Chapter 711: Preparing for the Voyage
"Holy Lord, this year's snowstorm has been eliminated, and all the affected people have been resettled, and the houses are already being rebuilt."
Li Daifu presented the news he had obtained, wrote them into the song one by one, and presented them to Lu Chensheng.
The attendant sent it to Lu Chensheng, waited for Lu Chensheng to take a look, and then nodded.
"It's done well, the Aiqing people have done a good job in disaster relief this time, and there was no delay in the materials and sending troops."
Lu Chensheng is concerned about the action of disaster relief, and these ministers are doing a very good job, so Lu Chensheng is also quite satisfied.
When Li Daifu heard this, he hurriedly shouted that it was all the merit of the saint.
After Li Daifu went down, a minister immediately stood up and reported.
"The minister has a book."
"Say."
Lu Chensheng sat up slightly straight, waved his hand and said.
"The shipyard has now built a hundred ships, and it is ready to go to sea, and if the Holy God has promised, it can go to sea and explore overseas lands."
When Lu Chensheng heard this, he couldn't help but sit up straight, "A hundred ships? Built so fast? ”
Lu Chensheng wondered in his heart, why did the speed of this construction suddenly speed up a lot.
According to Lu Chensheng's understanding of the shipyard, the speed of construction should not be so fast.
"Going back to the saints, the shipyard people gave some of the ship's parts to the rest of the people to build, so the speed was much faster."
After the minister then explained, Lu Chensheng understood why he was so fast.
Although the shipyard is building ships at a fast pace, there are so many people, and it is impossible to build so many ships at this time.
I simply contracted out some of the work.
In this way, ships were built much faster, and some craftsmen also had money to earn.
Because of this, craftsmen in many places have made a lot of money this year.
After Lu Chensheng listened, his heart was clear, and then after thinking about it, his heart moved.
It's winter, and I don't know what the climate is like here, but it's just right to sail out to sea and rely on the monsoon.
In that case, just give it a try.
"Well, now that the ship has been built, let's get ready to sail, everything is ready? In addition, the supplies on the ship also need to be prepared, and the arrangements for the soldiers, compasses, binoculars and other items, are they all ready? ”
Lu Chensheng asked one by one.
A trip to the sea, or to find a new continent, is not so simple.
There are too many things to prepare, and it makes sense for Lu Chensheng to ask so much at this time.
"The Holy Lord, everything has been prepared, this is the prepared items, please take a look at the Holy Lord."
As he spoke, a thick note was presented.
Shipbuilding requires a large sum of silver, but when you go to sea, you also need a lot of money, which is used to buy all kinds of silk, tea, porcelain, jade bracelets and other items.
More than a hundred ships, how much do you need to earn here? Just thinking about it makes people feel a little numb on the scalp.
The loss of this money does not require the treasury to contribute, it is the money that those families have united together to finance this money.
Lu Chensheng looked at them one by one, and then saw in the back that the family wanted to send some of their own children to follow the petition.
Anyway, there are some families, which have spent millions of taels of silver, and they have all been smashed in, and at this time the ship is going to sail away, and it seems that there is something bad about not sending some people to follow.
Lu Chensheng didn't think there was anything, so if the other party wanted to send someone to follow, it would be good to follow.
Supplies for the crew, some cans in it.
It's all canned fruit made of glass, and it's hard to eat anything like that on a ship, and being adrift at sea is a very big test for a person, especially if the ship isn't a steel monster.
It's also a shame that Lu Chensheng has already asked people to study the rations of the march a long time ago, and this can is one of them.
At present, the canned food is not so good in terms of shelf life, but relying on the current refrigeration technology, with the addition of something similar to a refrigerator made of bronze, it can play a good role in refrigeration.
The bronze is very cleverly made and can play a good role in refrigeration.
Lu Chensheng read them one by one, and then handed them back after reviewing, "If you are fully prepared, you can sail directly, and you don't need to ask for instructions when you set sail." ”
"Yes!"
When the minister heard this, he immediately responded, and then bowed and stepped aside.
The ship is completed and will sail soon, which is a surprise for Lu Chensheng, if this voyage goes well, there will be more things to bring back at that time.
And if you bring back some high-yielding crops, that's even better.
Therefore, Lu Chensheng couldn't wait to let the long-distance ship go out.
After the minister stepped down, the rest of the ministers immediately stood up one by one and reported to the court.
After Lu Chensheng discussed with the ministers one by one, they all made a response.
Another thing that gave Lu Chensheng a bit of a headache was that the strength of the five major legions now has as many as 500,000, and one legion only has 100,000 troops.
It stands to reason that the Xinghan Empire only has 500,000 soldiers, which is indeed a bit too low.
Moreover, this is not enough to show the strength of the Xinghan Empire, according to the ministers, the armament should be expanded.
This proposal made the generals on the side overjoyed.
In fact, they all thought about proposing to the Holy Lord to expand their armaments, but their identities were too sensitive.
They are just generals, all of them are leading troops, and they demand the expansion of armaments, doesn't this make people feel that they have ulterior motives, do they want to rebel?
So they couldn't say anything about it.
The ministers thought about it and felt that it should be expanded.
"The number of 500,000 troops is indeed much smaller, but the number of armaments manufactured by the workshop is limited, and the military salaries of those in it are very expensive, but the treasury does not support it at the moment."
This time, without waiting for Li Daifu to complain, Lu Chensheng directly shook his head and vetoed.
If he could, Lu Chensheng actually wanted to expand the size of the army.
However, Lu Chensheng is already starting to expand his arsenal to make the construction of armaments faster, which will cost a lot of silver.
On the other hand, the soldiers' salaries are also a huge expense.
After Lu Chensheng thought about it, he didn't dare to expand at will, if he expanded, Lu Chensheng could only use some unconventional means to get some silver.