Shopkeeper Peng was not happy when he heard this, "Old Dai Tou, you don't want to spend more time with your family in your lifetime, think about your grandson." ”

Lao Dai said with a straight face, "Shopkeeper Peng, you won't use it in the future, I won't leave here, it's useless for you to say anything." ”

After that, he put away the empty fishing basket, put the fishing rod on his back and walked in the direction of the village, when he passed by Yang Huairen, Lao Dai said with a smile, "Which shipyard are you from?" I don't have to talk too much in the future, I won't go to any shipyard! ”

Yang Huairen didn't explain anything, smiled slightly, and said in his heart that this old man was really stubborn.

The shopkeeper Peng was stunned in place, and finally angrily scolded at the back of the old Dai head, "Old stubborn donkey, you can be pulled down if you starve to death." ”

After scolding, he shook his hand and left.

Cen Xiaonian felt that Li Fengjian's shipyard had also seen it, even if the shipyard could still be used, but the shipbuilders would not be able to start work without it, so he asked, "Lord Wang, it's not interesting for us to stay here, why don't we go too?" ”

"Let's go?"

Yang Huairen said, "Who will I find to build a ship?" ”

Cen Xiaonian thought for a while, "The matter of the ship is actually not difficult to solve, let's go back and inform those maritime merchants, each family will send some ships, it will be enough for us."

Although their ships were merchant ships, they were fortunately large enough to be large ships of 2,000 to 3,000 materials, and if they were loaded with cargo, they could carry 30,000 stone of grain, and if they were simply troop carriers, they could carry 3 to 4,000 people. ”

Yang Huairen shook his head, "You are a theoretical number calculated according to the carrying capacity, three to four thousand people are carried, but the army is different from the people, and the weapons and armor of the soldiers must also be weighed, so this kind of ship can carry two thousand soldiers is considered good."

Assuming that to fill the 20,000 soldiers of the Wude army, at least ten large ships are needed, and this is still not counting the logistical supply, if you count other weapons, horses, grain and grass, you will need ten more ships.

Even if those maritime merchants are willing to give you this face, but we don't use ships for a day or two, as short as half a year, or as long as a year or two, can you be sure that other maritime merchants are willing to let us use it for so long?

Although I am the prince, I can't use the name of the prince to oppress people.

Besides, merchant ships are different from warships after all, merchant ships are used to carry cargo, and if you carry people, you still need to modify the ship before you can use it, so you can't let the soldiers be crammed on the deck or in the cabin, right?

Warships also have other combat functions, they can't just transport troops, I think they also need to be equipped with some long-range weapons, such as the eight-ox crossbow in the forbidden army, after they are installed, then they are called warships.

The restart of the government-run shipyard is not for myself, to put it bluntly, it is still for our Great Song Dynasty, you look at the Chang** of your city, those ships are almost old, you don't want to change?

You don't seem to be short of this money, right? There is no need to change them all at once, change them four or five a year, and you can replace all the warships of Chang ** with new ones in ten years. ”

Cen Xiaonian was a little speechless, Chang** and Caoyun Yamen have similar functions to the Caojun Army, although they are under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Shipping Division, but in fact, Chang** still belongs to the Ministry of War, and it is also the Ministry of War that pays salaries.

The City Ship Division only has the power to use Chang** to guard the sea and fight piracy, but it is still far from being fully controlled by Chang**.

And most of the maritime taxes collected by the city department went to the household department, and some of them were going to the inner treasury, who would dare to touch the emperor's private money?

Chang's warship is old, but that is the business of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War does not allocate money to update the warship, and he has no obligation to pay for Chang's new warship.

Yang Huairen's plan was different, the Wude army was all infantry troops, with few horses, and could barely make up a cavalry battalion of five or six hundred people, but there was no naval army.

But since the Wu German army wants to settle down in Jiangnan in the future, the navy is indispensable, so Yang Huairen thought about building a navy of 3,000 people first, so they don't need to be too good at fighting, as long as they can transport troops by ship.

Therefore, the demand for ships is not understandable to Cen Xiaonian, Cen Xiaonian only feels that Yang Huairen's idea is too wishful thinking, and it is difficult to turn the idea into reality, and the problem of the ship cannot be solved in the first place.

Yang Huairen didn't talk much nonsense, but followed Lao Daitou and the children back to the village.

Lao Dai Tou turned around and saw Yang Huairen's gang following them into the village, his eyes were a little strange, and he couldn't understand what they were going to do.

When he returned home, Lao Daitou turned around and asked, "This official, what are you here for?" If you're here to play, you're in the wrong place.

It's very remote here, and there's nothing to play and see, if you come to dig up the old man like Peng Yuhe to work in your shipyard, hehe, then I'm sorry, the old man has no plans to leave the village, you better go back. ”

After saying that, Lao Daitou walked into his yard and pulled the fence door to block Yang Huairen and the others.

Cen Xiaonian wanted to be angry, but was stopped by Yang Huairen, turned his head and said to Lao Daitou with a smile, "The kid is passing by here, just take a look, but he is thirsty right now, please ask the old man to enjoy a bowl of water to eat." ”

Lao Daitou shook his head helplessly, and shouted at his broken house, "Old woman, take a few bowls out!" ”

The old lady in the house replied, and soon dragged a few bowls out, still carrying a kettle in her hand, and seeing Yang Huairen standing in front of the door, she came over and handed the bowl to him kindly, and then lifted the kettle to pour water.

The pottery bowl was a little worn, and there were many large and small openings, so Yang Huairen carefully drank a few sips of water before handing the bowl to the pro-soldier behind him who was also disguised as Chang Sui.

After they all drank some water, Lao Daitou saw that they still refused to leave, so he blew his beard and glared and said, "The water is also for you to eat, why don't you leave quickly and stay here?" Waiting for the old man to take care of the meal? ”

Yang Huairen looked harmless to humans and animals, "Uncle, you are laughing." Dare to ask you, but you are a craftsman at Li & Fung Shipyard? ”

Old Dai Tou became a little impatient, "So what? As I said a long time ago, if you want me to work in your shipyard, please go back, I won't leave the village. ”

Yang Huairen looked left and right at this depressed village, and wondered, "Why did my husband do this?" Since the craftsmen in the shipyard in the village are almost gone, why don't the old man go out and find another way to make a living?

I also heard what the shopkeeper Peng said, your four sons can go out to work as craftsmen in those shipyards, why don't you go out and enjoy your old man's happiness, but stay in such a place? ”

Lao Daitou became more and more impatient, and scolded directly with a tiger face, "I want you to take care of it?" Where did you come from, go back to where you came from, don't bother me here! ”

"You stubborn old man, you have ...... guts"

Without waiting for Cen Xiaonian to finish speaking, Yang Huairen raised his hand to signal him to shut up, and looked at the bare-ass children who were hiding not far away, he seemed to understand a little.