Volume 1 Chapter 177: The Sun Rises in the East

  Chapter 177: The Sun Rises in the East

  Hongyugou has changed a bit.

  The area where the stone monument was originally located is now overgrown with weeds, but it has been cleaned up to be spotless. At the entrance, a wall made of black bricks was built, and upon entering, there is a small flowerbed, behind which stands a newly constructed two-story building with bright red and black paint and shiny pillars. The structure is square and simple in design. This is the area designed by Mozi for receiving guests and discussing orders.

  The small building behind is the real shipyard. The funds are too little, and we dare not waste them randomly. For now, only a carriage path has been opened up, leading directly to the large open space in front of the riverbank, as well as the large shed that is being built urgently, and the dormitories.

  What is a greenhouse? It's a large indoor shipbuilding base.

  In ancient times, ships were built only on the open shore, and to a large extent, they relied on heaven's face to determine the progress of shipbuilding. Weather conditions such as strong winds, heavy rains, extreme heat, and extreme cold would all affect the project. With only one year's time for the agreement with Qiu San Niang, he couldn't let the weather delay the work, so even if it meant spending more money, he decided to build a large shed. This type of large-scale shed-style shipyard was pioneered by Da Zhou Hong. However, at first, he was ridiculed by his peers. Because they thought that in terms of cost, it wasn't economical, and in terms of operation, it wasn't practical. When the ship is completed and needs to be launched into the water, an open area is much more convenient - just push it and it's done. How far away would you build a big house? Small ships are fine, but large ships require a lot of manpower to launch.

  Of course, this problem, for Mozi, absolutely has a solution. Not only is the solution elegant, but it also makes the old masters of the shipping industry sigh in admiration. They want to secretly imitate it, but they can't succeed. This is a later story, and we'll put it aside for now.

  For the past years, Mozi only had to thank her for the environment she was in at that time. Except for craftsmanship and shipbuilding, others didn't want her to worry about other things, or they were afraid that she would know too much, so they deliberately closed off the people and things she could contact, so that she didn't need to show a lot of knowledge from later generations.

  Can you imagine? Almost everyone around her was planted beside her, all kinds of thoughts were there, but not true heart. Then, every day creating a fake image for her that your world is very good, your left hand is very clever, just like dealing with wood, happy life, such a false appearance. One or two people are deceiving her, she may soon discover, so what if many people are deceiving her? Looking back at that time, it was really like being brainwashed.

  At that time, she had the straightforward justice of a soldier and the obsessive pursuit of challenging high difficulties as an engineer, but not a bit of cunning. Fortunately, in the first three years, her skills allowed her selfish father and brother to hide from outsiders and only use them for themselves. In the next three years after entering the palace, the fake world finally showed cracks, she began to awaken, and after slowly understanding the truth, she was no longer willing to show off her talents. After moving to Yuling, she suffered from indigestion and never touched a boat again, only devoting herself to improving existing farming tools. That wasn't her familiar field, so there were many stumbles, and particularly cautious without too surprising creations.

  But the person she had trusted from start to finish was secretly collecting her incomplete ship designs, piecing them together and using them to build a warship that surpassed the skills of their time, with which he rose to the throne and even launched a war against Yuling after she declared her intention to break off relations.

  She was determined to thoroughly abandon her past and start anew for all of this.

  However, the difficulties that the people of Yuling are facing are due to her own foolish mistakes in the past, so she feels deeply guilty and painful inside, eager to help them. Even when she lost her memory, she unhesitatingly said she was a person from Yuling, subconsciously rejecting her former country.

  "Mo Ge, what's going on?" Cen Er's voice became clear from being vague.

  Mei Zi was taken aback, "What's going on?"

  After recovering her memory, she didn't think about it much when she looked back, but seeing the red sprouts in the empty valley made her a little uncontrollable. Compared to Daqiu's largest shipyard, this place was indeed small and desolate. However, she had no grand ambitions this time, only wanting to build ordinary civilian ships, earn money to regain her freedom, and get along with the big shots in the shipping industry. If things didn't work out, it would be easy to jump ship.

  "We won't mention the guests, why didn't even a single boatman come to the door? Don't you want to earn some silver?"

  Xun Er helped Mozi a great deal, finding people to tidy up and build houses, and posting recruitment notices, giving Hongyu Shipyard a good reputation.

  The first morning of recruitment, because he was there, Mozi could make up for lost sleep.

  Jiudong's face was scrunched up in worry, looking as if he were to blame for the lack of customers and boat workers. His granddaughter NiuNiu, on the other hand, was playing happily not far away.

  The old couple is now under the management of Mozi. As soon as she arrived, she renovated the house where the grandfather and grandson lived. Qiu Datong couldn't do anything else, so he allocated the land that could be used for farming and the pond as a self-production area, allowing him to continue farming and raising chickens and ducks, which would later directly supply food to the shipyard. He could earn some silver to supplement his income, and she could also let him play a role.

  "Dong Bo, when we hadn't arrived yet, wasn't there anyone here either?" Mozi thought that Cen Er's words made sense. Logically speaking, since the dock was recruiting workers, there should be some skilled workers coming to take a look.

  "No." Qiu Da Dong's expression was quite uncomfortable. "I've been waiting here at the door since before dawn, and I only saw you two, Sikong and Mo Ge."

  "Will I get the date wrong?" Mozi looked at Cen Er, "Maybe it wasn't written for today."

  Cen Er lost his smile and said, "Mo Ge, didn't you also see that help wanted sign? Even if we're both foolish, it's impossible for us to be foolish together. The fewer characters are definitely correct today."

  "Maybe it's stuck in the wrong place and nobody sees it?" Mu Zi looked for a reason.

  "I had a fellow post it in places where craftsmen gather to look for work, and when he posted it there, people came up to take a look." No, no.

  "Maybe—everyone is illiterate?" This is possible.

  Cen Er hesitated for a moment, still unconvinced. "It's impossible that none of them can read." In short, not a single person was seen, which was very abnormal.

  Everyone just passed the festival, hungover and still asleep? That's her own business.

  "Wait a bit longer, isn't today not over yet? The sun is leaning west, but summer days are long. It's quite remote here, they might not be able to find it for the time being." Meizhi still held onto hope.

  Cen Er saw Mo Zi's optimistic expression and didn't want to say anything more, so he sat down on the flower bed platform, staring fixedly at the gate with wide eyes.

  It's strange to say, but before long, I heard the sound of horseshoes, clattering and getting closer and closer.

  Cen Er jumped up with excitement, "Finally someone has arrived."

  Mozi was not as excited as him, ordinary sailors or craftsmen, can they ride horses? She just wanted to remind Ceng Er, when she saw two tall horses appearing in front of the gate, one black and one brown, shaking their heads and tails, looking very spirited. On the horse were two men, one older with a short black beard, and one younger with a messy bun, with wood shavings stuck in his hair. Both wore short shirts and leggings. To be honest, they really looked like craftsmen.

  "Wow, I've never seen such a big gate before! It's not double-sided, but single-sided. And look at the sign of Hongyue Wharf, how did they get the flowers to pile up like that? What a waste of effort, it'll wither in just a few days." The young man tapped his horse and turned around on the spot, looking up and down.

  A middle-aged man with a black short beard rode his horse over to Mozi and the others, turned around and said to the young man, "Ah Chen, we're here on business, don't look around everywhere. Some people can't afford to open a shipyard, so they make a makeshift door to save on materials, but they still want to show off, hanging up a bunch of red decorations as a facade. We're just here to watch the excitement, isn't it also quite interesting?"

  As they spoke, the man and horse arrived in front of Mozi and Cen.

  Cen Er is now very much like a big shot, making people openly mock and secretly ridicule him. He can only pretend not to hear it, clenching his fists with both hands, "Two gentlemen, what brings you here?" Already knowing that the other party did not come to apply for the job.

  "Are you in charge here?" The man with a short black beard glared at Cen Er.

  Just then, a young man named Ah Chen rode up on horseback and looked around in all directions, saying, "It's quite tidy here."

  "I am the person in charge of Hong Yu Shipyard, you two have something to say, please dismount and speak, after all this is not your place." Mozi also made a fist, his words were neither humble nor arrogant, his sharp eyes staring at Hei Duan Hu Zi.

  Hei Duan Hu Zi stared at Mo Zi with a fierce gaze, and for some reason, he obediently dismounted his horse.

  A'chen also came down with him, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Mozi, secretly thinking she was lovely.

  "Are you the one posting recruitment notices?" The man with a short black beard dismounted his horse, still speaking in an arrogant tone.

  "It's just as I said." No one came to respond, and sure enough, something went wrong.

  "I've come to tell you that you don't have to wait any longer. The three-day time limit you set is pointless, as no one will show up within those three days. If you want to know why, I'm not afraid to tell you. Our people have torn up all the notices and warned anyone who wants to make a living in the shipping industry that they are not allowed to set foot on your Red Pine Wharf." Black Short Beard sneered.

  "Ah——should I say he's arrogant or honest? Ink Purple raised an eyebrow, unhurried and calm, first introducing himself, "I'm Mo Ge, I don't know who sent you two to handle this matter. Could it be an official errand? If I've unintentionally offended anyone, please forgive me."

  "Look at you speaking quite reasonably, why suddenly become so reckless?"

  Chen Laolao pulled a long face, indicating that he was the one who had brought the message. With his whiskers stiffened, "Although we are not officials, we are from the Risheng Shipyard. You know Risheng, don't you? Few words."

  Mozi knew. She had inquired, within the three states, there were four or five shipyards, one of which was called Risheng, not only large in scale but also famous, and it was a leader in the entire Zhou Dynasty. Risheng was far from Hongyu, going in two directions from Shangdu, a day's journey by fast horse, but its boss lived in the city, and was said to run other businesses as well.

  "What's the big deal if I've heard it?" Xun Er thought he was being polite, but the other person's arrogant attitude made him feel uncomfortable.

  Mozi suddenly remembered that when she was in Daqiu, there was a time when the new owner of a private boat came to see her father, which was called "Bai Shan Zhi Li". She had just recovered her memory for a short while, and so many things were churning in her mind, one thing after another. The Bai Shan ceremony on the boat was like the new champion wanting to pay respects to the chief examiner as his mentor. If someone new entered this line of work, they would have to greet their peers. Daqiu's boatyard was scarce, and the rules were relatively superficial, so inviting guests for a meal would be enough. Of course, if there was an official escort, it would be a different story altogether.

  Isn't there also such a rule in Zhou?

  Today's first update.

  Chapter 177: The Sun Rises in the East

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