Hearing that the other party was indeed Li Zhen, Tian Daohan did not have the excitement after seeing the idol, but felt a sense of depression.

When he knew that Su Hao was the imperial history of the capital, Tian Daohan still had a trace of luck, hoping that the other party would just take out this official position to scare himself, and then put forward a request to buy wood. In his opinion, an official like Su Hao, who is in a high position at a young age, must have climbed up to someone's nepotism, and this kind of official can be settled as long as he gives some benefits.

Tian Daohan had previously insisted that the wood could not be sold, but in fact, over the years, the higher-level officials have used their power to force the shipyard to buy wood privately, and it has happened many times. If Su Hao really just wanted to buy some wood and let Tian Daohan go on this condition, Tian Daohan would probably have to give in. In doing so, at least he can keep his current official position.

But after knowing Li Zhen's identity, Tian Daohan was completely desperate. He knew that when Li Zhen was an official, he was known for being honest and upright, and he was definitely not the kind of person who would be corrupt and bend the law. Legend has it that Li Zhen, who has died at the hands of Jinyiwei, why did he suddenly become the deputy capital of Yushi, this question is not what Tian Daohan needs to care about now, he only thinks about one point: what punishment will he receive for asking for bribes?

"Lord Tian......" Looking at the depressed Tian Daohan, Su Hao shouted softly.

Tian Daohan reluctantly showed a smile and said, "The two adults have seen it, Tian has misbehaved, and there is no objection to how the two adults deal with it...... Anyway, this burden was not something that Tian could bear, but now that he handed it over, Tian was also relaxed. ”

"Burden? What do you mean? Su Hao asked.

Tian Daohan pointed to the timber with his finger and said: "When Tian took office in Longjiang, the previous Emperor Du personally handed over these ship materials to Tian, and forced Tian to swear that as soon as he became an official, he would guard these ship materials, and he could not let lawbreakers steal and sell them, nor let them rot. Over the years, in order to raise the cost of maintaining the ship's materials, Tian has been exhausted in his heart, regardless of Sven, and cleverly set up a name to make money. Now, I can finally hand over this burden. ”

"The imperial court has long stopped building sea ships, what are you still guarding these ships?" Su Hao asked hypocritically.

When Tian Daohan heard this, he was furious, and said with tears in his eyes: "Who said that the imperial court doesn't build sea ships!" I am a great country, and I am a great country, and I am mighty all over the world, how can I not have a huge ship. Thousands of men in our shipyard are working hard here, and I don't believe that we can't wait for the day when the imperial court will rebuild the treasure ship and go to sea. These ship materials were left to us by the Three Treasures, and they can't be thrown away in the hands of our unfilial descendants! ”

Su Hao only felt a tide in his eyes, and he almost couldn't control his tears. He looked at the craftsmen gathered around him and said, "Lord Tian, this is not the place to talk, there are some things, let's go back to the Lifting Division to talk about them." Also, please give an order to the craftsmen...... Send some representatives, and in a quarter of an hour we will assemble outside the Lifting Division, and we have something to tell you. ”

"If the dismissal of Tian is announced, there is no need to stir up the people so much, right?" Tian Daohan lost the excitement just now, and said sneeringly.

Su Hao smiled: "There are other things, you can notify them like this." ”

Tian Daohan cheered up and said to the craftsmen: "Don't make a noise, these two are the adults of the Imperial Court, and they have come to discuss with the officials." This lord has an order, and after a quarter of an hour, the heads of each household will go to the door of the lifting division, and have important matters to inform you. ”

Hearing Tian Daohan's words, the craftsmen were a little surprised, and they whispered:

"What does the Metropolitan Procuratorate do?"

"It seems to be a big official, haven't you seen Lord Tiju so respectful to them?"

"You can't be here to investigate Lord Tiju, right?"

"Lord Tiju didn't do anything wrong, so why should he be investigated?"

"It's wrong or good, it's not up to us to decide......"

Tian Daohan was so preoccupied that he couldn't hear what the craftsmen were saying, he barely smiled, stretched out his hand to Su Hao and Li Zhenyi, and said, "Two adults, please come here." ”

The three of them returned to the lifting division, but still entered the back hall. However, this time it became Li Zhen who sat in the main seat, Su Hao sat in the second seat, and Tian Daohan could only sit at the bottom. Tian Daohan's promotion is only an official position from the fifth grade, which is much lower than the grades of Su Hao and Li Zhen.

"Two adults, are you passing by this time, or are you here to investigate the next official?" Tian Daohan waited for a while, but didn't see Su Hao and Li Zhen talking, so he asked questions first.

Li Zhen said: "Lord Tian is too worried, I am not here to investigate the case, Lord Tian does not have to worry." ”

Tian Daohan smiled bitterly: "Whether the two adults came to investigate the case, the result is the same." The two adults have also seen the things here, Tian has done it himself, how to deal with it, and ask the two adults to show it. ”

Su Hao smiled and said, "Lord Tian, you are dead-eyed, you can't think that Mr. Li and I are also dead-eyed, right?" You have made money for the purpose of maintaining the ship's materials, and not only is you guilty, but you have done your best. You are not ashamed of the imperial court, but the imperial court owes you too much, and also owes too much to the craftsmen in the shipyard. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Su really didn't believe that these 200-year-old woods would still be intact. It can be said that if you hadn't been here to guard, the imperial court's plan to build a sea ship would have come to naught. ”

"What did Lord Su say, the imperial court wants to build sea ships?" Tian Daohan's eyes widened, and he looked at Su Hao and asked.

Su Hao had expected what the result of his news would be, and he said with a smile: "It's true. There are 4 treasure ships of 6,000 materials, 12 sea-going ships of 2,000 materials, 12 warships of 1,000 materials, and 24 warships of 400 materials...... Lord Tian, can you take it? ”

"You, you...... You're not going to be a trick, are you? Tian Daohan's face was full of consternation, hoping that this was true, but also afraid that the phantom would be shattered and he would suffer a greater blow.

Su Hao took out a piece of yellow cloth from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "This is the holy decree, it is for you, you can see for yourself." ”

"Holy Decree!" Tian Daohan was shocked, he quickly gathered his clothes, bowed to the holy decree a few times, and then picked it up and read it carefully.

The holy decree is actually a very brief thing, it just said that the sea ship would be built, and Su Hao and Li Zhen came to supervise it, so that the shipyard would fully cooperate. Tian Daohan read these short lines more than a dozen times, and suddenly knelt down facing the north, kowtowed like pounding rice with the holy decree in his hand, and shouted with a crying voice:

"Holy Wise, Wechen has finally waited for this day! Master Du, you can look under the Nine Springs! ”

After saying these words, he knelt on the ground and raised his head, his wrinkled face already full of old tears.

Tian Daohan may not be a person who loves shipbuilding and sailing, but after all, this is his career of watching for half his life. When he heard the news that the imperial court was finally going to resume building sea ships, he felt that all his efforts were worth it.

Su Hao and Li Zhen looked at each other, stood up together, walked to Tian Daohan, and held each other with their hands. Tian Daohan stood up, thanked Su Hao and Li Zhen, and then said embarrassedly: "The two adults laughed, and the lower officials were inexplicably excited for a while, and they lost their temper, and they lost their temper. ”

"Lord Tian is loyal to the imperial court and society, and he can still fulfill his duties in such a difficult situation, and he should be a model for officials in the world. When I go back, I will definitely make this matter known to the Holy Lord, and ask the Holy Lord to give Master Tian a reward. Li Zhen said.

Su Haole said: "The Ministry of Industry said that the scale of shipbuilding this time is too large, and I am afraid that it is not enough to send a lifter to supervise the construction, and I am ready to appoint a Lang Zhong to preside over this matter." In Yihao's opinion, there is no need to trouble the Ministry of Industry, and directly promote Lord Tian to Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, won't it solve the problem? ”

Li Zhen nodded: "The old man thinks it is feasible, if the saint knows the deeds of Lord Tian, he will also agree." ”

Listening to the two court officials in front of him lightly promoted their from the fifth grade to the fifth grade, Tian Daohan felt happy in his heart. There is no one in the officialdom who does not want to be promoted, and Tian Daohan is not a mortal, so he naturally has the dream of being promoted. However, after all, this matter is just a proposal by Li Zhen and Su Hao, and it can't be taken seriously, so Tian Daohan hurriedly made a modest gesture and said: "Thank you two adults for your false praise, in fact, personal honor and disgrace promotion, for the lower officials...... It's also not that important. By the way, Xia Guan wants to ask, the imperial court wants to build so many ships, but is it going to the West again? ”

Su Hao said: "I can't go that far for the time being, the first step may be to Luzon and Java, and then go far." Let's take ten years, where Sanbao Ye has been, we have to go again. Where Sanbao Ye has not been, we have to go too. ”

"That's great." Tian Daohan said, he remembered something again, and asked: "This shipbuilding is a very expensive thing, is it possible for the imperial court's silver taels to be guaranteed?" ”

"You can rest assured that the silver is sufficient, and the key is that the quality of the ship must be good." Su Hao said.

Tian Daohan said: "Master Su, don't worry, as long as there is silver, the lower official guarantees that the ship built must be first-class." Master Su, I don't know when we will start building ships. ”

Su Hao said: "Start right away." However, there may be some design modifications beforehand, and we have found some shipbuilders and sailors of the Franc machine to learn from the experience of the Franc machine shipbuilding and combine it with our treasure ship. It has been 200 years since Sanbaoye went to the West, and many new technologies have been developed in the middle, and our shipbuilding technology should also be improved. ”

"It's nature, it's nature." Tian Daohan said, "Xia Guan is not a person who holds the handicapped. Xia Guan has heard that the navigation skills of the Franc machine man are indeed unique, and if we can get the guidance of the Franc machine craftsman, our treasure ship will definitely be able to innovate and be better than our predecessors. ”

"Lord Arita said this, Su was relieved." Su Hao said, he reached into his arms again, took out a stack of silver tickets, handed them to Tian Daohan, and said: "This is the two thousand taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Industry in advance as start-up capital. You first take it and send it to the craftsmen so that they can improve their lives. Starting tomorrow, all the craftsmen will return to the shipyard to work, make preliminary preparations first, and after the drawings are finalized, they will start shipbuilding. ”

"Well, we've been waiting for this day for a long time." Tian Daohan responded.

At this time, the voice of people gradually came from outside the door of the lifting division, and it was the craftsmen who had been notified by Tian Daohan that they had gathered before. Everyone gathered together and talked in whispers, not knowing what was going to be announced. Most of the people were worried, thinking that the officials from the imperial court must be trying to make trouble for the promotion of the lord. If it's a new promotion, I don't know how I'll treat everyone.

Just when there were different opinions, the figure in the Simen flashed, and Tian Daohan walked out with a spring breeze on his face, followed by Su Hao and Li Zhen. Tian Daohan stood on the steps and shouted to everyone: "Everyone, be quiet, this official has great news to tell you!" ”

"Good news?"

"Or great news?"

"What's the matter, is it ......?"

Tian Daohan looked at everyone's eager eyes, laughed, and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Lord Li Zhenli, the deputy capital of the Imperial Procuratorate sent by the imperial court, and this is Lord Su Haosu, the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, they came to our Longjiang Treasure Shipyard to supervise the construction of treasure ships." Long live Lord made a decree that our shipyard will build 52 big ships in the next year, with a total of 70,000 materials! ”

The craftsmen were stunned for a moment, and they didn't know who took the lead first, so everyone knelt down in unison and shouted in unison:

"Long live Lord Shengming!"

"Thank you, Long live!"

Su Hao stood behind Tian Daohan and watched these ragged craftsmen bow down to the king they had never met because of such a news, and couldn't help but sigh. The Chinese people and Chinese craftsmen are the most simple in the world. There is such a group of hard-working people who are bright when given a little sunshine, and if they can't build the country into a prosperous, strong and prosperous country, such a ruler is really hopeless. (To be continued.) )