Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 183 The Flying Henan People

The ten warehouses plus the sale of the trading license finally got 500 taels of gold, which was more than 23 taels converted into silver, plus the 55 taels obtained from the previous confiscation of Jinwu's house, 20 taels from Zhang Tao, 35 taels from Zhang Zixing, and 11 taels from Zhang Yushu. [-] taels.

In a short period of time, the treasury of Guangzhou Prefecture received 1201 million taels of silver.

Not to mention that the ancient emperors liked to raid their homes. The money came too quickly. At this time, the government treasury in Guangzhou was extremely full.

If you have more money, you have to do things next. Zhu Zhanchang gathered all the firms that took the trade license.

The winner of the ceramic warehouse, Song Chengren of Jiangxi Business Gang.

The winner of the tea warehouse, Fujian businessman Cai Zehui.

The winner of the timber warehouse, Zhou You, a Guangdong businessman
Winner of Jade Jade Warehouse, Guangdong Merchant Huang Shi
The winner of the food warehouse, Guo Qinjian of the Guangdong Chaozhou Business Gang

Winner of the Spice Warehouse, Shaanxi Merchant Zhu En
Silk and raw silk, the name of the Shangbangma in Huzhou, Zhejiang

Finished clothing, Jiangsu businessman Liu Baojiu
Coal, Zhejiang businessman Cao Xinyue
Iron ore, Guangdong businessman Nanzhi
Among the ten people, except Nan Zhizhi and Cao Xinyue, they all look like wealthy businessmen with mature faces. Of course, the strength behind the two may be stronger.

Zhu Zhanchang invited everyone to sit around on the warship and eat the fresh seafood that was just caught. He brought the best chefs from Guangzhou, and the seafood brought from the fishing boat that had just landed was extremely delicious.

"My father, that is, His Royal Highness, likes to eat fish very much, but it will take some time for seafood to reach Yingtian Mansion. Even if you try to eat it quickly, you will not be able to eat such fresh food. You still have to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea. ."

Zhu Zhanchang greeted everyone to eat seafood, the warship was moving slowly, and the sea breeze was gentle.

"My shopkeepers, Your Majesty's order to open the sea ban has come down. I have to go to Nanyang in a few days and tell the Nanyang countries about this. You have obtained the trade license, and the port can go at any time, as long as you follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty. We can say anything about legal and legal transactions, but I’m going to say the ugly thing before, if someone takes the trade license and does the work of smuggling and fleeing, then don’t blame me for being rude.”

These people dared to buy trade licenses at high prices. Zhu Zhanchang felt that they should have had business dealings with Nanyang in the original smuggling trade. On the premise of certain profits, they would be more confident to take trade licenses.

Now that there are legal channels, if you still engage in petty theft, don't blame me for flipping the table.

Zhu Zhanchang's words were straightforward, and these shopkeepers were still in the know, and they all expressed their approval.

Zhu Zhanchang also introduced his steam warship: "You have also seen the performance of this kind of warship. Now the shipyard in Guangzhou will manufacture steamboats. Of course, it is impossible to have as many artillery as the military. A small number of defensive weapons will be loaded, and such steam merchant ships will have their own serial numbers, which can then be leased to you."

"Really? Your Highness, I don't know how much it will cost to rent."

"Don't worry about the cost, the price is definitely reasonable. I will take a steam warship to go to Nanyang first with a warning. If the pirates at sea dare to rob the merchant ships flying our Daming flag in the future, the Guangdong Navy will go to Destroy them, and the Guangdong Navy will protect all merchant ships, of course, the merchant ships that trade legally."

"And if I see that any of you have any connection with the pirates and the like, it will be sacked."

"No, no, His Royal Highness, we are all good businessmen who obey the law."

Because of smuggling in the past, many wealthy families or business firms had to say hello to pirates, and even some of the pirates were smuggled to hide from others. These were dug up after the Nan family was under their control.

The Nan family's smuggling business ranges from Cochin Java to Palembang. It is complicated, and the doorway inside is very large. They have a sea guard of their own. They are pirates in name, but they escort their own merchant ships when they go to sea. Zhu Zhan I understand that other firms may also have such a situation.

If there are any pirates, cut them off immediately.

Zhu Zhanchang continued to say his third red line: "The other point is that state secrets must not be leaked, and foreign spies must not be brought in, otherwise it will be hacked all over the place. I hope everyone should keep these three in mind and think about it all the time. ."

Everyone replied, "Don't worry, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, I'll wait to understand."

After chatting with these people, Zhu Zhanchang got off the boat and went to prepare the auction of other plots with Chen Youshan.

Chen Youshan said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, the house on the Aomen side is already under construction, and it is built according to the previous plan."

"I may not have time to come here recently. Things in Hong Kong Port are adaptable to my own needs. I have to worry about the research and development of the second generation of steam warships."

"Second generation?" Chen Youshan couldn't believe it, that steam warship was already powerful enough, but Zhu Zhanchang was now preparing to develop the second generation non-stop.

"What, do you think it's too fast?"

"I think it's incredible."

In the eyes of Chen Youshan, the extremely powerful steam warship is only the first generation of products in the eyes of Zhu Zhanchang.

With the improvement of steel smelting technology and the continuous polishing of steam engines during this period, Zhu Zhanchang believes that it is time to start the research on the second generation of steam warships.

Now that the treasury is full, it can be done generously, regardless of the cost.

As for the trip to Nanyang that the emperor gave him to visit various countries, Zhu Zhanchang planned to wait for the second generation of steam warships to come out, and also wait for Zheng He.

Zheng He is expected to arrive in about two months.

Zhu Zhanchang left the prince of the Duke of Qian's government on Xiangjiang Island, and asked him to lead his navy to defend Xiangjiang Island.

He went back to the National Pearl River Shipyard on a warship without stopping.

Zhang San was already waiting at the shipyard. Zhu Zhanchang's warship docked, and as soon as he entered the shipyard, he saw a warship under construction.

The overall size of the warship is about the same as it is now, but the armor has a larger coverage, is more streamlined, and this bold attempt is minus the sails.

In the past, all steam warships kept sails, because the distrust of the steam engine was afraid that once the steam engine had a problem, it would be embarrassing for the ship to stop at sea.

Now they dare to subtract it because they know that the current steam engine can be trusted, and the number and skills of maintenance technicians are improving.

Zhang San brought Zhu Zhanchang into the warship. The layout of all the rooms in the second-generation warship was more reasonable, unnecessary parts were reduced, and because the steamship required fewer operators, more space was vacated To put weapons and ammunition, the space for naval accommodation will be better.

"His Royal Highness, there will be a big difference between warships and merchant ships in the shipyard. We put two sets of steam engine power systems on the warships. If there is a problem with the main system, you can use the backup system first. After all the parts are manufactured separately, All have standardized components, but the difficulty of maintenance is reduced, and the second-generation steam engine is more durable than before."

Zhu Zhanchang nodded: "For merchant ships, the power of the steam engine will be weakened. In theory, it will not be equipped with artillery, but it will retain two muzzles, use the tail paddle wheel, and the warship uses the side paddle wheel."

After the Zhoushan naval battle, the broadside paddle wheel showed some problems, but the material has been improved recently, and the speed of the broadside paddle wheel is still faster than that of the tail paddle wheel.

"The fastest, how long can this warship be launched?"

"It should be enough for half a month if you let go of all other things and do it all."

"Then just follow the normal speed and launch within two months."

Zhu Zhanchang continued: "And I want to paint its appearance to some extent."

"Your Highness, what do you want to do?"

"It's all black, the kind of black it's pitch black."

"Is His Highness's target at sea too obvious?"

"I just want everyone to see it, otherwise, who would know that this is the ship of my Zhujiang County Prince's Mansion, and I painted a golden dragon head with lacquer. I want to be more aggressive. I have also thought of the name of the ship."

"Your Highness, what's your name?"

"Flying Henan Man."

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