"Lord Fei, to tell you the truth, I also went to other shipyards before I came to Quanzhou, and the price they gave was more than half less than the price you offered, if it weren't for the seaport of Quanzhou, I wouldn't have come to your shipyard to see it, there are more than ten shipyards in Chizhou, Jiankang, and Yangzhou, each shipyard will build a few, and it will not be a problem to build sixty ships before October. Do you know what they offer? Six hundred! Yang Congyi directly pressured, and Lord Fei was really a little black-hearted.

Master Fei's face changed greatly, and he asked rhetorically, "Are they really so low?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "You can just ask." ”

Fei Dadao: "There are many ships built in the shipyard in the north, and the price will be cheaper, Quanzhou really can't be so cheap, six hundred times, and the wood labor cost is not enough." ”

Yang Congyi saw that he was somewhat restrained, so he said: "Shipbuilding in the north is much cheaper, but I think the seaport in Quanzhou is very good, and it is a good choice to go to sea from here, so I insisted on coming to Quanzhou Shipyard to have a look." ”

Lord Fei gritted his teeth and said: "Quanzhou Port is indeed a good port for the sea, Lord Yang, you see if this will work, each ship is 800 runs, we have to take all these sixty ships, no matter how low the price is, it really won't work." ”

Hearing this, Yang Congyi said: "In this way, I don't say 800 guan, as long as you can build 60 ships in October this year, each ship will be settled according to 1,000 guan." If the quality of the boat is good, there is another reward. Lord Fei, what do you think? ”

Lord Fei came back to life, his face suddenly brightened, and he grinned: "Lord Yang is serious? ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "Naturally, take it seriously. ”

Next, the two began to negotiate specifically, in addition to the fifty 2,000 seagoing ships, as well as vehicles and warships, how much to build, and what special requirements they had, they had to discuss one by one.

As for how to build a ship, it is not something that Master Fei can explain clearly, and the two went to the shipyard together, found the old official, and found a few old shipwrights, and discussed the problem of shipbuilding together.

Yang Congyi only had to make a request, and the old history and experienced shipbuilders tried to solve the problem and meet the shipbuilding requirements.

For example, the car and ship must be replaced by an iron wheel, which cannot affect the flexibility of the car and ship, and ensure that it will not be broken within two years. Naturally, the boatwrights have no choice but to seek cooperation, find a cooperation with the ironworks, and customize the wheels and accessories.

Lord Fei saw a business opportunity from here, the car, boat, and water wheel are easy to be damaged, if they can make a car and ship with iron wheels, and the military department wants to build a car and ship, they must find them, this is the advantage, other shipyards do not have it, and his shipyard can become a big business in the future. He was very concerned about the problem of the iron wheel, and he directly took care of it, and he had to go to the iron factory to coordinate it in person.

The construction period of 60 ships is tight, Yang Congyi introduced to them the assembly line production method, after all, there are not many types of ships needed, and it is completely possible to use this method to speed up production, which can save a lot of effort and energy than a group of people building a ship from beginning to end.

Later, Yang Congyi proposed to build an additional big sea ship, not less than 4,000 materials, preferably up to 5,000 materials, as big as the fleet command ship, the function should be complete, the appearance should be tall and good-looking, and the sea should be safe. And told them that money is not a problem, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 is fine, the key is to build this kind of tall and mighty sea ship.

As long as the court gives money, Lord Fei will not refuse, don't say four thousand materials and five thousand materials, that is, six thousand materials, he can also make it, and the old officials and old shipwrights listened to it in a daze, the cowhide is not blown like this, how can such a big ship be built so easily, you have to find a suitable keel, the wood that can make the keel of a big ship has to go to the mountains to pick, the shipyard does not have such a large wood, I don't know how much time it will take.

A group of people discussed and discussed for a long time, and finally recorded Yang Congyi's request, the results of everyone's discussion, solutions, etc., all of which were recorded, and Yang Congyi was relieved.

As for the issue of prepayment of shipbuilding fees, Yang Congyi took the documents back to the Yi Supervision Office and went directly to the Quanzhou Yamen, advanced 20,000 yuan, delivered it to the shipyard, and paid the remaining shipbuilding costs of another 10,000 yuan after three months, and then paid 5,000 yuan per month, and then settled the balance when the ship was completed.

The shipbuilding matter is negotiated, just waiting for the shipyard to recruit manpower to start construction, and Yang Congyi still has something to do next, recruiting the helmsman of the sea ship and the experienced sailors who go to sea.

Quanzhou is a large coastal port, there will be no fewer ships going to sea every year, and the helmsman and sailors are easy to recruit, but Yang Congyi has too many to recruit, sixty ships, at least seventy helmsmen, not to mention sailors, at least more than 2,000 people. But now he is not in a hurry to recruit in place, after all, the ship has not yet been built, he only needs to spread the recruitment information first, as long as the ship is built, it will not take a month or two to recruit enough people.

Yang Congyi came to the city port division again, found Lord Yan, and asked him to help spread the news of recruiting ocean helmsmen and sailors, the city port division still has a lot of manpower, they want to control the merchant ships entering and leaving the port, to prevent tax evasion, and there is a strict investigation of smuggling, many foreign merchant ship goods, can only be bought by the city ship, and then sold again, this is called a franchise, except for the city ship, no one can sell, the power is very great, all merchant ships must go through their inspection, contact sailors and helmsmen and other people engaged in sea trade will certainly not be less, Helping to expand the calculation and recruiting some people is easy for the city's shipping company.

After doing these things, Yang Congyi did not stop, immediately left Quanzhou, rode back to Lin'an, and there were still many important people to recruit, and it would be impossible to do it if he did not return to Lin'an.

At the beginning of February, Yang Congyi rushed back to Lin'an non-stop.

The Hui Yi Supervision Office of Baohe Fang has changed, and a sign has been hung outside the courtyard door, which looks more like an office than a sneaky small workshop.

On the day he went back, seeing a few more old gentlemen in the Hui Yi Supervision Office, Yang Congyi knew that this should be the person Tang Xun found from his hometown, which can be regarded as his Hui Yi team, Yang Congyi can only envy.

Unable to rest, he found Tang Xun, and the two informed each other of the progress of their respective work. He told the main achievements of his trip in Quanzhou. And Tang Xun also told him that several old bookkeepers in the supervision office were all transferred from his family, and his father heard that he had obtained an official position, and he put on a three-day running water banquet to advertise in the township, and then transferred several capable bookkeepers to assist him, and also transferred several shopkeepers who purchased and sold medicinal materials to Lin'an, and his material procurement team was barely formed, but his family's medicinal materials business was afraid that it would not be as good as before.

Tang Xun temporarily left Mr. Bookkeeper in Lin'an, and several shopkeepers have been sent out to go to famous kilns, weaving factories, silk villages, and tea factories in various places, and start pre-procurement contact, but there are still too few people, the Great Song Dynasty is too big, the state capital is hundreds, and a few people can't run for a while, and he himself is in a hurry in Lin'an, and he can't help much.

At this time, Yang Congyi suddenly remembered a common word in later generations, bidding. Immediately changed the concept of bidding slightly, and told Tang Xun that there was no need to let the shopkeepers talk about it one by one, but only need them to gather people to tell the kiln, weaving factory, silk village, tea factory, etc., that they need to purchase bulk news, and even print a large number of material procurement intention documents, and print all the types of materials to be purchased, reference prices, and then widely distributed in each state capital, and the shopkeeper and the bookkeeper only need to wait in Lin'an, and the merchant will naturally send someone to negotiate if he has the intention. In this way, a lot of trouble can be avoided.

When Tang Xun heard this idea, his brain suddenly seemed to open a window, and he immediately ran out excitedly to find those old account offices.

The matter of material procurement has been revealed, and Yang Congyi's matter is still a mess, and many people have to be recruited, and he can't wait to have three heads and six arms. In everyone's hands, in Yang Congyi's view, the most important thing is the defense force, which requires a formed army, and it is impossible for him to form the army by himself, but if these armies can fight at sea and land, it is equivalent to the marines, the navy is the prefix, and the important thing is the land war, so the only thing that can be chosen is the forbidden army, but he is only a low-level military attaché, how can he mobilize the forbidden army, this matter has to be communicated and reported to Lord Huang.

Lord Huang would come back to the Yi Dou Department every once in a while, and at the same time left a way to get in touch.

Tang Xun told him that Lord Huang was actually a servant of the province and a close servant of the official family.

After getting this information, Yang Congyi suddenly became a little enlightened, doing the ocean to make money back to Yi must be Zhao Gou's meaning, there was no merchant in the Manchu Dynasty, and no one could afford to look down on businessmen, so this kind of thing can only be done by sending a servant, the key is to let the servant go out to preside over Hui Yi Zhao Gou is also at ease, not worried that they will fill their pockets and be greedy for Hui Yi's money.

In the history of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor often sent the inner servants to the place, to monitor the local officials, every time there is a big war, the front line almost has the shadow of the inner servant, the emperor does not believe in the commander of the army, every time he goes out to send a supervisor, many times the internal servant is sent, Tong Guan is a typical, starting from the northwest of the supervising army, as an internal servant, and then can actually hold the military power for more than 20 years.

Thinking about it this way, it is reasonable for Zhao Gou to let Lord Huang preside over the return of the 3 million investment. Since it is Zhao Gou's intention to return to the ocean to return to the court, then to assist Lord Huang to earn back the money, the reward will naturally not be less, no wonder Lord Huang dares to guarantee the promotion of the eighth grade, with his status as a close servant of the official family, he can't guarantee his promotion, then he will lose face.

Since Lord Huang has a special identity, the talents recruited can be more colorful, after all, a trip to sea will pass through many countries, and what goes out represents the face of the Great Song Dynasty, face must be required, and hard power cannot be lacking.

Yang Congyi immediately readjusted the staffing plan of the fleet, in the original plan, except for the Huiyi talent account shopkeeper, helmsman sailor, guide translator, armed forces and Lang Zhongzhong, there was no one else, but now it is different, it represents the royal family, it is necessary to talk about pomp, singers and dancers, religious people, and scholars, after all, it is an ocean voyage, and it is likely that the Maritime Silk Road will be opened, and they need to record this magnificent beginning.

Thinking more far-reaching, secret spies are also indispensable, after all, the large fleet docked along the way, and it was impossible to continue sailing without ten days and half a month, and during this time, there were still many risks, which needed to be explored and resolved in advance.