Wendeng Pier is more than twice as wide as a year ago!

In the past, only East China Sea fishing boats were anchored here, but now people from Chang'an come to Dengzhou to go fishing and come back from Dengzhou. There is an endless stream of boats docking and leaving every day.

There are about a hundred people on the dock just for loading and unloading ships, and this number is still increasing.

The scale of the salt drying farm under Donghai Fishery is also constantly expanding, with more than a thousand salt workers alone. Since refined salt is not sold directly, the fish caught by other fleets are sold to the salted fish workshop.

Of course, this situation is definitely temporary. A few miles away from the salt field, several similar salt drying fields are already under construction. It can be expected that in the near future, Dengzhou will become the largest salt producer in Datang.

land.

There are many salt workers in salt workshops, but the number of helpers in candle workshops is even more terrifying.

Since whale oil needs to be extracted from grease and processed into candles, it also needs to be shaped in a mold. One whale can make hundreds of thousands of candles, and the number of helpers required is very scary.

"Your Majesty, this area is all a candle workshop area. On the left is a house for out-of-town workers, on the right is a warehouse, and at the back is the processing area. Currently, the entire candle workshop accommodates more than 1,200 workers. If whales are caught in the future,

If the quantity increases, the number of manpower in the candle workshop will also increase."

Wang Xuance introduced the situation of the workshop to Li Kuan with a proud look on his face.

In the past six months, Dengzhou has undergone visible changes, and the living standards of the people have improved rapidly.

"How many people are there in total helping us in each of our workshops?"

For Li Kuan, who has a vision for future generations, the employment rate is something that needs great attention.

Dengzhou Prefecture was not originally a large state capital. The total population was only a few hundred thousand, most of which were farmers in various villages, and no more than 30% of the people lived in the city.

"Your Majesty, there are about 5,000 people working directly in the palace's industries, but if you include other workshops, the number of people working in the workshops in Dengzhou Prefecture should exceed 10,000."

"so much?"

"The wood workshop, canvas workshop, fishing net workshop, blacksmith shop, and other salt drying and shipbuilding workshops... can accommodate a few thousand people in total, which is not too many."

After hearing what Wang Xuance said, Li Kuan figured it out.

Although the industrial chain of this era is not as long as that of later generations, whether it is shipbuilding workshops or East China Sea fisheries, a lot of demand has been extended, causing many small workshops and shops to suddenly appear in various parts of Dengzhou Prefecture.

, these are of great help in attracting new jobs.

"A fishing industry has solved the problem of food for the people in Dengzhou. It has also liberated many people from the farmland. Otherwise, it would be difficult to recruit people for a while."

"Your Majesty, you are absolutely right. Recently, there have been some changes in the recruitment of helpers. It has become more difficult to recruit locals from Dengzhou. Often the new recruits come from Laizhou and other surrounding counties."

"It doesn't matter where they come from, it's just that there are a lot of outsiders coming in all at once. You need to coordinate with Chun Yunan about the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the city, so as not to cause any trouble."

"Don't worry, my lord, that Chun Yunan has finally figured it out recently. He has also started to build a workshop, buy a ship and go to sea. He is more cooperative with the prince's affairs."

"Humph, I guess he knows what's going on, otherwise I would be planning to deal with him."

[Ding dong! Mission accomplished!]

Li Kuan suddenly heard a voice he hadn't heard for a long time, and he didn't realize it, "What mission has been completed?"

"Ah? What did you say, Your Majesty?"

Wang Xuance asked a little confused from the side.

"Oh...it's nothing. You can go and do your work. I will go back first."

Li Kuan suddenly remembered a task assigned to him by the "all-rounder system" last year:

[Let Dengzhou Prefecture become a prosperous city where everyone has food to eat and clothing to wear within one year]

Could it be that it is completed now?

According to my own understanding, the current Dengzhou City is still far from being prosperous.

It seems that this system follows the Romans, and the standards of prosperity are calculated according to this era.

Li Kuan couldn't wait to return to the county government office and find a place where no one was around to take a good look at the rewards of the mission to see if there were any surprises. During this period, in order to develop the fishing industry, he only exchanged binoculars, fishing nets and raw materials for refined salt extraction.

I almost spent all my points while waiting for the rice to be cooked.

"Bang!" Li Kuan hurried back to his room, leaving Xue Li, Xi Junmai, Qing'er and others outside.

"System, receive mission rewards."

Returning to the room, Li Kuan took a deep breath and gave the instructions a little excitedly.

【Please confirm the withdrawal】

Just after I finished speaking, a task reward interface appeared on the interface.

"confirm."

Without too many fancy reflections, a book called "Advanced Navigation Skills" appeared on the panel.

"I'll go!" Li Kuan almost wanted to lift the stool and smash the panel.

Navigation skills?

What's the use of this thing?

Is it possible to let yourself be Columbus?

With this idea of ​​shipbuilding technology, even if you have the bonus of "Elementary Shipbuilding Technology", if you want to cross the Pacific or sail around the world, it will be a dead end.

I am a prince and have a happy life, so why should I go to sea?

I've been floating on a boat for a year or two. Are you crazy?

"System, can the prize be changed? Even if it is a potato, a sweet potato or a stick of corn."

Li Kuan has always wanted to exchange some high-yielding food crops in the system, but unfortunately he has never been able to do so.

[No, the host can refuse to accept the task reward, but there will be no compensation.]

Do you think I'm stupid?

Li Kuan looked at the panel with resentment. Without any compensation, "Advanced Navigation Skills" was still useless no matter how useless it was.

Anyway, Donghai Fisheries will have to engage in foreign trade sooner or later. When the time comes, I can always use this knowledge to give guidance to Zhou Fu and others.

Forget it, don't worry about it anymore, there's no point in worrying about it.

Let’s go and see if there are any changes in the points redemption interface. After I received the “Elementary Shipbuilding Technology” last time, there are some more ship-related items in the redemption column. I hope this will give me more choices.

"Navigation chart? Is there just such an additional product?"

If it weren't for the fact that after completing the task, his points increased by two hundred points, Li Kuan would really be depressed.

[Host, please don’t accuse the system wrongly, there is obviously more than one product]

"Charts of the East China Sea, charts of the South China Sea...if a chart is divided into ten parts, is this called more than one commodity?"

It is rare to take the initiative to say something to break the system, and the result is that it would be better not to say anything.

Isn't this crap just trying to force me to go to sea?

Don't suddenly throw a mission one day and ask yourself to cross the Pacific Ocean or something like that, then it will be over.
Chapter completed!