Cao Jie, who had been fully rested this time, also went to Wu County with Lin Chuan to see the progress of the construction of the treasure ship.

Cao Jie still remembers the story of "Titanic" that Lin Chuan told to himself on a desert island.

After coming to Wu County, the group rested for another day at the Wu County Branch, and only went to Wu County Shipyard the next morning.

Yang Fan, the captain of Wujun Shipyard, received the manufacturing drawings of the treasure ship from Cao Cao, and when he returned to Wujun Shipyard, he gathered all the shipbuilders in the shipyard and began to study how to manufacture this treasure ship.

The drawings of such a large sea vessel are so complicated that it takes a few people to fully understand everything on the drawings.

The shipbuilders in the Wujun shipyard immediately began to study the treasure ship as if they had obtained a treasure after seeing a large box of treasure ship drawings brought back by Yang Fan, the captain of the ship.

Figuring out all the structures of the treasure ship took them five days.

This was followed by a discussion of the specific question of what kind of wood should be used for the various parts of the hull.

The treasure ship drawings provided by Lin Chuan are already very detailed, otherwise if you want to successfully build the treasure ship with just one drawing, you won't even think about it without a few years of research effort.

After dozens of discussions and experiments, Yang Fan, the captain of the warden ship, and more than a dozen experienced old shipwrights finally determined a more feasible manufacturing method.

Then the Wujun Shipyard began to carry out the trial production of the treasure ship, and when Lin Chuan arrived at the Wujun Shipyard, the treasure ship had just been built with the bottom and keel.

"It turned out that Lord Hou of Hanzhong was here for the grand prize! There are also Miss Cao, Lord Liu, and Shopkeeper Li, please come in! ”

Yang Fan, the captain of the ship, received a report from his craftsmen that Lin Chuan and his party came to the shipyard, and they were entertaining Lin Chuan and others at this time.

"Hahaha, can Captain Yang take us to see how the treasure ship is manufacturing now?"

Lin Chuan wanted to see the treasure ship now, and after a few words of greeting with Yang Fan, he asked Yang Fan.

"Lord Hanzhong, please come here!"

When Yang Fan heard this, he directly led Lin Chuan and his party to the dock where the treasure ship was built.

Lin Chuan, Cao Jie and Liu Ba all saw such a huge dock for the first time, although Shopkeeper Li is a native of Yangzhou and has been familiar with boats since childhood, but the treasure ship under construction in the dock is still quite shocking to Shopkeeper Li.

"Lord Hanzhonghou, now that the bottom and keel of the treasure ship have been completed, it is expected that the construction of the entire treasure ship will be completed, and it will take about two years or so."

Yang Fan introduced the construction progress of the treasure ship to Lin Chuan, and Lin Chuan still felt a little slow when he heard that it would take two years to complete the construction of the treasure ship.

As if seeing Lin Chuan's unhappiness, Yang Fan then explained to Lin Chuan: "Lord Hou of Hanzhong, this treasure ship is no better than the ships that are being built by the Great Wei now, and it took me nearly half a year to complete the construction of the keel.

There is also the amount of timber needed to build the treasure ship, which the Kure Shipyard does not have that much inventory at the moment.

This is also one of the factors that affect the speed of the construction of treasure ships.

But the last general can be sure that after the treasure ship is built, it will be absolutely invincible on the sea! ”

After Yang Fan explained to Lin Chuan the problem of the manufacturing speed of the treasure ship, he began to respect the performance of the treasure ship again.

With the gradual deepening of the progress of treasure ship manufacturing, the craftsmen of Wujun Shipyard, led by Yang Fan, the captain of the ship, have become more and more able to understand the design and function of the treasure ship drawings, and have a clearer understanding of the performance of the treasure ship.

Lin Chuan didn't know anything about shipbuilding, so did Cao Jie and Liu Ba, and the shopkeeper Li knew how to make small boats, but he didn't understand how big ships and warships were built.

At first, the four of them were a little surprised when they heard that it would take two years to build a boat, but after hearing the explanation of Yang Fan, the captain of the warden ship, everyone had an intuitive understanding of the difficulty of building a big ship.

"I see, after listening to Captain Yang's explanation, Ben Hou understood that the construction of this treasure ship is such a difficult thing, hahaha!"

Then Lin Chuan did not hide that he didn't understand shipbuilding, and said to everyone with a smile.

"The manufacturing drawings of the treasure ship, Lord Wei Wang and the last general said that it was provided by Lord Hanzhong Hou, and the last general and all the craftsmen of Wujun Shipyard were shocked by the treasure ship drawings provided by Lord Hanzhong Hou!"

Yang Fan originally thought that Lin Chuan, who provided the drawings of the treasure ship, was also an expert in shipbuilding, but at this time, he couldn't help but euphemistically say the doubts in his heart.

Shopkeeper Li just knew at this time that the blueprint of the treasure ship was actually from Lin Chuan, and he couldn't help but look at Lin Chuan in surprise.

"Hahaha, the drawings of this treasure ship are indeed from the hands of Ben Hou, and Ben Hou really doesn't know how to build ships.

The origin of the drawings of this treasure ship is part of the inheritance of Ben Hou's master. ”

Since it can't be explained, it's still the old way, just push it all to the non-existent master.

Only then did Yang Fan understand why Lin Chuan, who took out the blueprints of the treasure ship, didn't know anything about shipbuilding.

Then Yang Fan took Lin Chuan and the others to the dock to watch the construction of this treasure ship up close.

Lin Chuan and the others just stood on the dock, looking at the treasure ship in the dock, they only felt that it was very big, and after coming to the dock, they found that this treasure ship really needed to be built for two years.

"The treasure ship looks really big like this!"

Cao Jie looked at the keel and the bottom of the boat alone being more than three meters high, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"That's natural, the treasure ship can carry nearly a thousand soldiers, of course it's big enough."

"When the treasure ship is completed, sir, you will take me to sea!"

Cao Jie, who remembered the romantic plot of the Titanic again, said to Lin Chuan.

"Hahaha, by all means!"

Lin Chuan agreed with a smile.

After seeing the progress of the construction of the treasure ship at the Wujun Shipyard, Lin Chuan and the others stayed in Wujun for another night before preparing to return to the Yangzhou branch.

After returning to the Yangzhou branch, Lin Chuan talked with shopkeeper Li and Liu Ba about the next development direction of the Yangzhou branch and production base.

"At the beginning of the year, the treasure ship was completed in two years, which means that in three years at the latest, the Great Wei could start maritime trade with the help of the treasure ship.

At that time, with the strength of Dawei and the excellent performance of the treasure ship, the production raw materials of the production base will be greatly supplemented.

Therefore, the construction of the production base is the main development direction of the Yangzhou branch in the next three years.

In addition, it is best to build a production base in the future close enough to various seaports in Yangzhou, so as to save the transit time of raw materials for production. ”

Lin Chuan told Liu Ba about the development direction of the Yangzhou branch, and at the same time, he was also thinking about the trade objects after going to sea in the future.

Liu Ba recorded Lin Chuan's arrangements one by one, and Shopkeeper Li also listened carefully to Lin Chuan's narration.

From Lin Chuan's narration, the two can gradually imagine that the various seaports in Yangzhou in the future will become the prosperous places of the Great Wei.