Datang: Investment Overlord Xiang Yu at the beginning

A quarter of an hour later, inside the gate of the Chang’an Imperial Palace.

Li Ke, who was dressed in white, rode in a carriage and returned straight to the Yan King Mansion after coming out of the palace.

Outside the gate of King Yan’s mansion, Zhang Di, a black-robed butler, had been waiting for a long time.

“Sir, lunch has been prepared, do you want to eat?”

Zhang Di asked.

“Don’t be in a hurry, call the best carpenter in the city to King Ben first.”

Li Kei shook his head and ordered.

“Master doesn’t eat lunch? This…… Yes, sir! ”

Zhang Di was stunned, and then immediately gave up his hand and went to the artisan market to inquire.

And Li Ke, on the other hand, walked into the living room big enough to play volleyball, sat on the master’s table, and let the maid take a cake from the kitchen, and finished her lunch in three or two strokes.

Not long after, a tall man with a stout body with calluses on his hands and wearing a short khaki robe followed Zhang Di into the hall.

“Sir, this is the best craftsman in the city, Lu Dashan, but after Lu Ban, in addition to being proficient in carpentry, he is also proficient in blacksmithing and construction (construction) work.”

Housekeeper Zhang Di introduced.

“The grass people meet the Yan King! King Yan’s heroic posture on the battlefield, the grass people are fortunate to witness it on the bank of the Weishui River, it is really a great blessing for the grass people, please allow the grass people to represent the people of Chang’an and bow to the Yan king! ”

When the stout man saw Li Ke, his eyes also flashed with a hint of fanaticism, and without saying a word, he knelt down and bowed to Li Ke.

“Protect the realm and the people, this is within the king’s responsibility, Lu craftsman does not have to be like this, get up quickly!”

Li Kei smiled gently and personally went over to help him up.

“King Yan is indeed a good king who is dedicated to serving the country and the people, and any of your orders, the grass people will do it well for you at any cost, and serving the Yan King is the blessing of the grass people!”

Lu Dashan looked at Li Kei with a fanatical expression, and Zheng Di said in a loud voice.

“King Ben needs you to come to the Yan King Mansion to serve, as the craftsman guest secretary of the Yan King Mansion, with a monthly salary of 200 guan, if there are children, the Yan King Mansion arranges to go to private school, usually make organs for King Ben, recruit and manage craftsmen, are you willing?”

Li Ji said with a smile.

Just by virtue of his appeal among the craftsmen after Luban, give him 200 yuan money, that is, a monthly salary of 40,000, and the bonus is also worth it.

Thousands of dollars to buy horse bones, other craftsmen saw that Li Ke’s attitude of attaching so much importance to craftsmen, naturally they would also urge him.

“Thank you King Houlu of Yan, the grass people are willing to serve King Yan!”

Lu Dashan was not polite, and directly agreed.

That cheerful attitude made Li Kei feel comfortable for a while.

“Are you familiar with shipbuilding?”

Li Kei suddenly asked.

“Let King Yan smile, all the Wude on this canal three years after Chang’an private cargo ships, are all built by the grass people, and the matter of shipbuilding, the grass people know a little about it!”

Lu Dashan’s rough-skinned face had a look of humility.

“Very good, come on, pen, ink and paper!”

Li Kei ordered, and soon, someone sent white paper and pen and ink.

Lu Dashan very politely stepped forward to grind for Li Ke.

Li Kei soon drew a modern streamlined hull five meters wide and thirty meters long, with a sharp bow and bottom.

And three sails were designed.

“King Yan is so cleverly designed, so that the big ship will no longer have the worry of capsizing, and it can be fearless of the wind and waves at sea!”

After Lu Dashan read Li Ke’s drawings, he said with admiration.

“Hahaha, this king is to give an idea, the rest is up to you to do it, recruit craftsmen as soon as possible, and go to Penglai Port in the near future to prepare to take the people of Youzhou to start building ships!”

Li Ji smiled and handed the drawing to Lu Dashan.

Construction and shipbuilding, this kind of thing requires a lot of manpower and material resources, of course, not just by craftsmen.

In the construction process, professional craftsmen play the role of constructors, positioning workers and grinding wood.

And the people who really install it are ordinary workers.

Therefore, Li Kei not only needs a large number of manpower, but also at least a thousand craftsmen, half responsible for making stencils, and half responsible for leading workers to work.

“The villain will immediately go and recruit workers for King Yan!”

Lu Dashan also stopped talking nonsense, gratefully glanced at Li Ke, who gave him a high salary and thick lu, and immediately went out to do errands after giving his salute.

“Zhang Di, find a house near the royal mansion, and when he will come, move his family over and arrange it, no matter how many people, his family’s grain rice noodle Yan Wang Mansion is packed!”

Li Kei looked at Lu Dashan’s back, smiled and ordered.

“Obey!”

After Zhang Di heard the order, he immediately led the order and went to arrange accommodation for Li Ke’s order.

“Next, it’s time to visit my barracks.”

Li Kei looked at the sky outside and muttered to himself.

Li Shimin had already spoken, and the land north of Baqiao, that is, the battlefield where he had killed the Jieli Khan before, was all used by him for training and garrisoning.

He was about to go out when a servant walked in.

“Sir, the butler of Shangshu Du Ruxian of the Military Department sent an invitation, saying that Lord Du Ruxian wants to invite the master to his house to a banquet tonight to discuss the formation of a new army!”

The servant bowed.

“Du Ruxi? It seems that the person who connected the formation of the new army was himself, so, very good! ”

Li Kei immediately smiled with satisfaction.