Chapter 485 The shipbuilding industry that dominates the world

"You must think I'm a vicious woman!" Seeing Li Yuntian looking at herself in astonishment, Liu Wenqing's heart suddenly sank, Li Yuntian's reaction at this time was even worse than she imagined, and then she smiled sadly, her expression was extremely lost, and she walked to the door.

Liu Wenqing is a smart woman, although Li Yuntian has not clearly stated her attitude, but in her opinion, there is no need for Li Yuntian to say much about this situation, and Li Yuntian's reaction has already shown that he will not accept a woman with such "evil deeds" like her.

Seeing Liu Wenqing walking towards the door in despair, Li Yuntian suddenly came back to his senses, he could see that Liu Wenqing was heartbroken now, and there was no doubt about his feelings.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yuntian resolutely made a decision, stepped forward quickly and hugged Liu Wenqing from behind, holding her tightly in his arms.

Liu Wenqing didn't expect Li Yuntian to make such a move, her body suddenly trembled, and then her eyes turned red, and tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Do you want to be my family with Ting'er?" Li Yuntian leaned over to Liu Wenqing's ear and asked in a low voice.

"Hmm!" Liu Wenqing did not hesitate at all, and nodded vigorously, since Li Yuntian had to carry An Yihou Gu Dayong in order to save her, she had already regarded Li Yuntian as her closest family member.

"After I put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi, I will give a concert to the emperor, ask the emperor to give marriage, and our family affairs must be lively in the capital." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, kissed Liu Wenqing on the cheek, and said in a deep voice.

"Hmm!" Liu Wenqing, who was crying pear blossoms and rain, was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then her face was happy, and tears poured out again, she couldn't speak because she was too excited at this time, just nodded there.

For Liu Wenqing, happiness came too suddenly, Li Yuntian not only unexpectedly accepted her, but also gave her a grand wedding, if Emperor Xuande gave marriage, then Liu Wenqing and the entire Liu family would feel supreme glory, and she could also gain a firm foothold in Li Mansion in one fell swoop.

Li Yuntian hugged Liu Wenqing in his arms with a look of pity, although Liu Wenqing's heart can be said to be the most ruthless of the women he has ever seen, he let people kill her second mother's concubine cousin at a young age, and also drove her second mother crazy, but there is a reason for it, and Liu Wenqing cannot be blamed entirely.

What prompted Li Yuntian to accept Liu Wenqing was Liu Wenqing's last words, in order to save her family, she could do whatever it takes, which moved Li Yuntian, and he believed that Liu Wenqing knew the importance and could integrate well into the back house of the Li Mansion.

Liu Wenqing came this time to have a showdown with Li Yuntian, as a girl, she mustered up great courage, and put down her reserve and face, and bravely pursued her own happiness.

She knows very well that there is a knot between herself and Li Yuntian, if you don't open this knot, the two will be out of luck for life, this time Li Yuntian's trip to Jiaozhi was full of dangers, and even Liu Sheng, who was the chief military officer, was killed in battle, which is enough to show the bad situation of Jiaozhi battle.

In case Li Yuntian had an accident in Jiaozhi, then Liu Wenqing would not even have the opportunity to show Li Yuntian her heart, so she resolutely went south and wanted to go to Jiaozhi to find Li Yuntian.

Liu Wenqing had already thought about it, if Li Yuntian rejected her, then she would escape into the empty door and be accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, completely eliminating the vulgar fate of Hongchen.

Since Liu Wenqing came to Guangxi with all the hard work this time, she naturally didn't plan to go back, and was ready to stay to help Li Yuntian, the big deal was that the two died together.

In fact, Liu Wenqing could have pretended that she had not yet regained her sight to win Li Yuntian's favor at the beginning, but in the end she gave up doing so, not wanting to deceive Li Yuntian, and thus won Li Yuntian's trust and favor, Li Yuntian did not want her woman to play tricks on him.

As the commander of the counterinsurgency army, it is obviously inconvenient for Li Yuntian to have a woman around him, otherwise Lei Ting would not have dressed as a man.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to give Liu Wenqing a difficult task, and now that Li Yuntian was short of people, he needed a trustworthy and capable person to complete this task.

In the evening, Li Yuntian held a banquet for Liu Wenqing in the mansion and washed the dust for her, and there was only one guest present except Lei Ting, and this guest was the civil official who had talked to Li Yuntian in the living room before.

The official of Zhengwupin was not an official from Guangxi and Jiaozhi, he was from Nanzhili, his name was Fang Youjie, and he was a Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, but he was not in charge of the affairs of the Yamen Department of the Ministry of Industry, but was in charge of the Longjiang Shipyard in Longjiang Pass, Nanjing.

Longjiang Shipyard was the largest royal shipyard in the Middle Ages, located near Longjiang Pass (now Xiaguan) in Nanjing, bordering the Yangtze River to the west and the Qinhuai River to the east.

Li Zhaoxiang of the Ming Dynasty recorded the Longjiang Shipyard in the "Chronicles of Longjiang Shipyard": "At the beginning of Hongwu, that is, the vacant land in the northwest corner of the capital, the factory was opened for shipbuilding."

Longjiang Shipyard has a vast area, the ship can be directly launched in the Yangtze River after being made, and the division of labor is meticulous, in addition to the main body of the hull factory, there are also workshops such as joinery, paint, iron, gun, peng, rope, cable, etc., which have the most advanced and complex shipbuilding technology in the world.

Among them, the Longjiang Shipyard is the most famous Longjiang Treasure Shipyard under it, which specializes in manufacturing large-scale high-end sea ships for Zheng He to go to the West -- Zheng He Treasure Ship, and the craftsmen are all skilled craftsmen from Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, reaching more than 400 households, and it is the most confidential department of Longjiang Shipyard.

According to historical records, the dock of Longjiang Bao Shipyard is about 70 meters wide and more than 500 meters long, and it is connected to the Yangtze River in the west, like a huge river.

Since the hull of the ship in the Middle Ages was all made of wood, mainly composed of 8 kinds of trees, such as fir, pine, teak, checkwood, sara, cone, cup split incense and persimmon, the middle should be fixed with iron nails, and the shipyard should be built near the river.

When building Zheng He's treasure ship, it was necessary to block the gate between the dock and the Yangtze River, and when the ship was built in the dock, wait for the tide to come and then open the gate, and introduce river water to float the ship out.

Judging from the length and width of the dock, it is speculated that the Zheng He sea ships built at that time could reach more than 40 zhang long and 18 zhang wide.

In addition to a full-time shipbuilding officer, there are also officials such as foreign officers, directors, promotions, and assistant commanders, and there are nearly 100 low-level team leaders and first-class team leaders under the shipyard.

In order to build enough ships to sail on the ocean, the craftsmen who built ships and made ships were transferred from the craftsmen in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Fujian and Jiangsu by the imperial court.

The carriage is divided into ship wood, shuttle, oar, and rope maker; The second compartment is divided into shipwood, iron, and cableman; The sedan is a craftsman; The four compartments are divided into brown and tent makers.

In addition, there are also internal officials and supervisors in the shipyard, such as the imperial horse supervisor, the watchman, the changer, the bridge man and other personnel, with an incomparably large and complex system.

It is worth mentioning that the shipbuilding industry in the early Ming Dynasty was very developed, and the private shipyards mainly produced small **** ships, and the manufacturing of large ships was dominated by the government, and its manufacturing technology and technology ranked firmly in the leading position of the world's shipbuilding industry.

In addition to the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanzhili, Daming also has Wuhumen Shipyard in Fuzhou, Fujian, Dongguan Shipyard in Xinhui, Guangdong, and other places, such as Taicang, Linqing, Zhigu, Liaodong, Jilin and other places also have shipyards.

Among the many shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, the second place is naturally the Wuhumen Shipyard in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which was established by Emperor Hongwu to defend against the Japanese and specialize in the production of sea ships against the Japanese - Fu Chuan.

History of the Ming Dynasty? It has been recorded in the Food and Goods Chronicle that the lucky ship "can accommodate a hundred people, with a wide bottom and a high head, a three-fold rudder, two sail masts, and a wooden wall and a stone bed on it." The middle is four layers, the bottom of the solid earth and stone, the second sleeping place, the second left and right six doors, the middle water tank, and the sail cooking are all there. The top is like a terrace, and the ladder is climbed, and the wing board is set up next to it, which can be used to fight, and the arrows, stones, and firearms are all prostrate, and can go with the wind."

The Dongguan Shipyard in Xinhui, Guangdong, ranked third, and the "Hengjiang Ship" and "Wuchu Ship" manufactured by the ship were also warships at sea, named "Guangchuan", and the flexibility and solidity of the hull surpassed that of the Fuship.

As for the shipyards in other places, the largest production is naturally the transport ships in rivers and lakes, after all, in the early Ming Dynasty, the inland river shipping industry was the mainstay.

Most importantly, Emperor Yongle moved his capital to Beijing and the demand for ships to transport grain increased greatly.

There are two kinds of boats for transporting grain, one is a sheltering ship and the other is a shallow ship, the former is used for sea transportation, and the latter is used for river transportation.

According to the records of the 200th volume of the "Ming Huidian", the maximum number of grain ships in the early Ming Dynasty reached 10,855, including 346 foreign ships and 10,509 shallow ships.

Of course, Fang Youjie would not appear here for no reason, when Li Yuntian left the capital to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, he put forward a condition to Emperor Xuande, that is, in order to ensure the smooth progress of maritime trade between Jiaozhi and the countries of the South China Sea, he wanted to build a new type of sea ship to resist pirates at sea, and hoped that Emperor Xuande would transfer the Longjiang Shipyard from the Ministry of Industry to the name of Jiangwutang.

Moreover, Li Yuntian made a package ticket to Emperor Xuande, and all the funds for building the ship were raised by the Jiangwutang himself, and he did not want a penny of silver from the household.

Since Zheng He's sixth voyage to the West in the nineteenth year of Yongle, due to the emptiness of the Ming treasury, he no longer had the energy to organize the seventh trip to the West to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty to the Western countries, coupled with the Ming Dynasty's ban on the sea, which made the situation of Longjiang Shipyard deteriorate day by day, becoming a piece of chicken ribs, and in an embarrassing situation where there was no ship to build.

Since there were tens of thousands of craftsmen and their families in the Longjiang Shipyard, how to feed these people had become a huge burden on the Ministry of Industry, so Li Yuntian's mention was quickly agreed by the people of the Ministry of Industry and took the opportunity to get rid of this heavy burden.