Ming Zuo

Chapter 647 Choice
"Shandong knows everything about Ming Dynasty and Confucianism. However, you and others are blind to what Shandong is like. It is not fair to debate on this basis. I suggest that you visit Shandong more often and learn more about it. Everything, enrich your cognition. Let's debate again."

Zuo Menggeng was well aware of the intentions of Zhang Pu, Sun Shenxing and others, and made the following arrangements.

Everything here in Jinan is in a mess, everyone is so busy that they really don't have time to engage in unnecessary verbal disputes with them.

Of course, Zuo Menggeng was even more confident.

He believed that when Zhang Pu, Sun Shenxing and others thoroughly understood everything about Shandong, they would definitely understand that the outcome was decided.

Zhang Pu and others have seen a lot in Shandong in the past few days, and they are very novel, and they also know that what Zuo Menggeng said is true.

He thought for a while and asked tentatively: "I wonder if we can go to Qufu to pay homage to the most holy teacher?"

Zuo Menggeng rolled his eyeballs, hiding the joke.

"Of course you can. Didn't I say that, except for confidential places, you can do whatever you want."

Having received his promise, Zhang Pu and others were satisfied, they left and began to prepare for a trip to Shandong.

They left, and Chonghua came.

"how?"

Chong Hua knew what he was asking, and his tone was full of sourness.

"There are so many rich people!"

Zuo Menggeng laughed.

"Isn't it good that there are many rich people? Isn't it all our money now?"

Chong Hua couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"The Ming Dynasty has always been trapped by money, and the country's situation is declining day by day. In my opinion, those monarchs and ministers in the court are stupid. They don't know how to discover the wealth of the people."

Zuo Menggeng leisurely looked at the magnificent and gorgeous world.

"It's not that they don't know, but they can't do it. The feudal rules have been set, who will dig their own grave? Therefore, only through revolution and a thorough reform of the old social system can new productivity be stimulated and greater prosperity be created. wealth."

Zuo Menggeng had said these words before, but he mentioned them again today, which made Chonghua's feelings even stronger.

After Chonghua and Zhang Keda returned from Sakhalin Island, they brought back a large number of deep-sea marine objects.

How to deal with these things, they had no idea for a while, so they asked Zuo Menggeng for advice.

Hearing that good things like king crabs and deep-sea lobsters don't know what to do with them, Zuo Menggeng complained endlessly.

Do you know what these things mean in later generations?
He gives ideas.

In the presence of Fu Yusun, the local wealthy businessmen were entertained at the best restaurant in Qingdao.

The reason is to talk about urban construction and commercial development, but the actual purpose is to sell these seafood.

The specific cooking methods are all provided by Zuo Menggeng.

As a result, when the seafood dishes were on the table, before they were finished eating, these wealthy people snapped up the seafood brought back by the fleet.

A king crab as big as a washbasin costs twenty taels of silver, but these rich people don't even bat an eyelid.

Through this incident, Chonghua finally had an intuitive understanding of the luxury of the rich.

Although he felt sour, he was still very happy to see that the seafood he brought back had earned more than [-] taels of silver.

This income alone wiped out all the costs of the fleet's voyage.

The rest is all for nothing.

And through this incident, Chonghua became more determined.

"I plan to renovate the existing ship and increase the tank. The next time I go to Sakhalin and come back, I will definitely be able to transport more seafood."

This time the seafood was brought back, the method used was to fill the seawater with a large wooden barrel, and then put the seafood in it.

On the way, we kept changing the sea water to keep it fresh, and only then did we transport all the sea food back alive.

However, the number of these wooden barrels is not large, and the volume is not large, so the sea objects that can be transported are really limited.

If it is replaced with a specially made sink, it is estimated that the transportation volume will increase several dozen times.

Zuo Menggeng certainly supports this.

"Original ships, in addition to retaining the necessary armed forces, can be transformed commercially."

"That's not enough."

Chonghua is very radical.

"We're going to build more merchant ships like this."

The interests of maritime trade have now completely exploded, so the demand for merchant ships has also begun to multiply.

Zuo Menggeng has a different point of view.

"The ships in the past can't be rebuilt, they are pure waste. Even if they are to be merchant ships, they should be in the style of Galen ships."

Chonghua argued hard.

"The Galen ship has a narrow hull and limited capacity. It is acceptable as a warship, but it has many shortcomings as a merchant ship."

Zuo Menggeng laughed, pointing out Chonghua's lack of knowledge.

"You only see the insufficient capacity of Galen's ships, but you don't see the advantage of the fast speed of Galen's ships. You can use speed to make up for the lack of capacity. Moreover, the sea is not calm today, and pirates abound. Transport goods The premise of making money is to protect yourself, and it is a last resort to sacrifice a little capacity on this basis."

Chonghua was stunned, then laughed.

"It's me that's in trouble."

Keel laying has been completed for the first Galen warship in Qingdao.

After almost half a year of drying and shaping, the subsequent construction can be carried out.

Even so, Zuo Menggeng was still relaxed and happy when he stood beside the dock and looked at the huge hull frame.

This is not a ship, this is the beginning of China's nautical age.

The era of great voyages, this time China will not miss it.

China must not only join it, but also become a leader in it, and open up enough space for the survival and development of the Chinese nation.

"Commander, we agree that the construction of the follow-up warships can begin."

Amir made a suggestion on behalf of everyone in the shipyard.

Zuo Menggeng certainly hopes that more and more warships will be born.

But he is still more cautious.

"Is your labor sufficient? Are you sure about the verification of the warship's manufacturing process?"

Amir slapped his chest loudly.

"Commander, you shouldn't question a professional shipbuilder, let alone your loyal subordinates."

"After this period of training, the workers in the shipyard have mastered the craft of shipbuilding. What everyone lacks now is the opportunity to practice. With the current scale of the shipyard, it is absolutely no problem to build three Galen warships at the same time."

Li Jinfa, the director of the shipyard, is also full of confidence.

Since everyone is like this, Zuo Menggeng is good at what he does.

"Well, I'll wait for your good news."

Shandong is now financially sufficient to support the construction of warships.

In other words, even if the previous battleships were damaged, it would not be a big problem.

Enabling these workers to accumulate enough experience and technology is the wealth that can be passed down forever.

"Commander, the trial production of the new generation of naval guns has been successful."

Sun Yuanhua sent someone over to deliver the good news.

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed.

"really?"

Without further ado, he immediately set off for the Jiaodong Artillery Factory.

With a new naval gun, Shandong's fleet is one step closer to taking shape.

　Thank you Wei Ai Qinger for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)