Yang Huairen thought about it, in business competition, it is a normal business operation to gather talents with high salaries.

If you think about it this way, it is not difficult to understand the abandonment of the Li & Fung Shipyard, which not only poached their talents, but also squeezed them out of business, and it is normal for them to go out of business.

Old Dai asked tentatively, "The prince wants to build a warship, but there is a will of the imperial court?" ”

Yang Huairen shook his head calmly, "Is that my own intention, but I will definitely report this matter to the imperial court." ”

Lao Daitou's expression seemed to become a little embarrassed, and Yang Huairen said, "If my husband has something to say, he will say it directly, we are just chattering, and we don't have to be restrained." ”

Lao Dai Tou said, "The prince doesn't know that the navy of the imperial court doesn't need to build new warships at all. ”

Yang Huairen wondered, "Huh? Why is that? It is said that the warships of the Changguo Army are dilapidated and old, and it is long overdue to replace them with new ones. ”

When Lao Daitou heard the three words of Chang Guojun, he sneered and smiled, which made Cen Xiaonian feel extremely uncomfortable in his eyes.

"Old man, what are you laughing at?" Cen Xiaonian was a little angry, after all, Chang Guojun was also under the command of his city's boss.

Lao Daitou just thought this person was strange at first, but later knew that Yang Huairen was the prince, so he guessed that the person in front of him was a eunuch.

Knowing that the eunuchs beside the prince were not something that ordinary people could ignore, he didn't dare to be rude, but just explained, "The warship of the Changguo Army was not a real warship in the first place, and even if it was replaced, it would not be replaced by a real warship." ”

Cen Xiaonian was even more unconvinced, "Although the warships of the Changguo Army are a little old, the warships are warships, what do you mean by not being real warships?" ”

Lao Dai replied respectfully, "My father-in-law doesn't know that the so-called warships used by the Changguo Army now were built from the Li & Fung Shipyard back then, and the old man was still a twelve or thirteen-year-old half-old child at that time.

However, the craftsman has been following his father to build ships since he was a child, and he can contribute at the age of twelve or thirteen.

The reason why it was said that those warships were not real warships, the old man did not dare to deceive the prince, and the imperial court also knew at that time that to build real warships, ships of the same size, the cost was twice as high as that of ordinary merchant ships.

Therefore, the money taken out by the imperial court was not enough to build so many warships, so the materials were discounted, and it can only be said that the warships of the Changguo Army were sturdier merchant ships.

But in the old man's opinion, those ships are really not real warships. ”

Yang Huairen was confused by his words, what is called interlaced like a mountain, in the shipbuilding industry, Lao Daitou is an expert, Yang Huairen didn't understand, so he had to ask, "Can the old man be more detailed, why is the warship of the Changguo Army not a real warship?" ”

Lao Dai didn't speak directly, but pointed to the small square table they were sitting at, and the food on the table was still there, and everyone didn't care when they returned to the courtyard just now.

"Lord, you see, the loose wine in the gourd that the old man drank was sold in Jiangkou Town with the dried salted fish.

At a glance, you can see that this wine is not a good wine, it is a loose wine brewed in the wine shop in the county, and it is not even famous, it is specially eaten by ordinary people like us, the price is cheap, but the taste is not very good.

And the Suiyuan Spring produced by the prince's family, it is a famous wine that is well-known in the north and south of the river, although the price is a little higher, but for people with good wine, the price is secondary, and the main thing is the mellow taste.

I don't even have to taste it, just by smelling the aroma of this wine, I know that this wine is a good wine. ”

As Lao Daitou spoke, his eyes kept staring at the altar of Suiyuanchun, Yang Huairen shook his head and smiled, and motioned Cen Xiaonian to open the mud seal and pour wine for everyone.

Cen Xiaonian is also a waiter in the palace, so he is naturally familiar with this set, but after that, he has no opinion on Yang Huairen, the prince, and he is a little displeased when he pours wine for Lao Daitou, a flat-headed common man.

"Old Dai Tou, you said that the warship of the Changguo Army is not a real warship, if you can't say anything famous to convince our family, you don't deserve to drink this bowl of wine poured by our family!"

Lao Dai twitched his nose and sniffed the wine, looking a little greedy, but when he was about to reach out to serve the wine, he was stopped by Cen Xiaonian.

Lao Dai understood it, and then said, "Old man, I said that the difference between these two kinds of wine is to draw out the difference between ordinary merchant ships and warships.

Similar to wine, the materials and methods of rough wine are poor, so the taste of brewing is relatively poor, and fine wine, although the old man does not know why it is so delicious, but the materials and processes that want to brew should be excellent.

This Suiyuanchun can have such a strong aroma of wine, and the old man, as a craftsman, can also guess that in addition to brewing, there is also a unique reprocessing technology.

It's the same with shipbuilding, a ship made of ordinary materials and general craftsmanship, no matter how big or shiny it looks, it is just an ordinary cargo ship, and there is still a big gap between it and a warship.

Although the appearance of a warship and a cargo ship is not very different, in fact, the materials, manufacturing processes and processes, the structural strength and the actual load capacity are very different from those of cargo ships. ”

Speaking of which, Yang Huairen also heard the truth of Lao Daitou, at least there are similarities with his cooking.

Although it is said that a good chef can use the most ordinary ingredients to make a good taste to show a chef's skills, in fact, no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it cannot determine everything, and the ingredients are the basis of a delicious dish.

Maybe some clever means can process ordinary ingredients into the taste of some precious ingredients, but in terms of nutritional value, it can't be compared with precious ingredients, after all, food is not only the pursuit of deliciousness, nutritional value is fundamental.

Cooking is also what kind of material produces what kind of food, and shipbuilding seems to be the same, you can't just look at the appearance, what materials are used, what kind of work, and what kind of ship comes out.

Yang Huairen picked up the bowl and toasted Lao Daitou, Lao Daitou hurriedly went to serve the wine bowl with a smile, Cen Xiaonian also understood the meaning of Lao Daitou's words, so he didn't stop it, so he had to bring it up together to accompany the wine.

Lao Daitou is very particular about drinking, first put his nose on the edge of the bowl and sniffed enough, then solemnly put the wine bowl to his mouth, did not dare to pour it into his mouth, but curled his tongue and took a sip, let the wine flow down the tongue again, and then slowly flowed into the throat.

After taking a sip of wine, he actually shrank his neck and closed his eyes as if he was enjoying it very much, which made Cen Xiaonian unable to stand it, pouting and muttering, "This old man is still a drunkard." ”

Lao Daitou ignored what others said about him, and happily called out "good wine", and then put down the wine bowl to Yang Huairen to salute, "Thank you for the wine, the old man has tasted Suiyuan Spring, even if it is worth letting the old man die today." ”