Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 460 The Amazing Efficiency of the Ministry of Industry

At Dongfan Zhongwei Port Wharf, dozens of huge Dragon Fang warships are quietly parked on the sea, but hundreds of Spike warships are constantly going back and forth between the giant ships and the dock.

A pair of honest-looking Dongying couples were rushing down from the Spike warship under the command of the navy officers and soldiers, and were led to the pier by the Tunwei, waiting in line.

In their eyes, there were more or less longings for future life.

However, when they saw the densely packed guards on both sides of the pier and the towering bastion near the port, they couldn't help showing a trace of horror on their faces.

The strength of Daming's military power is really frightening, and they seem to be able to see it no matter where they go.

These people are Zheng Zhilong and Yuan Shu who came from Dongying to be tenant farmers.

To be honest, a couple of one and a half taels of money a month and they still manage to eat, the wages are considered very high.

If this were changed a few years ago, the local tenant farmers in Daming did not have such high wages.

Of course, the work these sharecroppers had to do was not easy.

At present, ordinary farmers in Dongfan have at least one hundred acres of land, and there are many males, and the family may have two or three hundred acres. When the farming is busy, it can really exhaust people.

Therefore, I heard that there are a large number of tenant farmers coming to work, and the farmers in Dongfan are all vying for it, and a family has two or three pairs.

This makes the number of people they bring in a bit insufficient.

More than [-] people were allocated to the Dongfan Zhongwei, and it was not enough for half of the scheduled number.

In other words, at least they have to go to Dongying for a trip.

It has been more than a month, how is the construction of the shipyard going?

After Zheng Zhilong waved goodbye to the Commander of Dongfan Zhongwei, he pulled Yuan Shu and said, "Boying, why don't we go to the shipyard to unload the cargo first and then go to Dongying. There is still a lot of timber on this ship."

Of course Yuan Shu had no objection.

Although he is a bit older than Zheng Zhilong, he has far less experience than others. He has been learning from others all the way. He basically nods what Zheng Zhilong says, without any opinion.

Soon, the fleet set off.

Dongfan Zhongwei was only a hundred miles away from Dongfan Zuowei. About an hour later, they arrived at Dayuan Port.

The Dayuan Harbor is very important right now, there are probably at least twenty or thirty large and small piers, and almost all the ships of the Daming Navy Fleet are converging here.

These naval ships did not come empty, each ship was basically full of various materials.

The densely packed sailors and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at the pier were unloading there like ants.

Seeing this busy scene, Zheng Zhilong frowned slightly.

They brought a lot of wood, when will it be unloaded?
As soon as the Longya battleship docked at the pier, he couldn't wait to say: "Boying, why don't you watch here, and I'll go to the shipyard to have a look."

Yuan Shu also knew that this guy was most concerned about the progress of the shipyard. After all, the large fishing boats and armed merchant ships built here were all for their Western companies.

He smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll send someone to call you when the cargo is unloaded."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong thanked him again and again, then hurriedly stepped up the hanging ladder that had just been built, got off the pier, and headed straight for the outskirts of the port.

The scope of this port is also too large. It is probably not more than ten miles away from the shipyard. I am afraid that I will not be exhausted if I run there. It would be great if I could have horses.

Zheng Zhilong was thinking about riding a horse to the shipyard, when there was a familiar neighing sound from the front.

He ran over to take a look, and couldn't help being dumbfounded.

A huge circular track was built outside the port, and the horse-drawn flatbed carts on it were connected in long strings.

My God, it's only been a month, how come the tracks are laid?

He froze for a moment, then ran to the front flatbed truck and jumped on it.

If it was someone else, they would have to be kicked down if they jumped up like this.

However, Zheng Zhilong was different, he often showed his face beside Taichang, and the soldiers of Shenji Battalion naturally knew him.

Seeing him rushing up, the little banner officer of Shenji Camp up there cupped his hands and said, "Master Zheng, do you want to go to the shipyard?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, when are you leaving?"

The little flag officer looked behind, then apologized and said with a smile: "Hurry up, hurry up, leave after loading the goods."

After a while, two of his subordinates rushed up and said out of breath, "Boss, it's done."

Well, let's get on the road quickly.

The little flag officer hastily moved to the front to loosen the brake, then pulled out his whip, slapped it in front of him, and then shouted: "Drive."

The two horses in front immediately started jogging with the flatbed cart.

The horse-drawn flatbed cart does not need to run too fast, because it is mainly used to save labor, and it is not a problem to pull a few thousand catties on a flatbed cart several feet long.

If people were to carry so much cargo to the shipyard ten miles away, it would take at least a hundred people, and their hands and feet would become weak from exhaustion.

Zheng Zhilong saw that the flatbed trucks had run out of the crowded port, so he stepped forward and asked, "When was the track paved? Why are there so many horse-drawn flatbed trucks all of a sudden?"

The little flag officer quickly replied: "The track has been paved for more than ten days, as for these horse-drawn flatbed carts, they were all used to pull goods between the capital city and Wubei city.

Isn't there a train between Beijing and Wubei City at this moment? These flatbed cars are useless, so I pulled them here to use them.

I heard that the Ministry of Industry is trying to find a way to dismantle the train and transport it here, and the horse-drawn flatbed truck here probably won't last long. "

These people from the Ministry of Industry are really amazing. The long track from the wharf to the shipyard was pulled over and paved in about [-] days, and so many horse-drawn flatbed trucks were brought over by the way. I just don’t know how the shipyard is doing. .

It didn't take long for the horse-drawn flatbed cart to pass through the wall of the shipyard and enter a huge cargo shed.

There is no need for people to unload the goods in this shed. There is a long row of gourds directly above it, and the unloading speed should not be too fast.

Zheng Zhilong stared at all this dumbfounded, and was completely stunned.

When did there be such a big shed here again, and so many hanging gourds were installed here!

After the little flag officer parked the cart at the designated spot, he immediately cupped his hands respectfully and said, "Master Zheng, we're here."

After Zheng Zhilong heard the words, he came to his senses, waved his hand, thanked him, then jumped out of the car and walked out quickly.

When he came outside to see it, he was a little dumbfounded again.

Because a row of huge docks has appeared on the coast, and there are rows of huge sheds and warehouses behind the docks.

There are more than a dozen docks in this row, and the dense figures in the distance are still busy building docks, sheds, and warehouses, while the sheds here seem to have already started construction.

How long has it been!
Isn't the speed of the Ministry of Industry too fast?
This progress has far exceeded his expectations.

He really didn't expect that such a huge dock could be built in a month or so.

Moreover, there are more than ten in one construction.

Even, the first few seem to have already started work!

He ran into the shed to see, wasn't that table saw machine processing wood cubes and boards?

He ran into the dock again and saw that the stewards of the Ministry of Industry had already taken the blueprints and directed the craftsmen and Qing Zhuang to build the keel frame.

This speed is too scary, right?

Zheng Zhilong just felt as if he was dreaming, and he was stunned.

He was standing there in a daze when a Jin Yiwei suddenly rushed over and cupped his hands and said, "Master Zheng, the emperor is here to welcome you."

The emperor is here?

He hurriedly followed the Jin Yiwei across several docks, and came to a dock that had just been completed.

Right now Taichang is discussing the progress of the shipyard with Wang Zheng, Peng Bin and others.

When he saw Zheng Zhilong approaching, he couldn't help smiling and said, "Feihong, what's the matter, are the tenant farmers in Dongying finished? The shipyard here is waiting for the young and strong to come to work."

Uh, this.

Zheng Zhilong said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, I have brought more than [-] people over this trip, but Dongfan's guard and Dongfan's right guard have almost all booked people, and there are not many people in Dongfan's Zhongwei."

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, this is a good thing. It proves that they all want to grow double-cropping rice. In the future, your fertilizer business will definitely increase dramatically, and the grain production here will also double. But you have to hurry up Let’s take another trip or two, and more than a dozen docks here are about to start work one after another.”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, and then couldn't help but wonder: "Your Majesty, why is the speed of building the dock so fast?"

Taichang couldn't help but proudly said: "You think the Ministry of Industry is still as efficient as before, but the efficiency of the Ministry of Industry is so high now. However, these more than ten docks were dismantled from Wubei City, so the speed Hurry up, the remaining [-] docks are estimated to take two to three months to complete."

It turned out that it was dismantled from Wubei City.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but asked curiously: "Your Majesty, why did you dismantle the dock in Wubei City? You can also build large fishing boats and armed merchant ships there?"

What do you know.

Taichang smiled slightly and said, "The shipyard over at Wubei City will not build these civilian ships in the future, so you don't need to worry about this. It's only serious to drag people there."

(End of this chapter)