After saying goodbye to Ye Pingxuan, Wang Xiaoming quickly rushed and returned to Luoye Village in just two days.

Village Chief Li and others have returned to the village and are building docks and warehouses in the village as Wang Xiaoming’s previous instructions.

From now on, Luoye Village will become a transit station for goods.

When Wang Xiaoming came back, the wharf and warehouse had been built in a similar manner. However, looking at Luoye Village, it seemed that they were in trouble. They only saw officials in the village rampant. Judging from the expressions of these officials, they were not so easy to talk.

Wang Xiaoming didn't disturb others, so he went to Li Xianger's house first. Li Xianger was very happy to see Wang Xiaoming coming.

Wang Xiaoming was also very happy and even gave gifts to Li Xianger, all of which were bought clothes and snacks on the way. Although the gifts were not expensive, they were full of thoughts. Li Xianger was even happier when she received the gift.

Wang Xiaoming asked Li Xianger to pack the gift and then call the village chief.

Village Chief Li came soon after, and Wang Xiaoming immediately asked about the matter of the village official.

Village Chief Li quickly said that at this moment, it was still the same as before. After collecting the money, these officials refused to give up. It was obvious that they saw something wrong with the village and wanted to make a quarrel.

It was nothing to just give some money, but I was afraid that these guys would be greedy. After taking it once and want to ask for it again, that would be the bottomless pit.

Wang Xiaoming thought about it and asked: Who can decide on this matter? Who should go to?

Village Chief Li said: If you want to make the decision, you will naturally be the magistrate of the county. However, the magistrate is mostly unrelated to the affairs. We are still managed by the chief clerk of the county. If you want to do business, you still have to find the chief clerk.

The chief clerk of our county is named Zhou Ran. According to the rules of the officialdom, the magistrates are changed every three years. However, the officials in the county will not change, so the chief clerk of Zhou Ran has been doing errands here for twenty years. The magistrate in the county government has the best efforts, but to be honest, the chief clerk holds the real power.

Zhou Zhuan also has the means, but people are too greedy and difficult to deal with.

Village Chief Li introduced some of the situation of Chief Zhou so that Wang Xiaoming could know the details.

In the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the chief official has the highest status, but in fact he has no rights. The actual rights are all in the hands of the officials below, and the officials also know how to be a human being. Naturally, there will be no less filial piety every month. The chief official has money and doesn’t have to take care of things, so he is naturally happy to be idle.

The same is true for Qingshan County. The magistrate does not care about the affairs, but the matter is managed by the subordinates.

Village Chief Li thought about it and gave suggestions. If Wang Xiaoming wanted to develop here in the future, it would be better to seize the power of the county.

It is difficult to grasp the power in your hands. It is difficult to say it, and it is easy to say it is easy to say it is easy to say it.

Although the chief clerk has great rights, this right was given by the magistrate, and the magistrate has the right to remove and recognize the chief clerk.

However, generally speaking, as long as the chief clerk is good at being a good person and doing everything well, the chief clerk will still be in a stable position. The magistrate will not remove the chief clerk for no reason. In that case, it will not be beneficial to local management and stability.

There are ways to deal with the chief clerk. And there are many ways, it just depends on what ability you have.

Generally speaking, to deal with the chief clerk, you still have to find a way from the magistrate. If you can find the chief clerk's evidence and send the evidence to the magistrate, you can also bring down the chief clerk.

Wang Xiaoming didn't want to be so troublesome. Compared to the feminine means now, it is the easiest to kill people.

Wang Xiaoming thought for a while and asked: If the chief clerk Zhou was killed, we would not be able to make our own people the chief clerk.

Village Chief Li was stunned at first, then thought carefully, and after thinking for a while, he said: There are still ways, there are two main ways, one is to have a suitable candidate, and the other is to spend money.

To be the chief clerk, the magistrate still has to say the final decision. As long as you use a lot of money, you are not afraid of not being able to be the one. Apart from the money, it is a matter of candidates. Speaking of candidates, there is an acquaintance in the county government.

This person's name is Zhang Bo, and he is an old official. He is 43 years old. He has been in the yamen since he was fifteen years old. He knows very well about the tricks in the yamen. He has the ability and is also good. He is only poor at home and cannot afford to get a high position for himself, so he is just a minor official.

Speaking of which, Zhang Bo also has some relationship with our Li family, and he can be regarded as a distant relative. My grandmother should also be called a cousin.

Wang Xiaoming thought for a while and said: This is why not. The officials in the village sent people away first. The county also sent people to inquire about the situation. Zhang Bo also wanted to send someone to inquire about it, contact and wait until the news is confirmed before making a decision.

Village Chief Li nodded and said: Yes, this is to send someone to the county to inquire about the news.

After Village Chief Li said goodbye, Li Xianger's family had prepared food for Wang Xiaoming. Although Wang Xiaoming was not hungry, he had eaten two bowls of rice here, after all, it was hard to be kind.

Speaking of which, since Wang Xiaoming arrived here, life in the whole village has been greatly improved, especially Li Xianger's family. Li Xianger was the first person Wang Xiaoming met here, so he took special care of him. Not only did he give money, but he also sent a lot of food, so Li Xianger's family could eat white rice.

If it were changed to the previous one, white rice would be a good thing that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

After a full meal, Wang Xiaoming bid farewell to Li Xianger's family and returned to the island.

This island is called Shuangjiao Island. Because there are two towering peaks on the island, just like the two corners on the head of a sea monster, the name of Shuangjiao Island is.

When Wang Xiaoming was not around, the construction of the Double Corner Island was not at all.

Before leaving, Wang Xiaoming had left a strategy to transform the Double Corner Island, and only needs to modify it according to these strategies.

The geographical advantages of Double Corner Island are very obvious, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it is well transformed, it will definitely be a natural danger.

Wang Xiaoming customized the method of transforming the double-angle island based on the special terrain of the double-angle island.

First, we built a watchtower at the commanding heights on the Double Corner Island. Although there were also watchtowers before, they were not perfect enough to take into account the situation around the island.

After transformation, you can see the situation around the island by standing on the watchtower. No matter which direction the other party's ship is just close to the Double Corner Island, it will be discovered immediately.

In addition to the watchtower, turrets were also built on Double Corner Island, and this time the turrets were different. In addition to the external turrets, there were internal turrets. In this way, even if the opponent attacked the island, the turrets on the island could attack the invaders.

After all, facing the turret on the island is just the last defensive method. The best way to defend is to the outside world.

The construction of a turret is not difficult, but the real difficulty is the cannon.

All the original cannons have been pulled down. Wang Xiaoming will no longer use these cannons. He wants to build stronger cannons by himself.

Before these cannons were built, the current turrets could only serve as a warning.

At present, the fort is only under construction and has not been completed.

Wang Xiaoming's return still made everyone on Shuangjiao Island extremely happy.

The first thing he did after he came back was to find Wu Jiang and after giving him some instructions, he asked Wu Jiang to take his men to the ashore.

In the future, Wujiang's main job was to operate trading business on the shore to facilitate the development of Shuangjiao Island.

After sending Wujiang away, Wang Xiaoming called Zhao Dachui, the craftsman leader on the island.

Zhao Daichui was in his forties and was born in a family of craftsmen. His ancestors have been doing iron-thrusting business for generations. The status of craftsmen in the Zhou Dynasty was very low. Zhao Daichui was skilled but could not support his family. Seeing his family suffering, Zhao Daichui escaped from the official workshop with his family, but he was not lucky. After going around, he was still caught by pirates and finally left on Shuangjiao Island to build weapons for the previous pirates.

After inspecting the craftsmen on Shuangjiao Island, Wang Xiaoming promoted Zhao Dachui to become the chief craftsman, specially used to manage the affairs of craftsmen.

Facing Wang Xiaoming, the pirate leader, although he knew that Wang Xiaoming was approachable, Zhao Dachui still felt that Zhan Zhan Keke did not dare to show his aura.

Wang Xiaoming didn't comfort him. The future was long, and the other party would always get used to it later.

Wang Xiaoming asked about the construction of the forging factory on Shuangjiao Island.

Zhao Dachui said it one by one, and he dared not hide anything in any detail.

What Wang Xiaoming values ​​most in the entire Double Corner Island is actually this forging factory. The advantages and disadvantages of this forging factory will be directly related to the construction of soldiers' weapons and warships, and naturally it will become the top priority.

Soldiers can train slowly, but there is no place to use weapons slowly.

Good weapons can only be built by themselves.

Before leaving, Wang Xiaoming had already provided them with some skills, and Zhao Dachui took people to get these things up first.

According to Zhao Dachui, most of the buildings have been completed, but some places have not been understood, so no matter how you do it, it is impossible to do it well.

Wang Xiaoming didn't blame him, after all, the technical information he provided was very advanced, and it was understandable that the other party could not do it well.

Wang Xiaoming comforted him a few words, and asked Zhao Dachui to lead the way, wanting to go to the forging factory to have a good look.

Zhao Dachui hurriedly led the way and took Wang Xiaoming to the forging factory.

Forging plants are the top priority, so the construction site is also in the most secret and safest location. Moreover, soldiers holding muskets are patrolling and guarding the forging plants around them. Most people are not allowed to approach the forging plants.

The others may not understand the importance of confidentiality, but Wang Xiaoming understood it, so Wang Xiaoming did a very good job of confidentiality at the beginning.

Due to the limitations of manpower and terrain, the forging factory is not large in size, not many workers in it, with only twelve craftsmen, and there are 60 apprentices left, one craftsman and five apprentices.

The forging factory has been constructed according to Wang Xiaoming's requirements, and all blast furnaces and other equipment have been completed.

However, there are still some minor problems. Because they do not understand the technology, they dare not make rash changes.

Wang Xiaoming looked around and was quite satisfied. Although the scale here is not large, it is also a sparrow that is small and complete with all the internal organs. As long as these are perfected, it is enough to build guns and cannons.

The Double Corner Island is still too small and has too many limitations in development, so it can only be used as a temporary ending point. When the power develops, it must occupy a larger territory.

Wang Xiaoming wanted to make warships and super submarines, and there was no large shipyard, but he couldn't do this.

It is absolutely impossible to build a large shipyard without strength and money.

With Wang Xiaoming's guidance, those inappropriate places were quickly modified.

Wang Xiaoming thought about it and said to Zhao Dachui who was following him: From today on, we will build weapons. The first thing to do is to build weapons is to make good materials, so we will start with forging materials. Now I will give you a recipe, and you can get the ingredients for me according to the recipe.

It was the leader. Zhao Dahui quickly agreed, and Wang Xiaoming took out paper and pen to write it, and introduced it while writing.

Zhao Daichui was illiterate, but among Zhao Daichui's apprentices, a young man who was literate was arranged. With this young man helping him, it would be fine.

The raw materials were quickly found, and then they began to make materials according to Wang Xiaoming's requirements.

In order to create suitable materials, Wang Xiaoming was also very committed. He didn't care about the high temperature and heat in the forging factory, so he led a group of craftsmen to create materials in the forging factory.

Although Wang Xiaoming has a formula, the metals and environment in this world are still somewhat different. We must conduct experiments one by one to determine the characteristics of the metal in order to create the materials you need.

The current experiment is quite simple, because the materials used only to build guns and cannons have not high requirements for materials, and only the right steel is needed.

When you want to build a super submarine in the future, the requirements for materials will be very high, because it is a super submarine that can safely dive to a depth of 13,000 meters. Ordinary materials naturally cannot withstand such powerful water pressure.

Although it is already a relatively simple material refining, it is still a relatively troublesome thing on this special planet. I tried the formula dozens of times, and it took more than half a month to refine the appropriate steel.

The steel formula has been recorded, and you only need to refine it according to this formula in the future.

Wang Xiaoming called this metal No. 1 steel, which can be used to make guns and cannons.

Especially building cannons.

After the construction of No. 1 steel was completed, the first weapon to be built was a rapid-fire cannon.

There is no need to worry about technical issues. Wang Xiaoming has a light brain in his mind. It is not a problem to shoot a rapid-fire cannon that can be made at this stage.
Chapter completed!