Chapter 375: Rapid Progress!

The Great Marsh was vast, and the Fuchuan ship drifted.

Liang Qu's head was dizzy, and his limbs were weak.

Physical strength was consumed along with the Spirit-Storing strike that hit empty air, releasing into the Great Marsh.

His whole person was like being pulled out of his spine, and he could only let Otter-Otter-Open drag him to the Luo Han bed in the cabin.

Otter-Otter-Open jumped off the Luo Han bed, found a cotton pillow from the wooden cabinet next to it, and cushioned the back of the Heavenly God's head.

Softly wrapped, Liang Qu let out a long breath.

Excessive fatigue made him want to close his eyes and sleep.

Unfortunately, the effect of the Morning Dew Insect after cultivating the third layer of Spirit-Storing had not yet disappeared, and there was still a lingering charm.

If he slept past it, the remaining medicinal effect would be completely wasted.

Can't waste it! 【3

The two Great Merits were not easy to save up, so Liang Qu braced his will, letting Tatta Kai go under the desk to fish out the medicine bottle and lotus root, then summoned the "Cannot Move" traveling with the ship to burst forth with 【Resuscitation】 to give himself a heal.

"Cannot Move" kept its eyes tightly shut, its two horns condensing a green light that drifted out from the water, leaping across the cabin and pouring into the Heavenly God's body.

The green light dissipated.

"Cannot Move" floated on the water surface, eyelids drooping, looking listless.

In contrast, surging energy gushed forth within Liang Qu's limbs and bones!

It was like a dried-out sponge soaked in a bucket of water; after a long drought came the sweet rain, and in the blink of an eye, it regained its elasticity and softness.

"Hoo!"

Liang Qu sat up abruptly, took the Qi-replenishing pill and lotus root handed over by Tatta Kai, and swallowed them.

His energy and spirit, already largely recovered, rose once more.

Not ordinary, truly not ordinary.

Under the burst of Preserve Spirit, what was consumed was not just physical strength, but also the subtle injuries and soreness triggered by exceeding his own protective limits.

With one 【Resuscitation】 from "Cannot Move," Liang Qu actually felt that his entire body had recovered seven or eight tenths!

Preparing a backup plan for a critical moment—couldn't he pull off two bankrupt versions of "Erlang Slays the Flood Dragon"?

One trump card, played twice!

Comfortable!

Liang Qu circulated the "Wan Sheng Holding the Origin" to stop his mind from wandering.

He took the Abyss Wood Bow down from the cabin wall and infused it with Qi and blood, giving birth to a blood string.

The Morning Dew Insect is said to benefit Qi and blood, but in reality, the effect in this regard is minimal; the focus remains on helping the user break through realms and temporarily gain an enlightenment boost.

Liang Qu has practiced many martial arts, so he might as well take this opportunity to sort through what he has learned.

Thin mist swirled as the lucky ship docked.

The cold wind, carrying damp water vapor, burrowed into the river otter's fur; the river otter exhaled hot air, shook the white frost off its fur, and furled the sails.

Two small river otters wrung out towels, spread them on the ground, and ran back and forth, wiping away the footprints and water stains left on the deck.

He slept until noon.

Invisible Qi flowed within the cabin, its might imposing.

Wherever the lucky ship passed, birds in the sky scattered, and schools of fish in the water panicked.

Liang Qu sat cross-legged, five hearts facing the sky, sorting through his meridians; it took several quarter-hours before he thoroughly restrained the fluctuations of his Qi and blood, making them perfectly round and smooth.

He walked out of the room and stood on the deck facing the midday sun, looking like a straight, upright long spear, exhaling turbid air, full of sharpness and high spirits.

"Parting the clouds to see the sun~"

The effect of the Morning Dew Insect is ridiculously good.

"Wan Sheng Holding the Origin" has entered the third layer, the Preserve Spirit Realm; this is the greatest harvest of the trip, greatly increasing Liang Qu's confidence in condensing the second True Steel.

The first three forms of the Green Dragon Seven Kills are all Great Completion, while the fourth and fifth have broken through to Small Completion; when used, the wind flows, almost forming the image of a Green Dragon.

The "Thunder Character Seal Method" not only has the more explosive Yang Lei Fu but has also condensed the more corrosive Yin Lei Fu.

The Falling Star Arrow is even closer to perfection, almost just a window-paper layer away from advancing to the Moon-Chasing Arrow!

Chasing stars and pursuing the moon, combined with the Abyss Wood Bow, Liang Qu's long-range means can rise another major step!

With this, the flood control rewards have all been digested!

"Lifting the robes to climb another floor, only then reaching the very top of the clouds!"

Liang Qu looked at the busy pier, his hand resting on the ship's edge, blowing in the wind.

Raindrops fall to the ground; horses have directions, and people have destinations.

Settled.

After watching for a while, Liang Qu did not disembark; he had Tatta Kai raise the sails again to set off, turning toward a direction twenty miles east of Pingyang County.

Qingjiang Shipyard!

Since Xu Xu Yuelong revealed the plan for the River Patrol Office to develop the Great Marsh in October, in less than half a month, before November, the Qingjiang Shipyard took office.

Nowadays, Pingyang County can be said to be blossoming everywhere.

The civil and military temples there have not yet been completed, but the shipyard here has already begun to vigorously "make dumplings" (launch ships).

From a formal perspective, the Qingjiang Shipyard is a subordinate institution of the Pingyang River Patrol Office, built in the form of official supervision and merchant operation.

Liang Qu has basically heard of the several chambers of commerce responsible for undertaking it; the Tianbo Chamber of Commerce is among them, and there are also several chambers of commerce within Huaiyin Prefecture.

While called chambers of commerce, they are actually entirely controlled by families.

As the current imperial family's founding place and private territory, the Southern Zhili's control is so strong that ordinary families simply cannot resist, nor can they afford to resist.

The change of Huaiyin Prefecture to Pingyang Prefecture is an inevitable trend.

With a single order, no matter how big the ship is, if it doesn't want to wait for decline, it must turn around now.

As for the various interests within Pingyang County, even if these people haven't all arrived, they have already eaten their fill early on.

However, for official supervision and merchant operation, since it occupies the word "supervision," there must naturally be specialized officials in the office responsible for it.

Wei Lin and Xu Xu Yuelong each sent one person; Xu Xu Yuelong sent Ran Seeing Ran Zhongshi, and Ran Seeing Ran Zhongshi was handed over to Liang Qu.

Liang Qu could not push the pressure down any further.

His few subordinates below were of too low a rank, so he had to take time out of his busy schedule to supervise personally.

Supervising the shipyard is one of the things Liang Qu has been responsible for most since his promotion.

He went last time, and the foreman in charge said the first batch of ships could be launched in the last two days; he practiced martial arts too late last night, fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow, and forgot to remind Tatta Kai.

Tatta Kai had to raise the sails again, drill into the helm room to push the crossbar, and head east.

The entire Qingjiang Shipyard covers a huge area, bordering the vast Great Marsh.

When the lucky ship arrived, looking around, the coast was full of excavated shipyards, with many large ship keels raised high, and the ship planks on both sides spread out like ribs layer by layer.

On the river ahead, there were two new ships emitting a strong smell of paint drifting around, with shipwrights shuttling back and forth to inspect the results.

As the lucky ship approached, the foreman saw a familiar figure and dared not be negligent, hurriedly sending people to build a springboard.

Liang Qu boarded the bow and took a rough look around the two ships.

No problems.

Those handling things were all big families coming to eat the benefits, but they wouldn't mess things up completely.

If things aren't handled well, they won't get to eat anything.

Liang Qu turned to look at the foreman: "How many ships have been completed so far?"

"As you can see, they are all here." The foreman explained, "The first batch was much slower, mainly because there aren't many masters and helpers nearby who can build large ships, and the warships still need to set up crossbow platforms; it will be much faster later on, and I guarantee a fleet can be formed before April, which won't delay the schedule."

"What about the load capacity?"

Liang Qu asked a few questions casually, and the foreman answered them one by one.

Afterward.

"Is there any leftover wood?"

"Yes, we've had it prepared for you early."

The foreman had expected this, leading Liang Qu to a corner, lifting the tarpaulin to reveal neatly stacked piles of wood.

With a thought from Liang Qu, Tatta Kai led the river otters to move all the wood into the lucky ship.

The foreman was not surprised; clearly, this was not the first time Liang Qu had done such a thing.

Everything built in the shipyard was large ships.

There were requirements for the size of the keel and ship planks.

Not all wood met the requirements; not to mention those with insect damage, those that were too small couldn't be used as ship planks, and the strength of assembled ones was far inferior to integrated ones; besides, there were branches left over from processing, so there was always leftover wood that couldn't be used.

But Liang Qu only built miniature models, and the size of the branches was more than enough.

In this way, it just happened to benefit Liang Qu, who was tight on money.

Even if it was something the shipyard didn't want, it was all good wood.

Who eats it doesn't matter?

Liang Qu always asked the foreman to leave a portion for him, pulling it home for the beavers to build ships, which saved another sum of silver.