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At this time, Shen Lingfei actually got up. Compared with Xue Zhidie's ability and refreshment, the eldest sister of the Shen family is much more lazy. Anyway, she was often hit by Zhang Zhun, and she was also familiar with Zhang Zhun, so she didn't have so many rules, she didn't even wear leather boots, she actually came out with clogs, and when she walked, it was still clattering.

It seems that this eldest sister has been living a carefree life recently! Mix here for a few days, mix there for a few days, it's a fairy day. No wonder even Xue Zhidie, the original close friend of the boudoir, couldn't help but say that she was too lazy.

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but tease Shen Lingfei again, deliberately pretending to be surprised, and said in amazement: "Feifei, why are you so fat?" I almost didn't recognize you! ”

Shen Lingfei's face suddenly changed greatly, and her cheeks, which were still puffy, suddenly turned to ashes, and she said in a lost voice: "What? Got a lot of weight? Dead, dead, sure enough, less exercise, too much eating, bad, bad! ”

No matter what Zhang Zhun said, he hurriedly went in and looked in the mirror. The clogs were dragged by her and snapped, and the entire Caidiexuan could hear it, and the people behind couldn't help laughing.

After Xue Zhidie laughed lightly, he shook his head helplessly, and said to Zhang Zhun with disgust: "You accumulate virtue in your mouth, and you always joke about her." She's pitiful. ”

Zhang Zhun said disapprehantly: "Anyway, she won't mind." I told her that she was having a little fun. If I had talked to her on business, she might have been even more disappointed. ”

Xue Zhidie frowned and said, "Maybe you have some truth, but don't really hurt her." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "This is natural." ”

While speaking, the clogs crackled, and Shen Lingfei actually came out of it again, looked at Zhang Zhun dissatisfied, and said angrily and happily: "I'm not fat at all!" It's a little bit gone! You're playing tricks on me again! I'm not fat at all! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said indifferently: "Who told you that you are not confident in your body?" I'll just say it, and you'll believe it? ”

Shen Lingfei was speechless.

Yun Pei brought breakfast, which was boiled bird's nest porridge.

These bird's nests were naturally moved from the Gu family in Jiangnan. Anyway, Zhang Zhun didn't expect to sell these ginseng, bird's nests, deer antler velvet or anything to make money, so he just ate it himself. For his own people, Zhang Zhun will never be stingy. Xue Zhidie's body did not recover, so Zhang Zhun casually gave her dozens of catties and boiled it every day.

Other people's bird's nests are calculated according to two, only the bird's nest in Zhang Dadudu's house is calculated according to catties. For this, even Ning Lingwei was amazed. She had never seen so many bird's nests.

Everyone sat down, ready to drink bird's nest porridge, and Yun Pei also sat down. Everyone picked up the porridge bowl and ate it with relish, only Shen Lingfei was not ready to move the chopsticks. She held her cheeks and looked at the bird's nest porridge in front of her, obviously doing a fierce ideological struggle. It seems that Zhang Zhun's words just now really hit her again, so she decided to eat less and lose weight.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "What? Don't eat? Afraid of gaining weight? ”

Shen Lingfei pursed her lips, her watery eyes looked very innocent, and she acquiesced.

Zhang Zhun unceremoniously brought the bird's nest porridge in front of her, and said casually: "Good things, don't waste them, I'll help you eat them." ”

Shen Lingfei's face was full of reluctance, and she watched Brigadier Zhang take the porridge bowl away.

Zhang Zhun held the porridge bowl and asked again, "Hey, you really don't eat it?" ”

Shen Lingfei swallowed her saliva vigorously, and finally shook her head resolutely.

Lose weight, lose weight, lose weight, she decided to lose weight.

Zhang Zhun really ate it in a daze.

Shen Lingfei's eyes were watery, and the more innocent she became. Eventually, she decided to keep her eyes tightly closed. Sure enough, I did feel a little better, at least my throat wasn't so itchy.

After breakfast, Zhang Zhun and Xue Zhidie went out. As soon as he went out of the door, he heard Shen Lingfei's pitiful voice say, "Yun Pei, is there anything else?" Starve me to death. The two couldn't help but laugh, shook their heads in unison, and quickened their pace. This time, it was their turn to be out of sight.

Moments later, the two appeared next to the dock.

At this time, all the workers in the shipyard had already gone to work. The workers shuttled back and forth, very busy. Most of them are young adults, and a few are in their fifties. Among these workers, there are also many middle-aged women. Due to the lack of staff, they were also recruited.

When recruiting workers, many middle-aged women were reluctant to sign up, thinking it was a bit unusual, and in the end, Xue Zhidie personally came to the scene to mobilize. Seeing that Xue Zhidie, a young girl, could run this big shipyard, they were finally tempted.

After the expansion, the shipyard has a total of thirty docks. After Zhang Zhun continued to smash a large amount of silver, all the docks were lined up. Whether it's inside the dock, outside the dock, or in other workshops, there are a large number of workers busy. They look chaotic, but in fact, their work is very orderly, and the routes they walk are fixed and separated, and they will never cross, let alone disturb each other.

Xue Zhidie accepted Zhang Zhun's suggestion and fully implemented assembly line production in the shipyard. Ordinary workers are only responsible for a certain process, or are only responsible for the production of a certain part, and do not involve anything else. In this way, practice makes perfect, ensure product quality, improve work efficiency, and can also have a certain confidentiality effect. Only Xue Zhidie and a few foremen really mastered all shipbuilding technology. And the families of several foremen have all been brought to live in Fushan City. For the safety of their families, they certainly won't leak secrets.

Looking at the dense workers coming and going, like worker ants busy back and forth, Zhang Zhun did have a sense of pride. He believes that even if the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing City resumes production, it will not be as lively as the Partridge Bay Shipyard. At its peak, the Longjiang Shipyard had 400 workers. At the Partridge Bay shipyard, there are more than 100 professional shipwrights working all the time. As for the people responsible for helping to make accessories, there are even more people doing odd jobs, at least more than 1,500 people. Counting those responsible for logistical support, the entire Partridge Bay shipyard has almost three thousand people.

Of course, with this, the amount of silver that runs like water is consumed. These workers, the lowest wage, cost one tael of silver a month, and the foreman and the like naturally had more. The wages alone will definitely not be able to do without four thousand taels of silver per month. In addition, together with the expenses of materials and food, the shipyard's monthly expenses are at least more than 30,000 taels of silver. It's a real bottomless pit, and no amount of silver is enough to fill it.

A lot of money, a lot of personnel, in exchange for a large number of warships, like dumplings launched. Just three days ago, another batch of battleships was launched. The warships launched this time were nine in total, and all of them were Cangshan ships. In addition, among the thirty docks, there are ten Cangshan ships, which are under construction.

The Cangshan ship is built very quickly, and the technical difficulties are not high, so it is the best choice for dumplings, and it can accumulate a huge number in a short time. Unfortunately, the Cangshan ship can only be used for offshore defense, in other words, it can only be passively defended, and cannot go out to sea to actively attack others. Therefore, what Zhang Zhun is most concerned about now is the twelve saber-tooth ships that are under construction. This is the real main warship of the Navy!

With a displacement of 25o tons, a total of 26 Wyvern guns, and a specially reinforced hull, such equipment can definitely be used for far-sea operations. Whether it is going to Korea, Japan, or the island of Taiwan, or even the distant South Seas, the saber ships are capable of doing it. After Xue Zhidie's special design, the critical positions of the saber ships are reinforced with steel, and they are stronger than ordinary warships in terms of their ability to resist blows and wind and waves. Of course, the cost is also higher, and there is not enough silver, so don't even think about it.

The average armed merchant ship has only about ten guns. Even if it is a huge No. 2 Fu ship, the number of artillery pieces is about twenty guns. With only twenty guns, it seems that the number of guns is not superior, but it is a purely well-designed battleship, and it does not have any merchant nature. Its sustained combat capability, sustained navigation capability, and sustained survivability are all more powerful than the No. 2 Fuku.

Not to mention anything else, the material warehouse alone is much more powerful than other warships. Since there is no need to arrange a cargo warehouse, a lot of space is freed up, so there is enough space on the top of the saber tooth ship to load the materials needed by the crew's daily life, such as rice, salted fish, soybeans, dried vegetables, lemon juice, fresh water, etc. The most important of these are fresh water and lemon juice. Lemon juice can effectively prevent scurvy and is a necessary material for long voyages.

At the same time, due to the expansion of space, the rest area owned by each crew member has at least doubled. In the past, the space on merchant ships was very cramped, and the rest quarters for the crew were even more cramped as if they were cages. When sleeping, it is difficult to even turn over. Because the space is too narrow, the air does not flow, which can easily lead to the growth of bacteria and diseases. After the rest area is increased, the health of the crew can be effectively guaranteed.

According to Xue Zhidie's prediction, a saber ship went directly to Manila in the South China Sea from the Shandong Peninsula alone, and there was no need to dock for supplies on the way, and sailors did not need to go ashore to rest. One can imagine what kind of benefits such an ocean-going ability will bring to the battle. If a fleet of dozens of saber-tooth ships tried to go out of Fushan City and directly attack a certain seaport in Fujian, it would be completely possible.

As long as the number of saber ships exceeds 100, Zhang Zhun will dare to challenge Zheng Zhilong's pirate group. If there were more than three hundred ships, he would dare to directly collide with Zheng Zhilong's pirate group. All the warships of Zheng Zhilong's pirate group are almost a thousand. Therefore, when these ten Cangshan ships are completed, Xue Zhidie will make every effort to build the sword tooth ship.

The construction period of the saber tooth ship is about a month. If thirty docks are started at the same time, thirty saber-tooth ships will be launched in a month's time. In other words, if everything goes well, Zhang Zhun will be able to get ninety saber ships in two years. If the dockyards were to be expanded, sixty docks would be started at the same time......

Hey, hey, ninety saber-tooth ships!

Ninety pure battleships, you can do a lot of things. Even if Zheng Zhilong kept sending warships north to attack the area around Fushan City, he didn't need to be afraid of the other party at all. Even, there is no need to wait for the pirates to get close to Fushan City, and they can fight each other in the open sea of the Yellow Sea.

Of course, such a number of warships, that is, showing off their might at their own doorstep for a while, is still not enough to see if it is placed in the whole world. The Age of World Discovery has been flying for about a hundred years, and he is only starting now, and he must catch up.

Throughout the seventeenth century, the Netherlands was the most powerful maritime hegemon in the world. The Netherlands is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world. There are hundreds of shipyards in Amsterdam alone, and the construction of hundreds of ships can start at the same time across the country. The Dutch shipbuilding technology is the most advanced in the world, and the cost of ships is 30% to 50% lower than that of the UK. Many countries in Europe have ordered ships from the Netherlands.

The Dutch accounted for seventy percent of the total tonnage of European shipping at the time, owned 15 merchant ships, and almost monopolized maritime trade. Timber from Norway, fish from Denmark, grain from Poland, furs from Russia, spices from Southeast Asia, printed cotton textiles, silk and porcelain from China, etc., were mostly transshipped by Dutch merchant ships and sold by Dutch merchants. At that time, Amsterdam was the center of international trade, and there were often more than 2 merchant ships berthed in the harbor.

At its peak, the Dutch navy had more than twice the number of ships of the British and French navies combined. They cruised the world's oceans, protected their merchant ships, and engaged in overseas colonial plunder. Compared with the Netherlands at the same time, Zhang Zhun's thirty docks are simply a hair on an elephant's body, not worth mentioning.

What a gap!

A real gap!

It would be a shame for the dignified Chinese kingdom to fail to make up for such a gap.

"We must speed up the construction of the saber tooth ship."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

At this time, he was standing next to the keel of a sword tooth ship with Xue Zhidie, carefully listening to Xue Zhidie's explanation of the construction process of the sword tooth ship. The saber ship in front of him has completed the laying of the keel, and the next step is to assemble the hull. Right now, craftsmen are hoisting large chunks of wood into the dock.

Due to the large number of use of gantry and pulley, the production efficiency is greatly improved, especially the handling and hoisting of these large parts, which is much more advanced than the previous technology. Without these technologies, it would have been impossible to complete a combat ship with a displacement of 25o tons in a month's time.