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Chapter 233 Survive, in the ocean
"What about the price? How much is the price?" Yang Reform asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the largest battleship, the King of the Sea, is currently calculated as 10 taels of silver. I call it a first-class battleship, which can be used as the flagship of the fleet; this kind of smaller battleship , there are fifty to sixty guns, and the cost of each ship is about 3 taels of silver. I call it a second-level battleship, which can carry 350 people. These two kinds of battleships are the main force of the fleet and are dedicated to fighting , to suppress opponents, so they are all called battleships; this kind is smaller, with only 100 to [-] artillery pieces, I call it a cruiser, responsible for supporting the main battleship, combating merchant ships, pirates and other tasks , the cost is relatively cheap, it only needs between [-] and [-], and each ship needs more than [-] people; the smaller ones have only a few guns to a dozen guns. This kind of ship is responsible for fighting in some special sea areas. For example, in shallow seas, inland rivers, and places densely covered with hidden reefs, this kind of boat is the cheapest, about a few thousand taels is enough, oh... By the way, His Majesty also has a kind of fast boat, which is specially responsible for delivering letters. This kind of boat has the fastest speed. Hurry up, we need some, the cost of construction is relatively much cheaper, the general situation is like this, if His Majesty builds on a large scale, I believe the price can be even cheaper,..." Ando began to explain his own shipbuilding costs eloquently. .

"Wait..." Yang Reform was confused by the numerous data.I began to secretly calculate in my heart how much money I needed.

7 ships; 35 ships are [-] ships; [-] ships are [-] ships, and the average is about [-] ships; the smallest two thousand ships, including the Clippers, are about seven ships. , Even if it is [-] taels, that is to say, the cost of such a fleet is about [-] taels.

Calculated in this way, it is still acceptable. Three 10,000+ taels will have a relatively elite fleet, but if you count the maintenance costs of these ships, the salary of the navy, and the consumption of cannons, it is quite high. Yang Reform suspects that he has money to build but no money to support.

Yang Reform calculated the cost of manpower, maintenance, and consumption for a long time, and found that this navy is indeed a money-burning hole, and his own account is a bit out of control.

Yang Reform wiped his forehead and said: "Very good, everything is good, I have decided to build this fleet, and you will be responsible for designing and supervising the construction of this fleet. Of course, if the built ship is not good, you will know the consequences. "Yang Reform has a headache, and he doesn't plan to think too much. First, he will use money to burn a fleet.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty. I will wholeheartedly build this fleet for His Majesty, especially the Sea King." Seeing that he had finally convinced the Emperor, Anduo happily assured the Emperor, not to mention how happy he was.

"Okay, take your companions and go to Nanjing and find my shipbuilding admiral. He will be in charge of everything about the shipbuilding, including the cost. You are in charge of the design and supervision of the construction. Do you understand?" this matter.

"Your Majesty, my Majesty, pack your luggage and go to Nanjing immediately to find that one. By the way, Your Majesty's shipbuilding admiral." Ando was so excited that he almost danced with the emperor in his arms.

"Big Companion, write a letter of introduction to Zheng Huaizhong and tell him that this guy and his companion are responsible for the construction of Western warships, so he must cooperate well. The warships are designed and supervised by this guy. Materials, labor, silver, etc. Let Zheng Huaizhong be sure to check it out."

Looking at this dancing guy, Yang Reform felt a headache. He didn't have enough money, and he had to build a ship, so he had to ask Wang Chengen to clear up how much money he had left.

"As ordered, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

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An Duo left contentedly, Qin Yaozu was very depressed, he didn't win the battle against the barbarians today, the emperor gave the order to build barbarian ships, but there was no movement on the ships of the Ming Dynasty that he was in charge of. In my own hand, as a young prisoner, I guess I have to change the chair before my butt is hot.

Seeing that An Duo had gone out, Yang Reform walked up to the row of model ships, picked up a model ship, and looked at it again and again.

Seeing that the emperor was interested in this boat, Qin Yaozu hurried over and explained with a coquettish smile: "Your Majesty, this boat is called a yellow croaker boat, and it is specially used by coastal fishermen for fishing." The resources of the eunuchs are to build boats for him, so the types of boats are very rich, and even this kind of fishing boats have been built. The eunuchs have always pursued large and complete affairs for the emperor, and tried to meet the emperor's requirements at one time. Therefore, originally They just wanted to build battleships. This time, fishing boats were also built together. Anyway, it didn't take much effort.

What attracted Yang Reform was that on the top of the ship, there was something like a trawling net hanging behind the ship, a trawling net?Doesn't this mean that the fishing technology in ancient times was also very developed. Yang Reform has been worrying about the food problem. Although he has made quite a lot of preparations, even emigrating, and disaster relief on a large scale, the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty was the food industry. The total amount has decreased, and the drought of more than ten years has required another source of food, and this fishery is undoubtedly an important food source supplement. Meat is always meat, and it is better than grass and bran to fill the stomach.

Thinking of this, Yang Reform was very excited. He forgot about this very important link. The ocean, the birthplace of human beings, can actually provide people with a lot of food. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was not because of the lack of food that there were famines everywhere. ?How could I forget such an important thing?

"Oh!" Yang Reform was elated, and he slammed his fist hard on the palm of his hand.I cried in my heart, "God help me, God help me."

Wang Chengen was puzzled, what happened to the emperor?How can you be so happy when you see a fishing boat?

Qin Yaozu is even more confused?I was so frightened that I didn't know what to say.

Yang Reform had already figured it out, and immediately asked, "What's the name of this ship?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this boat is called a yellow croaker boat, and it is specially used by coastal fishermen for fishing." Qin Yaozu was quite familiar with the purpose of these boats, and when the emperor asked, he immediately answered.

"Yellow croaker boat? For fishing? How big is this kind of boat? How far out to sea to fish? How many fish can you catch at a time? How do you keep the fish fresh?" Yang Reform was inexplicably excited. The problem of disaster victims, the way to survive the problem of eating in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this yellow croaker boat can be large or small, from hundreds to hundreds of materials. Generally, there are a few people at the helm, or a dozen or so people. But, as for how many fish you can catch? It’s hard to say, there are thousands of catties, and it depends entirely on luck. If the fish is kept fresh, you can either use fish salt or ice..." Qin Yaozu had something to say, put I have said everything I can know. In order to show my face in front of the emperor, I have worked hard. You must know that there are tens of thousands of eunuchs competing in the entire Forbidden City. If you don't work hard, you will not have a bright future!
How many crew members?Harvest ten thousand catties?Preserve with salt?In Yang Reform's throat, he gulped his saliva with a "cuckoo". Such a huge source of food was forgotten by him, and he really deserved to die!Yang Reform really wanted to slap himself in the face, he should have thought of going fishing a long time ago!I am really stupid. I thought of building a warship, but I didn't expect that the boat can be used for fishing. The fish can be eaten. How many disaster victims have to be resettled in the late Ming Dynasty?Solve the problem of how many disaster victims to eat?

Yang Reform's mood was unusually agitated.

"Okay, okay, okay! Not bad, not bad! Qin Yaozu, you've done a great job this time..." Yang Reform's impression of this guy is just so-so. Looking at this guy now, Yang Reform feels that this guy is very good. cute.This guy is a boon.

"...Thank Your Majesty for the compliment, I dare not be a servant..." Qin Yaozu was puzzled, why did the emperor praise himself when he saw a fishing boat?

"Hehe, but there are other fishing boats? By the way, how much do you know about this fishing industry? Tell me about it." Yang Reform is very yearning for this fishing industry now, and he can't wait to start building boats and fishing immediately, and then pass The Yangtze River, Canal, and Yellow River are transported to Henan and Shaanxi, and fish and meat are used for disaster relief. This, perhaps, is a new and bold attempt.Yang Reform started to think about his plan.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant knows a little about this fishery, but it's not a lot. I just know that there are many fishing boats, including small and large sampans, large and small yellow croaker boats, and sandfish boats, etc... Small boats can be harvested every day. , but the quantity is small, it looks like tens or hundreds of catties every day, and there are many people on the big boat, so the harvest is also huge, and the time to go abroad can last for several months. Harvesting ten thousand catties is by no means empty talk, Your Majesty... "When Qin Yaozu said this, he really had nothing to tell the emperor, and the little things in his stomach were all emptied.

"Big companion, Master Xu and the others have left Beijing?" Yang Reform immediately decided to use the fishing industry as a magic weapon for disaster relief. This was a magic weapon to solve the problem of food for farmers in the late Ming Dynasty!Can the fish in the sea be finished?In the Ming Dynasty, no matter what, it would be endless!In later generations, the catch of this fishery is a terrifying existence!
"Go back to Your Majesty, and you haven't left the capital yet, but Your Majesty has something to call them?" Wang Chengen was puzzled, what was the emperor thinking?The imperial envoy hasn't left Beijing yet, but is he going to be called back again?
"Let Master Xu and the others come to me immediately. I have something very important to discuss with them. Hurry, hurry, hurry." Yang Reform couldn't wait, such an important way to deal with the famine at the end of Ming Dynasty, such a way to save his life Method, how can I abandon it?Yang Reform is overjoyed, there is no better news than this news.

"Your servant obeys, I'm going now." Seeing the emperor's urgent urging, Wang Chengen did not say much, and immediately obeyed.

The little eunuch who conveyed the order was urged by Wang Chengen to run away like a shit, and went to find the imperial envoy.Yang Reform began to walk up and down the Wenhua Palace impatiently, waiting for someone...

I can't help thinking about what the fishing industry will be like in the future. According to scattered information, or some scattered memories from the "News Network" in the future, Yang Reform estimates that the fishing industry in later generations is probably in the over a million tons.As for how much, I don't know the specifics. I have to go back to check the information at night to be sure.Yang Reform doesn't expect that he can have that kind of fishing scale and ability like in the future. He only hopes that he can have a fraction, one hundred thousand tons, one hundred thousand tons, how much food is it?One or two million stones!This, how many people can solve the food problem?I have developed, developed!No, no, I found the key to unlock the famine problem at the end of Ming Dynasty!key!My future is at sea, at sea!

Thinking of the excitement, Yang Reform wanted to cry. He had had enough these days, for money, for the victims, for food, for resettlement, for himself not to hang himself in Meishan, and for the rope around his neck not to be so tight , How many ways have I thought of, how much I have suffered, and how much suffering I have suffered. Now, I have found a better solution.

The disaster victims should be moved to the coast, and then send some sampans and fishing boats to let them go fishing, and then buy those fish products by themselves, and transport them to Shaanxi to relieve the victims. This is much faster than waiting for the grain to be grown in the ground. It is also much more secure. The most important thing is that he does not need to be threatened by those big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River. What Yang Reform is most afraid of now is that the rich landlords in the south of the Yangtze River will increase the price of food when they see that he has used tens of millions of taels of silver for disaster relief. The difficulty has become even more difficult. Now, with such a source of food, you can not be afraid of those old landlords. Hehe, no matter what the fish is, it is also meat!You can still eat meat after being hit by a disaster. This, I have to say, these disaster victims are lucky. When they meet me, a time traveler, Yang Reform thinks more and more beautiful...

"Cuckoo, boom, boom..." Yang Reform imitated the dubbing in a game, and he seemed to be holding a mouse in his hand, as if he was playing a game.Yang Reform has now completely figured it out. The source of this food has never been found only in the ground. You must know that in "Age of Empires", at the beginning of the game, animals have to be killed, and then there are fishing grounds, which can be found in the ocean. Food, Yang Reform suddenly came to his senses. It turns out that this principle has been told to us in the game a long time ago!It’s just that everyone didn’t expect it, so they began to miss those days when they played games every day and played all night every day. It seemed that they had pinched a mouse in their hands, and they were happily clicking on farmers to dig meat, fish, farm, increase population, and upgrade technology...

Wang Chengen and Qin Yaozu looked at the crazy emperor, they didn't know what the emperor was doing, they didn't know what the words were in their mouths, they couldn't understand anyway, and their hands made some incomprehensible movements, is the epilepsy crazy?Qin Yaozu found that the emperor had become very scary.Wang Chengen is used to it, the emperor sometimes does some inexplicable things.

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I don't know how long it took before Yang Reform woke up from his sweet dream. He saw that it was three imperial envoys, Xu Guangqi, Zhang Jiude, and Zhou Yanru, all of whom were sweating and panting, probably because of that little shit who pissed him off. The eunuch reminded me.

That’s not enough, I had to kneel down and kowtow to the emperor, a few of them were very surprised, the emperor was not sitting on the dragon chair, what was he doing in the hall?There are also many boat samples on the side.

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After seeing the ceremony, Xu Guangqi spoke.

"I don't know what your Majesty is so eager to summon your ministers and others." Xu Guangqi was discussing immigration matters with his two deputies, and when he learned that the emperor wanted to summon his ministers immediately, the sooner the better, there was something important, so he thought something big happened. Under the constant urging of the little eunuch, he rushed to the Wenhua Palace.When I got here, I realized that the emperor seemed to be fine at all, and he was very angry. Isn't this tormenting us?A lot of age, can you stand this?

"Hehe, Master Xu, the three of you. Today, I suddenly figured out a problem." Yang Reform compared his game history, and found that this "Age of Empires" pointed out the direction for himself.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what's the problem?" Xu Guangqi was out of breath.

"Big Companion, quickly move a chair for Master Xu." Yang Reform also found that he, the master, was having a hard time running, and felt a little sorry, but he only gave Xu Guangqi a chair, and the other two did not. Who told them to be young?What's more, Zhou Yanru is only in his thirties, and it's time for him to exercise...

"Your Majesty thanked you. Your Majesty is always standing. How dare I sit? It is better to stand..." Xu Guangqi also declined. This time, it is different from before. In the past, the emperor was sitting anyway. Sit down by yourself , It also shows that the emperor loves his courtiers, and now the emperor is standing, if he is sitting, how is this decent?

"Hehe... Forget it, let's talk about the business first." Yang Reform didn't bother with this issue, and directly wanted to talk about his discovery.

"Master Xu, guys, can you find that the boats here are a bit special?" Yang Reform is very happy today, he has found a magic weapon to solve the problems of the end of Ming Dynasty, and he is ready to behave.

Xu Guangqi, Zhang Jiude, and Zhou Yanru were baffled. The emperor came to see us just to see those broken ships?Thank goodness we ran away with half our lives!
"...Your Majesty, Your Majesty is talking about warships?" Xu Guangqi knew a lot. He knew that the emperor was planning to fight at sea and wanted to build ships.After looking at these ship samples, I came to a conclusion.

"No, no, no, Qing family, come and see this, this..." Yang Reform picked up a boat sample and happily showed it to his imperial envoys.

"..." Several people were puzzled.

Zhang Jiude was the governor of the river channel, and he had a lot of experience with boats, so he recognized it and said, "Your Majesty, what is your Majesty holding is a yellow croaker boat?"

"Hehe, Zhang Aiqing has good eyesight. That's right. The boat I took is exactly the yellow croaker boat. Do you guys know what it is used for and what it can do?" Yang Reformed induced.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the yellow croaker boat is a fishing boat, of course it is for fishing..." Zhang Jiude replied without thinking.

Zhou Yanru was the most clever. Hearing what Zhang Jiude said, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Your Majesty means to use fishery products to relieve disasters?"

Yang Reform was a little surprised. These guys are still smart, and they guessed what they meant in a few clicks.Said: "That's right, Zhou Qing's family, guessed right, it is using fishery for disaster relief."

Zhou Yanru said modestly: "I don't dare to be a minister, I don't dare to be a minister. It has always been a common occurrence to save famines with fish. Organizations, the government generally does not organize the victims and common people to fish and save the famine..."

What?Was there such a thing in ancient times?In ancient times, fishery was used for disaster relief?Yang Reform was surprised!Doesn't that mean that this is not his own initiative?
"...But Your Majesty, even if fish can be used to relieve the disaster, it is probably a drop in the bucket. It will not help! The number of victims is huge. How many ponds and lakes are needed for fish! Not to mention that there is a lack of water in Shaanxi, and there is no place. Fishing!" Zhou Yanru continued.

cut!It turned out that Zhou Yanru was talking about fishing in ponds and lakes for disaster relief, and he thought about fishing in the sea for disaster relief. They were two different things, and they were N grades behind!This week Yanru, really, only has a little cleverness!I need to exercise more, my thinking is not open enough, and my vision is not high enough!

"Yes! Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been records of using fish to relieve famines. However, if the number of victims is not large, it is feasible. But now, Your Majesty, there are millions of immigrants! There are probably more victims. Can a river ditch help?" Zhang Jiude also disagreed with the emperor's idea, it was too absurd, there was no need for the government to organize such a thing, the common people would eat up all the fish and shrimp in the river and pond by themselves, Still need us?

"Hehehe, you guys! Your brains are not open enough to think about problems, and you are still not tall enough! A few small rivers and ditches can't support many people, and can't catch many fish? But what about the sea? What about the ocean? This can How many fish are caught? How many people can this feed? What I just showed you is a fishing boat that can go out to sea. You can understand what I mean..." Yang Reform explained to his subordinates with a smile. I figured it out, but it can be used as a lesson now, which is the advantage of going one step ahead.

"what!……"

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The three of them were extremely shocked!His eyes widened, and he looked at the emperor in surprise, yes!There are not enough fish in the ditch, but the fish in the ocean... First of all, does the ocean have an end?

The others were also dumbfounded. Wang Chengen had long been accustomed to the emperor's genius-like way of thinking. He was the first to calm down and look at the emperor with adoring eyes. The whole person was stunned, and the emotional emperor didn't take a fancy to his own battleship, but his own fishing boat.

"Your Majesty is a great talent, the sky is so smart, we are really not as good as..." Xu Guangqi took the lead, admitting that the emperor's idea was indeed unexpected.

"...What does His Majesty mean, let me wait to recruit the victims and go fishing? Then send the fish to Henan and northern Shaanxi for disaster relief?" Xu Guangqi understood the emperor's meaning and began to discuss the specific method with the emperor.

"Yes, that's right. What I mean is, build as many fishing boats as possible, go out to sea to catch fish, make dried fish with salt, and then transport them to disaster relief sites, all by water, which should solve a large part of the food problem. It is more reliable than waiting for all the grain in the field." Yang Reform said his plan.Using fish as a kind of food, disaster relief, even if it only accounts for [-] to [-]% of the total food, this is very considerable, and can save a lot of money.

Yang Reform is now most afraid that those big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River will join forces to raise prices for him, and then he will be out of luck.Now that there are food substitutes, they can also wrestle with those landlords in the south of the Yangtze River.Don't get too nervous about the threats they make for themselves.There is another bigger idea that has not been mentioned. These fishermen will be the source of the sailors in the future. In the future, Zheng Zhilong will be negotiated. Immigration to Taiwan is the follow-up of the entire immigration plan. Immigration to Nanyang is the start of the colonial plan... The Pacific Ocean is our own inner lake. We have always only fished in the lake...

(End of this chapter)