129 The last batch of warships of the Ming Dynasty
Qian Longxi couldn't figure out Shen Da's reality, but the Jinyi Wei Qianhu seal and order shown by the other party could not be faked, and the fake could not hide from the eyes of the cabinet assistant.
Go to Wang Chengen for verification?
Does he dare?
In the past, he may have dared, but now he really doesn't dare. Wang Chengen grew up with Chongzhen since he was a child, and he was the emperor's most trusted confidant eunuch.
Emperor Chongzhen's layout here? What is the layout?
Is it for money?
Thinking of Zheng Zhilong's rapid accumulation of net worth in controlling the sea trade, Qian Longxi felt as if he had found the answer.
After the three major expeditions of Wanli, the treasury was empty, the imperial court has been short of money, and the maritime trade has brought tens of millions of taels of silver to the families every year.
Using Shen Yue, a person who has nothing to do with the imperial court, to do this, but there is support behind his back, even if something goes wrong, the major wealthy families will not twist into a rope and make trouble with the emperor, and finally the emperor will come forward to clean up the mess.
Good strategy!
The more Qian Longxi thought about it, the more he felt that he had analyzed the truth of the matter, and what made him wonder was that Chongzhen could have such a scheming? He has been a second assistant in the Chongzhen Dynasty for more than three years, and he thinks he still knows the emperor.
How did he know that Shen Da had left Jinyiwei for more than 20 years, let alone that Shen Da had such the courage to deceive him in the name of Wang Chengen and the emperor!
Regarding the matter between Qian Longxi and Shen Da, Shen Yue didn't know.
Dinghaiwei commanded the yamen on Zhoushan Island, there was an era of automobiles, this island of more than 400 square kilometers, is not big, it only takes two or three hours to circle the island, at this time, it seems to be big.
On Zhoushan Island, there are not only thousands of households in Zhoushan, thousands of households in Zhoushan, but also command yamen, which are not only crowded but also sparsely populated.
The command yamen is close to the middle and middle thousands of households, and it is also more than ten miles away, there is no satellite map, Shen Yue is not familiar with the surrounding environment at all, not to mention that he has never been on this island.
"Virtuous nephew, in front of you is the Thousand Households in Zhoushan, and all the large warships are docked here." Feng Zhen is very clear about the situation in Zhoushan.
Zhoushan Island is not a flat river, but the seaside is flat.
Without a map, Shen Yue couldn't figure out the direction, and it took almost two hours to take a boat from Dinghai County to Zhoushan Island, and at noon, he arrived at Zhoushan Zhongzhong Thousand Households.
It was noon, but it was rare to see the smoke rising, and many old women sat in the shade of the eaves or trees to mend fishing nets or ropes, and dried fish were hung under the eaves of every house.
"The island is mountainous, the land is scarce, and the military households mainly rely on fishing and drying salt for a living......" Seeing the doubts in Shen Yue's eyes, Yang Shan explained.
Shen Yue was relieved.
The imperial court has a monopoly on salt and iron, and the military households above have to produce enough salt every year according to the requirements of the imperial court, and they are even worse than the military households in other places.
Now is not the time to be sad.
The people ate some dry food at will, and then went to the harbour wharf.
After crossing the short street, I heard the faint sound of the waves.
After walking a little further, I saw a forest of masts, and from a distance, in front of the bluestone paved pier, there was a dense black warship, and there were only bare masts on the warship, and there were no sails.
In the middle was a large ship without sails, and on either side were small boats, with only a small number of 400 boats next to the large ship, and smaller sloops with folded sails.
"The boats in the middle, can you still use them?" Shen Yue doesn't know how long these boats have been exposed to the wind and sun, the air on the seaside is humid, there is salt in the moisture, can they still be used if they are exposed to the wind and sun?
"No problem. These ships are repaired once a year. Qu Yanji, a thousand households in Zhoushan, said proudly, "Dinghaiwei shipwrights are all here." ”
Shen Yue didn't say anything more, whether it could still be used or not, he had to get on the boat to see.
Indeed, as Qu Yanji said, these ships have been well maintained, at least, there are several ships in a row, and there is no such thing as the rotten wood like the two thousand material ships given by the Zhang family.
When you cut the wood on the side of the boat with a knife, you can feel the solidity.
"How long have these boats been parked?" For these ships, Shen Yue could only look at the surface, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he didn't bring Chu Qingqi and the others.
"In the 47th year of Wanli, after these ships were placed here, they never went to sea again." Qu Yanji said a little lonely.
"A new ship when you came here?" Shen Yue was curious.
The 47-year-old ship of Wanli has been almost ten years now, and in the past ten years, the officials of the health center here have not sold the boat!
Or all of them.
"This is the last batch of thousands of ships in Longjiang Shipyard, and since then, Longjiang Shipyard has only built 400 ships." Qu Yanji Road.
That night, Shen Yue stayed in a thousand households.
The situation in Qu Yanji's family is not much better than that of Feng Zhen's family, and the living standard is too far worse than that of Xu Yaozong.
There are a lot of chicken, duck and pork, and more fish, and vegetables are rare.
Yang Shan didn't share a table with Shen Yue and them, and according to Shen Yue's instructions, he and the rest of the Qianhu Institute brought ten people, all of whom sat separately.
On the other tables, most of them are fish. The food is not good, and the wine is not a good wine, but it makes these grassroots officers drink to the extent that they hook their shoulders and talk about everything.
No matter how Shen Yue said at the table, Qu Yanji and his subordinates did not miss the slightest tone.
When he returned to the room, he motioned for Yang Shan to enter the room with him.
Yang Shan asked his subordinates to stay outside to avoid anyone eavesdropping, and Shen Yue couldn't wait to ask, "How's the situation going?" These boats are well maintained, and they are all big ships, if you go to sea, ......"
"My lord, this batch of ships has made the two commanders lose their officials, and only Feng Zhen has stayed in the thousands of households in Dinghaiwei." Yang Shan said, "In the past, all major families wanted these ships, including the Zhang family, but they couldn't reach an agreement, so no one got them. There are very few smuggled salt dealers in Dinghaiwei's salt farm, and the silver repaired is all from the sale of smuggled salt, ready to be sold at a price......"
Shen Yue was stunned for a moment, if they all focused on these ships, it would really not be easy to start, no wonder Qian Longxi wanted to put forward such conditions.
No wonder these ships are well maintained, because there are quite a few people who take a fancy to them.
"Those people can't get normal, Zheng Zhilong's price is not low." Shen Yue had a lot of doubts.
The ship is indeed worthy of Zheng Zhilong's conditions.
"My lord, Zheng Zhilong's conditions are indeed good, but he asked Dinghaiwei to equip each ship with 6 Hongyi cannons, 12 Furang cannons and other firearms, all of which are not extra silver, and they have to be equipped with it first and then give silver......" Yang Shan and the others got a lot of news. And this matter is not Qian Longxi, the commander before Qian Longxi was talking about this, and because of this, he was checked by Jinyi Wei......"