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On the second day, a staff member of the governor's yamen came to the door, saying that he had been ordered by Futai to assist Xia Nan in handling the shipwright's and timber affairs. 【】

Although it was not possible to finalize the relevant matters of the trading port in one step, it was also a great gain to be able to use the power of the government to collect shipwrights and suitable timber in Guangdong. Xia Nan was in a good mood and asked this staff member: "Mr. Gao's surname?" ”

"Student Lu Yizhong."

Xia Nan didn't know that this Lu Yizhong was the confidant of the former governor Wang Zunde, Wang Zunde made up his mind to suppress Bofu, and he was also fanning the flames on the side, which was regarded as an accomplice, and the seizure of the store was his single-handedness. After Wang Zunde returned to his hometown, he immediately climbed another high branch and found the new governor Mu Tianyan. Mu Tianyan did not have many effective staff members in his appointment as political envoy, and after taking office as governor, his power and responsibility were much greater, and he also needed the assistance of people familiar with Guangdong officialdom, and the two sides hit it off.

Although the two met for the first time, he didn't know the details of Lu Yizhong, Lu Yizhong was very familiar with him, and the former owner was dismissed because of him. If it is changed to other generals, Lu Yizhong will not take it seriously, but Xia Nan is different from others, Qiongzhou and Guangzhou have made a great name in the two wars, and directly let the governor of Liangguang go to office.

"The students were ordered by Futai to assist the general in collecting shipwrights and timber."

"There is Mr. Law, I wonder what kind of charter this collection of shipwrights and timber is? Is it a flat price and buy or a shipyard negotiation? ”

Although Lu Yizhong was careful with him, he couldn't help but smile: "The general said that he laughed, there is a warrant for Futai, and it is a military quartermaster, where do you want money, just pull it away!" ”

Xia Nan was stunned: "Don't you give money?" He also thought that he was buying and selling at a price lower than the market price under the governor's brand, but he didn't expect it to be a robbery!

"Of course, you don't have to give money, to exterminate the pirates and clarify the ocean, the military and civilians of Guangdong have to contribute, and it is nothing to take away a few craftsmen and take a few pieces of wood." Lu Yizhong slandered in his heart, in order to suppress you, the entire fishing and cargo ships in Guangdong were nailed, and many people had nothing to eat, not even a copper plate, in comparison, what wood craftsmen were drizzling.

The local officials of the Ming Dynasty were so domineering, which Xia Nan did not expect. He originally planned to let Liu Quan take full authority to handle these things, but after listening to Lu Yizhong's words, he was not at ease. In his opinion, it is not necessarily better to buy things without spending money than to buy them, and it is better to spend money to buy them if they don't want to get some inferior wood or send some apprentices to prevaricate.

Anyway, Liu Quan was recruiting blacksmiths and tailors, and he wouldn't be able to come back for a while, so he decided to go in person.

The shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty was the pinnacle of the shipbuilding industry in ancient China, and the shipbuilding workshops were all over the coast, especially in Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places. In addition to the private and official offices, the 26th year of Hongwu, the imperial court stipulated that "if or a new sea-going ship, it is necessary to measure the production of wood, water and local people to build." According to this principle, a number of government-run shipyards were established, the largest of which were Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard, Jiangsu Qingjiang Shipyard, Shandong Qinghe Shipyard, Fujian Tainan Shipyard and Northeast Jilin Shipyard. There are no decent government-run shipyards in Guangdong, and if you want to get timber and shipwrights, you can only go to private shipyards to ask for them.

Although Guangdong does not have a large government-run shipyard like Fujian Tainan Shipyard, there are many private ones, and in history, Guangzhou Shipyard is also one of the three ancient ships with the same name as Fu Ship.

Lu Yizhong took Xia Nan and his entourage to a shipyard called "Cheng Ji Shipyard", which is the largest shipyard in Guangdong, and the owner's surname is Cheng, a native of Guangzhou.

Lu Yizhong found the person in charge, showed the governor's warrant, and said in an official tone: "Futai has decided to send troops to exterminate the pirate Liu Xiang, and hereby orders the major shipyards to fully cooperate with the government and provide the wood and shipwrights needed to build war ships." He pointed to Xia Nan on the side, "How many people and how much wood are needed, this Xia Shen general has the final say, you lead him to check." ”

When the steward heard this, he was stunned, and the governor wanted to collect the craftsmen and timber, and he could not afford it, and he must have given it for nothing, so he ordered someone to secretly go to the proprietor, and take Xia Nan to the place where the timber was stored to check.

This "Cheng Ji Boat Company" is really a time-honored brand, the family background is also thick, the wood is piled up, and it has been dried and processed.

Summer Minami is a layman, but he also knows that the wood used for shipbuilding cannot be fresh, and it takes time for wood to dry, and the Bofu shipyard is largely limited by wood, and the speed of building warships is slowed down. He looked at the timbers with interest and asked, "What kind of timber are these, fir or camphor?" ”

The steward cheered up and replied: "General, we are building a wide ship here, which is generally made of iron wood or lychee wood, camphor wood, and pine and fir wood. ”

"Oh? What's the difference? ”

"Ships made of iron wood are stronger, and they can't be bitten by insects, but they cost more; Fortune boats are cheaper, but they are easily damaged and susceptible to insects. ”

Bypassing the lumber yard, I came to the dock where the ship was built, and saw a ship under construction, and dozens of craftsmen were busy. This ship is about to take shape, the head is long, the top is wide and the bottom is narrow, and it can be seen from the eyes of the summer southern layman that such a ship is suitable for cargo ships and the like, and it is absolutely impossible to be a warship, the reason is very simple, the structure of the top is wide and the bottom is sharp, and the center of gravity is higher, and the shaking is more powerful, not to mention the cannon, even if you stand on the deck and shoot, you can't aim, and the design of the Chinese ship type can't withstand the recoil of the shelling at all.

He asked the steward, "This is Canton, isn't it?" Such a wide upper and narrow structure must shake badly when sailing, how to ensure that it is not damaged? ”

The steward was quite depressed, wasn't this general sent by the governor to ask for timber and shipwrights? Why is there so much curiosity. The appearance of the ship was handed down by the ancestors, and it didn't break when the waves came.

A voice sounded in the rear: "Although it shakes badly from side to side, it is supported by ribs and compartments horizontally, maintained by keels and large ribs, and is made of fine iron wood, which is extremely strong and difficult to damage." ”

The steward turned around and respectfully greeted: "Owner." ”

A middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted Xia Nan: "The contemptible surname is Cheng, the name is Youde, I have seen this general." ”

When he heard that the governor had sent someone to ask for timber and a shipwright, he was so anxious that he hurried over to see if there was any room for manoeuvre. For a shipyard, the absence of timber is equivalent to the lack of food, the lack of shipwrights can not work, and without anything can not survive.

Xia Nan nodded, as if he said hello.

(To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.