Chapter 58: Shipowners' Meeting

Skillfully holding his son gently in his arms, Zhao Jiaren watched his wife gently wipe the baby and change the diaper. Holding this fluttering little thing in his hand, Zhao Jiaren's attention was all on the child.

Doctors see the world very coldly, and love is the impetus of various chemicals in the eyes of doctors. Oxytocin in the posterior lobe strengthens the relationship between men and women, thus giving people a sense of well-being. After pregnancy, the mother felt the changes brought to her by the child in her womb, forming a strong feeling that the child was part of the mother.

Unlike their mothers, men don't have this kind of physical feeling, and realizing that they are fathers is an acquired learning process. These materialistic cognitions, without the slightest emotion, form the basis of Zhao Jiaren's spiritual world. But he doesn't let that put the feeling away.

For example, having his son in hand does give him a sense of responsibility. Human beings have a sense of 'self-relevance' about what they really care about, and although this sense of responsibility is not logically valid, the feeling itself is real.

Qin Yuzhen changed her diaper, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a small book hanging at the head of the bed. She asked for her son back from Zhao Jiaren's hands, and at the same time said, "Write down the time when Da Lang peed." ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't talk nonsense, picked up the small book hanging and the pencil hanging next to the small book, and wrote down the time on the table. Children are very simple, how much to eat, when to shhh, when to poop, there are rules. As long as you record the feeding time, accumulate a certain amount and observation, and try to measure it regularly and quantitatively, you can probably judge it.

If you do it well, you can control the baby to a very good degree. Of course, this has to be rationed with a bottle.

Mrs. Qin watched the young couple with their children without saying a word, and when she looked at the little doll, Mrs. Qin had the joy of being a grandmother in her eyes. However, when she looked at her son-in-law, Mrs. Qin's eyes had complicated emotions.

Zhao Jiaren took the baby for a while, then kissed his wife on the forehead, and went to work by himself. After Zhao Jiaren left, Mrs. Qin got up from her chair and sat down next to her daughter and grandson. Seeing the child lying quietly on the bed and sleeping, Mrs. Qin wanted to reach out and touch the child, but when the clean hand washed with soap reached halfway, she withdrew her palm.

"Mother. Saburo just lets you see what bacteria look like, and you don't have to be afraid of being like this. Qin Yuzhen saw that everything was cleaned up, so she spoke to her mother in a relaxed tone.

"Alas......, I don't understand what San Lang said so much. But those bacteria are really scary to look at. Mrs. Qin sighed. After sighing, Mrs. Qin looked her daughter up and down again, and asked with concern, "How do you feel about your body?" ”

As a mother of three children, Mrs. Qin never expected that her son-in-law would make a very bizarre request on how to be confined. The result of the dispute between the two sides was that Zhao Jiaren took Mrs. Qin to study bacteriology for five days. Then Mrs. Qin was bluffed and suspicious for half a month. This half month has made her accustomed to using soap.

Qin Yuzhen looked at her mother's concerned gaze and couldn't help but smile: "You're in good shape." I think it's good to take a hot bath with silverware every day. Jiaren said that silver can kill bacteria, which should be true. Mother, Jiaren is anxious, but he doesn't have any intention of harming people. ”

Mrs. Qin sighed again, the traditional shelter from the wind, meditating. When it came to the Zhao family, it was explained to prevent the growth of bacteria and to prevent the irritation of the mother by the cold water. So the confinement method proposed by Zhao Jiaren became sterilization and daily bathing with warm water.

What silver has as long as it has a solubility of one part per million, it is enough to kill bacteria. These made Mrs. Qin feel that Zhao Jiaren was like a witch doctor. Hanging a silver piece in the well, and hanging a silver piece in the water when boiling water, this is the witch doctor's trick. Unlike the witch doctor, Zhao Jiaren only needs a simple silver piece, and does not require any mysterious patterns to be made in the silver piece.

However, apart from these inexplicable things, Mrs. Qin found that no one in Zhao Jiaren's family had been sick for several months, which was indeed different. Although it was difficult to accept Zhao Jiaren's set of things, Mrs. Qin agreed with the peace of the family.

Zhao Jiaren didn't know what his mother-in-law thought about, and he didn't have time to think about it at this time. The fleet is about to go south, and the choices of the local wealthy families in Quanzhou are somewhat beyond Zhao Jiaren's imagination. At first, Zhao Jiaren's desire to form a fleet to the south was sincere, because he did not think that many other ships would choose to join. However, in less than a month, hundreds of ships capable of heading south had opted in.

Yesterday, Xie Wuhuan, the director of the shipyard, rushed to Quanzhou by boat from Fujian Province and questioned in person whether Zhao Jiaren wanted to sell the shipyard's technical secrets. These words made Zhao Jiaren almost laugh. Xie Wuhuan himself was one of the secrets who wanted to steal Zhao Jiaren's shipbuilding.

When they arrived at the Yamen, the delegates had already arrived. Xie Wuhuan was also among them, and seeing Zhao Jiaren looking at him with a smile, Xie Wuhuan rolled his eyes and turned his face away. As soon as the words accusing Zhao Jiaren of betraying the shipyard's secrets came out yesterday, Xie Wuhuan felt that these words were indeed inappropriate. But when the words come out, there is no way to take it back. Xie Wuhuan continued to ask: "If other shipyards learn it, wouldn't we let them take advantage of it in vain." ”

"Our shipyard will triple in size, will it be enough to build our own ships?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

This question made Xie Wuhuan feel difficult to answer. According to the current output, tripling the shipbuilding capacity will not meet the needs of Zhao Jiaren's fleet. The problem now is not in shipbuilding technology or workers, but in the lack of wood. The state-owned shipyards had people sent from Lin'an, and as a result of buying timber from them on a large scale, they raised the price, and now the price of timber has doubled, and there are signs of doubling it on this basis.

"Now let's rebuild these ships first, and when the timber from the north comes out, we can open a shipyard in the north. At that time, let's not say triple the scale, but what about a tenfold increase? Do things with a long-term perspective. ”

Listening to Zhao Jiaren's opinion, Xie Wuhuan was actually not satisfied. But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and it is also true that the shipyard does not have enough timber to start building large ships. At this time, the empty slipways in Mawei could indeed be used to renovate old ships.

As soon as Zhao Jiaren appeared, the people who were originally talking got up to greet Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren waved his hand and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, sit down." ”

Some people felt that Zhao Jiaren was polite, and when they were about to come up and speak, they heard Zhao Jiaren's relatives shouting loudly: "Zhao Zhizhou has an order, be quiet!" ”

"Su~quiet~" The officials standing behind shouted together with a long voice.

Seeing this scene, those people knew that Zhao Jiaren was not joking, and the room immediately fell silent.

Zhao Jiaren glanced at the group of people, and suddenly figured out why parliamentary police should be set up in the parliaments of various countries. These violent people are trying to drag out the undisciplined guys in order to maintain discipline. It seems that Zhao Jiaren also needs to set up this kind of personnel.

Of course, this matter can be discussed later. Seeing that everyone was seated, Zhao Jiaren stood behind the main seat and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone is ready to go south together. This time, so many ships will go south, and the others who want to go will wait for the next time. There must be a purpose for going south, and I will tell you this time. Before I talk about that, I'll say it again. That's all there are going south ships this time. Whoever wants to join, I won't accept it. Of course, whoever wants to quit is free to quit. ”

"Zhao Zhizhou, now I know a few people, all of whom are suspicious, if Zhao Zhizhou is willing to say it more clearly, they are afraid to join. The more boats there are, the more you can take care of them. A middle-aged man spoke to express his opinion.

Glancing at this person, and then at the others, I could see that this person's thoughts resonated with many people. Zhao Jiaren said with a straight face: "Do you think there is some inevitable connection between the safe arrival of the destination and the ship. If the ship sinks, the main cause must be the ship's problem. The ship was old and couldn't withstand the wind and waves, and the people on board didn't know enough about their ship, so they didn't make targeted responses. If we don't talk about that, let's just talk about quantity. So why not talk about the possibility that the ship might be unlucky enough to sink? ”

Lip gloss is important in this day and age. Those who are proficient in navigation may be able to accept Zhao Jiaren's attitude, but the guys who aim to make money have changed their faces when they hear the words that imply that they are losing money. Zhao Jiaren has no intention of compromising with these guys.

"Your purpose is to make money, and I think you should think about the possibility of losing money before making money. I think there are two points to getting rich, the first is to be taught, and the second is to be able to afford to lose. If you can't afford to lose, you might as well quit decisively. Such a decisive attitude is very respectable. At least it's more respectable than crying when you lose money. ”

Zhao Jiaren's words fell, and the one sitting in the venue couldn't help but burst out laughing. Because there was some sarcasm in the laughter, everyone looked over.

Zhao Jiaren glanced at Sima Kao, who was amused, and didn't want to deal with him. The fellow of the trainee-instructor did not invest in himself, so he had a strong sense of humor.

After all this intimidation, no one dared to speak anymore. Facing the quiet venue, Zhao Jiaren said: "This time our goal is to repair the country in the South China Sea. ”

After speaking, Zhao Jiaren waved his hand, and someone had already posted the map. The Wolf's Tooth Repair Kingdom is located in the south-central part of the Indochina Peninsula on the Indian Ocean. Pointing to the location of the Wolf Tooth Cultivation Country, Zhao Jiaren continued to introduce this place.

"Many of the big food merchants came here to do business, silk, porcelain, and shipped here to sell, and the price was at least fifty percent higher than that sold to those big food merchants who went to the Great Song Dynasty. Here, the price of spices is one-third or even one-quarter of the price of spices shipped to the Great Song. My purpose this time is to repair the country. ”