Before going to Yuegang to sell goods, Li Tu found Feng You, the shipbuilder of Zhangpu County, and discussed shipbuilding with him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the Daming shipbuilders and the shipbuilders returning from Manila, Li Tu wants them to collide together and integrate new technologies! Li Tu set up a big tent in Meiwan and let Feng You and the five boatwrights Zhang Lao Da from Manila communicate technology inside.

However, Li Tu didn't know that there were still some things he hadn't sorted out. Until these things are sorted out, technical exchanges are just a fantasy.

When he returned from selling the goods from Yuegang, Li Tu found two more shipwrights and said to them: "How have you talked about these ten days?" ”

Feng You was silent when he heard this, and Boss Zhang hurriedly replied: "I had a good chat with Feng Craftsman and exchanged a lot of information. ”

Feng You glanced at Boss Zhang disdainfully and did not speak.

Li Tu nodded and said, "I want to transform the sails of the four lucky boats in my hand, and replace them with soft sails for the related wax people!" ”

The two craftsmen glanced at each other, and finally Boss Zhang said: "This matter is not difficult, it can be replaced soon." However, the sails of this Xiyi are complicated, and the owner needs to find some boatmen who can handle the sails. ”

Li Tu nodded, and said, "I still have to build two big ships, and I have to rely on the two of them." ”

After waiting for a long time, Boss Zhang asked, "What kind of big ship does the owner want to build?" ”

Li Tu said slowly: "We want to build a lucky ship that is sixty percent bigger than the Zaixing and the Crescent." The ship should be able to carry 600,000 to 700,000 catties of cargo and carry more than 60 crew members to Japan. The life of the ship should last at least ten years! After a pause, Li Tu said: "And this ship must use the sails of the people, and more importantly, this ship must be equipped with ten heavy guns on the terrace, and I want this ship to be able to withstand the recoil of heavy guns!" ”

After Li Tu finished speaking, he looked at the two craftsmen and asked, "How?" ”

Boss Zhang took over the conversation and said: "If you want to strengthen the structure of the ship, you need to lay more ribs. ”

Feng You muttered and asked, "What kind of wood is good for making the ribs of the ship?" ”

Boss Feng was a little nervous when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Take the oak of Xiyi as the top, if you can't, you can also use the oak wood of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Tu listened to Feng You's question, but saw the doorway. Making ribs is the foundation of Western shipbuilding, this Feng You and Boss Zhang chatted for ten days, how come they didn't even understand the basics?

Li Tu asked loudly: "Craftsman Feng, haven't you communicated with Boss Zhang in the past ten days?" Why don't you even know what kind of wood is used to make ribs? ”

That Feng You smiled bitterly, looked at Boss Zhang, and said helplessly: "Dongjia, don't blame me for this." These five Manila shipwrights you hired are technically tight-lipped for fear that I will learn the shipbuilding skills of Xiyi, so they will not teach me. I will only benefit the ship, but how will I know what wood to use to build the ribs? ”

When Li Tu heard this, he looked at Feng You fiercely and asked loudly, "Boss Zhang, how is this matter?" ”

Boss Zhang was glared at by Li Tu, nervous, and a few fine sweats broke out on his head. After thinking about it, he said with a smile: "Why did Craftsman Feng say this, I am not familiar with Zhangzhou when I first came to Zhangzhou, and when I am familiar, I will naturally teach it." ”

Li Tu scolded loudly: "Fart! ”

Standing up and walking a few steps, Li Tu was on fire in his heart.

It turned out that these five Manila shipbuilders were not people who did big things, and they were very obscene. Li Tu gave these five shipwrights a high salary, and they did not have the gratitude to repay Li Tu, but they were afraid that they would bring out their apprentices to starve their masters to death, and give birth to the obscene idea of keeping their skills and not letting others learn them. If it weren't for Feng You's exposure, Li Tu wouldn't have known about the obscenity of these craftsmen.

The other shipwrights could not get their guidance, and it was impossible to improve the ship.

Hearing Boss Zhang's unreasonable quibbles, Li Tu scolded loudly: "What?!" After a pause, Li Tu said loudly, "Call the other four shipwrights from Manila!" ”

When the other four shipwrights came, Li Tu pressed the handle of the katana on his waist with his hand, and said coldly: "I will give each of you five shipwrights one hundred taels of silver and fifty taels of moving expenses, so that you can be the master to teach the technique." Now you are hiding your secrets, do you see that I Li Tu is incompetent and treat me as a monkey? ”

In the past few years that Li Tu has been in the sea, he has come out in the sea of swords and fires, and he has a murderous aura on his body. Several shipwrights were frightened by Li Tu's momentum, and said one after another: "The little one doesn't dare!" ”

Li Tu said loudly: "I'll give you another ten days, and you and Craftsman Feng will discuss the technical details and overall plan for building these two new Fu ships. If you still refuse to show your skills, not only will you spit out all the one hundred taels of silver that you have gotten, but I will also be unkind to you. ”

These shipwrights all know how ruthless the people who go to sea are, and when they heard Li Tu's last words, their faces turned pale with fright, and the chicks nodded like rice: "We know!" ”

"We know it, and we don't dare to hide it anymore."

Li Tu nodded, and said loudly to Feng You: "Craftsman Feng, then I will hand over the construction of these two ships to you, I will first give you a thousand taels of silver to buy wood tools, and the money you need will be collected from me once every ten days." Four months later, I came to pick up the boat. ”

Li Tu thought of the deeds of these five craftsmen, and his heart became even more angry, and he said to the five Manila craftsmen: "Listen, you five, I will give you this one hundred and twenty-one years of money, and I will not give you less because others have learned your skills." But if you still hide your secrets, if the ship you build is not good and harms people, I will sacrifice the heads of the five of you to the flag! ”

Boss Zhang was so frightened by Li Tu that he was speechless.

Boss Feng looked at Boss Zhang, saw that his face was pale and panicked, knowing that he didn't dare to hide his personal interests anymore, he smiled and said to Li Tu: "This matter can be done, the owner can rest assured!" ”

Li Tu nodded and said no more.

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After explaining the shipbuilding, Li Tu returned to Deyuan City, which had been reclaimed. After getting off the boat, Li Tu rode all the way around on horseback. At this time, it is the beginning of May, and the rice in the paddy fields is growing well, and there are large green patches, and I want to usher in another bumper harvest in the summer. The peasants in the rice fields had eaten a full meal for half a year, and they were no longer as sick as when they came, and they all looked much stronger.

However, when this Deyuan city was first established, there were no merchants, and the peasants did not make clothes out of cloth, and they still wore tattered clothes.

Seeing the governor Li Tu, the peasants saluted one after another, and Li Tu nodded in return.

Riding back to the hill of Deyuan City, Li Tu walked into Xue Yiming's acting mayor's office and found the "acting mayor" Xue Yiming. Xue Yiming was very happy to see Li Tu, and pulled Li Tu to the granary.

"Look, this is the rent collected at the end of last year, a total of 14,100 stones."

Seeing the mountains of grain, Li Tu nodded and said with a smile: "It's been hard work for the past few months to act as mayor!" The peasants didn't make trouble when the rent was collected, right? ”

Xue Yiming waved his hand and said, "The owner of the ship let the old man get off the ship and become an official, he doesn't have to work hard at sea, it's not hard at all!" Xue Yiming said: "As for the matter of rent collection, the owner can rest assured that since the owner defeated Shengfan last year, the farmers have become much more down-to-earth and no longer talk about the matter of land rent." After a pause, Xue Yiming said again: "And you don't know, the land you chose burns so much grass and wood ash, which is very fertile. At the end of last year, the yield of one crop of rice per mu was at least one and a half stones. The peasants paid half a stone of rent and a stone of income, and they had no heart to resist the rent! ”