"What about the price? How much does it cost? Yang Gengai asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the largest warship, the King of the Seas, is currently counted as one hundred thousand taels of silver, and I will call it a first-class combat ship, which can be used as the flagship of the fleet; This kind of slightly smaller battleship, with 50 to 60 guns, the cost of each is about 30,000 taels of silver, I call it a second-class combat ship, which can carry 350 people, these two kinds of battleships, are the main force of the fleet, full-time responsible for fighting, suppressing opponents, so, are called combat ships; This kind of is smaller, only 20 to 40 guns, I call it a cruiser, responsible for supporting the main warship, fighting merchant ships, pirates and other tasks, the cost is relatively cheap, only about 120,000, about 100,000 people per ship; It's smaller, with only a few guns to a dozen guns, this kind of ship, responsible for battles in some special sea areas, such as shallow seas, inland rivers, and places with dense reefs, this kind of cheapest, about a few thousand taels is enough, oh...... By the way, Your Majesty also has a kind of clipper, a fast boat that is specifically responsible for delivering letters, this kind of ship, the fastest, also needs to have some, the cost is relatively much cheaper, the general situation is like this, if Your Majesty builds it on a large scale, I believe the price can be even cheaper,...... "Amdo began to explain the cost of building his own ship.

"Wait......" Yang was confused by the large number of data. I began to secretly calculate how much money I needed in my mind.

100,000 ships; Three of the thirty thousand are ninety thousand; Five ships of 120,000 are about 75,000 on average; The smallest is a few thousand taels, including the clippers, which are responsible for transmitting information, about seven, even if it is seventy thousand taels, that is, the cost of such a fleet is about three hundred and fifty thousand taels.

In this way, it is quite acceptable, there is a relatively elite fleet of more than 300,000 taels, but if you calculate the maintenance costs of these ships, the wages of the navy, the consumption of cannons, etc., this is quite high, Yang Reform suspects that he has the money to build it, but he has no money to raise it.

Yang Gengai calculated the cost of labor, maintenance, and consumption for half a day, and found that this navy was really a hole that burned money, and his own account was a little too much.

Yang Gai wiped his forehead and said, "Very good, all good, I have decided to build this fleet, and you are responsible for designing and supervising the construction of this fleet, of course, if the ship built is not good, you also know the consequences." "Yang Reform has a headache, and he doesn't plan to think too much, so he will burn a fleet with silver first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will wholeheartedly build this fleet for His Majesty the Emperor, especially the King of the Seas." Seeing that he had finally persuaded the emperor, not to mention how happy he was, Amdo assured the emperor with his eyebrows.

"Alright, take your companions and go to Nanjing, find my shipbuilding admiral, he will be in charge of everything in the shipbuilding, including the costs, you will be in charge of the design, supervise the construction, understand?" Yang Reform quickly cut through the mess and got this thing done.

"Yes, my majesty, pack your luggage and go to Nanjing immediately, find that, by the way, Your Majesty's shipbuilding admiral." Amdo was so excited that he almost danced with the emperor in his arms.

"Big companion, write a letter of introduction to Zheng Huaizhong, tell him that this guy and his companion are specially responsible for building Western warships, and let him cooperate well, and the battleships will be designed and supervised by this guy. Materials, labor, silver, etc., let Zheng Huaizhong be sure to check it well. ”

Yang Gai looked at this guy who was dancing, and felt a headache, his money was not enough, and he had to build a ship, so he had to ask Wang Chengen to clean up how much silver he still had.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

…… Amdo left satisfied, Qin Yaozu was very frustrated, there was no battle to win this Yi people today, the emperor gave an order to build a Yi ship, but the ship of the Ming Dynasty in charge of him did not move, if the ship building was smashed in his own hands, he was a young eunuch, and it was estimated that his butt was not hot, so he had to change his chair.

Yang Gai saw that An Duo had gone out, so he walked to the slippery model of the ship, picked up a model ship, looked at it, looked at it, and looked at it.

Seeing that the emperor was interested in this boat, Qin Yaozu hurriedly walked over and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, this boat is called the Yellow Croaker Boat, which is specially used by coastal fishermen for fishing. "Qin Yaozu has the resources of the entire internal officials and supervisors in his hands, and builds ships for him, so the types of boats are very rich, and even this kind of fishing boat has been built, and the eunuchs have always pursued the emperor's affairs to be large and complete, and try to meet the emperor's requirements at one time, so originally it was only to build a warship, but this time, even the fishing boat was built, and it didn't take a few more efforts anyway.

What attracted Yang to reform was that on the top of the ship, there was something that looked like a trawl hanging behind the boat, trawling? This does not mean that the ancient fishing technology is also very developed, Yang Reform has been worried about this food problem, although he has made a lot of preparations, even immigration, ahead of the scale of disaster relief, but, the end of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen period is the total amount of grain decreased, more than ten years of drought, must be another source of food, and this fishery, is undoubtedly an important source of food supplement, meat he is always meat, better than grass and chaff to fill the stomach.

Thinking of this, Yang Gai was excited, and he forgot about this very important link, the ocean, the birthplace of human beings, in fact, can also provide people with a lot of food. How could I forget such an important thing?

"Oops!" Yang Gai's heart was overjoyed, and he smashed his palm with his fist. I secretly shouted in my heart, "God help me, God help me." ”

Wang Chengen is inexplicable, what's wrong with this emperor? How can you see a fishing boat and be so happy?

Qin Yaozu was even more confused? I was so frightened that I didn't know what to say.

Yang Gai had already figured it out, and immediately said, "What is the name of this ship?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this boat is called the Yellow Croaker Boat, which is specially used by coastal fishermen for fishing." Qin Yaozu was quite familiar with the purpose of these ships, and as soon as the emperor asked, he immediately answered.

"Yellow croaker boat? Fisherman? How big is this type of ship? How far do you go to sea for fishing? How many fish can you catch at one time? How is fish kept fresh? Yang Reform was inexplicably excited, and he finally found a way to live, a way to solve the problem of disaster victims at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the problem of eating at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Back to Your Majesty, this yellow croaker boat can be big or small, 100 to hundreds of materials, generally there are a few people in the rudder water, more than a dozen people, the long time to go to sea can be two or three months, as for the short two or three days, as for how many fish can be caught? This is difficult to say, thousands of catties, ten thousand catties, it all depends on luck, if the fish is fresh, either use fish salt, or use ice ......" Qin Yaozu said what he said, he said everything he could know, in order to show his face in front of the emperor, he didn't put in much effort, you must know that in the entire Forbidden City, tens of thousands of eunuchs compete, if you don't work hard, there will be no way out!

How many crew members? Harvest 10,000 catties? Keeping it fresh with salt? In Yang Reform's throat, he swallowed saliva "coo", such a huge food source was forgotten by himself, he was really damned! Yang Reform really wanted to slap his mouth, he should have thought of going to sea to fish a long time ago! I was really stupid, I thought of building a warship, but I didn't expect that the boat could be used for fishing, this fish can be eaten, how many victims had to be resettled in the late Ming Dynasty? How many people will be fed?

Yang Reform's mood was unusually agitated.

"Good, good, good! Not bad, not bad! Qin Yaozu, you have made meritorious contributions this time,......" Yang Reform's impression of this guy is average, and now looking at this guy, Yang Reform feels that this guy is very cute. This guy is a boon.

“…… His Majesty Xie praised him, but the slave didn't dare to be a ...... "Qin Yaozu is inexplicable, the emperor praised himself when he saw a fishing boat, why is this?"

"Hehe, but there are other fishing boats? By the way, how much do you know about the fishing industry? Let's talk about it. Yang Reform is very yearning for this fishing industry, and he is eager to start shipbuilding and fishing immediately, and then transport it to Henan and Shaanxi through the Yangtze River, canals, and the Yellow River, and use fish and meat to relieve disasters. Yang Gai used his brain and began to think about his plan.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave knows a little bit about this fishery, but it is not a lot, I only know that this fishing boat is also divided into a lot, there are large and small sampans, there are large and small yellow croaker boats, there are sand fish boats, ......etc., the small boat can be harvested every day, but the number is small, it is more than ten catties per day, one hundred and ten catties, and there are many people in the big boat, so the harvest is also very large, and the time can be as long as several months, and the harvest of 10,000 catties is by no means empty talk, Your Majesty ......" Qin Yaozu said this, there is really nothing to say to the emperor, The little thing in my stomach was empty.

"Big mate, Master Xu, have they left Beijing?" Yang Gai immediately decided to take this fishing industry as a treasure for disaster relief, which is a treasure to solve the problem of peasants eating at the end of the Ming Dynasty! Can you finish fishing in the sea? In the Ming Dynasty, no matter what, it couldn't be finished! In the next generation, the catch of this fishery is a terrifying existence!

"Back to Your Majesty, you haven't left Beijing yet, but Your Majesty has something to call them?" Wang Chengen was puzzled, what did the emperor think? Qin Cha hasn't left Beijing yet, and he wants to be called back?

"Let Master Xu and them come to me immediately, I have something very important to discuss with them, quickly, quickly, quickly." Yang Reform can't wait, such an important way to deal with the famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty, such a way to save his life, how can he abandon it? Yang reform is a great joy, and there is no better news than this news.

"The slave and maid obey, and this is the case." Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was in a hurry, so he didn't say much, and immediately complied.

The little eunuch who conveyed the order was urged by Wang Chengen to rush away like a stream of urine and went to find Qincha. Yang Reform began to walk impatiently around the Wenhua Palace, waiting for someone to ...... I couldn't help but think about what the fishing industry was like in the future, according to sporadic information, or from some sporadic memories in the "News Network" in the future, Yang Gai estimated that the fishing industry in later generations was estimated to be above the million ton level. As for how much, it's not clear specifically, this, you have to go back at night and check the information to be sure. Yang Reform doesn't expect that he can have that kind of fishing scale and ability like the future, he only hopes that he has a fraction of enough, 100,000 tons, 100,000 tons, how much grain? One or two million stones! How many people can solve the problem of eating with this? I am developed, developed! No, no, I found the key to open the problem of famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty! The key! Your own future is at sea, at sea!

Yang Gai thought of the excitement, and couldn't wait to cry out, he had enough of these words, for money, for the victims, for food, for resettlement, for himself not to hang himself in the coal mountain, for the rope around his neck not to be so tight, how many ways he thought of it, how many sins he suffered, how much suffering he suffered, and now, he has found a better solution.

Disaster victims, transferred to the coast, and then send some sampans, fishing boats, let them go out to sea to fish, and then buy those fish products, and transport them north to Shaanxi to help the victims, this, far faster than the grain in the ground is much faster, there is much more security, the most important thing, do not need to be coerced by those big landlords in Jiangnan, Yang Reform is now most afraid of those landlords in Jiangnan Lao Cai saw that they used tens of millions of taels of silver to relieve the disaster, will increase the price of grain, in that way, the difficulty of their own disaster relief has become greater, now, there is such a source of food, You can not be afraid of those landlords' old wealth, hehe, no matter what you say, the fish is also meat! You can still eat meat after being affected by the disaster, this, I have to say, the luck of these disaster victims, when I meet me, a traverser, the more Yang Reform thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes...... "Goo Goo, Dong Dong Dong......" Yang Reform Imitator The dubbing in a game seems to be pinching a mouse in his hand, as if he is playing a game. Yang Reform has now completely figured it out, the source of this food has never been only found in the field, you know, in "Age of Empires", just at the beginning, you have to kill animals, and then there is a fishing ground, you can find food from the ocean, Yang Reform suddenly woke up, it turned out that this principle, in the game, has already been told to us! It's just that everyone didn't expect it, so they began to miss playing games every day and opening up all night every day, and it was as if they had pinched a mouse in their hands, and they were happily clicking on farmers to dig meat, fish, farm, explode population, and promote science and technology...... Wang Chengen and Qin Yaozu looked at the crazy emperor, they didn't know what the emperor was doing, they didn't know what was in their mouths, they couldn't understand it anyway, and they couldn't understand what movements their hands couldn't understand, and the sheep was crazy? Qin Yaozu found that the emperor had become very terrifying. Wang Chengen is used to it, and the emperor sometimes always does something inexplicable.

…… I don't know how long it took for Yang Reform to wake up from his dream, and when he saw it, it turned out to be the three Qincha, Xu Guangqi, Zhang Jiude, and Zhou Yanru, all of whom were sweating profusely, panting for breath, and were probably urged by the little eunuch who was urinating.

That's not all, you have to kneel down and kowtow to the emperor, a few were surprised, the emperor didn't sit on the dragon chair, what did he do in the hall? There are also a lot of boat samples on the side.

…… After seeing the salute, Xu Guangqi spoke.

"I don't know what Your Majesty is so eager to summon your ministers and others, what is the so-called?" Xu Guangqi was discussing the matter of immigration with the two deputies, and learned that the emperor was going to summon him immediately, the sooner the better, there was something important, and he thought that something big had happened, so he rushed to the Wenhua Hall under the constant urging of the little eunuch. When I got here, I found that the emperor seemed to be fine at all, and he was not angry in his heart, didn't he toss us? A lot of age, can you stand this?

"Hehe, Master Xu, three, today, I suddenly figured out a question." Yang Gengai compared his game history and found that this "Age of Empires" pointed out the direction for himself.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the problem?" Xu Guangqi was out of breath.

"Companion, quickly move a chair for Master Xu." Yang Gai also found that his master, who was running a little hard, was a little reluctant to go, but he also gave Xu Guangqi a chair, and the other two were not given, who called them young? What's more, Zhou Yanru, that guy, is only in his thirties, and it is when he needs to exercise...... "Your Majesty has thanked Your Majesty, Your Majesty is standing, how dare you sit?" It's still good to stand......" Xu Guangqi also resigned, this time, it was different from before, the emperor used to be sitting, and he sat by himself, which also showed that the emperor loved his courtiers, and now the emperor is also standing, if he sits by himself, what kind of system is this?

"Huh...... Let's get down to business. Yang Reform does not dwell on this issue, and directly wants to say his own findings.

"Master Xu, how many people, have you noticed that there is something special about the boat here?" Yang Reform is very happy today, he has found a magic weapon to solve the problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he is ready to sell well.

Xu Guangqi and Zhang Jiude, Zhou Yanru is inexplicable, the emperor came to us, just to see those broken boats? We lost half our lives!

“…… Your Majesty, Your Majesty is talking about battleships? "Xu Guangqi knows a lot, and knows that the emperor is preparing to fight a naval battle and wants to build a sea ship. After looking at these ship samples, I came to a conclusion.

"No, no, no, a few Qing family, you come to see this, this ......" Yang Gai picked up a boat and happily let a few of his Qincha look at it.

"......" a few people are inexplicable.

Zhang Jiude had been the governor of the river, and he had more dealings with boats, so he recognized it and said, "Your Majesty, what Your Majesty is holding in your hand is a yellow croaker boat?" ”

"Hehe, Zhang Aiqing has good eyesight, yes, this kind of boat I take is the yellow croaker boat. How many people know what it is for and what it can do? Yang reformed induced.

"Back to Your Majesty, the yellow croaker boat is a fishing boat, of course it is a fishing ......," Zhang Jiude replied without thinking.

Zhou Yanru was the most clever, and when he heard what Zhang Jiude said, he suddenly thought of something, and said: "What does Your Majesty mean is to use fishing products to relieve the famine?" ”

Yang Reform was a little surprised, these guys were still smart, and they guessed what they meant in a few clicks. said: "Yes, Zhou Qingjia, I guessed well, it is the fishery to help the disaster." ”

Zhou Yanru said modestly: "The minister doesn't dare to be, he doesn't dare to be, historically, suffering from famine and rescuing the famine with fish are common things, it's nothing, and it's not the first thing the minister thinks of,...... However, it is generally organized by the people, and the government generally does not organize the people to fish and relieve the famine......"

What the? This kind of thing happened in ancient times? In ancient times, there was a fishing disaster relief? Yang Reform was surprised! Doesn't that mean that this is not your own initiative?

“…… But Your Majesty, even if you can use fish to help you in the disaster, I'm afraid it's a drop in the bucket, and it's not helpful! The number of victims is huge, and there are enough fish in the rivers and lakes to have them! What's more, there is a shortage of water in that place in Shaanxi, and there is no place to fish! Zhou Yanru continued.

Cut! It turns out that what Zhou Yanru said about fishing in rivers and lakes for disaster relief is different from what he thought of fishing in the sea for disaster relief, and it is not n grades worse at all! This week Yanru, really, only a little clever! I still have to exercise, my mind is not open enough, and my vision is not high enough!

"Yes! Your Majesty, since ancient times, it has been recorded that fish have been used to relieve famines, but if the number of victims is small, it is feasible, but now, Your Majesty, millions of immigrants! I'm afraid that there are more people in this disaster, can a few rivers and ditches help? "Zhang Jiude also doesn't approve of the emperor's idea, it's too ridiculous, this kind of thing, there is no need for the government to organize it, the people themselves will eat the fish and shrimp in the river and pond cleanly, and they still need us?

"Hehehe, you guys! The mind is not open enough, thinking about problems, standing at a high level, it is still not enough! A few small rivers and ditches can't raise many people and catch many fish? But what about the sea? What about the ocean? How many fish can this hit? How many people can this feed? What I just showed you is a fishing boat that can go to sea, what I mean, do you understand ......" Yang Gengai explained to his subordinates with a smile, in fact, he had just figured it out, but now he can use it to teach people, this is the advantage of taking the first step.

"Ahh ……”

"Ahh ……”

"Ahh ……”

The three of them were unusually shocked! His eyes widened and he looked at the emperor in surprise, yes! There are not enough fish in this ditch, but ...... fish in the ocean, first of all, does this ocean have an end?

The others were also dumbfounded, Wang Chengen had long been accustomed to the emperor's genius way of thinking about problems, and he was the first to calm down and look at the emperor with admiration, Qin Yaozu was the first time he came into contact with the emperor in this situation, and the whole person was stunned, and the emperor didn't look at his own warship, but his own fishing boat.

"Your Majesty is talented, Tianzong is smart, we really can't ......" Xu Guangqi took the lead, admitting that the emperor's idea was indeed unexpected.

“…… What does Your Majesty mean by asking me to recruit the victims and go out to sea to fish? And then send fish to Henan, northern Shaanxi disaster relief? Xu Guangqi understood what the emperor meant, and began to discuss specific measures with the emperor.

"Yes, exactly, what I mean is that building as many fishing boats as possible, going out to sea to catch fish, making dried fish out of salt, and then transporting them to the disaster relief sites, all by water, should be able to solve a large part of the food problem, far more reliable than all the food in the field." Yang Gai said his plan. Using fish as a kind of food, disaster relief, even if it only accounts for one or two percent of the total amount of food, is very considerable, and can save a lot of silver.

Yang Reform is now most afraid that those big landlords in Jiangnan will raise their prices together, and he will be unlucky. Now that there is substitute food, you can also wrestle with those landlords in Jiangnan. Don't be too nervous about the threats they give themselves. There is a bigger idea that has not been said, these fishermen are the source of the sailors in the future, and the later negotiations with Zheng Zhilong, immigrating to Taiwan are the follow-up to the entire immigration plan, and immigrating to Nanyang is the beginning of the colonial plan,...... The Pacific Ocean is our own inland lake, and we have always only fished in the lake......

(To be continued)