With the official joining of Yi Xin and others, the matter of the Liu family shipyard is not a big problem.

The bigger good news is that one of the shipyards where Yi Xin and others were originally located actually undertook orders from the Zheng family.

It turned out that as early as after the Zheng family fought with the Dutch, they had already noticed the power of the Dutch battleships, and the Zheng family only relied on the offshore battles to achieve victory.

After capturing the Dutch battleship, Zheng Zhilong asked the shipyard to copy the Dutchman's third-class battleship, and finally built a two-deck battleship that could accommodate 30 cannons.

However, because of the backward artillery-making technology, there were not too many such ships in Zheng Zhilong's army, only more than 20 of them.

But at least for Liu Ximing, the value of Yi Xin and others has increased a lot, and at the same time, it has also solved a big problem for Liu Ximing.

That's the problem of sails.

You must know that Western-style sails and Chinese-style sails are completely different, and the West uses soft sails, which are complicated to use, but whether it is sailing downwind or upwind, the effect of eating the wind is very prominent.

China has always used hard sails, which are very convenient to use, but because of the poor effect of eating wind, it often leads to the speed of ships is not fast, which is not conducive to ocean navigation.

Liu Xi's life is in the South China Sea, so he naturally wants to use soft sails.

But the Liu family's navy was founded, and such a professional technical branch didn't even have a hair, so I really had to rely on my own groping, and I didn't know that it was the year of the monkey.

Now Yi Xin and others have built similar warships, and they have also helped the Zheng family explore the use of soft sails.

According to Yi Xin's words, although he hasn't understood this set of things too well, he can at least guide people to drive the boat.

This alone can already save a lot of time for the Liu family.

In the end, according to the results of the discussion between Liu Ximing and Yi Xin and others, the newly started shipbuilding will have six slipways, and the construction of six warships with a maximum length of 25 zhang can be started at the same time.

In order to further save time, Liu Ximing instructed the group of elderly shipwrights to prepare for the construction of several battleship models while guiding the workshop to start, so as to lay a good foundation for the finalization of battleships in the future.

For this reason, he also risked running aground, and specially selected a deep dock to release a Dutch third-class battleship for the shipwrights to refer to and learn.

This incident naturally caused the shipwrights to cry and howl for a while, thinking that they were heavenly beings, not only all of them returned to their hearts, but they were also more active in doing things.

All people who are linked to the sea to make a living are particularly superstitious, Liu Ximing's hand is revealed, not to mention that they want to hand over their skills to apprentices, I am afraid that they are willing to let them take out all their wealth.

As for the more critical shipbuilding materials, Yi Xin and the others were still worried when they talked about it, after all, the requirements for large timber for shipbuilding are very high.

These shipbuilding materials are not only enough for the year, but also have strict requirements for texture, tree species, etc., plus three years of natural air drying, shipbuilding is not as simple as Liu Ximing thought.

Who knew that a few of their old shipwrights had just raised this question, which caused a burst of laughter, and Liu Ximing couldn't cry or laugh.

If you want to talk about big wood, the most important thing in Liujia Village is big wood, and there are a lot of them in his own space.

Wu Niu and the others he collected when he passed through the Qinling Mountains a few years ago were specially engaged in collecting wood in the deep mountains, and with the wood he helped to purchase later, Liu Ximing estimated that it should be more than enough to build dozens of warships.

Moreover, because these big trees have been in the mountains for many years, they have already completed the air-drying work, otherwise they will only rot and deteriorate in the mountains and affect their sale.

This point will undoubtedly save a lot of time for the Liu family, and now they only have to wait for the shipyard to cause it, and they can directly build the ship after determining the ship type.

After three days of working in the village, Liu Ximing finally stepped on the boat to Fucheng, where there was still a beautiful girl waiting for him to coax him.

On this trip, Liu Ximing deliberately changed into the python robe of the new Amber, and there were official signs on the bow of the boat that idlers avoided everywhere, and it was really majestic along the way.

When a passing ship meets, which one dares not to avoid it and move slowly.

Wang Ying squatted on the dock of Shunqing Mansion as usual today, he was a small official of the yamen, on the one hand, he was responsible for collecting past taxes, and on the other hand, he could make a little money.

Originally, he was catching a small merchant to squeeze oil and water, but he saw a big red boat stop on the dock.

Looking at the official sign hanging on the ship, Wang Ying was excited, waved his hand and signaled the businessman in front of him to get out of here, and he immediately greeted him with a few tolerances on the dock.

"The little ones greet the nobles."

As soon as Liu Ximing stepped off the bow of the boat, he saw Wang Ying and several other people in official uniforms kneeling on the bow of the boat, and they planned to leave with a sigh.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and stopped to look at these people, "Who is Wang Ying?" ”

Wang Ying raised her head in shock, and when she saw Liu Ximing's face, she felt a little familiar in her heart.

Liu Ximing sneered, "Is my food delicious?" ”

Wang Ying was suddenly frightened, and when he said this, he suddenly remembered, isn't this the kid who has been blackmailed by him many times before.

"Small, small......"

Wang Ying's mouth trembled and he didn't know what to say, he looked at the big red python robe in front of him, and then looked at Li Biao and the others who followed, and after a few seconds, he immediately kept kowtowing on the ground.

"The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, the little one should be damned, and I ask the big man to forgive ......"

Liu Ximing thought of this scene temporarily, and couldn't help grinning when he saw his behavior, "Get out, be careful, otherwise be careful next time you lose your head." ”

After this person has a status, if he is entangled in these small things, he will only seem to have no mind, Liu Ximing is angry, and he goes straight to the city in fresh clothes.

Because of the collapse of the Yuan Sect, the task in Shunqing was completed, and he had moved elsewhere during this time.

Liu Ximing was named an uncle, and he was also an important member in the local area, so he naturally had to go to the government office to inform him.

The meeting with the prefect Zhang Licheng and others was quite harmonious, although Zhang Licheng was a little bit at odds with Liu Ximing because of Liu Jianhou.

But in the past, the two did not have any direct conflicts, and now that Liu Ximing's status has risen, everyone is naturally pretending to be light-hearted.

It's just that all the officials present know that the Liu family in Shunqing Mansion has become an unshakable top force.

Originally, Yu Yongkai was promoted to a garrison, and Zhang Licheng and others could still shout and drink because of civil officials, but now everyone has also extinguished this thought.

"Hahaha, you didn't see Zhang Licheng's appearance."

Out of the gate of the mansion, Xie Chengzhou laughed loudly in Liu Ximing's carriage, he was also one of the few officials in the mansion, so he naturally wanted to participate in Liu Ximing's meeting.

Just smiling and laughing, Xie Chengzhou couldn't help but sigh:

"I still remember that I was in Zhangjia Village at that time, and I just thought you were quite literate at that time, who would have thought that you could achieve such an achievement today, I really didn't see the wrong person, hahaha."

"Uncle Yue praised it falsely, if it weren't for your support all the way, how could my son-in-law be where he is today."

Although he was only married to Xie Chunxi, Liu Ximing changed his identity early, and there was no pressure when his father-in-law screamed.

Xie Chengzhou looked envious, "You also went to Jingshi to face the saint this time, do you have any gains?" ”

Liu Ximing smiled and began his extravagant boasting, "...... His Majesty is obviously quite anxious to reform the government, but the son-in-law Guan Wen Ge's old style is afraid that it will be difficult to make real achievements. ”

"Although Your Majesty has always hated forming a party, it has been a long-standing problem, and it is difficult to get rid of it, but it is a pity that our Sichuan people are weak in the DPRK and it is difficult to make major changes in the government."

These words made Xie Chengzhou sigh too, and Sichuan's weak voice in the center was not a day or two.

"My Xie family still has some power in the officialdom, and when I look back for you to take time, the old man will take you to visit my two brothers, they are much more capable than me."

Liu Ximing thanked him gratefully: "Thank you so much." ”

Xie Chengzhou's face smiled even more, "It's all my own family, it's all my own family, it's a matter of saying this." ”

Xie Mansion obviously had already prepared for Liu Ximing's visit, and when the carriage arrived, Liu Ximing was surprised to find that Xie Mansion not only opened the middle door, but even Xie Mu and Xie Mengshi and others also went to the main courtyard to greet them.