Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 507

[Chapter 507 Arrival]

“It’s still Mi Yushi who acts swiftly and resolutely.” Zhao Xu laughed.

This is another piece of good news following the progress of the steam engine.

Liu Fu nodded, “This is the first batch of 30,000 people, and there are two more batches of 50,000 people.”

“Isn’t it 100,000 people?” Zhao Xu asked casually.

Liu Fu smiled wryly when he heard the words, “His Royal Highness, this number is impossible even for lower officials. Even Da Song in his heyday, it is impossible to casually allocate 100,000 craftsmen. According to Mi Yushi’s words, the 80,000 people are as well as It’s the limit.”

This is the complaint of the court official responsible for transporting the craftsmen.

Even so, these craftsmen also include many apprentices who know a little bit about carpentry.

There are no more than 30,000 real craftsmen.

Zhao Xu naturally understood that he was a lion with a big mouth.

But under the circumstances he had to speak.

He single-handedly attracted Beidi to Ningjindusi.

Do you even need this little thing?

Furthermore, fortunately, what he wanted was 100,000. If he really wanted 30,000, the imperial court would probably give 10,000.

“Immediately send these craftsmen to Jinghai County to rebuild the shipbuilding workshop in Jinghai County.” Zhao Xu said.

The location of the Pingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop is too narrow to expand, and it is already the limit to be able to build twelve warships at the same time.

He had to find a more open place to build the ship.

There is no doubt that the seaside of Jinghai County, which was destroyed before, is the most suitable.

Furthermore, now that he has a battleship, he will also build a fort near the shipyard.

There will be no more incidents of Wufeng Island attacking the shipyard.

Liu Fu answered yes, turned around and went out. He wanted to contact court officials to take over these craftsmen.

Let Wang Chong also go to work.

Zhao Xu sent people to Pingcheng again and called Chen Shou.

After delivering the twelve warships, Chen Shou started the construction of the next batch of twelve warships.

However, due to the experience of the first batch, the construction process went smoothly, and Chen Shou had a lot of leisure time.

Now that the craftsman has come, it can be handed over to him.

In this way, after the twelve warships that are about to be launched, about a dozen more can be launched.

Let his fleet reach thirty-six ships.

In this way, he can really walk sideways on the sea.

Two days later.

Chen Shou rushed from Pingcheng to Yancheng.

Knowing that the court sent so many carpenters, his white beard kept shaking with joy.

“Enough, enough, it’s enough to build another shipbuilding workshop in Jinghai County.”

Chen Shou said to Zhao Xu in the palace meeting hall.

As if thinking of something, his smile froze instantly, leaned his upper body forward, and said cautiously: “Your Highness, these carpenters come from the capital, I’m afraid there must be some eyeliner placed by the powerful family.”

“This king asked you to come for this matter.” Zhao Xu said.

It’s really not their style for such a good opportunity to insert a few people in.

And what he has to do now is to let their eyeliner in, but not out.

“Before building the ship, first build the walls of the shipyard and the sentry tower. This king will send you 500 soldiers to patrol the surrounding area.” Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou nodded, secretly remembering it in his heart.

“In addition, the craftsmen in the shipyard must be called every day.”

“Also, organize them into groups of ten and let them monitor each other. If someone escapes, the others must also be held accountable. In short, it is like managing an army. Manage them the same way.” Zhao Xu finally said.

It’s not that he is too cruel, but that there are extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.

After all, if these detailed works are suddenly set on fire when the ship is about to be launched, the shipyard’s one-year hard work will be in vain.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chen Shou nodded frequently, which was similar to what he thought.

“Of course, these are all aimed at fine work, but the implementation will definitely make other craftsmen feel uncomfortable. In this way, give them a deadline, ten years in the shipyard, and give them freedom. They can go wherever they want. Where?” Zhao Xu hesitated.

For ten years, he didn’t care if the structure of these warships was leaked.

“Your Highness is wise, you must give them some hope, so they will be more willing to work hard.” Chen Shou stroked his beard and laughed.

After talking about the craftsman, Zhao Xu and Chen Shou talked about the troop carrier again.

“There are so many craftsmen here this time, we can spare some of them to build troop carriers,” Zhao Xu said.

The troop carrier blueprint he gave Chen Shou was not much different from the sailing warship.

It’s just that the gun positions were canceled and transformed into cabins one by one for the soldiers to rest and sleep.

Such a troop carrier can basically transport about 1,500 people at a time.

However, to be on the safe side, the troop carrier did not go out and completely canceled the artillery positions.

There are still six gun positions left on each side.

In this way, if it encounters an enemy, it is not completely incapable of counterattacking.

Chen Shou nodded, just judging from the ships King Yan wanted to build, he could feel that this King Yan was a man with great ambitions.

Throughout the dynasties, almost no emperors attached importance to navy.

They regard the overseas world as a land of barbarians and disdain them.

But King Yan wanted to go into the ocean, and he probably had deeper intentions in building the troop transport ships.

Thinking of this, he said: “Your Majesty will definitely contribute to His Highness’s great cause.”

Zhao Xu smiled, keeping everything in silence.

They also chatted with Chen Shou about the construction of warships, and Chen Shou went back.

…

Jincheng.

Mu Lehongzhen and Ulan Ba waited for several days, first waiting for the news that the entire Korean navy was wiped out.

Today, we waited for the news that the pirates on Wufeng Island were defeated and fled in all directions.

“Hmph, this Wufeng Island is boasting about how powerful it is, and it’s not like a chicken and a dog in front of the black shark pirates.” Mu Lehong’s face was ashen.

Although he didn’t trust Wufeng Island, he still had a glimmer of hope for this incident.

But the result still let him down.

Moreover, this made him more aware of a reality.

Chrysanthemum Island cannot be taken back, and Haiyang will also become Beidi’s forbidden area.

“Now, we can only count on Ivan’s plan.” Ulan Ba also felt annoyed towards Gao Li.

The Koryo navy was completely wiped out, and Beidi could no longer be helped at sea.

Mu Lehong is really relieved, at least they still have a trump card.

For him, though, that wasn’t enough.

He had just learned of Emperor Dasong’s will for the powerful family.

As he expected, Da Song is showing signs of civil strife.

“Give the best war horse to the Dou family, and marry the girl from our grassland to the second prince supported by the Han family.” Mu Le Hongzhen said.

Under the current circumstances, he naturally wanted to add fuel to the flames.

The Dou family has great ambitions, but Dou Wei, an old fox, is not something he can control.

Better to nourish him and keep his ambitions growing.

Choosing the Han family with relatives can make the Han family have a little fantasy about Beidi, and cooperate with them to encircle King Yan.

“King Yan, you can use the Yan Pass to stop my Beidi army from going south, but can you stop the ambitions of the nobles? Hahaha…” Mu Lehong really laughed.

Stopping his laughter, he said to Ulan Ba: “Find people suffering from smallpox as soon as possible. If smallpox can spread in Dasong, it will aggravate their chaos.

(End of this chapter)