The charts were circulated in the hands of the ministers, and Zeng Jian's eyes were as big as eggs.

Draw a diagram of the hull structure, paying attention to the overall proportions, length, width and depth, as well as the length and angle of inclination of the keel.

Everything has strict rules.

He could see at a glance that this was no different from the horse boat of the Three Treasure Eunuchs recorded in the classics.

Liu Jian said incredulously: "How did you draw it?" ”

This son, who was not an official of the Ministry of Industry's Metropolitan Water Division, was able to draw a diagram of the structure of a horse boat.

In the fleet of the Three Treasure Eunuchs, the horse ship was the second largest sea vessel.

Slightly smaller than the Big Treasure Ship.

"When Xiaguan was in Hanyuan, he saw the record of the Three Treasure eunuchs going to the West.

I observed it at the Liangxiang Shipyard for a while, tried it a thousand times, and drew it. ”

Yan Chengjin's face remained unchanged, and it was normal for Emperor Hongzhi and others to be surprised.

The structural drawings of the horse ships are complicated, and the officials of the Metropolitan Water Division, who are good at shipbuilding, may not be able to draw them.

Although the construction of the ship is complicated, it is also drawn by people.

As long as there are ready-made drawings, he can draw them.

It was even easier to master arithmetic and physics than the ancients, but it took a lot of effort to memorize the first structural diagram of the ship.

If you really draw the second picture, you may not be able to draw it.

This is really too disobedient, and the ministers looked at Yan Chengjin with a blank expression.

The imperial history of a metropolitan procuratorate can actually draw a map of the structure of a ship?

It's like a pig crowing, it's incredible.

But Yan Chengjin was standing in the main hall, and they watched with their own eyes, Xiao Jing sent a pen and paper, and Yan Chengjin drew a finished picture from the outline.

There will be no fakes in this matter.

Several of the chief bookkeepers of the Ministry of Works were a little ashamed, and looked at the drawings, and the ship drawings of the Three Treasure Eunuchs would be reproduced in this way.

"You...... What else would you draw? ”

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said, "Xia Guan can draw horse boats, so naturally he will draw other ships, and sea boats are much the same." ”

Putting aside this sentence, one day Liangxiang will make a big treasure ship, and no one will report to His Majesty.

Zheng He's fleet was composed of large treasure ships, horse ships, and war ships, which differed greatly in size but very little in structure.

Even the materials used are the same, but the size of the wood is different.

"Do you still have any doubts about the military department?" Emperor Hongji asked.

Qin Hong shook his head slightly: "No." ”

Wang Hua stood in the crowd, secretly wiping his tears, his son's fortune was about to surpass him, and he also got the unicorn suit given by His Majesty.

"Lord Wang, congratulations."

"Congratulations, this official found out that every time Yan Chengjin recommends Wang Shouren, this son will be promoted."

Wang Hua looked in the direction of Yan Chengjin, or... Say thank you to the old man for a while?

Coming out of the Temple of Heaven.

Yan Chengjin walked down the imperial steps, carrying his hands and preparing to leave, Wang Shouren took a few steps forward, and Liu Jin followed closely behind him with a weak heart.

"Brother Gao, there is something down there that I want to discuss with you."

Yan Chengjin turned his head and saw Wang Shouren bowing slightly towards him, and asked with some shame.

"Even if Bo'an says it, the official won't agree anyway."

Wang Shouren's face stiffened slightly: "Brother Gao guessed?" ”

Yan Chengjin raised his hand and pointed at Liu Jin: "Brother Bo'an wants me to let Liu Jin go?" ”

"Exactly!"

"This official and Gonggong Liu have no enmity, how can they let it go?"

There's no hatred, but you always want to kill us.

Liu Jin cried and knelt down: "Our name is Liu Jin, what's wrong with us?" Lord Yan just let us live, let's live in this world, and we won't eat the rice of adults......"

Wang Shouren bowed down again in shame: "The husband has a conscience, that is, the so-called heart of right and wrong, everyone has it, and those who do not wait to learn and get it."

I will definitely teach him well, and I will not endanger the old brother. ”

Yan Chengjin's eyes showed surprise, this is Wang Shouren's conscience, what he said is that everyone has a conscience, the difference is that some people can find it, and some people can't find it.

Liu Jin saw the opportunity and cried at the right time: "Kill us, and don't dare to murder adults." ”

Yan Chengjin's face was sometimes cloudy, sometimes soothing.

After thinking for a moment, he said solemnly.

"Let's observe for a year."

"........." Wang Shouren was stunned.

After Yan Chengjin walked away, Liu Jin turned his head and kowtowed to Wang Shouren: "Godfather...... When it expires next year, you're going to give us another year..."

Wang Shouren didn't like this title very much, helped Liu Jin up, and said, "Let's call this official Lord Wang." ”

A few days passed, and Emperor Hongzhi sent people to inquire about the price of silk in Jiangnan.

The news that came back disappointed him, and the price of silk still did not rise.

"Now that the rebellion in Songjiang Mansion has been pacified, why hasn't the price of silk recovered?"

Emperor Hongzhi walked a few steps in front of the palace, and there were words in his mouth.

Li Dongyang said: "Yan Chengjin has made tens of thousands of looms, and Liangxiang has also produced a lot of raw silk, where did Yan Chengjin go?" ”

Mu Bin said: "As far as the officials know, they are still in Liangxiang. ”

Liu Jin had recovered the three big ships, and Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang remembered Yan Chengjin and said that at this time, the price of silk would definitely rise.

But there is no movement at the moment, and I can't help but worry.

Jiangnan contributes a large amount of tax silver to the imperial court every year, and the price of silk has been extremely stable, but it will change due to Wang Shouren's peace, and the economy is really a metaphysics.

"Maybe Yan Qing's family is just comforting me, but I am serious." Emperor Hongzhi sighed.

Yan Chengjin is timid and afraid, but he is extremely steady in doing things, and what he said inadvertently has weight like the six departments and nine qing.

……

East Palace,

Zhu Houzhao was always concerned about two thousand taels of silver, and asked Yan Chengjin from time to time.

"Lao Gao, why hasn't the price of silk in Jiangnan risen?"

Liu Jin on the side had a strange face, we just went to Songjiang Mansion, and His Royal Highness let Lord Yan fool two thousand taels of silver.

Whether it rises or not, I am afraid that Your Highness's silver will not come back......

However, he did not dare to say.

"It's going to go up soon. Your Highness may invest a few hundred taels of silver. ”

Yan Chengjin swore and looked very confident.

The gentry in Jiangnan should be more anxious to sell the silk, and after Wang Shouren leaves Songjiang Mansion, he will definitely make a move.

King Ning is in Jiangnan, and he also runs a silk business, and according to the information he found in the Ducha Yuan, the scale is not small, if the price of raw silk falls, where does he get the silver to rebel?

More than ten days passed, Wang Busui rushed back from Jiangnan, and said overjoyed: "Young master, the price of silk has risen, and it has risen by two taels of silver." ”

Yan Chengjin was slightly surprised, and only then did he rise by two taels of silver.

So he took out the paper and began to draw an analysis diagram, and in order to ensure that every step was taken into account, he wrote keywords such as King Ning, Liangxiang, and Wakou at the beginning of the white paper.

After a few moments, a few seemingly inconspicuous factors were found.

Liangxiang made eiderdown quilts, and workshops for eiderdown crops gradually appeared in the south of the Yangtze River.

In winter, the demand for silk in large households is reduced, and the demand for eiderdown textiles is even greater.

"Young master, our silk can be sold." Wang Busui didn't want to press too much silk in his hands, and after the raw silk was put for a long time, it would be brittle and worthless.

"Wait."

Wang Busui was a little anxious, he invested 50,000 taels of shares, "Young master, the gentry in Jiangnan are waiting to be sold, and it won't be worth much if it's late." ”

"If you don't sell it, it will go up."

Yan Chengjin wanted to open the overland Silk Road in the northwest.

When silk is sold to Java, Dashi and Furangji in the Western Regions, the price will rise by dozens or even hundreds of times.

In this way, the price of silk will rise exponentially, and Jiangnan and Guangdong are far away from Chang'an and other places, and it is not cost-effective to take the Silk Road.

The good township is closer to the northwest, and there are business contacts all year round.

This is the first step in opening the sea ban, but how to speak to Your Majesty?