Neither Zhao Ziqi nor Tian Gang took Li Yuanba's words, after all, with their status and status, they were not qualified to say these words!

"Lord Zhao, Tian Dutong, over the years, have you ever seen the navy send troops?"

Li Yuanba sulked for a long time, and suddenly felt that the surroundings had become quieter, and when he looked up, it was Zhao Ziqi and Tian Gang who put on a state of looking at the nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart.

"Out!"

After a long time, Zhao Ziqi nodded and said, "I remember that it was in the seventh year of Wude, and Goguryeo suddenly sent troops to invade my Tang Sea area. At this time, the navy was dispatched once, and although there was a lot of damage, it could be said that it was a complete victory in the end! ”

Li Yuanba didn't speak with a gloomy face, just nodded at him and motioned for Zhao Ziqi to continue.

Zhao Ziqi thought for a while and continued: "In the second year of Zhenguan, the squires from all over Dengzhou and those old masters of the older generation rebelled against the imperial court, and at this time, the navy army was dispatched for the second time!" ”

"Third, fourth......"

Whether it is according to the records in the Dengzhou Chronicles, or just by relying on the memories of Zhao Ziqi, the naval army stationed in Dengzhou of the Tang Dynasty has been dispatched a total of six times since the establishment of the first year of Wood.

How many years has the Tang Dynasty been founded?

Six times, only six sorties, it sounds ironic!

"What if Silla and Baekje use troops against our Datang Sea? Could it be that they also think that they are ignorant? "Li Yuanba feels incredible, is such an army still an army? There is no military appearance at all!

"Lord Wang, this kind of thing, it's not good to comment on it, if you have time in the future, let's go to the Dengzhou Navy Camp in person!" Tian Gang didn't add any other comments, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and there are some things that have not been seen. What's the use of being told by others? It's just adding to the troubles!

One person says that no one believes it, and two people say that no one believes it, but if everyone says so, then even the impossible becomes possible.

The so-called three people become tigers, that's what it means!

Li Yuanba is very satisfied with the performance of Tian Gang and Zhao Ziqi, seeing is believing, far more than everything else.

"Well, this king will find out these things in the future!"

Li Yuanba shook his head a little irritably. Fu turned his head and said to Zhao Ziqi: "In this Dengzhou territory, our imperial court has opened several shipyards, this king is here to Dengzhou, the main task is to receive these shipyards, and some official procedures need to be prepared by Lord Shi!" ”

"This subordinate has received the news and has been preparing to come out for a long time, and later the subordinate will order his subordinates to send you to the house!" Zhao Ziqi respectfully saluted Li Yuanba and said.

"In this case, please let the two adults go with this king to those shipyards!" Li Yuanba waved his hand at the two. He stood up and spoke.

Zhao Ziqi and Tian Gang glanced at each other, and naturally they were full of words.

……

Dengzhou's shipbuilding industry is very prosperous, and there are five or six shipyards with more than 100 people, and the two largest of them even have reached the scale of more than 1,000 people. Although they both run shipyards, the two largest number of shipyards are specialized in building large ships.

As for the rest, they are small shipyards that manufacture ships with less than 100 people in a single door.

After Li Yuanba and the others arrived at the largest shipyard. Zhao Ziqi directly called the principal of the shipyard over.

Both of them look like they have reached the age of sixties, and their looks are somewhat similar, although their age is there. But he seems to be very energetic.

One of the two is named Chang Sansheng, who is in charge of the military shipyard in the shipyard about warships, and the other is Chang Baisheng, who is in charge of the civilian shipyard in the shipyard about merchant ships, passenger ships, and cargo ships.

"Xiaguan Chang Sansheng and Chang Baisheng have seen the prince!"

The two old guys were obviously instructed by Zhao Ziqi in advance, but they didn't react excessively to seeing Li Yuanba.

"Two of you are exempt!" Li Yuanba waved his hand at the two of them, signaling the two to stand up, he looked at Chang Sansheng and then turned his head to look at Chang Baisheng, and said, "You two are both surnamed Chang, and your names are similar, could it be that you are brothers?" ”

Chang Sansheng smiled a little innocently and said, "The prince guessed correctly, Baisheng is the brother of the lower official!" Our two brothers came from the 'Wangming Chang clan', and the two brothers of the clan have been shipbuilders for generations, and my two brothers have been appreciated by His Majesty and have become the overseers of this shipyard! ”

"Have you ever seen the Imperial Brother?" Li Yuanba was a little surprised, and almost blurted out.

However, after saying this, Li Yuanba sighed in his heart 'nonsense', shipyards are counted even in the whole country of Datang, whether it is a river boat or a sea boat, they are all reported in the imperial court.

In particular, for those obviously large-scale shipyards, almost all of them were the principals of the shipyards personally appointed by Li Shimin, and the three provinces and six ministries did not have this qualification at all.

"Back then, my two brothers were ordered to supervise the construction of the 'Datang', and when the 'Datang' was created, my brother was fortunate to be summoned to Chang'an by His Majesty to receive His Majesty's reward!"

Chang Baisheng's personality is much more cheerful than Chang Sansheng's, and he continued: "It is precisely because of the construction of the 'Datang' that Xiaguan and his brother were given the main task of this shipyard by His Majesty!" ”

"Oh!"

Li Yuanba nodded and walked towards the shipyard.

The so-called 'Datang' is actually a giant building ship built by special means, which is extremely powerful in terms of both attack and practical means, and can be said to represent the top shipbuilding technology of Datang at present.

Li Shimin was also taken aback when he saw the 'Datang', he really didn't expect it, he just ordered the people below to make a ship come out, but he didn't expect to give him such a surprise.

……

Entering the shipyard, Li Yuanba walked forward first.

"Lord Wang, this is a civilian shipyard that manufactures passenger ships, merchant ships, and cargo ships!"

The shipyard is divided into two parts, the first part located in the front of the entire shipyard is the civilian shipyard, Chang Baisheng took the first step in front of Li Yuanba, and continued to introduce:

"Lord Wang, the civilian shipyard manufactures some civilian ships, among which cargo ships and merchant ships are the majority, those ships of four or five hundred tons, our civilian shipyard does not have them, and the smallest of them must be about seven hundred tons!"

"Oh? Do we still receive orders for civilian ships in this shipyard? Li Yuanba touched the brand-new wood, and the waterproof paint painted on it felt a little sticky.

"Pick it up!" Chang Baisheng nodded and said, "And our shipyard is living on the list of these civilian ships!" After all, the military ships produced by the military shipyards behind are all supplied to our Datang Navy and some state and county guards near the sea and river. If there is no list of civilian ships, all the expenses of our shipyard must be supported by the national treasury. ”

Speaking of this, Chang Baisheng himself laughed first, "We don't have so much money in the Datang treasury!" ”

Li Yuanba thought about it and said that it was still the case, if he only made military ships, I am afraid that the imperial court would not be able to make ends meet for a long time. Anyway, there are so many merchants and families in the Tang Dynasty, and the people are not allowed to open shipyards privately, so those guys naturally have to buy the imperial court.

This kind of fat sheep is not slaughtered for nothing!

Of course, those small boats and private boats that are related to civilian use do not cost much, but they are only sold to the people, and if the selling price is too high, I am afraid that the spittle of the people will drown Li Shimin.

In fact, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, just these seven or eight hundred ton 'small boats' were extremely advanced in China, East Asian countries and even the world.

However, Li Yuanba was not interested in these civilian ships, and he walked directly to the back.

Behind it is the second part of the shipyard, which is also the military shipyard.

Compared with the civilian shipyard, the military shipyard is built with some fighting ships and other warships, and even the same ship as the 'Shenxing Ship' that once appeared in Jiangzhou has two, but they are all under construction.

Li Yuanba admired this kind of ship like a godly ship.

This kind of ship not only has a strong carrying capacity, but also has a stable center of gravity, the key is that the action force is sufficient, and the speed in the sea or river is not comparable to the cruise ships and speedboats in Li Yuanba's previous life, but in naval battles, this kind of ship is indeed very popular.

……

After a turn in the shipyard, Li Yuanba saw some wooden boats or wooden boats mixed with iron sheets, in Li Yuanba's opinion, being able to use iron sheets is already the progress of these craftsmen.

"Standing Supervisor, there should be a lot of craftsmen in the shipyard who are proficient in the art of shipbuilding, right?" Sitting in the innermost lobby of the shipyard, Li Yuanba took a sip of tea very comfortably and said.

Although the shipyard is divided into two parts, Chang Sansheng and the brothers are in charge of military ships and civilian shipyards respectively, but Chang Sansheng is slightly older than Chang Baisheng, and he is also more mature and stable, and he understands things in the shipyard more clearly than Chang Baisheng.

Hearing Li Yuanba's question, Chang Sansheng said without hesitation: "Lord Qiyu, there are many shipwrights in our shipyard, but there are only twenty-three people who can really be called proficient in shipbuilding on the ground!" After all, shipbuilding is a huge project, and there are not many old craftsmen who can fully understand it. ”

"Well, twenty-three...... It's probably a little less than the Divine Machine Mansion, but it should be enough! ”

Li Yuanba underestimated twice in a low voice, nodded to Zhao Sanpao, who was accompanying him, and said, "Sanpao, you go back to the house and invite Mo Chengfei over...... By the way, there are also those craftsmen who know the art of steelmaking, please come over too, this king has something to discuss with them! ”

"No!" Zhao Sanpao answered, and hurriedly walked towards the former Dengzhou Guard, the current Governor's Mansion.

After sending Zhao Sanpao away, Li Yuanba turned his head and said to Chang Sansheng again: "Chang Supervisor, you go and invite those twenty-three people, and when the time comes, this king will introduce the Seiko craftsmen in the Shenji Mansion to them!" (To be continued......)