Jiangnan Shipyard is located in a river harbor on the outskirts of Yangzhou, about five miles out of the Yangtze River, and in the other direction of the inland river to dig a ditch, connected to the Grand Canal, the water flow is developed, is a very ideal shipyard address.

When Chen Fei came to the shipyard, he only saw a few new ships parked in the three small docks on the outermost part of the shipyard, which should be used to transport goods from the shape of the shipyard.

In addition to these three docks moored a few small boats, the remaining more than ten docks are empty, listen to Yang Tingshi's introduction, the shipyard originally had only five docks, last year the imperial court ordered expansion, this is the new ten docks, and the newly built docks are very large, theoretically enough to accommodate the largest ships at present.

But Chen Fei was a little dissatisfied when he saw it, the newly built dock was indeed much larger than the previous one, but his treasure ship was ...... Bigger! And...... A fleet can't have just a dozen ships, right? Therefore, Chen Fei is not very satisfied with the current scale of the shipyard. Yang Tingshi felt embarrassed after stopping Chen Fei's request.

Because the inland river is so big, at most five more king-size docks will be built, and more ...... I can't accommodate it! Not to mention the fleet of hundreds of large ships that Chen Fei proposed. It's not realistic!

Chen Fei was also aware of this problem, this inland river was too small to support the large-scale fleet manufacturing demand. What's more, this shipyard used to build cargo ships and passenger ships, and it was never thought that one day a sea fleet would be born here. So the situation is a bit awkward now.

"Lord Yang, please prepare a water drawing for me, and I will study it later."

Yang Tingshi was shocked, knowing that Chen Fei was going to carry out a big project, "Lord Chen, do you want to choose a new factory site?" ”

"Hmm." Chen Fei nodded, "It can't be regarded as a new site, the shipyard here also needs to build five new docks, according to the largest construction, in the future, this will be the manufacturing place for small auxiliary ships, and the large treasure ships will have to change places." There's no room for it here. ”

Yang Tingshi's cheeks twitched slightly when he heard the words "small subship" and "can't be tolerated". In his opinion, the dock here is already big enough, and he can't find anything bigger than this in China, and this lord actually dislikes it......

"Uh...... Dare to ask adults, what is the size of the boat you want to build? Yang Tingshi finally couldn't help but ask this question.

"At present, it is planned to have three large ships, 45 zhang long and 18 zhang wide, which are expected to be able to carry 5,000 materials, 25 medium-sized ships, 30 zhang long and 10 zhang wide, 50 small ships, 18 zhang long and 8 zhang wide, and a number of other micro ships, depending on the situation." Chen Fei said very calmly.

Yang Tingshi was about to cry when he heard it. Sky! What is the concept of forty-five zhang? It's 150 meters long! At present, the cargo ships running in the river are about three or four zhang long, one zhang wide, and five zhang long. And Chen Fei said that he actually wanted to build a ship 45 zhang long and 18 zhang wide?

Yang Tingshi used his brain to exert his imagination, but he could not draw the outline of that kind of ship in his mind. Three five-zhang ships are not enough for the width of this behemoth, this Nima is simply amazing! Can such a big ship be built? Even if it is built, how will such a large ship be driven?

Chen Fei seemed to see Yang Tingshi's confusion, and explained with a smile: "Lord Yang doesn't have to worry, these ships are running on the sea, and the bigger they are, the more they can withstand the wind and waves, so the size is not the key, as for the power...... You'll know when the ship is built, and I'll have a way to get it moving. ”

Yang Tingshi listened, nodded for a while, and arched his hand: "Lord Chen is highly talented, and the lower officials can only look up." ”‘

Chen Fei patted Yang Tingshi's shoulder and smiled: "Haha! Lord Yang laughed, there is a specialization in the art industry, Lord Yang is good at government affairs, and the huge Yangzhou City is well governed by Lord Yang, which Chen sighed to himself, which made him admire very much. But when it comes to this invention and creation, I'm afraid Lord Yang can only admire. ”

Yang Tingshi also laughed when he heard this, and his impression of Chen Fei was several grades better, and he had no objection to the fact that he wanted to build a new shipyard. Anyway, the imperial court issued an order to let him cooperate with Chen Fei as much as possible, so just listen to him.

The matter of choosing a new shipyard was put aside for the time being, and Chen Fei first followed Yang Tingshi to the dock to check the situation.

Li Zhi had already summoned a group of shipwrights to wait in the shipyard, and Chen Fei roughly counted them, the number of people was about eight hundred, and almost all the people who knew how to build ships in Jiangnan had gathered here.

The boatmen were quiet, and when they had no work to do, they found a place to sit down, and looked curiously at the young man dressed in wealth.

Chen Fei's name has already resounded all over the country, whether it is the thunderbolt fire he invented, the poetry he composed, Chen Ji's shop, library, newspaper...... There is no one who is not famous. He can now be regarded as a super celebrity in Datang. And the lottery points in his system have also accumulated a terrifying three million. It's just that he's not in the mood to go to the lottery right now. The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, and the things in the shipyard should be done well first.

Yang Tingshi introduced several old shipwrights to Chen Fei, and several old craftsmen have built boats all their lives, and they are very good at handicraft on board.

However, when Chen Fei said that he wanted to build a big ship 45 zhang long and 18 zhang wide, several old shipwrights were surprised that they could stuff an egg in their mouths!

"My lord, with all due respect, the old man said that such a big treasure ship, the old man has never heard of it, and he has never seen it, this ...... It's impossible to make it, right? Even if you build it, you're afraid you won't be able to make it move, right? An old boatman said. The rest of the old shipwrights also nodded approvingly, they even thought that the young minister had just proposed such a ridiculous thing on a whim, and the young emperor who had just taken office actually approved it on the spur of the moment......

"You ...... Don't believe me? Chen Fei didn't see any disappointment in his eyes, but showed a somewhat mischievous smile.

Several craftsmen nodded in unison.

"Hehe, everyone, don't make up your mind so quickly, this official will show you something, maybe you will change your mind."

Chen Fei clapped his hands behind him, and more than a dozen large boxes were placed in front of everyone on the guards.

The big guy looked at each other, not understanding what the adult wanted to do.

"Open it." Chen Fei ordered, the guards opened a few boxes, everyone gathered around to take a look, and found that the boxes contained a roll of rice paper, Chen Fei signaled to everyone: "You guys pick it up and take a look, but you must be lighter, don't break the paper, in order to draw these things, but it took a lot of effort from the official." ”

A craftsman curiously reached out and took out a roll of paper, which revealed only a corner when he opened it, and he was deeply shocked by what was drawn on it.

"This ...... It's ......"

When the other craftsmen saw his surprised appearance, they all gathered around him curiously, but after just one glance, they showed the same shocked expression as the craftsman.

"Shhh Is this a ship? Or is it just a corner? Unfold the paper and take a look! Slow down! Slow down! Don't break it! The three craftsmen worked together to open the drawing paper, which happened to be the plan of the largest treasure ship.

The design of the side alone is enough to amaze these craftsmen! How had they ever seen such a beautiful work of art! And this is just the first volume of thousands of drawings!

Hahaha, the World Cup has started, I'm betting on a draw!

(End of chapter)