Chapter 194: Taking over the Shipmaster
"If the spleen is strong, the qi is vigorous, and if the qi is strong, the miasma cannot invade each other, that is, those who are sensitive, there is already a medicine to remove the miasma, how can there be no one who does not make meritorious contributions? This miasma treatment method should be widely known! As soon as Ding Yusheng heard Lin Yiqing say the prescription, he knew what was going on, and couldn't help but admire, "Hanpeng is really like a brother, erudite and knowledgeable, and the same national talent!" β
"Lord Ding is overrated." Lin Yiqing said with a smile, "Since Lord Ding took over the shipyard, the construction period of the newly built 'Yuankai' and 'Dengyingzhou' has been advanced by many days, and they have entered the navy early, which is unprecedented. β
"The speed of the construction period of these two ships is not the work of my supervision, but the craftsmanship of the shipmaster, and it is still the credit of Brother Ling." Ding Yusheng smiled and said.
"Hanpeng doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Brother Yisheng. When Brother Ling was there, he was also called so. Ding Yusheng heard that Lin Yiqing still called himself an adult, which was quite obvious, so he said so. When it came to shipbuilding, Ding Yusheng's interest was obviously high, and the depression just now was also swept away.
"I have seen the drawings of the 'Kaiji' ship designed by Kunyu, which are exquisite, and the legal person is also amazed. If I can see this ship in our navy when I am in office, my life's wish will be enough! Ding Yusheng said excitedly.
"Brother Yisheng has a good reputation, with Brother Yisheng's talent, this ship will definitely succeed." Lin Yiqing said with a smile.
Lin Yiqing immediately asked Ding Yusheng about the design of the "Kaiji" class cruiser, of course Ding Yusheng did not know that Lin Yizhe relied on the memory of later generations to copy the design of the French "Dujutuin" class cruiser, he told Lin Yiqing that it was designed by Lin Yizhe before his death, and took the book on the table that Lin Yizhe wrote by Lin Yizhe and was newly engraved and distributed by Prime Minister Yamen, and explained it to Lin Yiqing.
The two then talked about the navy from shipbuilding, and Lin Yiqing was very appreciative of Ding Yusheng's suggestion to set up a "Sanyo Naval Division", and the two soon talked extremely speculatively.
"Now I have started to build the second ship of 'Kaiji', but I have calculated, the success of the 'Kaiji' ship, the cost should be no less than 700,000 taels of silver, the foundation left by my brother is good, the current money is still enough, and the silver of the customs assistance has also been returned, but I am afraid that after the start of the construction of the 'Kaiji', if the household allocation is not in place, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue." Ding Yusheng thought of the ups and downs that Shen Youdan and Lin Yizhe experienced when they were in office and the financial difficulties he might face in the future, and said self-deprecatingly, "I heard that Brother Ling thinks that every time he is in the most difficult time for the shipping administration, he thinks that his family is beneficial, and I don't have the ability to let my brother and wife do business, and then I will have to take those silverfish from the customs again." β
Hearing Ding Yusheng's words, Lin Yiqing remembered that he knew from Li Shaoquan that Ding Yusheng had been forced to squeeze 40,000 taels of silver from the customs officials who were greedy for ink as start-up funds when he founded the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.
It was in the autumn of the third year of Tongzhi, when the imperial court entrusted the General Department of Taxation to raise funds for the establishment of the General Administration of Machinery Manufacturing, but nothing was found. When will Shi Yi be subdued, I want to ask Pujiang more tears! He was hesitating in his heart, and suddenly the sound of silk and bamboo floated in his ears. When I looked up, a garden villa appeared in front of me, and I didn't feel that my heart moved, and my frowning brows relaxed. It turned out that this villa was owned by Tang Guohua, the customs officer. Tang Guohua, a native of Xiangshan County, Guangdong, worked in the customs for several years, colluded with Zhang Can, a card clerk, to solicit and accept bribes, extort and extort bribes, and made a lot of money. Ding Yusheng has heard about this. The next day, Ding Yusheng came to the customs with his subordinates, called Tang Guohua and Zhang Can, and asked them to hand over the account books. Ding Yusheng said: "I have heard for a long time that the two old brothers have the skills to collect money, and this Daotai is now preparing to build the General Administration of Machinery Manufacturing and is helpless, please teach me." Tang Zhang and the others trembled with fright, for fear that the corruption and perversion of the law would leak out, so they hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, please Daotai for the sake of your fellow villagers, let go of your hands, and we should do our best to repay the funds for the establishment of the General Bureau of Machinery Manufacturing." Immediately, Tang Guohua and Zhang Can each donated 20,000 taels of silver. Ding Yusheng accepted the silver and reprimanded the two for the crime of greedy ink, but because they donated the silver, they did not hold the past accountable, and ordered the two to rein in their ways from then on, otherwise they would be severely punished, and the two would only retreat. And with these 40,000 taels of silver, Ding Yusheng successfully set up the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.
"Brother Yisheng, this is also a way, hehe, but, even so, I am afraid that the silver obtained is only a little, not enough for shipbuilding, and it is not a long-term solution." Lin Yiqing said, "There are a lot of profits from the shipmaster's guns, and I can help some of them, so I will help Brother Yisheng think of a way when the time comes." β
"Then there is Lao Hanpeng!" Listening to Lin Yiqing's words, Ding Yusheng couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The reason why Lin Yiqing said this is not empty words, the afternoon tea with Sara that day has already settled this matter.
"There's another way." Lin Yiqing said another plan of his own, "When the two ships of 'Yuan Kai' and 'Dengyingzhou' are launched, the slipway is vacant, and the follow-up payment of 'Kaiji' has not yet arrived, you can build inland river gunboats first, and build these gunboats with small size, simple craftsmanship, and faster ships, and the imperial court's 'Dingguo is edict' counted, ordering the provinces to stop building sailboats and use steamships instead, and the provinces need to use a lot, and there are also people who want to buy them, so they can make great profits by building more such gunboats, and with the profits obtained, they can rebuild large ships, and they can turn around calmly." β
The reason why Lin Yiqing suggested this was that he was inspired by Li Shaoquan's acceptance of Lin Yizhe's suggestion to let the Jiangnan Shipyard build a small steamer to improve the transportation of water in one fell swoop, and the other was that he planned to use the light of the shipyard to add some sharp weapons to Satsuma to attack the enemy......
"It turns out that Hanpeng has a plan." Ding Yusheng listened to Lin Yiqing's words and nodded again and again in approval, he looked at Lin Yiqing's confident appearance, and asked with a smile, "Did Hanpeng even design the style of this inland river gunboat?" β
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Brother Yisheng." Lin Yiqing smiled and took the pen and paper, and drew a rough picture for Ding Yusheng on the table.
Like the new cruiser "Kaiji", which was selected from the French "Dujuturuin", the two gunboats given by Lin Yiqing were also selected from the models equipped by the French Navy.
The gunboats of the French Navy at this time, marked by a displacement of 250 tons, were divided into two categories: upper and lower. Gunboats of more than 250 tons, mainly positioned to carry out cruising operations, are called ocean-going gunboats, which can go to the far seas alone or with other warships. Gunboats of less than 250 tons, positioned to operate on inland rivers or coasts, are called nearshore gunboats.
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