"Shopkeeper Liu, I brought it, Jiang Tou'er said, listen to you in everything, and you can tell me if there is anything!"

The shipwright, surnamed Ma, led half of the shipyard, that is, nearly 500 shipwrights, to a large compound at the east end of the shipyard, and shouted loudly into the yard with his throat open.

Xu Chen's shipyard is located at the confluence of Longzangpu and the Yangtze River, which flows into the Yangtze River from north to south, and the sediment brought from the upstream rolls in, forming a sandbar with a radius of several miles at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Xu Chen took a look at this sandbar at a glance when he surveyed the terrain and made full use of it. There is a row of docks on the east and west sides of Longzangpu, and on the side near the Yangtze River, there is a huge dock on the east and west sides that is several times larger than the ordinary dock, which is where Xu Chen stayed to build large sea ships.

In addition to stationing all the sailors on the sandbar to guard the shipyard at all times, Xu Chen also put some of the most important secret workshops in the entire shipyard on the sandbar, guarded by sailors, and even if they were defeated by a strong enemy, they could quickly transfer.

The docks on the east and west sides are connected by wooden pontoon bridges, making it easy for boatmen to travel between them.

The waterway area of the entire shipyard is counted together, covering an area of more than 2,000 acres. The land was separated from the outside world by a ten-foot high wall, which was designed in the shape of a star, extending out of a triangle every few miles, borrowing from the appearance of medieval European star-states, to ensure that the invading enemy would be surrounded by fire from at least three sides. The width of the wall is more than three zhang, which is not inferior to the ordinary big cities and big ports.

There is only one gate for entering and exiting the shipyard, about ten zhang wide, the door panels on both sides are solid iron doors cast in stainless steel, and one side weighs thousands of catties.

As long as the gate is closed, even if more than 100,000 horses are besieged, as long as the waterway is not lost, the workers in the shipyard can still work safely without being affected by a little.

It stands to reason that if Chengping is peaceful today and the law is in order, Xu Chen's blatant land enclosure behavior will inevitably be harsh by the government. However, now that it is the Tang Dynasty, although the power of the gate valve family has been somewhat suppressed, it is still strong. The mansions of the wealthy families in various places are also built in the style of war fortresses, as long as they do not exceed the rules in style, the local governments will turn a blind eye, after all, many of these wealthy families have children who are officials in the court, how can the magistrates joke with their own future?

Shengzhou, on the other hand, has been consciously suppressed by the imperial court since the Sui Dynasty, and the result of the low status of the government is the economic decline of the Tang Dynasty and the scarcity of business travel. Compared with Yangzhou, Shengzhou, a coastal city with a more advantageous geographical location, rarely sees the shadow of merchant ships, and except for a few small fishing boats that are occasionally seen on Longzangpu, large boats are almost extinct.

There are no ships coming and going on Longzangpu, so Xu Chen encircled a section of Longzangpu into his own industry in time, and the public resentment will not boil.

In addition, as soon as Xu Chen came to Shengzhou, he went to visit the Shengzhou Taishou, several large boxes of silver cakes, plus a letter from Xu Xiang in the current dynasty, how could the little Shengzhou Taishou dare to disobey Xu Chen's intentions, but after learning the identity of Xu Chen's prime minister's student, he did everything possible to refuse the gift given by Xu Chen, and shouted righteously: "It is the duty of the lower officials to do things for Xu Xiang!" In the end, under Xu Chen's strong request, this Shengzhou Taishou "reluctantly" accepted the boxes of "gifts".

Since then, Lord Taishou has often been a guest at Xu Chen's farm, and has solved a lot of troubles for Xu Chen. At the same time, his eyes seemed to be blind, turning a blind eye to Xu Chen's murderous shipyard, and serving Xu Chen wholeheartedly.

It is no wonder that Shengzhou Taishou will be so diligent, the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty are divided into upper, middle and lower three classes, and the grades of the first officials are also very different, Shengzhou has been Xiazhou since the Tang Dynasty, and the grade of Shengzhou Taishou is one and a half levels higher than the county order of the upper county, but the promotion space and the method of making money are far worse than the rich county order of Shangxian!

Lord Taishou has been in this position for more than ten years, and he has not been promoted or transferred, even if he wants to make a mistake and let the court degrade his officials, so as to leave Shengzhou, there is no such opportunity, but Shengzhou has long been consciously forgotten by the imperial court.

Now that he has finally been able to get on the line with the prime minister of the current dynasty, how can he not be enthusiastic about Shengzhou Taishou? It doesn't matter what kind of shipyard he Xu Chen has built! Even if something happens, isn't there still a prime minister to stand up to him? Where can he be counted as a little Taishou?

Xu Chen asked Wang Ce to inquire about the current situation of Shengzhou before he came, and he also made sufficient preparations for this.

The family power of Shengzhou was strangled by the imperial court in several rebellions and quelling the rebellion, and later people saw that the imperial court suppressed Shengzhou, and they did not dare to choose this place as the foundation of the family. For this reason, Xu Chen could hardly stand the slightest malice in Shengzhou, which created a valuable opportunity for Xu Chen's accumulation of strength.

Speaking of returning to the shipyard, after the boatman surnamed Ma shouted, he waited outside the courtyard in Jiao'erlangdang, and the group of boatmen behind him also gathered in groups of three or five, talking and laughing loudly.

Prior to this, Xu Chen did not make a clear plan for the shipyards on the east and west sides, but the workers of the shipyard came from a single source, and in addition to the ordinary men under Liu Jin, only the boatmen under Jiang Liu remained, and the two sides were clearly distinguished, and there was faint competition and exclusion.

As a result, both sides consciously occupied one side of the dock, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

For the sake of fairness, Xu Chen ordered that the pontoon bridge on the river be dismantled after the boatmen crossed Longzangpu, and there were sailors' boats patrolling the river day and night. During these ten days, there was no communication between the two sides, and the possibility of collusion between the shipwrights was cut off.

"Brother Long, do we really have to listen to the carpenter's dispatch in the past ten days?" Behind the boatman surnamed Ma, a lean young boatman asked quietly.

The shipwright surnamed Ma didn't reply, his eyes looked straight ahead, and his lips opened slightly: "Otherwise, what else? This is Jiang Tou'er's order!"

When the lean boatman heard this, he was not happy with the boss, and said, "That being said, I am not happy to think of being told by such a carpenter!"

"Let's secretly record the carpenter's boat, and send it to Jiang Tou'er! Oh, yes, I know that I am invincible!" The lean boatman scratched his head and laughed.

"Why do you want to use such a trick, do you think Jiang Tou'er will lose?" reprimanded the boatman surnamed Ma.

The lean boatman smiled stupidly: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if! We naturally know Jiang Tou'er's ability, but behind this carpenter is the owner, what if the owner opens a small stove for him! That is too bad for Jiang Tou'er!"

When the boatman surnamed Ma heard this, his heart moved, but after a moment he shook his head and said, "No! The pontoon bridge on the river has been broken, and even if we get something, we can't send it over." ”

"That's not easy! There are a lot of people in our brothers who are good at water! It's easy to swim across the river!" said the lean boatman.

The boatman surnamed Ma thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Didn't you see those warships patrolling back and forth on the river?

"How can I be caught! I don't believe that I can't find a chance when the tiger is still napping! If you are careful, you can always succeed!" said the lean boatman, still unrelenting.

The boatman surnamed Ma rebuked impatiently: "That's enough! Jiang Tou'er told us before he came, just let us do the work! Jiang Tou'er's ability is one of the best in the world, and there are only a few boatwrights in Hongzhou Shipyard who are comparable to Jiangtou.

The lean boatman was about to say more, but saw the gate of the courtyard open with a bang, and a man went out to greet everyone into the hospital. Seeing this, the boatman surnamed Ma hurriedly patted the other party on the back of the head and said, "Okay! Don't think about it! Let's do a good job!"

When the lean boatman saw that he had lost the opportunity to persuade Brother Ma Long, he walked towards the courtyard with a displeased face, but secretly thought to himself: "Hmph! If you don't send it, you won't send it! Even if I don't send things, can't I be lazy!"

At the thought of this, the lean boatman rejoiced again, and entered the compound with cheerful steps.

There was an attic in the corner of the courtyard wall, and in the attic, Liu Jin was coldly watching the boatmen who were obviously tired and lazy enter the compound, but they didn't say a word.

Behind Liu Jin, a young man dressed as a guy also saw these boatmen, so he said worriedly: "Shopkeeper, these people don't look like they can work hard! Besides, what if these guys are thieves and want to pass things to the west of the river?"

Liu Jin looked coldly at the boatmen downstairs, but the corners of his mouth gradually appeared with a sly smile: "Hmph! When you enter this courtyard gate, you can't help them! As for fornicating with the other side? Hehe, how is it possible? Even if you let them see it, they can't understand it!"

The guy behind him thought about the things in this compound, and he smiled with relief: "The shopkeeper is right! With the set of workmanship process of the professor of the owner, not the person who knows all the details, how can it be possible to restore the entire sea ship just by relying on those parts?"

After finishing speaking, the two of them leisurely looked at the boatmen who had all entered the compound.

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard closed again, and just when the boatmen were confused, one by one men appeared in front of them......