On August 13, the Son of Heaven arrived at Longjiang Shipyard.

Although all preparations had been made for a long time, the officials of the Longjiang Shipyard were still nervous and at a loss.

After all, for the vast majority of them, they may not get a chance to be blocked in their lifetime.

The reason why Zhu Cihong chose to inspect Longjiang Shipyard on this day was, of course, not on a whim, but because the first lucky ship independently built by Longjiang Shipyard would be officially launched on this day.

As the emperor of the Ming Empire, Zhu Cihong naturally had to attend such an important occasion.

Although today's Longjiang Shipyard is not as heroic as when it was first established, it has also recovered seven or eight points of energy, and Zhu Cihong is basically satisfied with it at a glance.

Zhu Cihong was followed by Zheng Chenggong and Song Yingxing.

Zhu Cihong took the two to inspect together, just to ask them to give some targeted suggestions for the first lucky ship built by Longjiang Shipyard.

After all, one of the two is the author of "Heavenly Creation", and the other is the son of the largest maritime merchant in the coastal area of Fujian.

Zhu Cihong strode to the dock of the shipyard behind the Fu Ship Factory, surrounded by a group of Jinyi Wei Han generals, and a group of officials and craftsmen knelt down on the ground and shouted long live.

Zhu Cihong raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be flat.

He wore a bright red dragon robe today, and wore a black crown of wings, which looked very energetic.

Zhu Cihong shook his robe, stepped forward and said loudly: "I know that the Longjiang Shipyard has been abandoned for many years, and it is not easy to restore it to today's scale. This is the result of your intentions, and I am very relieved. I often wonder why the Longjiang Shipyard was abandoned after the opening of the sea during the Wanli period of Longqing, and finally I figured it out, it was because the imperial court handed over the shipping to the big and small maritime merchants, and became the shopkeeper himself! Of course, you don't need to build your own ship, so the Longjiang Shipyard was abandoned. ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in His Majesty the Emperor's gourd. They all looked at their noses and noses, and they were all silent.

Zheng Chenggong was extremely embarrassed.

When it comes to the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty, who can be bigger than his father Zheng Zhilong?

Since accepting Zhao'an, the Zheng family has also been an official, a businessman, and a coward, completely monopolizing the shipping from Fujian to Japan and Manila.

Even if some small maritime merchants want to take the goods, they have to ask the Zheng family what they mean, and they need to hand over a sum of silver that satisfies the Zheng family.

As for those merchant ships passing through the waters of Fujian, regardless of whether they were from the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyus, the South Seas, or the Dutch, Spanish, or Portuguese, they had to pay taxes to the Zheng family.

It was by collecting money to buy roads that the Zheng family was able to earn millions of taels of silver a year and raise a sailor with thousands of warships.

Zheng Chenggong knew that the Zheng family's various behaviors in Fujian would inevitably cause His Majesty the Emperor to be unhappy, but he didn't think of a good solution for a while.

After all, Zheng Zhilong is his biological father, and he can't write a letter to dissuade him at most, and he can't do too much.

His Majesty the Emperor re-established the Longjiang Shipyard and ordered the shipyard to rush to make the Fu Ship, which was somewhat aimed at the Zheng family. This made Zheng Chenggong a little embarrassed.

On one side is the king, and on the other side is the father. On one side is the country, and on the other side is the home.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve, and it seems that he has to make a choice.

His Majesty the Emperor just said that, did he hear it?

His Majesty said that the imperial court was used to being the shopkeeper, so the Longjiang Shipyard was abandoned. So now that the imperial court has re-established and restored the Longjiang Shipyard, it means that it doesn't want to be a shopkeeper anymore.

"I had considered the Imperial Court to take charge of the shipping, but after careful consideration, I found that there were many difficult parts to deal with. It was only with me that I decided to establish the Imperial Ming Trade Chamber of Commerce, and the imperial court and the maritime merchants would work together to do a good job in shipping matters. ”

Zhu Cihong paused for a moment, and then said: "Since it is cooperation, naturally we can't push everything on the maritime merchants. The imperial court had to build ships, and it had to build ships in large quantities. At present, there may not be many sea ships belonging to the imperial court in the Huangming Trade Chamber of Commerce, but I believe that in half a year, a year later, the sea ships belonging to the imperial court will definitely be able to occupy the majority of them! This is my expectation and my request to you. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong's heart pounded.

His Majesty the Emperor still saved face for the Zheng family. In fact, the Huangming Trade Chamber of Commerce was jointly organized by the imperial court and the Zheng family. Others don't know about this matter, but doesn't he Zheng Chenggong know about it?

Zheng Chenggong wrote several letters to his father Zheng Zhilong, all of which were revised according to the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor.

It seems that His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the role played by the Zheng family in the Imperial Ming Trade Chamber of Commerce!

Zheng Chenggong is a smart person, and smart people are good at listening to the voices of others.

There is no doubt that His Majesty the Emperor is knocking on the Zheng family, and his visit to the Longjiang Shipyard to watch the launch of this newly completed lucky ship is the best proof of this.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and with the successful experience of building the first fortune ship, the second and third ships will be much simpler.

Zheng Chenggong believed that it would not be long before the imperial court would build hundreds of ships.

After all, the imperial court controls the wealth of the world, and if it is to build a sea ship with the power of the country, it is not a problem to catch up with or even surpass the Zheng family.

At that time, will the Zheng family still be able to get half of the trade income in the Huangming Trade Chamber of Commerce?

Or, at that time, will the Zheng family still dare to take half of the trade proceeds?

Zheng Chenggong found this to be a very headache. It may not seem so tricky now, but sooner or later it will have to be faced.

"I have a wish, ten years later, the Ming Dynasty will have the most powerful sailor in the world. It doesn't matter if it's the Francos, the Dutch, or the English, they all have to submit to the Ming at sea. Under the protection of the Great Ming Water Master, my subjects can go to every corner of the world with confidence. ”

Zhu Cihong said impassionedly, and raised his fist high.

"In order to fulfill this wish, I need each and every one of you to do it with all your heart. This is not only for me, not only for the court, but for each of you, for your descendants to hold their heads high, and proudly shout that I am the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

After that, Zhu Cihong took a deep breath and waved his big hand: "Open the gate!" ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven gave an order, an official immediately issued an order.

The officials, who had been preparing for the battle, instructed the craftsmen to open the huge stone locks in the dock of the Houchang Factory.

As soon as the stone sluice was opened, the water of the Longjiang River immediately poured into the dock.

Not long after, the newly finished ship floated up.

Zhu Cihong was very excited when he saw this.

This is the first large sea ship built by the imperial court since he ascended the throne, and I hope it is a good start.

After a long time, the dock was filled with river water, and the fortune boat completely floated.

Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Spread my will, pontoon boat into the river!"

There is a stream mouth leading to the Longjiang River in the back factory, and you only need to introduce the fortune boat into the river mouth, and you can sail into the Longjiang River!

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