Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 73 Durability
After breakfast, Zhu Yuan came to the east courtyard, and the first thing he did was hold a meeting.

Today there is mainly one more Wu Zhen.

three things.

The first thing to do is to ask Yao Feng to assign a manpower to conduct a detailed inspection and evaluation of the large and small seagoing ships brought by Wu Zhen as soon as possible, and select the ships that can go to sea quickly after simple repairs in the near future.It just so happens that the shipyard lacks hemp materials, so craftsmen and civilians can turn to ship repairs.

The second matter is about the distribution of 2 hands brought to Wu Zhen.

Although people from all over the country have been gathering to Mingzhou before, it is still not enough. This time, 2 people will come, and more things can be done.

However, first of all, it is necessary to select the first batch of teams to transport grain northward from all parties.

According to the general discussion results, it is estimated that 1 people are required for the first batch of grain transportation, and 3000 people will be dispatched from Tianxingwei's elite troops brought by Wu Zhen.

Among them, 2000 people were scattered on the grain ship, not only taking care of them nearby, but also leading the boat operation.Tianxingwei was established in Jiangyin on the banks of the Yangtze River, and a large part of it is also a navy, so maneuvering a boat is not a problem.The remaining 1000 people accompanied the warships to deal with possible accidents, such as emergency rescue or encountering pirates.

Of the other 7000 people, fishermen recruited along the coast and Fang Li's former Ministry of Fang's recently convened accounted for half.

In addition, Zhu Yuan will also organize a group of technical talents from the Yinghai Division and many maritime merchants to be responsible for navigation, medical care, surveying and mapping, etc.

After that, Zhu Yuan put out a map and discussed with everyone about increasing the scale of logging and storage.

This is also another main distribution direction of Wu Zhen's manpower.

Recently, we have collected shade-dried wood that can be used directly, and one of them has been replaced. Zhu Yuan has sent people up the Yongjiang River, from the mountains on both sides of the tributaries in the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River, or from various islands off the coast of Mingzhou, to harvest suitable wood and bundle it into wooden rafts. Dinghai.

However, this is far from enough.

Zhu Yuan hoped that from the rivers in the southeast coast to the sea, he would enter the mountains to harvest shipbuilding timber on a larger scale, and establish official shipbuilding timber shade drying in Hangzhou, Dinghai, Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Fuzhou and Quanzhou in the south. Reserve warehouse.

This is not only for near-term replacement operations, but also for future considerations.

Zhu Yuan even thought that things would be less urgent in the future, freeing up manpower, and large-scale tree planting must be done while logging, forming a virtuous circle.

Because whether it is transporting food by sea, or developing the navy, or even Zhu Yuan's other ocean development plans in the future, it will consume a lot of ships.

That's right, it's 'consumption'.

Bystanders look at maritime affairs, and take the most common fishing as an example. They will inevitably wonder. The sea is there, and there are so many fish. Worse than a farmer?Moreover, why, the rich resources in the ocean seem to be invisible in all dynasties?
The reason is that ships, fishing nets, and other things are all expensive consumables.

Perhaps it is more appropriate to explain it with a term from Zhu Yuan's previous online game.

durable.

Ships and fishing nets are not only costly to manufacture, but also "durable". When a wooden boat goes into the sea and is hit by wind and waves, whether it is the tung oil and ash smeared on the surface, or the ship's wood itself, it will be continuously eroded and consumed.

Not to mention the fishing nets, fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days, it is said that the linen fishing nets in this era are not very durable. After fishing, they have to be carefully cleaned and dried, and even if they are carefully maintained, these natural fiber woven nets are not durable. Fishing nets will still gradually be eroded and corroded by sea water after a period of time.

Therefore, whether it is a boat or a fishing net, when the "durability" drops to zero, fishermen must buy it again.

Think about the "Camel Xiangzi". After a busy life, Xiangzi only wanted a rickshaw that belonged to him, but in the end he couldn't get it.In the same way, it was definitely not as simple as imagined for ancient fishermen to buy a complete set of boats and fishing gear.

This is why Xue Shu, the prefect of Dinghai County, told Zhu Yuan a few days ago that [-]% of the fish catches of Mingzhou fishermen a year come from a rhubarb fishing season in April.

Because going to sea at other times, the fishing harvest may not be enough to make up for the "durability" consumed by the fishing gear of your own boat, let alone the danger of going to sea.Therefore, in many coastal areas in this era, fishermen only caught fish once a year during the fish season, and most of the time, they could only make a living by working for others or farming.

Before Zhu Yuan let the large sea-going ship he brought go into the sea to try fishing, Huagao objected, the reason is also that doing so would consume 'durability'.

Among the many Yuan Dynasty shipping materials collected recently, one of the inconspicuous records is that during the peak period of shipping, the Yuan court required the local government to organize the construction of a batch of large sea ships every three years, which also shows the consumption of ships by sea transportation. How big is it.

The wooden sailboats of this era carry high-intensity sea food, and they go back and forth twice a year, which can only be used for an average of three years.

Zhu Yuan discussed with Yao Feng.

Yao Feng said that if it is well maintained, it is not a problem for a sailboat to last for more than five years.

This comes back to another question.

In this day and age, it is easy to build a ship and difficult to repair it.

Especially for large sea-going ships, if they want to repair them, they must dig out a large dock near the port.The sea ship sailed in, the dock was closed, the big ship was propped up, the water was empty, and it took some time to dry.Then, the craftsmen can start to check and replace the wood that is too decayed, re-fill the joints with gray linen, and then brush with waterproof tung oil.

After this series of operations, the time it takes to build a new ship is not too far behind.What's more, even after maintenance, it is still an old ship, and its safety is not as high as that of a new ship.

Therefore, if raw materials such as wood are sufficient, it is better to build new ships directly.

The big ship is built, completed and launched on the shore.

Three steps.

Simple and crisp.

After all, it is true that wooden boats are not durable in this era, and it is also true that the cost is not high compared to transporting grain.

Zhu Yuan had obtained a specific data before.

During the Yanyou period of Emperor Renzong of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, about 50 years ago, there were merchants in Mingzhou who specially built ships to transport grain for the imperial court. The sea-going ships with thousands of materials cost 90 ingots, equivalent to about 1500 taels of silver, because the "grain transport" given by the Yuan Dynasty at that time The foot price is very high, about 8 taels of treasure bills per stone, and the thousand-material sea-going ship transports 1000 stones of grain at a time. If everything goes well, you can earn back 160 ingots.

Not only did it pay back the cost in one trip, but it also earned money after removing other expenses such as manpower.

In fact, this also shows from another level that the cost of ships in this era is not high, which is less than half of the "worth" of that ship of grain after it is transported to the north.

Therefore, the ships of this era are consumables.

Among them, the wood that needs the most in shipbuilding is only abundant in coastal forests.Compared with the logging speed in the feudal era, it can be said to be almost inexhaustible.

After discussing the three matters and assigning them again, more than half an hour has passed.

There is another class later.

Zhu Yuan walked out of Mingyuan Hall while talking with Hua Gao and Wu Zhen, just in time to see Zuo Qi supporting a stooped and thin old man in his 60s coming, followed by three people of different ages who looked somewhat like the old man similar guy.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuan immediately stepped forward with a smile: "Old Liu, have you made a decision?"

The old man is exactly Liu Laoqi that Zhu Yuan mentioned in the first class yesterday.

For meteorological observation, there are many capable people in this world who make judgments based on experience, but likewise, there are also some people who almost rely on some kind of innate instinct to predict the weather, and the prediction of the latter is often more accurate than the former.

Liu Laoqi is the latter.

This kind of treasure is rare, not only Zhu Yuan, but even Hua Gao smiled when he saw the old man, and followed him.

After saying hello to everyone, Liu Lao Qi turned to Zhu Yuan again, bowed and said, "My lord, old man... I couldn't make up my mind, so I brought all three sons here, so I can have a look with my lord?"

Zhu Yuan wanted to give Liu Laoqi an official position of the eighth rank, and he asked Liu Lian to discuss it in person yesterday, and the result was that the old man wanted to grant this official position to his son.

Pity the parents of the world.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yuan agreed.

Hearing what Liu Laoqi said, Zhu Yuan was about to turn to the three people behind him, obviously the three sons of the old man, but Zuo Qi winked at him, indicating to look at the old man's face.

(End of this chapter)