Zhang San came to the paper mill to have a look, just to prepare for the next step of transferring some people to set up a new paper mill. Now I went in and took a look, and the paper workshop has been expanding too quickly recently, and it can't be mobilized for a while.

And after more than ten days, it is good to double the size, and the management personnel are even more stretched, after Zhang San saw it, he naturally extinguished his mind to transfer, as for the new paper workshop, it doesn't hurt to put it for the time being.

After reading it, Zhang San told Li Si to pay attention to the health of the workers, and then the two of them went all the way south to go to the shipyard to see, the two factories happened to be one south and one north, passing Ling Zhen's Zhuangzi in the middle, and Zhang San happened to go there to have a look.

Originally, it was planned to have a new seasoning-making workshop, but Zhang San never took care of the relocation, so this side has been used as a briquette production base for half of the south, and has not been carefully operated.

This time, since it is planned to cut off a part of the coal industry, it is just right to go and see, it is close to the Bianhe River, when Zhang San arrived, the Zhuangzi here has become a black and mushy piece, and a large amount of fertile land has been destroyed into a coal plant, Zhang San shook his head and began to think about how to use this land.

There is no advantage here compared to Zhang Sanzhu's Zhuangzi, but there is a small wharf here, and people who pass by from the wharf on Zhang Sanzhuangzi just go all the way south to here, and they can load ships and transport goods to Bianjing by water, or cross the river from here.

Here is a good ferry wharf, because of the coal relationship, the ferry here Zhang San has been specially repaired, the berth of the small boat is several hundred meters long, and in order to store coal also built several large cargo sheds.

The convenient wharf conditions here naturally attracted many merchants to cross the river here, so there are many large and small boats parked on the bank, including two small new ferries, which are being loaded into horse-drawn carriages.

Zhang San nodded, this place can be developed as a ferry, just together with the ferry on the Wuzhang River in the north, it forms a complete passage from the west of Bianjing, these people don't need to go around into the city, they can go all the way south from the north of Bianjing, which can save at least half a day's time.

Zhang Sanxian took advantage of the convenience of having a vacant seat on the new ferry to put his horse, and immediately got on the boat to the opposite shore first, and after going ashore, he rode on his horse and galloped upstream, and it was not long before he arrived at the shipyard.

First of all, six large boats in the shipyard are lined up side by side in the dock on the shore, and there are many smaller ferries in production around, and several wooden rows on the dock of the shipyard are being dragged to the shore by dozens of workers shouting trumpets, and many big carts pulling wood can also be seen around the shipyard, pulling them to the stockpile yard of the shipyard with oxen or donkeys.

It was already dusk when Zhang San came to the shipyard, and the shipwright in charge of this side was found by Li Si, and the three of them went to see the new dart boats together, which were the six big ships produced in the shipyard.

The three of them walked into the boatwright Lao Wu and introduced: "The owner, you see, this is the ship of a thousand stones, in addition to the sails on it, if you want to accelerate, the six or four pairs of boats below can rotate quickly, so that the speed of the ship can be increased by at least fifty percent." ”

A few people climbed up the rope ladder to the boat, and the boatwright introduced: "According to the owner's requirements, we made the hull a little more slender, the bottom of the ship also changed from a flat bottom to an arc, and the bow of the ship also changed from flat to pointed. In this way, the ship is estimated to run a little faster, but the cargo is indeed reduced by more than 30%. ”

Zhang San waved his hand and said: "It's okay, as long as the speed is faster, there is less cargo, just build a few more." How much time does the ship have to be launched? ”

Weiyuan Dart Bureau has been renting a boat to use, and it has long been in a hurry, but Zhang San decided to build six first, and if the effect is good, it will be built, and if it doesn't work, the design will be modified.

The boatman patted his chest and said, "Now that the ship has been built, the planks are being laid, and some boats and other things are loaded inside." You can get into the water in half a month. ”

Zhang San thought about it and said: "It's better to be like this, it's not convenient for this ship to be loaded up and down here, and it occupies the dock." Now that the ship has been built, let's get it out and stop at the dock, and the rest of the work will be done there. ”

Zhang San looked at the hull of the ship and said: "After arriving at the dock, first hold a boat, install it and then install the sails, find an experienced sailor to try the boat, just try it for ten days, if there is no problem, immediately lay the keel and start building a new ship, how many new docks are there?" ”

"I don't have twelve docks according to the owner's request," said the boatman, "and in case of emergency, we can build a ship of a thousand stones with a slipway of poles." ”

Zhang San nodded and asked, "Are there enough workers in the shipyard?" How many can you start at a time? ”

The boatsmith said with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect to lay the keel of the new ship so quickly, and I thought that the new ship would take a few months to be built, so I took over a lot of business to build ferries, and the manpower to build a big ship was a little tight, but this time I could at least drive four boats at the same time." ”

Zhang San thought about it and shook his head and said: "In this way, find a shipyard to produce ferries for us, we only send experienced shipwrights and supervisors to ensure the quality, and they take eighty percent of the profits, so that they can produce ferries." How much can we start in the push off some ferry business and start working at full capacity? ”

The shipwright calculated for a moment, and then said, "If you do this, will the owner of the ship have an opinion?" ”

Zhang San asked, "Did you sign a contract for them must have been made by us?" We send technicians to ensure the quality, what is the difference between us and making it ourselves? This kind of boat doesn't make much money, and I don't want them to hire another smart one for us to build. ”

The shipwright nodded: "Then I will finish the work that the shipyard is taking over now, and ensure that at least twelve keels of the ship will be laid in a month." ”

Although Zhang San is still not satisfied with this speed, but also knows that this is the limit of the shipyard, now Weiyuan Dart Bureau because of the limitation of the ship, can only transport the dart once in five days, and the new ship will be built in the future, it will definitely be changed to one boat a day.

Even if the boat is fast, it will take at least twenty days for a boat to go back and forth to Jiangnan, then there must be at least forty boats on the road, and there is more than one such route, the route to Jiangnan, the route to the Daimyo Mansion and the route to Yan'an Mansion are all waterways, and each road also requires about forty boats to turn around on the water.

Not to mention that Zhang San also plans to open a waterway on the Yangtze River, there must also be a waterway on the Huai River, and there must also be a boat on the Yellow River. Then, in the future, if there is a large amount of cargo, there may be more than one boat to depart at a time, so Zhang San estimates that Weiyuan Dart Bureau needs at least more than 300 fast boats to use it.

Now, even if the shipyard starts to build 12 ships at a time, it will build at most three batches and 36 ships a year, and it will take about ten years to build 300 ships, which Zhang 30,000 can't afford to wait.

The ships must be fully equipped in one to two years, Zhang San can't afford to wait!