More than a dozen of his brothers discussed which industry was the second most profitable industry, and many people said a lot, and some of them said about the shipbuilding industry. The young cow who is fascinated by wealth suddenly moved.

When it comes to the shipbuilding industry, he knows that there are no player giants and overlords in shipbuilding in Zhoushuicheng at present. In the field of shipbuilding, there is no strong competitor, which is conducive to rapid development.

Investing heavily in shipbuilding can quickly become the overlord of Zhoushuicheng's shipbuilding and shipping industry.

Although the Zhoushui Walled City is the inner 6, there is a large lake in the east of the city five or six miles, which is more than 20 miles long and 10 miles wide, which can become the lake base for shipbuilding. Although you can't build a giant ship to sail in the sea here, it is still possible to build some transport ships that sail on the Tamsui River.

With this lake, it is very convenient for shipbuilding.

This lake is connected to the Zhoushui River, and the width of the Zhoushui River is about 20~50, which is enough for ships to sail. After building a boat in the lake, you can come out from Zhoushui and lead to Xiaobai Camp ten miles south of the city, and follow this water route to the Bohai Sea three or four hundred miles away.

The whole route is a huge business opportunity.

After leaving the Bohai Sea, you can also carry out convenient trade along the entire Bohai Bay, which is much more convenient and safe than Route 6.

It is a natural water transportation channel, which is more convenient than the horse-drawn carriage in 6 places.

At present, there are only a few small fishing rafts and a small number of large transportation rafts in the Zhoushui Lake, which are not many and have not formed a scale. With the opening of the 6th trade road to Jichengdi. Players also have very little focus on waterways, which is a good time to build a ship.

The young man who lost his fortune made up his mind, set the research on "shipbuilding technology" as the No. 1 plan, and prepared to formulate a detailed research method and hand it over to the little white boss.

In addition, in terms of cavalry equipment, research can also be considered.

He still doesn't know if Xiaobai likes this shipbuilding plan, in case this plan is rejected, he also has a backup plan to use. He sorted out a few plans and prepared to go separately with his brothers to investigate.

Scheme No. 1: Shipbuilding technology. -- Key recommended programs. The cost of the study is estimated to be hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of copper coins. The effect will be enormous.

Scheme No. 2: Cavalry Equipment Technology. For example, bronze cavalry armor, bronze spears, horse shoes, horse harnesses, horse hooves, etc., the current reconnaissance cavalry is not equipped with these things. After these studies came out. Assemble a bronze cavalry that can really be used in battle.

-- This plan is very useful to the army, and he is going to hand it over directly to the little white boss, and he will not do it himself. As for how the little white boss handles this plan, that's the boss's business.

Option 3: Papermaking technology. This is an important civilian technology, and if you have enough people, you might as well try to do it. It is estimated that the cost of the study will not be higher than 100,000.

Scheme No. 4: Gunpowder Technology. Exceptionally strong military technology, but NPCs know too little about minerals. I don't know if I can study it. Hand it in and see what the little white boss has to say. Make a decision again.

Mi Cai Qingniu finalized four plans, and then assigned these four plans to more than ten brothers in his land, and asked his more than ten brothers to help him complete the details of these four research plans.

The plan must be detailed and specific. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to take a few simple ideas to explain to Xiaobai.

Everyone was very surprised, "Brother Niu, are you really planning to do research?" "But from the point of view of brother, any of these four plans are very expensive holes, Brother Niu, do you have so much money?"

The young cow smiled, "Of course there is, not only money, but also very rich." Where the money comes from, you'll find out in a few days. Now just help me get this done. My old cow has always been kind, brothers help me do things, I will never treat you badly! Wait for us to arrive, and everyone will eat and drink spicy together. Now let's do things first, I have four preliminary research plans here, let's work in groups of three or four, one plan for each group, and go to do the investigation separately. When you're done, come back and tell me. ”

The players were immediately excited, "As long as you have money, things will be easy." We just don't have any money in our hands, and we can't do anything we want! ”

"Brother Niu, you want us to investigate those contents, just say it! The brothers didn't say a word, and the favor was done. ”

The Lost Fortune Qingniu said: "Hmm." To do research, you must have NPCs. The first thing to do is to see if you can find NPC craftsmen who can research these technologies, and how sure are they of the success of their research? How long will it take to estimate the approximate cost of the study? How do you do that? Well, pretty much these aspects, the more detailed the better. The second thing is to investigate whether there are other people who are researching some technology, what level of progress the research has reached, and how strong they are. Okay, let's split up. I'm directly in charge of Plan 1, and a few of you, as well as you, you, are going to investigate Plan 2, Plan 3, and Plan 4 respectively. ”

They were assigned a task. The players nodded their heads and divided into four groups to act separately.

Mi Cai Qingniu took his three brothers and went directly to the lake in the east of the city to investigate whether the No. 1 plan was feasible.

In more than ten minutes, they rode out of the city from the east of the city and came to the Zhoushui Lake six miles east of the walled city.

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The lake in the east of the city is quite calm, and occasionally a few players can be seen fishing and resting here with bamboo poles.

Some time ago, the price of food increased, and a large number of players caught fish here for NPCs to eat. In such a huge lake, almost all the fish in the lake have been fished, and only some tiny small fish remain, which have little economic value.

Without the fish, the large number of players who originally gathered here to catch fish naturally gradually dispersed, running to mine, plow the land, and do other work to make money. Only occasionally a few players come here for leisure, fishing for small fish and so on. After all, the scenery here is quite good, suitable for leisure.

A large number of rafts were also left around the lake, which were discarded on the shore because they were of little use. Players are too lazy to deal with them.

Some players take these rafts to the lake to fish, or to transport some supplies, etc.

The four of them, including the Misty Fortune Green Ox, quickly came to the lake and stopped at the west shore of the lake.

Seeing that there were only dozens of players in the field of vision around the lake, the Lost Fortune Green Niu recalled that it was crowded with people in the past, and there were almost tens of thousands of players and NPCs crowded with fishing at the highest peak, and couldn't help but sigh, "Without fish, this lake is worthless, it's really realistic." ”

One player laughed, "That's good, it's convenient for us to study shipbuilding technology and build a dock here." Brother Niu, what should we do now? Shall we come here to figure out what kind of ship we need to build? ”

The other two also stopped and looked at the Lost Fortune Bull.

Mi Cai Qingniu smiled: "Don't rush the matter of shipbuilding first." First, find a harbor that is deep enough for a large dock. In addition, it is necessary to see how shallow the Zhoushui River is and how big a boat is suitable for walking.

There are four of us here, two of us will run the whole lake and choose a suitable place for the shipyard. The other two people walked downstream along the lake and the Zhoushui River, and wrote down detailed data on the shallowest and narrowest parts of the entire river, and wrote down as accurate data as possible in each place. When the time comes, it will be convenient to determine the size and carrying capacity of the ship we designed, and I am afraid that a ship that is too large will run aground. ”

"All the way downstream? How far to go? ”

"Let's take a raft for an hour, about twenty or thirty miles. Later, when you have time, explore the farther waterways. ”

"Okay!"

Two of them dismounted from their horses, jumped onto an unmanned raft, and then exited the outlet of Zhoushui Lake and began to paddle downstream along the river to determine how large and heavy the Zhoushui River was suitable for boats.

They each carried a pair of warbows and hunting bows. Hunting bow shoots fifteen steps, thirty meters. The bow can shoot twenty-five paces, or fifty meters. With this, you can easily measure the width of the surrounding water channel.

As for the depth, there is also a way, with a hemp rope tied to the stone and thrown into the water, the river water is crystal clear, and the specific depth can be easily measured. They only need to write down the specific data of the shallower and narrower sections of the river, which can be used for future shipbuilding.

The Lost Fortune Bull and another player head east along the lake to find the best place to build a ship. They walked along the lake for a few minutes towards the east, surveying the depth of the water surface and making various measurements as they went.