Zhang San had no choice but to say: "Your side continues to expand the dockyard, and strive to reach the point where you can build a hundred such dart boats a year." There are also two experienced shipwrights who are sent to make a set of ship models and go to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Zhang San looked at him with a curious look and said: "I also have a big shipyard over there, and the sea ships of 5,000 stones alone can build nearly 50 a year, and this kind of ship of 1,000 stones can build at least one or two hundred a year over there." All you have to do is choose the people. ”

Zhang Sanzhi is not exaggerating, after the new dock of the shipyard in Hangzhou is repaired, it will start work at full strength in a year, and it can really build more than 50 sea ships. Because of the difference between sea ships and river ships, Zhang San has not sent too many elite shipwrights from the Beijing shipyard to Jiangnan.

This time, the head of the shipyard, Wu Shipwright, came down in an instant, and his face began to turn pale. It was the first time he heard Zhang San talk about the shipyard in Jiangnan, originally he was in charge of such a large shipyard in the capital, which was already one of the best in the capital, but he didn't expect Zhang San to have a bigger shipyard in Jiangnan.

Zhang San said that the big ship of 5,000 stones, he was fortunate to see a few times, those are either the sea merchants from the south of the Yangtze River to sell goods in Tokyo, or the dragon boat offered by the south of the Yangtze River, this dragon boat is not the other dragon boat.

This kind of dragon boat is a large cruise ship specially built by the crew of Jiangnan for the emperor, generally about 5,000 stones, and it is parked at the Bianhe wharf, although everyone is not allowed to approach, but it is still possible to see it from a distance.

Wu Shipwright had seen that kind of big ship, and he couldn't imagine how big a shipyard could be that could build fifty large ships of more than 5,000 stone a year, but he could indeed feel Zhang San's dissatisfaction with his slow shipbuilding speed.

This made Wu Shipwright very uneasy, originally he was just a boatsmith with a little technical experience, Zhang San recruited him back, appointed him as the head of the shipyard, this period of time, the shipyard expanded rapidly, and now the shipyard is already a first-class shipyard in the capital, and Wu Shipwright can also get more than 100 wages in a month.

This made Wu Shipwright a little fluttering, and even took a concubine last month. There is also some slackness in the management of the shipyard, his side is too far away from Zhang San's Zhuangzi, it is not easy for Li Si to come to a trip, and there are too many workshops under management, so he comes here at most once or twice a month.

Wu Shipwright always felt that Li Si didn't know how to build ships, so he built six thousand-stone ships in five or six months, and Li Si never said anything, but now he really didn't dare to have any other ideas.

Zhang San looked at him sweating profusely and his face was pale and asked, "What?" Questions? Is it too hard? ”

Wu Shipwright immediately woke up and shook his head and said, "No, don't worry, I will definitely build a hundred boats this year!" ”

Zhang San shook his head and said, "It's already the end of May, and you still have six months behind you, can you really build ninety-four boats?" Don't just talk about quantity, don't talk about quality, this ship is our own use, and I will hold you accountable if something goes wrong. ”

Wu Shipwright wiped his sweat and said: "Don't worry, the owner just said that I thought of an idea to load the ship board at the wharf, the hull of this ship can be built in more than two months, as long as the mast is erected and the ship is installed, it can be pushed into the water, so that three batches can be built in six months." ”

Wu Shipwright pointed to the ship and said: "Look, the owner of this dock is very easy to dig, find more workers to hurry up, there will be no problem in digging 30 docks in two months, and when the shipyard has more craftsmen who are familiar with the new ships, we will be able to build 42 ships at the same time, and there will be no problem with 100 ships a year." ”

Zhang San asked curiously: "I see that you have been buying wood, these are all wet wood, how much dry wood do you have in stock now?" Will there be enough wood for shipbuilding? ”

Shipwright Wu said with a look of annoyance: "Owner, I didn't prepare so much wood at the beginning, and now it's hard to buy dry wood. ”

Zhang San smiled and said: "I have a plan, you can try, you watch the wood dry, it all depends on the sun, the sun dries the water, doesn't the wood dry?" We can build a stove like a brick kiln, make a fire from one end, maintain a certain temperature, and bake the wood in it. ”

Wu Shipwright's eyes lit up when he heard this, he hadn't thought about this method yet, but it sounded very reliable, so that the wood drying cycle was greatly shortened, Wu Shipwright was just about to speak, Zhang San shook his head, Wu Boatsmith looked at Zhang San and shook his head and his heart tightened, could it be that it can't be?

Zhang San shook his head and thought about it and said: "There are a few points to pay attention to in this dry distillation, the first is that the temperature should not be too high, or the wood will become charcoal, and the speed is too fast, and the uneven heating can easily lead to cracking of the wood, you should pay attention to these." ”

Zhang San had seen this method on the board, but he didn't know if it would be successful, Zhang San said: "In addition to drying, you can also try steaming, that is, make a big pot, boil the water, pour hot gas into it with an iron pipe, steam the wood, and see the effect." ”

Zhang San thought about it and felt that it was still unreliable, so he said: "You have to try both methods, and the new wood we buy is wet, but we can buy some of the wood stored in other shipyards, and use it first, there must be extra wood in some shipyards, ask more." ”

Zhang San was visiting the shipyard, and the Weiyuan Dart Bureau in Shandong did just pass by Qingzhou, at this time there were not so many bandits on Qingzhou Mountain, and only Yan Shun, Wang Ying and Zheng Tianshou on Qingfeng Mountain had just become a climate.

Three months ago, there was only Yan Shun in charge of this village, this Yan Shun is a native of Laizhou, born with red hair and yellow beard, known as Jinmao Tiger. He was originally a sheep and horse dealer, because of the loss of capital, he lived in the green forest, and then fell into the grass in Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou, and he was happy with dozens of brothers.

Three months ago, there was a man named Wang Ying who went up the mountain and fell into the grass, this Wang Ying was originally a car driver, because he saw the murder of money, and was arrested and escaped from prison, and fled all the way to Qingfeng Mountain, Yan Shun saw that he was short and unwilling to take him in, but he didn't expect him to let go of more than a dozen brothers by himself, and Yan Shun also had a tie, Yan Shun simply made him a second leader.

Since this Wang Ying went up the mountain, Yan Shun was afraid that Wang Yingwei would be difficult to treat, so he simply chose a henchman named Zheng Tianshou from his subordinate leaders to be the master of Sanzhai so as to contain each other. This Zheng Tianshou was originally from Suzhou, he was originally a silversmith, because he liked guns and sticks, so he was doing business everywhere while learning from his teacher, and later passed by Qingfeng Mountain and was coerced up the mountain, and simply became a robber.

Originally, Yan Shun and others were bandits in the mountains and obeyed the rules of the rivers and lakes, and everyone robbed most of them to get money and food, and rarely killed or injured people, but since Wang Ying came, the atmosphere of the cottage has gradually changed.

It turned out that this Wang Ying did not go up the mountain alone, when he escaped from prison, he also let go of many prisoners, some admired his ability and had nowhere to go to follow him, Wang Ying was afraid that Yan Shun would not dare to take him in, so he went up the mountain alone, and then became the leader after letting the brothers go up the mountain one by one, and after Yan Shun understood, Wang Ying had arranged the prisoner brothers to the cottage.