Liangzhou, Mashan Prefecture, Bin County, Mojia Village.

The sky in the east has just turned white.

The people of Mojia Village gathered to prepare to flee.

The drought that lasted from spring to autumn has exhausted all the food stored in the village.

If you don’t go out to find food, everyone in the village will starve to death.

What's more, everyone in Bin County knows that the people in Mojia Village do not mainly farming, but make a living by building ships.

Now that Liangzhou is suffering from a severe drought, the business in Mojia Village has become even weaker.

"Old Mo, Lao Mo."

The fleeing team was about to set off when a carriage broke into the entrance of the village.

The carriage stopped, and a businessman wearing a square scarf and a satin dress got off the carriage.

"Shopkeeper Sun."

When he saw the merchant, a man in his forties, who was about forty years old in the fleeing team walked out and showed a look of surprise.

"Old Mo, are you going to escape?" the merchant asked, scanning the long queue.

Sighing, Mo Wu said, "Yes, the food has been eaten, there is no business in the drought, so I can only escape. The villagers discussed it would be safer to go together. I wonder what happened to Manager Sun when he came?"

As he said that, a look of hope appeared in Mo Wu's eyes.

Manager Sun is his old customer and often orders ships for sale here.

So he hoped that there would be another order this time, so that the villagers would have money to buy food.

"Of course it's a good thing." Manager Sun said happily, "Now Liangzhou has a severe drought, no one buys a boat. Many shipbuilders are said to have been starved to death. You have built boats for my shop before, and I really can't bear to see you end up like this."

After hearing what Manager Sun said that no one bought a boat, Mo Wu's heart suddenly became cold.

After listening, another hint of hope arose in his heart.

Manager Sun continued: "Now that businessmen who are doing business in Jingzhou are coming back, Jingzhou is recruiting shipbuilders, and the monthly money is very rich. It is said that if you have the ability to build large ships, you can give five taels of silver every month. As long as you are willing to go, those merchants will be responsible for sending you over, and all the food on the road will be provided by them."

"My father used to build warships in the imperial shipyard." A young man spoke out, he was Mo Wu's son.

"I know this naturally, so I came here. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pity for your father to be so talented?" Manager Sun smiled.

Mo Wu frowned. With his ability, he could naturally find a job to do when he went to another state.

But the reason why he was unwilling to leave was because he could not bear to see the suffering of these people who built their own ships on weekdays.

So he said, "Shopkeeper Sun, if it were me, I would have gone, but I really couldn't bear to leave them..."

"They..." Manager Sun shook his head, "Old Mo, as long as they know how to build ships, they can go, and the Jingzhou government will all want it."

"Really?" Mo Wu looked surprised.

"Of course, this is fake." Manager Sun slapped his chest hard, "If you agree, I will go back and contact the merchants who are heading to Jingzhou now."

"Then thank you, Shopkeeper Sun." Mo Wuxing gave a gift and looked excited.

Manager Sun waved his hand and sighed, "To be honest, I am also entrusted by someone to get some money from it. No one buys a boat, and my life is not easy. Maybe I will run away from it in the future."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Sun." Mo Wu thanked again.

He led the villagers to the county town with Manager Sun's carriage.

I met merchants from Jingzhou in the county town.

Immediately, they went north to Chuhe River again. At the Chuhe Wharf, they met a large number of craftsmen.

These craftsmen, like them, come from the five states with the worst disasters.

After getting on the boat, they followed the fleet down the Chu River and headed straight to Jingyang City Wharf.

After arriving at the destination, some people who looked like officials began to count the number of people.

And arrange the team according to their different skills.

Seeing this, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The merchants did not lie to them, they were indeed recruited by the Jingzhou government.

He was feeling relieved.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a luxuriously dressed young man coming to him surrounded by everyone.

The merchants who brought them to Jingzhou were accompanied.

"Your Highness, this is Mo Wu. In his early years, he supervised the construction of warships for the imperial navy in the shipbuilding house of the government. Two years ago, he was driven out of the shipbuilding house because he offended the newly appointed shipbuilding house official. In the past two years, he has been bringing people from the village to make a living by building ships."

He ran to Mo Wu in a short walk, and the merchants were polite.

"Have a greeting, this is His Highness Jing of Jingzhou."

After saying it like a cannon, the merchant urged Mo Wu.

"Caomen, please see His Highness Jing." Mo Wu led the villagers to salute.

Before heading to Jingzhou, the merchants had already told them that they would enter the Jingzhou craftsmanship and would be under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou government from then on.

"No gift."

Liu Jun dragged Mo Wu's shoulder and helped him up.

After the introduction of the victims of the five prefectures, the number of victims entering Jingzhou has reached a huge amount of one million in the past month, which does not include the more than 300,000 slaves bought by Hu Wei.

After the ordinary population needs are met, the scarce resources of craftsmen will naturally rise.

However, driven by high profits, many businessmen still imported 200,000 craftsmen of various colors into Jingzhou through various means.

Among them, carpenters, blacksmiths, ceramic makers, jewelry makers, etc. are all available.

Today, he is idle and comes to the dock to make a trip.

I never thought that a merchant came to seek credit, saying that he had found a talent for him.

"You have really built warships?" Liu Jun asked.

Because Jingzhou is located in the north and surrounded by mountains, it has never paid attention to the navy.

The shipmakers in the craftsmanship department are average in level.

This caused great obstacles to his plan to build the Jingzhou Navy.

Therefore, he is eager to seek talent for shipbuilders.

"Caomin dares not talk nonsense. Since he was thirteen years old, Caomin has been following his father to build ships, warships, merchant ships and fishing boats in the Hanyang Shipbuilding House in Liangzhou. If His Highness does not believe it, Caomin can lead the villagers to build one for His Highness."

Liu Jun nodded slightly, and Mo Wuyan seemed very confident in his craftsmanship.

This shows that he is still a little confident.

"Okay, I will give you a chance, but it is not a warship of the court, but a more powerful warship." Liu Jun was a little expectant.

He had prepared the drawings of the warship, and he had ordered the craftsman to make the cannons in advance.

Once his navy was established, he could go north and attack Fuyu Kingdom from the sea.

He even sent the army to the rear of Fuyu Kingdom, robbed it and ran away.

In this way, he can turn passively into activeness.

Thinking of this, Liu Jun asked Mo Wu some technical questions about shipbuilding, and Mo Wu answered them smoothly.

He became happier. As long as there were some craftsmen of such high standards, it would not be a problem to build an invincible fleet.

After all, for him, Rong Chao's shipbuilder skills were not bad, and all they lacked was technical guidance.

He was excited when suddenly a noise came.

Turning back, I saw a young man in a Chinese uniform coming down from a merchant ship.
Chapter completed!