However, Qin Fan didn't care about the so-called official position and jue Lu in Li Shimin's mouth, he was now eager to return to Wannian County and live his comfortable life from 9 to 5.

"The rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, and in the future, I will be the one who wants to reach the top of the Tang Dynasty."

Qin Fan sat on the horse leisurely, but he was not in a hurry at all.

However, before returning to Wannian County, Qin Fan still had one more thing to do.

The construction of the exploration ship is in full swing, and the shipyard is not far from Wannian County.

"It's still a little master, I'll take a look."

Qin Fan rubbed his hands excitedly, after all, this matter involved his own interests, so he had to be cautious.

If everything goes well, Datang's footprints will be able to set foot in Australia hundreds of years in advance, and Qin Fan is also very curious.

So Qin Fan led more than a dozen guards around him to the shipyard to prepare for a visit.

"Boss."

As soon as he saw Qin Fan walk into the workshop, a young man in an official uniform immediately walked out quickly.

"Huh? You are? 「

Qin Fan asked suspiciously.

"Back to the boss, I am Li Zhicheng, the deputy manager of the Wannian County Shipyard. The young man said respectfully.

"Oh."

Qin Fan nodded and continued to ask, "What about your lordship?"

"Inside."

After that, Li Zhicheng led the way in.

Qin Fan followed behind, thinking that this shipyard seemed to be very good in scale, and secretly sighed that the Tang Empire was really rich.

"Boss, let me introduce you......

Li Zhicheng walked in and walked towards a man with a stubble on his face.

The stubble man was ordinary-looking, but he had a temperament that was hard to ignore, especially his eyes were extremely sharp, as if he could see through others at any time.

At this moment, he was staring intently at a huge battleship, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Nice ship."

After looking at it for a long time, he finally stopped, and then moved his gaze to Qin Fan and the others.

"Are you?" The bearded man's voice was low and hoarse, and it sounded a little harsh.

Qin Fan hurriedly said, "The contemptible person's surname is Qin Mingfan, and he is the county order of Wannian, and he has come to visit Lord Li.

Hearing Wannian County, a hint of strange color flashed in the eyes of the scumbag man, as if he was a little nostalgic, but he still waved his hand and said, "Wannian County is thousands of miles away from here, you better go back."

Hearing this, Qin Fan secretly cursed in his heart.

Damn, the young master is also a dignified county magistrate, but he didn't dare to entangle more, so he had to smile and say, "Since Master Li has something, that kid will leave."

After speaking, Qin Fan turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait."

The scumbag man suddenly stopped Qin Fan, who turned around and saw that the other party was carefully inspecting the hull with a magnifying glass.

For some reason, Qin Fan always felt that he was being looked at by the other party's eyes, and he couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart.

"Master Lee?" Qin Fan called tentatively.

"Hmm."

The bearded man packed up his things, nodded, and then said to Qin Fan, "Young Master Qin, please wait for a while, and then talk to you in detail after I finish my inspection?"

"Okay, then let's wait outside."

After speaking, Qin Fan stood aside, while those soldiers stood outside the door, waiting for them.

At this moment, Li Zhicheng was looking at the hull of the ship intently, as if it was a work of art.

However, Qin Fan didn't have much patience, he had been waiting for the other party, and his heart became more and more anxious.

After a stick of incense, Li Zhicheng finally packed everything.

"Lord Qin, please be seated."

He pointed to the chair beside him and motioned for Qin Fan to sit down.

Qin Fan looked at the other party's demeanor and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

He is worthy of a generation of famous craftsmen, and this calm and unhurried bearing makes Qin Fan have to admire it.

Qin Fan sat down, but he still didn't ask.

"Master Qin, my shipbuilding has a huge workload, not only requires a lot of wood and all kinds of parts, but more importantly, it also needs a lot of machinery to assemble.

Li Zhicheng glanced at the sky outside the window and continued, "However, although our shipyard is well-known here, it is not ranked in the entire Nanyang County."

"So we can't build some big ships at all, and we don't have a lot of human resources, so we have to raise our own shipbuilding materials before we can start manufacturing."

As he spoke, Li Zhicheng pointed to the sky outside the window and continued to Qin Fan.

"It's summer and it's hot, so before we start shipping, we send people out to buy and bring back a batch of fresh vegetables and fruits, and then send them to the coastline for processing."

"I see.

Hearing Li Zhicheng's explanation, Qin Fan finally understood why the other party looked calm and composed.

"I don't know how Gongzi Qin plans to invest in our shipyard?"

As he spoke, Li Zhicheng looked at Qin Fan and asked.

"Investment?"

Qin Fan frowned slightly, then shook his head and said, "I don't think about these for the time being, I only know a little bit about shipbuilding, but the ship that the adults are building now doesn't seem to be strong."

Hearing this, Li Zhicheng also nodded slightly, and he also felt the shortcomings of the hull.

"I've tried to fix this, but it's not very useful."

"I wonder if you have any tricks?"

"Well......

Li Zhicheng touched his beard and seemed to be in deep thought.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head and said, "Lord Qin, the most powerful thing about us shipbuilders is not the craftsmanship, but the speed and flexibility of controlling the hull.

Our skills are rough in this area, because we only rely on manpower.

So the more people on board, the faster the ship will be, and if you want to speed up further, you have to have other forces. 「

Qin Fan nodded after hearing this, and agreed, he had a way to do this, as long as he could install engines on these ships, the speed would be a hundred times faster than now.

However, Qin Fan is not ready to make a move now, and the things needed to make the engine still need to be prepared.

"If Lord Qin is confident, I have a way to make the hull of the ship reach an unimaginable strength."

Li Zhicheng saw that Qin Fan was listening carefully, so he stopped selling it.

"What's the method?"

"It's by using the gaps in the wood to stitch the hull together, so that the hull can be as strong as steel, and the boat can perform more difficult movements."

When Qin Fan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he quickly calmed down.

"Master Li, I'm afraid this will consume a lot of wood, right? Where are you going to ship it from, and the average wood doesn't seem to have that effect. 「