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The construction time of the flying shear ship can be built in 20 days.

When the Quanzhou navy was besieging pirates everywhere, catching young men, and then conducting cruel training to expand the navy, the shipyard was also building seagoing ships in three shifts day and night.

Li Mu, who was leisurely, did not completely stop his footsteps.

At this time, he has already set his sights on the completion of the construction of the sea-going ship and the expansion of the Quanzhou Navy.

After the Quanzhou navy took over the first batch of flying shear ships and actually formed a fleet, Li Mu needed to equip the fleet with weapons.

And Li Mu didn't want the Quanzhou Navy to be like other Datang Navy, so he wanted to prepare something special for the Quanzhou Navy.

The things Li Mu prepared were just common things in modern times, but in the Tang Dynasty, only Taoist priests would occasionally refine some for consumption.

That's right, black gunpowder, a kind of gunpowder fried with sulfur saltpetre charcoal.

In addition to the cold weapons brought to him from modern times, Li Mu also wanted to manufacture large quantities of black powder in Datang.

Although this kind of gunpowder is very common in modern times, it is so common that it has become the gunpowder used by ordinary people to play fireworks. For modern people, black gunpowder is already a very low-level gunpowder.

However, black gunpowder still occupies an important position in Datang, and the current Quanzhou navy also needs this kind of gunpowder to increase its combat effectiveness.

With the black powder, the Quanzhou Navy will be even more powerful whether it is at sea or on land.

In the next few days, Li Mu asked Mufeng Company to start buying a large amount of saltpeter and sulfur in Datang territory, and transport them to Quanzhou Mawei Port. As for charcoal, it can be produced locally in Quanzhou.

Time flies!

(A warm reminder to book friends, in reality, don’t try to fry black powder, because if the police uncle finds out, he will be arrested and jailed.)

Chapter 1 Nineteen Two Years Later (Please Subscribe!)

Quanzhou two years later.

There have been earth-shattering changes in the hinterland. From a small county on the border, it gradually has the appearance of a bright pearl standing on the edge of the sea.

The entire city of Quanzhou has become more and more prosperous.

These changes took place under the constant promotion of Li Mu.

In the past two years, Li Mu put forward many suggestions for the development of Quanzhou to Wei Dayong.

In the past two years, with the continuous growth of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and the drive of Haixue Salt, the commercial development of Quanzhou has also reached a certain scale from its initial budding state.

With the prosperity of commerce, it also led to the development of foreign trade.

Quanzhou's frequent exchanges with foreign trade will naturally supplement the development of local commerce in Quanzhou, under the promotion of this cycle.

Quanzhou has become a prosperous commercial state and county. The same kind of prosperity and development has naturally brought abundant taxes to Quanzhou Prefecture.

With the tax-paying Quanzhou Prefecture, Governor Wei Dayong, under Li Mu's suggestion, increased the infrastructure construction in Quanzhou, especially the construction of roads.

This can not only increase the control of Quanzhou Prefecture over the local area, but also shorten the time for traveling between various places as much as possible.

Another advantage of increasing infrastructure construction is that more craftsmen are needed. According to Li Mu's proposal, Wei Dayong did not recruit labor for free according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Instead, they learned about the construction of Quanzhou Port and spent money to hire labor for infrastructure construction in Quanzhou.

In this way, the common people can perform labor in exchange for remuneration, and the common people will have spare money in their hands. After having spare money, the common people can improve their lives.

In addition, through his Quanzhou Biejia identity, Li Mu asked all levels of government to notify the chiefs of the townships and tell the villagers in charge how to prevent the spread of diseases, as well as how to prevent malaria and other diseases.

People in Quanzhou began to talk about hygiene, so that they could indirectly increase the population of Quanzhou Prefecture, and population was the most valuable resource in ancient times.

Originally, Wei Dayong didn't quite agree with Li Mu's things, but when he saw that the method Li Mu told him had indeed saved a village.

David Dayong was more active than Li Mu in implementing Li Mu's requirements to prevent the spread of the disease.

The Quanzhou officials who originally adopted a negative attitude towards Li Mu's order that was a joke, after seeing that this method really worked, they implemented it more thoroughly.

This also indirectly established Li Mu's status in the hearts of these local officials. He was no longer an interest group surrounded by the interests of Haixueyan, and Li Mu truly had influence in their hearts.

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In the past two years, Quanzhou Port has also completed the first phase of the construction plan, which can fully reach the level of initial commercial use.

The shipyard also built [-] Fuchuan in the past two years.

The reason why twenty ships can be built in two years is because Li Mu divided the Quanzhou Port Shipyard a year ago.

The part of building the clipper ship was moved to Mawei Port. Why the construction site of the clipper ship was moved to Mawei Port? One is to facilitate the Quanzhou Navy to receive ships.

Moreover, the flying shear shipyard is located in Mawei Port, which is also convenient for on-site repairs of damaged warships, and there is no need to drive the ship to Quanzhou Port for repairs.

The second point is that flying shear ships are not commercial ships, but warships, which are not suitable for civilian shipyards.

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Two years later, Quanzhou City is very lively on this day. Almost all the people in Quanzhou City know that today is the day of the prosperous gathering of Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

The only ones who don't know are those nerds who don't hear what's going on outside the window and only read sage books.

Today is the annual gathering day of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, and there is also a special thing to do, that is, today is also the day for the sale of Fuchuan.

Outside the Hongyun Building, it is covered with red and hanging colors.

The entire Hongyun Building has been contracted by the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, and idlers are not allowed to enter. Only the members of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, after holding the invitation letter of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Shoushan Stone finger to indicate their membership.

The guards outside the Hongyun Building will only put it in. Both of these are indispensable, and if the same is missing, the guards outside the Hongyun Building will not allow it to pass.

If someone breaks in, it's easy. The Quanzhou Mansion Prison will open the door for the person who breaks in, and the guards will hand him over to the government to let him go inside and stay sober for a while.

Who made the governor Wei Dayong and Li Mu stand behind the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce? These two represent the will of the entire Quanzhou officialdom.

Especially Li Mu, because of Haixue salt, in the past two years, he has been in officialdom in Quanzhou, and he has received a lot of ice charcoal tax.

Because of Li Mu, the local officials in the entire Quanzhou officialdom have undergone great changes in their lives. It cannot be said that they live in luxury, but compared with officials of the same level in other states and counties, they can be regarded as wealthy officials.

Therefore, the local officials in Quanzhou are very protective of this hard-won life, and for Li Mu who has brought such a change to them, his voice is naturally more effective than Wei Dayong sometimes.

On the main road in the center of Quanzhou City, a four-wheeled carriage, pulled by three horses, slowly moved towards the Hongyun Building. The carriage was exquisitely made and very luxurious.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this four-wheeled carriage is running on the bluestone road, and the people sitting in it will not feel the slightest jolt.

Because this carriage is a BMW brand carriage sold by Chang'an Duobaoge, one can tell from the envious eyes of the surrounding crowd that this carriage is expensive and not something ordinary people can use.

Because the lowest price of every carriage sold by Duobaoge is 2000 taels of gold. In the words of Duobaoge, this kind of carriage is a symbol of status, a luxury for walking.

At this moment, a wooden carriage native to Datang was not slow and was about to overtake the four-wheeled carriage.