A few days later, the caravan of the Wei family arrived, and what he didn't expect was how big the scale would be this time.

In total, more than 5,000 people, hundreds of cars, and food and a large amount of copper coins came.

This time, they brought a lot of money and goods of 200 million. Of the 20 million grains, the remaining 180 million were cash, of which 60 million were agency fees, and the rest were used to buy Du Kang wine.

The Wei family is really generous, and at one time, they can come up with a large sum of money and organize a large caravan in a short period of time.

Of course, the Wei family's actions made Ye Chen, who was short of money, very happy, and set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain them.

After the Wei family left, Ye Chen took five hundred guards and headed east. He left 60 million for Wu Xian and took 120 million for himself.

He's going to see their shipyard, and he's going to make big ships coming.

At this time, it was already able to build a very large ship, and history records that the flagship of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu has five floors up and down, which can carry 3,000 soldiers, and this kind of building ship has been very developed.

But Ye Chen knew that Liaodong was not a good place, there was no developed shipbuilding industry, he only expected that the starting point could be higher, and he didn't let him start from scratch.

arranged for Tai Shici and Bai Feng to continue to suppress the bandits, and the requirements given to them were not too many casualties, and the others could be suppressed as much as they could.

After a quick march all the way, they arrived at Dongfeng in two days.

At this time, there was no shadow of Dalian in Dongyu, a piece of desolation, but Ye Chen didn't care about this, the boat was his purpose.

After arriving at his own shipyard, Ye Chen was very disappointed, first of all, there were hundreds of workers, and the shipbuilding base could only build dozens of tons of fishing boats, and could only fish along the coast.

A dozen acres of shipbuilding base, in addition to four small docks, is a row of low dwellings and a few warehouses and a few working workshops. The rest of the grass is a barren grass, as if the place has been abandoned for a long time.

In the distance, there is a pier with a few small boats, and the dock is only operated by a few people.

If it weren't for the activities of people here, it would be like an abandoned factory.

This is the current situation of the Ye family shipyard, dilapidated, backward, and small.

"Young master, these are the best people in shipbuilding here."

After Ye Chen came here, he found the person in charge and asked him to gather all the best people in shipbuilding, and as a result, he found more than a dozen people for Ye Chen.

More than a dozen people, where is this enough, but at present, no family will attach importance to the shipbuilding industry, and Ye Chen can only accept this fact if he wants to build it.

Later, the shipbuilding industry was developed because of the needs of war, and almost no one would invest in it from an economic point of view.

Because the shipbuilding industry is not like others, it requires a large amount of investment, but the output is pitiful, and it cannot directly produce benefits.

"Okay, good work, what's your name." Ye Chen sighed and felt

"Young master, my name is Zhao Dong, and I am the steward of the shipyard." Ye Chen knew that he didn't have any words, he was just a craftsman, and the status of craftsmen in this era was very low.

"Okay, Zhao Dong, you tell me about the current situation of the shipyard."

"Young master, at present, our shipyard can build sixty-ton fishing boats, and there are more than 600 craftsmen, but there are more than a dozen real shipbuilders here."

Ye Chen learned some information from more than a dozen shipbuilders, and it was okay to build a big ship, but it was estimated that it could only build a ship of more than two hundred tons.

But this required money and some additional workers, and even the dockyard had to be rebuilt, and the construction rate was very slow, with a maximum of two ships being built at a time.

Ye Chen was very helpless when he heard this, what is the difference between this and starting over, except for the shipbuilder who already has a certain foundation.

"Zhao Dong, I'll give you a task now." Standing here, the shipyard was already overgrown with weeds, and Ye Chen said to Zhao Dong very seriously.

"Don't worry, the young master of the family, Dong will definitely swear to complete the task." Maybe Ye Chen was too serious and scared Zhao Dong, which made Zhao Dong very nervous, and hurriedly spoke out to show his loyalty.

"I'm going to build ships, big ships of thousands of tons, and in the future, even bigger ships in a few decades." Ye Chen's eyes moved to the wide sea at this time, and a sense of pride was born in his chest.

What if there is no technology, no talent, no money, I cultivate talents, look for talents, I work hard to make money, this ship must be built.

This is not only about its own future, but also about whether this ancient oriental country can go to the ocean under its own guidance.

"Young master, this, these hundreds of tons of ships may still be able to be built, thousands of tons..."Zhao Dong said very embarrassed.

Maybe I think that this teenage kid is just unreliable, he doesn't know how to build a ship, and he doesn't understand how difficult it is to build a ship, and he can't build it with a word.

"I know it's difficult, but I'll give you the people, you go to find them, you can find as many people as you need, and the shipbuilders don't have to worry, I'll go to Jiangnan to find them for you."

Zhao Dong couldn't help but doubt in his heart, could it be that this young owner really wants to build a ship, but this shipbuilding is not finished, and this small shipyard does not produce a few ships every year, and the cost is tens of millions.

"Young master, this shipbuilding cost is not low." This Zhao Dong didn't know how to describe to Ye Chen how expensive this shipbuilding was, and he was afraid that Ye Chen wouldn't believe it, so he said it vaguely.

"In the future, the shipyard can't be located here, give me a new place, it must be able to build a dock of several thousand tons, and there must be a foundation for expansion, I don't want to build a ship for half a year in the future, one at a time."

Ye Chen directly ignored the cost issue that Zhao Dong said, and directly made a request.

"In addition, this time I brought you 120 million dollars, enough for you to use for a while, you don't have to worry about the follow-up funds, as long as you build a good ship, the current shipyard will be used first to train skilled craftsmen."

Hearing this, Zhao Dong grew his mouth, it turned out that the young head of the family didn't understand anything, but understood everything, and he was very determined, which could be imagined from the blueprint he planned for himself.

Zhao Dong was at a loss for a while, because the task given by Ye Chen was too heavy. originally thought that the young owner was just here to play, but this would make him know that Ye Chen was serious, and not ordinarily serious.

The initial funds were given 120 million, what kind of concept is this, according to the standards of today's Han Emperor, it is the highest official in the central government, and it is the price of two Taishou.

Ye Chen stayed in the shipyard for a few days, and he understood with them some specific requirements one by one, this was a big investment, and it was estimated that it was a few big investments that the Ye family had and would have in the future, and Ye Chen couldn't just leave it alone.

When Ye Chen went back, he left five hundred soldiers behind, so that they could protect this place well, otherwise Ye Chen would not be at ease if he put 120 million million here, and more funds would be thrown here in the future.

"Alas, I'm still short of money."

On the way back, Ye Chen felt how poor he was, unable to support an army, unable to build a boat, or recruit displaced people.

With the resources of a family, it is indeed very difficult to do the affairs of one party.

But it's difficult, don't you do it, of course not, what can Ye Chen do except work harder to make money.

The signal that the great chaos was coming had been hovering in Ye Chen's mind.

When Ye Chen returned to the Ye family, Tai Shi Ci had already gone out to suppress the bandits, because there were no big bandits around, and the Ye family was not afraid of a sudden attack, so he took all the two thousand and a half guard battalion out.

Since he had already gone out, Ye Chen did not follow. To Ye Chen's surprise, Bai Feng didn't even go, in his sense, the next action was too untechnical, and he didn't need to go.

Ye Chen knew that Bai Feng was still quite talented, especially now that he didn't have many talents in his hands.

What surprised Ye Chen when he came back this time was that the caravan that went to the grassland had returned, and it had already entered the territory of Liaodong, and it could reach the Ye family within two days.

The grassland was crucial to Ye Chen's strategy, so Ye Chen was also very much looking forward to the return of the caravan.

Not only is Ye Chen looking forward to the caravan coming back, but this Wu Xian is also looking forward to the caravan coming back, this caravan can usually bring back a lot of income, and he is short of money to live.

When the caravan returned, Ye Chen took Bai Feng and Wu Xian to the side of the road to greet him.

"Haha, you're finally back, I've been looking forward to it for a long time." Ye Chen greeted the caravan with a smile.

This time, the scale of the caravan was very large, with thousands of guards alone, and the convoy could not see the end.

"Young family master, Lin Lixing is not dishonored, complete the task, and come back to report." This Lin Li was the commander of this time, and he led the caravan to the northern grasslands.

"Okay, hard work. This time it will go well. ”

"Young master, this time it went well, and I have completed the task you assigned."

Ye Chen was very happy when he heard this, he had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

"Okay, take me to see it."

Wu looked at the two of them in bewilderment, as if there were many things he didn't know about this trip.

"Young master, look."

"Haha, good horse, really a good horse of the grassland."

"Yes, young master, five hundred horses were purchased according to your requirements, all of them are high-grade war horses."

"Haha"

Ye Chen was smiling excitedly, and Wu Xian was about to vomit blood, and sure enough, Ye Chen quietly dug a pit for him again, which was still a big one.

Wu Xian is not an uninformed person, and knows that raising a horse is more expensive than raising several people.

This war horse must use high-protein foods such as soybeans, good forage, and special care.

These five hundred war horses can bankrupt a small family.

Originally, I thought that this caravan could bring back a large amount of property and make him feel better, but I didn't expect Ye Chen to bring him a big hole.

"Young master, I think you should change the manager, this can't be done." Wu Xian was really speechless, and he didn't know what to say about Ye Chen.

"Haha, it's just five hundred war horses, and you can't eat the Ye family, besides, this time you have opened up the trade of the grassland, and there will be no shortage of money for you to spend in the future."

As soon as Wu Xian said it, Ye Chen knew what Wu Xian was going to say, so he blocked his words first, and told him not to worry about money.