After Liu Fan's investigation, Liu Fan found that although Jiaozhou had a good port, there was no shipyard on a large scale. The few small-scale shipyards can only build small ships such as fishing boats and sand boats, and even the most mainstream merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty cannot be built independently, let alone warships!

Moreover, there was no naval division near Jiaozhou Bay, and Shandong's naval divisions were deployed near Dengzhou and Weihaiwei, and Kong Youde's rebellion took away most of Shandong's ships and warships, and the current Shandong naval division basically existed in name only. If you want to develop the sailor Liu Fan, you can only rely on your own efforts!

In two years, Liu Fan's sailors and fleet did not develop at all, and the good geographical advantages of Jiaozhou were wasted! In the past, Liu Fan chose to establish his own power in Shandong, and what he valued was the benefits of Shandong's fishing and salt. This salt Liu Fan is used, and it has become the biggest boost for Liu Fan's development, this rich fishery resources and good shipping advantages Liu Fan is useless at all!

With the unification and stability of Jiaozhou, after the land reform, the people of Jiaozhou are living better and better, and the material demand is also increasing, and the demand for various meat and eggs is also soaring. In addition, the scale of the Broken Army has expanded rapidly, from 5,000 to more than 20,000 people, with this "meat-eating" big household, Jiaozhou's local meat and poultry can no longer supply the market demand! Even if Liu Fan announced a policy to support the people to vigorously develop animal husbandry and other sideline industries, it will not play a big role for a while. In the past two months, the food of the Broken Prisoners has been declining, from having meat every day before, to having meat every day. The gap is growing. Nowadays, there is hardly much meat on the market! Liu Fan has also been worried about this.

Now that the craftsmen brought by Bellella, the shipyard can finally be put on the agenda, and although few people can't build large merchant ships and warships, fishing boats can be built! Fish is also meat! And it's cheap, so even ordinary people can afford to eat it! Jiaozhou is close to the sea, there are Jiaozhou Bay and the Yellow Sea vast area to fish, plus there is basically no pollution now, the fishery resources are almost endless!

Thinking of it, he had to do it, and early the next morning, Liu Fan took people to Jiaozhou Bay for a field trip. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, Jiaozhou Bay is an important port in the north, and Banqiao Town, located in Jiaozhou, is known as one of the five major treaty ports in the Tang and Song dynasties. But since Zheng He went to the West, under the leadership of civil officials, the Ming Dynasty implemented a sea ban, and even the Longjiang Bao Shipyard in Nanjing was lonely, let alone Shandong! Those once famous large shipyards have almost disappeared into the long river of history with time.

Liu Fan searched the entire Jiaozhou Bay but did not find a large shipyard, so in desperation, Liu Fan had no choice but to start from scratch and rebuild. After comprehensive consideration, Liu Fan still chose the new shipyard in Qingdao, Qingdao has a superior geographical location, whether it is the former Germany or the later new China, the large shipyards in Jiaozhou Bay are in Qingdao, although I don't know the reason, but so many experts have chosen the place in Qingdao must have its unique advantages. Second, Liu Fan also wants to build Qingdao into an internationally renowned port, and the shipyard in Qingdao is also conducive to promoting the development of Qingdao.

For several days, Liu Fan inspected the environment near Qingdao and chose the location of the shipyard, and finally listened to the opinions of the Portuguese craftsmen and the craftsmen of the local shipyard in Daming, Liu Fan set the location of the shipyard in Fushan Bay. After choosing a location, Liu Fan mobilized materials and manpower and began to build a shipyard.

Building a large shipyard is not something that can be done in a moment, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and this is the age of sails, whether it is a fishing boat or a warship, most of them are wooden structures. And the wood used for shipbuilding is also particular! Not only do you need professional wood, but you also need to dry it in advance.

Liu Fan's position determines that he can't keep an eye on the shipyard all the time, and now Liu Fan has no talents who know how to build ships, and those Westerners can't believe it. After thinking about it a lot, Liu Fan felt that it was better to hand it over to someone he trusted! After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Fan still handed over the shipyard matter to Fan Liang, who had an outstanding performance in the last battle of the valley!

Back at the garrison mansion, Liu Fan summoned Fan Liang in the study and said, "Fan Liang! Now I have an important matter for you to do! As you know, because we have signed a trade agreement with the Portuguese, ocean trade will become one of the important financial sources for our Jiaozhou in the future. Its role is no less than that of a pillar such as the salt pan, and if you want to develop seafaring, you must have your own shipyard. Now I'll leave the shipyard to you! What do you think? Do you think you can do it? ”

Hearing that Liu Fan was going to hand over such an important matter to himself, Fan Liang trembled with excitement, gave Liu Fan a military salute with a "snap", and said loudly, "Don't worry, my lord!" I will live up to your high expectations and will definitely build a shipyard! ”

Liu Fan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay!" I was right! What I want is your attitude of daring to do anything! So be it! Considering that you are also not very familiar with shipbuilding! I will send those Portuguese craftsmen to assist you with all my might! You need to get acquainted with all the things in the shipyard as soon as possible! Strive to start work as soon as possible! ”

Fan Liang replied when he heard this: "It's an adult!" I will definitely do my best to do what the adults have to explain! ”

Liu Fan smiled when he heard this: "Hmm! Not bad! Now, I will appoint you as the director of the Qingdao Shipyard and the Qingdao Shipyard to take full charge of the shipyard's affairs! Plus, I'll give you five hundred soldiers to help you! Some of the funds needed by the shipyard, if you need manpower, you can apply to me! ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

After dealing with the affairs of the shipyard, Liu Fan began to think about the recruitment of sailors, and with the departure of the Portuguese, Liu Fan faced the embarrassing situation of unmanned fleet. In desperation, Liu Fan had no choice but to announce an order to start recruiting sailors throughout Jiaozhou to solve the embarrassing situation of the fleet as soon as possible. With the issuance of Liu Fan's order, in less than 19 days, the people along the coast of Jiaozhou were conscripted, and for a time the recruitment station was overcrowded, carefully selected, Liu Fan recruited 10,000 people, and sent recruited Western sailors and naval officers to be responsible for training these sailors. (To be continued.) )