The days passed. Apart from going in and out of the dock every day, Liu Deng spent the rest of his time practicing martial arts and cooking.
In less than a month, the eldest princess felt that she had gained a lot of weight.
Although the eldest princess also enjoyed the delicacies cooked by Liu Deng, Buqicheng was not Chang'an City after all. As the eldest princess, she had already exceeded the rules by staying here for a month.
After the frost, the eldest princess finally embarked on her journey back to Beijing.
For the safety of the eldest princess on the road, Liu Deng specially dispatched 500 soldiers to escort her along the way.
After the eldest princess left, Liu Deng's life became more leisurely.
After living by the sea for such a long time, Liu Deng really liked the warm and salty air.
Almost every morning, I would follow Ju Meng all the way to the beach to practice.
In just over a month, Liu Deng's swordsmanship has really improved a lot.
It can be said that he has transformed from a second-class swordsman to a third-class amateur swordsman.
Of course, his purpose in learning swordsmanship was not to become famous, but to protect himself, so he only practiced a dozen or so moves over and over again.
According to Ju Meng, even a person like him would not be able to get close to Liu Deng in a short time if he had to deal with Liu Deng's moves in a hurry.
After several tests, Liu Deng was still very satisfied with the results. After all, he could not do without guards.
If he encounters any dangerous situation, as long as he can hold on for a few minutes, the guards around him should rush over no matter what.
After achieving his goal, Ju Meng retired directly.
Although Ju Meng was moved by Liu Deng's solicitation, he did not agree.
He is different from people like Guo Xie. He himself is wealthy. Over the years, he has helped the government catch thieves everywhere, and he has also received a lot of bounties.
There is really no need to abandon family and career and follow Liu Deng through life and death.
Regarding his departure, Liu Deng was not too disappointed. After all, it was normal for a knight-errant like him to not adapt to the life around him.
As time went by, the movement in the dock became louder and louder.
Liu Landing continued to recruit many boatmen from various places, although the loyalty of these people still needs to be considered.
But no matter what, there is no problem in doing some superficial work.
Liu Deng deliberately set up four military camps near the dock.
The food, clothing, housing and transportation of all boatmen must be under surveillance.
Strict procedures are required to enter and exit the military camp, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of leakage of drawings.
At the beginning of winter, the weather began to slowly turn colder, and the keel of the big ship was finally completed!
In this process, great craftsmen like Chen Bo'an naturally played an indispensable role.
But the machines Liu Deng built made them experience the benefits one by one.
The assembly and carving of the keel, which originally required dozens or hundreds of people, can now be easily completed by only a dozen or so people.
Seeing the keel of a large ship finally taking shape made all the master craftsmen extremely excited.
Liu Deng even waved his hand and directly rewarded each person with five coins. With this order, the boatmen in the entire dock immediately became excited!
Although they can't go out, life in this military camp is complete.
If such a large group of men are imprisoned here, of course something will happen over time.
Therefore, with Liu Deng's acquiescence, Du Ziteng simply followed the locals and recruited dozens of women from the fireworks alley in the city to raise them near the dock.
This also gave the boatmen a place to go for the copper coins they earned every day.
Although the next work is indeed very arduous and the construction period will be longer than it is now, we can finally see the dawn of hope.
But at this moment, Liu Deng received bad news...
Changpingcang outside Jinyang City caught fire!
Three hundred thousand stones of grain were directly burned in the fire, and the food crisis in the entire Dai country completely broke out...
As those directly responsible for this matter, several treasurers were all imprisoned, and even He Junan, the newly appointed Zhonglang General, was directly captured by Tao Qing.
"I will leave the matters here to you. From today on, no one, no matter what the reason, is not allowed to enter or leave the military camp at will!"
After reading the secret letter, Liu Deng gritted his teeth and looked at Du Ziteng.
"But Your Majesty, if I'm not with you..."
Du Ziteng felt really worried about Liu Deng...
"You handle things here for me, that's your greatest contribution! Now here, I only believe in you!"
Liu Deng gritted his teeth, patted Du Ziteng's shoulder seriously and said.
"promise!"
Du Ziteng hadn't seen Liu Deng look so serious for a long time. He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and immediately stepped aside.
"After I leave, there is one more thing you have to keep an eye on. If those dog officials dare to enrich their own pockets and oppress good people, just take them down on the spot! The production of this can cannot be stopped. , and when winter comes, let them have some price fluctuations!”
Although after this period of time, the people in the city should have some savings at home.
However, this was the first winter after Liu Deng took over, and Liu Deng was still worried that the people would have a hard time surviving the winter.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely keep a close eye on things here, and there will never be any mistakes!"
Du Ziteng also took a deep breath. He knew that this was Liu Deng's trust in him. Of course, this was actually his opportunity!
He has always been with Liu Deng, although he is now considered an officer at the rank of captain.
But the opportunity to dominate a city like this doesn't come around all the time!
"If you are unsure about anything, just go to Wangji Grocery Store and Feige will send me a message!"
After Liu Deng finished speaking, he asked Du Ziteng to go down and prepare.
After returning to his study room, he sealed and packed all the manuscripts he had taken the time to write down recently, and then headed straight for Jinyang with three hundred personal guards.
Regarding the officials in Jinyang City, Liu Deng actually trusted them far more deeply than Tao Qing.
Especially He Junan, this guy is brave and careful, and he almost never makes any mistakes when doing things.
How could a person like him let Changpingcang be burned like this by a fire?
Until now, no definite news has come back from Ye Yijian, but Liu Deng can't wait any longer.
Things have reached this point. If he doesn't rush back, I'm afraid the sky in Jinyang will collapse!
