Steel Dynasty - Chapter 425

[Chapter 425 The craftsman arrives]

A busy half month has passed by in a blink of an eye.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was not much government affairs during this period, he concentrated on refining Qingzhou’s industry with Chen Wenlong.

For Xiao Ming, his purpose is to establish an entire industrial system that will provide all the basic materials to continuously turn technological items into reality.

Because of this, in view of the fact that Qingzhou’s current weak industrial base has begun to be refined and upgraded, this step will be formalized.

After he and Chen Wenlong completed this work, Li Kaiyuan successfully returned from Chudi and arrived at Tuojiang Wharf with 300 large merchant ships, 200 medium-sized merchant ships, and 20,000 craftsmen.

In addition, 13,000 craftsmen from the imperial court also arrived in Qingzhou the next day under the supervision of Qin Chengming.

“Congratulations, Your Highness, today is a double blessing.”

Qin Rui got off the boat and kept raising his hands to Xiao Ming. This time he followed Qin Chengming to Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming was stunned when he saw the mean smile on Qin Rui’s face. He didn’t expect this guy to appear here. He couldn’t help but said, “Qin Rui, why are you here?”

Qin Chengming also got off the boat at this time and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, this time the subordinate is here with Quanzi. I hope that Your Highness can take him with you to teach you.”

“What the Shaofu Supervisor said is untrue. I and Qin Rui have known each other since they were young, so we should not take this teaching seriously. “Xiao Ming said.

Qin Chengming continued: “Your Highness is humble. Now His Highness is well-known, but Quanzi is still unknown. Xiaguan knows that His Highness attaches great importance to craftsmanship, so he allows Quanzi to come to Qingzhou. After all, he continues to stay in Chang’an. He is just with Xiaguan. He can only stay in Qingshui Yamen and do nothing. Why not let him learn something from His Highness and relieve His Highness’s worries?”

Xiao Ming nodded. Qin Chengming, like Luo Quan, clearly wanted to push his son away .

To themselves, perhaps in their opinion, their son will have a better future in Qingzhou.

Qin Rui was originally his best friend, and his loyalty was no problem, and the secret guard’s investigation also proved this. The Qin family also tried their best in the shipbuilding yard this time.

Moreover, Qin Chengming is in charge of the handicraft industry of Dayu. In modern terms, he is equivalent to the Minister of Industry. He has rich experience in managing the handicraft industry of Dayu.

This Qin Rui’er naturally knows a little bit about it. Now he is refining the industry and forming his own young governor to oversee the industry. Qin Rui may be a good candidate with a little training.

After all, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for formulating industry plans and standards, monitoring the daily operations of the industrial industry, and promoting technological development. These tasks include all walks of life, and Qin Rui has an advantage.

So he said: “You are so polite, Young Master. Qin Rui and this king have always been good friends, and this king is just what I want.”

Qin Chengming and Qin Rui looked at each other and smiled. Qin Rui said: “Dad, I just said His Highness will definitely not refuse. I will definitely be of some use in Qingzhou. “

“Don’t be complacent. You will do your best to be loyal to Your Highness in Qingzhou in the future. Don’t be ignorant anymore,” Qin Chengming said.

Qin Rui nodded heavily when he heard this.

Xiao Ming smiled and said nothing. Qin Chengming sent Qin Rui to Qingzhou, which was equivalent to tying himself up with Qingzhou. This time it was a shipyard. Next time he might need Qin Chengming to transfer other handicrafts to Qingzhou.

He has received news from Fiji that Xiao Wenxuan supports him in every way just like he supported the original King of Wei, so he must find a way to drag all the royal industrial resources to his fiefdom.

After all, his fiefdom is the object of priority care just like the contemporary special economic zone.

After saying hello, Xiao Ming looked at the fleet of ships that had blocked the pier and stretched far away. At this time, shipyard craftsmen were getting off the ships.

“Your Highness, in addition to sending the craftsmen this time, I also sent some of the tools from the shipyard, so that Your Highness would not have to re-build the tools. Moreover, these craftsmen are the core craftsmen of the shipyard and have the skills to independently build merchant ships. , As long as His Highness hands them the drawings, they can start construction immediately.” Qin Chengming said.

Xiao Ming nodded. After all, there was someone in the court who was easy to get things done. Qin Chengming handled things very beautifully.

“Thank you, Mr. Shaofu. Together with King Chu’s 20,000 people, I can build three large shipyards this time.” Xiao Ming said.

Now Zhang Liang has more than 10,000 people under his command, and now there are more than 30,000 people, which is equivalent to instantly increasing Qingzhou’s shipbuilding capacity by three times. In this way, he can launch more than 60 warships in a year. After all, shipbuilding is now The reason is that the construction of first-level sailing and second-level sailing battleships slows down the speed.

If we simply build level three battleships, the shipyard should be able to launch twenty Galen ships.

The three of them talked all the way and boarded a large merchant ship from Chu District. Because there were too many merchant ships from Chu District this time, the merchant ships would arrive in several batches. The first batch arrived yesterday, and this is the second batch. batch.

“Your Highness, this boat is really long, at least seventy steps.” Qin Rui sighed as he got on the boat.

There are often large merchant ships moored in Chang’an, but these merchant ships are generally only fifty paces long.

Xiao Ming said: “Because these merchant ships are sea-going ships, they are larger and can withstand wind and waves at sea.”

This time Xiao Ming asked Li Kaiyuan to go to Chudi and specifically asked him to choose sea-going ships, because what he needed was to cross the ocean. For freshwater boats, medium-sized boats are sufficient.

“Ship? No wonder His Highness wants so many shipbuilding craftsmen. Could it be that His Highness wants to drive away the Dutch? Hehe, if His Highness defeats the Dutch, I don’t know where to put the face of King Chu.” Qin Rui said with a bad smile. .

Xiao Ming did not deny it. Since Qin Rui was going to live in Qingzhou, he would know about it sooner or later.

While the three were talking, Li Kaiyuan came over from the bow of the ship. He said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, the first group of craftsmen have boarded the ship. Do you want to set off for Dengzhou now?”

“Let’s go.” Xiao Ming said .

Now, many craftsmen got off the ship and boarded another ship heading to Dengzhou. The reason why Xiao Ming did this was to disrupt and regroup all these craftsmen to avoid too many craftsmen from the same place appearing in one shipbuilding workshop. Also to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After receiving Xiao Ming’s order, Li Kaiyuan ordered fifty large merchant ships docked on the shore to set off.

In Dengzhou, Zhang Lianghui was responsible for arranging these craftsmen and leading them to establish Dengzhou’s second, third, and fourth shipyards.

Watching the merchant ship slowly sailing away from the dock, Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. He said to Qin Chengming and Qin Rui: “Young Master, I would rather spend a few more days in Qingzhou to see what Qingzhou has to offer after this long trip. “

Qin Rui’s settlement in Qingzhou this time is a good start for Xiao Ming. This shows that the powerful people of Dayu State are willing to settle in Qingzhou, and he naturally hopes that Qingzhou will become more prosperous.

(End of chapter)