Parents are busy farming

Ye Zifen said: "I have sent people to the south to collect grain. I don't know whether I can receive it yet. But I plan to build our own water caravan! The money for transporting grain and goods will naturally be put into our own Just keep it in your pocket."

Although Ye Zifen only gave a brief explanation, Li Song's eyes became extremely dazzling.

"Is it the kind where we need to build a lot of ships? If so, will our cargo become more diverse in the future?"

Li Song couldn't hide his excitement in his tone. If possible, he really hopes that he can go to the south to take a look in person. He believes that the goods coming in with his eyes will be more popular with everyone.

Ye Zifen smiled and nodded, "I have invited the master who built the cargo ship back, and he lives in Majia Village now. I need you to prepare all the materials needed!"

Li Song did not hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement.

"As for the shipbuilding site, it is on the dock. I will find a suitable place later and buy the land from the Yamen!"

I don’t know why Ye Zifen found that he was very arrogant when he said this sentence, but now that he opened his mouth and kept silent, he was already buying land.

In fact, Ye Zifen planned to ask Wang Sheng to prepare materials at first, because Fukelai was close to the dock, and their shipbuilding location must be near Fukelai.

But thinking that Wang Sheng had to deal with a lot of things, he was now even looking after the production of clocks.

So we can only settle for the next best thing and let Li Song, who is good at purchasing, be responsible for purchasing materials.

"Don't worry, miss, I will take care of this matter. I will go to Majia Village at noon to ask the masters what materials they need."

Ye Zifen likes hard-working people like Li Song.

"I'll send you some money tomorrow!"

"How about I go there and get the money tomorrow? Miss, you don't have to make a special trip."

Zi Zifen thought for a moment and said, "You can just come to the county office tomorrow to get money from me. I will be at the county office these days!"

"okay, I get it!"

Zi Zifen sneaked out. She was also afraid that she would be discovered by others if she took too long. Moreover, she had to go to the dock to find a suitable place for building a ship, so she left in a hurry.

To find a place to build a ship at the dock, of course you have to find someone you know.

As for who the acquaintances are, they are naturally the government officials who patrol the dock all year round. No one knows more than them, so it is definitely right to find them.

After Ye Zifen arrived at the dock, she didn't look for them everywhere, but came to the mutton soup restaurant.

Sure enough, here we found a few people sitting at the door of the mutton soup restaurant, drinking mutton soup leisurely.

Ye Zifen walked over and sat next to them.

"Hey! Miss Ye, weren't you at the county government office just now? You came out so soon?" A government official greeted Ye Zifen immediately when he saw him.

Ye Zifen put her hand to her mouth and whispered softly.

Then he lowered his voice and said: "I ran out secretly, don't make any noise, I'll ask you for help if I need anything!"

When the government officials heard that Ye Zifen came to see them about something, they said directly without any hesitation: "Miss Ye, just tell me if you have something to say. We will tell you everything we know."

Ye Zifen was also not polite to them, "I want to find a place to build the boat on the dock. This place cannot be too small, and it must be close to the dock, because after the boat is built, it will be put into the canal nearby."

After listening to what Zifen said, several government officials looked at each other. One of them asked Zifen: "Are you planning to build a cargo ship? Open up this road on the canal?"

Ye Zifen nodded, "You have heard some news in the Yamen. Building a cargo ship to transport food from the south may reduce the pressure on our side!"

Upon hearing this, all the government officials immediately gave a thumbs up to Ye Zifen: "Miss Ye is courageous, don't worry! We know the most suitable place here, it's in the open space next to you Fu Ke Lai. Although you Fu Ke Lai Ke Lai is a prominent location, surrounded by water on three sides, but there is an open space slightly behind it on the right hand side, which is enough for you to build a boat!"

As for the location they were talking about, Ye Zifen I didn't know where it was specifically, so he could only look confused.

It happened that one of the yamen servants had finished eating the food in the bowl, stood up and said to Ye Zifen: "Come on, I will take you to see it. You will understand after seeing it with your own eyes!"

Ye Zifen didn't want it, so she quickly stood up and walked to the side with the yamen servant.

Before they had gone far, the yamen servant stopped, pointed to the relatively large open space and said, "That's right there!"

Ye Zifen was a little surprised, because she always thought that those places were specially used for vendors to set up stalls.

Now there are many people coming to that place carrying burdens and placing things on the ground. There are also many vendors among them, picking things here and there.

"If the ship is built in that place, where will these people go?" Ye Zifen does not want to cause others to have nowhere to go because of her own reasons.

The yamen servant smiled and said: "We understand what Miss Ye is thinking, and we are naturally not the kind of cruel people. Did Miss Ye notice that the road here is very wide? It was originally prepared for these stall owners, but They are used to setting up stalls on that open space, and we will talk to them when the time comes and allow them to set up stalls on the roadside."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zifen immediately said: "So that's it. As long as I don't affect their business of supporting their family, I don't feel any guilt at all!"

"Does Miss Ye want to buy that piece of land now?" the government official asked.

Zi Zifen said: "Of course it is like this. I didn't bring so much money with me today. Tomorrow I will bring the money to the county government to buy this land."

The yamen servant smiled and said, "Then when I go back, I have to notify the paperwork and prepare the contract quickly!"

Ye Zifen said "Thank you!"

She looked at the area again before leaving.

This place is great! If a yard is built, it will be the back door of Fuke Lai. As long as Fuke Lai is guarded, no one can sneak in and steal anything.

On the other side is the canal, which is a natural barrier.

The most important thing is to erect a vertical pole on Fukelai and another vertical pole on the other side, so that the boat can be launched directly into the water.

Thinking of doing it, Ye Zifen returned to the Yamen and immediately found some paper to draw the picture.

The craftsmen nearby saw Ye Zifen coming back and starting to write and draw again. They thought she had come up with another tool, and they all felt happy in their hearts. They felt that their shop would become famous in the county.

Regardless of what others thought, Chen Lixing ran over to see what Ye Zifen was drawing.

But I couldn't figure it out after looking at it for a long time.

So he asked: "What are you doing this for?"

Ye Zifen didn't intend to tell him, so she only said the word "secret". Then he put the completed drawings into his arms.