The bow and crossbow and the hydraulic press were very important to Ye Chen.

Although the cost of the bow and crossbow is very high at present, it has a great effect, and the return will be great in the future, so Ye Chen asked for immediate production, at least 10,000 people first.

The production of hydraulic presses is not easy, and Ye Chen does not have specific quantity requirements, but only requires them to continuously improve when producing.

After looking at several important workshops, Ye Chen didn't plan to see other workshops, especially some that didn't involve the military, although they could get a lot of economic benefits, but this was not very important to Ye Chen.

For example, the place where Du Kang wine is produced, Ye Chen has never been to see it.

"Let's go to the docks and shipyards." Ye Chen looked at several workshops, and then said to his subordinates.

The group went directly to the pier.

At this time, the dock is busy, and the vehicles and people are constantly unloading or loading goods from the ship.

"That's what I'm confident about."

Ye Chen secretly said in his heart, there are so many goods coming and going, this represents a huge income.

Only with money can there be soldiers, only then can we develop our territory, and we can be stronger.

This is Ye Chen's confidence.

Other people's confidence is either soldiers and horses, or prestige and family background, but Ye Chen was born from the grassroots, and he can only rely on strong capital.

Equip the army with capital, equip more troops. This is Ye Chen's bottom line.

After walking around the wharf, Ye Chen knew that the bottleneck in Liaodong was estimated to appear again, so he planned to open a few more wharves in other places, otherwise the wharf in Liaodong alone would not be able to keep up with the economic development.

The arrival of cargo ships has caused huge congestion at the terminal, and the speed of ships coming in and out is very slow.

Ye Chen has several ideal ports, the best is of course Tianjin Port, Tianjin has always been an important place in feudal society, where can a large amount of salt be produced.

It's just that Tianjin is too close to the war zone now, and the flames of war may burn at any time, so Ye Chen will not invest too much construction there.

Not in Tianjin, there is also Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao is probably in western Liaoning.

Qinhuangdao is also an important port, which is also close to the hinterland of Youzhou, which is an ideal port, and in Qinhuangdao it is closer to places such as Jixian.

"It's another big investment." Looking at the busy dock, Ye Chen shook his head helplessly.

He doesn't know when he won't be short of money, it seems that he hasn't had a lot of money, and every time he gets a lot of money, he spends it all in the blink of an eye.

Although it takes a huge expense to build a port, Ye Chen is not afraid, if there is input, there will be output, and this money must be paid.

The faster the territory develops, the greater the wealth that Ye Chen can obtain, and of course the more troops he can equip, this is a virtuous circle, Ye Chen must do it.

When he came back from the dock, it was already evening, and Ye Chen planned to go to the shipyard the next day to have a look.

"Alas, the night without a wife is really hard."

Thinking of what he had with Zhang Ning and Zhen Mi, Ye Chen couldn't sleep.

However, Ye Chen secretly thought in his heart that when he went back, he must make it impossible for them to get out of bed for three days.

Flipping around, Ye Chen fell asleep in the second half of the night.

As soon as he woke up, Ye Chen rushed to the shipyard with his men and horses.

"Master Liu, I'm waiting for a sudden visit and not disturbing your normal order." Arriving at the gate of the shipyard, some people from the shipyard were already waiting there.

"The lord is serious, and we have all received great favors from the lord, of course we have to work hard to repay." The forty-year-old Master Liu said to Ye Chen.

They are right, these people used to be the lowest people, and their lives were worse than ordinary peasants.

But now they are all high-income white-collar workers and important technicians.

Not to mention that he has lived a good life, he also has a very high status in Liaodong.

Ye Chen nodded and motioned for Master Naliu to lead them on a tour of the shipyard.

The shipyard is expanding every year and today tens of thousands of people work here.

"Master Liu, how many big ships can the shipyard produce per month now?" Ye Chen asked as he walked.

"My lord, not counting other ships, just the big ships can produce more than a dozen ships a month, and if all the docks are vacated and built with all their might, at least more than forty large ships can be produced every month." Master Liu said proudly.

Ye Chen nodded, this production capacity is still good, after all, the shipyard also has to produce other ships, and there are more than a dozen big ships per month, Ye Chen and they can't use that much at all.

What's more, the shipyard in Taiwan has also begun to build, and it will not be long before ships can be produced, and then the production capacity will skyrocket again.

"By the way, my lord, the production of the super ship you ordered, after more than half a year of our efforts, has now taken shape, and it will be completed in more than a month."

"Really?"

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly.

"Let's go, let's go check it out." Where can Ye Chen stay, even if he walks slowly, he can't wait.

The man rushed to the dock where the super ship was.

"Big, big enough, great." When he saw the big ship for the first time, Ye Chen shouted excitedly.

"Master Liu, how big is this ship?" Ye Chen asked.

Master Liu immediately introduced the ship's data to Ye Chen.

The ship is more than 90 meters long and 30 meters wide, and has a displacement of about 45 to 6,000 tons.

This data is much less than that of Zheng Hebao, which is 143 meters long, more than 50 meters wide, and has a maximum displacement of more than 10,000 tons.

(Note: This data comes from Baidu Encyclopedia, which can be verified by Baidu "Zheng He Treasure Boat".) ）

Although it was much smaller than Zheng He's treasure ship, it was many times larger than Columbus's ship.

Columbus could discover the New World with ships many times smaller than them, so Ye Chen had ships bigger than them, and there was no reason why he couldn't go farther.

That's why when Ye Chen saw such a huge ship, he would be so excited.

"My lord, I'm satisfied with this ship, do you want us to study a bigger ship?" Master Liu asked from the side.

"No, with this kind of ship, it's too risky and slow to study bigger ships, and I'll immediately allocate funds to build more dockyards, and I'll build more of these ships." Ye Chen said.

Master Liu didn't say anything, but he frowned, hesitated for a while and said, "Lord, if you want us to build this kind of super ship, of course there is no problem, but the cost of this ship is not twice as big as the ship, but the cost is many times higher." ”

Looking at Ye Chen's posture, it is to be made on a large scale, so Master Liu will be nervous.

"Don't worry, I understand, but this big ship is so important to us, so important that it affects the whole world."

Ye Chen didn't mean big words, he was going to look for sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, these things were artifacts that could multiply the population.

After a while, the craftsmen asked Ye Chen to name the new ship.

"It's called the Liaodong." Ye Chen didn't think too much about it, and immediately named the first super ship with Liaodong.

After the ship was built, the next thing Ye Chen had to do was to select sailors and prepare for a long voyage.