I'm a big dick

Chapter 147

Gou Zhenhuai was sent by the imperial court, Wang Yining was sent by Yuan Keli, and Jin Yiwei from the payroll and reconnaissance departments were all eyes and ears, and someone or a few people must have the right to report secretly.

"If the commander-in-chief is in trouble, he will remove the military status of the last general." Shen Shikui observed Mao Wenlong's expression, and said, "If ordinary people do business, no one will talk nonsense and chew maggots, right?"

This is because they don't want to fight and fight, but want to make money and make a fortune.Just now he said that he wanted to generate income for the Dongjiang army, but now he will put it all in his pocket.

Mao Wenlong glanced at his father-in-law, but he didn't want to go deep into it, so he said perfunctorily: "This commander only cares about military affairs. In terms of civil affairs, I still need Mr. Wang's approval."

After a pause, Mao Wenlong comforted him again: "The people in Dongjiang Town do business and pay taxes normally, Mr. Wang must not care about it. With your connections, it is not difficult to buy mountain goods from the people of Liao."

Shen Shikui was a little disappointed. He originally thought that relying on his son-in-law's status in Dongjiang Town, there was no tax or no tax, and he was doing business without capital.

Seeing that his father-in-law was silent, Mao Wenlong had to speak more bluntly, not only as a reminder, but also as a warning, not to implicate himself in messing around.

"Dongjiang Town has civil servants and military generals sent by the imperial court, as well as Jinyiwei who supervise pay, spy, and use spies." Mao Wenlong emphasized his tone, and then cupped his hands to the west, "The Holy One is wise, and he has insight."

Shen Shikui blinked his eyes, somewhat understanding what his son-in-law was worried about.

That's right, although Dongjiang Town is located overseas, it is restrained by the emperor Yuan Keli, and there are many eyes and ears, which seem to be able to reach heaven.

"The general understands." Shen Shikui stood up and cupped his hands, and said, "Then we will do as the commander-in-chief wants, and we will go through the normal channels. With the friendship between the commander-in-chief and Mr. Wang, can we not take care of such a small matter?"

Mao Wenlong nodded, agreed, and got up to see him off.

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At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, it was the last period when the sandbars of Chongming Island were merged and contiguous, that is, the last stage when Chongming Island tended to be complete in later generations.

Because it is located in the Yangtze River Estuary, Chongming Island is also known as the "Gateway of the Yangtze River and Yingzhou in the East China Sea". It is the largest estuary alluvial island and the largest sand island in China.

Although it has not yet been finalized, most parts of Chongming Island are already flat and fertile, and have development value.

Building Chongming Island into a "land of fish and rice" is another plan of Zhu Youxiao, which is being implemented.

With the successive arrival of warships led by Shen Yourong and large ships carrying Liao people, Chongming Island became bustling with activity.

Building houses and reclaiming wasteland, resettling the Liao people; setting up camps to garrison troops, buying food and storage, and recruiting shipwrights...

Shen Yourong's work was busy and fulfilling, but she was looking forward to the arrival of another official from the Holy Majesty Jianba.

On this day, dozens of ships of all sizes came to the pier, and Shen Yourong rushed to meet them.

"Shen Tingyang was promoted by Langzhong and Chongming Hudong Shipyard in the lower official household, and I have met Mr. Shen." On the pier, Shen Tingyang saw Shen Youkong coming in a hurry from his clothes, and went forward to pay his respects.

Shen Yourong looked at the young and rather heroic official in front of him, bowed his hands to return the salute, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, you don't need to be too polite. Your Majesty Jian Ba's young talent is indeed full of vigor, and an old man like Shen is very envious."

"Your Majesty was promoted, and the lower officials were afraid." Shen Tingyang said humbly: "I just want to do my job wholeheartedly to repay your kindness."

"It should be like this, it should be like this." Shen Yourong glanced at the common people who were dragging their families off the boat, and asked, "These are the shipwrights recruited by Mr. Shen?"

Shen Tingyang said: "It is the shipbuilders selected by the lower officials from Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard. There are a total of [-] shipbuilders. They are all experienced and honest. This is the first batch, from Guangdong, The craftsmen transferred from Minzheng will have to wait for a few more days."

The state-owned shipyards in Ming Dynasty include Nanjing Longjiang Bao Shipyard, Fuzhou Changle, Qingjiang Shipyard in Huaian, and Weihe Shipyard in Linqing.

Since the suspension of the voyage to the west, the demand for seagoing ships has dropped significantly, and the business of Longjiang Bao Shipyard has gradually shrunk. Its position as the center of the shipbuilding industry has been replaced by Huai'an Qingjiangdu Shipyard, which specializes in building inland water tank ships.

Since Qingjiang Shipyard merged the 630 branches of Weihe Shipyard, the annual shipbuilding volume has increased to more than [-] ships, becoming the only state-owned water transport shipyard in the Ming Dynasty.

The current Qingjiang Shipyard has four main factories including Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard, 82 branch factories, and an annual shipbuilding of more than 500 ships, including about 55 ships covering oceans and seas, and the rest are flat-bottomed inland river boats.

It seems that the scale is very large, but Qingjiang Shipyard, like the abolished Weihe Shipyard, has become increasingly corrupt and cannot change the long-standing disadvantages of being directly operated by the state.

Moreover, Qingjiang Shipyard's ability to build seagoing ships is also getting weaker and weaker. The so-called "big ocean-covering ships" that used to leave the factory are very few, and they are old models, which can only barely sail in the offshore.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Youxiao simply set up a new stove, mobilized skilled craftsmen from Qingjiang and Longjiang shipyards, and then recruited shipbuilders from Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang to build a new Chongming Hudong shipyard.

In Chongming, there is a relatively solid shipbuilding foundation, but it is not poor or empty.The Shachuan, one of the four ancient Chinese ships, originated from Chongming.

The sand ship has a long body, flat shallow and wide, flat bottom, square head and square tail, high stern, low center of gravity, few deck structures, small wind resistance, smooth sailing, and will not be damaged and capsized even if it runs aground.

Under the integrated operation of sails, rudders and double-chord drape boards, the sand ship can also sail against the wind and twists and turns, which is especially suitable for the northern coast.In the Yuan Dynasty, sand boats were often used for sea transportation to the north.

Chongming can not only build sand boats, but also sailors.Many Chongming sailors participated in Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Combining so many favorable conditions, Zhu Youxiao ordered Shen Yourong to move to the town, and Shen Tingyang was promoted to build a factory and ship in Chongming, and began to try sea transportation.

As for Shen Tingyang, he can be regarded as a celebrity and a hero in history. Even Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were his subordinates, and they once joined him in fighting against the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the current Shen Tingyang is a lowly official, and he can only be grateful, and work hard for Jian Ba ​​to reuse his sage.

In fact, even Shen Tingyang, who is a student, did not expect that his self-recommendation and "Please Advocate a Small Test of Shipping" would be so highly valued by the Holy One, and he would be promoted as a household doctor and a fifth-rank promotion.

You know, Shen Tingyang is a native of Chongming and a family of merchants. He once sailed with his father and brother on a sandboat to Tianjin, Qingdao, and Luda, and the transportation made a lot of profits.This kind of background is also quite discriminated against in the Guozijian.

But it is precisely because of this experience that he knows the sea way very well, can see the benefits of sea transportation, and is willing to sail and try it himself.

Moreover, when he was summoned by the emperor, he said with great confidence: If you hurt the imperial court, you will be willing to defeat the commanders.

Zhu Youxiao also simply handed over the heavy responsibility of building large ships and trying to transport them by sea to Shen Tingyang. Only then did the second sinking meet Chongming, which opened the prelude to Ming's revival of maritime prestige.

(End of this chapter)