's taxes. Logically speaking, the tax exemption should be six years, but why did you pay for three years more and pay so much? These are all problems, Mr. Zhang Shen has already given a memorial to the emperor, and this matter must be investigated to the end.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. In the past, if they didn't pay taxes, they were almost sold out. Later, without the county magistrate, this became a muddled account.

Fortunately, there is no county magistrate, and their taxes... can still be delayed.

That's why they came to ask Wu Youwei if he needed to pay taxes?How difficult is it for them to pay taxes for three years in one year?But they couldn't help but say that this might be related to the master's political achievements, right?They just thought that the money they earned could be handed over to the master as a tax.Unexpectedly, the master actually told them, tax exemption!

In fact, if the master didn't tell me, how would they know about tax exemption?But the master told them.

They confirmed again that the master is really a good official.

After returning, he convened a clan meeting and told the family members the good news that the master gave them, and the tax was reduced or exempted for three years.

This not only made them rejoice, but also convinced Wu Youwei even more.

Wu Youwei was very busy here, until the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival, Wantong took him to climb Sheshan once, and Wu Youwei realized that it was already September.

"Sheshan!" Wu Youwei looked at Sheshan, which was still a barren hill with only one road up and down.

Both folklore and historical records show that Sheshan got its name from the surname She.

Sheshan was named in the Song Dynasty at the latest, and before the Han Dynasty at the earliest.

"I heard you mentioned Sheshan. This is Xisheshan. This year's leap September, the second Double Ninth Festival, I will take you to climb Dongsheshan." Wantong said with a smile: "There are a few hunters and woodcutters here. Take you to climb high and look far."

On the top of Sheshan Mountain, there is an octagonal pavilion, which is very large, and the pavilion is surrounded by wooden houses, which are very delicate.

The two brought people to climb together, and of course they also brought food, as well as mountain mushrooms and other things that Wantong bought from hunters in the mountains. There are also stoves and pots and pans that have been built long ago, which can be cooked. eat.

They stayed here for one night, because there were so many people, and they were all experts in Jinyiwei, Wu Youwei and Wantong couldn't do anything.

The two lay down together and sighed, Wu Youwei clenched his fists: "When the county government office is finished, you can move here!"

"En!" Wantong nodded: "How is the repair of the barracks going?"

"Already almost", but it is not cold here, so only a little fire wall was repaired, there is no fire kang, once the fire wall is burned, the whole room is hot. Wu Youwei said: "It won't make people freeze."

In Shanghai County, it’s not too cold to go anywhere, but I’m afraid of the cold when I sleep at night, so I built a fire wall to run through the dormitory of the barracks, so that when the fire is lit, the whole dormitory is hot.

Also in order to save space, Wu Youwei specially asked a carpenter to build bunk beds and bedside tables, one for each person, four people in a room, four bedside tables, and four small wardrobes side by side.

Everything was designed according to his dormitory when he was in college, but it was much larger than his dormitory. Each dormitory had an Eight Immortals table and eight stools.

In the construction of the barracks, Wu Youwei worked hard, even the playground was well designed, and the canteen, washroom, shower room, etc. were all strictly required.

Wantong also made a request: "Build a gunpowder magazine.

"Gunpowder... did you bring firearms?" Wu Youwei was taken aback.

"I don't bring much." Wan Tongtong: "Aren't you a modern thermal weapon with a design? You take your time to be precise. I think the explosive kit and grenade are very convenient, and there is also the mortar that can be released by two people." Guns are also good.

Simple design, convenient and practical.

"Okay, that can be built by someone." Wu Youwei nodded: "Although I can't make those high-tech things, I did a lot of research on World War II back then, and I could still make some weapons at that time. Mortars are indeed very good. convenient.

Watching the Anti-Japanese War movies back then, how awesome were the little devils in them?The small cannon can be fired by two people, one is loaded and the other is holding the cannon barrel.

For this reason, he went to the Jagged Forum to read the detailed introduction.

There are also grenades. It is said that our party did not have so much money at that time, and the handles of the grenades were still made of wood.

There are also many military-made bombs, and the effect is also very good.

He was a military enthusiast back then, and he had been passionate about it for three to five years. Now these things are very clear in his mind.

After the two of them went back, they put themselves back into intense work. Wu Youwei engaged in construction, people's livelihood, and revitalization of merchant trade; Vantone led people to search for all the nearby piers and ports, and mapped out all the places where they could land. Maps were drawn and fortifications were set up.

Another thing is to go to sea. The monsoon in August has passed. When the weather is calm in September, Wantong took people to the sea for the first time, but the situation is very bad.

The ships are dilapidated and can't stand the tossing; the weapons are scarce, and the arrows are rotten.

The angry Zhang Shen trembled: "These people...these people should be damned!"

Because the imperial court allocates a large amount of expenses every year to replenish the army with weapons and ammunition.

Even if you are a bit greedy, you should still act a little bit, right?what is this?ah?What is this?

"Let's play, please ask the court to allocate some ordnance to Shanghai Wei." Wantong glanced at those things: "Boat...I will go to the Longjiang Naval Shipyard in person!"

Longjiang Shipyard is a government-run shipyard. Its history can be traced back to the "Du Shipyard" established in Nanjing in the Southern Song Dynasty. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Hexi area of ​​Nanjing was already an important shipbuilding and naval base.

The Longjiang Shipyard in the Ming Dynasty was managed by the Lifting Department, which is equivalent to the current "department-level unit".

Longjiang Shipyard is the shipbuilding base with the longest duration, the largest scale, the most complete types of shipbuilding, and the most advanced technology in Nanjing's history. It has been used until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But Wantong didn't succeed, there were more places where he was needed, so he had no choice but to ask Zhang Shen to go on his behalf.

When Zhang Shen was about to leave, Wu Youwei gave him a pair of plum vases carved from top-quality mutton fat white jade: "Your Excellency will inevitably have to socialize when you go there. These are given to your lord as gifts or rewards. As long as your lord If you can get us a good ship, talk about it!"

In addition to the pair of plum vases, there are more than [-] jade pendants, jade bracelets, jade heads and noodles made of top-quality suet white jade of different sizes.

Zhang Shen was envious after seeing it, but he didn't dare to be greedy: "Don't worry, our family will definitely handle this matter.

He accepted the things, took the people and set off for Nanjing.

After Wu Youwei and Wan passed the second Double Ninth Festival and ascended the heights, the ninth month of the leap was over, and the tide in Zhejiang was overflowing, drifting away from the houses and saltworks.

In fact, I sent Li Ying here because I wanted to have a look at the situation in Shanghai County.

By the way, deal with Governor of Songjiang...