Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 458
People like Wang Zheng naturally don't know how to brag, and those who engage in technology can basically say what they say, and they don't know how to play fake things.

Moreover, he also does what he says.

He just took a few directors of the Ministry of Industry and old craftsmen around the city wall of the shipyard, and then ordered these managers of the Ministry of Industry and old craftsmen to start digging waterways with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

The shipyard for shipbuilding requires certain skills, but the waterway does not have much technical content. The wide and deep waterways dug by the boats of various materials have long been standard sizes, and only a few managers from the Ministry of Industry and old craftsmen are needed. A little guidance from the side will do.

Immediately afterwards, he returned to the flagship, found Taichang, cupped his hands carefully and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let Peng Bin, the secretary of the camp and cleaning up officials, organize craftsmen to come and build the dock, anyway, there is not much going on in Wubei City. .And this shipyard needs some experience to build, and ordinary people can't do it."

Peng Bin, has this kid become a doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Cleaning up?

Not bad.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "You can arrange these things. I don't understand shipbuilding. I just want to build the shipyard as soon as possible, and quickly build large fishing boats and armed merchant ships. What else do you need to do?" , just say, I can do anything for you."

Oops, that's what I said.

Wang Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't say that, you are offending me, other things are fine, it's just this labor, I don't see many people nearby, if you hire people to work, where do you go?" Woolen cloth?"

This is indeed a problem.

At this moment, the population of the entire Dongfan is less than one million, and this also includes 12 Tunwei and their families.

According to the arrangement of the Ministry of War, at this moment, each acropolis is guarded by [-] nearby guards in turn, and each time it is guarded by [-] guards for three months, and then another wave.

In other words, the [-] guards near the Acropolis must not be able to move. Not only do they have to take turns guarding the Acropolis, but they also have to help their families cultivate the fields.

Except for these garrison guards, there are actually not many young and strong people near the Acropolis, and the Dongpan Zuowei can at best attract [-] to [-] young and strong within a radius of tens of miles.

This manpower is definitely not enough.

Thinking of this, Taichang directly asked: "How many young and strong workers does this shipyard need to recruit?"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng reckoned: "I can think of a way to transfer about [-] skilled craftsmen from Wubei City. If I want to build five or six hundred giant ships with [-] materials a year, I will need at least [-] blue ships." strong."

Is one hundred thousand young and strong?

Actually, not much at all.

There are tens of thousands of people in a factory in Wubei City, but this super shipyard needs to build five or six hundred giant ships of two thousand materials a year. Twenty thousand craftsmen plus one hundred thousand young men are not many at all.

However, Dongfan Zuowei definitely couldn't recruit so many young and strong people at the moment.

Because there are only [-] to [-] young adults within tens of miles of Dongfan Zuowei, and these people have to farm, and they may not be able to work in the shipyard.

This is indeed a big problem.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I will find a way to recruit these one hundred thousand young men, what else can I do?"

Wang Zheng thought about it carefully, and then said cautiously: "I have to go back, let Chang Geng and Chu Yang prepare more various sawing machines, hoisting gourds, and machine tools. Six hundred giant ships with [-] raw materials need a lot of beds. Why don't you take Peng Bin and the others and the [-] craftsmen by the way, as it happens that the shipyard here also needs craftsmen."

This is of course no problem.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Zhiji, you go back with Liangfu with five Aegis ships and sixty Spike warships."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiji quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister obeys the order."

Taichang then asked again: "Is there any other question?"

Wang Zheng thought about it again, then shook his head and said, "There is no problem for now."

Taichang waved his hand immediately and said: "Okay, it's not too late, you go to pick up people first."

When Wang Zheng and Zhang Zhiji heard the words, they hurriedly bowed their hands and resigned.

Taichang looked at their backs and frowned, thinking.

Where can I find so many young men at this hour and a half?
Or send a boat to the southeast coast to pull it?
I'm afraid it won't work right now.

Because there are only a few fishermen or ordinary people in the southeast coast, and it's not like they have nothing to do at the moment.

For example, in Nanzhili, as the business in Taicang New City is getting more and more prosperous, there are more and more private workshops there, and the ordinary people there can just find jobs locally.

The coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong have already attracted many people, and the remaining people can basically live by dividing up the extra fields.

Moreover, as the number of large fishing boats continues to increase, more and more fishermen must be needed, and some coastal fishermen must also leave some to go fishing in the open sea, and they cannot all be drawn to farm.

The problem is, if you don't bring people over, you won't be able to recruit enough young people to work in the shipyard!
This shipyard wants to build five or six hundred giant ships with two thousand materials. It must be busy 360 days a year. Row.

How to do it?

Taichang decided to go to the fields to have a look and ask the farmers in Dongfan what the situation is.

He thought about it carefully, then recruited Zheng Zhilong and others, and took them straight to the only old place he was familiar with in Dongfan.

This old place is stupid port.

In the whole Dongfan, he seems to have been in Bengang twice, and the only local Dongfan he is familiar with seems to be the old man from Bengang.

Bengang is not far from Dongfan Zuowei. Starting from Dongfan Zuowei Port Wharf, less than a hundred miles to the north is Dongfan Zhongwei. Enter the big river next to Dongfan Zhongwei City and go further forty or fifty miles. Then we arrived at stupid port.

He is very familiar with this road, and Zheng Zhilong is even more familiar with it.

The two of them changed into casual clothes and got off the ship pretending to be sea merchants.

This time, he was still surrounded by a bunch of people.

There is no way, because this is Zheng Zhilong's lair back then, although his cronies have all moved away, there are still many people who know him.

Surrounded by people all the way, they soon arrived at the village where Old Chen was.

At this moment, Old Chen has already heard the news and greeted him at the entrance of the village.

He cupped his hands eagerly from a long distance and said, "Oh, Master Huang, Master Zheng, long time no see!"

Hehe, these people, I am afraid that it is rare to leave here a few times in a lifetime, and they still don't know my identity.

very good!

Taichang still stepped forward and said kindly: "How is it, old Chen, how have you been doing these few years?"

Old Chen nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay, Mr. Huang, Mr. Zheng, hurry up, please come inside."

After finishing speaking, he led a group of people to his house.

Taichang walked all the way, observing secretly.

The people here are really living well, at least a few new houses have been added to each house, and a row of big houses has been added to the back of Old Chen's house.

Taichang looked at the household items inside, and found that many of them were high-quality products made in Wubei City.

After he sat down, he couldn't help touching the carved chair and said, "Old Chen, you're rich, isn't this set of furniture cheap?"

After the old Mr. Chen greeted his mother-in-law to serve the tea, he said with a chuckle: "Master Huang, you and Mr. Zheng should both have joined the court's firm, isn't this item brought here by your firm?

To be honest, this set of furniture is not very expensive, and it is cheaper than hiring someone to do it.

At this moment, the imperial court has already started to develop Dongfan. The land here should not be opened too much, and people from your business will come to collect the food regularly. The little old man has some spare money, so he naturally wants to build a few new houses. Add some household items. "

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "You said that the land here should not be cultivated too much, so how much land has your family cultivated?"

Old Chen Tou heard the words and said without hesitation: "According to the regulations of the imperial court, one laborer can be divided into 150 acres of land. In my family, including me and two boys, there are three laborers in total. Therefore, my family is divided into [-] acres of land."

A family planting 150 mu of land, the income is not too much!

Taichang couldn't help smiling and said: "Now your family has made a lot of money, right?"

Unexpectedly, Old Chen shook his head and sighed, "Well, 150 mu of land is a lot, but there are also a lot of people in my family who eat. After eating and drinking, there is actually not much money left in a year.

I heard that the Ministry of Agriculture of the imperial court is promoting double-cropping rice at the moment, as long as you buy some fertilizer and plant it twice a year, the harvest can be doubled.

It's a pity that my family has only a few laborers, and it's too tiring to plant double-cropping rice. With 150 mu of land, it's not bad if we can plant one season.

With a few more labors, I can earn at least a hundred taels more a year. It sounds really greedy! "

Are you working hard enough?
We also need labor!

(End of this chapter)