In front of the Governor's Mansion because Xiao Ming came back, there was a commotion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Many people and businessmen also stopped to watch, and when they learned that King Qi had returned to Qingzhou, they looked excited.

Everything they have now is given by Xiao Ming, and they naturally hope that Xiao Ming will always provide them with protection and convenience in Qingzhou.

"What's the happy event?"

When he was in Chang'an, the four major troubles in Fiji made Xiao Ming troubled for a while, not to mention the barbarians, there were two restless neighbors in Linhai, he was really troubled, and now any good news was very important to him.

"Zhang Liang said yesterday that the first Galen ship was about to be completed, and he came to ask His Highness how many days he could come back, but he didn't expect His Highness to come back today."

"The Galen ship is almost finished?" Xiao Ming was surprised.

"Yes."

Pang Yukun said that he didn't have any feelings about this Galen ship, but seeing Xiao Ming so excited, it must be very important.

"Hahaha...... Great, this Liang said that at the end of the year, he would hand over three Galen ships to this king, and now that more than half a year has passed, it is a bit eyebrow after all. Xiao Ming said.

Xiao Ming was so excited not because he could sail away with the Galen ship, but because the launching of the Galen ship meant that Qingzhou had the ability to build the Galen ship.

And then it shows that Qingzhou has a group of craftsmen who build large warships, which is extremely precious, with this group of craftsmen, he can officially expand and formalize the shipbuilding industry, and lay the foundation for the formation of a naval fleet in the future.

At the same time, the training of naval professionals should also be put on the agenda.

During this time, the College of Liberal Arts has been recruiting talents, but many specific courses have not been opened, after all, everything was for the battle of Cangzhou at that time, and now it is time to put education on the agenda.

After all, the advantage of science and technology spar lies in education.

Galen Boat had eyebrows, Xiao Ming was naturally excited, but like Pang Yukun, Lu Fei and Luo Xin didn't feel anything.

For them, this Galen ship was just a ship, and it had no special significance.

And this is also the fundamental reason why the modern navy has always been backward, and has never attached importance to maritime rights and interests.

But there is no way, the northern soldiers are not good at water stations, which is a common problem, and naturally they have no feeling for the ship.

But Xiao Ming came from a modern age, and he knew that the sea would bring wealth and power to a country, and one of the most important was the trade routes.

Now that the Silk Road is occupied by barbarians, this cuts off the trade routes between the Great Chongqing Kingdom and the Western countries, which is very fatal to the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and in this way, a sea route becomes very necessary.

After a brief greeting with a group of officials in the Governor's Mansion, Xiao Ming asked Aster and Luluo to go back first, and he and Pang Yukun went directly to the shipbuilding workshop in the lower reaches of the Xiaoqing River outside the city.

Lu Fei and Luo Xin and others led the cavalry into the Qingzhou battalion.

Ever since he asked Zhang Liang to build the Galen ship, he had seldom asked about it except for the transfer of slaves and the provision of carpentry lathes, and from his point of view, he was reluctant to interfere too much in the duties of his subordinates.

Because in this way, not only are they tired, but they can't really master the technology he provides by themselves.

Therefore, he only provided a set of drawings for this Galen ship, and he basically taught the equipment department in the form of lectures, and the specific operations were all explored by themselves.

"Your Highness, this is the front." After riding for half an hour, the two arrived at the location of the river bend.

The Xiaoqing River makes a sharp turn here, the surface of the river swells, it is wide in the middle and narrow at the ends, and the river here seems to be very deep, just right for the construction of shipyards.

Standing on the riverbank, Xiao Ming looked down from above, at this time the hulls of three Galen ships were docked in the bay, and on the vast river beach, craftsmen were busy, and slaves were transporting logs back and forth, riveting these materials.

On the side of the river beach near the river bank is a 100-meter-long brick house with a steeple roof, where many craftsmen come in and out, carrying out the processed wooden planks, and there is the sound of sawing wood inside, which is the main building of the shipyard.

At this time, Zhang Liang was holding the drawings on the river beach and comparing them with the hull of the ship, constantly pointing in his hands, as if correcting something.

He and Pang Yukun glanced at each other and walked down the slope of the riverbank.

When the guards guarding the shipyard saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun coming, they immediately opened the gate.

"Your Highness."

Zhang Liang also noticed Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun at this time, and he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Yes, we'll be on the sail right away." Of the three Galen boats on the river beach, the main body of the first is almost completed, and the craftsmen are painting the hull with tung oil.

This wooden ship sails in the water, and the water is very corrosive to the wood, especially the Galen ship is still sailing in the sea, and the sea water is even more corrosive to the wooden boat.

Therefore, after the hull is completed, the craftsman will brush the hull with tung oil to waterproof it to prolong the service life of the ship.

"His Royal Highness said this, but it made the old slave feel guilty, it seems that it is a little difficult to complete the three Galen ships this year, but the old slave must be sure to complete it for His Highness if he does not eat or sleep." Zhang Liang was not only not happy, but a little panicked.

The three of them walked around the hull of the ship, Xiao Ming actually had no hope in his heart about launching the three Galen ships, but he couldn't say it.

Otherwise, these people will definitely slack off, so this indicator task cannot be relaxed.

He said, "In that case, you have to work hard." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhang Liang said respectfully, he is still a guilty body, and as a slave, he does not dare to be careless.

When he got to the bottom of the boat, Xiao Ming patted the brackets on both sides of the hull.

These brackets are made of wood, similar to the scaffolding on buildings, and this method of construction is also indicated on the drawings.

In the past, shipbuilding was generally a herringbone ladder made of wood, but this was not conducive to the construction of large ships, so the scaffolding was built first when building a ship, so that it was convenient for craftsmen to climb up and down on it, install wooden planks, smash rivets, and brush tung oil.

"Your Highness, this kind of thing called scaffolding is indeed very convenient, but it makes the speed of shipbuilding much faster." Zhang Liang said, with admiration for Xiao Ming in his heart, and he didn't know how Xiao Ming learned about this method.

"That's for sure, after the tung oil is brushed, these scaffolds will be dismantled and rebuilt to build the next Galen ship, which is called flow operation, which saves materials and time."

On the river beach, the three Galen boats have all built scaffolding more than ten meters high, but this is not a small project.

Zhang Liang nodded when he heard this, and it was no surprise that a few words that had never been heard of could always pop out of King Qi's mouth, but he was not only looking for Xiao Ming this time to tell the good news, but also had some troublesome things to tell Xiao Ming.

(To be continued.) )