The situation at Longjiang Shipyard is much better than that at Qingjiang Shipyard.

This was originally the former Ming Sea shipbuilding base, after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were the most and best shipbuilders in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but over the years, the Great Zhou's sea ban has made this place shrink day by day, although it is much better than the Qingjiang Shipyard, but from the layman Feng Ziying, he also knows that the current Longjiang Shipyard is really enough.

It is said that the fist does not leave the hand, that is, these shipbuilders have been born for so many years, and many technologies are naturally unfamiliar, and if they want to start shipbuilding immediately, it is estimated that they are already a little overwhelmed.

Seeing that several officials were gloomy, several officials from the Longjiang Lifting Division of the Ministry of Industry were all in a worried mood, and Wei Guangwei also sighed.

This situation is much better than that of Qingjiang, although it is not a good idea, but this is not a person who can make it like this, this is the Great Zhou Dynasty self-abandonment of martial arts, this is idle, in addition to building some boats with no technical content, other ships are made piecemeal, if it is a big ship, I am afraid that I don't want to think about it.

Back at the State Guest House, Cui Jingrong summoned a few people to discuss.

Speaking of which, everyone knows that this shipbuilding thing must not be ambiguous, it is okay, it is not good, it is not good, and when asked about the shipyard and the people of the lifting department, they themselves have no confidence, but it is conceivable that this strategy of opening up the sea, if it is controlled by overseas businessmen, it will really become a noisy master.

"Ziying, what do you think?"

This sentence is almost a copy of "Yuan Fang, what do you think", after going south to Jiangnan, Cui Jingrong used this sentence the most, and Feng Ziying and others were also accustomed to it.

"Cui Gong, Xia Guan has no opinion, although Longjiang Shipyard is slightly better than Qingjiang Shipyard, but I am afraid that I have not built a sea ship for so many years, and I am afraid that the sea ship technology is still at the level of one or two decades ago, but as far as Xia Guan knows, the level of sea ships of the smuggling maritime merchants has far exceeded the ships built by Longjiang Shipyard, and the news from Liangguang and Fujian that the sea ships from the Xiyi people have better sea-going navigation capabilities than our Dazhou sea ships, if we can't quickly master this kind of technology, If the Xiyi and Japanese people all master the technology of manufacturing large sea-going ships, and there are many cannons on their ships, then won't our coastal areas become free places for them to enter and exit? ”

Feng Ziying didn't have much hope for Longjiang Shipyard originally, they haven't built sea ships for decades, what else can you expect them to do?

After seeing the Qingjiang Shipyard, this is even more so, but I still have a hope, even if it can't be built, then at least the basic craftsman technician level can't be too bad, right?

But now it seems that it can only be said that it is better than Qingjiang Shipyard, and it is probably pure wishful thinking to take on the responsibility of building ships for the future naval fleet.

Thinking that such things were not something that could be done in a day or two, or even a year or two, Feng Ziying's heart became anxious again.

This kind of Great Zhou Haijiang has also been peaceful for a long time, and at least the border army on the nine sides of the north is still a little nervous, but on the Haijiang side, whether it is the local government or the guard camp army, they are still stuck in the mind of how to deal with the landing of the Japanese Invaders, and they have not thought about how to exterminate the Japanese Invaders at sea, but once the Xiyi people and even the Japanese Invaders apply artillery technology to the warships, how can the Great Zhou Dynasty resist it?

Even if it will not become the situation more than two hundred years later, but thinking that the Xiyi people can crisscross the coast of this Great Zhou, this feeling of grievance is unbearable.

Feng Ziying's words made several people's faces darken.

However, the situation of the Longjiang Shipyard is there, and Wang Ziteng of Denglai still expects the craftsmen and technicians of the Longjiang Shipyard to quickly go over and cut down some big wood from the Liaodong side as soon as possible to open the sea to build a fleet of sailors, but now it seems that this is obviously not feasible.

However, if Wang Ziteng's demand is not satisfied, not only will the opposition of the military definitely increase, but also the dissatisfaction of the northern scholars will also increase.

Liaodong is the top priority of the nine-sided guard, and how to ensure the grain and straw logistics of Liaodong is the most important, even better than Jiliao, which is also the basis for the compromise between the northern scholars and the southern scholars.

"Ziying, from Qingjiang to Longjiang, in my opinion, this official shipbuilding in addition to raising a lot of Lu Li, it seems that there is really no benefit, I have also heard that Huai'an, Linqing and this Jinling private shipyard, if the cost of building that boat is sixty percent or more lower than that of our Qingjiang shipyard, compared with Longjiang Shipyard is also forty percent lower, and the quality is even worse, I don't know if it's true or not? Bofu, have you heard of it? ”

Feng Ziying and Sun Juxiang exchanged glances, but Sun Juxiang said first: "Back to Lord Cui, Longjiang Shipyard and Qingjiang Shipyard have always been in charge of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and there are few questions in Beijing,......

Cui Jingrong snorted softly.

Feng Ziying pondered for a moment, "Cui Gong, I see that there are many idlers in Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard, among them, there are mediocre people, but more of them are really no work to do, but now that the sea is about to open, do you think this Longjiang and Qingjiang Shipyard can afford to build sea ships?" ”

Seeing that Cui Jingrong and the others were shaking their heads, Feng Ziying was not polite and put forward her own ideas.

In the opinion of the lower officials, it is better for the imperial court to issue an order to invite the private shipyards to build ships for Denglai, and in addition, in the name of the governor of Denglai, merchants are recruited to go to Denglai to set up a shipyard that can build large sea ships, and the imperial court will book ships for a few years in advance, and give a deposit, and then select some craftsmen from the Qingjiang and Longjiang shipyards to send them to Denglai, as a supplement to the lack of personnel of these shipbuilders. Everything is done according to the rules of civil shipbuilding,......"

"How can this work?!" Wei Guangwei, Wu Liangsi, Sun Juxiang and others all objected in unison.

"Why not?" If he didn't convince these people, Feng Ziying knew that there was nothing wrong with this, and he was ready to fight with these people.

Wei Guangwei, as an official of the Ministry of Industry, pondered for a while before saying: "Ziying, I understand your eagerness, but the craftsmen of Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard are all craftsmen and belong to the imperial court, how can they let such businessmen use it, there is no such precedent, and how can such shipbuilding technology be passed on,......

Speaking of Wei Guangwei stuck here, this technology is really not worth mentioning, Feng Ziying said that the coastal folk shipbuilding technology is far better than this.

According to Feng Ziying's idea, the current situation is to support a number of shipyards, and the model can be in accordance with the method of Japan's support of the industrial chaebols in the 19th and 20th centuries, with private government assistance, and support in terms of technology, equipment, and capital, and then the state orders to promote it, and quickly give birth to several shipyards that can build large ocean-going ships, only in this way can we catch up in time and efficiency.

In normal times, I am afraid that such proposals will not be accepted at all, especially if the craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry are allocated to the private shipyard for use, and they must be operated according to the model of the private shipyard, so what has become of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry? Where is the Ministry of Industry located?

Feng Ziying has a lot to think about, far from this, it is impossible for craftsmen such as Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard to build a shipyard in a short period of time, let alone a fleet of sailors.

"Uncle Xian, there is no precedent for opening the sea to borrow money, but as long as it is beneficial to Da Zhou, you can let it go, let alone a few artisan households?" Feng Ziying was dismissive, "As long as we can quickly build a shipyard that meets our requirements and build a sea ship that meets the needs of the sailor fleet, why not ask the emperor to withdraw these craftsmen as a reward?" ”

Feng Ziying's radical views made Cui Jingrong frown a little, this withdrawal is not a simple matter, it involves the descendants of craftsmen, if they are all withdrawn, then who will work for the Ministry of Industry in the future?

But Feng Ziying's words are not unreasonable, now time is urgent, one of the two major tasks of the south, one of which is nominally to investigate Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou who is more suitable to open the sea first, but the inner court has already decided, the main purpose is to investigate the overall industrial scale and type of cities in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the changes that may be brought about after the opening of the sea, such as Linqing, Dongchang, Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Jinling, Songjiang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are among them.

In her report to the cabinet Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and Emperor Yonglong, Feng Ziying carefully analyzed the changes that may be brought about by the opening of the sea, and also mentioned the possibility of expanding the scale of the sea trade tax and the necessity of the growth of related industries.

Because Feng Ziying can avoid the potential possibility of establishing standards and rules for commercial taxation in the future, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe have no objections.

In fact, in Feng Ziying's view, if the industrial and commercial industry continues to expand in the future, it is inevitable to establish and revise the scope, standards and tax rate details of commercial tax, but there is no need to anger those gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan now, first let them taste the sweetness and then slowly boil the frog in warm water.

Another major task is to build a maritime link between Denglai and Liaodong as soon as possible, establish a strong naval fleet, and ensure a smooth and efficient logistics supply line in the event of increasingly fierce fighting in Liaodong in the future.

The previous task was quite smooth, although there were some potential threats, but after all, it did not become a reality, so it was steadily advanced, but this task in the direction of Denglai was a little troublesome.

It can be said that the situation of Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard cannot support the demands and hopes of Wang Ziteng, the governor of Denglai, let alone achieve that goal in a short period of time, which is even more unrealistic.

It can be said that whether it is opening the sea or guaranteeing the supply line of Liaodong, it is closely related to shipbuilding, and now there is a situation in the first ring, and it is a big situation.