The four happy balls of Yuejiang Pavilion have two flavors, steamed and burned, and they are very refined, and they are opened with a chopstick. Zhu Linmiao took a piece and put it in his mouth, it was really soft and delicious, and the fragrance was overflowing.

Zhu Linmiao raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw a large river branching out from the Yangtze River in the distance and surging in the northwest direction, which was the Longjiang River close to Nanjing City.

On the east side of the riverbank, there is a large area of extremely large and well-regulated buildings, during which there are several square open spaces of various sizes, on which many wooden frames and ropes are piled up.

These square open spaces are six or seven zhang small, and ten zhang square are large, which is the slipway of Longjiang Shipyard. However, after a long period of sea ban, there were only a few people walking back and forth in the shipyard area, which seemed quite depressed.

"One, two, three......" Zhu Linmiao counted in turn, and couldn't help but be surprised, "No, this Longjiang shipyard only has four slipways?" ”

As he spoke, a shopkeeper came in to serve the food, and said with a smile: "The guest officer is wrong, there are only two slipways on the northernmost side, and the two on the east side are drying yards." ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned and asked, "Longjiang has always been the largest shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, how can there be only two slipways?" ”

"The guest officer isn't a local, is he?" The shopkeeper said, "Originally, it was four slipways, but after the Tartars occupied Nanjing, they stopped allocating the shipyard's silver, and the slipway was gradually abandoned. The two slipways on the north side were saved by building some fishing boats. ”

"I see." Zhu Linmiao nodded slightly when he heard this, Jianyu boasted that he was invincible with bows and horses, and he had never paid attention to water warfare, and it was not surprising that shipbuilding cost a lot of silver, so it was not surprising that they wantonly withheld the shipyard funds.

However, since the Qiantang Water War, Jianyu has suffered losses one after another in front of the Daming Water Division, and he has paid the price for his arrogance. If they had ordered the Longjiang Shipyard to build warships at full capacity, it is conceivable that the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty would have been a hundred times more difficult than it is now.

Seeing that he seemed to be very interested, the shopkeeper pointed to the south side of the shipyard and said attentively, "Guest officer, look there." That's right, just a few pieces of wasteland that are about 30 zhang and do not grow grass and trees. The little one heard from his grandfather that that that there was the big slipway of the Longjiang Shipyard, and it was there that the boat was built during the Jiajing period. It is said that the sealed boat of that year was more than 20 zhang long, and the sails covered the sky, straight like a mountain.

Sealing the boat? Zhu Linmiao's heart moved, this boat was specially built by the Ming Dynasty to canonize the Ryukyus, just to show the majesty of the Celestial Empire, so it was built extremely large and luxurious. According to the size estimates, the displacement of this ship is afraid to be more than 1,000 tons.

He subconsciously said, "Why is it abandoned like this? ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "It's not because the sea is forbidden, it's been abandoned for seventy or eighty years, and now there is only an outline to be seen." Speaking of which," he said, he pointed to a village further south, "there used to be a slipway underneath that village, but that was all from the Yongle period, and it had been abandoned for more than a hundred years. ”

Zhu Linmiao looked at the small village, and could indeed vaguely see that it was built on a foundation of fifty or sixty zhang square. He immediately remembered the word "Yongle" that Xiao Er had just said, and a word immediately popped up in his heart - Zheng He went to the West.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper continued: "It is said that the big treasure boat driven by the father-in-law of Sanbao was built there, and when it comes to the treasure ship, the head ......."

Suddenly, I heard someone downstairs shouting at the top of his voice: "Shiquan, where are you kid lazy?" ”

"Yikes! The shopkeeper called me, the guest officer ate slowly, and the small one said goodbye. ”

The guy left in the shop, but Zhu Linmiao's thoughts were still on the treasure ship. During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty was able to build a 2,000-ton treasure ship, almost the pinnacle of the world's shipbuilding, but in the Jiajing period, it could only build a 1,000-ton sealed ship, and now, if it were not for his own latecomer to promote, the Ming Dynasty even built some 500-ton ships are quite difficult.

However, for more than a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has sunk all the way from the maritime hegemon in the East.

It's nothing short of a tragedy! He looked at the Longjiang Shipyard, which was no longer one in ten, and secretly said in his heart, the shipyard in front of him that had written a legend for the Ming Dynasty must not be destroyed like this!

If the Longjiang Shipyard can be restored to the state of Yongle Year, and with its latest warship drawings, in time, Daming will definitely be able to build the world's strongest warship, and then have a powerful sailor that will be looked up to by Europe's old maritime powers!

In the Age of Discovery, only by mastering the ocean can we stand at the pinnacle of this world! Daming wasted a precious opportunity in history and gave up the sea with his own hands, and this Longjiang Shipyard is a silent accusation.

But now that the Ming Dynasty is in charge of me, this painful historical lesson will never be repeated!

Under his excitement, he couldn't taste the deliciousness of Sixi meatballs, so he only hurriedly picked up two mouthfuls of rice, and immediately rushed to Longjiang Shipyard, two miles away.

According to his previous instructions, some people have been tidying up and cleaning in the shipyard.

Liu Sheng, who was originally in charge of the Longjiang Shipyard, heard that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King had come down and hurriedly greeted him. He was more familiar with the situation in the shipyard, and he didn't have any bad deeds of flattery, so Zhu Linmiao still let him stay in the shipyard.

When Liu Sheng saw the young man in coarse cloth in front of him, he was stunned for a while before bowing down to give a salute, and then immediately reported the situation of the shipyard reconstruction, "Your Highness, the shipwrights who escaped during the thieves heard that His Highness gave a threefold increase in wages, and most of them also returned to the nearby villages. The ship's subordinate has also ordered a lot according to His Royal Highness's orders, and it will arrive one after another in the next few days. ”

He led the way, and when he reached the north side of the shipyard, he looked at the slipway and said, "Your Highness, the two slipways that can be used in the shipyard have been cleared out, and they can start work at any time." ”

Zhu Linmiao looked at the two small poor slipways, frowned and asked Liu Shengdao, "I wonder when the other slipways will be reactivated?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the two larger slipways next to me have a lot of materials, and it will take at least seven or eight days to clean them out......

Zhu Linmiao pointed far away to the south side, "I mean those slipways that are thirty zhang square." ”

Liu Sheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and said in surprise: "Your Highness, those three slipways have been abandoned for a long time, and I am afraid that they will be ...... in a short period of time Besides, even if it is repaired, it will not be able to build such a big ship right now. ”

"Wailang Pang Zhu, a member of the Ministry of Works, will bring the craftsmen of Nan'an Shipyard over in a few days, and it is here that he plans to build a warship of 700 tons, that is, about 1,300 materials." Zhu Linmiao immediately said, "There will be bigger ones built in the future, and the two small slipways in front of me are far from enough." ”

A warship of 1,300 materials?! Liu Sheng's eyes widened, since the Jiajing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has not built such a big ship for decades!

"You don't have to worry about the silver." Zhu Linmiao continued, "How much should it be spent, although I say, I must restore the former glory of Longjiang Shipyard." ”

Liu Sheng's family has served in Longjiang Shipyard for seven generations, and he is also very affectionate to the shipyard, and when he heard that Longjiang is going to be revived, he thought about it for a while, and said excitedly: "Back to Your Highness, as long as the silver and grain are sufficient, the lower official guarantees that the slipway on the south side will be available within a month!" "I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~