Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 227 Building a Shipyard

"Why not? Although the method of making treasure ships has been lost, this is not a problem for me. You just have to wait and see." Zhao Wen looked at Mao Wenlong mysteriously.

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen woke up early.

After he ate breakfast casually, he led Zhao Daniu to wander around Phi Island.

Just having a shipyard is not enough. After the shipyard has a shipyard, there will be dormitories for craftsmen and various living facilities. If these things are not well planned, it will have a great impact on future shipbuilding.

In Zhao Wen's plan, one shipyard is not enough at all. There must be at least four shipyards around Phi Island, and the four shipyards will start working together, so that the treasure ship can be built in the shortest time.

After removing Mao Wenlong's soldiers from Dongjiang Town on Phi Island, there are only a few businessmen from Xuan Town left.

These merchants from Xuan Town were basically sent by Zhao Wen, and they came here mainly to provide some supplies to Dongjiang Town.

The other merchants who originally came to the island to buy Korean ginseng have never been here since Huang Taiji led the army to attack North Korea. After all, North Korea is now fighting fiercely, and no one is buying Korean ginseng.

Zhao Wen looked at the planned addresses, stood on a hillside, and said in a deep voice: "Now there are only craftsmen left. When building the estuary, there are still a lot of cement and other things brought over. These cement It is also enough to cover these shipyards."

Except for the houses where the craftsmen lived, the shipyards of this era rarely used cement in other places, so the cement left over from the construction of the estuary was just right.

The biggest demand for shipyards in this era is wood and isinglass.

Isinglass is easy to get. There are more fish in the sea in this era, and it is easy to catch big fish when going out to sea.

Phi Island is not big, and there is no wood on it. It is not easy to get wood.

Unless it is from North Korea, the place where North Korea and Ming Dynasty meet is Changbai Mountain.

At this time, Changbai Mountain was almost still a virgin forest. If timber was harvested from Changbai Mountain, all the timber needed by the shipyard could be supplied by then.And the distance between Changbai Mountain and Phi Island is not too far.

But now there is a problem, that is, Huang Taiji is now leading the army to attack North Korea, and Changbai Mountain is under the nose of Jiannu. At this time, it may not be appropriate to go to Changbai Mountain to harvest wood.

If you want to log in Changbai Mountain safely, there is only one way to take Changbai Mountain from Jiannu's hands, and at the same time station at least 500 fully armed soldiers in Changbai Mountain.

After all, Changbai Mountain is too big. If there are no soldiers stationed, there will be no limited guarantee for the normal progress of logging work in Changbai Mountain.

Zhao Wen looked at the sea in front of him, frowning tightly.

After a long while, Zhao Wen's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands, and suddenly realized: "By the way, Mao Wenlong said that North Korea once came to Phi Island to ask for help, and it is estimated that there will be more in a few days.

Then I might as well transfer a hundred people directly from Xuanzhen. At that time, with my 100 people as the backbone and Mao Wenlong's soldiers from Dongjiang Town as the assistants, under the banner of sending troops for North Korea, they will directly attack Jiannu and destroy Changbai Mountain from Jiannu. Grab it in your hand.

With Changbai Mountain, I can build treasure ships in large quantities. "

Zhao Wen stared at the sea in front of him with piercing eyes, then turned around, and said to Zhao Daniu behind him, "Go back first, I have something for you to do, I don't feel at ease if others go."

"Yes!" Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then followed behind Zhao Wen towards the General Military Mansion in Dongjiang Town.

When Zhao Wen returned to the General Military Mansion in Dongjiang Town, he rushed into Mao Wenlong's study.

A moment later, Zhao Wen took a sealed letter and handed it to Zhao Daniu.

"Take this letter and hurry back to Xuan Town. Give this letter to Liu Wenzhong, and ask Song Hu to bring more than 100 soldiers to Phi Island. By the way, when you come, bring some workers and some supplies .”

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu who put the letter into his arms, and whispered.

Zhao Daniu patted his chest, and said loudly: "My lord, don't worry, I will definitely deliver the letter to you."

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Daniu took two followers and headed towards the sea.

"Brother Zhao, you want to send troops here? Why are you sending troops?" Mao Wenlong stood behind Zhao Wen, looking at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

Zhao Wen turned around, looked at Mao Wenlong, and said slowly: "I want to build a ship, but wood is inseparable from building a ship. You don't even have a decent tree on this island. What should I do without wood?" What about shipbuilding?
And Changbai Mountain not far from your place is a big forest. As long as Changbai Mountain is taken down, won't the timber come? "

"You want to snatch Changbai Mountain from Jiannu?" Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Wen and asked in disbelief.

"Snatch Changbai Mountain now? It's autumn now, and the weather has started to get cold. It's probably snowing on Changbai Mountain at this time. If you grab it now, you won't be able to cut wood." Mao Wenlong looked puzzled. Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen waved his hand and said solemnly: "These treasure ships are very important to me. Let me tell you this. In June next year, I will at least see at least five treasure ships."

The sooner the treasure ship is built, the sooner the sea can be conquered.

For Zhao Wen, everything can wait, but the treasure ship cannot wait.

Regardless of whether the trees can be cut down, Changbai Mountain must be brought over. At that time, even if the people are mobilized to buy at a high price, they must get back the timber for the construction of the treasure ship. "Zhao Wen walked up and down in front of Mao Wenlong and said solemnly.

Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Wen, and said slowly: "In this case, then I will go to the army first, and when your soldiers and horses arrive, you can fight directly."

"Okay, then you should hurry up and get ready."

When Zhao Daniu led the troops back to Phi Island, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town were already ready to go under the mobilization of Mao Wenlong.

Song Hu took more than 100 soldiers with live ammunition, boarded the ferry directly with Mao Wenlong, and headed across the sea.

Zhao Wen didn't follow them. The most urgent task now is to build the shipyard first.

When Song Hu and Mao Wenlong left for five or six days, the group of craftsmen from Jinling had already been sent to Phi Island by Cao Huachun.

In addition to the craftsmen brought by Zhao Daniu from Xuanzhen, there are now more than 2000 craftsmen gathered on the entire Phi Island.

Zhao Wen organized these craftsmen into groups and began to build shipyards on the selected locations.

The shipyard is easy to build. When Mao Wenlong came back from Changbai Mountain, several staff dormitory buildings in the shipyard had been built as a whole.

Now there are only shipyards and other things related to shipbuilding.

After Song Hu captured Changbai Mountain, he stayed there, and Mao Wenlong also left about 800 elite soldiers there.

After all, the soldiers in Dongjiang Town couldn't compare with Zhao Wen's men, so there were more soldiers left.

When Zhao Wen started to build the dock, he wrote another letter to Liu Wenzhong and asked Zhao Daniu to send it back.

The main content of this letter is to ask Liu Wenzhong to organize some caravans to come to Phi Island to deliver some supplies.

As for Zhao Daniu, Zhao Wen asked him to transfer more than 300 soldiers from Xuanzhen.

At the same time as Zhao Daniu, there were tens of thousands of Han Eight Banner soldiers who were captured in the defense of the capital.

It was not easy for the tens of thousands of captured Han Eight Banners soldiers to get from Xuanzhen to Phi Island.

Zhao Daniu first mobilized all the soldiers of the Guards Battalion and dispersed them into dozens of groups. Each group escorted hundreds to thousands of Han Eight Banners captives and sent them to Dengzhou ferry in batches.

Then send it from the ferry in Dengzhou to Phi Island.

When the captives were sent to Phi Island, Zhao Wen left more than 300 soldiers, and asked Zhao Daniu to send back the extra soldiers.

When the more than 300 soldiers and tens of thousands of captives arrived at Phi Island.

Zhao Wen and Mao Wenlong led the troops to take the captives directly to Changbai Mountain.

Now Changbai Mountain has started to snow, and it is not easy to cut wood.

If you recruit logging workers, I'm afraid it's not easy to recruit.

In addition, Changbai Mountain is located in the state of slavery, even if it does not snow now, it is estimated that there are not many people who want to go there.

Fortunately, Zhao Wen captured tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. These people were usually digging stones in the quarry of the cement factory. Now it is just possible to get these people out and go to Changbai Mountain to chop wood.

Originally, Zhao Wen wanted to leave 500 people in Changbai Mountain, but after adding the soldiers from Dongjiang Town, 500 people were too much.

So Zhao Wen only kept 200 people in Changbai Mountain. As for the extra people, Zhao Wen asked them to spread out around Changbai Mountain and build strongholds.

As for Song Hu, Zhao Wen sent him back to Xuan Town.

Time passed little by little, and Chongzhen spent three years in peace.

When the new year of the fourth year of Chongzhen came, the captives of the Han Eight Banners on Changbai Mountain had already sent the first batch of timber down Changbai Mountain.

These logs were tied together, floated on the sea, and returned by ships.

After this batch of timber came back, the shipyard was completely bustling.

Zhao Wen selected skilled craftsmen from these four shipyards and appointed them as stewards of their respective shipyards.

Then they were equipped with several scribes.

As for the manufacturing plan of the treasure ship, Zhao Wen had several copies of it published and distributed to the stewards.

At the same time, they were warned that if they privately leaked the manufacturing map of the treasure ship, Zhao Wen would be hunted down endlessly.

The four shipyards were guarded by soldiers Zhao Wen transferred from Xuan Town and soldiers from Longjiang Town.

Zhao Wen led Zhao Daniu around the shipyard, checking the progress of the shipbuilding.

"grown ups!"

As soon as Zhao Wen appeared, a lean man ran over with a flattering expression.

"How's the progress? Can it be built in June this year?"

Looking at the extremely busy craftsmen on the dock, Zhao Wen asked in a low voice.

This man is the steward of this shipyard, his surname is Wan, and his name is Wan Tieniu. He used to be a craftsman at Longjiang Bao Shipyard.

Wan Tieniu looked at Zhao Wen, afraid of being misunderstood by Zhao Wen, he hurriedly explained: "My lord, there are too few people now, and this is a treasure ship. Although our ancestors have built treasure ships, it has been hundreds of years since now.

Now we are all building treasure ships for the first time, and we don’t know how to deal with some places. In addition, there are too few people, so our speed is much slower. "

"Then when will it be built?" Zhao Wen looked at Wan Tieniu and asked in a deep voice.

Wan Tieniu looked at Zhao Wen, hesitantly said: "My lord, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it will be next year."

Zhao Wen was taken aback when he heard this, "It's a bit slow!"

"My lord, this is a treasure ship. The structure on it is extremely complicated, and the project is huge. We are building it for the first time, so we are not proficient.

And the manpower is too small, if the adults can get me a few hundred more people, I dare say that the main structure of the treasure ship will be able to be erected in June this year. "Wan Tieniu said.

Zhao Wendao: "Don't worry, how many more people do you need? Write me a document and report to me. I will make up for you when the time comes."

To be selected by Zhao Wen as the manager of the shipyard, they must at least be able to read and write, so it is not difficult for Wan Tieniu to write a document.

After Zhao Wen led Zhao Daniu around the remaining shipyards, he returned to Mao Wenlong's General Military Mansion.

"Brother Zhao, now that your shipyard has been set up and the treasure ship has begun to be built, why do you still look sad?"

Mao Wenlong was punching in the yard. He watched the frowning Zhao Wen walk in from the outside, and couldn't help asking.

Sitting at the stone table next to Mao Wenlong, Zhao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, but the speed of building the treasure ship can't meet my standard.

Now all the shipyards add up, if they want to reach my speed, there is still a shortfall of about 3000 to [-] people. "

"Hey, Brother Zhao, you have to eat this meal one bite at a time. Don't be too impatient in everything." Mao Wenlong sat next to Zhao Wen, picked up the teapot on the stone table, and poured a cup of tea for Zhao Wen, "Don't talk about this It’s over, the imperial court issued a decree a while ago, asking me to go to the capital to report on my duties in half a month. Have you received such a decree?”

Zhao Wen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "Yes, Liu Wenzhong just sent me the decree a few days ago.

Tomorrow, I will go back to Xuanzhen first, and then depart from Xuanzhen to the capital. "

"Okay, since that's the case, let's meet in the capital!"

……

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen boarded the ship.

It's just that this ship didn't go to Dengzhou, but detoured from Dengzhou and went directly to Jinling.

If it is some ordinary people or other craftsmen, it will be easy to solve.But it is not easy for craftsmen to build ships. After all, shipbuilding is also a technical job.

The number of craftsmen was not enough, so Zhao Wen had to solve this problem first.

Zhao Wen's solution to this problem was to go directly to Jinling's minister of industry, Wan Yu.

Although the minister of the Ministry of Industry in Jinling can't say much in the court, he does have some authority in Jinling.At least it can mobilize craftsmen.

Zhao Wen led Zhao Daniu and a dozen personal guards back to the yamen of the Ministry of Industry in the sixth department of Jinling.

No accident, Wan Yu was not in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Wen looked at the still empty Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and asked Zhao Daniu to find out Wan Yu's address.

After Zhao Daniu found out Wan Yu's address, Zhao Wen led the team directly to Wan Yu's home.

"My lord, this is the home of Wan Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry."

Zhao Daniu pointed to a magnificent house and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "Go up and knock on the door!"

But before Zhao Daniu stepped forward, there was a noise from inside the gate.

(End of this chapter)