Daming Junior Scholar

Therefore, after thinking twice, Hu Buyong could only sacrifice Pingsi, secretly gave him a look, shook his head and said: "What the lord said, the lower officials don't know, it must be the subordinates of the lower officials." The people who have raised the shipbuilding tax without authorization, you might as well hand over these people to the lower officials for investigation, and they will definitely be investigated clearly."

here you are?

He Jia'an smiled disdainfully in his heart. If this case is handed over to you, he might not be able to try it in his life. He didn't bother to explain anything to him, so he said lightly: "Since this case is of great importance, it will not pass. Lord Hu, come here."

Tang Lin on the side quickly stood up: "Yes."

"Tie up Pingsi and bring him back to Paju. The officer will interrogate him himself."

When he heard that he was going to be taken back to Paju for interrogation, Ping Si panicked. If he could stay in the fish pond, he would be convicted. In terms of his own face, he might be sentenced to a few years less, but if he went Paju, Master He, if he becomes powerful, he will have to chop himself off with a knife, so when he thought about it, Pingsi panicked, and quickly looked at Hu Buyong and said, "Master Hu, save me, save me ah."

Hu Buyong couldn't help himself now, so he gave him a wink and gritted his teeth and said, "Ping Si, I have treated you well for so many years, yet you did such a despicable and shameless thing behind my back. When you arrive in Paju, you must tell the truth, and the adults will spare your dog's life."

Ping Si immediately understood that Hu Buyong's words were clearly warning him not to talk nonsense when he arrived in Paju. If Hu Buyong was not involved, maybe he could find a way to save your life. If Yong is also involved, I am afraid that both of them will die.

For this reason, Ping Si also anticipated his own fate, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, so he could only close his eyes and let others drag him onto the battleship.

He Jiaan looked at all this with a blank face. In fact, he knew from the beginning that Hu Buyong might not be able to do anything based on this matter alone. Even if he was convicted, so what?People can complain to themselves, the county is poor, this is just thinking of a way to make money, so instead of turning against him, it is better to take his arm first, and it will be much easier to deal with him when the time comes.

After Ping Si was escorted away, Hu Buyong said cautiously: "I don't know what Mr. He came to the fish pond this time, why don't you go to the county government to have a rest first."

"Forget it." He Jiaan waved his hand and said, "I'm here this time to visit Mr. Chen in Chenjiazhuang. From now on, Mr. Chen will be a distinguished guest in my house. Master Hu needs to take care of him in the future."

"Yes, yes, definitely."

Although he didn't know why Chen Tong got involved with He Jia'an, but seeing the positions of the two of them, Hu Buyong knew that he might not want to collect the shipbuilding tax from the Chen family in the future. He Jia'an would do it with him. Being a backer is no longer something I can afford to offend.

After finishing the order, He Jiaan said directly: "The matter here is over, Mr. Hu should go back to the county office to deal with his own affairs. If you have time in a few days, you might as well go to Paju. I have some things I want to discuss with you. one time."

"Okay." Hu Buyong nodded quickly and said, "Then I will take my leave."

Even though he still wanted to stay here for a while, seeing that He Jiaan no longer paid attention to him, Hu Buyong could only sigh, and left the pier with himself and others in a dispirited manner, worried that he would be in peace for a while. Will not give himself out.

Seeing off Hu Buyong, this time he can finally talk about things in peace, He Jiaan pointed to the warship in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Old man Chen, this is the warship, you may be able to build it ?”

Looking at the majestic warship in front of him, Chen Tong fell into deep surprise. The appearance of this warship was completely different from what he imagined. This is the first time I've seen him.

After watching silently for a while, Chen Tong shook his head slowly, and said honestly: "Master He, to tell you the truth, with my little old man's ability, I'm afraid it's really impossible to build exactly the same warship. "

He Jia'an seemed to have thought of such an ending, but he didn't want to let his hopes be shattered so quickly, and said a little unwillingly: "The appearance of the warship can be changed, but the size must be maintained at this scale. Well, if the old man doesn't understand the structure of this ship, you might as well dismantle one."

When he said this, He Jiaan's heart was bleeding. Now the Daming Navy only has five warships that can be sold, and only these five ships can carry the Franco cannon to battle. Dismantling one But there is one less ship, but in order to be able to build more warships, such a sacrifice is worth it.

Hearing what He Jiaan said, Chen Tong was also a little surprised. He could see how important this ship was to He Jiaan. It was so easy.

Just when Chen Tong was uncertain, Chen Yi beside him couldn't hold back his temper, and suddenly took a few steps forward, patted himself on the chest and said, "Master He, why don't you let me go?" Try, maybe I can build a boat just like this one."

"You?" He Jiaan was a little surprised. Judging by his age, Chen Yi is only in his 30s this year. Does he really have such great abilities?

Chapter 1195 How to choose

Chapter 1195 How to choose

It is undeniable that older people are cautious, careful, and conservative, but more or less lacking in some adventurous spirit. When seeing such a big ship parked in front of him, his first reaction is to refuse, rather than wanting to take it personally But try to see if you can conquer the giant beast.

And young people have the shortcomings of young people.

First of all, Chen Yi's shipbuilding ability came from Chen Tong, but even Chen Tong himself had never built a warship himself, and he was really worried that some of the skills he passed down would be left.

So even though Chen Yi seemed eager to try, He Jiaan still preferred to let Chen Tong check it out himself, but he was just not sure whether he would dare to take on this heavy burden.

Perhaps seeing the distrustful expression on He Jiaan's face, Chen Yi looked a little disappointed, looked at the giant beast in front of him, hesitated and said: "Even if Mr. He doesn't believe me, he will always allow me to board the boat for a while." Let's watch, if possible, I can build a smaller warship for Mr. He to watch."

When there is no real boat building, you can build a scale model first, which is quite in line with He Jiaan's wishes. Thinking of this, he asked, "I don't know how long it will take Brother Chen to build the boat? "

"This..." Chen Yi hesitated, stretched out three fingers and said, "Three months is enough."

He Jiaan shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "Three months is too long, how about one month?"

"Ah?" Chen Yi couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise. It would probably take him several days just to understand the structure of this ship, and the time left for himself would indeed be too tight, but...

After hesitating for a while, Chen Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, since Mr. He has asked, one month is one month, but I still have a little request."

"Talk." He Jiaan said bluntly.

Chen Yi's eyes immediately turned to Chen Tong, and begged: "This task is indeed too difficult, so I need the help of the uncles and brothers in the village. Of course, if grandpa agrees, he can help me too, okay?" good?"

If it is according to Chen Tong's own thinking, he doesn't want to go through this troubled water at his age. After all, he has met countless officials over the years, and he has never seen an official who is not thinking of himself. Don't look at He Jiaan. When he was on his body, he had a humble and polite appearance. After the warship was actually built, he might change into another appearance.

But now that Chen Yi has begged on him, thinking about his parents' death early, he should give him a hand while he can still help him.

Sighing in his heart, Chen Tong nodded and said, "There's not much work in the village at the moment, your uncles and brothers can go with you, but..."

Chen Tong originally wanted to mention the salary to He Jiaan, but then he thought that He Jiaan had done him such a big favor just now, and it would not be a big deal to let everyone work for nothing for a month, and he would just treat him as repaying his favor. He swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Seeing Chen Tong's hesitant to speak, He Jia'an seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help laughing: "Since Big Brother Chen has such an idea, then I will also talk about what I mean."

After a pause, He Jiaan continued: "Before I came to Paju, I had recruited some craftsmen who could build boats in Suzhou, but most of them could only build small boats of tens or hundreds, and had never built such boats. Thousands of ships with tens of thousands of shi, so what I need now is a bold and careful leader to lead them forward. Now that Brother Chen has such an idea, I will try my best to support him. When I was in Suzhou, I gave The monthly salary of each craftsman is six taels a month, and this amount may not be up to par with Big Brother Chen, or else..."

He Jiaan's voice suddenly paused, as if he was estimating what amount to give.

But when he heard that an ordinary craftsman actually had six taels of silver to take in a month, even Chen Tong's eyes were staring out. It was six taels a month, and the labor on his farm was about fifty or sixty. It's three or four hundred taels of silver, which is much more than my own hard work for a year. If there is such a good thing, why do I hesitate, I am afraid that the whole Zhuangzi is willing to go to Pazhou to build ships.

After waiting for a while, He Jiaan finally nodded and said: "Well, as long as you are a craftsman in Chenjiazhuang, you will get six taels of silver like everyone else for the time being. If you can really build a warship, everyone's monthly money will be raised to ten. two."

Six taels was beyond Chen Tong's surprise, and now it has risen to ten taels, which has satisfied Chen Tong to the extreme. As for whether there is anything else in the village, he has long since left it aside, and now he wants to hurry up. This news should be told to everyone.

Hearing that even craftsmen have six taels of silver to take, Chen Yi unconsciously had some expectations for his treatment, and couldn't help but sneered and said, "Master He, how much can I get in a month?"

"You?" He Jia'an shook his head slowly, and said with a smile, "You won't get a tael of silver this month."

"Ah?" This time it's Chen Yi's turn to be dumbfounded. How come even ordinary craftsmen can get six taels, but as the leader, he can't get ten taels or eight taels, right? He won't be worse than them, thinking of this Chen Yi The expression on his face suddenly became ugly, and he asked unwillingly: "Am I not as good as other people in the eyes of Mr. He?"

"Hehe." He Jiaan said with a smile: "Brother Chen may have misunderstood me. Whether you can get the money depends on how well you do your work. If you can't imitate a small warship this month, then I'm sorry, this money I can't give you one or two, but if you can really build this ship and it meets the requirements..."

"So what?" Chen Yi asked impatiently.

"Then I will give you a monthly payment of 100 taels of silver, and this price will last for a year. If you can really build such a big ship within this year, your monthly payment will be doubled again to reach 200 taels."

200 taels?a month?

Such a price is enough to shock Chen Yi to the point of speechlessness. One must know that the land in the fish pond is only ten taels of silver per mu, and he can earn almost twenty mu of land a month. Wouldn't it be too comfortable to be the landlord of this fish pond with these monthly money?

However, there is still a prerequisite for obtaining such a thing, that is, whether you can build this warship. If you said that you were only a little bit sure at the beginning, now Chen Yi seems to be a different person , Looking at this warship, a raging fighting spirit has been ignited in my heart.

Compared with warships, what He Jiaan cares the least about is money. As long as he holds a large number of warships in his hands, the route from the coast of Daming to Japan and even the southern countries will be in his hands. How much will it cost? No silver.

The reason why I didn't give Chen Yi a very scary price was because I was afraid of scaring him. After all, if I gave him a scary price, it would not be good for him, but on the contrary, it would hurt him. Now I only hope that he can live up to his own price. Rely on it.