"Your Majesty, what is bothering the shipyard now is not the problem of the skill and quantity of the craftsmen."

Zhang Guangzhe said the reason why the North Sea Fleet has not added many warships of various types, "The main reason is that the vast majority of timber suitable for shipbuilding was basically cut down during this time, and it was very wet. ”

"And the wood used in shipyards to build ships needs dry wood, so ......"

He said as he walked, and after a while, he accompanied Zhu Youxiao to the distribution center where the wood was placed.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao has long taken this into account.

Not long ago, according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, Chuanliao has built a super-large wood drying plant, and began to transport the timber harvested from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula into the drying room for drying.

However, so far, these shipwrights have not fully mastered the performance of the drying room and the drying technology, and are still in the process of exploring and testing.

The first batch of wood for experimental drying has already been removed from the drying plant.

It's just that those craftsmen are not familiar with it, the temperature is not well controlled, there may still be problems in the design of the drying room, and the ventilation is not very good.

As a result, some timber dries too quickly and has severe cracking, while some timber is not completely dried, and is still in a semi-dry and semi-wet state.

Therefore, only about 30% of the timber from this batch of experimental drying is considered to be relatively qualified and can be used for shipbuilding.

In addition, forty percent of the wood is not dry enough, and it needs to continue to dry in the shade for a period of time before it can be used in shipbuilding.

In addition, 30% of the timber, because the temperature is too high or the drying is too fast, it has become a waste material, which cannot be used in shipbuilding, and can only be used as a building material with low requirements, or simply pulled to burn charcoal.

Half a month ago, several master craftsmen in charge of the management of the shipyard gathered the craftsmen to brainstorm and make some adjustments to the furnace and vents in the drying room, as well as the way the wood was arranged.

After that, a new batch of wood is sent to the drying room, which is still drying.

After they went in from time to time to check, the drying condition of this batch of wood was much better than that of the first batch of wood, and it could be out of the drying room in a few days.

When the specific effect is at that time, you can see the effect of process improvement.

Zhu Youxiao has nothing to say about this, he is not an expert in this area, and technically he can only look at these professional craftsmen.

Although he is a time-traveler, he is not an all-rounder.

There were too many advanced technologies in later generations, and he knew little about most of them, and he couldn't provide better advice, so he could only rely on these craftsmen to explore them step by step.

The first batch of drying wood should have been considered a failure, but this road proved to be feasible, and after continuous improvement, the drying room can definitely gradually master the perfect technology.

At that time, the dense timber materials that have been stacked in this Lushun shipyard can be supplied to each shipyard in large quantities.

Now the court of the Ming Empire has occupied the entire Liaodong and Goguryeo Peninsula.

In these two places, there is too much wood suitable for building warships.

It is only now that the harvesting of qualified shipbuilding timber has begun, otherwise there would be no need for drying.

After all, the quality of naturally dried wood is better than that of manual drying. Nature

It's just that the situation is urgent now, and both Zhu Youxiao and the two major naval fleets are waiting for enough warships to use them, so they have to adopt this method.

After two months of rushing to build two batches of warships, there is no need to use this method of quick success to obtain enough materials to build warships in the future.

Now Zhu Youxiao sees that there are a lot of newly harvested timbers added to the material yard.

Zhang Guangzhe accompanied Zhu Youxiao to look at the timbers in the yard, patted the timbers and said to the emperor:

"These timbers are all good things, and there are a lot of adult trees here in the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula, and there are many rivers, so it is very convenient to transport the timber."

"The mined timber is tied together with ropes, and the soldiers who are familiar with the water can easily drive it to the mouth of the sea, and then drag it back by boat."

"The Lushun shipyard is not far from the sea, and it is also close to the shipyard, which is convenient for logging, and these big materials are now difficult to buy inland."

"The big trees in inland shores, near the sea, rivers and other places, have been almost cut down in the past few hundred years, and if you need big materials, sometimes you have to cut them from Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou, and the price is extremely high after being shipped out!"

"But outside the gates, there are so many of these big materials, enough for us to build hundreds or thousands of Leopard cruisers, there is no problem! It's a pity that these materials are still wet at the moment, and they can't be used immediately, so they have to be dried or air-dried! ”

"Of course!" Zhu Youxiao said, "Although the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula cannot be regarded as wild lands, few people have come to explore them for thousands of years, so the reserves of timber resources here are naturally huge!" ”

"Not to mention hundreds of big ships, even thousands of big ships have enough wood for you!"

"This is also one of the reasons why I must bring the Goguryeo Peninsula under the rule of the Ming Empire."

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "I just fancy the resources here, which are much richer than those in the inland!" ”

Zhang Guangzhe nodded yes again and again, and took the opportunity to pat His Majesty the Emperor on the back, and said a lot of good things such as foresight.

He is a big mouth, patting himself on the back, and he won't repeat a sentence for a long time, saying one thing after another, like a cultural person.

"Zhang Guangzhe, don't say these flattering words to me."

Zhu Youxiao looked at this guy and seemed to be smiling, "I know your big-mouthed temperament, you must remember that the Ming Royal Navy is the absolute main force in expanding the territory in the future, and you must not be careless in everything." ”

"Three times a day, this is what I ask of you."

Zhu Youxiao felt a little funny, looking at the most famous king in the legion sequence of the Ming New Army, he just chuckled.

Now among the various legions of the Ming Royal New Army, there are many such strange generals, which can be regarded as a major feature of the new army.

However, people who have always been capable have their own unique specialties and unique personalities.

As long as you have the ability, no matter if you are a mouthpiece to force the king, a bandit, or an old coward......, Zhu Youxiao will dare to use you.

The only requirement is that you must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and you must not do anything that is detrimental to the interests of the Ming Empire.

Otherwise, Zhu Youxiao is not a good scumbag, and he will definitely push you to the end, no matter who you are!

Whether it is a faint monarch or a tyrant, for the rise and inheritance of the Ming Empire, Zhu Youxiao does not mind being the first tyrant in history.