The construction of the new ship began soon at the behest of Li Yuanjing.

Due to the experience already in front and the fact that the size of this ship is much smaller, it is easier to deal with many places.

Therefore, the construction speed of this ship is very fast, and in just one month, the keel was laid and welded, which is more than twice as fast as before.

And Li Yuanjing doesn't seem to want to delay too much effort, so he plans to launch the ship for trial purposes within four months.

Yes, four months!

Sounds scary!

But is it really hard in fact?

It's not hard!

There is a big difference between shipbuilding now and shipbuilding in later generations, although many technologies are not as advanced as those of later generations, many things are not as complex as those of later generations.

In order to build this ship, Li Yuanjing gathered 3,000 people just as a boatman, 1,000 experienced with 2,000 inexperienced, one person with two people, the veteran was responsible for the operation, and the two newcomers were responsible for cooperating with the study.

The entire dockyard, everywhere you can see, is almost entirely full of people.

The installation of the exterior armor was the most spectacular, with the boatmen circling the boat in a full circle and bunks side by side.

The specification of a steel plate is two meters long and one meter high, and the outer two groups are responsible for external welding, and the inner two groups are responsible for internal welding.

And this means that they can lay one layer in half a day, and two layers a day.

It also means that a two-metre-high exterior deck can be laid in a day, but how tall is the ship? The height of the hull is only about seven meters, and the overall height is only about ten meters, and the highest point is more than twenty meters, but this is negligible, that is the position of the lookout.

In other words, the time is a little tighter, and the external armor can be laid in three and a half days, which is more generous, and five days is enough.

Of course, short time doesn't mean quality isn't good.

If in the next generation, without considering the laying of cables and other electronic equipment, 3,000 people were dispatched to build a 5,000-ton warship, which refers to the final assembly, I am afraid that he will be launched in less than two months.

If it is at the limit, using the sectional construction mode, and all the materials are sufficient without waiting, I am afraid that it will be able to be launched in a month.

Although it only took half a day to complete an exterior deck, this was the result of four groups of 12 people working for half a day, so that the working hours of an exterior deck were almost more than 70 hours, and the entire exterior hull deck totaled more than 200 pieces, and it took more than 18,000 man-hours on the outer deck alone.

Although it seems that manpower is too wasteful, but this is also something that cannot be helped, Li Yuanjing is still waiting for the dumplings to be made later, if he doesn't train some people to come out as soon as possible, what will he do to make dumplings?

……

The time came in July of the tenth year of Zhenguan, and it had been more than three months since Li Chengqian came to Haizhou.

And Li Chengqian also left Haizhou two months ago and returned to Chang'an to continue his further studies.

And Li Shimin, who decided to come to Haizhou as early as three months ago, has finally set foot on the land of Haizhou until now.

In fact, Li Shimin set off as early as two months ago.

But it's not easy for the emperor to come out, he can't rush for the sake of hurrying, and he always has to inspect the good country.

As a result, Li Shimin stayed in various places for a while, staying in Luozhou for five days to inspect various places, and other large and small counties also listened to it for more or less a day or two.

Since ascending the throne, Li Shimin has rarely left Chang'an, and this trip has brought him a huge shock.

Although Li Shimin has always been very clear about the data on paper, there are some things that cannot be seen on paper, and only when you stand here in person can you really feel the shock brought by everything here.

Walking on the smooth Changluo Xinguan Road, it is not affected by any weather and is not dusty.

Although Li Shimin didn't see the crowds coming and going, when he passed by a certain place, he could still see a large number of people gathered in one place.

You can see this scene almost every other paragraph.

Li Shimin naturally knew why, the emperor's convoy was moving forward, and there was a forbidden army in front of him, and all the people who appeared in this section needed to be temporarily controlled, when the emperor passed, when they could leave.

So Li Shimin took a special road along the way, and there was no commercial team except for his convoy and guards.

But judging from the frequency of these caravans alone, Li Shimin can also see the prospect of Datang's rapid development.

Not to mention that when he was in Tongguan, Li Shimin also checked the entry records of Tongguan, and on average, no less than four or five hundred caravans entered and exited Tongguan every day.

Out of Luoju and further east, this beautiful experience is gone, because the new official road is here.

Coming down from the cement road, Li Shimin experienced what is called the two heavens of ice and fire.

Li Shimin can be said to have endured all the hardships along the way, but seeing that Haizhou does not seem to belong to the business of Luozhou, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning and said: "Why is there such a prosperous business here?" ”

"Your Majesty, the business here is not as prosperous as you see, and compared with Chang'an and Luozhou, it is also a completely different situation!" The governor of Haizhou, who came to greet him, hurriedly explained.

"Oh? What's the difference? Li Shimin is a little curious, there are shops everywhere, although there are not many people to see at present, but if there are no customers, what are these people doing here? Got money to burn?

"Your Majesty, Haizhou's main source of economy is the export of foreign goods, and all fleets going to the peninsula, Tamna, and Dongju will choose this place of call, and for merchants, the little goods sold are not even comparable to the tail of the ship.

Most of these shops were merchants who had been supplying overseas goods for a long time, and they had long enough warehouses near the port, and these shops were built by the government and rented to them at low prices, one was to provide some convenience for the people, and the other was to make use of this resource.

In exchange, the goods sold by these merchants are somewhat limited, each person can not buy too much, but the price is slightly lower than other places, in addition, these stores have also become a platform for them to display to the outside world, many surrounding merchants will choose to come here to pick up goods, and then choose to cooperate.

On the whole, Haizhou's tax revenue has increased year by year in recent years, but due to the imperial court's policy subsidies to Tamna and Dongzhou, it is necessary to take out a part of the peninsula's revenue, so the increase in tax revenue has always been limited, but even so, last year's tax revenue exceeded 1 million. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded, one million guan is not much for the imperial court, and it is like a drizzle.

But it is enough to arouse Li Shimin's attention, the current tax is still thirty taxes one, according to Li Shimin's expectations, only after the cancellation of most of the original old taxes will the commercial tax be increased as a compensation, one million yuan of taxes, which also means that at least 30 million transactions were generated here last year, which can already rank in the top three in Datang.

It is only behind Chang'an and Luozhou, and a lot more than other regions.