In Zhao Xin's planning, although there are various shipyards around the canal, the most important thing at the beginning is, of course, the Dinghai shipyard in front of you.

With the big with the small, with the point with the surface, this is the later generations have proven, very effective method, concentrated on both sides of the canal of about 15 kilometers, a large number of construction of various shipyards, this is the established goal, easy to let the industry gather to form the effect of intensification, but the best, or such a leader.

The entire Dinghai Navy, the most elite shipbuilders, of which 7 percent, are concentrated in this shipyard, and the rest are mostly some with personality, they would rather be the characteristics of the chicken head than the cow, so that they chose to take charge of a shipyard independently, perhaps their technical level is a little higher than the current Dinghai Shipyard, but many times, the manufacturing capacity is not what technology can bring.

Centralization, high technology, high capital, this is Zhao Xin's plan for the future Dinghai Shipyard, now, has begun to take shape, 20 more than 30,000 docks, as well as a large number of advanced technology of the Dinghai Navy, the most worth mentioning, is the entire Dinghai, about shipbuilding, the industrial system, the most outstanding graduates, almost the first time, will arrive here.

Personnel intensive, technology intensive, as long as a little development, the efficiency of this shipyard, is not comparable to other shipyards, even in technology, a large number of technical personnel concentrated, plus Zhao Xin continues to put some of the later generations of technology and ideas, are filled into this shipyard, in the future, the gap in technology will be greater.

Previously, at the original shipyard, a total of 4 experimental ships were prepared, and at that time, the first one, due to the appearance of pirates, was urgently equipped and built into a warship, and now it has gone to the Ryukyus.

During the period when the canal was dug, the other three ships were also completed one by one, but the difference was that at Zhao Xin's request, these three ships existed as transport ships, fast sailing ships, and support ships.

Zhao Xin's purpose is very clear, that is, in order to try the role of different types of ships, when Dinghai Shipyard, as well as a large number of shipyards, has completed the construction and can manufacture ships on a large scale, there must be a trade-off and focus.

3 test ships, and later, a series of various functional ships, the specific test results, in Zhao Xin here is the most comprehensive, he came over, also holds, to see the current construction of large ships, their hulls, to what extent has been completed, in order to decide the future plan.

The construction of the exclusive river port, in Zhao Xin's heart, is not much important at all, maybe after the construction, it will improve the efficiency of some key enterprises, but what Zhao Xin wants now is strength, and for the Dinghai Navy, such an island, the most important strength, in fact, is the ship, is the warship.

Knowing Zhao Xin's arrival, the person in charge of Dinghai Shipyard quickly greeted him, for him, Zhao Xin is not only the controller of the entire Dinghai Navy, but also the current owner of Dinghai Shipyard.

This person in charge, in fact, also came out of the government affairs system of the Dinghai Navy, in such a technical position as the shipyard, Zhao Xin still chooses the personnel of the government affairs system, the reason is very simple, any industry, manufacturing industry, there are commonalities.

Perhaps a person in charge who does not understand technology cannot play a role in a highly technical field, but a simple overall planning and integration ability is what those shipwrights lack.

Everything in the Dinghai Navy is a blank slate, everything is new, which is very good, with the attraction of the Dinghai Navy, there is no way to attract a master of sufficient status, before, the largest shipwright in the Dinghai Navy is just a craftsman who has led the construction of a small boat of 200 materials.

Such shipwrights are scarce in the Dinghai Navy, and in the south of the Yangtze River, along both sides of the Yangtze River, there are hundreds, or even thousands, among these shipyards, the one who can lead 200 ships is really an inconspicuous small boatmaker, and such a shipwright does not have that arrogance at all.

At present, the wages of shipwrights have already exceeded 150 per month, but in terms of authority management, they are very strict.

A shipwright, even if he is in charge of the entire shipbuilding, but above him, there are many restrictions such as co-ordination, auditing, and appropriation.

This is the characteristic of later generations, cross-management, which does not give one person rights, but is stabilized by higher wages, so that the initiative of the dominant person can be mobilized, and likewise, there is no authority.

Zhao Xin doesn't need authority, even if it's like Niu Dali, if he really disagrees with Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin will not hesitate to give up.

Who is stronger than Zhao Xin in terms of vision and grasp of the future, not to mention thirty or fifty years, even if it is 1,000 years of history, it is all in Zhao Xin's grasp.

Of course, because of the relationship he crossed, this period of history has been changed unpredictably, longbows, fortresses, and all kinds of new things appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the same way, the henchmen of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia, which wasted a lot of funds in the Northern Song Dynasty in the future, have perished.

It seems that the Liao State has obtained the greatest benefits, almost most of the territory of the Western Xia has been taken down by the Liao State and controlled in the hands, but through trading, especially the silk trade, the Northern Song Dynasty has obtained the vast majority of the livestock of the Western Xia.

Perhaps, among them, the most suitable livestock for war horses has already been detained by the Liao State, and in the eyes of the Liao State, there are not enough heavy cavalry, and even if the Northern Song Dynasty gets these cattle, it is useless.

This is the gap in cognition, nomads, will never understand, the terrible farming people, perhaps, it seems, the farming people are relatively rich, but also relatively mild, but in the mildness, that is incomparable creativity.

A large number of cattle, horses, and livestock, in the eyes of the nomads, are only used as meat and food, but in the case of the farming people, they can provide labor.

As long as these cattle and horses enter the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty in a reasonable way, and through some methods, they are evenly separated, and the role that these cattle and horses can play is huge.

Save more labor, so that the limited labor force, get better operation, originally, the land that cannot be cultivated, with the help of cattle and horses, can be cultivated, and under the operation of cattle and horses, more land can be reclaimed.

If this is just to increase the area of cultivated land, it is not terrible, manpower is limited, and in terms of reclamation, even with the help of cattle and horses, how much can be cultivated.

But with cattle and horses, logistics is more convenient, it should be in the mountains, there is no way to transport it, and more benefits.

Some ordinary machinery of the Dinghai Navy also began to circulate gradually, and the best ones were all kinds of machinery of animal power, such as waterwheels.

Ordinary waterwheels are on both sides of the river, and for some rivers with fast flow, they can not only irrigate, but also provide power, for example, grinding noodles and the like.

However, such a waterwheel is not usable in every river, and it is useless in some rivers where the water flow is slow or even does not move much.

It is different if you increase animal power, if you are slow in the water, you can use animal power to help, and the excellent power system of the navy can make fewer cattle and horses do more work.

For farmland, the most important thing is water.

Water is the source of all things, drought for agriculture, is the most terrible disaster, once the drought, basically, is the end of the harvest, can not be grabbed.

However, as long as the river is in the river, or where there is water, the use of waterwheels and various ditches can irrigate far away, reduce labor, and increase profits.

Grain, for a country, is simply the most basic, the most cornerstone thing, where the nomads, tens of thousands of livestock, just tens of thousands of meat, but in the farming people, these are labor, when these are fully used, the labor force of the entire Northern Song Dynasty will be exploded.

Even if there is no navy, even now, if Zhao Xin leaves and does not use the technology of later generations to change the Northern Song Dynasty, the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty will be changed.

With advanced farming technology, the production of farm fertilizer, and more labor levels brought by more livestock, it is expected that within 10 years, the grain production of the Northern Song Dynasty will usher in a wave of skyrocketing, and at that time, the entire Northern Song Dynasty will have more population, more wealth, and more developed strength.

In the same way, with a simpler and more powerful defensive weapon like a fortress and a longbow, with the combination of steel and cement, even if Mongolia develops, it may not be able to take the Northern Song Dynasty, if it takes the sixteen states of Yanyun and has firearms, the entire Song Dynasty and even the history of China will be rewritten.

In only two or three years, the changes have been so big, but in Zhao Xin's view, these changes in the Northern Song Dynasty are only the impact of the changes in the Dinghai, and the real big change is still the Dinghai.

The emergence of smoothbore guns, artillery, these weapons that are hundreds of years beyond this era, has greatly increased the strength of the Ding Navy, and now, there is a need for something to give full play to this strength, and shipbuilding is the best.

Zhao Xin met with these people from Dinghai Shipyard and learned about the development status of Dinghai Shipyard in a simple conversation.

Yes, very good, 20 docks have been used, in the first batch of more than 10,000 test ships, one by one, and launched, after a series of sea experiments, accumulated some lessons.

These, perhaps, in a short period of time, can not be studied by these shipwrights, but in Dinghai, there is a series of research places, in the application of new technologies, the role played by shipwrights is relatively limited, the real role is the design institute.

It turns out that shipwrights mostly judge the ships to be built based on experience and their own inspiration, which is a natural development, and the speed is very slow, and it may take several generations, or even longer, to complete the change of technology.

Some top-secret techniques are often kept by the shipwrights themselves, and even if they are handed down, they have no ins and outs, and can only be read according to the script, without continuing to improve, and even in danger of being lost.

However, in Dingjun, there are special researchers to conduct research, theory is mechanics, as well as some basic knowledge of physics, once a technological breakthrough is formed, it will be recorded in the form of papers or books.

All the ins and outs have a fixed context and a clear theoretical basis, and latecomers, as long as they learn these things and have some basic knowledge, they can complete it again, and then after that, they will be able to innovate.

In the Dinghai Navy, the technology of the shipwrights is more in the actual construction, rather than in determining the type of ship, as well as the construction method, which greatly reduces the difficulty of the shipwrights, even if there is only a ship that has dominated 200 materials, and has a complete construction experience, it can lead the big ship with the help of the engineers of the Dinghai Navy.

Now, the ships built by Dinghai Shipyard have not improved too much compared with before, from about 10,000 materials to 12,000 materials, which is not large, not several times before, or even dozens of times the increase, but the internal structure is completely different.

This is the result of modifications made on the basis of Zhao Xin, a mature Spanish sailing ship.

At its peak, the Spanish sailing ship was a giant on the sea, with a volume of more than 100 guns, it was definitely a mobile arsenal on the battlefield, and hundreds of cannons fired at once, that scene was almost devastating.

The Dinghai Navy inherited the characteristics of Spanish sailing ships, and also added some things that belonged to the Dinghai Navy and belonged to China.

China's sailboats, the most outstanding place, is actually in the watertight cabin, which is set below, increasing the ship's anti-sinking aspect, has a unique role, many foreign maritime businessmen, why buy Chinese ships, good quality is one thing, but the watertight cabin is also an important factor.

More than once, there were maritime merchants, after encountering wind and waves, the ship was damaged on a large scale, but they relied on this watertight cabin to survive.

For maritime merchants, everything else can be ignored, but being alive is always the most important.

The watertight compartment has a huge effect on any ship, but the biggest role, in fact, is still on the warship, the sail battleship, unlike the steel battleship of later generations, the steel battleship, it seems that the steel battleship is made of 10,000 tons of steel, and has a huge defense, but the main gun of the same level, maybe a cannon can not have much impact, but if there are more, the impact will be greater.

As long as there is a fierce battle, within a few hours, the battle will be over, or one side will win a landslide, or the two sides will not be far apart, and finally each will retreat.

However, in the era of sail warships, there were one or two days, or even several days, of war records, and there were also records of withstanding dozens of shells and still not sinking.

The cannon of the sail is not powerful enough to penetrate the ship, and the wood is lighter than water, even if it penetrates and breaks, it will not sink much.

With the addition of the watertight cabin, the anti-sinking performance has been greatly improved, which has been proved through experiments, and among the improvements, this is the first to be added.

China's technology, added to the Spanish sailing ship, must be changed, and the watertight cabin is not the first technology, there are many similar technologies, in such a transformation, even if it is only to increase the displacement by 20%, but the entire interior, there are huge changes, not to mention that it is completely different from the Spanish sailing boat, but it is also a huge difference.