Zhou Shaoji agreed with Duhu Usu's view that ships were definitely needed to unify the south, especially in the Lingnan area, and even sea ships; According to Yang Chong's vision, he will not not be involved in it, maybe Yang Chong also has a new shipbuilding process or method; The two were chatting, Yang Chong had already walked back with Tianyi, Yang Chong smiled and said, "Yuan Tiangang made a model in front, let's go over and take a look." ”

When the group arrived at the Kunming Pool Project Headquarters, Yuan Tiangang really made a huge real-life planning map, showing the completed city in the model one by one, lifelike. When Yuan Tiangang and Gai Wenyi arrived, Yang Chong praised while looking at it, pointed to the model and said: "The house of the headquarters seems to have become a spare annex in the future, it is too wasteful, according to my opinion, it is better to open a gate here, plant flowers and trees around it, and turn the headquarters into a small museum, and this model of Tiangang can always be placed here for people to visit." ”

"Museum, great idea." Yuan Tiangang asked with great interest: "What are you going to exhibit?" ”

Yang Chong pointed in the direction of Feng Ho and said, "Model." It was the location of Fengjing and Haojing in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the first large-scale and neatly laid out city in Chinese history, and asked the academy to help make a model of the city according to the history books. There are also Kunming Lake, Longshouyuan, Afang Palace, Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, and some cultural relics of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Qin and Han Dynasties, which is a historical development aspect of Chang'an, so that the science and technology city is also stained with some cultural atmosphere. ”

Everyone laughed, and Yuan Tiangang joked: "Prime Minister, there is another trouble that you can't solve, the Kunming town next to the university does not allocate funds, but a piece of land is allocated for free, so that we can raise our own funds." Zhuge Jia will say that it is better for you to come forward and let the rich people open some more workshops in the town. ”

There are workshops and schools nearby, which is a standard golden area in later generations, where there are things that need to be solved, and concepts need to be changed; Yang Chong blurted out: "Then how to do it, then build a workshop, where do people live, so let's go, you go to the household department and Chang'an County to ask for an explanation, see if anyone is willing to contribute, if not, you go to the second lady and Duhuhong, and let them pay to build this town." ”

"Prime Minister." Duhu usurped to give Yang Chong face to face, and no longer called him by his name as in the past, but Duhu usurped still spoke in a very anxious tone: "Duhu's family is also in difficulty now, and they can't take out so much money." ”

Yang Chong smiled intriguingly and said: "If the Duhu family pays the money, I don't want to, Duhu Hong has money in the bank." Yuan Junbao and Chu Suiliang, when the time comes, you two will accompany Yuan Tiangang into the city to do this, and hand over the matter of raising money to the second lady, you just keep accounts, supervise where the money is used, whether anyone is greedy and wasteful, and then find Pang Huan to ask a few students to run errands below, and make money in the future, I will reward you with a house in the town. ”

Chu Sui had a deep conscience, knowing that Yang Chong had a unique vision in this regard, and shouted that he and Yuan Junbao must have a deep meaning when they came forward, so he agreed without blinking; Yuan Tiangang immediately set off and went to Zhuge Jiahui and Fang Yanzao to discuss the law, since Yang Chong is willing to cover the bottom, then things are much easier to do, with confidence, Yuan Tiangang's waist is straight.

Yang Chong, Zhou Shaoji and others went to see the shipyard, fir wood, pine, cypress and other wood have been shipped, and the craftsmen are doing insect control, ant prevention, antiseptic, and drying according to different needs; Different parts of the hull, such as masts, beams, fangs, rudders, and oars, require different timbers. In the design room, according to Yang Chong's requirements, the two masters are designing different ships, one is a passenger ship and the other is a cargo ship.

Zhou Shaoji looked at the design drawings carefully, the ship is an ordinary ship, there is nothing amazing; However, Zhou Shaoji was full of praise for the drawings drawn by the five masters, the lines were clear and smooth, the numbers and marks were drawn extremely clearly, and every side of the hull was displayed in the graphics, which made it clear at a glance. Zhou Shaoji found that the connection between the skeleton and the plate, and between the hull and the superstructure was connected by mortise and tenon joints combined with iron nails, and he knew that Yang Chongzhi was on the big ship, and the shipyard in Kunming Pool was for a group of people to practice.

Duhu Yu also saw the iron nails, and suddenly realized: "Prime Minister, your machinery factory is to produce kitchen knives, iron pots, and iron nails. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "Agricultural ploughs, shovels, shovels, hoes, rakes, sickles, axes, adzes, hammers, chisels, knives, saws, cones, nails, as well as containers and cooking utensils such as dings, furnaces, kettles, pots, etc., as well as hooks, tweezers, tongs, scissors, kitchen knives, fishing hooks and sewing needles. My workshop is better than the steel of the material, which is good and durable; There are also no worries about sales, you can put them in Xiaozhen Zhai to sell. ”

Duhu asked softly, "How is the Wuchuan Iron Works going to deal with it?" ”

Yang Chong said helplessly: "I don't want to give up in front of money, Yang Ciyou also said that this is their property; Forget it, I don't want the iron factory in Guanzhong, whoever cares about it will take care of it. ”

Duhu usurped to understand that Yang Chong invited himself to come today, just to say this sentence, everything will not move, and end the dispute in the iron factory; When everyone returned to the city, they met Yuan Tiangang on the road, and learned that the household department and Chang'an County had issued notices, hoping that the big households in Chang'an would come forward to undertake the construction of Kunming Town, which would be valid for three days, and the fourth day would be auctioned at the Chang'an branch of Daye Bank.

As soon as he entered the city, Yang Chong let the convoy turn to the bank, Yu Wenwen and Li Chunfeng were there, Li Chunfeng was the president of the branch and the president of the auction house, and Yu Wenwen was the head of the household department stationed in the bank. Yang Chong said that he wanted to borrow money from the bank, and used all the properties of Yuan Xiren and Duhu Hong in Chang'an as collateral, and Duhu Yu knew that his sister Duhu Hong actually had three mansions and a grange courtyard in Chang'an, a very rich woman, and the most annoying thing was that Duhu Hong directly put the title deed in the bank.

Yuwen Wen calculated and said: "Duhu Hong can mortgage 35,000 guan, Yuan Xiren can mortgage 60,000 guan, otherwise add Yang Jinghui, since being cured by Sun Simiao, she has been fighting spirit in the past few years, Wei Yuanzhao's private property is in her hands, and it should be no problem to take out 50,000 guan." ”

Yang Jinghui and Cui Hongdu are actually a problem, and the long-term forbearance and depression have damaged the heart and lungs, affecting their vitality; Due to Yang Chong's crossing, Sun Simiao returned to Chang'an, and Cui Hongdu lived a few more years. Yang Jinghui is only in his twenties, and after taking medicine and diet for a long time, he did not die young as in history, but his body gradually improved, and finally recovered; This time, Yang Jinghui returned to Chang'an with the Hexi Army, and instead of Wei Yuanzhao, he partnered with Yuan Wei's family to open the Kunlun Jade Fang, and made money every day.

Yang Chong said: "It's too late to communicate with Yuanzhao, you can communicate with Yang Jinghui, maybe there are still people who are willing to go to the government to take over the errand, and in the end, if you can't do it, you will come forward for me and borrow 20,000 yuan from the Yuan family and the Yuwen family." ”

(End of chapter)