Half a month is nothing at all, Zhao Qi and they spent about seven days just buying fishing boats and hiring manpower, and in these seven days, Zhao Qi bought a total of 13 large fishing boats and hired a total of 232 people, and almost all the good hands in the vicinity have been hired back by Zhao Qi.

At this time, Zhao Qi had also been approved by the above, and five hundred selected soldiers from the Xuanwu Army of the Great Han Dynasty had come to Zhao Qi to report.

"Liu Shan has seen the shopkeeper." The person in charge of the five hundred soldiers gave Zhao Qi a military salute with a serious face.

"General Liu, don't be polite, from today onwards you will be the first mate of one of the ships of our Blackwater Commercial Bank, and you choose another person, who is the first mate of another ship." Zhao Qi said quickly.

"Then Liu Ziping." Liu Shan was not polite but agreed directly, "But Shopkeeper Zhao, we are not in the army now, so we don't need to call me a general, just call me by name." ”

"That's okay, Deputy Liu is like this, we will take over our merchant ship in about ten days, but in these ten days we have to learn some common sense on the ocean, I invited a lot of fishermen to teach us, and you must remember some of the knowledge of these fishermen, in addition, we have to learn to swim, remember?" Zhao Qi said directly.

"Understood, did everyone hear that?"

"I heard you!" Uniform shouting.

Hearing these voices, Zhao Qi's heart calmed down, with these soldiers, their combat effectiveness would not be too bad at least, in this way, he, Zhao Qi, also had some confidence to go out and negotiate with others.

In the next time, Zhao Qi and they directly engaged in intense training, and everyone began to follow the fishing boat to go to sea, at least more than ten kilometers away from the coast and then start training, I have to say that after going to sea, Zhao Qi knew that he had chosen the right one, because no one had left the land.

Except for the fishermen he hired, although these soldiers had begun to learn to swim before, they had never swam in the sea, so many people had a trace of fear, but under Liu Shan's strict training, these soldiers learned to swim in almost three days.

And they all dared to enter the water in the ocean more than ten kilometers away from the coast, during which several people almost drowned, but no one was afraid. In addition to exercising their water nature, Zhao Qi and others learned how to identify the weather, how to identify ocean currents, etc., although they couldn't get too far from the shore, at most a distance of dozens of kilometers.

But at this distance, in fact, a lot of ocean currents can be recognized, in addition to this knowledge, Zhao Qi also followed all the sailors to learn aerodynamics after returning to the shore. This is Zhao Qi's first exposure to aerodynamics, and in fact, everyone is similar.

And the one who taught this aerodynamics was Wu Min, and it was at this time that Zhao Qi knew that Wu Min actually knew all this, to know that the people who knew these aspects of knowledge that Dahan could take out were really good, and it can be seen from this that Mingyue attached great importance to their department.

The study of aerodynamics naturally starts from mechanics, these are basic theories, deepening little by little, but they can't have time to learn systematically like students, they can only strengthen the knowledge of a certain aspect by surprise, and with them learning together, there is naturally Liu Heima.

To be honest, at first Liu Heima they actually couldn't understand it, these things were heavenly books to them, and they only knew about a thousand commonly used words for Chinese characters, although these common words were actually enough in daily life.

But if you want to learn through, it's actually very difficult, but even their own bosses are learning, Liu Heima, they naturally can't fall behind, in the process of learning, they also understand a little, in fact, they are also studying hard, knowledge in this era is very expensive, usually they don't have this opportunity at all.

However, in the process of learning, Liu Heima and the others felt that something was wrong, these things ...... Is it true? It's not fake, is it? There are some things they don't understand, but how is it possible to move forward against this headwind? Isn't this a lie to them?

However, Liu Heima didn't dare to ask such a question, he was just an ordinary person, and these people in front of him were all his bosses, although what Mr. Wu who listened to the lecture seemed to have some truth, but he was also skeptical.

But there was something he still found out, and that was what their future merchant ships seemed? Big?

"Shopkeeper Zhao, I want to ask, is our future merchant ship very large?" Liu Heima asked curiously, although they trained a lot of people during this time, Liu Heima didn't ask so much, he thought that Zhao Qi just had a caravan, because the merchant ships from Persia were often a caravan, that is, dozens of merchant ships acted together.

After all, some merchant ships of this period were not much larger than their largest fishing boats, and the amount of cargo that could be pulled was limited, so it was natural to ask for a lot of quantity.

But he can see it in the past few days, because recent training has required them to learn how to handle the sail, and the sail seems to be very huge.

"Yes, our two merchant ships in the future are one of the merchant ships that have recently been launched in Zizhulin Port, you should all have seen it." Zhao Qi said with a smile.

"This ...... It's true? Liu Heima was a little stunned, because they had seen the ship launched in Zizhulin Port before, although it was far away, but from a long distance, they could see that the volume of the ship was estimated to be very terrifying.

"That's right, it's true, it's one of the two largest merchant ships, with a displacement of about 2,230 tons, a length of about 70 meters, and the tallest mast is about sixty meters high." Zhao Qi said with a smile.

"Hiss" Liu Heima gasped directly, a seventy-meter-long boat? This is something Liu Heima never expected, this length ...... He only had a rough idea, and he was vague about how big it was, because he had never seen anything that big, whether it was a house or something else.

But when you think about the fact that the largest fishing boat they have bought now is less than 20 meters long, how big is this 70-meter boat?

"This ...... Shopkeeper, I haven't been in charge of your ship. After the shock, Liu Heima couldn't help but smile bitterly and spoke, he thought that the boat that Zhao Qi drove was similar to the fishing boat they used before, even if it was bigger, but it was not much, for him, the gap was not big.

But now, it's not a big gap at all, okay? This is not a thing at all, and he is afraid that he will not be able to handle such a huge ship himself.

"It doesn't matter, aren't all of us learning? When the time comes, we will all study together, Lao Liu, you don't have psychological pressure, you can't drive this boat, but your experience is always richer than those of us who are poor and white, right? In addition, what I need is your long experience in the ocean, for example, although our ships are large, they are not afraid of half of the small storms. ”

"But it's up to you whether the huge storm can be detected in advance, and in case we accidentally enter the storm zone, how to escape from the storm is all up to you." Zhao Qi smiled and comforted Liu Heima, for Zhao Qi, it is impossible for them to let Liu Heima know in the future, at least not let Liu Heima know now.

But just in terms of controlling ships, although Liu Heima's experience is not very advanced, it is more advanced than them, and this is enough.

In this way, another seven or eight days passed in a flash, and Zhao Qi, who was practicing near Zizhulin Port, finally got the news that their ship had been built, and they needed to go to the port to receive the ship.

During this period of time, not only Zhao Qi and they were studying, but many businessmen around them had already arrived, but their speed could not be compared with Zhao Qi and others who opened the back door, so Zhao Qi and their speed were naturally the fastest, such as Liu Heima, the best fishermen and sailors have been recruited by Zhao Qi.

And those businessmen later, Zhao Qi also asked Zheng Liu and them to inquire, mainly to inquire about the salaries and wages given by these businessmen, if it was higher than them, Zhao Qi would definitely make up the difference.

However, what surprised Zhao Qi a little at that time was that he thought too much, how could these businessmen be higher than the salary he offered? Not to mention Liu Heima's salary, Zhao Qi's salary to those other ordinary sailors is almost close to the level 4 salary, which is equivalent to the basic salary of senior skilled workers in the factory.

The salaries given by other businessmen are almost all less than the third-level salary, that is, 10 yuan per month, and even the settling-in allowance is not as good as Zhao Qi's, they can only give 30 yuan to 40 yuan for settling-in expenses. And the salary is only a one-time payment of three months' salary.

Of course, the fact that food and shelter are almost universal in this day and age, especially in this sea job, you can't let your sailors eat and pay you back, right? As for the question of the quality of food, it depends on whether these businessmen have a conscience, but this part is basically not bad.

Because if you don't eat well, how many crew members are willing to die for you?

Of course, the question of whether the food is good or not has to be compared with each other, and the wages of these businessmen do not exceed their own, which is naturally good news for Zhao Qi.

And there is another good news that first of all, when these 500 soldiers have not completed their training, their salaries will be paid by the Han Military Department, but when they complete their training and leave 100, then these 100 will be temporarily distributed by Zhao Qi and them.

However, this is also to give them face, so they are allowed to leave a hundred, and as for the other caravans, it is almost impossible for them to keep these soldiers, but those caravans are still eager for the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.