PS: Thank you for the tip. "Don't mind, these carp are hard to come by for fishermen, so they will be cherished!" Zhang whispered next to Li Ling.

While eating, Li Ling and the others kept looking at Zhang Yuanshan and Qin Feng with a strange look, and the Zhang family immediately keenly sensed their thoughts. That's why I want to explain why.

Due to the technology of the time and the imperial court's policy of banning the sea, deep-sea fishing was simply impossible.

The fishing nets used in offshore fishing are mostly made of coarse cloth strips or even tree branches, which is very inconvenient, and it is necessary to repair it from time to time, and it has been in a state of fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days.

The fishermen barely managed to catch the fish that landed and took it to the market for money as much as possible, and they did not have much left.

Although they are in a fishing village, a few crucian carp are also a rare dish, so Zhang Yuanshan and his son tried their best to let it be eaten by the guests.

"That's what it looks like!". Li Ling suddenly understood the meaning of his master's strange move, but he was a little moved in his heart.

"If the Zhang family and the others agree to build a ship for us, it would be better to give them more money!" He was not a stingy man, and the Salt Works tragedy strengthened his determination to fight the Japanese invaders.

If the fishermen were willing to build him some good boats, he would never spare his money.

"Li Gongzi, it's not that I don't agree to your request, I think you also know that now that the imperial court has lifted the sea ban, this port will become more and more prosperous in the future, so it is bound to become the target of pirates, we are always in danger, of course, we must learn to protect ourselves, the ships built these days must be used closely in our Ningbo regiment training!"

Originally, the meal was good, but when it came to shipbuilding, Li Ling and Zhang Yuanshan actually had a disagreement.

Li Ling believed that it was important to fight the Japanese pirates, and that he needed to build ships immediately, and after training the sailors, he could begin to gradually exterminate the Japanese pirates at sea.

Zhang Yuanshan had a different opinion, the target of Ningbo Mansion was too big, especially this outlet to the sea, which could be attacked by pirates at any time.

The route from Japan/Native China to Ningbo is one of the earliest and most mature routes. If the pirates wanted to attack the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they would inevitably go to the waters near Ningbo Mansion first, and then consider going south or north.

This area is the most dangerous place, and Zhang Yuanshan naturally wants to leave the built ships to equip his men.

"How long will it take you to build the ship you need?" There was no way, Li Ling had to retreat to the next best thing, and wait for the ships they needed to be built.

"About ten days to half a month! We have limited funds and can only consider a two-masted ship, its structure is not complicated, and almost all the villagers are involved in its construction! ”。 Ten days is the shortest time that Zhang Yuanshan estimated. He also saw Li Ling's sincerity, and of course he wanted to build a ship for him as soon as possible.

"Father, Li Gongzi has a sample of the giant ship built by the eunuch Sanbao when he went to the West, you must help him this time, as long as you build a big ship with more than four masts, I am afraid that there will be no opponent at sea!" Zhang wanted to help Li Ling, but he didn't treat his father as an outsider, so he revealed a very important news to him.

"The big ship of the Three Treasure Eunuchs?". Zhang Yuanshan was taken aback, raised his eyes and glanced at Li Ling, and waited for the other party to signal his head before he was sure that the news was true.

"This young man is not simple!". Zhang Yuanshan sneered.

The ship that Zheng He rode on back then was made by gathering the strength of the whole country and asking the world to be able to skillfully make it, and although decades have passed, these technologies have never been surpassed.

"It's wonderful! If we have these drawings, we can build the same big ship, and we craftsmen can learn a lot from it, and I will immediately arrange for the connoisseur to interpret the drawings in your hand, and when our ship is finished, we will build you a big ship! ”。 Zhang Yuanshan was a little excited, being able to build a giant ship was one of his dreams, and now it can finally come true.

If the shipbuilding is successful, they will also master the art of building large ships.

Now that the imperial court has lifted the sea ban, it can be seen that overseas trade will gradually increase in the future.

With these key technologies in hand, they don't have to worry about running out of orders. As long as there is work to do, the living environment of the villagers will definitely get better and better.

"Old Zhangtou, I heard that there are guests at your house? I'm going to check it out. Just in case pirates or pirates or pirates infiltrate the village! ”。

As soon as the discussion was over, Zhang was helping to clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table when he heard someone shouting loudly.

Coming in was a young man in his twenties, dressed as a catcher, with a long knife hanging at his waist.

Ma Qiang, as the only catcher in the town, supervises several nearby fishing villages, and usually patrols everywhere day and night, constantly chanting: "For the common people, for the people".

He's one of the toughest people in town.

When Zhang Yuanshan saw that he came uninvited, he frowned, and hurriedly explained: "This is Li Ling, who came from Yingtianfu, and asked us to build a ship for him."

Before he finished speaking, he decided that something was wrong with the situation, this kid usually babbles, why is it so quiet today?

Ma Qiang stared at Li Ling motionless for a long time before saying, "You are Li Ling?" Should Tianfu's regimental training envoy? I have seen your deeds in the official documents issued by the imperial court, if it were not for the desperate resistance of the people of the Li family's salt farm, I am afraid that this sudden attack will cause even greater losses! ”。

Ma Qiang talked eloquently, he really didn't expect to meet his idol here.

Everyone has a dream, and Ma Catcher's dream is to be a big hero and make a difference in the fight against pirates and pirates.

The fact that the Li family's salt farm resisted the invasion of the Japanese invaders twice made his blood boil, especially the second time, he exchanged the sacrifice of the salt farm shopkeeper and more than 1,000 people for the safety of the surrounding people, and he appreciated it very much!

"Since Li Jieyuan has arrived, there is no need for me to investigate further!" Ma Qiang walked to the table and looked at the food on it, and shifted his gaze to the wine jar.

"The wine is good, it's too wasteful for you not to drink it, so give it to me! ・”。 Ma Zhu quickly smelled the wine and took away half of the jar of wine.

Although Ma Qiang is dutiful, he likes to be greedy, the villagers are used to it, and Zhang Yuanshan did not take it to heart.

"It turns out that Li Ling is still a fierce man! No wonder he was so young, he became a team training envoy! ”。 Zhang Yuanshan's gaze at him was a little different.

At night, the sound of people outside the house was boiling, and the Su brothers wanted to go out to check several times, but finally endured it, the two of them are now Li Ling's bodyguards, and more is better than less.

The villagers worked so hard just to meet the deadline.

Li Ling also couldn't sleep all night, and after calculation, he found that the number of ships built by Zhang Yuanshan did not match the amount of wood used, and judging from the amount of wood chips piled up in the yard, he could build at least twice as many ships docked on the sea.

Zhang once told him that his father had not taken over any other work during this time, so where were the other ships hidden!