Phoenix Island Dockyard.

Jia Qiang, Qi Taizhong, the three heads of the Chen family, the Li family, and the Peng family, as well as the nine families in the six provinces of Jiangnan that Qi Taizhong had urgently recruited before, were all extremely rich.

Jia Qiang did not deal with them much, and for a pure businessman, any language was weak and powerless except for the vision of great interests.

In the dock, the sea ship has not yet been formed, and only one base has been laid.

But this base, Jia Qiang measured it with steps, and roughly estimated that it should be about fifty meters.

Jia Qiang has never seen how to build a ship, and he can't give any advice on the era, but in the nine families in Jiangnan, there is an old man who seems to know this way, and after looking at it from a high place, he said "Huh" and asked: "Interesting, really interesting." This boat is paved with diagonal ribs, which is completely different from Dayan's. ”

Qi Taizhong smiled and said: "Old Sima, let's talk about it, which is better or worse between this Western ghost ship and Dayan's ship?" ”

The old man surnamed Sima was dressed in brocade, and the old fox smiled and said, "Then I'll just say it directly." ”

Qi Taizhong glanced at Jia Qiang and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it, if Ning Hou doesn't have the amount of generosity to tolerate people, he won't handle these things." ”

Old Man Sima smiled: "That's too." It is also fate, it just so happened that the old man had some friendship with the Xia family of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong Province, and he went to his house to see it. I know something, but I don't know if it's right. But listening to what he said, I feel that our Dayan's sea ship seems to be much smarter. ”

Jia Qiang said to the person beside her: "Go and invite the master to come." ”

He also said to the old man Sima: "Ben Hou has always advocated that there is a specialization in the art industry, and professional things should be left to professional people to do. If Dayan's sea ship is really better than the ship of the Western ghosts, then it will be even better. Ben Hou will not forcibly pursue Western sea ships for the sake of decency. ”

A burst of sycophants piled up like money, and Jia Qiang only listened to the wind.

Before long, the dockyard steward led an old man and a Western ghost over.

Jia Qiang said to the old man Sima: "Boss, let's talk about the strengths of the Dayan Sea Boat. ”

Old Man Sima said with a smile: "There are two kinds of sea ships in our Dayan, Guangzhou ships and Fu ships, among which the Guangzhou ships are particularly good!"

The wide ship is particularly big as the lucky ship, and its firmness is far from it, the wide ship is made of iron and wood, the lucky ship is just a pine and fir and the like, if the two ships are impacted in the sea, the lucky ship is broken, and it can not be the strength of the iron force. It is said that the Japanese shipbuilding also used pine and cedar and the like, and did not dare to clash with the Guangzhou ship.

However, it is difficult to adjust the ship, it is not as easy as the ship to be blessed, and if the ship is broken, it must be repaired with iron wood, and it is difficult to continue. And the cost of shipbuilding is twice as much as that of the ship, and its durability is also excessive, the ship is pine and fir wood, the catalpa insect is easy to eat, often have to be burned and washed, after eight or nine news is embarrassed by the wind and waves, the Guangzhou ship is strong and the wood is strong, and the catalpa insect indulges in it is also difficult to break. The pros and cons of this Canton ship are also.

By the way, the most rare thing is a kind of secret method, called a watertight compartment. At sea, it doesn't hurt if one compartment leaks, but if there are other compartments, the ship can sail.

This Western ghost ship can't do this, once it leaks, it will be miserable! ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, she vaguely remembered that she had indeed heard of this technology in her previous life, and it was still used in modern times.

Just as he hesitated, he heard the dockyard master laugh and said, "What this master said is right, but he missed a fatal shortcoming." ”

Old Man Sima said curiously: "What is the shortcoming of life? ”

The master craftsman said: "The wide ships are narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, like two wings, stable in the Caspian Sea, and wavering in the outer ocean." In fact, the Westerners also have such ships, and they call such ships junk ships. The advantages of this type of ship are that it can sail close to the Caspian Sea, and the sails require very few crew members to operate, and they also have watertight cabins and good anti-sinking performance. The disadvantage is that the hard sail can run with the boat poorly, the speed of the ship cannot go up, and the ocean is much slower. Moreover, the watertight compartment cannot thicken the hull and has poor resistance to shelling...... These are all told to us by the small Western-style shipwright next to us. They said that they had also seen watertight cabins, but such cabins would make it impossible to lay multiple decks, which would reduce the load of the guns. ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and said, "You still have to carry artillery?!" ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "Western ghosts burn, kill and loot in the four seas, relying on these, the Europa continent mostly started with pirates. In the history of our Dayan, there is a reincarnation every hundreds of years, and we have never been able to get out of this circle. Why? In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the middle and late dynasties of each dynasty, with a large population and serious land annexation. During the Taiping period, the people did not have enough to eat, let alone once they encountered a disaster year.

Westerners also have such problems, but they solve them. It is the merchants and missionaries of Western ghosts who run around the world in boats and serve as pioneer scouts. Subsequently, their sailors arrived with artillery and firearms to burn and loot the colonial possession.

As far as Ben Hou knows, in the past two hundred years, they have occupied most of the world's gold and silver mines. And that's not even counting the fact that even the population was taken captive and used as slaves.

I, Dayan, am the teacher of the king, and of course I won't learn the behavior of ghosts and animals. However, we might as well open up the territory and build a foundation for all generations......

It's too early to say this, and it's too vain for you to understand, and if you do, you may not believe it. Let's talk about business first...... Zhang Gong, you continue to introduce this ship, what are the advantages? ”

Although the master didn't understand what Jia Qiang was talking about, he also felt that it was unfathomable, as if he was doing a great thing that could last forever, he raised his breath, and asked a few more words before he replied: "Master Hou, these four-masted ships and Western ghosts call it the Galen ship." Galen ships use multiple layers of superimposed hulls, you see, those diagonal ribs, just to build a few more decks.

And this hull, which is two feet thick, is very strong! Lauren said that the ship's resistance to shelling could be strong. And because the keel is laid with diagonal ribs, it is possible to lay multiple decks, each of which can be equipped with a large number of guns. Even if you don't load a gun, you can load a lot more. It can also use soft sails, has a large draft area, can sail at very high speeds, and is very suitable for ocean.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, the disadvantage is that the soft sail is troublesome to operate and requires a large number of skilled crews. In addition, the soft sail is more difficult in the face of sea conditions with rapid changes in wind direction, so the offshore sailing performance is not as good as that of Junk ships, that is, Fu ships and Guangzhou ships. That's about it. In general, the Fuchuan Hiroshi is suitable for offshore use, and the four-masted ship is suitable for long-distance ships. ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "Understood." Well, let's keep building like this. If you have any difficulties, you can mention them. Although Ben Hou is not there, there is a steward. If the steward can't do it, it will be sent to the capital. If you are in a hurry, you can tell Old Lady Qi first. ”

Zhang Dajiang naturally thanked him again and again when he heard this, he never thought that one day shipbuilding would be so popular.

Now he has been working here for a year, and he has been doing it for more than ten years, so he will naturally work hard.

Jia Qiang thought for a while and said, "We still have to teach more apprentices to come out, and there will be more and more ships built in the future, so many that you can't imagine it." These craftsmen are too bad. Zhang Gong, don't be a child, cherish the broom, hide the craft and bring it into the coffin. Ben Hou gave you a guarantee in front of so many people, and brought out five good disciples, and this official guaranteed you 19 grades, 10 8 grades, and 20 7 grades. Jinshi, who is seriously nominated for the Emperor List of Kejia, starts with only a seven-grade product. If you can bring out a hundred, the official will protect your family for three generations, and you will be an official for generations. ”

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On Lake Hakuba, a passenger boat floats along.

The main hall of the ship is more luxurious and comfortable than the ordinary high gate, and all kinds of Western and Western treasures can be seen everywhere.

On a thick high mountain cashmere carpet, there are two rows of nanmu chairs.

Directly above, there are two main seats together, Jia Qiang and Qi Taizhong sit on the left and right, and the rest sit on the chairs.

"Ning Hou, what a big deal!"

After taking a seat, Ning Changheng, the head of the Ning family, remembered the enthusiasm of the boatwright, and the spirit of being willing to go up the knife mountain and the sea of fire for Jia Qiang, and sighed with emotion.

In this era, the temptation of the word "official" is so great that it is incomparable to the super-rich, not to mention some artisans. They are not even allowed to conduct serious scientific examinations......

If you can really change the craftsman's status to an official, it is not a matter of one or two generations, you can imagine what the craftsman surnamed Zhang will do.

At a young age, Jia Qiang had such means, which really made these businessmen look sideways.

Jia Qiang shook his head, these people still didn't understand what it meant to be able to cross the ocean, and said: "He deserves it, as long as he is loyal, Benhou will never hesitate to reward, and the same is true of the imperial court." I didn't want to talk about this, after all, it was about the imperial court system, and it was easy for people to attack, so I turned his head sideways and asked Qi Taizhong: "Old Qi, are there only these nine families?" ”

Qi Taizhong shook his head with a smile and said: "They are not nine families, there are more than ninety families of rich merchants involved behind them." ”

Jia Qiang waved her hand and said, "It's too much." The Qianzhuang shares of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are only distributed to the kings of the clan and the relatives of Wuxun in the capital, and they are not even sold by courtiers. Moreover, if you want to get this stock, there are also conditions. Did Qi Lao tell them? ”

Qi Taizhong said with a smile: "Ning Hou's explanation, how dare you delay?" Three years later, the land was sold out, which is nothing, although many people buy land, but no one points to this to eat. None of the clans and lords in Kyori have had this time of tolerance, and we can have three years, which is already very good. But I don't know why Ning Hou treats me well? ”

Jia Qiang said: "Because you are not a family with the same kinship, although you are also blessed by the country, after all, there is no peaceful and prosperous world, there is no family business of yours." But you yourself may not think like this, it is also human nature, Benhou understands. Therefore, if you see the actual benefits in three years, you will naturally agree to sell the land in Dayan short after three years. With less bounce, there will be less trouble. Ben Hou repeatedly advised some people in the court not to use the butcher's knife lightly. It's all the heritage of Dayan, even if you change the law, you shouldn't kill it too ruthlessly. If you can, it's better not to kill one. ”

As soon as these words came out, this group of old people remembered Jia Qiang's other identity, and they couldn't help but look awe-inspiring.

"Dayan has a Hou like Ning Hou, and a Zai Fu like Lin Xiangye, it's really a blessing for Sheji!"

Although they didn't believe that the court would dare to kill them, they might as well say something nice.

Although these super-rich people own a lot of land, the real big owners of the land are still those gentry families.

How effective is it to just take their land?

But if the imperial court wants to collect the land of the gentry, it is death!

Jia Qiang naturally knew that these old businessmen who were old and sophisticated would not believe him, so he didn't bother to say much, and only said: "Ben Hou has limited time to go south this time, and originally only wanted to cooperate with Qi Lao, Chen, Li, and Peng. Qi is old and moral, has shrewd eyesight, and will not make mistakes in seeing people, and is admired by Benhou. If he has an opinion, it must be good. With this foundation, the cooperation intention was initially reached, and the rest of the specific matters were handed over to the following people to discuss in detail.

Just a little, the money you buy in the bank, Benhou doesn't want silver, all the grain. But you are not allowed to buy from Jiangnan, not a single grain, if you buy in Jiangnan, the price of Dayan rice must be heavenly. All of them had to be purchased from Siam, Annam and other countries, and then shipped back. As for how to buy and how to ship it back, it is your business, Ben Hou believes that wealth can be channeled!

If it can be done, this transaction will be completed, a family of two shares, the same shares as the heavenly family, and can enter Beijing to participate in the meeting every year, which is a guarantee. In addition, it can further participate in foreign maritime trade......

If you can't do it, this deal should have never been mentioned, and today it will be a tea party. ”

In fact, all the others Jia Qiang said add up to not as valuable as the words "foreign maritime trade".

The three major merchant gangs in Dayan, in addition to the Yangzhou salt merchant Huai merchant gang, are the Shanxi Jin merchant gang, and then there are the thirteen lines of Guangdong Province.

The reason why the 13 banks of Guangdong Province can compete with the Jin merchants and Huai merchants is that they have the right to "foreign maritime trade".

If the nine of them can obtain this qualification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it will be no less than obtaining the "Salt Gang" world power!

In contrast, although it is difficult to buy grain from foreign countries such as Annam and Siam, it is much easier for the power of "foreign maritime trade".

More than a dozen heads of families glanced at each other and nodded together.

"Ning Hou, a word is a certainty!!"

Qi Taizhong looked at Jia Qiang and said with emotion: "Lin Xiangye has found such a son-in-law who rides the dragon, it's really enviable!" Ning Hou, the old man also has a granddaughter, and he also brought it today......"

What does Jia Qiang want so much food for? It's nothing more than for Lin Ruhai to transfer the household affairs to operate. If you can bother to do your best to this point, even your own son will be difficult to do.

If you can marry the Jia family, it will be really a great benefit.

I know it's unlikely, but what if?

What kind of personality Jia Qiang has, everyone has more or less a little bit of ......

This is a start, and the old lady of the Chen family actually joined in the fun and said: "Ning Hou, I heard that the house is thin, and it is appropriate to accept concubines." Coincidentally, the old man also has a granddaughter, which is really beautiful and fragrant......"

Several other families followed suit, either granddaughters or daughters, or nieces and nephews.

Jia Qiang looked at this scene, and was a little confused in a trance, what kind of image is he in this world, and what kind of reputation is circulating?

He hadn't even been to the Qinglou, and the degree of self-cleanliness should be high, how could this be......

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PS: Thank you to the leader of the alliance of the little classmates of the flower wheel.,Vaguely.,I seem to owe seventeen chapters.,How can this be......