Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

But it was precisely this kind of behavior that made the old Huangtou heave a sigh of relief, and then he fell limply on the ground, muttering incessantly,

"It's over, it's finally over!"

That's right, what Zhang Nuo meant was very simple. They had completed the task of launching the ship that they had completed within a month.

As for the general ledger mentioned before, it seems that it has passed now, so there is no need to worry about it anymore.

As for the rewards for completing the mission, the old Huangtou didn't have any extravagant hopes because of what happened before, and he was already very satisfied that he wasn't liquidated directly after completing the mission.

At this time, he was also terrified. The previous time was too rough, and he almost killed himself in the end. This is really Zhang Nuo's attack is not as ruthless as others. If it is in Datang, they don't even have a chance to make amends. No, it was probably chopped up on the spot.

The old Huangtou has been in trouble for the rest of his life. He never thought that when he got old, he would wake up and plan to work honestly. In other words, it was only at this time that he realized that this person might really kill himself .

After Zhang Nuo finished the sea test, he didn't go back to Pyongyang city or go to the military camp. Instead, he plunged into the office of Li Miaoshu, the admiral of the port area, and started a temporary office inside.

His current main job is to consider how to build a group of merchant ships that can meet the needs of cargo transportation between Shandong Road and Pyongyang Road in the shortest possible time.

These merchant ships not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of transportation, but are also the first batch of practice ships at the naval base. Those who are about to come will learn theoretical knowledge at the base while participating in the actual operation of the merchant ship.

It can be seen that these merchant ships are not only ordinary means of transportation, but also carry many other functions, so they should not be underestimated.

But how to get these things, Zhang Nuo was scratching his head at the moment.

Chapter 572

For Zhang Nuo, whether it is sea ships or railways, these seemingly huge and complex projects are in the final analysis just a tool for Datang to develop more rapidly.

Moreover, when you jump out of the limitations of a certain project and look at the problem from a global perspective, you will find that not only will you not bring much benefit to Datang, but sometimes it will even cause the entire The collapse of the country.

In fact, if you think about it a little bit, you will know that it is right to build roads first if you want to get rich, but can the low productivity of this era really bear the simultaneous start of multiple railways?

Trains, rails, stations, and post-maintenance all have extremely high requirements for resources and manpower. If you really think that as long as the railways are repaired everywhere, the entire Tang Dynasty will be able to develop, then it is actually bullshit.

After all, the development of transportation is actually to promote the high-speed circulation of personnel, materials, and information, so that various places can generate commerce and trade through circulation, thereby further prospering.

But what if there is no need for inflow and outflow of materials in connected places?

That's right, this is indeed something Zhang Nuo needs to consider. Why did later generations not repair roads until the 90s, and why didn't they repair them before?

One is that the country has no money, and the other is that the productivity is not very developed, and there is nothing to circulate at all, so why repair it?Specially for visiting relatives?

Not to mention the Tang Dynasty in this year, among other things, the population of the entire Tang Dynasty, according to Lao Li's statistics, is probably a little over [-] million.

So many people are distributed in the vast land of Tang Dynasty, but there are really not many. Therefore, in terms of railways, repairing Chang’an to Luoyang, and Chang’an to Shandong is basically enough to create a preliminary material exchange channel.

As for the railway network all over the country, or the railway branch lines to the border areas, these things should wait for the further development of Datang.

For the same reason, sea transportation is undoubtedly much cheaper than railway transportation, and after sea ships are built, it is not just as simple as traveling between Shandong Road and Pyongyang Road.

Since you can run on both sides, why can't you go to the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai free shipping areas to transport something?

It can be said that according to Zhang Nuo's plan, he planned to use Shandong Road as the import port for the entire north.

At that time, all external sea transportation will eventually be transported from Shandong Road to Chang'an by railway.

The idea is naturally good, the cost is relatively lower, and the resource consumption does not seem to be as much as the railway, but in fact, the troubles in the sea transportation plan are not less than the railway plan.

The first problem is the manufacture of sea-going ships. It is not easy to solve any of the three aspects of site, raw materials, and labor.

The site is better, at least there is an ordinary shipyard by the sea, but it still needs to be built after all, and the raw materials and labor are troublesome, and it really can't be done all at once.

Raw materials need to be prepared in advance and not just a little bit in advance. Better wood takes several years to prepare. This cannot be changed. Perhaps some substitutes can be produced after mechanical and chemical development to a certain extent. .

But at that time, steel battleships or steel freighters are not too difficult, maybe there is no need for wooden ships at all.

So this thing is also a headache, but compared to the labor at the end, maybe the trouble of wood is not too troublesome.

Shipbuilding is not simply a matter of picking up wood and clinking it for a while. This is quite different from traditional woodworking. Some crafts that traditional woodworking can't use or can't think of can be seen everywhere in the shipbuilding industry.

Therefore, even if a large number of carpenters are transferred to boatmen, they must be trained.

That's why Zhang Nuo felt that the shipping plan was troublesome. Moreover, not only the sea ships were troublesome, but how to get a large number of crew members and captains was also a big deal.

This is different from fluttering in the inland river. When you really sail on the sea, you either have enough excellent knowledge and experience, or you can only pray that you are lucky enough to avoid any bad things.

The training of sailors and ordinary merchant ship captains is naturally not as troublesome as the training of the navy. At least things like artillery shooting and battle formation drills are completely unnecessary.

But even if the military content is removed, what is left is a very complicated subject, especially for people in this era, navigation, especially a complete system of navigation, is almost no different from magic.

Use constellations to calculate latitude, longitude and azimuth, calculate and adjust the cargo on board reasonably, arrange materials reasonably, deploy manpower...

When these things are no longer word of mouth experience, but a variety of well-organized norms, this is the beginning of mass production of seafarers, and it is also a nightmare for students.

Good professional ethics and professionalism are the foundation of a stable voyage, so don't think that on a sea-going ship, there are not many people, and repeating orders rigidly is a plot in TV dramas. It is a system that has been deeply rooted after training.

Only in this way can the corresponding things be trained to be able to respond to those natural and man-made disasters like a conditioned reflex in a harsh environment.

Zhang Nuo looked at some problems in the shipping plan he had sorted out, thought about it for a while, and simply picked up a piece of paper next to him and started writing.

He decided to recruit sailors within Korea.

On the one hand, this is a supplement to the shortage of Datang's population and the shortage of strong men. After all, if the population has been transferred from the customs, Li Shimin probably will have a big head.

On the other hand, it is also helpful to help the original residents of Goryeo to integrate into the Datang system. After all, although the profession of seaman is a bit difficult, and it takes a year or so to go to sea frequently, the income is really good.

What's more, this profession is really a profession that gets better and worse as you get older. As long as you work hard on the ship and slowly accumulate experience, you will be promoted sooner or later.

In this way, at least this profession will cultivate many wealthy families on the Pyongyang side.