Chapter 8 The Shipyard Controversy

Dozens of miles downstream along Longzangpu, in an open area where it joins the Yangtze River, thousands of workers are busy in more than a dozen huge newly built docks.

Due to the fact that the hydrological conditions are very different from those of later generations, it is almost impossible to accurately explore the coastal hydrological landforms with today's state of technology, and the coastal wind and waves have a huge impact on the construction of the shipyard. For this reason, Xu Chen had to give up the idea of building a shipyard by the sea, and put it at the confluence of Longzangpu and the Yangtze River, so that it was close to the farm and much more convenient to guard.

A wide carriage pulled Xu Chen over and drove all the way to the shipyard.

As soon as Xu Chen got out of the carriage, he heard a group of people gathered in the open space in the center of the shipyard, and a rough voice came: "The surname Liu, what kind of thing are you, but you are just a carpenter, and you want to come here to pretend to be a master craftsman after repairing a few broken fishing boats?

"You!" Liu Jin blushed and looked angrily at the man who scolded him.

Since following Xu Chen, Liu Jin's worth has doubled, it can really be said that he has a lot of talk and laughter, and there is no white ding! Liu Jin feels that he is also a person with status, he has not experienced such a shrew-like scolding war for a long time, and now that he has seen it for a while, he can't quickly make a counterattack.

Seeing that Liu Jin was speechless, the man took advantage of the victory and pursued: "What? You can't speak, right? If you have a little self-knowledge, then leave as soon as possible, this shipyard is not a place where carpenters can stay, you better go back to the workshop to see wood!"

A group of workers behind the man also burst into laughter when they saw Liu Jin's embarrassed appearance.

And Liu Jin is not alone here, the so-called lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, as soon as he saw that the shopkeeper was bullied, the guys who were transferred from the furniture workshop to the shipyard jumped out one by one as if they had been greatly wronged, and shot back: "Old thing, you clean mouth!"

"That's it, dare to bully our shopkeeper, let's find a fight!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like water entering boiling oil.

"Boy, who are you talking about!" the workers behind the old man immediately joined the battle group.

"That's right! Dare to bully Jiang Tou'er, the girl is underdrawn!"

"Brothers, come on!"

The workers of the shipyard were in a foreign land, and they were extraordinarily united, and with the large number of people, they were naturally not afraid of fighting, and as soon as they finished speaking, they rolled up their sleeves and prepared to start.

On the side of the carriage, Xu Chen looked at this scene coldly. Lu Hao, who was standing side by side with him, saw it, hurriedly stretched out his hand and stabbed him, and said, "Big brother, don't you want to say something?"

"What are you talking about?" asked Xu Chen without squinting.

"Shout to stop! Usually at this time, doesn't the boss have to howl like this before he appears?" Lu Hao said as a matter of course.

Xu Chen responded perfunctorily: "Oh!"

Then he waved his hand behind him, and a young man who was guarding stepped forward.

Xu Chen said: "You have a loud voice, howl twice!"

The young man was stunned, thinking to himself, didn't the second brother say that this is the boss's job?

Xu Chen saw that he didn't react for a long time, turned his head to look at him, and said, "Why are you stunned, hurry!

After hearing this, the young man was full of black lines, but he was not idle, and hurriedly took a few steps forward and shouted: "What are you doing!

This voice really worked, and the two parties who were already entangled listened to it, and they separated in an instant, and they all looked at Xu Chen, and they were distinct.

Xu Chen walked over slowly, and asked lazily, "What's the matter?"

"Boss, you have to be the master for us! Not only did they scold people first, but they also beat people, and several brothers were injured!" The guy behind Liu Jin hurriedly complained because they were old men who had been with the owner for a long time.

When Xu Chen heard this, he nodded noncommittally, turned his head again, and asked the group of workers behind Jiang Liu, "Is that the case?"

"No! Absolutely not! Obviously, they said they were going to beat us first!" The workers behind Jiang Liu naturally denied it when they heard this.

"Yes! Obviously, they relied on the fact that they were old men who had been with the owner for a long time, so they made things difficult for us everywhere, and we had no choice but to fight back. ”

"Yes! That's it!"

As soon as the workers saw that someone was in the lead, they followed and made a commotion.

"You fart!

"That's it! I obviously beat people by myself, and I still want to spray blood!"

"Dare to talk nonsense in front of the owner, is it stupid to be the owner, can't you tell the difference?"

The guys behind Liu Jin were not to be outdone.

However, in contrast, the guys are younger, and after a few more months of schooling, they are literate and literate, so they feel that they are literate people, and they do not want to be dirty. When it comes to swearing, it is naturally not comparable to this group of boatmen who have been working in the shipyard all year round. Speaking of which, there are only a few words, and in the end, they can only think of pulling Xu Chen out and letting the owner make decisions for them. Where can compare to the goblin boatmen, who insist that the guys are bullying newcomers with their qualifications, and they don't say a word to Xu Chen from beginning to end. In this way, the harder the men screamed, the more they confirmed the words of the boatmen.

Liu Jin is also an experienced person, and when he saw his subordinates tossing so blindly, his head suddenly became as big as a fight. glanced at the river on the opposite side, and saw the other party's old god standing there, his eyes facing the sky, but the corners of his mouth hung with indelible mockery. Looking at the owner again, his face was cold, and his heart immediately became cold, and he hurriedly stopped the guys: "Enough!

Liu Jin's voice immediately quieted the scene.

"Enough of the noise, right?" Xu Chen asked with a gloomy face.

The guys on the field were inevitably worried when they saw the owner angry, but most of the people on the boatman's side were obviously unconcerned and looked fearless.

"I invited you to come here to let you build a ship, not to let you come to make trouble for me! If you don't want to do it, you can do it, I will immediately let someone send you back!" Xu Chen reprimanded with a cold face.

"This matter, that's the end of it! Give me a good job, if there is a next time, just fuck me off!"

As soon as Xu Chen's words were finished, the guys behind Liu Jin immediately became anxious, and they were ready to rush out one by one to find the owner to theorize, but fortunately, Liu Jin hurriedly stopped them.

As for the boatmen on the riverside side, they secretly rejoiced in their hearts: "Sure enough, the owner still can't do without us! Speaking of which, who will help him build a ship without our gang!"

And the leader Jiang Liu was secretly happy with Xu Chen's gentle letting go, and he became more and more convinced in his heart that the other party could not live without himself, and this old qualification was suddenly laid out: "That's it! Now that the owner has spoken, we can't know what to do, let's all disperse!" Go back to work!"

After speaking, the large group of workers behind him left in response, which became more and more prominent Jiangliu's response.

"Oh, that's right, there is another matter here in Lao Jiang, and the owner needs to come up with an idea!" Jiang Liu said.

Xu Chen hurriedly smiled and asked, "Master Jiang, if there is anything to do, just say it directly! As long as you can do it, you must do your best!"

Jiang Liu was very accustomed to Xu Chen's attitude of treating each other as equals, so he became more and more fluttering, and said: "Don't hide it from the owner, this shipbuilding matter is not something that can be finished by just finding a few pieces of wood to put together! Especially sea ships, there is no room for sloppiness! If you want to build a usable sea ship, prior design is absolutely indispensable! It's not that I underestimate Liu's shopkeeper, this work of designing sea ship drawings has not taken decades of effort, where can it be done! If this is a waste of materials according to the random graffiti thing, won't the owner's precious time be delayed?"

The more Jiang Liu spoke, the more energetic he became, and the posture of Lao Tzu was an expert, and he could see it clearly from afar.

Liu Jin listened, but didn't speak, just looked at him coldly.

Xu Chen immediately asked, "Master Jiang thinks that the drawings of the sea ship of the shopkeeper Liu are too simple?"

When Jiang Liu heard this, he immediately smiled: "How can there be?" Shopkeeper Liu's drawings are really not simple, just a deck cost dozens of pages of blank paper, a ship down, the drawings are probably more than the collection of books of the champion duke!"

"Wouldn't it be better to have more detailed drawings?" Xu Chen then asked with a smile.

"It's good to be detailed! But it also needs to be usable! The owner doesn't know anything! The drawings of this sea ship have been handed down by our craftsmen for several generations, and with a little improvement, we have today's sea boats. Can those drawings drawn out just by thinking about it be able to build a ship? Even if they are made, I am afraid that after entering the water, a wave will hit and it will be smashed!"

"Besides, those drawings sent by Shopkeeper Liu, what are they? There are so many lines, and they go around and around like a hemp ball, can they be called drawings?"

Jiang Liu talked eloquently, and in a moment, Liu Jin's drawings were incomplete. He didn't know that when he was making a grand speech, Liu Jin's heart had already burst into laughter: "Scold, scold! Dare to say that the owner's drawings are useless, and you old boy is comfortable!"

Xu Chen listened to Jiang Liu's words and understood that the other party was relying on his own ability and looked down on other people's designs, not to mention that Xu Chen's drawings were all drawn in three-dimensional geometry, and Jiang Liu had never taken Xu Chen's class, so he naturally couldn't understand it, in his eyes, the three-dimensional images were not just a mess!

So, Xu Chen asked quietly, "Then what should Master Yijiang mean?"

"Alas! Since the owner asked, then Lao Jiang will also say it directly! The shipbuilding business is a technical job, and this layman can't do it! I think the owner might as well let the shopkeeper Liu go back, and Lao Jiang will help the owner take a good look at it!" Jiang Liu beat the snake and followed the tail, taking the opportunity to completely take over the dominance of the shipyard.

Xu Chen looked at Jiang Liu calmly, and Jiang Liu also looked at him calmly.