Due to the absence of Mirui Mi Yuanzhong from the Lingnan Provincial Festival, Yin Li Teng and Li Wenmin, the governor of Ezhou, have not yet arrived, and Yan Yima is currently serving as the temporary leader.

How to say that he is also an observer of the Wuchang Army, and he is considered the second-in-command in the territory of Ezhou City, not to mention the identity of a deputy envoy of Jiedu.

One by one, it was introduced to everyone, and it was noisy, but Li Zhi's value was extremely high, and among the people who came, except for more flattery, there was not much deliberate behavior.

Today's Li Zhizhi's name is not trivial, and he came by the emperor's order, and he has only the rumored cultivation of the grandmaster, and no one dares to mention it.

After all, the first business of the city was set up in Guangzhou, which was within the jurisdiction of Lingnan Road.

The administration of foreign trade by sea was a lucrative task, and the collection of tariffs on ships that came to trade was secondary, and the purchase of a certain amount of imported goods on behalf of the imperial court, and the management of the goods paid by merchants to the emperor were the main channels for earning foreign money with official tradition.

Of course, the officials will only mention some high-profile official issues, including ship orders.

Although the official ship customization is mainly in Yangzhou, Ezhou has a home advantage near the water, and it is enough to get one or two of them.

Li Zhi shook his head: "Although I have the authority in this regard, I have to wait for the imperial court to allocate the money, and some inherent official procurement channels are not so easy to change." ”

So far, they are all people in the government, and the entanglement of interests is very complicated, not to mention that he has not really performed his duties, and some things are better to maintain the status quo for the time being.

"Then, how many do Zhengqing Wenqitang need? And at what scale? ”

The person who said this is the Guoyuanjun, the big owner of the Hongjiong ship repair factory, and only semi-official or purely private manufacturers will have the title of big owner.

As for why it has changed from belonging to the military to its current nature, Li Zhi does not know yet, and it must be directly related to the lack of enough official orders all year round.

"Zhengqing Wenqitang wants to create the largest, I have here the graphics and structure after the decomposition of each dimension, for the design of the most advanced sample, the need for special steel materials, also by me to provide."

This amount of information is large enough, and it is shocking enough, just an advanced design problem, which is unimaginable and unexpected, after all, it is a ship adrift at sea, without deep professional knowledge, it is difficult to be reasonable in design.

The source of Li Zhi's information is from the drawings of ancient warships left at the shipbuilding site of Zheng Chenggong in the Ming Dynasty in the previous life.

Based on some key parameters in his memory, he made a further cargo warehouse design, in which the key components were replaced by steel, and once successfully built, it would definitely be the most advanced ship in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, when he took out the relevant patterns, several shipbuilding masters present were stunned at first, then immersed for a long time, and then their eyes lit up with excitement.

The development of shipbuilding history in the Tang Dynasty has entered a mature period, such as the stern rudder, high-efficiency propulsion tool oar, and the effective use of sails, etc., which have been fully developed and further improved at this stage, and many more advanced shipbuilding technologies have been created.

Whether in terms of the quantity or quality of ships, it reflects the high development of China's shipbuilding industry, and it was regarded as a very advanced ship in the world at that time.

However, the main ship of Zheng He's Western fleet in the Ming Dynasty was called the treasure ship, which used the most excellent ship type suitable for ocean navigation in ancient China - the Fu ship type.

It is as tall as a building, with a wide bottom point, high head and tail, head and tail square, with guard plates on both sides, and the cabin is a watertight compartment structure.

The bottom tip is conducive to breaking the waves, the draft is deep, the stability is good, safe and comfortable, it is the most advanced sea ship sailing in the South China Sea and the Western Ocean route, and it is also the largest wooden sailing ship in the ancient world, and its advanced nature and firmness have been the top level of the world at that time.

Reinforced with steel for key components, it's no wonder that the shipbuilders were impressed, as the design clearly went beyond the existing process.

As a result, the masters of each family frequently looked at each other, after all, the three parties were currently in a state of competition, and they thought that the secret prompt caused Li Zhixin to laugh secretly.

Guo Yan had already given the right to build to Guo Yuanjun, and at this moment, seeing that the person was also looking at him, he noticed that Li Zhi's smile was hidden in his silence, so he pretended to turn a blind eye.

The three managers had no choice but to go forward, and Li Zhi spoke at this moment: "Because the process standards are all new, catching up with the schedule while developing will lead to an indefinite extension of the construction period, and I am in urgent need of ships to join the operation, so two companies need to be carried out at the same time." In addition, Zhengqing Wenqitang is a business that has just been in operation for a year, and the capital turnover is not very rich, so you can only choose the one with the lowest price, please understand. ”

Everyone knows that the financial resources of Zhengqing Wenqitang are abundant, but Li Zhi's grandiose promotion of the three families has caused fierce competition because of this, but they dare not show the slightest atmosphere.

When the three of them were looking at each other, Li Zhi continued to interpret: "Zhengqing Wenqitang will provide orders all year round, which can ensure that orders will continue for at least five years, and there are many styles and large demand, so the price requirements are very demanding. This time the soldiers are actually divided into two routes, and another group of people and horses from Yangzhou City rushed to the city, which means that the three of you can discuss and see what kind of unified price is worked out, so as not to tear each other apart. Although only two of them are taken, the remaining one will also get some parts output, and the other two will be replaced in time if the quality is not up to standard. ”

As a local official, Guo Yan has to say two fair words for those people: "I said the text, it's almost enough, the price will not be higher than a reasonable range, you take Yangzhou manufacturers to suppress the price, it will be a little unsentimental." ”

Li Zhi was unmoved, "The merchant just asks for a bargain, and it can't be too different from the psychological price, right?" Moreover, a ship costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, and only a super-large ship needs more than a dozen, and the uncle can't move his mouth, which affects the huge business of nearly one million taels of silver. ”

What he said seemed to be taking care of the face of the elders, but in fact, he received a look in advance from Guo Yan, and what Li Zhi said was also the truth, the transfer of millions of taels of silver at every turn, even the imperial court was extremely difficult to get together for a while, it can be seen that the number is huge, appalling, a little frugality, you can save a lot of expenses, any merchant will pay special attention.

The others saw that he was so ruthless in the face of his maternal uncle, and they also knew that this matter could not be reversed, because they also knew in their hearts that this kind of practice was really unreasonable, so several people quickly gathered together and quickly started a discussion.

Li Zhi turned back to Li Ting, "Brother Lerong, I'm in a hurry, and I missed lunch, are you looking for something to eat?" ”

Li Ting hurriedly agreed, and was about to turn around and go out, Sun Simiao stood up, "I see that there is a food stall outside the mansion, don't be too troublesome to recruit in, it's better to move and eat by yourself." ”

This move not only saves the verbosity, but also shows that Li Zhi, a senior member of the DPRK and China, is approachable, and eats the sales of some small traders on the street, which will also bring good fame to the local official reputation.

Hearing this, Yan Yan knew what he said, and laughed and said: "At this time, there is still some time before the dinner, and Brother Yin Wenmin is on the way here, so I can accompany a few people to eat some roadside stalls at this time, so that the people can see that there is no lack of integrity and deeds in the lower government." ”

Everyone smiled and agreed, followed by Li Zhi and others out of the mansion together, some soldiers had already gone out one step earlier, attracting more vendors, and the officials in the palace were also urgently arranging tables, chairs and benches.

I have to say that the sensational scene of officials sitting in line on the street outside the house after the tea cup really attracted more and more onlookers.

Originally, they were still pointing at the distance curiously, and under the deliberate guidance of the plainclothes officers who were mixed in, the slight ridicule in people's tones gradually turned into admiration, which did make some officials who felt uncomfortable gradually adapt to the benefits of showmanship.

Li Zhi and Sun Simiao didn't care about this, and focused more on the tasting of local food.

And Ezhou City is also enough to be known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, in such a prosperous place, countless competitions make the craftsmanship of small traders very famous, Wuchang fish, glutinous ba, tribute tamales, both of them are smiling.

Especially Jiyuan Daochang, he finally got rid of the hardships and frugality and poverty, and he asked for almost every one, and he was greedy and greedy, as if he was afraid that others would not know how much suffering he had suffered before.

Even a kind of official also eats with relish, occasionally eating some breakfast pasta on weekdays, and some authentic folk cuisines, which are also not very familiar, after the earlier slight restraint, they have gradually let go of their faces.