As soon as Jia Rui and Wang San left the Tribute Academy, they met Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua.

"Congratulations to Uncle Rui, this science must be successful."

Lin Zhixiao usually doesn't talk much, but today's good words are quite slippery.

"I just finished the exam, and I don't know if I won't win. How's your business going? ”

"Some gains, we have sorted them out, and they are all written here, Uncle Rui will take a look at them first, and wait for the next step of the uncle."

Zhang Hua handed a large stack of papers to Jia Rui, and Jia Rui took a general look.

There are explanations, figures, and comparative data, which are basically collected and sorted out according to the ideas they originally explained.

The information also lists a lot of doubts, the real estate on the side of the old house, the output, the harvest over the years, and the shops, as well as the situation of a copper mine in Tongling.

Judging from this information alone, the two of them have not been idle during this time, they have done a lot of things, the value of the information is relatively high, and the writing is also very organized.

The Jia family is not without talents, and the skills of these two people are much stronger than many masters of the Jia family.

"And a copper mine? This is the first time I've heard of it. ”

"I quietly partnered with someone else, and I didn't even know about the house. It seems that there are a lot of places where people are not visible. ”

"Okay, you guys check the copper mine these days, if you can open the mine, the business will not be small. This is an important clue. I'll think about these things. ”

"Ming'er, I'm going to Wangjiang for a while, and I'll come back to you in a few days. After the list is released, let's go to the old house to check the accounts. ”

"To Wangjiang? Does Uncle Rui want to go to Jiajiaying? ”

Lin Zhixiao said.

"Jia Jiaying? What is that place? ”

"Oh, Uncle Rui is young, and he may not know something. When Rong Guogong supervised the construction of warships in Wangjiang, he went with his own soldiers. At that time, the place where the troops were stationed was Jiajiaying, which was next to the shipyard. ”

"My grandfather was in the shipyard at the time, and my father took me to the shipyard once when I was a child. Jia Jiawei in that area was originally from the house. ”

"Is there still Jia Jiawei now?"

"For decades, most of the guards in various places have been abandoned, and the same is true for Jia Jiawei, and the government doesn't mention the matter of the guards now."

It turns out that there are still these allusions, and this time I have to take a good look at it when I go there.

"I went to the house of a fellow student and talked about business by the way. If you have time, maybe go for a walk. ”

Lin Zhixiao handed a basket to Wang San.

"Today, August 15th, by the way, buy some wine and mooncakes, a little heart."

"Actually, it doesn't have to be like this, since it's delivered, just take it. You two be careful, if you are embarrassed about the copper mine, don't force it, it's important to save your life, and I'll talk about it when I come back. ”

In the evening, Hu Xingshan and Chen Wenxiang found Jia Rui again, the three of them put the wine and food together, Wang San and the two of them moved the tables and chairs to the courtyard of the inn, the three masters had a table, and the three subordinates had a table, and they enjoyed the moon and ate wine together.

The same was true of the other guests of the inn, and the courtyard was soon filled with tables and chairs.

They are all the same scholars, so they toast each other, talk together, and indulge in poetry and wine. They left their names and addresses one after another, and met again.

The next day, those who are closer to home will go home first, and those who are farther away from home will either stay or travel to Jinling and nearby places, waiting for the release of the list in September.

Jia Rui and Hu Xingshan rented a boat and went down the river.

Wangjiang County is more than 130 miles away from Jinling, and it takes less than a day to arrive.

Hu Xingshan's family is in the county seat, and he lives in a big house, and many of the tea gardens outside the city belong to his family. There is a tea factory in the house.

Looking at the scale of this house and the prosperity of the tea factory, Jia Rui knew that Hu Xingshan did not brag, and his family was indeed a big local family.

Hu Xingshan's friend in the same department, the Hu family naturally warmly entertained, and after staying for one night, the next day, Hu Xingshan took Jia Rui to the shipyard.

The shipyard is located in the east of Wangjiang County, about three miles away from the county seat, next to the river.

Stopping on the official road, you can see a large number of houses by the river in the distance, there are hundreds of them.

A three-foot-wide path branched off from the official road to the house.

On both sides of the path, there is a dense field of artemisia grass, almost one person high.

"This area was originally Jia Jiawei's land, but now it is deserted."

Hu Xingshan introduced.

"Is there anyone else in Jia Jiawei now?"

"There seem to be a few more families. Listening to the old generation, Jia Jiawei was very lively at the beginning, with thousands of people. ”

"Thousands? So much. ”

"When warships were built here, it was an official shipyard, and it was very prosperous. There were hundreds of craftsmen alone, and the largest warship was thirty or forty zhang long and ten zhang wide. ”

"Many of the sealed ships that went to the Ryukyus to proclaim the seal, as well as the merchant ships that went to Nanyang, Dongying, Tamna, and Silla, were built here."

"Why did it decline?"

"The imperial court imposed a sea ban, a large number of sailors were reduced, and there were fewer merchant ships, so it naturally declined."

"I see that there are a lot of ships in various places, and it is said that there are many big ships on the sea, such as those in the South Sea, the East, and the West, and some of them are three or four stories high."

"There are a lot of boats, but most of them are small boats. As for the ships in the East and South Seas that you mentioned, they were originally all bought from Dade. Later, Dade stopped building, and people built their own ships, but the craftsmen were all our Dade. ”

Jia Rui understands that Dade no longer builds big ships, but there is still a demand for big ships for navigation outside. So the outside recruited shipwrights from Dade and built their own ships.

In this way, not only will the shipbuilding market be handed over to others, but the shipbuilding technology will also be outflowed.

As a result, the shipbuilding capacity of the current large ships in Dade has shrunk and collapsed.

The fundamental reason for this lies in the maritime ban policy of the Dade Empire.

At present, almost all of Dade's grain, salt and other materials from Jiangnan to Shenjing and the north are transported by the Grand Canal.

The Grand Canal is not suitable for large ships, it is a small and medium-sized boat. Most of the limited sailors in the imperial court were small boats.

If there is no market demand, naturally no one wants to build big ships, and the loss of craftsmen is a natural thing.

Today's technology inheritance is basically based on words and deeds. When craftsmen are lost, so is technology.

After walking two miles, the artemisia grass was gone, and what appeared in front of me was a paddy field, which continued to the houses by the river.

There were three men in the paddy field, who were driving oxen to harrow the field.

Seeing Jia Rui and Hu Xingshan standing on the edge of the paddy field, a person walked over.

This man was in his thirties, and when he saw Hu Xingshan, he was stunned.

"Hu Gongzi?"

"Hahaha, that's right, it's me. Jia Yan, do you know him? ”

Jia Yan looked at Jia Rui and shook his head.

"My eyes are very raw, and I haven't seen this distinguished guest."

"It's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family. He is Jia Ruijia Tianxiang, from Shenjing. The people of Rongguo Mansion in the capital. ”

Jia Yan's eyes lit up, and he quickly returned to normal. Look at the houses by the river, and look at Jia Rui, talking to himself.

"Rongguo Mansion in the capital, it seems that no one has come for forty or fifty years, we thought we had forgotten about it."