Qin Feng did not go to Changyang County, but went directly to Baoqing and came to Baoqing Port. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoHere, there is the only shipyard in the Ming Dynasty. The workers of the shipyard are all from Dachu, and they are gifts from Chu to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

This gift is meaningful, and the meaning contained in it, of course Qin Feng understands, Cheng Wuben has cooperated with Qin Feng for a long time, and he is naturally well aware of Qin Feng's ambitions. This gift was specially sent for Qin Feng's ambition.

Whether it is for the Ming State, or the Chu State, the current Qi State can be regarded as a behemoth, the sailors of the Chu State are strong, but they cannot completely defeat the Qi State, and the sailors of the Qi State are just a continuation of the old capital of the previous Tang Dynasty, those huge warships left over from the Tang Dynasty, although most of them can be grandfathers, but tinkering, at sea, still makes the Chu State helpless, and what makes the Chu State even more helpless is that although the Qi State is closed to the sea, the Navy Division is not valued, but the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division have been passed down from generation to generationGenerally speaking, they have become sailors from generation to generation, and these people have inherited not only the profession of their ancestors, but also the skills of their ancestors.

The state of Chu can use the sailor to break through the blockade of the Qi country, after all, the sea is very wide, but it cannot eliminate the sailor of the Qi country, let alone use the sailor to attack and disturb the coastline of the Qi country, because they do not have the confidence that the sailor of the Qi country will win.

Sent to more than 1,000 shipwrights in the Ming Kingdom, Cheng Wuben knew that Qin Feng would definitely make good use of these craftsmen to establish a sailor division belonging to him, as long as the sailors of the Ming Kingdom appeared, then at sea, the Qi State would have another enemy.

Cheng Wuben's idea was not wrong, Qin Feng finally thought of the shipyard from Baoqing Port, and went to sea by Luo Yishui's boating, thinking that the Ming Kingdom should have a sailor of its own.

Of course, what Cheng Wuben didn't expect was that Qin Feng's original intention of building a naval division was not to compete with Qi on the sea, but to guard against enemies that might come from the sea, or rather, he wanted to have a naval division with countless merchant ships to find the footprints of the Tang Dynasty in the past, to conquer, and to make money.

Now in Qin Feng's heart, making money is perhaps the most important thing. An ordinary family, seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, tea, everything costs money. Not to mention the daily cost of a country, that's a huge amount.

Although Changyang County is now developing very well, it is still shockingly poor, and if you want to get rid of this situation as soon as possible, the most convenient way is to invest a large amount of money in it, but Qin Feng has no money. And he wants to build a rail car that runs through the country, Jin Shengnan just calculated the line from Feng County to Shayang County, which is less than 100 miles and the supporting facilities along the line, which made Qin Feng's hair stand on end, just this money makes the current Ming Dynasty stretched, not to mention that what he wants to build is a network that runs through the country.

I don't have any money, but is this road still repaired? The answer is very obvious, of course, it must be repaired, if there is such a road, Qin Feng can mobilize troops and materials as quickly as possible, so that he does not need too many troops, and he can have spare strength to deal with possible battles everywhere.

It is very expensive to repair the rail car, but as long as it is completed, it is the foundation of the world, compared to raising a huge army, in the long run, it is much cheaper, and as long as it is built, the road itself has the ability to make profits, and it can also make up for the lack of funds.

"Baoqing Port is much more deserted than before!" Standing on the land of Baoqing Port, Qin Feng said with emotion: "I remember that there used to be a fence here, and outside, there were all dense wooden houses, and there were many people begging for a living here. ”

"It wasn't the same then." Ma Xiangnan said: "At that time, thousands of Chu troops were stationed here, and in order to open up a second battlefield, the Chu State spared no effort to send strength here. But now, the army is gone, and there are no ships coming to the port, except, of course, a few small fishing boats. ”

Ma Xiangnan laughed, "If it weren't for the imperial court to build a shipyard here, I'm afraid that Baoqing Port would be abandoned again." ”

"There must be a port, there must be a ship, and there must be a business to prosper." Qin Feng nodded: "So we need a boat even more, even if we don't go to Qi Country, we can still go out, where Luo Yishui can go, can't our boat go." ”

"I'm afraid that there are many dangers overseas." Ma Xiangnan shook his head and said, "Back then, Emperor Li Qing also used a knife and gun to subdue them first. Now we don't know anything about the outside, and we have no way of knowing what the outside has become, so it's too dangerous to go out rashly. ”

"Why didn't they call?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"According to the records in the ancient books, although the overseas territory is vast, but there are many countries, the most ridiculous thing is that some so-called countries are not as big as our county, such a chaotic situation, I am afraid it is difficult to gather strength. Besides, perhaps the prestige of Emperor Li Qing was too great back then, and it is not necessary that these overseas countries have a natural fear of the Celestial Empire. ”

Qin Feng touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Since Emperor Li Qing was able to subdue them back then, why can't we?" Master Ma, don't you want to do such a magnificent career again? Recreate the scene when all nations came to court? ”

Ma Xiangnan was stunned, looking at Qin Feng speechless for a long time.

"What's wrong? Scared? Qin Feng laughed.

"Your Majesty, of course the minister was frightened. Emperor Li Qing went on an expedition overseas, but after unifying the world, he gathered the power of the whole world, according to the historical records, when he set out on the expedition, tens of thousands of sails covered the sky and the sun, and tens of thousands of soldiers boarded the ship to go to sea, how spectacular was that? Of course, what kind of financial resources does this require? Where are we now? Your Majesty, you must not be so happy! Such a thing must never be done. If we succeed, we may not get much benefit, but if we fail, it will be a catastrophe. ”

Qin Feng flattened his mouth, "Master Ma, you must read the book, but you can't believe it, you said that thousands of ships go to sea, tens of thousands of soldiers, I'm afraid it's written blindly, such a large scale, how difficult should logistics be to supply?" The sea is vast and endless, what can tens of thousands of soldiers do? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister does not approve of this matter, even if you want to do it, you have to wait for Your Majesty to rule the world." Ma Xiangnan shook his head.

Qin Feng smiled, "What if we just go to business?" ”

"This kind of overseas business without the protection of knives and guns is afraid that people will not even spit out the bones if they are eaten." Ma Xiangnan still shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you know that pirates at sea alone are enough to kill a merchant ship." ”

"Okay, okay, I didn't say that, we don't even have a battleship!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "When we have organized a fleet, let's discuss this topic again!" ”

"Your Majesty, you now have a warship." Ma Xiangnan's face was a little strange, and he pointed to a place in the far side of the harbor where the sun and moon flags were fluttering, "Taiping Shipyard has built the first warship, didn't you come here today to personally cut the ribbon and launch for him?" ”

Qin Feng slapped his head and laughed: "Look at my memory, I really forgot that there was already a warship, but it has been almost a year since the Taiping Shipyard was established, and it took a ship to come out, which is not very efficient!" ”

"Your Majesty, shipbuilding is not easy, in less than a year, a warship can be built, and on the basis of nothing, it is already the result of the hard work of shipwrights day and night." Horse to the south.

"I really don't understand this." Qin Feng said, "Let's go, go see our first battleship." ”

At the gate of the Taiping Shipyard, Yu Cong, an old shipwright from the Chu State, knelt at the gate with more than 1,000 shipwrights and some auxiliary workers to greet the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In Dachu, they were only the lowest level of craftsmen, but even so, they were still unwilling to leave their hometown and come to Daming.

But their fate has never been controlled by themselves, the court gave an order, although crying and grabbing the ground, but still had to pack up the salute, take his wife and children, and leave his hometown to come to Daming. If you have a way, you can also bribe the chief officer of the candidate, and if you have no way and no money, you can only accept such a fate.

But when they came to Daming, after arriving at Baoqing Port, they found that things didn't seem to be so bad, here, they had prepared a house to live in, and their families also divided the land, which was in Dachu, but they didn't dare to imagine, having their own land, this was a dream they never dared to have.

What they don't know is that in Changyang County, there is a shortage of people, there is no shortage of land, and there are many people who have no seeds.

The joy of obtaining the land diluted their sorrow far from home, but the happy events did not end there, but one after another, in the reform of the Ming Dynasty, these shipwrights from the Chu State, as a shipyard opened by the state, the master craftsman in charge actually obtained the status of an official, and the rest of the people have also become workers who take the state's salary, and the high income makes them overjoyed.

For the first time, these shipwrights who were originally suffering in the Chu State had a sense of existence, and they reciprocated the Ming Kingdom for them

The way to be generous is to work hard.

The Taiping Shipyard was originally just a dock used by the Chu State to repair damaged ships, and although it was later expanded, there was still a big gap between it and a shipyard that could build warships, and it was these shipwrights who worked day and night to build the first battleship in less than a year.

Compared to Chuqi's battleships, this ship is very small, at most it can be regarded as a frigate of Chuqi's main battleship, but this is built by these shipwrights after overcoming countless difficulties.

And today, he will officially be launched.

The old shipwright in the past, the current Ming Liupin official, the director of the Taiping Shipyard, firmly believes that this is just the beginning, and in the future, there will be more and larger warships launched from here in the Taiping Shipyard.