Shen Yue, as an excellent technician hundreds of years later, did not dare to boast, the old man actually said that as long as there were drawings, Zheng He's 5,000 treasure ships in the Western Ocean could be manufactured!

"Old man, someone who doesn't like to brag!"

"Little old man dares to make a military order! As long as the keel of the adult ship is not damaged, the main structure is not decayed, and the manpower is sufficient, it can be repaired in a few days! When the old man saw that Shen Yue thought he was bragging, his beard trembled with anger, "When the old man was in Longjiang Shipyard, he ......"

Speaking of this, the old man seemed to realize something and remained silent.

At the same time, the old man also secretly changed the concept, not talking about what ships to build, but what ships could be repaired.

When Shen Yue heard about Longjiang Shipyard, he was immediately overjoyed, as if he had picked up a treasure!

Longjiang Shipyard, once the largest shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, and the large treasure ships of more than 5,000 materials under the Western Ocean by the Three Treasure Eunuchs, are all located in Longjiang Shipyard!

"In that case, watch the ship speak! After looking at the ship, you will give me a repair charter, the materials required, the money, the labor geometry, and the number of hours, and then discuss. If the charter is feasible, take the money and start work as soon as possible! Shen Yue is not a procrastinator, so he made a decision immediately.

"My lord, Mrs. Shen asks to see me with a gift!" At this time, a person who looked like a steward walked up to Xu Yaozong, stretched out his hand to block his mouth, and whispered into Xu Yaozong's ear.

Xu Yaozong looked at Shen Yue, frowned and asked the steward to invite Mrs. Shen to the side hall and ask Mrs. to receive her.

Several leaders listened to Shen Yue's words, and had work to do, so they were naturally not afraid to take the money and food of Shen Yue, the newly appointed hundred households, and now Shen Yue has not yet taken office, and the thousands of households have no orders, so they naturally can't leave.

"Go ahead!" Xu Yaozong didn't understand whether his mother-in-law was accountable for not being good at hospitality, but it was a good thing that Shen Yue, this kid, didn't stay here.

Shen Yue took the seven heads and left the Xu Mansion towards the dock, seeing that it was almost noon, he ordered Shen Jiu to go to find some food, and each of them sold a pot of wine.

Shen Da did not refute this matter in the slightest.

Shen Jiu got the order, took a silver ingot of five taels from Mr. Da's hand, and went to look for Shen Qi to the Jufu Building on the street next to the guard.

The summer heat was unbearable, and everyone had not yet reached the dock despite the sun, and saw the huge dilapidated sea ship from a distance, with beads of sweat on their foreheads.

There was originally a tea shop on the pier, and it didn't make much of a living on weekdays, and the tattered tables and stools were placed under the same tattered tarpaulin, and the shop had long since disappeared.

On the way to the dock, Shen Yue asked the names of several people and the type of work.

The oldest old man, a cabin craftsman, is a longjiang shipyard and specializes in repairing old ships. This famous name is Chu Qingqi, who was originally the head of the sedan of Longjiang Shipyard, and the official position of Zheng Bapin, but he was finally dismissed.

The craftsmen of Longjiang Shipyard are divided into four compartments, one compartment out of the boat wooden shuttle rope rope maker, two compartments out of the ship wood iron cable maker, three compartments out of the cabin craftsman, four compartments out of the palm canopy maker. "The compartment is divided into ten first, and the first is long, and the one who chooses the best of its strength is full. Ten households are long, and one person is long in each box, and they are in service in the factory, and they are changed in the first quarter.

However, later the wheel chief system was abandoned, and the box chief became a fixed position, with the guard system, hereditary.

Chu Qingqi was originally the head of the sedan of the Longjiang Shipyard, but he was exiled.

The other two cabin craftsmen are in their forties, and Chu Qingchi's apprentices are named Yang Zheng and Ban Lu respectively, and they are the descendants of the military craftsmen of Longshan.

The other four people are Feng Zhenglun and Ma Liangyu, the carpenter is Fang Yushan, and the tailor is Tao Yuan.

To Shen Yue's surprise, Chu Qingchi's hair and beard were all white, and he was only fifty or six years old. The rest of the people all looked old, the biggest one was just over and was not confused, and the young carpenter was just over Fang Yushan!

"Sir, please go find something to relieve the heat, see if there is any watermelon or mung bean soup on the street......" Shen Jiu went to Shen Qi to buy food, and Shen Da was left around, and Shen Yue wanted to follow this old man to see what they were capable of, so he opened his mouth and ordered.

Shen Da glanced at Shen Yue and returned the way he came.

Shen Yue only reacted at this time, as if he had automatically learned the skills of the feudal landlord to summon people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the ship I am talking about, my plan is to replace the rotten wood, and the surface is covered with iron armor......" Shen Yue had already walked around the ship in the morning, and he was still shocked when he saw this huge thing on the dock again.

However, it has decayed.

"My lord, if the ship is covered with iron armor, at least 10,000 catties of iron are needed, the hull is too heavy, not to mention the impact of the load, it is even more bulky and difficult to be flexible, it is extremely inconvenient to fight at sea, and it is extremely inconvenient to turn around, and it is too slow to escape when encountering a sea bandit!" Hearing Shen Yue say that the outside of such a huge sea ship was covered with iron armor, Chu Qingqi looked at the ship and said in embarrassment.

Shen Yue was a little surprised by his attitude.

"Aren't you surprised that you're covered in iron armor?" In his opinion, people in this era would find it too shocking to cover a huge sea ship with iron armor.

"Qin Shifu of the Song Dynasty wrapped iron armor on the side of the ship to make an iron-walled ploughshare beak plane sea falcon warship; Goryeo Yi Sun-sin made turtle boats with iron armor covered with hulls to defeat the invading Japanese slaves with fewer victories; The Japanese slave general Oda Nobunaga imitated it and made a Da'an house ship...... "Chu Qingqi's words made Shen Yue not know how to pick it up, "The speed of the two thousand sea ships is already slow after they are loaded, and they are covered with iron armor, and the speed is even slower, although the defense is improved, the speed is too slow, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy......"

Chu Qingqi obviously also has research on ironclad ships.

The wooden ship was covered with iron armor, and its defense rose sharply, which brought new problems, the power was insufficient and too cumbersome, the steering and other operations were not flexible enough, and the thrust generated by the sail was too slow, and during naval warfare, it became a target, and a small number of shells hitting the side of the ship would not have an effect, and more would still sink.

"It doesn't matter if it's slow, safety comes first! Now sailing on the sea, the biggest danger is not the dragon king, but the sea coward. "How did Shen Yue not know about this situation?

Sailboats, covered with ironclad if desirable, from the Song Dynasty through the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years have passed, it is impossible not to have a little development.

Motivation is a huge problem.

Now he needs to think about safety, so that those families who are ready to take the opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots cannot easily kill him, not to mention, he is also ready to use such a warship to trap people.

Whether it is the Zhang family or other families, it is impossible to dispatch a fleet of dozens or hundreds of ships in order to kill themselves, once such a fleet appears, the emperor of the Forbidden City will be restless.

Chu Qingqi and the others didn't say anything, but entered the inside of the cabin to check the various positions, these people were different types of work, but Shen Yue also found that everyone was headed by Chu Qingchi.

The warsmiths of the Thousand Households Institute are supposed to repair military equipment, but they have not heard who is an archer or a crossbowman, nor a swordsmith or anything, and it is inevitable that there is a feeling of loss in their hearts.

Chu Qingqi and the others didn't know what the new Baihu was thinking, and if they wanted to repair the ship, they naturally had to understand the situation of the ship, and after asking Shen Yue, they entered the cabin.

It took almost half an hour before Shen Da came over with a bucket of mung bean soup before everyone came out of the cabin.

Everyone's faces were extremely serious, which made Shen Yue a little nervous, and asked Chu Qingqi, "Old Chu, can you repair it?" ”