Kai Fu Han

Chapter 303 New Warship
"When I go back, I will ask the Government Affairs Council to form an inspection team. After the inspection team comes to your county, you can deal with the mine owners." Liu Xinqi emphasized.

The mine owners have a large number of miners. If those mine owners organize the miners to rebel, even if Ye County is not lost, the people of Ye County will suffer heavy losses.

"I understand. Leader, I feel guilty."

"We all grew up from a young age. I just left for a while before you. If you work hard and study more, you will definitely be able to be a good county magistrate. The Ministry of Personnel can choose you to be the county magistrate from among hundreds of officials in Penglai. Magistrate of Ye County, it shows that you are very good, don’t be shocked by what I said today, you just haven’t been exposed to these before, and when you become familiar with them, you will definitely do no worse than me.”

The enthusiasm of his subordinates is still very important, so Liu Xinqi can only activate the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' mode.

"Thank you, leader, for your tolerance. I will give my all to you and die."

...

On December 22, Liu Xinqi set off from Ye County again to Haicang Town.

After walking sixty miles along the official road, we arrived at a place called Fenghuang Village.

"The name of this village is very fairy-like."

Liu Xinqi praised.

The officials who followed Liu Xinqi this time were natives of Denglai and were very familiar with both states.

"There is a huge rock on the coast of this village, shaped like a phoenix, so the ancestors who migrated here named the village Fenghuang Village. The name is Xianqi, but the village is not rich. It relies on the villagers to secretly boil some private salt and sell it, and is exploited by all parties. , making a living is difficult.”

Penglai County is not far from Haicang Town. The straight-line distance is eighty miles. The official road detours, which is only more than ten miles away. When Liu Xinqi and others arrived at Fenghuang Village, it was just past noon.

"Go into the village to have a look, and buy some firewood to make lunch."

"it is good."

After everyone entered the village, the guards were responsible for buying firewood and cooking pots. Liu Xinqi, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Personnel, walked towards the seaside.

On the coast, there were ragged villagers boiling seawater in large iron pots. They were not afraid when they saw Liu Xinqi and others coming over, and were minding their own business.

"Boiled salt, you are not afraid when you see us?" Liu Xinqi was confused.

"These people are all coolies. They are well managed by people above them. They all have connections with the government. They are not responsible for sales, so they are not afraid of us." The official replied: "It seems that the news in this village is very closed. , or this is the only way to survive, and there is no other way. This place has been 'changed' and yet it is still cooking salt."

"In the salt field in Baishiwan, the cost of drying a pound of salt is hundreds of times lower than the cost of boiling salt. There is no way out in this business," Liu Xinqi sighed.

"When the subsequent reforms cover this area, we will naturally find a way out for these people." The official responded.

Liu Xinqi walked around the coast and saw that the coastline here was flat.

"This is a good place to set up a salt drying field, but it is too close to the front line at the moment. When more places are recovered in the future, the depth here is enough, and a large salt field can be set up here."

Some people in the Xinghan League called the newly acquired territory "occupation", while Liu Xinqi generally called it "conquering".

In Liu Xinqi's concept, the attributes of the land of Kyushu are 'since ancient times', so there is no occupation.

"The food is ready. You two adults, please go back and have a meal." A guard came over to inform them, and the two returned to the village to have lunch.

On the way, a village chief came over to strike up a conversation. Liu Xinqi chatted with him for a few words and gave him some advice:
"Haicang Town, forty miles to the west, will build a large permanent barracks, which will require a lot of labor. The young people in your village can go there to work in exchange for money and food. Stop boiling salt, no one will come to collect it. "The village chief listened to Liu Xinqi's words and thanked him, but judging from his expression, he probably didn't believe it completely. However, Liu Xinqi was not worried that the people in this village would be without food because of no livelihood. He would wait until the follow-up troops of the First Field Regiment arrived. Later, there will be a lot of noise about building a camp. This village is so close to Haicang Town, so they will definitely know about it.

After eating, everyone continued to set off.

We arrived at Haicang Town two hours later.

After entering the town, Liu Xinqi discovered that large-scale construction had begun here.

Soldiers and laborers are accompanying them to level the land, and people from the second fleet are expanding the port. Two docks extending toward the sea have been built, and four large sand ships are parked at the dock to unload cargo.

The wharf is a gravity wharf. Thanks to cement, it could be built so quickly.

As soon as they reached the port, Ye Chuan had already heard the news and rushed over.

"Leader, why are you here?"

Liu Xinqi was working hard all the way. It is estimated that no one used the golden eagle to send a message to Ye Chuan, so Ye Chuan did not know that Liu Xinqi was out on inspection.

"I plan to visit the seven newly recovered counties. Your place will be the headquarters of the First Field Regiment in the future, so I came to take a look."

"Welcome, welcome the alliance leader's inspection!"

Ye Chuan was very happy to see Liu Xinqi coming.

"What are you so happy about?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Are you happy to see you?"

"to be frank."

"Hey, I've always had a suggestion for you. There are too many big things going on during this period, so I don't dare to disturb you. Now that the war is over, I'm thinking of finding a chance to go back to Penglai to see you, but I didn't expect you to come here on your own." Ye Chuan He said with a silly smile.

"Oh, I delivered it to your door myself! Then tell me, what's the matter?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"This is the second major reorganization of the Army. Our Navy is still the same, and its weapons have not been updated. I am very greedy when I look at those muskets." Ye Chuan said.

"You haven't had any major wars recently. Of course, the newly manufactured muskets must be used by the army first." Liu Xinqi explained first. Seeing Ye Chuan's expression, he probably didn't agree with his explanation, and then continued.

"But the reorganization of your navy will be carried out soon. The main reason is that you didn't have many ships before, so you couldn't reorganize it. Now Baishiwan Shipyard is building warships specially used for combat for the navy. Wait for this new type When the warship is launched, it is the day when your navy is reorganized."

"Really? Is this kind of warship powerful?" Ye Chuan heard this news for the first time.

"It's more powerful than your current flagship. A ship with a load of six thousand stones can carry 400 people and supplies for a half-month voyage. It can also carry four artillery pieces." Liu Xinqi introduced.

In this era, wood was used to build ships. Although wood is lighter than iron, its compression and tensile resistance are weaker than iron. It must use more materials than iron. The load of six thousand stone is equivalent to [-] tons in later generations, including ships. Its own weight is equivalent to a full load displacement of [-] tons.

"Six thousand stones!!" Ye Chuan opened his mouth in surprise: "How big is that ship!"

(End of this chapter)