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However, this is a systematic project that cannot be completed overnight, even if one is in a hurry. Wang Shouzhe simply boarded the slightly larger ship on the inland river, stepped on the high bags of rice, and followed the waterway of Fenggu Farm back to the Wang Clan’s main house.

The ships on the inland river are all small, and the largest ship is only six zhang long, carrying only four to five hundred dan of grain, which is far from the carrying capacity of a riverboat. It is not even powered by sails, but relies on the boatman to row and pole.

Fortunately, the water flow in the inland river is stable, and with the boat oars and poles together, they can barely move forward. However, the winding twenty-li waterway took more than an hour to travel. In terms of the speed of the earth, it is only equivalent to a little over two kilometers per hour.

The fleet passed through the trumpet mouth of the waterway and entered the Zhuwei Lake.

On the not-so-wide Zhuwei Lake, the Wang Clan’s main house buildings under the steep mountain walls can already be seen. However, Wang Shouzhe did not hurry back, but continued to observe the terrain of Zhuwei Lake on the boat.

“It” is slightly elliptical, about six or seven li long and more than four or five li wide, with a total water area of ​​more than 10,000 mu. The lake surface is clean and beautiful, and the surroundings are all mudflats and reed marshes, showing a primitive beauty.

Perhaps the “natives” would find it desolate, but for Wang Shouzhe, who is used to big cities and everywhere human traces, this kind of primitive scenery makes him particularly comfortable, and even his mood has improved a lot.

If such a large area of water is used to raise spirit fish, it would be great, Wang Shouzhe secretly thought.

However, Zhuwei Lake also has a major drawback, that is, its water is too shallow, generally less than one zhang deep, and the bottom accumulates too much silt. Not to mention raising spirit fish, even raising ordinary large fish is hindered by the low water level.

Moreover, in this Xuanhuan world, large-scale fish farming is not mainstream. At most, some small fish are caught and thrown into the pond to grow freely.

The reason for this is, firstly, there are many wild fish in the wilderness. Even if the fishing techniques are rudimentary, there are good catches as long as one goes out to fish. Secondly, it is also because of the limitations of fishing technology. It is very difficult to invest money and manpower to cultivate fish in the middle of a wide lake, and it is not as good as wild fishing in the richly endowed An River.

For example, Sixth Uncle Wang Dinghai, it takes twenty weavers two months to barely weave a small trawl net…the difficulty of setting up a large-scale net in a big lake can be imagined.

The biggest difficulty in raising fish lies in water quality management, density management, disease management, scientific feeding, and other technologies. If one is not careful, the farmed fish will die on a large scale, resulting in no profit.However, in this world, there were countless Xuanwu clans, and some had already achieved success in the fish farming industry. Just like the Lu Clan in Yingxiu, they had mastered some fish farming techniques and developed an industry.

However, the Xuanwu clans always cherished their production techniques and kept them secret. Even some female members of the clans were not allowed to participate in core industries, for fear that they would pass on the technology after getting married.

Even with Wang Shouzhe’s relationship with the Lu Clan, it was impossible to obtain their fish farming technology.

The closure and blockade of each clan’s technology also caused the overall production technology of the entire Xuanwu world to lag behind. Although the patent technology strategy on Earth was criticized a lot, it indeed caused a technological storm, and various scientific and technological inventions bloomed in a short period of time.

However, Wang Shouzhe felt that it was not good for the Xuanwu world to have various inventions blooming. His biggest advantage now was his “foresight” and broad knowledge, which exceeded this world.

He vaguely knew about many technologies, but he knew that there was such a thing and the general direction. For example, the famous monosodium glutamate, a wonderful product that changed human taste buds.

Even if you asked Wang Shouzhe to develop it, he wouldn’t be able to do it in ten or eight years.

But if you found a group of clever people to specialize in learning this area and engage in similar research, if the direction was relatively clear, it would be possible to develop it in two or three decades if you were lucky.

Even if you were not lucky, as long as the relevant technology continued to accumulate, it could be developed in a hundred years, right?

There were also spinning or weaving equipment, such as the famous Jenny spinning machine, which was essential for time travelers. Even if you beat Wang Shouzhe to death, he couldn’t draw the blueprint, but he also knew that there was such a thing and had a vague direction of some principles. If you found a group of craftsmen to work on it slowly, it would eventually be developed.

If this thing was developed, its destructive power would definitely be stronger than Wang Luo Jing, this “Spirit Insect Master”.

Of course, these were just ideas. Before the clan had the strength to support them, once these things were released, it would be pure suicide. Not to mention others, even the Xushi Clan, which focused on the textile industry, would have a falling out with the Wang Clan in minutes because the “Jenny Spinning Machine” would definitely touch the foundation of the Xushi Clan’s survival.

Leaving aside the idle talk, the fleet where Wang Shouzhe was in gradually accelerated in Zhuxi Lake, and within half an hour, they arrived at the backyard dock of the Wang Clan’s main mansion.Although this dock and waterway were not often used, most of the goods such as food and crops from several farms to the clan were transported through this waterway. Although shipping by water was slower, it had a larger carrying capacity and could also save on some horse-drawn carriages, as horses were much more expensive to maintain than people.

At the Wang Clan’s main residence, where people rarely visited, the dock in the backyard was crowded with people, led by two women. One of them was Wang Shouzhe’s madam, Gongsun Hui, and not far behind her was a young woman named Wang Luotong.

After them were four family generals, including three female ones. It’s worth noting that among the nine family generals of the Wang Clan, three were female generals.

As the ship was about to dock, when it was still seven or eight zhang away, Wang Shouzhe jumped up into the air like a big bird and flew towards the dock. In just two breaths, he landed firmly on the dock.

This was Wang Shouzhe’s current ability to leap, which completely surpassed any long jump or high jump champion on Earth, but it was not the kind of existence that could soar in the sky and split mountains with a punch like in some high martial arts fantasy novels.

“Madam, why are you back? Don’t you want to spend more time with your grandfather at your mother’s home?” Wang Shouzhe greeted Gongsun Hui.

“You wrote to my brother Gongsun Qiang asking him to help you with something. After asking Wang Zhong, I learned that the main residence also needs someone to assist you,” Gongsun Hui said. “Although I don’t know the specific details, I thought I’d better hurry back to the clan to help. You mentioned in your letter that you wanted to free up the warehouse in the backyard, but only part of it has been cleared so far.”

“Thank you for your hard work, madam. It’s enough for now,” Wang Shouzhe said, bowing his hand. He was also a little touched that Gongsun Hui was wholeheartedly standing on the side of the Wang Clan and doing her best to assist him in running the clan.

“Fourth brother.” Wang Luotong bowed to Wang Shouzhe, and her eyes also showed a slight surge of emotion. Fourth brother had entrusted her with some tasks in the letter.

What did this mean? It meant that Fourth brother valued her. She also wanted to do her best for the clan and Fourth brother, like her sister Wang Luojing.

“Thank you for your hard work, Luotong. Oh, you’ve broken through to the third level of Qi Refinement?” Wang Shouzhe narrowed his eyes slightly and, using his observation technique, noticed that Wang Luotong’s aura had become much stronger than before, and there was some uncontrollable overflow of her aura. “Congratulations.”

“I have to thank Fourth brother for that,” Wang Luotong said happily, blushing a little. “If it weren’t for the clan’s treasury sending me a 【Small Essence Pill】, I wouldn’t have been able to break through so quickly.””That’s because you’ve worked hard enough and have been refining your Qi at the peak of the second level for a while now,” Wang Shouzhe praised, “Keep it up and set an example for your younger siblings and juniors in the family.”

Having learned about her situation beforehand, he naturally wouldn’t just sit and watch her slowly refine her Qi at the peak of the second level, so before leaving, he took a small Peiyuan Pill from the family’s storage and gave it to Gongsun Hui.

She was quite competitive and broke through in one go. At least she was much stronger than Wang Zongwei, that little brat who was still refining his Qi at the high stage of the second level at the age of twenty.

“Mhmm, Fourth Brother, I will definitely work hard,” Wang Luotong smiled and nodded repeatedly, feeling very happy to have earned Fourth Brother’s approval.

As they were talking, the grain transport ships had already docked at the pier one after another.

Madam and Gongsun Hui directed the family’s soldiers, servants, and slaves to transport the grain to the vacant rooms. Even Wang Luotong participated and, along with several female soldiers, became the main force in transporting the grain.

She was already at the third level of Qi refining, and her physical strength and power were far beyond those of ordinary soldiers and servants. She could carry four or five bags of rice at once and move quickly. Madam Gongsun Hui wanted to stop her, but was signaled by Wang Shouzhe to let her go since Wang Luotong wanted to contribute to the family in this way.

Moreover, even the fourth miss of the family’s Luohui branch participated in the grain transport and was sweating profusely. The soldiers and servants worked even harder, with no hint of laziness, showing a burst of morale.

The cohesion and centripetal force of the family were established in these little moments.