Ke Zhenhuai was sent by the imperial court, Wang Yining was sent by Yuan Keli, and there were Jinyi guards from the supervision, reconnaissance and other departments, these are all eyes and ears, and someone or several people must also have the right to secret.

"If the marshal is embarrassed, he will be removed from the military status of the last general." Shen Shikui observed Mao Wenlong's expression and said, "When ordinary people do business, there won't be anyone talking nonsense and chewing maggots, right?" ”

This is not to go into battle and fight, to make money and make a fortune. Just said that he wanted to generate income for the Dongjiang Army, and now he has to put it all in his pocket.

Mao Wenlong glanced at his father-in-law, and he didn't want to say deeply, so he said perfunctorily: "This marshal is only in charge of the military, and this civil affairs still needs the approval of Lord Wang." ”

After a pause, Mao Wenlong comforted again: "The people of Dongjiang Town do business and pay taxes normally, and Lord Wang must not care about it." With your connections, it is not difficult to buy mountain goods from Liaomin. ”

Shen Shikui was a little disappointed, thinking that relying on his son-in-law's status in Dongjiang Town, what kind of tax is not taxed, it is to do business without capital.

Seeing that his father-in-law didn't say anything, Mao Wenlong had to say it explicitly, both as a reminder and a warning, don't mess around and implicate yourself.

"Dongjiang Town has civil and military generals sent by the imperial court, as well as Jinyi guards who supervise, reconnoitre, and use spies." Mao Wenlong accentuated his tone, and arched his hand to the west, "The saint is wise and insightful. ”

Shen Shikui blinked his eyes, and somewhat understood what his son-in-law was worried about.

That's right, although Dongjiang Town is remote overseas, it has the control of the emperor Yuan Keli, and there are many ears and eyes, as if it can reach the heavens.

"The Admiral understands." Shen Shikui got up and arched his hand and said, "Then do what the commander wants, let's go through the normal channels." With the friendship between the marshal and Lord Wang, can this little thing not be taken care of? ”

Mao Wenlong nodded, and while agreeing, he got up to send him off.

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At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it was the last period when the sandbanks of Chongming Island were merged and contiguous, that is, the last stage when Chongming Island tended to be complete in later generations.

Because it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Chongming Island is also known as the "gateway of the Yangtze River and Yingzhou in the East China Sea", and is the largest estuarine alluvial island and the largest sand island in China.

Although it has not yet taken shape, most of Chongming Island is already flat and fertile, and has development value.

The construction of Chongming Island into a "land of fish and rice" is another plan of Zhu Youxiao, which is beginning to be implemented.

With the arrival of the ships led by Shen Yourong and the large ships carrying the Liao people, Chongming Island became lively and busy.

building houses and reclaiming famine, and rehousing the Liao people; Set up garrisons, buy food and goods, and recruit shipwrights......

Shen Yourong's work was busy and fulfilling, but he was looking forward to the arrival of another official from the Holy Heaven.

On this day, dozens of large and small ships came to the dock, and Shen Yourong hurried to meet them.

"Langzhong of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Chongming Hudong Shipyard promoted Shen Tingyang, and I have seen Lord Shen." On the dock, Shen Tingyang saw Shen Youkong coming in a hurry from his clothes at a glance, and stepped forward to salute him.

Shen Yourong looked at the young and quite heroic official in front of him, bowed his hand back, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen doesn't need to be polite. The young talents of the Holy Saint Jianba are really full of vitality, which makes old people like Shen envious. ”

"The saint is promoted, and the lower officials are afraid." Shen Tingyang said humbly: "I just want to do my errand wholeheartedly to repay Jun's kindness." ”

"As it should be, as it should be." Shen Yourong glanced at the people who were dragging their families off the boat and asked, "These are the shipwrights recruited by Shen Langzhong?" ”

Shen Tingyang said: "It is the shipbuilders selected by the lower officials from the Qingjiang Shipyard and the Longjiang Shipyard, a total of 3,600, all of whom are experienced and very honest and willing to work. This is the first batch of craftsmen recruited from Guangdong and Fujian, and it will take a few days. ”

The state-built shipyards of Daming include Nanjing Longjiang Bao Shipyard and Fuzhou Changle, as well as Qingjiang Shipyard in Huai'an and Weihe Shipyard in Linqing.

After the suspension of the operation to the West, the demand for seagoing ships decreased greatly, and the business of Longjiangbao Shipyard gradually shrank, and its position as the center of the shipbuilding industry was replaced by the Huai'an Qingjiangdu Shipyard, which specialized in the manufacture of inland river boats.

Since Qingjiang Shipyard merged with the 18 branches of Weihe Shipyard, the annual shipbuilding capacity has increased to more than 630 ships, becoming the only state-owned Caoyun shipyard in the Ming Dynasty.

At present, Qingjiang Shipyard has four general factories including Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard and 82 branches, with more than 500 shipyards per year, including about 55 sea-shading boats, and the others are flat-bottomed inland river shallow ships.

It seems to be a large scale, but the Qingjiang Shipyard, like the Weihe Shipyard that was abolished, is increasingly corrupt, and it cannot change the long-standing malpractice of being directly operated by the state.

Moreover, the ability of Qingjiang Shipyard to build sea ships is also getting weaker and weaker, and the so-called "big ships that cover the ocean" in the past are very few out of the factory, and they are old types, and they can only barely sail in the near sea.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Youxiao simply started a new stove, transferred skilled craftsmen from the Qingjiang and Longjiang shipyards, and then recruited shipwrights from Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang to build a new Chongming Hudong shipyard.

In Chongming, there is a relatively strong shipbuilding foundation, but it is not poor and white. The sand boat, one of the four ancient ships in China, came from Chongming.

The sand boat has a long hull, flat and shallow and wide, flat bottom, square head and square tail, tall stern, low center of gravity, few surface buildings, little wind resistance, stable navigation, and no damage and capsize even if it is stranded.

With the combined operation of sails, rudders and double-chord waterboards, the sand boat can also sail against the wind and twists, especially suitable for the northern coast. In the Yuan Dynasty, the sea route of the Beiyang Cao Yun used sand boats.

Chongming can not only build sand boats, but also sailors. In Zheng He's fleet to the West, there were many Chongming sailors involved.

Considering so many favorable conditions, Zhu Youxiao ordered Shen Yourong to move to the town, and only then did he simply promote Shen Tingyang, build a shipbuilding factory in Chongming, and start an attempt to transport water by sea.

As for Shen Tingyang, he can be regarded as a celebrity and martyr in history, even Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan are his subordinates, and they once raised troops with him to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the current Shen Tingyang official is lowly and small, and he can only be grateful to Dai De, and work hard to serve Jian Ba for his holy master.

In fact, even Shen Tingyang, who was a living being, didn't expect that his self-recommendation and "Please Advocate the First Small Test of Shipping" would be so valued by the saints, and he was promoted to the promotion of the five products in the household department.

You must know that Shen Tingyang is a native of Chongming and a family of businessmen, and he once sailed with his father and brother on a sand boat to Tianjin, Qingdao, and Luda, and the transportation was very profitable. With such a background, he was also quite discriminated against in Guozijian.

But it is precisely because of this experience that he knows the sea lanes well, can see the benefits of sea transportation, and is willing to sail for trial transportation himself.

Moreover, when he was summoned by the emperor, he said with great confidence: If the grain of the imperial court is damaged, he will be willing to do it, and if he tries it well, he dares to make a big move.

Zhu Youxiao also simply handed over the heavy task of building sea ships and trying to ship to Shen Tingyang, which led to the second Shen Hui Chongming, which opened the prelude to the Ming Dynasty's revival of its prestige on the sea.