An Si naturally believed in Wei Zhizhou.

He has seen many officials, but he has not seen many patriotic and capable officials like Wei State Governor.

What's more, they are old acquaintances with State Governor Wei, both public and private, and he believes that State Governor Wei will help Brother Yu well.

When they arrived in Xiuzhou City, An Si first settled Miss Zhuang and Liu Fulang's children in Zhizhou Mansion, and then went to the Navy Camp with An Wu.

Ji Yu and Wei Zhizhou went to the shipyard, while Tong Jingyuan went to the most prosperous street in Xiuzhou.

The people he sent in advance have already selected the shop, and he plans to open a series of rouge, gouache, iced milk tea, gourmet and other shops here.

Just relying on those shops in the capital, the income is not enough to support military expenditures and shipbuilding and salt production, so more shops need to be opened.

Ji Yu was very happy to meet Master Wei again. Although he had never worked with Master Wei, he liked Master Wei's handling ability very much.

Just like Lao Hei and the others under Mr. Wei, they can do things well without talking.

"Master Wei." Ji Yu liked Wei State Governor, so he was naturally polite to him.

But how could Wei State Governor be able to stand such a polite princess like him?

He was about to kneel down: "The princess has broken this small official."

Ji Yu glanced at Jiang Yong, Jiang Yong supported Wei State Governor and prevented him from kneeling.

Ji Yu smiled and said: "Master Wei, you and I don't have to be polite, it's all for the Great Kang, it's all for the emperor, as long as we can build a big ship, make good salt and drive away pirates, we don't care about small things."

Wei State Governor is not only so respectful because of Ji Yu's status as a super prince and concubine.

From the first time saw Ji Yu.A brother, for the sake of his husband, even risked his life and ran a hundred miles to find witnesses and evidence, he knew that this brother was not simple.

And it turned out to be the case.

The princess helped the Great Kang repel the Yan Kingdom and recover the lost land, and she was also a great hero who helped the prince conquer Dang Xiang.

How can he be disrespectful to such a character?

"Your Highness, this small official has invited all the craftsmen who know how to build ships in the coastal areas. Before you came, this small official also tried to let them build ships, but merchant ships and passenger ships are all fine, but warships for war are somewhat difficult."

Ji Yu nodded: "I see. Let's go and have a look first!"

An family brother Ji Yutong Jingyuan had a busy day, and at night the group gathered in front of the mansion arranged for them by Wei State Governor.

Wei State Governor smiled and said, "My lord, the second prince and my concubine, this is the largest and most magnificent mansion in Xiuzhou. Besides the main courtyard, there are more than a dozen small courtyards..."

An Si took Ji Yu's hand and entered the gate. Seeing that the inside was indeed magnificent and beautiful, he asked, "Is this a private house?"

Wei State Governor nodded and smiled: "Go back to the prince, it is a private house, it is the other courtyard of the Xiuzhou salt merchant Shen's family. The prince wants to come to Xiuzhou to fight pirates. The people of Xiuzhou are very grateful. Boss Shen knows that I am a small town in the State Governor's house."Room master, you must not have enough room, my lord, so I donated the other courtyard..."

An Si said indifferently: "No, let him come to see me tomorrow, and the rent will be twice the market price."

It's not that he has no money. As for occupying the houses of the common people for nothing?

What's more, he is still a salt merchant, so maybe he has some small calculations?

Ji Yu looked at An Si with an unstoppable smile in his eyes.

The fourth brother is still sober.

There is really no need to take advantage of this kind of cheapness.

After talking about the meeting, Wei Zhizhou, the brother of the An family, went to the main courtyard to discuss political affairs and military affairs.

Ji Yu led the crowd to choose yards: "We can't live in the main yard, we can choose other yards at will."

Ji Yu picked a yard with trees, bamboos and flowers but no pond called Xiaozhuyuan. He likes ponds, but now he has three children!Be cautious.

The yard is quite big, enough for their family of five and Mrs. Liu Fulang and Yang.

Tong Jingyuan chose the yard next door to them.The young couple can live anywhere, but they must be closer to Zi Yan's husband-in-law.

Miss Zhuang chose the small courtyard on the other side of Ji Yu, and there were only three of them, she, brother Yong and mother-in-law, and they didn't have much space to live in.

Brother Yun was timid, so he chose the smallest yard. He didn't dare to act presumptuously just because his brother was kind to him.What's more, there are only three of them, so they don't need much space.

As long as he can live with Little Sixth Brother, he is already content.

As for Mr. Zhuang, he was clamoring to go back to Ding Province, so how could his father-in-law live with his daughter and son-in-law?

But Miss Zhuang refused, and neither did Jiang Yong.Mr. Zhuang is old, only a girl, and has no other relatives in Qing City, so lonely!Isn't it good to live together?

An Si refused, and waved his hand: "Sir, come with us to Xiuzhou! You are my husband, and I am your half son. I follow my son, who dares to laugh at you?"

Only then did Mr. Zhuang reluctantly follow him to Xiuzhou, and chose a small courtyard full of plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums to live alone.

Not far from the daughter and son-in-law, you can see them whenever you want without being disturbed.

Very good!

When everything is settled, the brothers from the An family, Ji Yutong Jingyuan, will still be the outsider, and Miss Zhuang will be the insider.

The people who brought them here are still doing what they were doing in the capital. The kitchen workers, laundry workers, female red workers, sweepers, purchasers, and housekeepers are all busy.

Early the next morning, before dawn, An Family brother Ji Yu and the others came together and had a hot Qing City-style breakfast.

An Si handed the peeled egg to Ji Yu: "Brother Yu, I will assign Jiang Yong and the others to you. I can rest assured that he will protect you."

Ji Yu nodded and said, "Okay! Brother Jingyuan and I will go to the saltworks first..."

Shipbuilding is not in a hurry, and the problem of salt shortage should be solved first.

After breakfast, he went out of the courtyard and saw the layers of guards outside, Ji Yu was relieved, with these guards sent by the emperor, he was assured of the safety of the children.

Before reaching the front yard, saw a group of people kneeling far away.

Several people were taken aback for a moment.

Who is this?Why are you kneeling here?

Wei State Governor walked over a few steps, and said with a smile: "My lord, the second prince and my concubine..."

An Si pointed to the group of kneeling people and asked, "Who are they?"

Wei State Governor smiled and said, "It's Boss Shen, the chairman of the salt merchant, and the other salt merchants under his command."

An Si nodded, approached and said, "You don't need to be polite, get up!"

After several people got up, he said again: "The emperor ordered to build a new salt field in Xiuzhou and nearby counties and towns. You have two choices, either help the princess to make salt, or do your own thing. This king will not interfere with you. ButOne thing, if anyone dares to interfere with Wang Hao's salt production, he will be shot!"

As soon as his words fell, the salt merchants were all terrified, and hurriedly kowtowed: "My lord, don't worry, the young one will definitely help the princess make salt."

An Si glanced at Miss Zhuang.

Miss Zhuang took out a large bag of silver and went to the salt merchant.

An Si said in a deep voice, "Which one is Boss Shen?"

A fat middle-aged man with a goatee raised his head: "Go back to your lord, little Shen Jiu."

An Si nodded: "This is your house, right! I won't live in vain, and the rent will be twice the market price."

Miss Zhuang offered the purse.

Shen Jiu didn't dare to take it. She glanced at Wei State Governor and saw him nodding, so she took it tremblingly.

An Si turned to look at Ji Yu, held his hand and sighed lightly: "Brother Yu, I have to work hard for you again."

Ji Yu shook his head and said, "It's not hard."

He is very happy to be able to be with the fourth brother, the children, and Liu Fulang, and to be away from the right and wrong in the capital, and he will not find it hard to do anything.

After leaving the courtyard, Ji Yu watched the An family brothers ride their horses first, and after the backs were far away, he turned to look at the salt merchants: "Everyone, please take me to the salt field to have a look!"

Although he is a brother, he is an imperial envoy, and even a super-grade prince and concubine. How can these salt merchants dare to slack off?

Quickly and respectfully said: "Princess, please!"

A group of people riding horses and cars arrived at the beach after bumping for almost an hour.

Shen Jiu pointed to a large area of small houses and said, "My lord, the sea salt is boiled here."

After chatting for a while, Ji Yu finally realized that salt is still made by the outdated boiling method.

The sea salt produced by this method is not only low in yield, but also of poor quality.

Ji Yu couldn't help but secretly sighed.He was still worrying about how to increase the production of salt production!

Now it seems that there is no need to worry.

He only needs to use the sea salt drying method of his world.

Ji Yu learned about the situation in Xiuzhou and the surrounding coastal towns in detail, and returned to the mansion at night, and discussed with everyone: "Fourth brother, the current method of producing sea salt is too backward, and it is better to use the sea beach to dry salt."

An Si didn't understand these things, so it was naturally what Ji Yu said, and he followed suit: "Yes, you can tell me what you need me to do."

Ji Yu nodded: "We have to surround all the tidal flats along the coast and build salt pans. I'm afraid you have to borrow your soldiers for such a large project."

An Si has no objection: "Yes, salt production is the most important thing now."

After Ji Yu explained what salt fields are, Wei State Governor also nodded and said: "There are very few people living in the coastal tidal flats, and because of the rampant pirates, there are not many people left. It is not difficult to build salt pans around the tidal flats.This small official will also launch corvee labor to build salt fields.”

An Si, Ji Yu, and Wei State Governor are all vigorous and efficient people. They said that they would build the salt fields, and the mobilization work began the next day.

With An Si's army and the corvée initiated by Wei State Governor, Yantian gradually gained scale.

When working, the people in corvée are on the inside, and the soldiers of An Si are on the outside.

Soldiers not only have to work to build the salt fields, but also have to be responsible for guarding and guarding. Once the pirates attack, they can throw down their hoes and poles and immediately enter the battle.

Not to mention, there were several pirate attacks.

But before the pirates landed, they were spotted by the guards on the fort with the binoculars made by Ji Yu, and then the alarm bell rang.

The soldiers who built the salt fields just threw away their hoes and took up their swords, and the artillery on the fort had already sunk nearly a hundred pirate boats.

After several bombardments, the pirates never dared to come to Xiuzhou again.

Having seen how powerful the artillery was, not only the pirates did not dare to come again, even the original Xiuzhou navy was shocked.

There is such a mighty weapon in the world?

Then wouldn't they no longer have to be afraid of pirates?

But the goal of the An family brothers is not just to prevent the pirates from attacking, they want to hit the pirates' lair and completely eliminate hidden dangers.

Of course, this is all for the future.Today, the top priority is still Yantian.