"Brother Zhao, it took me a lot of effort to find this house. Why did you offend people? Qi Ye sighed.

Zhao Jiaren not only did not get angry with Qi Ye, but nodded again and again, "I understand, I understand." I understand how hard Brother Qi spends, and the factory owner over there is a real skill. It's just that there is really no way to do it. ”

"Isn't it just a ship? Brother Zhao didn't have to be angry with the factory owner. If he says how to change it, you just listen to him. Qi Ye complained.

Zhao Jiaren keenly sensed something from these words, and he immediately said: "Brother Qi, I know that the factory owner has real skills, but my ship must be changed according to mine." So Brother Qi don't persuade me, please help me, just find me someone who can repair the ship immediately. ”

Qi Ye wanted to persuade Zhao Jiaren not to play a child's temper, and immediately went back to the house to repair the ship when the factory owner did not pick up the new ship. Seeing that Zhao Jiaren actually saw through this, he sighed regretfully.

It's easy to deal with smart people, and you don't have to talk too much at all. Because of this, Qi Ye shook his head and said, "There is another family, and the craftsmen in it are the apprentices of the factory owner. The quarrel between these two is very bad, if you choose this one, in addition to the craftsmanship is not as good as that one, you don't have to think about going to that one to repair ships and build ships in the future. You get the idea. ”

"Understand, not being able to find the best shipyard to repair the ship is of course a loss. But there are times when people are thirsty and have to drink wine. That's what I am. Zhao Jiaren replied very simply.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren like this, Qi Ye couldn't help but persuade again, "Brother Zhao, I'm older than you." I know that at your age, if something doesn't go your way, the sky will fall apart. At my age, I realized that it was important to be self-willed. ”

"I know!" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile bitterly. In his last life, he really knew this truth, and spent 20 years studying to rely on the imperial examination, and fought his way out in Fujian, a 'big province for the college entrance examination'. And then, there is no use for birds. It is wrong to rush for quick success, and it is also wrong to make continuous decisions. Zhao Jiaren said as softly as possible: "If Brother Qi can persuade the factory owner to modify it according to my drawing, I will immediately find the factory owner to change the ship." If the factory owner still insists on his opinion, I can only find other ways. ”

Acting separately from Qi Ye, Zhao Jiaren continued to run the relevant departments. At this time, the advantages of the centralization of the Song Dynasty became apparent. Because the division of errands was very clear, the Song Dynasty did not have the kind of situation where 'everyone speaks, and no one cares'. Correspondingly, the difficulties from the authorities are also very straightforward.

Zhao Jiaren is an official, and he has a cooperative mentality. What should be greeted with a smile is greeted with a smile, and he should be given 'moistening pen', 'ice charcoal' and 'festival respect', and he will not maintain a high style. In the face of sensible collaborators, the Great Song bureaucracy did not deliberately make things difficult.

In the evening, Zhao Jiaren pushed two invited wine stalls and came to see Qi Ye. When Qi Ye saw Zhao Jiaren, he only said 'follow me'.

The location, scale, and equipment of this shipyard are much worse than the previous one. When the technician in charge of changing the ship saw Zhao Jiaren, he asked, "Zhao Guanren, where did you get your pen?" ”

Faced with this familiar question, Zhao Jiaren promised to send some over the next time they met.

The technician's next question was, "Zhao Guanren, look at this picture, the drawing is also an expert." But there are so many mistakes in this picture that I don't dare to do it. ”

The same question made Zhao Jiaren smile, the master and apprentice are really the master and apprentice! This time, Zhao Jiaren did not plead, he said loudly: "Just change it according to this map." If something really happens, I will never blame you. There will be no less money to be given. ”

The technician didn't speak immediately, he first looked Zhao Jiaren up and down, and then laughed: "Haha! Since the official said so, I will change it according to the map. The person who draws is an expert, and I really want to see what I can change! ”

This style made Zhao Jiaren immediately change his initial judgment, and the master and apprentice were not at all alike.

For the next month, Zhao Jiaren stayed in Fuzhou. Even if the bureaucracy is not embarrassed, it does not mean that Zhao Jiaren will be able to achieve his goals immediately. The Song Dynasty was similar to New China without electricity in many places, but no electricity is no electricity after all. Zhao Jiaren has to do another ship transaction, not a pair of socks.

Zhao Jiaren is not in a hurry, a ship is not just a pile of spliced wood can be used. Sails, ropes of all kinds, and control systems. All of this needs to be purchased. European pulleys make it extremely easy to control the boat, but it also requires good technology for the processing of metal parts. Blacksmith Zhou Qing also needs Zhao Jiaren to keep an eye on it often.

A month passed, and the ship was repaired and renovated. Zhao Jiaren was really ready to sail seven days after the ship was repaired. In the past few days, especially after Zhao Jiaren hung up the sails, the well-informed shipyards and ships in Fuzhou were dumbfounded. At the bow of the ship there is a crossbar that stretches diagonally forward. Two jibs were hung on the two masts, and the direction of the sails was not horizontal, nor was it the kind of pattern in which the hard sails could easily adjust the direction. The sails on both sides are longitudinally distributed along the axis of the hull.

In addition to this bizarre pattern, a large wheel appears on the stern of the boat, and the rudder pattern is also very bizarre. Of course, this is a change that only connoisseurs can see.

On the day of the voyage, Zhao Jiaren was very low-key. As soon as the firecrackers were fired, the ship pulled anchor and set sail. The shipyard technician was not invited to board, he stood on the shore and watched. Zhao Jiaren stood beside the big wheel, one hand kept moving the handles on the big wheel, and it turned straight with his turn.

The technician smiled at the juggling action. However, after a few moments, the smile disappeared from his face. Obviously, with the rapid turn of that big wheel, the rudder behind the ship also slowly turned. The big boat made a beautiful curved trajectory and began to flow down the Min River.

Zhao Jiaren continued to turn the big wheel in the opposite direction, and the rudder also changed the angle and direction, and the big ship entered the channel accurately by relying on the rudder.

The technician's toes were half-dangling beyond the edge of the dock, the path he was so familiar that he instinctively kept his body in a safe area. But the technician's heart was churning up and down, and it was difficult for him. When he first agreed to change ships, he may not have read the joke in his heart. This sentiment is now strongly counterproductive, and the technician realizes that he who wants to see the joke is the joke.

Being able to steer the rudder of a large ship with just one hand was unheard of until you saw it with your own eyes. The technician knew that there was a passage under the big wheel, and the passage would only lead below deck. Where not was left the place of the helmsman, but two long rods and strange empty spaces. There is no depiction of the specific operation there on the drawings. All the technician can be sure of is that no one is there at all. Combining the matter in front of him with the structure of the ship, the only possibility was that the young officer himself had completed the operation that had been done by several or even a dozen people before.

The odd ship was really weird, but it wasn't unreasonable. The technician made the idea clear.