Yingtian City now has a lot of people coming and going every day.

As a result, even the Longjiang Shipyard on the riverside outside the city was forced to settle a group of Beijing officers and soldiers, and a fence was re-erected five miles outside the shipyard courtyard wall.

Officers and soldiers are stationed in the outermost area to patrol to prevent ordinary people from entering by mistake, and they are even more vigilant against the approach of certain people with hidden evil intentions.

And in the depths, sometimes you can see the figure of the flying fish suit.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who took the lead, naturally didn't know what the rules of Longjiang Shipyard were now, let alone that this series of precautionary measures were all from his favorite grandson in the past.

People only know the majesty and existence of the emperor, so that most people will never see the emperor in their lifetime. Just like ordinary local people, they may only have a radius of dozens of miles in their lifetime, and they don't know who their parents are for the rest of their lives.

No doubt.

An old man with gray hair and coarse linen clothes, who rode straight to the Longjiang shipyard, must have a problem.

In particular, behind the old man, there was a large group of Ying Tianxun's noble disciples chasing after him.

It could not have been the old man who stole the nobleman's horses, and rushed to the shipyard in a panic.

"Who's coming?"

"Stop! If you dare to step forward again, you will be killed! ”

Behind the barricade on the access road outside the fence, a small flag officer of the Beijing army took a spear leaning on a wooden frame and scolded him coldly.

Zhu Yuanzhang on horseback shrank his eyes, and there was murderous aura in the eyes of these rabbit cubs.

The movement outside the shipyard had already attracted Zhu Yunxi's attention, and seeing that the little flag officer on duty today actually raised his spear in front of the old man, he was so frightened that a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Zhu Gaochi shouted at the front: "Presumptuous! Stand down! ”

Zhu Yunxi whipped the horsewhip reluctantly, and the war horse was in pain, and the speed doubled in an instant.

Finally, Zhu Yunxi was in this group of dutiful officers and soldiers, and before he was about to set up a strong crossbow against the old man, he rode his horse and rushed to the old man's horse from the side.

The war horse stopped suddenly, and Zhu Yunxi grabbed the reins of the war horse that the old man was riding.

Zhu Gaochi had also rushed over with a large group of men and horses at this time.

"Shangzhi pro-military guard!"

Zhu Gaochi's gaze swept to Zhu Yunxi, who was holding the horse under the old man's seat, and then took out a token from his arms and rushed to the small flag officer of the forbidden army outside the shipyard.

When the little flag officer looked up, he saw that this token could be walked in the palace, and his heart trembled.

He saw the anxious look on the young man's face when he saw that the old man was about to rush closer.

Clearly, the old man was not a horse thief.

And now that there is this token from the palace, the little flag official immediately put away his spear, pestle it on the ground, and bowed his head: "Subordinates see Shangguan." ”

Zhu Yunxi observed the old man for a while, and saw that the old man was fine, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes swept to the officers and soldiers behind the little flag officer who had already suppressed the strong crossbow when they saw this.

"I'll wait for the shipyard today."

The little flag officer is already beating the drum in his heart, if he is just a person who is directly pro-military guard, it is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and it is not a big deal. The Longjiang Shipyard here, even the people of the imperial court came over, and now they have to check their identities.

But the key is that the brand taken out by the other party can be entered even in the palace.

The little flag officer didn't dare to be the slightest slack, and hurriedly retreated to make way out: "The subordinates rushed into the official, and the crime deserved death." ”

After finishing speaking, the little flag officer waved his hand again and again, signaling his officers and soldiers to move the barricade away.

Zhu Yuanzhang's interest was quite high, he looked at the two eldest grandsons with nervous faces, and smiled: "If everyone in the court can abide by their duties like you, why don't we prosper?" ”

This old man must be a high-ranking official of Zhishi, or an elder of a noble family in the court.

The little flag officer was very nervous at the moment, and lowered his head: "The duty is to collide with your old man, and I deserve to die for my crimes." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang just shook his head and turned his head to look at his eldest grandson.

Zhu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, sat on the back of the horse and leaned forward, with an inquiring look on his face.

"If I'm not mistaken, Tang Li of the Xinguo family is presiding over the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to mumble to himself.

Zhu Yunxi immediately nodded and whispered, "It's Tang Dudu who is presiding." ”

After replying to the old man's words, Zhu Yunxi's eyes glanced at him as if he was not there, and he was already a nervous little flag officer who was clasping his hands at the moment.

Zhu Gaochi on the other side was smiling, and glanced at the little flag officer who was obviously going to have good luck.

Zhu Yuanzhang clamped his legs around the horse, and the war horse under him began to continue to stride forward: "Turning around and talking to that kid from the Tang family, like such a dedicated soldier, the court should be fair, and you have to know people and make good use of it." ”

Zhu Yunxi responded, handed Zhu Gaochi a look, and motioned to Xiaopang to take someone to protect the old man next.

And he also drove his war horse to the core of the shipyard, only when he passed in front of the little flag officer.

Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth in a hurry: "I went back to find Tang Li, and asked him to move you to the position of a hundred household officials, and said that Zhu Sangongzi asked you to find him." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi beckoned to Xiaopang.

Syllable.

The token that was still in Zhu Gaochi's arms fell flutteringly into Zhu Yunxi's hand, but he didn't stay long, he was already thrown by him to the little flag officer who looked at him with a puzzled face.

There was another snap.

The token fell into the hands of the little flag officer.

When he raised the token and wanted to return it, he raised his head and saw that this noble group, whose identity had not yet been known, had already driven away in a group and headed towards the hinterland of the shipyard.

"Chief, who the hell are they?"

The soldiers under the command of the little flag officer stepped forward cautiously, their eyes curiously looked at the token held in the palm of the little flag officer, and their faces showed a look of wanting to touch it.

The little flag officer shook his head, glanced sideways at his subordinates with curious eyes, and the hand holding the token couldn't help but tighten, holding the token tightly in his hand, and hiding it in his sleeve with a flip hand.

"I don't know."

The subordinates were unwilling, and some yearning turned their heads to look at the team that only left their backs far away, and said with envy: "Boss, with this token, you really want to be a hundred households this time." ”

A smile appeared on the face of the little flag officer: "This token is from the palace, the nobles may not care, but we still have to send it to the governor's mansion and present it to the governor, so that it can be handed over to the nobles." ”

The eyes of the soldiers under his command were full of envy.

When can I be like the head, I will be appreciated by the nobles, and I will be rewarded with an official position.

Just thinking about it, the soldier shook his head again, and finally forgot to glance at the group of people who were about to arrive at the shipyard, and had already put away all their envy.

Now that the imperial court has a military merit law, I heard that in the past two days, the court has been discussing the two generals of the Eastern Expedition and the Southern Expedition to be crowned kings.

I was a good errand boy, and when I turned around, I had the opportunity to take turns to go out with the army, and I could take back that level of military merit with my own hands.

After thinking clearly, the soldier put his hand on the hilt of the sword and stood back in his original position with his head held high, his eyes full of hope.

Today's Daming is the sprout of a towering tree full of hope and thriving.

When he stood in front of the gate of Longjiang Shipyard and looked at the warship behind the door that was higher than the courtyard wall and houses, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but spread out a magnificent picture in his heart.

And Zhu Yuanzhang, who came to Longjiang Shipyard for the first time, was like an old farmer in the countryside, who walked into Qinhuai for the first time.

Everything in front of me is new, and what you see is shocking.

The Longjiang Shipyard was built along the Yangtze River, and a wall encompasses the entire shipbuilder.

Behind a few courtyard houses, most of the entire shipyard is stacked with a huge amount of shipbuilding materials.

Three canals with a width of 30 zhang and a length of 200 zhang are parallel to the shipbuilding platform in the middle.

If you don't get close to the shipbuilding platform, you can see a total of five shipbuilding platforms around the three canals, and there are nearly 20 large and small ships under construction.

There are the largest treasure ships in the world today, as well as warships used by sailors such as fortune ships and building ships, and there are also merchant ship orders placed by people who control the livelihood of sea operations led by the Zhongshan Palace.

In the face of these huge constructions, human beings will always form a great sense of contrast and impact, bringing people a kind of fear and awe of giants.

And when that number piles up in the tens of digits, that awe will be infinitely magnified.

After experiencing the impact over and over again, Zhu Yuanzhang unconsciously began to breathe heavily.

In his sight, countless craftsmen were busy on the five shipbuilding platforms.

Huge keels run through the giant ships, and heavy decks are fastened to the frames.

Small steam engines have begun to be put into use on a large scale.

On each shipbuilding platform, there are countless steam engines spewing smoke, either lifting or pulling heavy shipbuilding materials, and throwing them to the required location.

The craftsmen only seem to have the work at hand in their eyes, and they only have this boat in their hearts waiting to be built and sent into the canal connecting to the Yangtze River.

In the distance, at the end of three canals, on the surface of the Yangtze River.

An even larger warship, anchoring in an east-west direction, floated on the river.

The huge roar of artillery echoed in the shipyard for a long time.

"Of the five shipbuilding platforms of Longjiang Shipyard, only one of them is to undertake shipbuilding for a living, which can be regarded as adding a little income to the shipyard and the imperial court."

Zhu Yunxi stepped forward, got behind the old man, and introduced in a low voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "It's the Xu family and several other maritime operators." ”

Zhu Yunxi hummed: "The fields under the name of Zhongshan Wangfu have all been emptied over the years and replaced with Jiaozhi Road. Again, under the premise, there is a business of sea transportation.

However, now the private shipping of the imperial court is only half controlled by a few of them. They are all people who know the roots, and the imperial court does not have to worry too much, the shipping will be out of the control of the imperial court.

In fact, although the imperial court does not account for the proportion of the maritime operations of several families in the Zhongshan Palace, the inner treasury accounts for thirty percent. Originally, the grandson was not going to ask for it, but the Xu family had several other families, but they said that this was made by borrowing my family's affection.

The grandson later asked the tax office to secretly check it, and there was no problem with the tax accounts of these families. The output on the side of the Cochin Road is also paid according to the regular tax of the apportionment into the mu, and the shipping side is paid regularly according to the new commercial tax.

If grandpa wants to see it, he only needs to ask Sun Daban to check the check sheet of the inner treasury, and he can see it clearly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "I can't help them to make a living like this, make clean money steadily, and the court will not take away their income." ”

Zhu Yunxi hummed and clasped his hands together.

The old man only said half of this, and the other half is that as long as the Xu family, if they think that they have mastered the maritime operations of the Ming Dynasty, they will be able to make a lot of money and hide the silver that should not be there, and the court will not take care of the past feelings.

Zhu Gaochi said on the side: "There are five shipbuilding platforms in Longjiang Shipyard, and the other four shipbuilding platforms, and I see that the warships built are not only different, but most of them are no different from the past. ”

This is the first time Zhu Gaochi has come to Longjiang Shipyard.

In his vision, he should see all the new warships here today, but he didn't want most of the warships to be the same as they used to be.

Zhu Yunxi explained: "Now Zhang Ergong's most important thing is to test the steam warship, if everything goes well, the steam ship will be launched, which will be easier, just explain, ordinary shipbuilders can do a good job."

After that, it will be the attempt of a new type of ironclad warship, and then the manufacture of ironclad sea ships. The pace was determined earlier, step by step, small quantities, and then stop and replace the existing naval warships when everything was in order. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "It should be like this, if you don't figure it out, if you don't figure it out, if there is a problem, it will only add to the cost of the imperial court." Zhang Ergong's path is steady, steam engines, warships, and his new things have helped the court a lot over the years. ”

The grandfather and grandson were watching the shipbuilding platform and chatting about these things.

Zhang Ergong, who was still on the river, had already been reported, and His Majesty, His Royal Highness, and Yan Shizi all came, so they immediately hurriedly got on the boat and rushed to the shipyard.

At this time, Zhang Ergong was leading a group of craftsmen and officials to hurry to the three of them.

"Weichen see Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have seen Yan Shizi."

"The ministers see Your Majesty, your Highness, and you have seen Yan Shizi."

Zhang Ergong still has some official appearance now, and he is decent, and the craftsmen and officials behind him are also close behind.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand directly, and then asked: "Zhang Ergong, I only ask you, I want the Ming Dynasty to form an invincible fleet, can you do it for me?" ”

Zhang Ergong was obviously stunned, who would have thought of meeting the emperor in person, and the first sentence was to ask such a question.

Zhu Yunxi coughed lightly: "You will answer truthfully immediately." ”

Zhang Ergong took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, as long as you give the minister another three years, the minister can start building an ironclad warship!" Within five years, the Imperial Court will have its first small ironclad fleet! Decade! Ten years later, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty will be invincible above the sea! ”

"Ten years."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered in a low voice, and then quietly clenched his fists.

Zhang Ergong was a little nervous.

The ten-year covenant is actually not the best plan in my heart, it can only be regarded as the minimum, to ensure that the ironclad warship can sail on the surface of the water without sinking.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "I heard that the steam warship is being tested today, and I will take me to board the ship to have a look." ”

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