Lee's Shipyard, Sea Ship Dock.

This is a workshop built on the coast, relatively close to Beitang, the mouth of the Chaohe River, and the place is very hidden, Li Zhaotong and Li Yuan took several hours of carriage to get here.

"Brother, if I'm not mistaken, this is a sand boat!"

Li Zhaotong looked at the ship-shaped structure with a square head and tail in front of him, turned his head to look at Li Yuan and asked.

"Well, this is indeed a sand boat, but Brother Fool has made some modifications to it, enhancing its ability to break waves, so that its ocean-going ability has been enhanced, and when it encounters a kamikaze, it will not have any ability to resist."

Kamikaze, that is, a typhoon, a sand boat type, the ability to break the waves is really not good, there are historical records:

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty court mobilized more than 900 sand ships from the Yangtze River basin to go to sea to expedition to Japan, but as a result, a typhoon in the western waters of Japan caused the expeditionary fleet composed of more than 900 sand boats to be almost wiped out.

Thus, Japan escaped the fate of being destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty.

For this reason, the typhoon was named kamikaze by the Japanese.

The name of the kamikaze team that became famous in World War II in Li Zhaotong's "memory" also originates from this.

"Brother, how many of these sand ships can you build in this dock each year?"

Although the ability of the sand boat to resist typhoons is not good, its offshore navigation ability is very strong, it can not only sail downwind, but also against the wind, and the stability is very good.

If it is equipped with a water board, it can sail in a seven-level gale, such a superior performance, which makes the sand boat also perform brilliantly in the great history of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean.

The treasure ships in Zheng He's fleet were many large treasure ships built in the shape of sand ships.

Therefore, Li Zhaotong is still very interested in sand boats.

In particular, the sand ship in front of me is a giant sand ship, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure ship.

Li Zhaotong wanted to get it very much, so his face was full of interest.

"Brother Xian, the level of this sand ship is 2,000 materials, and with the capacity of my Li shipyard, it can only produce three ships a year at most, and this is still under the condition of continuous supply of materials."

Li Yuan replied with a wry smile.

He is not satisfied with this data, because compared with the once prosperous Longjiang Bao Shipyard, it is really too far behind!

"Two thousand materials?!"

Li Zhaotong was shocked by this data.

Before knowing the data of 2,000 materials, Li Zhaotong looked at the ship in front of him and only felt that it was huge, and the total length was estimated to be tens of meters, but he didn't count the specific concept of what it was.

But now Li Yuan said that the sand boat in front of him was at the level of 2,000 materials, so he knew it in his heart.

In the Ming Dynasty, a large ship of 2,000 materials is equivalent to a ship with a displacement of about 1,000 tons in a few hundred years.

A ship with a displacement of a thousand tons, in a few hundred years, is not large, but there are not many countries that can afford to build it.

You must know that the third brother's first domestically produced MK-IV general-purpose landing craft has a displacement of about 1,000 tons, and the third brother spent four years building it.

This is the third brother of the South Asian overlord! Although the third brother was laughed at by many people in the Celestial Empire, this is the third brother hundreds of years later!

Its economic strength in 2020 has also reached the level of the early 21st century of the Celestial Empire, even if it is rotten, it is still many times stronger than the feudal society dominated by the small peasant economy of the Ming Dynasty!

After all, this is not the crushing of wisdom, this is the crushing of the generation gap of science and technology!

It took four years for the third brother to build a general-purpose landing craft with a displacement of about 1,000 tons, and it only took four months for the Li shipyard to build a sand ship with a displacement of about 1,000 tons!

Although the sand boat can not be compared with the MK-IV general-purpose landing craft, but it cannot be compared with the third brother and the pure manual shipbuilding of the Ming Dynasty, the Li shipyard can build a sand ship with a displacement of about 1,000 tons in four months, which is really strong!

"Awesome!"

Li Zhaotong sincerely stretched out his thumbs up.

"How is it, I wonder if Brother Xian is interested in this sand boat?"

Li Yuan saw that Li Zhaotong was very interested, so he asked with a smile.

Li Zhaotong replied:

"Interested, of course interested, very interested."

Just kidding, can Li Zhaotong not be interested?

Didn't he trick Li Yuan, a humble gentleman, just to build a sea ship?

Now that a ship that is about to be completed is in front of him, which can make his plans greatly advanced, how could he not be interested.

"This sand boat can be completed in three days, five thousand taels, how about selling it to the virtuous brother?"

Li Yuan weighed it in his heart and said.

Li Yuan is a person, he himself can treat money as dung, but his people cannot.

For the sake of his people, Li Yuan must eat the fireworks of the world, so if he wants to give this sand boat to Li Zhaotong, Li Yuan is reluctant.

However, under the condition of ensuring that his own interests would not be damaged, Li Yuan was very willing to sell this sand boat to Li Zhaotong cheaply.

Totally doable.

Therefore, after weighing it, he offered the price of five thousand taels of silver.

"Five thousand taels?"

Li Zhaotong was slightly stunned, and blurted out:

"Is it so cheap?"

Five thousand taels of silver to buy this giant sand boat, it's really cheap!

Because Li Zhaotong checked the information, and then calculated by himself, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, excluding the officials who want to eat and take cards, and go up and down, a large shipyard such as Longjiang Bao Shipyard or Qingjiang Du Shipyard will cost about 6,000 taels of silver to build a large ship of 2,000 materials.

This is a large government-run institution like Longjiang or Qingjiang!

They have easy access to materials, and they do not have to take risks in building ships, so it can be said that the cost of shipbuilding is much lower than that of the Li shipyard after eliminating the need for officials to eat and take cards.

But even so, it would cost nearly six thousand taels of silver!

And right now, Li Yuan is willing to sell the 2,000-level sand boat in front of him to himself at a price of 5,000 taels of silver.

"Ahh Brother Xian, Brother Fool can't make your money, 5,000 taels of silver is enough for Brother Fool to recover the cost of the Li shipyard.

Don't worry, the foolish brother is not stupid, there are still many people in the family who have to rely on the shipyard to eat, the foolish brother will not lose, you can buy it with confidence! ”

"That ......"

"Brother Xian, you don't have to worry about Brother Fool, Brother Fool said that he won't lose, he won't lose.

Because Brother Yu, the shipyard had already received a deposit of two thousand taels of silver before, but the maritime merchant who ordered this sand ship had lost contact with my Li family, and it is estimated that he was buried in the sea.

He had already exceeded the time for the contract to come forward to pay off the money and leave the ship, so the two thousand taels of deposit had not been refunded, and the sand ship was also at the disposal of my Li shipyard.

We will not lose 5,000 taels of silver if we sell it to you, brother Xian, because the cost of building this ship is more than 6,000 taels of silver.

In addition, you don't have to worry about the foolish brother not being able to explain to the clan, if the foolish brother clan knows that the virtuous brother is the person in charge of the Tianjin Wei sent by the imperial court to preside over the opening of the sea, I guess they will be willing to give this sand boat with both hands.

Therefore, in fact, after receiving 5,000 taels from the virtuous brother, the foolish brother is still a little sorry for the virtuous brother. ”

Li Yuan is indeed a gentleman, he is unwilling to make Li Zhaotong's money, so he told Li Zhaotong why he built this sand ship and the cost of this sand boat, and there was no deception in his expression.

Even, there really is an apology.

After all, he was not wrong, it was really possible for the patriarch of their family to give this giant sand boat to Li Zhaotong in order to tie up Li Zhaotong, the "person in charge of opening the sea".

"Okay, since my brother thinks that the Li shipyard will not lose, then I will ask for it."

If he didn't value Li Yuan's talent, Li Zhaotong would not be hypocritical, and he wouldn't pick up a good bargain, is he stupid?

As for counteroffering, then there is no need, he Li Zhaotong is not bad for money.

It's still about talent.

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