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Chapter 471 The Jiangnan Shipyard Turning From Left Hand to Right Hand (Fourth Update)

Anyway, this kind of operation has always been very common in Song Dynasty, not to mention that it was bought with a lot of money.

However, the scale of this shipyard is not too large, there are only a few dry docks, and most of the ships built are one thousand materials.

There are only two dry docks that can manufacture ships with [-] materials, which makes Gao Zhang very upset.

After all, this has become his own thing, but the ships manufactured by his own factory can only belong to mid-range goods.

So Gao Zhang set his sights on the government-run shipyard in Mingzhou.

Gao Zhang also inquired carefully before he realized that this Mingzhou government-run shipyard is definitely the pinnacle of shipbuilding skills in this era.

When master Zhao Ji's relative Shenzong was in the court, it was this shipyard in Mingzhou that produced two Shenzhous named "Lingxu Zhiyuan Anji Shenzhou" and "Lingfei Shunji Shenzhou" by Emperor Shenzong.

Also known as the Ten Thousand Dendrobium Shenzhou, it means that these two Shenzhous can carry ten thousand Dendrobium goods.

According to the conversion method of [-] kilograms per dendrobium in the Song Dynasty, and two dendrobiums as one material, that is to say, the two Shenzhous are large ships of the [-] material class, and their displacement must be at least [-] tons.

When he heard it, Gao Zhang thought it might be bragging, until he stayed in the Jiangnan area for a while.

After seeing those sea ships along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, I realized that this was not just nonsense.

Ships with [-] fuel are really rare, but they still exist after all. As for ships with a displacement of [-] to [-] fuel, they are definitely the most common and commonly used ships on the sea.

Therefore, in order to improve the quantity and quality of the Jiangnan shipyards, let the shipyards of the Song Dynasty enter an atmosphere of healthy competition.

As the envoy of the Xuanfu System of Liangzhe Road in the Song Dynasty, Gao Zhang especially took away nearly one-fifth of the craftsmen from the government-run shipyard in Naming Prefecture.

Although it was only one-fifth, the number reached three thousand.

And among the 1000 craftsmen, there are almost [-] people, all of whom have experience in manufacturing giant ships with [-] materials.

Gao Zhang's purpose in bringing them here is naturally self-evident.

Whether it is to engage in maritime trade, or to engage in great voyages, or to discover new continents, all of these require ships, high-quality sea-going ships.

Like that five-thousand-material sea-going ship, they have already passed the test of the wind and waves in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

It has been determined that they were vessels that could be used to sail high seas for maritime trade.

Today, among the five new docks excavated by the Jiangnan Shipyard, three are of [-] materials, and two are of [-] materials.

As for those craftsmen who have already come to Jiangnan Shipyard, they put themselves into work right away.

In addition, the salaries of all craftsmen are fully doubled compared to their government-run shipyards in Naming Prefecture.

And also put forward a request to these craftsmen to design an ocean-going ship suitable for long-term voyages of at least two to three months without resupply.

When they will be able to make it, that is the business of these craftsmen.

Gao Zhang was only responsible for waving the money bag to encourage them.

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Along with the publicity about the Hangzhou International Commodities Fair in Jiangnan Business Daily, coupled with the wonderful serial stories in the business daily.

Even the circulation of "Jiangnan Business Daily" in the Liangzhe Road area reached [-] copies.

And in Suzhou alone, the sales volume of each issue can reach around [-] copies.

This made Gao Zhang quite satisfied. When he was in Bianliang, Tokyo, he had also considered running a newspaper.

But at that time, he was busy with foreign trade with the Liao Kingdom, so he was naturally busy printing books, so he didn't have the opportunity to toss about.

On the contrary, after coming to Suzhou, I know that Suzhou can be regarded as the metropolis in the southeastern region of the Song Dynasty.

The extremely developed paper industry, textile industry, and shipbuilding industry can be said to be the most prosperous key areas of the Song Dynasty handicraft industry.

The prosperity and development of the paper industry has caused the price of paper to plummet.

This is also the reason why tabloid newspapers are prevalent in the Great Song Dynasty, coupled with the prosperity of the handicraft industry in the Jiangnan area and the frequent international trade activities in the coastal area, it has driven the prosperity of the trade on Liangzhe Road.

Therefore, it can only be said that the "Jiangnan Business Daily" here is at the right time.

While Gao Zhang was busy worrying about the country and the people, the impatient voice of Cai Laoliu next to him suddenly rang out.

"Hey, brother, what are you doing in a daze, it's up to you to play the cards."

Gao Zhang came back to his senses, looked at the cards that Cai Laoliu had just thrown out, and subconsciously threw in two cards.

The unicorn of the Cai Mansion couldn't help changing his face, and that Tong Zhisheng even rolled his eyes with a look of lovelessness.

"I said, Brother Guizhang, why are you so lucky? You won again."

"No, no, playing cards depends not only on luck, but also on..."

Gao Zhang was about to say that he needed to rely on his brain, but he saw the clear stupidity in the eyes of this idle pair of crouching dragon and phoenix chicks.

Thinking about it, I still swallowed the second half of the sentence. After all, it’s not good to blame them too much, so they have to keep a little hope that they are actually very smart.

On the side, Fang Baihua, who had been standing obediently and quietly not far away, saw the changes in Gao Zhang's expression and eyes, and almost couldn't control herself from laughing out loud.

Fortunately, at this time, Fu An hurried over and told Gao Zhang that Liu Qi was in a hurry and came to visit.

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After Gao Zhang greeted the two good brothers, he walked away quickly. Soon, he saw Liu Kai, the good brother who was temporarily in charge of the deputy envoy of the Suzhou regiment, in the front hall.

"The number one scholar, guess who will bring you at the end?"

"A thief?"

"No, no, no, it's not a thief, but it's about the same. The last general met a group of Japanese at the pier today, and they were trading with a few businessmen there."

"Trading? Japanese merchants... Then they are not abiding by the rules of the Shibo Division?"

Gao Zhang couldn't help asking curiously, after all, this is Suzhou, and since Suzhou is not open to ports, merchants from outside are not allowed to do business here.

"It's not just that they don't abide by the rules of the Shibo Department, they are doing copper coin business with those merchants."

"Buying and selling copper coins?" Gao Zhang couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but he immediately realized it.

Ordinary Japanese merchants who came to the Song Dynasty to do trade would use gold, sulfur, wood, Japanese fans, Japanese knives and other Japanese specialties to trade with the Song Dynasty.

In exchange for their favorite tea, silk, lacquerware, spices, medicinal materials, ceramics, and even books of the Song Dynasty.

But there is a problem. Since ancient times, the Wa Kingdom has not had its own currency.

They have been cooperating with the currency of the Central Plains Empire. Nowadays, the currency in circulation in the Wa Kingdom is the copper coin of the Song Dynasty.

However, since the Song Dynasty banned the export of copper coins, this naturally led to a money shortage in the Wa country.

Ever since, the Japanese merchants had no choice but to engage in smuggling business, exchanging gold for copper coins.

(End of this chapter)