Whether it is in his previous life or in this life, Zhu Youzhen is the first time to come to Tianjin at the bottom of the nine rivers. Compared with the concrete forest on TV in later generations, Tianjin at this time was still an idyllic scenery of intertwined rivers and reed rice fields. Of course, along the three forks of the Haihe River to the southwest, is an old town of the original Tianjin Acropolis, and it is also the place where local residents are most concentrated.

But now, along the Haihe River southeast of the three forks, many new buildings have been erected, or warehouses, or water-powered mills, or wind-powered mills. Although these new buildings are more distant from each other, it seems that the area of this new district is no less than that of the old town.

Lu Jiude, who had already received the news, had everything ready at the train station in Tianjin early. When Chongzhen arrived after dark, Tianjin's train station was still bright, and Zhu Youzhen did not feel that he was standing in a suburban station far away from the Tianjin Acropolis.

Zhu Youzhen stayed in Tianjin for three days, inspecting the newly built workshops, markets, and wharves in the urban area of Tianjin on the first two days, and on the last day he went to see the fort at Dagukou and the adjacent Tianjin shipyard.

Originally, he was quite satisfied with what he saw, although the workshops he visited were relatively clean, and the workers were wearing new clothes, which looked like exercises. But the pedestrians and shopkeepers he saw on the streets of the city, all smiling and energetic, still couldn't fool people.

Then, after the inspection of the Tianjin shipyard was completed, when Zhu Youzhen temporarily selected shipyard craftsmen and apprentices for a symposium, a middle-aged craftsman named Bao Zhiqing bluntly raised many shortcomings about the Tianjin shipyard to the nobleman from the capital, that is, Chongzhen, who did not identify himself.

After changing into civilian clothes, Lu Jiude, who was sitting next to Chongzhen and recording, was certainly restless, and the shipyard managers who knew the meeting minutes afterwards were even more frightened into a cold sweat.

What did this middle-aged craftsman Bao Zhiqing mainly report to Chongzhen, first, the factory manager was very happy, in order to be able to drive out the construction period of the new ship as soon as possible, the necessary interval between the processes was excessively compressed, which caused a safety hazard to the already built ship;

Second, in order to make up for the lack of qualified ship materials, the shipyard in the name of creating a new process, a large number of splicing ship materials are used on the ship, this kind of splicing ship materials fixed with iron bars and nails, once soaked in seawater for a long time, the iron is corroded, and the ship loses its safety guarantee.

In addition to the above two main points, there are also some small problems such as stewards going through the back door to recruit workers and taking rebates when buying ship materials. After listening to the craftsman's report, Zhu Youzhen found that although he had tried his best to build the Tianjin Shipyard in accordance with the enterprise system of later generations, the inertia of the times still made the shipyard a humane society.

That night, outside the small building where Chongzhen lived, Lu Jiude and the big and small stewards of the shipyard knelt in several rows, and they all came to ask the emperor for their guilt.

Zhu Youzhen neither summoned them, nor did he give them an order to disperse, but just hung them there alive. Although the emperor did not immediately get angry and punish them, in Lu Jiude's opinion, this was the worst moment. Before the emperor's anger is vented, God knows what kind of ending awaits them.

Lu Jiude actually felt that he was quite wronged, although he was in charge of the shipyard, but he didn't know anything about shipbuilding, he was only responsible for the connection between the shipyard, the palace, and the navy, who knew that he would be burdened with such a big black cauldron.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but whisper to Steward Xu, who was kneeling on his left side and was in charge of the shipyard's production, "Didn't you say that these ships are all fine?" According to which craftsman today, this is also called no problem? ”

Steward Xu, who was sweating profusely, dodged Lu Jiude's gaze and replied: "Fishing boats and merchant ships will definitely be fine in three to five years, that is, it will take a little more to overhaul them at that time." As for the warships, we are all real work, that is the work of registering, what Mr. Lu told you, how dare we risk killing our heads.

We can't blame us for this, this qualified timber is insufficient, and even if it costs money, there is nowhere to buy it. Although some large trees have been imported from the northeast, it will take at least five or six years to wait for them to dry and be ready to use. There are so many ship materials, but the ship's orders are several times the ship material reserves, we don't have to splice the ship materials, how to complete the task. ”

Lu Jiude thought of the kickbacks in his pocket, and he was at a loss at this moment. Looking at the dark sea in the distance, he couldn't help but say with some hatred: "What is the origin of that craftsman?" How dare you be so bold. Aren't the miscellaneous family good enough for these craftsmen? In order to make them work hard, the miscellaneous family has never deducted their food expenses and wages. ”

A steward behind Lu Jiude couldn't help but interject in a whisper and replied: "That craftsman is called Bao Zhiqing, who was originally a master craftsman of Qingjiang Shipyard, and it is said that he drove him to us because he contradicted the steward in Qingjiang Shipyard and provoked the steward to be unhappy." ”

Steward Xu only remembered at this time and said, "Yes, yes, I also remembered." This bastard annoyed the shipyard steward because he objected to the shipyard using the planks of the old ship to build a new one..."

Lu Jiude suddenly snorted a few times dissatisfiedly, "Qingjiang Shipyard, when the miscellaneous family survives this experience, they will definitely settle this account with them..."

While Lu Jiude and the shipyard managers were looking for the reason, Zhu Youzhen was also standing at the window on the second floor looking at the sea to the east. Although the stars in the starry sky today are twinkling, they still can't shine on the waves of the sea at night, and there is only a lighthouse in the distance, which can be regarded as a little light for this boundless darkness.

When Zhu Youzhen looked at the night outside the window, Hai Lanzhu walked into his room with tea. Although Chongzhen did not officially include her in the palace, Hai Lanzhu knew that it was only a matter of time. She can run through the vast grassland to Mingguo, and naturally she will not twist. Therefore, after following Chongzhen out of Beijing, seeing that the emperor did not bring the palace maids and eunuchs who served, she naturally took over the affairs of taking care of Chongzhen's life.

Chongzhen didn't push her to take care of her, but he didn't take advantage of the situation to include her in the room, which made Hai Lanzhu both a little happy and a little grateful. When she settled in the rice garden, she soon found herself in an embarrassing situation. The officials of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to approve of the emperor accepting another foreign woman, especially a Mongol woman.

It's just that because Chongzhen has not made her existence public, these officials have not been able to directly express a formal opinion on the matter. Hai Lanzhu was naturally worried about this, after all, only if she was included in the palace could the Horqin Department form a special relationship with the Ming Kingdom.

If Chongzhen repented of this marriage, it would not only humiliate the Horqin Ministry, but also deeply offend the Houjin Kingdom, and at that time, she would also become a sinner of the Horqin Ministry, and she would never be able to return to the grassland of her hometown.

Now that Chongzhen took her out of Beijing and acquiesced to her taking care of her own life, he announced his decision to a certain extent, which made Hai Lanzhu finally breathe a sigh of relief. And the emperor did not ask her to sleep, which gave her pride a little comfort. Under the intersection of the two, Hai Lanzhu's good impression of Chongzhen couldn't help but grow a little longer.

After putting down the tray on the table, Hai Lanzhu said softly to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the tea has been brewed, come over and have a drink first." ”

When Chongzhen turned around and sat down at the table to drink tea, Hai Lanzhu carefully picked up the gauze tent at the window and looked down, and only after half a ring did she retract her gaze and said, "Your Majesty, they have been kneeling long enough since they knelt before dinner, do you really want them to kneel until dawn?" ”

Zhu Youzhen drank two cups of tea in a row before he suppressed the irritability in his heart, and said with a rare look of distress: "I can't think of a way to deal with them now."

There are some things that you don't experience personally, and you have no way of knowing how stupid the people down there are. If you tell them about the spirit of foolishness and let them do things in a down-to-earth manner, they will become conservatism that follows the rules and sticks to the old ways.

You have to tell them that if you open your mind, do things with innovation, and have innovative thinking, they will be able to trample on all laws and order in the name of invigorating their minds. Sure enough, it's messy as soon as you let it go, and you will die if you manage it. ”

For Chongzhen's sigh, Hai Lanzhu actually didn't think things were so bad, in the past few days of inspection in Tianjin, because of Chongzhen's tolerance, she has always been by Chongzhen's side.

If it is said that the spoon garden and the city wall of the capital have allowed Hai Lanzhu to see the culture and history of the Ming Dynasty, then the workshops and countless craftsmen in Tianjin have made her truly realize the wealth of the Ming Dynasty and how unimaginable it exists. Before coming to Tianjin, she never imagined that so many artisans would gather in one city to create a dizzying variety of goods.

Of course, this is also because Hai Lanzhu did not enter the capital, compared to the Beijing workshops surrounded by tall city walls, the workshops scattered on both sides of the Haihe River, especially those that use water and wind power to drive the processing workshop, brought a greater impact to Hai Lanzhu sitting on the boat.

Compared with the Horqin grassland, where the sky is high and the grass grows, and the sheep are more than the herdsmen, Tianjin is like a city full of miracles, and Hai Lanzhu feels that Chongzhen, who has such a city, really has nothing to worry about.

Although Hai Lanzhu didn't understand how to solve the problem Chongzhen was facing, she knew how to resolve the dull atmosphere in front of her, and Hai Lanzhu congratulated Chongzhen with a smile: "I think that today should celebrate Your Majesty." Congratulations to Your Majesty for being able to meet a subject who is willing to tell you the truth, if it is not this truth-telling subject, how can Your Majesty know the problem before it is exposed? ”

Zhu You checked for a moment, and after a long time, he nodded and said: "You are good at this, if there is not such a person who is willing to tell the truth, the problem will be even more difficult to solve." ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, and finally got up and said to Hai Lanzhu: "The tea is delicious, you can rest first." Now, it's time to talk to these bastards. ”