It's really not that far from Yishui County to Linyi. If you're in a hurry and don't waste your horsepower, you can get there in one day. If you go slower, it'll basically take two days.

Li Kui didn't plan to rush. He even took care of the car and took everything he needed for food, clothing and food on the road. After the test, he didn't plan to return to his hometown, but rushed directly to the capital.

Before leaving, Li Kui met with his third uncle once.

Li Kui originally made suggestions for Li's future development, such as transportation.

The shipping industry of the Song Dynasty is proud of the world, but for the Song Dynasty, inland water transportation has always been the industry with the largest volume of cargo, and it is also the easiest industry to make money. After all, the safety of inland water transportation is far greater than that of sea transport. Although sea transport earns

Money, especially sea trade to Nanyang, is not an exaggeration to describe as money grabbing.

But shipping by sea is too dangerous.

It's a life-threatening industry.

There are only so many people in Baizhang Village. Even if some of the Li clan members who went out are included, the number of people in Zhuangzi does not exceed 500, including most of the old, weak, women and children.

If the men in Zhuangzi take a boat to the South China Sea and the boat capsizes, Lijiazhuang will immediately turn into a widow's village. There is no way, there are only so many men in Zhuangzi, and more than half of them can't swim. Even if only a small half can swim, the most is the fifth uncle.

A gangster like Li Lin who thinks about destroying Liangshanshui Village and making a fortune all day long. Li Kui doesn't know what others are like, but his fifth uncle often exchanges his experiences with him.

This man was a ruthless man with great perseverance. He forced himself to learn how to dog paddle in a waist-deep ditch.

Then, Uncle Wu confidently believed that his swimming level was about the same and breaking the Liangshan Water Village would not be a problem. I don’t know who gave him the confidence?

Li Kui can also paddle dogs!

But the question is, is he proud?

Is he complacent?

But one thing must be said. It is an unprecedented record for other people to dig out more than ten or twenty feet with other people's dogs. However, the people in Baizhang Village are very physically strong. When Uncle Wu's dog is in good condition, he can swim up to two miles.

The kind that doesn't take a break. It's so tough that people may misunderstand that dog paddle is the most standard and energy-saving swimming style in the world, and it has been promoted to the altar.

There is no way, the people in Baizhang Village seem to be born with a gangster streak, and they think about making a fortune all day long.

On the contrary, I am not too interested in working to earn money, even if I earn the same amount of money, it will still be the same.

It's safe, the water flows slowly!

They don't think about it at all.

It’s not that I don’t consider it, the main reason is that the money comes in too slowly and I lose the fun of making money.

At first, Li Kui couldn't figure it out, but later he figured it out. The main reason is that most of the men in Baizhang Village used to be hunters. It's not that the hunters' livelihood is not good, they are lazy, have no goals, and lack long-term perseverance. The main reason is that the hunters

The income is completely related to good luck.

After going out for three days, he came back empty-handed as a hunter.

I went out for three days and caught a rabbit and meat porridge. I was also a hunter.

I went out for three days and caught a yellow sheep. I ate a lot of meat and drank a lot of wine, and I was still a hunter.

Three days away... Every hunter is full of passion for the next three days.

Yes, although Orions work hard and don't make much money, they often have big surprises that make people overjoyed. This kind of inner satisfaction and happiness that often comes from good luck cannot be experienced at all by farming.

Before, the third uncle had taken some measures to integrate the men of Baizhang Village into the farming society of the Song Dynasty, but after being deceived, the third uncle also gave up. A dead Taoist priest in his twenties

, actually deceived him into being fascinated, and his brain was twitching in an attempt to get married to the former emperor, which almost led to a big mistake. This made the third uncle stubbornly believe that people in the mountains are simple and accustomed, but people in the plains are very bad, always

Make him hard to defend against.

Instead of doing this, it is better to follow the nature of men in the village and do exciting business.

Is there any more exciting business than sea trade?

No.

Third uncle admitted that this industry is more promising than being a hunter, and the profit is greater. Li Kui wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't persuade him. Not only the third uncle, but also the Li clan members, as long as they came down from Baizhang Mountain.

So. The people who originally farmed in the mountains also had such virtues. What else could Li Kui say?

The reason!

It's very simple. Even if Baizhang Village originally cultivated land, it was still on dry land. The seeds were sown and then waited for rain and harvested when they were ripe. And because there were few fields, those who came to farm acres dared to call themselves landlords, and they lived a very leisurely life.

But it's different when you come to Yishui County. A man has to farm fifty acres of land and take good care of the land. The original deep love for the land has turned into full of disgust now. He can't finish farming even if he is exhausted!

To sum up, the character of the people in Baizhang Village is that they are lazy, poor and unruly.

Although he was rich now, he could not rest on his laurels. The third uncle proposed to start a sea trade business, which immediately aroused the response and cheers of the whole clan.

Facing the three-step plan that Uncle San was talking about, Li Kui was frightened when he heard it. He asked cautiously: "Grandpa San, building a ship is easy. The price for experienced shipwrights is not high. The worst is to go to Yangzhou or Hangzhou to recruit people at a high price. But

Have you ever thought about it, the goods in the village, all of them are very capable, but they don’t even know how to swim, how can they go to sea? And to do sea trade, you don’t need to build a ship!"

"Kui Wazi, you don't understand. The Li family in Baizhang Village is so thin that we can't bear the loss. Nowadays, none of the young people in Zhuangzi are willing to farm, and they are all trying to practice martial arts. What do you think the old man can do? Is it like the entire village?

Are Zhuangzi’s descendants enemies?”

At this point, the third uncle sighed: "Besides, does your third uncle know that going to sea is not easy and dangerous? It is precisely because of the danger that our boats should be built by ourselves. Only boats built by ourselves can make me feel at ease. Before

I bought several inland river boats from Changzhou worth 2,000 yuan. They look tall, but they are full of hidden dangers. They are not even as good as other people's old boats. This is a helpless move."

The third uncle looked defeated. He had no choice but to meet a profiteer.

Fortunately, it is a large inland river ship. Even if something goes wrong, most of the people on board can be saved. But if it were at sea, a whole boat of people would inevitably die.

Li Kui did not expect that after Baizhang Village took this step, there would still be so many secrets. As for the bottomless pit of the shipbuilding industry, Li Kui was quite helpless, but since his third uncle had identified it, there was no reason to back down.

"But Third Grandpa, the sea is not as good as the rivers and lakes. Not to mention the big winds and waves, not many people in the village know how to swim. If we really go to the sea, wouldn't we have to make cold water dumplings and dive into the water one by one?"

"It's okay. I don't know how to swim. I might as well go to the sea and learn. It's not that difficult." The third uncle waved his hand and felt that Li Kui, who used to be straightforward and straightforward, was a little bit like a mother-in-law. Is it possible that the Li family in Baizhang Village is still afraid of water? Besides,

Now, it’s not that difficult to know how to drink water. Even his old man has learned how to paddle a dog, and he can do it after drinking two sips of water. He doesn’t believe it, all the younger people in the village have elm-headed heads?

Giving in is not the style of people in Baizhang Village.

Li Kui left Yishui County this time. After the test, he simply went to the capital. He tried to find a way to go to the Ministry of Industry to get a set of shipbuilding blueprints, which could also improve the family's shipbuilding technology. Of course, he couldn't go there by himself, but dragging the Liu family with him

, shouldn’t be difficult.

With a sense of mission to contribute to the family's struggle, Li Kui remained silent along the way.

I was thinking about how to build a safe and large ship to improve the shipbuilding level of Li's Shipyard.

As for Li Yun, the way he looked at Li Kui was very strange.

In the mountains before, Li Kui almost shot him to death with a new weapon. This was not Li Kui showing off, but Li Yun's true feelings. He clearly felt that Li Kui's blow fell, and with his skill, he could not resist it. In the end

The ending was that he was beaten to death by Li Kui. It was so cruel that Li Yun could not understand why Li Kui suddenly became so cruel.

When they were fighting against enemies in Gaojiazhuang, he, Li Kui, and Shi Wengong all fought against the Six Fiends of Jieyang Town in Jiangzhou. In terms of Li Yun's record, it was neither good nor bad. But Li Yun

I estimate that I was able to withstand Li Kui's three to five full-strength attacks at that time. In the following two years, I did not see how enthusiastic Li Kui was about practicing martial arts. Instead, I practiced martial arts whenever I had the opportunity and was quite diligent.

But what’s the result?

Li Kui was so cruel that he could kill him with one strike, but he knew nothing about it.

There is no reason why Li Yun is afraid of Li Kui. He is a sinister villain and always wants to harm me.

Anyway, Li Yun was wary of the people around him, even to the point of being suspicious of others.

But what about Li Kui?

He just didn't tell Li Yun that the moves he used were very powerful and astonishingly powerful. But they had a disadvantage: they were so slow that when they attacked, they couldn't keep up with the opponent's escape speed. In other words, Li Kui's

[Nine Transformations of Gods and Demons] only has its form, but has no actual combat effect. Anyway, he knows that as long as the opponent wants to escape, even a three-year-old child can escape safely from his [Power and Demon Pressure]. Don't

Asked him why, he didn't know.

But he understood that there must be something wrong with this move. How could a useless move achieve the Overlord's illustrious martial arts?

But he tried his best to learn and practiced Qigong very diligently, but he had little effect. What could be done?

Li Kui turned around and glanced at Li Yun, who was trailing behind, and said, "Follow me."

Li Yun then cautiously stepped forward on his horse and rode side by side with Li Kui. After pondering for a while, he suddenly asked Li Kui: "Second brother, have you read a book recently?"

Reading?

If Li Yun hadn't asked him this question, Li Kui would have been unable to remember that he was actually a scholar.

Seeing Li Kui's hesitant reaction, Li Yun suddenly felt happy. There is a saying: what you lose is in the east, you can gain in thorns. It seems that Li Kui has not studied during these days. Thinking of the scene where he studied hard, Li Yun recovered from his lost mood.

Confidence. Now that he knows how to solve the test, it's his turn to kill everyone, so he comforted Li Kui and said, "It's okay, second brother. With my younger brother here, my reputation in Yishui County will never be ruined. This time when I solve the test,

It will be inevitable for me to become famous in Yizhou, and I won’t make it difficult for my second brother when the time comes."

Li Yun spoke boldly, as if he had become the hope among the scholars in Yizhou and was arrogant.

Li Kui frowned slightly. He felt that this kid Li Yun was so arrogant that he was shameless. At your level, do you deserve to be regarded as a scholar in Yishui County?

But Li Yun did not notice Li Kui's displeasure, and instead said with relief: "Second brother, look at you, you are not very old, your father-in-law is so powerful, and you have a beautiful lady by your side, your life has reached its peak.

Unlike my younger brother, who has no one to support him and whose family background is ordinary, he has no choice but to take the imperial examination and go to high school." After saying this, Li Yun was moved by his efforts.

While shaking his head, he suddenly noticed that there was another person next to him.

It's not that there is one more person, to be precise, there are two people.
To be continued...