Chapter 114
Li Xiao looked up. Fortunately, Li Xiao had excellent eyesight, but he could only vaguely see the coastline!
Because the area is really too big!If you don't stand tall, you will definitely not be able to see the end at a glance!
"The place is not bad, it seems that Uncle Cheng and you guys are not doing nothing here!"

"Nonsense, it took nearly ten days just to find a place. When we came here, the three people from the Ministry of Industry spent half a month exploring before we came to the conclusion that the terrain here is naturally inclined!"

Li Xiao wanted to give a compliment before pointing out the problem, but Cheng Yaojin took it seriously!
"But why is that house still smoking?"

Li Xiao pointed to the house not far away. There are more than one house here, but this one is the only one that is smoking now.

Cheng Yaojin was embarrassed when asked, "Oh, these people don't want to move away!"

"They are different from those in the town. The people in the town run small and large businesses. As long as they are given money, they are willing to move away. Moreover, after the people in the town, the land, and the house are compensated according to the price, there is still a subsidy.

But the houses you see now have a total of 130 households. The land here is basically unable to grow food, and no one wants it.

They rely on going out to sea to catch fish, and then sell them to the people in the town to make a little money. If they are moved, where will they move?Where to find another place for them to fish, let alone how to sell the fish after they are caught, just say that the places where they can fish are already inhabited, and they have various worries, so they are unwilling to leave.

I don't dare to force them to leave, it's another matter if they break the law or not. "

Li Xiao frowned as he digested the news from Cheng Yaojin!
"Go, go down and see the situation!"

After Li Xiao finished speaking, she walked towards the house that was smoking!
Cheng Yaojin followed closely, and the two quickly walked down the hill in such a tandem.

Rows of dried fish hung in the front and back of the yard, and Li Xiao could smell a strong fishy smell standing outside the yard.

"Is anyone home?"

Hearing the movement, a woman in her early forties walked into the courtyard, and seeing a man with a black face and a scholarly appearance, paired with a bearded, big-armed Cheng Yaojin, her vigilance was instantly full.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Li Xiao hurriedly saluted, "Auntie, don't be afraid, we are from the town in the west, and we are definitely not bad people!"

Seeing that this person is very polite, and if he is really a bad person, my small courtyard will also block that strong man!
"You guys are on your way, right? Come in and have a seat!"

The woman opened the door while chattering, with a bit of envy, "I heard that the people in the town have moved away? Why are you still in the town?"

After entering the yard, Li Xiao was polite again, "Actually, the two of us are the ones who will live in after the town people move out!"

The woman's face froze, and she asked slowly, "Are you from the government?"

"correct!"

The woman's complexion was even more ugly. Although the officials have been regarded as clean and upright in recent years, the image of officials has been bad since ancient times. The woman is very worried. This is not to lure wolves into the house!

Seeing the change in the woman's face, Li Xiao explained again, "Don't worry, Auntie, we are good citizens under the emperor's feet in Chang'an City, not criminals!"

The woman saw that Li Xiao was very polite, and that the strong man was polite even though his face was fierce, and her fear eased a little.

Li Xiao strikes while the iron is hot, with a smile on his face, "I heard that the people in the government intend to let you move to another place? But you don't seem to want to move, auntie?

If you don't want to go to Shangguan, please send me to find out. If you don't want to move, we will choose another place for military training! "

Saying it like this really dispelled the woman's worries, and opened up the chatterbox!
The woman spoke enviously, "If you can move away, who would want to stay here?"

"You didn't see how big the waves are today. My son and his father still go fishing in the sea. What I can do is to dry the fish at home, and then pray to God and Buddha to bless them both safe!"

"Is there no way? We also want to leave. After all, fishing is really dangerous, but leaving here, the family has to support the family. How can we survive?"

The woman babbled while wiping her tears.

In an incoherent preface, Li Xiao grasped the key information.

"You said that your man used to build ships in that boatyard to the north?"

"Oh, don't mention it, it's a government boat workshop. Since the world is peaceful, there is no need for boats. Besides the time of hard labor every year, they don't even pay for extra work. People can't go hungry. Die, I can only go fishing in the sea!"

"Auntie, wait a minute, all the people in this village used to be from Chuanfang?"

"Yes, not only this village, but even the village on my mother's side, most of them are people from the boat workshop, but they don't build boats anymore, and life is getting more and more difficult, on my mother's side."

Li Xiao didn't have the heart to listen to the aunt's rambling anymore, thinking that since these people are all shipyard workers, they must have experience and can use it directly!
Li Xiao interrupted the aunt's chatter again, "Auntie, tell me, if I build a house in the north and give it to you to live in, and then your men and the others go to work in the boatyard, are you still willing to move?"

The woman laughed out loud, "The young man is not very old, and his tone is not small."

"They all moved there? There are more than 100 households, and they still go to work in the shipyard. The government doesn't build ships anymore. What kind of work do they go to the shipyard?"

Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and the word 'pirate' flashed in the woman's mind, but she thought it was wrong. Pirates recruit people, and they don't think of government docks.

It must be this young man who wants to train in this place, but can't think of an idea, so he uses this reason to trick himself into waiting for someone to leave, and then occupy this place!
Cheng Yaojin pulled Li Xiao's sleeve, "Master Zan, you don't really plan to build a ship, do you?"

Li Xiao ignored Cheng Yaojin, but was thinking about the feasibility of this idea!
All the villagers have moved away, so they can start building salt fields. The existing shipbuilders can also start building ships directly. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?
"Auntie, if the house is really built and people are recruited at the dock, are you willing to move?"

"Brother, are you serious?" The woman asked seriously, seeing Li Xiao nodded, and then said, "If my man really has a job, let alone give us a house, even if there is no house, we are willing to move." You people in Chang'an really don't know the risks of fishing at sea! That guy"

After getting the answer Li Xiao needed, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, "Auntie, it's already noon, so we're leaving, and what I just said, we'll talk about the house separately, but I'll give you a guarantee for the dock work first!"

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he took Cheng Yaojin and left, leaving the woman in a daze in the courtyard. After a long time, the woman sighed, "Little young man, talk big to my old lady!"

(End of this chapter)

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