Every time he came to Baoqing Port, Qin Feng could always feel great changes, and this time he came, and it was no exception. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info Pacific Shipyard occupies almost an entire part of the harbor, and on the outskirts of it, there are many small workshops that form a sizable town.

In fact, there is no shortage of smart people in this world. Yu Cong, the director of the shipyard, went to Taiping City and Daye City to visit and study once, and when he came back, he began to drastically change the working mode of the shipyard.

Taiping Shipyard no longer takes care of everything, and has to do all the work by itself. Instead, the limited manpower is fully invested in the main work of shipbuilding, and the manufacturing of other parts and components is fully outsourced. As a result, in a short period of time, various workshops were quickly established and put into use on the periphery of the shipyard.

What the shipyard has to do is to select the best quality from these workshops and purchase it. This greatly improved the work speed of the Taiping Shipyard, originally after Qin Feng last time, he hoped that the shipyard could launch a warship a year, and at that time, the first ship had just been launched, but this time, the Taiping Shipyard had already begun to build the third warship, and Qin Feng couldn't help but be happy to see that the keel of the third battleship had been installed in place in the huge dock.

"Master Yu, hard work, well done! At this rate, it won't take a few years for us to have our own sailor! Pointing to the warship under construction in the dock, Qin Feng said happily.

"I don't deserve His Majesty's praise, this is what the minister should do, eat the king's money, share the worries for the king, it's just a matter of duty, the minister just wants to do better." Yu Cong, who looked older, bowed and said.

Qin Feng looked at him and said: "Director Yu, like you, as well as the Qiudong Yeqiu of Taiping City, are all my Ming henchmen, and your role in my Ming Dynasty is no worse than that of other ministers and generals." This time, the thunderbolt fire and the rushing car developed by them played a great role in the battle, greatly reducing the casualties of our soldiers. ”

Yu Cong's face showed envy: "This is what Lord Qiu deserves." ”

Qin Feng laughed and reached out to pat Yu Cong's shoulder, "You will also be promoted to the fifth grade." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has not made an inch!" Yu Cong was surprised.

"What does it mean to not have achieved an inch?" Qin Feng pointed to the skeleton of the warship in the dock, "Soon we will have a third battleship, is this still called an inch?" Now that land warfare is the mainstay, they can naturally shine in the autumn and winter, and when the sailors become an army one day, it will be time for you to show your skills. ”

Yu Cong felt a little crying, and knelt down in front of Qin Feng: "Your Majesty, the minister is a craftsman, when he was in Chudi, it was a cheap servant, but His Majesty regarded the ministers as a humerus, and being in the Ming Dynasty was the blessing of the ministers. ”

As soon as he stretched out his hand to help Yu Cong up, Qin Feng smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a while, but it seems that you are a lot haggard, Master Yu, you are all treasures of the Ming Dynasty, you can't exhaust yourself, in Changyang County, there is a doctor stationed, and if you are unwell, you have to go to the doctor immediately, you are the head of the shipyard, you are in charge of the overall situation, you don't have to do everything yourself, you are tired, where can I find such a capable master?" Father-in-law Le sent someone to Changyang County, summoned the imperial doctor stationed there, diagnosed and treated Director Yu, and prescribed a prescription for Director Yu to regulate his body. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minions will send someone to do it immediately!" Le Gonggong bowed.

Here, Yu Cong was already moved to tears.

Holding Yu Cong's hand, Qin Feng said earnestly: "Master Yu, the shipyard is huge, you can't be busy alone, just keep an eye on the big things, the important things are good, Qiu Dongye is doing a good job now, and has cultivated several capable apprentices, the thunderbolt and the rushing car are all developed by his apprentices, he is just a check, and now his apprentices have also been promoted to six-grade stewards." You might as well follow his example and teach a few more capable disciples to come out, in our Ming Dynasty, there will never be a thing of teaching disciples and starving the master to death. ”

Hearing Qin Feng's words, Yu Cong was moved and ashamed, "Your Majesty, the minister's heart is small-minded, after going down, the minister must focus on cultivating the juniors, so that they can take the lead as soon as possible." ”

"Very good!" Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction, a person as smart as Yu Cong was really straightforward. "Actually, you can open a school here, you just come to be this teacher, let's plant a lot of thin harvests, cast a big net, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to collect a few fish, right?"

"Your Majesty, the minister will definitely start this matter immediately." Yu Cong nodded again and again, what the emperor said about the autumn and winter fields was to remind him that even if the disciple made achievements in the future, then this achievement would be counted as his teacher's share.

Pointing to the workshops on the periphery of the shipyard, Qin Feng asked: "It is a good idea to subcontract some unimportant things, but we still have to pay attention to quality, I have heard that a huge warship was finally destroyed by some ants and insects, this is a warning bell, the alarm bell rings for a long time is a serious policy, in the future, the warship will sail on the sea, the ship is their foothold, any little mistake, may make them bury in the sea, not to return home." Businessmen seek profits, they will try their best to reduce the cost of production, which is understandable, if you can ensure the quality at the same time, but also reduce the cost, it is a great thing, but also to prevent the quality is not up to par, but also to prevent the procurement of these things from the personnel problems. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, here, there are at least two workshops that produce the same parts, and when we procure, we not only compare prices, but also compare quality, the so-called shop around, these workshop owners are all working hard to compare it! As for the procurement problem you mentioned, the minister has been guarding against it from the beginning, and the minister has seen a lot of those unsightly methods before, but he is not a nonsense official who doesn't understand anything. ”

"If you understand!" Qin Feng laughed. "After doing this, how much can the cost of a warlike ship be reduced?"

"Your Majesty, the cost of a warship can be reduced by about one-tenth." Yu Cong said, "Now there is still no more suitable wood, two years ago when the minister first came here, he was looking for some wood, but it is still not enough, the main thing that slows down our progress is wood, the minister has written a document with Ma Junshou in the past, I hope that Ma Junshou can allocate more manpower to harvest wood suitable for shipbuilding, it is also funny, Changyang County is mountainous and woody, there is no shortage of wood, but we are now trapped here, even if we have picked the right wood now, to be able to use, it will take at least two years later." I hope that the Majun Guard will pay attention to this matter, otherwise we will never be able to build a large-scale warship. ”

"Don't worry, Ma Junshou, he will definitely attach great importance to your paperwork, and soon, he will solve the problem for you." Qin Feng smiled, remembering Ma Xiangnan's greedy appearance when he talked about the sea trade, he couldn't help but laugh a little. This guy is now like a fish that smells fishy, as long as he can put Changyang County on the road to prosperity as soon as possible, he is willing to do anything, even such an unreliable thing as repairing the rail car out of Changyang, he can go to Dengxian County to find himself, and organize people to harvest suitable timber What is it, he didn't have more strong labor before, but as he bought more and more displaced people from the Qin State, this problem can naturally be solved.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, with Your Majesty's words, Ma Junshou will definitely solve this old problem for the ministers." Yu Cong, who didn't know what was going on, naturally thought that it was the emperor who put pressure on Ma Xiangnan, but Ma Xiangnan would definitely be very happy to do this.

"A fleet, in addition to the main warships, must also be equipped with other types of ships, now we have two main warships in Daming, are the other supporting ships starting to be built?"

"Your Majesty, the manufacture of supporting ships is much easier than the main battleship, such as reconnaissance ships, assault boats, etc., which do not need to be manufactured in this dock, so Your Majesty can't see it here. There are already some, though. Yu Cong said.

"By the way, this time when we entered the port, the two battleships we have already launched are not in the port, has the sailor general recruited from the Chu State already started to work?" Qin Feng asked with a smile. "The imperial court hasn't given him a formal appointment yet!"

"Your Majesty is talking about Zhou Li's old man, right?" Yu Cong said with a smile: "It's been almost two months, the court has not yet been formally appointed, he is still hanging under the shipyard, the minister asked him to train a group of sailors first, this old man has been left out in the cold for a long time, he has not been on a warship for many years, he is crazy with joy when he sees such a battleship, when he comes, there are more than 100 old subordinates who came with him, and the minister recruited hundreds of people for him, and he can barely sail these two warships out of the port, he can't help it, and says that he wants to train these sailors to operate ships, and he will go out for several days, Count the days, and it's time for him to come back. ”

"He's an interesting person." Although he hadn't seen anyone yet, when he heard that Yi Yu Cong introduced this former Chu State Sailor General named Zhou Li, Qin Feng fell in love with this person for no reason.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, the warships we are building now are not comparable to the Qi State of Chu, these are all researched and manufactured by the ministers according to the drawings left by the Tang Empire, compared to the current battleships of Chu Qi, they must not only be larger, but also faster, and the control is more flexible.

"Chuqi doesn't have a battleship like us?"

"Yes, yes, but it's all about to rot, who dares to sail to the sea, Chu Qi doesn't attach importance to ocean-going warships, and naturally refuses to spend a lot of money to build such a warship."

"Wonderful. They don't have that for the best! Qin Feng smiled.