Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 437
With the rapid development of agriculture supported by technology, when more farms start to operate in the coming year, Liaodong will inevitably become a major grain producer.

It is so large that it is difficult to digest simply transporting it to the customs, to North Korea, or to the grasslands.

Only shipping can make the output in Liaodong benefit the whole world.

At the same time, only shipping can make Zhu Youjian's general direction plan for the next three to five years successfully implemented.

After the shipbuilding industry, which was originally difficult to start, has built such a foundation in the internal industrial foundation of Black Flag, it can try some slightly unorthodox but feasible methods just like donkey-powered machine tools.

The threshold of the shipbuilding industry is quite high these days.

Among them, the highest threshold is not the amount of capital silver, but the main material of shipbuilding, the wood used as the keel of the ship.

The size of this thing and its own state determine the overall state of the ship.

You don’t need to pay too much attention to other wood materials. You are willing to use more iron sheets and inject some lead. The planks of the ship will not fall apart, and it can also increase the strength of the lower hull. The boat is doomed.

The bigger the boat, the more carefully the main keel and sub keel at the bottom of the boat.

Here in Liaodong, there is enough wood, but there are only a handful of old wood that is qualified and dried in the shade in a good environment.

Is it okay to make some fishing boats, small fast boats, etc. If you want to make bird boats or even treasure boats, it is impossible at all.

And when Zhu Youjian learned that the steelmaking plant in Shenyang had already produced output, he immediately asked the old master from Nanjing Bao Shipyard to help the poor with technology to try to use steel to shape the keel to build the treasure ship.

The old master was taken aback when he got the order.

The keel of the 70-meter ship is made of steel, let alone whether it can be made, even at this cost, I dare not even think about it.

"It's nonsense, isn't it!"

I thought it was another ignorant nobleman who came up with an idea, and was thinking about how to deal with it, but saw all kinds of new gadgets appearing in the Zuotang of Gaizhou Heiqi Shipyard, waiting for his call.

Animal-powered cranes, sufficient steel supply, and enough silver, as well as blacksmiths from the Ministry of Industry, gunsmiths, a large number of livestock, many craftsmen and slaves, and slave labor to cooperate.

Zhu Youjian's attitude cannot be rejected.

Old craftsmen also had to give it a try.

Start with the moulds, look at the strength and weight of the steel and cut it down so that it doesn't weigh too much more than the timber keels.

This toss is more than two months.

Originally a top carpenter, the master shipbuilder now has another skill, forging steel and making steel.

After two months, various molds were changed and changed, and the site where the cast iron keel was located was dug and filled, filled and dug.

First, thick iron bars, then to light but somewhat brittle iron sheets, to forcibly splicing iron bars and wood, then to trying to stuff iron bars into king wood piles, and finally to the hollow steel main keel with iron clip wood The sub-keel finally supported a huge frame, showing a strong posture.

Although in the eyes of old craftsmen, it is completely unworthy to use such a huge amount of steel to shape the keel. Counting the two months of development before, it can be said that it is a loss to grandma's family.

But for Zhu Youjian, this is definitely the best solution for Liaodong's shipbuilding industry to start.

Too urgent, can't wait three to five years.

Importing wood from the south can't make dumplings.

This method is the best method that Zhu Youjian knows is feasible, but there is only one example of using steel to shape the keel of a wooden sailboat. details.

Therefore, we can only provide sufficient funds for materials, and let the skilled shipbuilders work with many blacksmiths to use steel and silver to smash out the method.

Let's not talk about the optimization plan first, as long as the feasible plan.

The Chinese treasure ship was put into production in Liaodong as quickly as possible.

"Ma Dazhu, the master craftsman of Heiqi Shipyard, is the hereditary replacement of the first-class Yunqi Lieutenant. He will also be given 500 taels of silver, 50 taels of gold, and ten pieces of cotton cloth."

Now that the solution is out, Zhu Youjian is naturally happy.

First let's talk about the rewards, and then order Liaodong to fully cooperate with the Black Flag Shipyard in the trial production of treasure ships.

As long as the steel keel successfully supports the treasure ship into the water.

In the next ten years, Black Flag will rely on the battle for sea power, and even when transitioning to a more powerful and advanced ironclad ship in the future, with the experience of cast iron keel as a base, it will be much smoother.

"In addition, add more manpower to the shipyard, use steel keels on merchant ships, and make merchant ships according to the model of treasure ships, but smaller, and the materials don't need to be too strong. Try to be as bulky as possible so that you can load more. , not to leave too many artillery positions.”

"Whoo!"

You Shoulong changed hands and asked Nalan Mingzhu to pass the spoken word to the stick.

And Zhu Youjian's affairs about the shipbuilding industry have come to an end for the time being.

This will not be seen until the spring of next year or even when the ice and snow in Liaodong melt.

Now it's business.

It is still about the autumn harvest in Liaodong, and after the Liaodong industry has enough food after the autumn harvest, productivity and purchasing power take off hand in hand.

The matter of grain export has long been negotiated.

The Eight Banners are waiting to be fed.

It was under Zhu Youjian's instruction that the Tongzhou grain merchants who traveled in Liaodong and Jinzhou before were agitated.

But these grain merchants can't, and it's impossible for Zhu Youjian to let them support the tens of thousands of troops of the Eight Banners.

Their task is to feed the common people in Shanxi, Hebei and the capital, as well as the Eight Banners and Banners who have returned to the fields.

By the way, try to sell some to Tianjin.

The Eight Banners need food.

It's not as simple as paying with one hand and delivering with the other.

Every morsel has a price tag.

But even so, some people are not worthy of this ration.

"Let King Sanshun of the Eight Banners go to the Shaanxi-Gansu area to eat, listen to the general Azige who conquered the west, Minggong, you send someone to watch, the soldiers under King Sanshun, whether it is his own troops or the Han The army green camp, if you can recruit them, you can recruit them, and if you can keep them, you can stay.

If the three departments are unwilling to move, they can give some food and fodder first, and then prepare to deliver food and grass to the Eight Banners under Azig's troops, and then escort them there, so that Azige can't give food to the three people. "

"Whoo."

King Sanshun was loyal to Daqing.

I knew that it was impossible for me to do anything anyway, and I was not a person inside or outside whoever I switched to, so I could only follow the path of the Qing Dynasty to the dark.

It's really dark now.

When the capital was in turmoil and the Black Banners were fighting against the Eight Banners, the three divisions took pictures of the Black Banner forces. After calculation, they made a total decision to wait outside the city. Either they waited for a peaceful settlement, or staying outside the city would give the Eight Banners kings do collusion.

This decision is not bad.

It can also preserve its strength and sell the face of the stronger black flag under the situation of a peaceful settlement between the two sides.

But it's a pity.

Zhu Youjian didn't want this face.

　There is one more chapter, there will be two updates tonight, and three more changes tomorrow night
　　
　
(End of this chapter)