When Tian Wu received the order, it was already four days later, and at this time, the construction of the class barge was officially announced.

Because it was a functional ship, this barge was ordered by Yan Zheng to be the No. 1 transport ship.

Its bizarre shape and the empty interior design opened the eyes of the shipbuilder and recognized this whimsy.

The entire ship required a crew of 34, with an old indigenous cadet as the captain, and all the seafarers were naturalized tankers.

The ship's defense and attack capabilities are about zero, and its speed is not as good as that of the Long March.

Therefore, it only has the ability to transport, except for the heavy load, easy unloading and shipment, there are no other advantages.

The crew's living quarters are cramped, and although they are resistant to wind and waves, they sacrifice maneuverability, which means that the ship is not flexible.

However, the capacity of such a ship is equivalent to two Long Marches, which is several times higher than those lucky ships.

The displacement also reached 220 tons, making it the largest tonnage ship in Dongfan.

Now the fleet has been separated, and there are only three 300-material fortune ships on the Fujian route. On the Ryukyu-Satsuma route, there is the Long March and a 400-material fortune ship.

In terms of equipment configuration, on the Fujian route, each ship is only equipped with two breech-75 guns, and the people running on this route are all Fujian maritime merchants, and they are all very safe to abide by the rules.

On the Ryukyu-Satsuma route, the firepower of each ship is fully matched, especially the Long March, which has been loaded with a front-loading ten-pound gun.

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According to the instructions, after Tian Wu rested for two days, he led the three fortune ships of his fleet and set off with the No. 1 transport ship.

The No. 1 transport ship on its maiden voyage performed quite well, Tian Wu personally guided it above, and the newly appointed indigenous young captain also completed the steering task jerky.

When they came to the Zhongzuo Office, they saw such a strange big ship, and the guard office hurriedly sent more than a dozen small boats to force it to stop.

After Tian Wu came forward, Wang Gui, the official of the hundred households, knew that this was an old friend's boat, and the two chatted on the boat with a smile on their faces.

Transport Ship No. 1 was so large that it took more than an hour to vacate the berth.

When the port personnel saw Tian Wu, they all greeted respectfully, and now everyone knows that Tian Wu is the boss of the Dongfan fleet.

Tian Wu was also familiar with it, and came directly to the Song family's warehouse and found Song Laoqi.

"Yo, Brother Tian, you can run so diligently! What kind of goods are there this time, or furs, summer cloths, iron pots, threshers? Song Laoqi asked with the account book.

"Fur and Xia Bu don't have it, this time I brought a batch of copper coins!" Tian Wu said as he drank tea.

"Copper coins?" Song Laoqi asked suspiciously: "Your king, what are you planning to do when you get the copper coin?"

"Exchange money! This time you can get more linen yarn and goods, I got a big boat, I can fit it! Tian Wu said.

Song Laoqi nodded, knowing that no matter how much he chatted with Tian Wu, he was afraid that he could only get this news.

He smiled and said, "Then if you want to exchange money, what is the quality of your king's copper coin?" Do you want the Song family to find a master from Qianzhuang to help? ”

Tian Wu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "My king didn't let me find a money bank, saying that he would go directly to the market to change it and see if he could change it."

Song Laoqi smiled for a moment, thinking that it was still his sea dog brother who was on the road.

He nodded and said, "Cheng, then let me take a look, you can just store it in my warehouse first."

Tian Wu took out a string of copper coins and said, "No, this is the Dongfan copper coin, the condition is not bad, these copper coins are all like this!"

Song Laoqi took it and looked at it, and after reading the front and back, he felt that the quality of this money was indeed okay, and such a thick one was only 1 article, which could be called medium to above.

He stroked his beard and said, "What's the change?"

"Exchange bad money, my king said, one article for two articles,"

Song Laoqi looked at it carefully again, and felt that the words on the money were vulgar, but the dense lace on the edge of the money was extremely ingeniously designed.

He looked at Tian Wu, thinking about whether to remind one or two, because he knew at a glance that this short-haired king would lose money if he minted money like this! How much you cast, how much you lose!

Of course, this is from the perspective of his own knowledge and Daming, he would not have thought that Dongfan has already used a water-powered mint, and minting coins is as easy as drinking water.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided that it would be a fool not to take advantage of it, anyway, Dongfan also learned to cast money from the Ming Dynasty, and they had too much copper, so it was no wonder that the Song family.

"This money is newly minted by your king!" Song Laoqi changed his smile and said, "How much did you bring this time?"

"150,000 pieces, the list says, 80,000 pieces when 1 text, 50,000 pieces when 2 documents, and 20,000 pieces when 5 documents!"

"That's not much!" Song Laoqi thought secretly in his heart, and said directly: "Brother Tian doesn't have to look elsewhere, this copper coin, I Song Laoqi can help you change it!"

Tian Wu didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "If you can replace it, I don't have an opinion, but you have to change it according to this ratio."

Song Laoqi glanced at it and felt that there was no problem, and even laughed at it, thinking that this king of Dongbo might not understand the quality of copper coins.

After discussing the matter, the two made arrangements for the payment and goods of this transaction.

The recent trade has been dominated by iron and linen yarn.

Due to the influence of Dongfan, there are more blacksmith shops in Zhangquan and Zhangquan, and there are no less than 1,000 of them, which are not extinguished day and night, and they are willing to spend money to recruit apprentices.

Even many small merchants began to invest in blacksmith shops, anyway, practicing raw iron, as long as it is transported to Yuegang, it can be exchanged for silver or Dongfan goods, and then the Dongfan goods can be sold immediately, and they can immediately make a lot of profits.

And it affected not only the blacksmiths, but also many farmers, many of whom began to open up the mountains and plant ramie in patches.

After planting and harvesting, as long as you make hemp yarn, or sell the hemp stalks directly, you can get an extra income.

Dongfan's inexpensive large pieces of summer cloth are also deeply loved by the people of Zhangzhou, this kind of large pieces of summer cloth make clothes, only need to be cut simply, you can make well-fitting clothes, not only do not need to be spliced, but also reduce a lot of waste.

Now Jiangxi businessmen have stopped transporting them to Xiabu to Zhangzhou, and they are really competitive!

It is not only the Xia Bu industry that has been affected, but also the iron pot and iron farming tools, and there are few blacksmiths in Zhangzhou who are willing to fight again.

They prefer to get raw iron and sell it directly to Dongfan. After all, the farm tools and iron pots they made could not suppress the end of Dongfan's production in terms of quality, but the price was more than 30% more expensive.

They don't know why the cost is so different, and there are even rumors that Dongfan was born to strike iron, so he is so good at using iron!

Even the prefect of Zhangzhou Prefecture was stained by the foot-operated thresher produced in Dongfan.

After seeing this artifact, this product immediately bought one with silver, and directly folded it, so that people dedicated this thing to Emperor Hongzhi.

Sure enough, this horse was shot just right, and after Emperor Hongzhi, who cared about the people, saw this thing, the dragon's heart was happy! Not only praised this thing, but also said that the prefect of Zhangzhou cares about people's livelihood and attaches importance to agricultural affairs.

This guy has won this evaluation, and I believe that he will be able to transfer back to the capital soon.

The emperor also ordered that skilled craftsmen be summoned to ponder this object, and after pondering it thoroughly, it was extended to all areas where rice was cultivated.

Of course, the parts produced by the No. 1 Machinery Factory * Yan Zheng supervised the production, and it has been deliberately removed, so Emperor Hongzhi didn't know that this thing came from overseas.

After his craftsmen have figured it out and drawn drawings to promote it, officials from all over the country will definitely complain.

Because the promotion cost is too much, but the emperor is pressing, they have to work hard, and the threshers they build are of poor quality and high cost, which will make officials crazy.

At that time, it will definitely become a harmful act to the people, and the only way to solve it is to purchase a large amount from Dongfan.

Industry and standardization, sometimes it's just so unreasonable!

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