When Li Yuntian set out on the expedition last year, the relevant matters related to the merger of Longjiang Shipyard into Jiangwutang had already begun, and now Jiangwutang has completed the integration of Longjiang Shipyard, and the most important thing is the personnel change of shipyard officials.

Since the Longjiang Shipyard has become a subordinate industry of the Jiangwutang, it is natural for Li Yuntian to arrange the people of the Jiangwutang to take prominent positions in the Longjiang Shipyard.

However, Li Yuntian did not dismiss those officials of the Longjiang Shipyard, large and small, from their posts, such as the officials of the Ministry of Works, the chief officer, and the promotion officer, who were in charge of shipbuilding affairs, as well as the assistant commanders, the head of the box, the first and other low-level officials, and the team leaders.

He not only set up a supreme yamen in Longjiang Shipyard -- the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard, but also broke up and reorganized the shipyard's original management system, and set up six departments under the board of directors: the design department, the construction department, the procurement department, the logistics department, the security department, and the administrative department.

Among them, the Design Department is responsible for the design of the ship, the Construction Department is responsible for the construction, the Procurement Department is responsible for the procurement of goods, the Logistics Department is responsible for the complex guarantee of life, the Baoan Temple is responsible for safety, and the Administrative Secretary is responsible for external affairs and assists the board of directors in the management of Longjiang Shipyard.

Among these six departments, the Chief Secretary for Administration has the heaviest authority, while the Construction Secretary has the heaviest responsibility.

According to Li Yuntian's setting, the highest chief of the six divisions is the director, from the military position of the fifth grade, the deputy director is the military position of the sixth grade, and the official rank of the officials of the subordinate departments is lowered in turn.

The original officials and craftsmen of Longjiang Shipyard were mainly concentrated in the design department and the construction department, after all, they were professional shipbuilders, and the people of the Wutang could not be replaced, and the directors of the design department and the construction department were also served by the directors of the engineering department of the original shipyard.

As for the officials of the Administrative Department, the Procurement Department, the Logistics Department, and the Security Department, Li Yuntian was basically transferred from the Agricultural Department, the Household Hall, the Rite Hall, the Military Department, the Engineering Department, and the Torture Hall under the jurisdiction of the Jiangwutang Government Affairs Hall, and they were the core force of Li Yuntian's control of the Longjiang Shipyard.

Although Li Yuntian made the decision to keep all the officials of the Longjiang Shipyard in office, not everyone wanted to be included in the command of Jiangwutang and change from civilian officials to military attachés.

Therefore, Fang Youjie's deputy, a member of the Ministry of Works, who assisted him in handling the affairs of the Longjiang Shipyard, as well as two directors of the Ministry of Works and several officials of the Ministry of Works, chose to leave and were transferred back to the Ministry of Works.

Among the supervisors dispatched by the Ministry of Industry to the Longjiang Shipyard, there were a total of six people above the sixth grade, including one Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Engineering of the fifth grade, one member of the Ministry of Engineering from the fifth grade, and four directors of the Ministry of Engineering of the sixth grade.

With the departure of the Ministry of Labor, a member of the Ministry of Works, and the two directors of the Ministry of Works, the upper-level power structure of the Longjiang Shipyard collapsed with a bang, which provided a lot of convenience for Li Yuntian's personnel arrangements.

In fact, Li Yuntian thought that Fang Youjie would also choose to leave, after all, civil officials have always despised military attachés, and after returning to the Ministry of Industry with Fang Youjie's qualifications, he would definitely be able to release a governor or even a prefect, never expected him to stay.

Later, Li Yuntian learned that Fang Youjie had been working in the Longjiang Shipyard since he entered the Ministry of Industry, and had a very high prestige in the Longjiang Shipyard.

It was under the persuasion of Fang Youjie that the other two directors of the Ministry of Industry chose to stay, which invisibly activated the role of stabilizing the hearts of the people of Longjiang Shipyard.

In view of Fang Youjie's special status and role in Longjiang Shipyard, Li Yuntian asked him to serve as the supervisor of Longjiang Shipyard, and was fully responsible for the affairs of Longjiang Shipyard, and gave him great authority to be responsible for communicating with the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard.

There were a total of five directors on the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard, and their personnel group became a member of the imperial family, an official of the Jiangwutang, an official of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, an official of the Nanjing Ministry of Households, and an official of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In Li Yuntian's setting, the board of directors is the highest decision-making body of Longjiang Shipyard, responsible for reviewing the important affairs of Longjiang Shipyard, but does not participate in the day-to-day management of Longjiang Shipyard.

Whenever there is a decision that is important for economic and administrative affairs, Fang Youjie, as the supervisor of Longjiang Shipyard, has to report to the board of directors, clarifying the stakes and disadvantages, and then the five directors of the board of directors vote, and if more than half of them agree, the decision can be implemented.

Because of his noble status as a member of the Imperial Family, he served as the general director of the board of directors in charge of convocation affairs, presiding over the convening of board meetings, but with the same powers as the other four directors.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to set up a board of directors at the head of Fang Youjie was to establish a set of practical supervision and restraint systems, so that Longjiang Shipyard could enter into a healthy development.

It is worth mentioning that the directors of the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard are not casual to become directors, and Li Yuntian evaluates the policies decided by the board of directors every year, and if the evaluation is not qualified, some of them will be removed and punished.

The reason why Li Yuntian chose officials from the Nanjing Ministry of Households, the Nanjing Ministry of Industry and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate as directors is not only because they are professionals in their respective fields and can make professional judgments on the decisions made by the other party in a measured manner, but also because they live in Nanjing City, which is very close to the Longjiang Shipyard.

Obviously, the directors of the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard only get together when they are in session, so they usually have their own affairs to do, so that they can come to Longjiang Shipyard very easily and quickly.

Although Li Yuntian created a new organization called the board of directors, because the current environment is not suitable for the development of the board of directors, after all, those directors are not shareholders of Longjiang Shipyard, so Li Yuntian has the final decision on the affairs of Longjiang Shipyard in his hands, and when necessary, he will exercise the right of veto of Jiangwutang on the affairs of Longjiang Shipyard.

In the final analysis, the board of directors of Longjiang Shipyard is only a supervisory body, not a regulatory department, and Li Yuntian must fully anticipate the risks and control them.

Fang Youjie came to see Li Yuntian this time to report to him about the integration of the Longjiang Shipyard, and after more than half a year of busyness, the six major divisions of the Longjiang Shipyard have begun to operate normally, producing some boats for inland rivers and lakes.

However, Li Yuntian asked Fang Youjie to come not to listen to his report, but to hand over important affairs to him.

The atmosphere of the reception banquet for Liu Wenqing was very relaxed and harmonious, Li Yuntian and Fang Youjie talked and laughed freely, like a family banquet, which made Fang Youjie's originally somewhat nervous and cramped spirit quickly relaxed, but he didn't expect the famous General Dingnan to be so approachable.

"Lord Fang, since all the affairs of the Longjiang Shipyard have been sorted out, then this official will give you a task!" In the midst of the staggering, Li Yuntian, who was talking and laughing with Fang Youjie, suddenly turned his words, looked at him quietly and said.

"Please make it clear." Hearing this, Fang Youjie hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian and replied respectfully.

"Lord Fang, don't you think it's a bit overkill to build those inland river ships with the strength of the Longjiang Shipyard?" Li Yuntian did not directly explain his intentions, but picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Fang Youjie with a smile.

"What the chief soldier said is very true, originally the strength of my Longjiang Shipyard was to build sea ships, but due to the ban on the sea by the imperial court, in recent years, we can only rely on building ships on inland rivers." Fang Youjie hurriedly picked up the wine glass with both hands, with a look of helplessness on his face, the grand occasion when he built Zheng He's sea ship seemed to be in front of his eyes, what a spectacular scene.

"Now the Xiyi countries have set off an upsurge of overseas exploration, which has greatly promoted the development of the local shipbuilding industry.

Li Yuntian saw that Fang Youjie's expression was a little sad, so he said with a smile while pouring wine into his wine glass, "In order to deal with the threat from the sea in the future, this official has invited the emperor and decided to produce a new type of warship, which can be attacked and defended. ”

"A new type of warship?" Fang Youjie was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then his eyes showed a look of surprise.

Li Yuntian smiled and nodded to Lei Ting, who was sitting on the side, Lei Ting left immediately, and after a while, he walked over with a picture in his hand and handed it to Fang Youjie.

"Lord Chief Soldier, this is ......" The picture is a ship, and the appearance looks a little weird, Fang Youjie is the first time to see a ship of this shape, and he can't help but look at Li Yuntian suspiciously.

The shape of the boat on the painting is different from the existing ships of the Ming Dynasty, with three masts, high strings, low foredeck, flat stern, and a protrusion at the bow, like the ramming angle of an oar row.

What particularly surprised Fang Youjie was that there were a neat number of small windows on each floor of the ship's hull, and he didn't know what they were doing.

"This is called a three-masted sailing ship, and it is also the future warship of my sailor." Li Yuntian knew that Fang Youjie was the first time he came into contact with the kind of ship on the painting, so he explained to him with a smile.

Compared to the Ming ships, the hull structure of the three galleons was more reasonable, its three masts could take advantage of the wind at an angle of up to 65 degrees, and could stay at sea for months on end when loaded with enough necessities of life, and even sail around the earth.

The appearance of the three-masted galleon changed the history of the Western society lagging behind the East in shipbuilding technology, and also changed the position of the West in world trade.

It can be said that in the minds of navigators, the construction of the three-masted galleon was the closest to perfection, and those small windows in the hull were naturally used by cannons to fire shells.

The ship's massive body not only provided a stable platform for the cannon to fire, but the towering tower also provided fortress-like cover for the ship's soldiers, giving it an advantage in close combat.

Among them, under the turret is the cargo hold, and the upper building is inhabited by the relevant personnel of the fleet.