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"This old fox!" As the saying goes, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, Zheng Kezhang didn't expect that the shipyard he extorted from the Ministry of Industry would be dilapidated like this, and he really can't underestimate these treacherous and cunning ancients, and they will be sold by them if they are not careful. (The fastest update speed is in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info) "It's okay to have a boat yard like this, but what about craftsmen? ”

Zheng Kezhang was angry at the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were smiling on the side, and when he saw Zheng Kezang's violent appearance, the head of the Liupin Horse sent by the Ministry of Industry was busy urging the soap subordinates around him: "Quick, call Su Dagong and a few of them to see the eldest prince." ”

After a while, several craftsmen who looked like they were almost fifty came out of nowhere, and then knelt down in front of Zheng Kezhang under the guidance of Master Ma, and saw that several little old men who were already half Huafa wanted to bow to themselves, and the upset Zheng Kezhang hurriedly waved his hand: "No need, you are old, you can't stand it for the rest of your life, get up, get up and talk." ”

Su Dagong and the others slowly got up from the ground, seeing that they seemed to be a little inconvenient, Zheng Kezang's heart was even more upset, so he asked sharply at Master Ma: "If there are only a few of them who are old, weak, sick and disabled in the big shipyard, then how can they build ships." ”

Master Ma muttered and didn't dare to speak, but the master surnamed Su was angry when he heard Zheng Kezang say that he didn't act: "Don't underestimate the eldest prince, as long as there are enough materials, whatever boat the eldest prince wants to build, the rest can be built for the eldest prince." ”

Zheng Kezhang smiled angrily, pointed at Su Dagong and nodded: "Great, I really dare to say anything, the so-called full moon is full and the words are full, since you are so conceited, it will be easy to do." ”

Zheng Kezhang gritted his teeth: "Yu wants a 5,000-material Hongyi plywood ship, wait for half a year, no, wait for a year, if you can't hand it over by then, don't blame Yu for ignoring a few older people." ”

"Eldest son, don't say one year, it's just three or five years that this ship can't be built." Dai Yi and Zheng Kezhang were angry, but Su Dagong explained it neatly. "The keel used in the 5,000-material Hongyi plywood ship is very long, and there is no suitable wood in Taiwan, not only in Taiwan, but also in Fujian, so this ship cannot be built."

Zheng Kezhang was stunned for a moment, and the other party said that the head was the way, obviously not full, so he turned his eyes to the Ma director of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ma director explained knowingly: "Su Dagong and a few of them built a water pun boat of 3,000 materials for the country surnamed Ye in Siming back then, that is, they are old in the past few years, so they rested." ”

Waterpun boats? Zheng Kezang looked at the other party suspiciously, and Master Ma explained again: "The water plywood boat is an imitation of the plywood boat. ”

Zheng Kezang was taken aback, this is a talent, he knew that there were such craftsmen under the Zheng family, why did he ask the British for help, so that he was slaughtered by someone, as soon as he thought of this, his attitude immediately softened: "It turned out to be my grandfather's old man, Yu was young and ignorant, but he offended the old-timers, and I ask Master Su to forgive me!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The craftsman surnamed Su hurriedly gave in, and after saying a few polite words to let Zheng Kezang go down the steps, Master Su told Zheng Kezhang directly. "In fact, if the eldest prince wants to build a ship, the Hongyi plywood ship is not the first choice, and the Guangzhou ship and the lucky ship are actually better than the Hongyi ship."

Zheng Kezhang didn't understand this, if Guangchuan and Fuchuan were better than the military Galen, the result of the Opium War should be the victory of the Qing court, but since the other party was a veteran in this industry, Zheng Kezhang naturally didn't dare to refute it lightly, so he just listened patiently at the moment.

"The key is still on the sail, the boat is as fast as a fierce horse when the wind is downwind, but the soft sail used is too expensive, and it can't go against the wind, you need to go eight, this is one of them." Master Su said at the head of the head. "Second, the soft sail is inconvenient to maneuver, and the manpower used is too much, which is not as convenient as the Fu ship and the Guangzhou ship."

Zheng Kezhang thought for a while and nodded, the other party is worthy of being an old mage, but what he said is the key, you must know that Taiwan has always lacked fabrics, so Chen Yonghua even had to bribe Qing army officials to break through the blockade and smuggle successfully, so if you really want to build a completely Western-style clipper, you have to place an order with the Yingguili Merchant House to import large quantities of jute and canvas from India.

"Master Su, let's not talk about the canvas, Yu Zi will find a way." Zheng Kezang, who was already convinced, asked in an inquiring tone. "If Yu wants to build a clipper ship of about 200 materials immediately, what is the best ship type?"

The craftsman surnamed Su didn't have to think about it, and immediately replied: "It is advisable to use the type of Guangzhou ship below 400 materials, and it is better to ship ships with 1,000 materials and above, as for more than 3,000 materials, it is quite troublesome to use materials, and secondly, it is necessary to be extremely cautious in employing labor, but if you can spare no cost, you can use Hongyi plywood ship as a model!" ”

"What about the sand boat?" Zheng Kezhang continued to ask, he seemed to only have some theoretical knowledge from hearsay, and everything else belonged to the category of Xiaobai. "People say that sand ships have always been stable, with little labor and materials, and a lot of cargo, which is suitable for maritime voyages."

"The sand boat can still sail far away in the calm sea in the north, but the Fujian Sea and the Western Ocean are strong and turbulent, and the draft of the sand boat is shallow, and there is often a risk of flooding and capsizing." Master Su patiently explained to Zheng Kezang. "Therefore, it is not the fault that the ship built will go to the Japanese country, and Yu does not approve of the eldest prince building a sand boat."

Seemingly dissatisfied with Master Su's explanation, Zheng Kezhang immediately asked: "The wind and waves in the inland sea of the Taijiang River are not big, is it suitable to build a sand boat?" ”

"That's fine." Master Su frowned. "However, the speed of the sand boat is extremely slow, and there is no need for a ferry on the Taijiang River"

"Yu is just asking." Having said that, Zheng Kezhang still ordered it down. "Master Su, Yu Xiang will build two ships from now on, one is a 200-material ship, and the other is a 500-material sand ship, I don't know when the master craftsman will be able to complete it for Yu?"

"The eldest son, it's not that the old man pushes back when the matter is coming, but the shipbuilding needs wood and iron, and there is nothing in these warehouses, in addition, it is not enough to have more than one big work, and small workers and force workers still need to be recruited and matched by the big prince."

"That's it!" Zheng Kezang's eyes looked at Ma on the side. "Yu accepted an empty shell here, which was originally the tail of the Ministry of Engineering, so naturally the Ministry of Industry had to buy raw materials for Yu." Master Ma cried with a sad face, Zheng Kezhang said that it is simple, where does the money come from, the Yang Ministry of Industry must be hard to give up, and it is not necessary to let him and the little officials find out and fill the deficit by themselves. "Don't worry, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers." Zheng Kezhang seemed to see something, and smiled, so that he would not embarrass his subordinates. "Yu will give you fifteen hundred taels, and you must complete the materials for both men and two ships."

A 200-material Guangzhou ship is about 300 taels at a price, and a 500-material sand ship is also up to 400 taels, and Zheng Kezhang gave 1,500 taels to build another one, but the horse master also understood that the excess money was not for him to float, but to pay for the recruitment of craftsmen and to prepare more materials. Of course, even if there is still a place to rub oil, for the sake of Zheng Kezang, the heir of the feudal lord, Master Ma will not take advantage of this, not only that, but Master Ma must do things more beautifully in order to leave a good impression in front of Zheng Kezang.

"As for the small workers and laborers," after explaining the main task of Ma, Zheng Kezhang turned his head back to Master Su. "Yu can send some helpers from the children's camp every day, and as for the shortage, Master Su can invite a few people by himself." Master Su understood that Zheng Kezhang must have wanted to send someone from the boy camp to learn how to make a boat, but his craft was not passed on to his sons, so he readily agreed, but he never thought that Zheng Kezang's words were not over. "Yu invited a few shipwrights from the Yingguili Merchant House before, and it will be about a month or two at most, and I will also ask Master Su to help him at that time." The so-called peers are enemies, and seeing the displeasure on Master Su's face, Zheng Kezhang laughed. "It's not that I don't believe in the skills of the master, it's just that I didn't know that there was such a character as the master craftsman in this domain, since I was invited, I naturally can't do without it, besides, Hongyi has a unique feature in the mast and sail, and the rest should naturally learn from each other's strengths."

Back in Anping City, Zheng Kezhang did not go back to his house directly, but went to Zheng Cong's house in Funingbo first: "Second uncle, what's the matter?" ”

Zheng Cong was restless, and when he saw Zheng Kezang, he greeted him like a savior: "Qinshe, I finally looked forward to you, go, go, go, don't stay, go and see the winery, the sweet wine brewed by the second uncle after listening to your words, no one wants it when it is sent to Siming, this is a big loss." ”

"Don't worry," Zheng Kezhang waved his hand. "Second uncle, let Yu sit for a while, I just came back from the bamboo raft port, and my bones are scattered." Seeing that Zheng Kezhang looked tired, Zheng Cong couldn't urge anymore, but sitting there with a scratching look made Zheng Kezhang look very uncomfortable, and he had no choice but to ask. "By the way, second uncle, how did you make this cane wine?"

"How else can wine be made? Yu Ke is the best pot head invited from Shaoxing. ”

Zheng Cong didn't say this, but when he said that Zheng Kezhang was drinking tea, he couldn't help but spray on the ground for a while: "The second uncle uses sugarcane wine as rice wine and rice wine?" Is it still in the cellar for more than a year? No wonder, no wonder! ”

Hearing Zheng Kezang's two consecutive voices, Zheng Cong couldn't care about Zheng Kezang's rudeness just now, and asked eagerly: "Qin She knows what's going on?" That's great, tell the second uncle about it. ”

"Second uncle, bring a pot of wine you brewed first." Zheng Kezhang didn't answer immediately, but signaled Zheng Cong to serve wine, Zheng Cong didn't know why, but he could still afford a pot of wine, but it turned out, and Zheng Kezhang tasted it. "It tastes good, it's very sweet, and the ladies in the inner room should be very happy."

"It's a joke." Zheng Cong was angry. "You can't see that the second uncle is already in a hurry!"

"Second uncle, don't worry, Yu Ke told you that the sea man in Hongyi likes to drink sugarcane wine, why? Is it because of Lie, of course? But the second uncle was stunned and made the wine a favorite drink for female relatives, who can blame it? Zheng Kezhang put down his glass. According to me, there is no need to go to the winery, and now Yu can give the second uncle a solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

"First, don't cellar the newly brewed wine, immediately cook it twice, and get rid of this softness, the stronger the better." Zheng Cong immediately remembered in his heart. "Second, I don't know if the wine in the original cellar can be used or not, but the Yi people don't like to drink it, but Taiwan bans alcohol, and few people are willing to drink it, and the second uncle sells it cheaper, which is better than a total loss."

"How much does it cost?" Zheng Cong's heart is like a knife. "Qinshe, you can have your molecule here, you have to think of a way."

Zheng Kezhang has to worry about everything after only half of the income, Zheng Cong really said it, but the effort to save face must be done, so Zheng Kezhang came up with a bad idea: "If you don't want to lose, you can try to sell it to the Japanese country and North Korea, but whether you can sell it or not, sell it at a good price, and you can't guarantee it." ”

"This?" Zheng Cong sat on the chair dejectedly. "Siming can't sell it, and wants to sell it to Japan and North Korea, isn't this hole getting bigger and bigger, forget it, let's sell it at a low price in Dongning."

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