Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 357 Longjiang Shipyard
"Boss, this is it!"

Pointing forward frantically, the shopkeeper of the ticket company Li Da didn't forget to turn around and slap his son who was a clerk.

"Is this place worth 5 taels of silver? 500 taels is too much!"

Jumping off the carriage and looking around, Song Qingshu's original surprise has almost disappeared now, the shipyard?The ruins of the shipyard are similar. This place is located in Xiaguan, Yingtianfu. It is close to the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. The water of the Yangtze River has spread a lot upwards. Just puddles.

Next to the shipyard, people have also planted crops. Occasionally, you can see some shipbuilding wood that has been more than half rotted, and some rusty iron tools, which can be regarded as a little trace of the original shipyard.

As for the boatmen mentioned, there are indeed more than 100 crooked melons and jujubes, old and young. Seeing that Song Qingshu and his party came, they all squeezed out of the thatched huts that have become a small village, and looked here with a lot of discussion. with.

Mr. Li's shopkeeper is right, let alone 5 taels, 500 taels Song Qingshu didn't bring it to buy this place.

Feeling annoyed, shopkeeper Li scolded his son severely, and suddenly Song Qingshu asked angrily from the side.

"How much money did you collect from others?"

The old and the young couldn't help trembling when they heard this, greedy for money, committing crimes below, and deceiving the owner has always been a taboo in the business world. If it is true, the reputation of their Li family will be ruined. Li's boy was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his lips trembled. The shopkeeper Li was also stunned for a moment, and immediately waved his hands.

"Boss, although my son is a little messy, but I brought him up as a young boy, and I said he accepted bribes, this..."

"Old shopkeeper, you are also an old man who was recruited by Song when he started from Dai County. Then explain to me, how did Brother Li issue a bill worth 5 taels in such a ruin?"

"This……"

The old man Li felt sorry for his son, and kept cursing and swearing. It might be a kind of protection, but Song Qingshu didn't accept this. Now that his career is still in its infancy, there are moths who are blind to money and trade the company's interests for their own interests. In the future, it will not be like the state-owned enterprises of the later generations. It depends on what it wants. In the end, the state will be reformed for private use, or it will go bankrupt. No one can give face, and it must be dealt with seriously.

Seeing the old shopkeeper's speechless appearance, Song Qingshu couldn't help sighing.

"Old shopkeeper, we are talking about business. If the shop is like this, we don't have to go on in this Jiangnan anymore. Pack up and go home! You don't need to beg for mercy or anything. It has nothing to do with you. This little brother Li, now Starting to be fired from the shop, go back to your hometown, and notify the whole shop, and the next case, Song will let them know that I am not a vegetarian every day!"

After a harsh reprimand, Song Qingshu didn't have the heart to stay in the ruins any longer. He turned around and climbed into the carriage, wanting to go back, but the father and son were thrown here in shock. He slapped the kid on the forehead with a sigh.

"Tell me, you, this dishonest thing, five generations of our Li family have been the treasurer for others, master, work hard, never greedy for the owner Mo's family, this reputation is completely ruined by you!"

"Father! The man asked for a certificate issued by the government. This, here, the price is really worth 40 taels. Here, here, the treasure ship of the Sanbao eunuch was built!"

"How dare you talk back!"

Old shopkeeper Li stretched out his palm angrily and was about to slap him down, but there was a thud behind him, and the father and son turned around in astonishment, and saw their boss get up from the mud under the carriage in a state of embarrassment. .

Regardless of the dirt on his body, Song Qingshu rushed back eagerly, grabbed the boy and asked.

"What did you say? This is the Treasure Shipyard back then?"

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Calling those craftsmen together, Song Qingshu didn't know whether he had picked up a treasure or stepped on a dog. The businessman who came to borrow money did not only mortgage the Longjiang Shipyard, but in fact he mortgaged the government. An official position, Jiangnan craftsman and ship supervisor master, can be regarded as the official shipyard with an overview of the entire South Zhili, and can deploy all resources, and the official position is still hereditary.

The ancestor of the businessman surnamed Du didn't spend 40 taels to donate this official.

However, things are different now. Due to the sea ban policy, the entire shipbuilding industry in the south of the Yangtze River has been sluggish, and there are only a few small shipyards that build river boats. Now the imperial court is weak, let alone Zheng He, who was almost a country on the sea. The fleet, even an ordinary patrol fleet, cannot be built. The vassal state Ryukyu sent people to Daming to ask for help and talk about the Japanese invasion. The dignified court could not send a decent fleet to rescue them. How could the Okinawa island chain surrounding China belong to Little Japan?As for ****, they can't even smell it.

According to the records in the account books, there are at least 5 craftsmen under the Longjiang Shipyard, hundreds of docks can build hundreds of large ships of the size of treasure ships in a year, and now the largest battleship of the Ming army, the Dafu Ship, is 20 , As for the [-]-meter-long small lucky boat that Song Qingshu is proud of, the Nanjing Navy can make thousands of them, but now...

Looking at the old boat builder who lost all his teeth, and those second-hand boys who hadn't grown all their hair and hadn't touched a boat for many years, Song Qingshu couldn't help but shook his head.

"Boss, this..."

Looking at Song Qingshu who was sitting in the broken thatched hut, flipping through the yellow and moldy account books and shaking his head, his complexion getting worse and worse, shopkeeper Li's heart was raised again, and he asked cautiously.

"At least it's right on the books, and I don't have any evidence. Let's forget about this time. But starting today, two people will be required to review mortgages. When I go back, I will transfer people from the beggar army to set up a separate department, and follow the shop assistants. Joint review, if this happens again, it will not be so easy to talk about!"

"Thank you, my master! Thank you, my master!"

Immediately, he couldn't be more grateful, and the shopkeeper Li Lao hurriedly pressed his silly son and bowed to Song Qingshu together, but Song Qingshu who was reading it waved his hand irritably.

"Okay, let's go back to work!"

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This trip is not fruitless, at least Song Qingshu has an extra title, and can consult all the shipbuilding materials in the inventory files of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, although Song Qingshu could also secretly collect the shipbuilding materials such as Fuchuan and Cangshan Ship through Jiao Dalin. It is still troublesome to steal it out.

Standing on the balcony on the second floor of Zijin Mountain Bieyuan, looking down at the misty Yingtian Mansion, Song Qingshu couldn't calm down for a long time, not because of the money he lost, although he didn't have He Shen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian were rich, But 5 taels is still affordable, because of the Longjiang shipyard I saw today.

Zheng He made seven voyages to the South Seas, and sailed the farthest to the east coast of Africa. Not only was it as simple as advocating national prestige, but it was also the first time that China, an inland nation, extended its arms out of the land and embraced the ocean. At least Australia will not belong to the Kingdom of Great Britain, and perhaps there will be a new scene in the Americas. Unfortunately, Zheng He's fleet is only a flash in the pan, and soon there will be more than 100 years of strict sea ban, and the hope that China has just explored cut off.

Later generations talked about the Ming navy, defeated the Japanese pirates, and defeated Toyotomi Hideyoshi's vigorous ambitions. Several naval battles with Western colonists also ended with the victory of the Ming navy, but Japan, even in this era The ship didn't even have a few cannons. It seemed natural that Song Qingshu defeated them. As for the victory in the naval battles with Portugal and Spain, it was actually not the navy of the imperial court, but the private water force belonging to Zheng Zhilong and other pirate smuggling groups. It's still an offshore naval battle, in Song Qingshu's view, it's really nothing.

If, if the Daming Navy is strong these days, the vassal ships cannot come to Guangzhou and Fujian due to the war and economic crisis, and they can sail out the merchant ships by themselves. If they are far away, we will go to India first. In India, a country with a population of over 1980 million, it is also a hot-selling product. You must know that Indian tea, which is sold well all over the world in later generations, even the origin of China, was suppressed to death. It was brought back by the British in [-] when they went to the Qing Dynasty to study. Meat accounts for a large proportion of people's diet. Now selling black tea in the past is definitely the ratio of a boatload of tea to a boatload of silver.

However, it is true that wealth comes from the sea, and crisis also comes from the sea. Playing a boat costs money, and what costs more money is wading out of the various shipping routes. Not only does it cost money, but it also kills people. Now In this chaotic doomsday, every ounce of resources is precious. To deal with the lords in the capital and the Eastern captives, starting next year, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who can't wait, should launch his Zhengsi four six corners ten The plan was planned, and a large part of the energy of the begging army had to be involved. In Song Qingshu's original plan, there was really no navigation industry.

But now, after seeing Longjiang Shipyard, he couldn't calm down no matter what.

To do, or not to do?

Looking outside in the dark night, Song Qingshu's heart was making violent decisions, and his fists holding the railing were rattling...

(End of this chapter)