"Old Chu, can you repair it?" Shen Yue saw that the other party did not answer, and asked nervously again.

Chu Qingqi was a little stunned when he heard the title of Lord Baihu before, and when he heard Shen Yue call himself Chu Lao again, he was a little frightened, and bowed to Shen Yue: "My lord, the villain is just a cloth cloth, how can I be called like this!" ”

Shen Yue realized that there was a problem with the title.

"Respect for the elderly is a traditional virtue of thousands of years in China, and it is part of filial piety. The old and the old, and the old of the people. How can the old gentleman not be? "Respecting the old is the tradition of the Chinese nation, and Shen Yue does not have the concept of superiority and inferiority, not to mention that the other party is an old man," Let's go to the tea shop to rest first, drink the soup to relieve the heat, and talk about the boat! ”

Seeing that everyone's sweat soaked their clothes, Shen Yue couldn't bear it.

The scorching heat under the scorching sun was unbearable, and the interior of the cabin, where the air flow was blocked, was even hotter.

The crowd came out of the cabin, sweating profusely, as if they had been fished out of water.

The tea shop is shabby, the tarpaulin can shade the sun, and the sea breeze blows from time to time, but it is also cool.

Shen Da cleaned the tables and stools of the dilapidated tea shop, and the mung bean soup in the bucket was served in a bowl and placed on the table one by one.

Everyone sat down one by one, and they were not polite, they picked up the cold mung bean soup on the table and drank it all, and Shen Da served it to everyone again.

"My lord, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Drinking two bowls of mung bean soup in a row, Chu Qingqi looked at the bucket with unfinished eyes, he hadn't eaten in the morning, and his stomach was already rumbling.

Shen Yue sat at a table with the seven masters, and Chu Qingqi sat on his left hand, and at this time, a bowl of mung bean soup had not yet been eaten.

looked at Chu Qingqi and said, "Old Chu, the kid doesn't like to beat around the bush, if you have something to say, please say it directly!" ”

"My lord, this ship has been built for at least forty years, and it has not been at sea for ten years, and the outer layer is seriously decayed, and although there is no problem inside, the keel is also useless, and if it is repaired, the keel needs to be replaced...... It is better to repair this ship than to build a new one! Chu Qingchi's words were like a slap in the face.

Shen Yue's whole person was blinded.

The big ship he fought for with the Shen family's assets actually looked like this! How do you start your own plan?

"If it is repaired according to your ideas, how much money will it cost?" Shen Da on the side asked in a deep voice.

"At least eight thousand taels of silver! The masts, keels and other key parts must be replaced, as is the outer layer of rotten wood, which generally requires about 800 materials of wood, and if only the manpower of Longshan is used, it will take four months to repair! Chu Qingqi said solemnly.

To build such a ship, only 2,000 materials were made of wood, but almost half of the materials needed to be replaced for repair, including the keel, mast and other key parts.

The ship is twenty-seven zhang long, and the giant wood needed for the keel needs to be transported from the Northeast or Sichuan. The main mast is also five feet high, and it also needs to be machined from giant wood.

A giant wood that can be used costs at least a hundred taels of silver, not counting labor.

"If the hull is covered with iron armor, the three masts need to be replaced with five masts, and the height of the mainmast must be at least eight zhang, and the ships repaired by Longshan are all 400 warships...... The meaning is obvious, and there are no materials.

Shen Yue was unwilling, "So, no matter what, this ship can't go to sea this year?" ”

"If the materials are sufficient, it will take the winter moon to repair it!" Chu Qingqi discussed with several other people and gave such an answer.

Hearing this, Shen Yue's face was so gloomy that he could drip water.

The people of the Zhang family should be clear about this.

"Don't go to Dongying or go to the South Seas, go east to the Ryukyu Kingdom, repair it a little, and don't replace the keel and mainmast, it's no problem......" Ban Lu saw Shen Yue's ugly face and added.

The Ryukyu Kingdom is a transit point for the north, and it is a transit point for the north.

Shen Da shook his head, "There are many islands in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the pirates are prevalent, and many maritime merchants are in the hands of the pirates. The imperial court has long been unable to suppress the Kou. ”

The meaning of the Zhang family is obvious, forcing Shen Yue to go to Ryukyu, although the trade with the Ryukyu Kingdom is not as huge as that of the North and the East, but also to obtain a lot of wealth, and many merchants transport goods to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"If the four 400-material warships of the Thousand Households are repaired and covered with iron armor, how long will it take for one to be repaired?" Shen Yue took a deep breath and asked everyone.

"My lord, the Thousand Households are the warships of the imperial court, and they are used privately to plot rebellion!" Everyone was shocked, Shen Yue was too bold.

"You don't need to think about this, you just need to tell me how much money you need and how many hours you will work." Where does the imperial court still have the heart to manage this side now?

Longshan Institute has become Xu Yaozong's territory, and it is easy to operate.

Xu Yaozong disagrees?

Shen Yue was not worried.

"The iron required is only 3,000 catties, and there are 100,000 catties of iron in the iron casting workshop in Longshan...... Half a moon, eight hundred taels of silver is enough! The blacksmith Feng Zhenglun and Ma Liangyu summed it up and gave a data.

At this time, Shen Qi and Shen Jiu came over with a bunch of cooked food and a large jar of wine.

"I'm tired of everyone today, when everything is ready, boy, please take the place in Jufulou to eat! Let's do it today! "On the food table, they are all roasted and marinated cold dishes, the wine is not good wine, ordinary Shaoxing rice wine, this table is not exquisite, but everyone keeps swallowing.

Shen Yue sat at a table with everyone, and Shen Da ate with Shen Qi and Shen Jiu at the table next to him.

Everyone usually can't eat enough, and the wine and meat have not been touched for a long time, the previous superiors, in addition to eating what they invited, where will they be invited to eat wine, eating wine is also a happy event, you have to be courteous, seeing such a table full of meat, and wine, how not to be greedy.

Everyone was polite, but they no longer shirked, Shen Yue instructed Shen Qi to pour wine for everyone, and then picked up the wine bowl: "Everyone, the kid knows everyone's situation, the imperial court treasury is empty, and everyone is in arrears with monthly rations, as everyone's superiors, the kid doesn't have much money at home, we can't wait for the imperial court treasury to be full of money and food, ancient books have clouds: science and technology are the primary productive forces." The rank is the top craftsman of my Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult to keep guarding the gold mountain...... Thanks to the love of the thousands of households, let the kid do these hundred households, even if the kid fights for his life, he must let everyone have wine and meat, and no longer worry about his livelihood......"

Shen Yue stood in front of the seven masters with the wine in his hand, and said emotionally.

Some of the words in the words were incomprehensible, but Shen Yue also made it clear that they wanted to use their technology to create a good life for themselves and change the current situation of no food at home and no cooking for several days.

Shen Yue is young, his mouth is hairless, and even if what he says is sensational, you don't respond, but his heart is alive.

In my heart, I have a plan to see what the new Hundred Households have statutes.

If you can have wine and meat with him, you will naturally have the heart to do it with him.

Life is unsustainable, even if it is a rebellion, so what?

The heads who had eaten a meal of wine for months and didn't know the taste of meat were full of red faces, and everyone who was slightly drunk all expressed their attitude to Shen Yue, but if the adults of the hundred households had orders, they would definitely go all out.

Shen Yue was not flustered by their words, from the beginning of knowing that the Zhang family, the Zhao family and other wealthy families calculated the Shen family's property step by step, he did not dare to underestimate the ancients.

These head-to-head contacts were still short, and during this period, he continued to test his words, but he also did not leak anything, and did not make any meaningful statements.