On the same day, Li Zhaoji sent gold bars, and all the people of the Dutch East India and Du Company evacuated the Shiratori and its surroundings, and Paul gathered his personnel and ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and the next day it was launched.

Throughout the day, the Dutch watched as the Oriental Merchant Society rescued the Shiratori from the water.

Guo Huaiyi knew that this was a very huge project, and the White Bird had already flipped on its side. Once full drainage is required, it is straightened with poles and, if necessary, even some of the facilities need to be removed.

The Dutch were skeptical about the ability of the Oriental Trading Company to rescue the Shiratori, and the Dutch, who made a living from seafaring, apparently considered themselves superior in similar skills, so they scoffed at the ability of the Eastern Trading Company, but soon these people realized that something was wrong.

"What are those yellow-skinned monkeys doing?" Karl sat under a parasol, and when he opened his eyes, he could see the work of the Oriental Trading Company on the Tamsui River, but he asked the Moorish slaves beside him.

The slave poured him a glass of wine mixed with lemon juice and honey, looked at it carefully, and said, "Master, the Ming people dismantle the mast of the White Bird. ”

Carl nodded slightly and said, "It seems that they still know some technology over there, and the yellow-skinned monkey has some ability." ”

Carl drank wine and enjoyed the shade under the parasol, and at noon, the Moors brought him fresh melons, and the cut melons were put into Carl's mouth one by one, and he hummed tunes from time to time, and occasionally official documents or documents that needed Carl's signature were sent, and Carl worked in enjoyment, enjoyed in work, and was so comfortable.

"What is the yellow-skinned monkey doing now?" Carl would ask every once in a while, and the Moors would report back to him.

"They're moving ballast down the stone." This was said before noon.

In the afternoon, the Moors told Karl, "Master, the Ming have scooped up four four-pounder cannons." ”

"Oh, they also found a couple of arquebuses, and the spare canvas was dragged to the shore to dry ........"

But by the afternoon, the Moorish slave's reply made it impossible for Carl to remain in this comfortable state any longer, and the Moors said, "They have removed the rudder, and some of them are dismantling the side panels." ”

Carl opened his eyes and looked at the sandbar on the north bank of the Tamsui River, and even opened the telescope to see more clearly.

The port side of the Shiratori is bare in the setting sun, and shirtless sailors can be seen walking around it, everyone busy, like a swarm of ants dismembering elephants.

At sunset, the side panels of the Shiratori had been removed quite a bit, revealing a large number of ribs, and some gaps had leaked out, which was obviously not rescuing the Shiratori, but more like dismembering the ship.

"Oh God, these ambitious guys!" Carl let out a low roar, and the ship's boots went to meet Paul.

Paul was discussing logistics with Guo Huaiyi in the tent, but Carl was rude to break in, and Paul had to stop what he was doing.

"Carl, what's the matter with you?" Paul looked at Carl's appearance and thought to himself, what is this idiot crazy about?

Carl slammed his fist on the table, causing the coffee in his cup to spill out, staining a lot of papers, which made Paul's mood even worse. Karl said, "Your Excellency, the yellow-skinned monkey is disassembling the White Bird. ”

Paul spread his hands and shrugged nonchalantly: "This is a necessary step to rescue this ship, the long mast is very heavy when it rolls over, and those four-pounder guns on the open deck, all trouble." ”

Carl reminded in a louder voice: "I mean, the yellow-skinned monkeys are dismantling the whole ship, and as the company's ship specialists, you should know what they're doing." ”

Paul's face instantly turned cold, he grabbed the binoculars, left the tent, and observed the water, at this time, the side outer plate on the port side of the Shiratori had been almost disassembled, revealing more than thirty ribs, like the ribs of a white-boned beast, a little seeping in the sunset.

"That Li Zhaoji, it's really not simple, he's very ambitious." Paul came to the same conclusion as Karl.

Guo Huaiyi also just discovered this, his feeling was really tyrannical, and he thought that Li Zhaoji lacked decent talents and had no way to straighten out the White Bird, so he made this decision, but he didn't expect that the dignified Dutch East India, the governor of Du Company, gave Li Zhaoji such a high evaluation because of these strange actions.

"Yes, they seem to be rebuilding the ship, which means that the Eastern Trading Company wants to gain the ability to build ocean-going ships, and the company must be wary of this." Karl said from the side.

Guo Huaiyi captures a key word in his discourse – reconstruction.

Having dealt with the Dutch for most of his life, of course he understands why this kind of behavior in front of him will cause the vigilance of the two high-level executives of Dongyin and Du Company.

Rebuilding is a shipbuilding technique in the era of sail battleships, which was used by both civilian and merchant ships, but was generally used for high-value ships, such as battleships.

The so-called reconstruction refers to the fact that after a certain period of service of the sailboat, it enters the dock, dismantles all the parts like building blocks, removes the parts that have worn out, replaces them with new ones, and then assembles the ship.

A rebuilt sailboat is almost a new ship that can last for many years, but it costs much less than building a new ship from start to finish.

Of course, the most common tricks of reconstruction are played by the British and Dutch navies, and it is difficult to get the parliament or the king to approve the construction of a new battleship, but it is much less difficult to get approval for a certain battleship.

As a result, there have been a number of sailing ships that have been in service for decades or even hundreds of years in history, and in fact these ships have been rebuilt several times, so there are so many times that the parts of the first construction have long been replaced.

Reconstruction is also a common technique for merchant ships, especially for a large shipbuilding country such as the Netherlands.

For example, when building a new ship, the Dutch often used a keel of poor quality to save money, and then when rebuilding, a new keel of good quality was added, so that the service life of the ship would be greatly extended.

Obviously, the art of reconstruction can be used not only for the refurbishment of ships, but also for shipyards that have not built a certain type of ship in the corresponding means, because in the process of reconstruction, it is possible to carry out reverse mapping, and because of the tearing down, there is a more complete understanding of the structure of the ship.

Sandbar.

Unlike Li Zhaoji's previous work in Tamsui City, during the dismantling of the White Bird, Li Zhaoji personally went into battle and stood on the temporary dock between the White Bird and the land.

As Paul and Carl had guessed, Lee hoped to use the reconstruction of the Shiratori to master the shipbuilding techniques of Western ships.

Sailors are not just as simple as dismantling a ship, every time they dismantle a part, they have to move it to Lee Zhaoji, let him map the part, and tie a tag made of bamboo to it, with a set of serial numbers on it, the front is the sexagenary branch, and the back is a number, the front represents the category of the ship's materials, and the back is the number of the ship's materials.

And when the hull was dismantled into a new cabin, Lee would go into it to measure, and then use a quill pen to draw down a simple structural drawing.

This is not dismantling the ship, it is mapping, it is reversely copying.

"Alright, that's all for today's work. Yandi, arrange a bunch of people to guard this place, there must be a boat on the water, throw a nail, a piece of wood, and ask you! When the sun set, Lee asked the workers to rest, but to protect the site and not to cause any damage.

After arranging, Li Zhaoji went to a port near the upper reaches of Tamsui City, which is the shipyard selected by Li Zhaoji, after this period of construction, has begun to take shape, the factory made of logs stands on the high ground on the bank of the river, and there is a slipway next to the factory, of course, it is impossible to lay bricks, but it has been rammed.

Now the slipway was empty, but the factory was bustling, with a large amount of wood chips and shavings piled up outside, and the sound of blacksmiths working on iron parts in the distance.

The two factories are the carpentry and iron workshops of the shipyard, and the workers in them are all craftsmen who were half-deceived and half-hired from Macao. During this time, although no boats were built, many parts were provided for the maintenance and repair of the three ships.

Of course, the shipbuilding plan has been put on the agenda, and Li Zhaoji has placed a list of two long-dragon boats, which are a kind of paddle boats, suitable for inland river operations, which are everywhere along the coast of Daming, and ordinary shipwrights will build them.

"Master, Master, the big shopkeeper is here." A young man with a dustpan had just poured the shavings on the side of the road, and when he saw Li Zhaoji, he didn't even want the dustpan and hurriedly ran back.

After a while, seven or eight people came out of the wooden room, led by a man in his forties, covered with sawdust, but with a smile on his face.

"Master Qi, I didn't see you go back to live in the city yesterday." When Li Zhaoji saw the man, he took the initiative to say hello.

Qi Hai rubbed his hands together and said, "The brothers of the escort team still live in tents, how can I go and occupy another room and leave it for others to live, I will just live in this wooden room with the masters." ”

At first, Qi Hai was deceived into going to Neilingding Island, and there was no way to escape, but this time he came to Tamsui, but he was really willing to come, because before Li Zhaoji came, although he refused to release these craftsmen, he gave everyone a settling-in allowance and sent it to his home in Macau.

When he arrived in Tamsui, after forming an alliance with the Kaida Gran, Li Zhaoji immediately arranged for the construction of the city, and the construction of the shipyard was a high priority, so that many people were still living in tents, but the wooden workshop was put into use, although it was a little simpler, but it shows that Li Zhaoji attached great importance to the shipyard.

"Come, sit down and talk." Li Zhaoji beckoned Qi Hai to sit on the stone slab outside the wooden room, and said to him, "Do you know about the White Bird? ”

Qi Hai immediately nodded: "I know, the trading company bought the ship, but the boat overturned on its side in the Tamsui River, the big shopkeeper, we watched the big guy dismantling the ship?" ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Master Qi, I want to dismantle this ship, and then pull all the parts to the shipyard, hand them over to you, and then assemble them." In this way, our shipyard will also know what kind of structure a foreign ship is, and it will be good to build foreign ships and big ships in the future. ”

Qi Hai said: "Ouch, big shopkeeper, whether it is a foreign ship or our ship, such a big ship can be very complicated, not simple." ”

"Big shopkeeper, you drink water." The kid who shouted just now ran away and brought a cup of tea, Li Zhaoji just came from the White Bird, he was really thirsty, seeing this tea, his mouth was full of relish, and he immediately took it, he thought that the tea was very hot, but he didn't expect the temperature to be just right, so he drank it all.

Li Zhaoji felt that this kid was very clever when he boarded, and said, "What's your name?" ”

"The kid's name is Li Sizi." Li Sizi said.

Qi Hai hurriedly said: "This is the child I picked up when I was in Macau, his father followed the Francois to the sea and died, I and his family are neighbors, so I followed me." Si'er is very smart and learns the craft quickly. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "Why did you give me a cup of warm tea?" ”

Li Sizi said: "I look at the big shopkeeper's lips are peeling, and I think I'm very thirsty." ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "Then do you know the story of the three offerings of tea?" ”