In the days that followed, Jia Rui stayed here in the shipyard, and sometimes Hu Xingshan found him, and some local literati got together.

Jia Rui actually didn't want to deal with these literati, he felt that these people were basically some kind of fools. Poetry and painting are just sad and sad, in fact, there is no essential difference between them and those girls in Jiafu who chant poetry and paint.

These guys are also particularly keen to discuss current affairs and criticize the imperial court.

No matter what the policy of the imperial court is, it always sprays it first and then says it, which seems to be opposition for the sake of opposition.

There are no constructive opinions on the lips.

Jiangnan has a flourishing literary style, there are many readers, and it is the base camp of the Xilin faction, and the behavior of this group of people is similar to that of those Xilin faction bigwigs in the DPRK.

The mouth is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, criticizing that all day long, criticizing this, it seems that they have the ability to do it all over the world.

But if you really want them to solve any practical problems, they can't do practical things, in short, in Jia Rui's eyes, most of them are just a bunch of mouthpieces.

Most of the time, Jia Rui spent his time studying the materials provided to him by Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua.

Now, he has a basic understanding of the economic situation of the Jia family's old house.

Judging from the current information, it is a foregone conclusion that the clansmen in the old house of the Jia family are greedy for money in the Mo Mansion.

What he is thinking about now is how to recover the money in the future.

The rest of the time was spent on researching the materials left by Rong Guogong and planning how to develop the Jiajiaying area in the future.

Reclamation of land is the least technically and financially difficult. It should have been done first.

But there was a hardware requirement that made Jarry abandon this plan for the time being.

The reason is actually simple, that is, there is not so much labor.

His alternative is to build ships first.

A large ship about 30 meters long costs in the range of six or seven thousand taels of silver.

Although he can't get the money all at once, it takes a certain amount of time to build a ship, and the money doesn't have to be invested all at once, but can be invested in batches.

In this way, the profits of his poker business can support the cost of shipbuilding.

Although the imperial court still implements the policy of banning the sea, this policy has actually failed.

Commercial and trade activities in the coastal areas were very active, and the local government turned a blind eye to this. Even many officials are secretly involved.

In addition to some of the real Japanese robbers, many of them are actually Dongying samurai and ronin hired by some big businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, mainly engaged in smuggling activities.

Most pirates are also businessmen and thieves, grabbing a handful when they have the opportunity, and doing smuggling business when they don't have the opportunity.

A large amount of tea, porcelain, silk fabrics, raw silk, etc., in exchange for white flowers and silver, this is the basic ecology of coastal commerce in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are countless people who have made a fortune in it, and Jia Rui does not want to miss this feast.

Shipbuilding can be used not only for business, but also for sale.

The first is to create a team of craftsmen who can continuously expand shipbuilding capacity.

Secondly, it is possible to train a team of sailors.

In the near future, the world will be in chaos. It is close to the Yangtze River, and it is almost inevitable to establish a water division.

The ship and the sailor are the prerequisites for the sailor.

Jia Rui was pondering these things in the small building of the shipyard, and Jia Yan came.

"Brother Rui, the craftsman has been found."

Although Jia Yan can also build ships here, he can only build small boats, and the largest ship is only about two feet long.

So Jia Rui told him to look for craftsmen who had experience in building large ships.

"Where did you find it?"

"In Wangyun County, a relative of my craftsman, named Feng Minglu, is an old craftsman. With a dozen apprentices, a few years ago, he asked the Zhancheng side to invite him to build a ship. ”

"The weather there is hot, and some of them are not adaptable, so I said that I would work there for three years. After the expiration of the period, he returned to his hometown in Wangyun County. Now, if he is invited, he is willing to bring a dozen or so apprentices with him. ”

"Okay, where is his house, I'll invite him tomorrow."

"There's no need to worry about this, his father passed away last month, and now he is keeping filial piety at home, and it will take another two months to come out."

"I'm afraid that he will go somewhere else in the future, such a person is not easy to find."

"Nowadays there are very few people who build big ships, and he only wants to build big ships. When he was asked to build a boat, he turned it down. This man made a great promise that he would not repent since he had promised to come here. ”

"Then let's go over and settle with him. When I return to Jinling, I will pay him a visit. ”

This shipbuilding technician has a lot of responsibility and is a very key person.

His experience, technical level, the level of his apprentices, their remuneration and treatment, the process of future shipbuilding, capital budget, material preparation, and many other issues need to be finalized in advance.

For such a major matter, just relying on intermediaries to pass on the word and negotiate through the air is a bit too child's play.

"It's okay to let him see our sincerity, and it will be more secure."

After talking about Feng Minglu, Jia Rui talked about the matter of the guard.

Although Jia Jiawei is called "Wei", in terms of establishment, it is actually a thousand households.

The original quota was 1,120 soldiers.

Jia Rui's long-term goal is to restore this thousand households.

Only in this way can the construction of an army or a naval division in the future be justified and legitimately armed.

Otherwise, what do you want to do with an army? Are you going to rebel?

Before your wings hardened, the court destroyed you first.

"Second Brother Yan, who is in charge of our thousand-household house? Is it under the jurisdiction of the Command and Envoy of the Soviet Province? ”

"Hehe, our thousand-household house is different from other health centers, and it's a little special."

"Oh? What is it in particular? ”

"From the side of the guard, it should have been under the jurisdiction of the Command of the Command of the Soviet Province. However, most of the original military households were Rong Guogong's personal soldiers and prisoners, and this was a shipyard, plus Rong Guogong, so they were all commanding the envoys and unwilling to take care of it. ”

Also, the commander of the envoy is the second product, and the Rongguo is just the first product, how can he be willing to take care of this matter.

"Shipbuilding is under the control of the Ministry of Industry, that is, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of this matter."

"It's okay to say that the Ministry of Industry is in charge, but the Ministry of Industry says that this is the construction of warships, and they can't control it, and it should be under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies."

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies is in charge of health posts across the country, and the Ministry of Industry kicked the ball to the military again.

The commander of the embassy is the subordinate yamen of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and calling it the commander is actually the same as calling the commander of the capital.

"Then it will be under the control of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies."

"Listen to me, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies doesn't want to take care of it, so he says that the warship is the business of the sailor and should be under the control of the sailor."

"What do you mean by the water master?"

"The sailors said that we only use ships, and we don't care about shipbuilding, and besides, there are artillery made here, and they can't control it, so it should be under the supervision of the general."

"The general is only a four-grade yamen, where is he willing to manage Rong Guogong, so he said that we are a guard, or should we be under the management of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies."

"The Governor's Office of the Five Armies was also unwilling to take care of it, so in the end it was pushed to the cabinet, saying that it was called the cabinet to manage directly."

"The scholars of the cabinet said that a thousand households still asked us to take care of it, so we don't have to do anything else for a day?"

It seems to make sense, these people have a set of skins.

"So who's going to care in the end?"

"Isn't this incomprehensible, so I went to Taizu. Taizu also had a headache, and finally said, don't worry about any of you, just let Rong Guogong take care of himself. ”

"Therefore, our thousand-household office has always been in the hands of no one, and we are all in charge of ourselves."

Hey, there's still that.

However, this is a great thing, and in the future, Lao Tzu will take care of himself, and no yamen will pee on it.

This is the rule set by Emperor Taizu, I want to see, who dares to take care of Lao Tzu?