After Zhu Chengxiu came back, Zhou Qingfeng did not express much surprise, and even reprimanded him for bringing a large number of clansmen and domestic servants back. In the end, he was thrown into the Department of Management of Golden State University for further study, and his clan servants were also released from personal dependence and filled into different positions. This made Zhu Chengxiu's heart sink, and he wondered if he had missed the opportunity to send charcoal in the snow.

However, the reappearance of Yuan Qingying made Zhou Qingfeng quite happy, and the former brought a large number of high-level craftsmen. Among them, there are talents urgently needed by the cotton spinning industry and the shipbuilding industry. Although these Ming Dynasty craftsmen were often illiterate, they were able to fill the embarrassment of the 'revolutionary army's lack of technology and experience, and avoid some low-level mistakes.

It's December, and the strong cold wave from the north has frozen the land and the sea, and the sea has been stormy, and shipping has been affected. The foreign trade and transportation of the 'revolutionary army' has been greatly reduced, but the life of the common people is still good. Zhou Qingfeng will also provide them with some relief, and will find a way to build a house for them to live in, and give them some food and fuel.

At least let the winter kill fewer people, as long as you survive until the beginning of spring, everything will be fine.

Since external activities have to be stopped, internal activities must be strengthened. In addition to the fact that the education system is working, it is the industrial system that continues to prepare for development. When Yuan Qingying sent the craftsmen, Zhou Qingfeng was inspecting the bay of the Dalian Shipyard in the later world, and a row of large and small docks on the ground were under construction.

Due to the timely construction of the nitrate, the 'revolutionary army' has opened up the way to obtain gunpowder, even in the cold winter, it can continuously obtain granular black powder for blasting. Yuan Qingying was taken to a mountain, and Zhou Qingfeng pointed to a clearing near the sea in front of him and said, "Look where." ”

Yuan Qingying didn't know why, and after watching it for a long time, only some people holding red flags and rattan helmets were blowing whistles and waving flags. After waiting for half an hour, there was a sudden earth-shattering bang on the coast, and countless frozen sediment flew into the sky.

This scene was earth-shattering, and Yuan Qingying even felt a vibration under his feet. As soon as her legs went limp, she fell backwards. This embarrassment that shouldn't have happened was entirely due to the fear in her heart - what kind of spell was this? A hundred ninth-level spells can't compare!

Yuan Qingying was held up, and when she turned around, Ye Na looked at her with a little pity. Even though the relationship between the two sisters is very good, Yuan Qingying still can't help but can't hold it on her face. In the past, Ye Na was her maid, and her strength was also a head below her, and the tall man was always ridiculed, and she took pity and care for her.

"Shadow, are you alright?"

"It's fine."

Yuan Qingying turned her head to look at Ye Na, a little unable to believe that the other party was a playmate with whom she had grown up - no matter what happened in the past, Ye Na was always a little cautious from a humble background. She always lowered her head when she spoke and did things, and even had to bend her back in front of Liu Fucheng. But now she has a natural smile on her face, her demeanor is calm, and she has no intention of groveling.

What's even more terrifying is that Ye Na's power has skyrocketed rapidly, and she has steadily overpowered Yuan Qingying, and the armor and sword on her body are all rare high-end magic weapons, which are extremely valuable. It can be seen that she is very favored by Zhou Qingfeng's side, which makes Yuan Qingying feel psychologically unbalanced - according to the opinion of a big family, Ye Na is the eldest lady's companion, how can she overshadow the limelight of the eldest lady?

"Manpower is sometimes poor, and no matter how hard you cultivate, you can't cultivate to this point." Zhou Qingfeng turned around and smiled, he didn't pay attention to the subtle changes between the two daughters, but said frankly: "Don't be afraid, this is all the power of science." ”

Let the scientific power that he is familiar with surpass the power of fantasy, this is what Zhou Qingfeng has been pursuing. He has never paid much attention to the matter of cultivation, and the improvement of his ability depends on opportunities, and he is more sure of the development of science.

"What the hell is this doing?"

"I said, it's digging a dock."

Zhou Qingfeng pointed to several other large pits not far from the blasting site, "Those are ten-meter docks, which are mainly used to build some dhow paddle boats for offshore traffic and transportation. What has just been blown up is a thirty-meter dock, barely enough to build some medium-sized ships. Our current shipbuilding capacity is still very weak and can only be developed slowly. ”

Grudging?

You're doing such an earth-shattering move just to 'force it'?

Yuan Qingying suddenly felt that Zhou Qingfeng was quite hateful, she lowered her voice with a tiger face and asked, "Do you treat me as a dirt bun who doesn't know anything?" If this bombing is seen by the bigwigs of the imperial court, I am afraid that I will be scared to death on the spot. This is clearly a stunt, are you fooling me? ”

Zhou Qingfeng finally noticed that Yuan Qingying's mood had changed a little, but he just sneered and shook his head: "Fool? Not really. You have seen too little, and this is nothing in our 'revolutionary army'. ”

This is nothing, so isn't Liu Fucheng's 'arrow-making technique' even less worth mentioning? Yuan Qingying was speechless for a moment, and thought to herself: "This bastard boy is really getting more and more crazy, and he obviously looks down on me." ”

Ye Na saw that the two of them were like needles facing Mai Mang, and couldn't help but pull the corners of Zhou Qingfeng's clothes. Zhou Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, you are a guest from afar, and you also sent me a craftsman, I should treat you preferentially." Let's go, I'll take you on a tour of the ship we're building. ”

After speaking, Zhou Qingfeng took the lead and walked towards the dock.

Ye Na looked at Yuan Qingying and asked, "Qingying, you have lost your temper." ”

The gap in my heart is too big, can I not lose my temper?

"I eavesdropped on my master before I came, and it was really possible that he would send me over. But you know who my master is. I'm worried that it will be difficult to be caught in the middle. Yuan Qingying sighed, her eyes stunned, "Besides, I feel like I don't understand anything in front of that kid, what if he always laughs at me?" ”

Yuan Qingying is the proud daughter of the sky, she has always been favored, and her appearance and ability are the best choice. The young men in the capital regarded her as a good couple and shouted in every way. But this proud girl ran in front of Zhou Qingfeng but was repeatedly frustrated, and she wanted to marry herself, and she was even more cranky, and her brain was messed up.

Ye Na whispered: "Actually, you don't have anything to be embarrassed about. Marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog. On your master's side, the 'revolutionary army' has already gone to investigate. Young marshals have always been meticulous in their work, so don't expect to profit from hiding something. She glanced at Zhou Qingfeng, who walked into the distance, and lowered her voice again and said, "Your master is already on the list." ”

"What? What list? Yuan Qingying asked in surprise.

Ye Na didn't say anything anymore, only pulled Yuan Qingying and walked forward, "Let's go and see the ship, the people in the engineering department of the 'Revolutionary Army' are really powerful, and they can build everything very quickly." That's their stunt. ”

Zhou Qingfeng had already walked to the dock, and the five ten-meter-level docks were already covered with scaffolding, and the keels and ribs that were being installed were full of boatmen. Yuan Qingying walked over, and when he looked at him, he was a little incomprehensible and afraid, but the scene in the dock was indeed amazing.

"This is our upcoming large-scale construction of Project 1616 standard boats with a displacement of twenty tons, mainly for offshore transport. Sail paddle power, standard crew of 12 people. It can transport freight people, the cost is moderate, and the man-hours are also very short. We have made all the materials as standard as possible to facilitate mass production. ”

Zhou Qingfeng spoke very quickly, and there were many new words, and Yuan Qingying had a hard time listening. But she could see a large number of two-inch-thick planks being spliced onto the ship's ribs. There is a standard boat in the dock that is more complete, and you can see that the middle compartment has been installed and is in the process of final outfitting.

"How long will it take to build such a ship?" Yuan Qingying saw that the boatmen on the site were working very fast, and the installation materials were also very easy, and felt that the construction speed would be amazing.

"The current shipyard construction time is fifteen days."

"So fast?"

"Our workers have just been trained, and there are all kinds of small problems, even we have no experience ourselves. After a period of familiarity with the entire construction process, it should be compressed to five days. When Zhou Qingfeng said this, he muttered: "Actually, we made a big mistake, where do you need a dock for this kind of small broken ship, you can build a few shelves on the beach." ”

No one in the crowd knows how to build ships, and when Xu Bing and Zhao Ze planned the shipyard, they subconsciously thought that shipbuilding would require a dock. In line with the modest attitude that rookies should run in small steps and step by step, they planned to get some small boats to practice their hands when they designed the boat type.

As a result, when the shipbuilding began, the old shipwright from the south of the Yangtze River said that the small boat with a shallow draft did not need a dock at all, and that it would be enough to push it into the sea after it was built. As for the dock of the ten-meter class, it is a pure waste of explosives. This made Zhou Qingfeng and the others depressed, and finally decided to wait for the construction of the first batch of standard boats to blow up and merge these small docks to make a large dock of more than 60 meters.

It was useless to tell Yuan Qingying about these things, and her eyes looked at another huge ship under construction not far from the dock, and asked, "What kind of ship is this?" ”

The standard boat just now still had a mast, but the ship in front of me didn't even have a mast. It's just that it's very big, bigger than any ship Yuan Qingying has ever seen. Its boat shape is flat and short, and it looks very short when it stands forward.

"This is a standard barge of Project 1616 with a displacement of five hundred tons." Zhou Qingfeng said: "We really can't stand those small boats with a few tons of cargo to occupy precious dock resources every day, so we built this kind of barge with extremely rudimentary facilities. Although it needs to be towed and slow, it can be transported once by a small boat a hundred times. When it's ready, we're going to use it to transport coal. ”

Barges have no own power and are particularly simple to build. Its biggest feature is that it can be loaded, the draft is shallow, and the cost is low. It is also a good boat type for hand training. As for the power problem, I am afraid that a steam engine with a propeller will be used at that time.

Yuan Qingying saw that this ship had nothing to say at all, and her master was still thinking that making a large number of arrows was the top militaristic secret technique mastered by the 'revolutionary army', but now it was really different from this ship. She was completely convinced, and asked weakly: "You always say 'ton', how much is a ton?" ”

"About twenty ingredients a ton." Zhou Qingfeng did the math, "This barge is about 10,000 materials." ”

10,000 materials?

Yuan Qingying's face turned pale.

The Tianjin sailor regards the big ship of 2,000 materials as the treasure of the town master, and he uses a small boat of 4 or 500 materials on weekdays. You can make a super large ship with 10,000 materials with one practice, how can this be embarrassing?

Seeing Yuan Qingying's devastated appearance, Zhou Qingfeng couldn't help but say: "It's only five hundred tons, and it's really a small boat that can't be handled." We're going to build even bigger ones in the future. ”

Yuan Qingying was suddenly inexplicably sad - this bad guy, what did he mean by this? I must be disgusted that I'm a dirt bun. If you really want to marry him in the future, you must not be laughed at and bullied to death by him?