The sailboat docked in a large river thirty miles away from Wuhuan City.

If you drive down, you will enter Liaodong, and you can go down the Liaohe River to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

The convenience of the waterway is not comparable to the land route, in the past, Zhang Qi rode the horse, and it took a day to go from Xianbei to Wuhuan at full speed, and after getting on the sailboat, he had arrived outside Wuhuan in just a few hours.

The shipwrights skillfully anchored the sailboat and retracted the sails.

This ship is not very large among sea vessels, and it can withstand nearly 400 tons when fully loaded with people and supplies.

The ship has four floors, the top deck, the lower floor is the residence, and the lower two and three floors are the shipping compartments for materials.

And there are openings on both sides of the next floor, which Zhang Qi specially instructed, although he can't cast cannons, but he can add bed crossbows.

The boatwrights chose a flat place to land, and after laying a few long planks, Zhang Qi disembarked.

Looking around, Zhang Qi asked Yang Disheng beside him: "How about building a dock in this location?" ”

Yang Disheng did not respond immediately, but beckoned, and several boatwrights who came out of the riding and cutting world ran over.

"Explore the surroundings and build a new wharf if the terrain is suitable."

The shipwrights promised Zhang Qi and Yang Disheng.

They went out to explore, and the other people on the ship also led the horses of Zhang Qi and others one after another.

The first time I took a boat, the off-road horse didn't like it very much, and after stepping on the land, he hurriedly ran behind Zhang Qi and kept snorting.

Zhang Qi laughed: "Okay, okay, the first time you will always be unaccustomed to it, and it will be good if you have more times in the future." ”

Under Zhang Qi's reassurance, the off-road horse gradually quieted down.

After a while, the shipwrights who had run out ran back.

"Your Excellency, steward, the terrain here is suitable, and a dock can be built."

"Okay, good work."

Zhang Qi waved his hand and looked at Yang Disheng: "Let's go, go back to Wuhuan first, and I'll ask Hu Ling and them to send someone over." ”

Yang Disheng nodded, got on another horse, and the two of them galloped away with the female guards.

The shipwrights who remained took out their tools and began to clear the ground nearby.

Thirty miles is not a long distance, and it is not long to get there on horseback.

"Jun Shang is back, pull up the hanging door!"

The militiamen in charge of the heights and guards had already spotted more than a dozen people on horseback and shouted loudly.

Although the city wall is only six meters high, the corresponding facilities have been built, and the position of the city gate is not capped on the top of the hanging door at the moment, relying on some pulley sets to be cable-stayed and retracted.

Bang bang bang.

The movement of the city gate was very loud, and when they were close to the city gate, Zhang Qi's speed slowed down.

Entering the city gate, Zhang Qi directly turned over and dismounted, and the militia guarding the city gate stepped forward to lead everyone's horses.

At this moment, Wuhuan City is full of laboring workers, riding into it is somewhat unsafe, easy to cause trampling, now the focus of construction is on the city wall, the road in the city has not yet begun to be built.

As he walked, Zhang Qi said.

"Let Hu Ling come to the city lord building to see me."

A female soldier on the side stood still and received the order.

And Zhang Qi and the others continued to walk towards the city.

"Your Majesty!"

"I've seen you!"

"Your Excellency is well."

"Master."

“.“

Along the way, the people of Wuhuan City who saw Zhang Qi saluted one after another, and Zhang Qi also nodded with a smile.

After walking forward for two or three miles, Zhang Qicai returned to the main building where he worked on a daily basis.

Not long after they came back, Hu Ling and the others also arrived.

"Your Majesty!"

Several people respectfully came to the middle of the lobby and stood up, Zhang Qi bowed slightly, walked to the upper seat and sat down.

"Organize a thousand laborers to go to the river thirty miles outside the city to build a wharf, and send the supplies and tools together, Bai Xing, you personally take people on a trip."

A female guard soldier gave up her promise, she was arranged by Qinghua to replace Qinghua's daily work after she got married.

Zhang Qi didn't know what the name was at first, but now it's called Baixing.

After instructing Hu Ling and them, Zhang Qi looked at Yang Disheng again.

"Sit down, you go get me a pot of tea."

Yang Disheng sat down, and several female soldiers went to make tea.

The tea leaves are wild mountain tea picked from the Daxing'an Mountains, kneaded and fermented, and then rubbed the pot, which is in line with the taste of green tea in Zhang Qi's impression.

He couldn't taste the quality of the tea, but he gradually got used to drinking tea while reading.

The faint tea fragrance is very fresh, Zhang Qi and Yang Disheng talked while drinking tea.

"Have you found the clever shipwright you're looking for?"

Zhang Qishi played with the teacup, the white glaze was shiny, this is porcelain and not pottery.

"I don't know how many clever shipwrights the master wants, among the two hundred shipwrights who accompanied us this time, I selected more than thirty people, some of them came out of the kingdom of God like me, and some of them were apprentices recruited more than half a year ago."

"More than thirty people? That's enough. Zhang Qi held the handle of the teapot, steamed the teacup in the porcelain basin, and then used a bamboo splint to pinch out the hot teacup, and poured a cup of hot tea for Yang Disheng.

"Taste, this kind of tea is only available to me now, the only one in the world."

Pushing the teacup in front of Yang Disheng, Zhang Qi continued.

"Integrate these more than 30 people into the army, and I will ask Wang Li and Weaving Net to send 1,000 people out for sea training, and finally select 270 people to form a team of 300 people."

"Don't manage the dockyard these days, I can see that they can run without you, and I've worked hard lately to help me train a group of qualified sailors, and I'm going to see results in three months."

Yang Disheng picked up the teacup and sniffed lightly, and the fragrance of the tea quickly conquered him.

"The master is really good at calling people, I'm a top student who graduated from the engineering college, but who let this be the master's order, Dickson obeys."

Taking a sip, the slightly bitter taste made Yang Disheng frown, but the ensuing sweetness made his frowning brows stretch.

"It's still the master's more, this tea is a good thing, the master should reward me with some."

"You are indispensable, and you should also let the sailors understand the structure of the ship's hull during the training period, so that if there is a danger at sea, enough people can rescue them."

"Understood."

"These three hundred people are considered pioneers, and the danger they have to face is enormous.

Therefore, you have to find a way to make them adapt to some dangers in advance, such as lack of water, lack of food, disorientation and other series of training to deal with sea disasters.

Be sure to put in the effort! ”

Ocean navigation is the top priority in Zhang Qi's heart, so he is still full of worries when he repeatedly asks him.

And Yang Disheng, who could see Zhang Qi's thoughts, also had a correct attitude at the moment.

Standing up and respectfully promised: "I will definitely complete the master's orders!" ”

(End of chapter)