Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 179: Good Marriage and Investigation Team, Full of Resources
It took three days to complete the transformation of the body-refining technique.
Lin Qianfan was not in a hurry to come out, but continued to immerse himself in spiritual practice.

Ever since his soul entered the second stage, the "Great Sun Visualization Method" has possessed the ability to attack and defend, and comes with several offensive moves. Lin Qianfan can rely on the power of his soul to directly attack the enemy's soul, or he can resist the invasion of the enemy's soul.

However, although this type of method is powerful and can be considered a unique move, it also has great disadvantages. Not only does it consume an astonishing amount of soul power, but it is also very risky. It is like a double-edged sword. Lin Qianfan will not use it easily unless it is a special situation.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste!

After all, the cultivation techniques of the soul are not a big secret among the third and fourth level forces. Perhaps nearly half of the Jindan forces in the Western Regions have related inheritances, and even nearly half of the foundation-building cultivators among them will dabble in it.

When you leave the customs,

Lin Qianfan felt refreshed, and everything from his soul to his body, from inside to outside, had been improved.

Obviously, this is all thanks to the "Spiritual Return to Origin Sutra". Next, I just need to fill the gaps required to advance to the fourth level of the technique and I can be promoted smoothly.

"Brother Qianfan, I finally waited for you!"

"Qianshan? Why are you here? How long have you been waiting for me? Did something happen at home?"

Lin Qianfan's cave for cultivation is located on the main spiritual vein of Yanglong Bay, and is very close to the place where the ancestor is in seclusion. Ordinary people cannot enter here at all. Lin Qianshan must have a legitimate reason for finding this place.

But if I think about it carefully, if there really is an emergency in the family, they will definitely notify me directly.

After all, seclusion does not mean being isolated from the world. When encountering major events, it has a higher priority and can be directly transmitted into the cave. From this point of view, it should be a matter of the small family.

"Brother Qian...Brother Qianfan, this is my personal matter..."

When Lin Qianshan spoke, he began to stutter again. It was obvious that he was a little nervous and had difficulty speaking.

"You're already a grown man in your thirties, why are you still so shy? Just say it straight!"

"They insisted that Sister Yun marry into the Zhang family, but Sister Yun refused. Then they asked Sister Yun to find a husband, but Sister Yun still refused. Now her parents are trying to persuade her. Brother Qianfan, what do you think I should do?"

This scolding really worked, and Lin Qianshan stopped stuttering.

"Oh? Just for this? You ask me? Who else can I ask?"

After hearing this, Lin Qianfan felt a little angry.

The sister Yun that Lin Qianshan mentioned is Lin Qianfan’s twelfth cousin. The twelfth cousin has a good relationship with Lin Qianfan’s family, but she has not been able to find a good match for so many years and is now an old maid.

If it weren't for the fact that she and Lin Qianfan were of the same blood, she should have gone directly to the Zhang family for marriage as she had been single for a long time.

Lin Qianshan used to learn boatmanship from Lin Qianfan and had been to Lin Qianfan's house many times. He didn't know when he started to like the twelfth sister. The annoying thing was that he liked her but didn't dare to say it out loud. It was such a cowardly act.

Seeing Lin Qianshan's bewildered face, Lin Qianfan said helplessly:

"Do you like Twelfth Sister?"

"like!"

Lin Qianshan affirmed.

"Does Sister Twelve know your feelings?"

"You should know..."

Lin Qianshan was not sure.

"So do you think she likes you?"

"I'm not sure..."

Lin Qianshan lost his confidence.

"If you like her, why don't you just say it directly? Do you really want this virgin girl to chase you?"

Lin Qianfan was so disappointed that he kicked Lin Qianshan several feet away. Lin Qianshan quickly got up and asked:

"Then I...should go and tell you now?"

It's not made of wood, it works very quickly.

"Nonsense! Do you want me to find a wife for you?"

A few days later,

The expansion of the fairy city is still in full swing. Yanglong Bay, which has a stronger atmosphere of life, held a grand group wedding, with a total of 35 couples getting married.

Among them, thirty couples were married between two families, either marrying a wife or recruiting a son-in-law, and the partners were all from the Zhang family of Yundu Island.

Although the matching process was a bit hasty, the people selected have all been carefully screened and are all good matches, and their future lives are also guaranteed.

The other five couples were those who temporarily declared marriages in order to avoid marrying into the Zhang family. Lin Qianshan and his twelfth sister Lin Qianyun were one of these five couples.

It can be seen that the twelfth sister is in a good mood. She must have liked the hardworking and down-to-earth Lin Qianshan for a long time. If it weren't for this opportunity, I really don't know how long the two of them would continue to be twisted.

The situations of the other four couples were roughly similar. Most of them had already had feelings for each other, but were just missing that crucial step. Now that they were suddenly urged to get married, it actually led to all these beautiful things happening.

From this we can see that some people and things do need external force to push them forward, otherwise the results may be very different if they are delayed for too long.

Along with these thirty former members of the Zhang family, there was also a Zhang family inspection team. The members of the inspection team were in the Qi Refining Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage. They all came here for targeted learning after sorting out the inheritance sent by the Lin family.

The scale of Yundu Island's industries, except for the Yundu Shipyard and the monster hunting industry, is much smaller than that of the Yulong Islands.

It's not just the small scale, but more importantly, many industries on Yundu Island have been destroyed and are now imperfect, making it difficult to achieve basic internal circulation and having a high degree of external dependence.

Even Yundu Island has not yet built a decent third-level immortal city. Currently, there is only a prototype of an immortal city centered on the Zhang family's land.

Therefore, they also had another purpose for coming this time, which was to learn from the Lin family's experience in urban planning and other aspects, hoping to develop the prototype of their fairy city into a real fairy city.

Although the Zhang family has not been wealthy recently and cannot come up with much money, the influx of a large amount of resources and manpower has brought booming popularity and vitality, and the conditions for building a city are already in place.

If it really doesn't work, you can also let the small forces below raise funds to build a city, and give them original shares to solve the problem of whether or not there is one.

A few more days passed,
As the leader of the Lin family's inspection team, Lin Qianfan brought thirty family members who were going to exchange marriages and went to Yundu Island.

The land area of Yundu Island is medium to small among the Jindan forces. Compared with the Yulong Islands, it does not have sufficient strategic depth, its internal operations are not convenient enough, and the population it can actually support is much smaller.

However, Yundu Island also has its own advantages, that is, its geographical advantage of being close to the northern ice field.

The northern ice fields are rich in monster resources, and all of them are ownerless. Therefore, most of the forces, big and small, on Yundu Island make a living by hunting monsters, and it has gradually developed into a mature industry.

Together with the shipbuilding industry that the Zhang family is now vigorously developing, these two industries are the main learning goals of the Lin family inspection team's trip, to see if they can be used to optimize themselves.

The reason why the Lin family needs to learn these things is because the Yulong Islands will inevitably reach the upper limit of internal development in the near future, and will then need to expand outward.

The industrial chain of shipbuilding, monster hunting, fresh food collection and reprocessing has the least impact on other forces among all expansion methods.

The resources in the ocean are extremely abundant and most of them are unowned. Whoever hunts them owns them, and disputes are minimal.

As a representative of the bride's family, Lin Qianfan witnessed the weddings of thirty couples. Afterward, the delegation began to gain a deeper understanding of the operations of Yundu Island's monster hunting industry. While the Lin family possessed a significant number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, they operated only a handful of monster hunting vessels. This was because the primary purpose of these vessels wasn't simply to harvest small gains at sea, but more importantly, to hone the crews.

Both the captain and the boatman can gain sufficient experience in the long process of hunting monsters at sea.

This is a path that allows one to climb up through hard work, and provides an opportunity for those who do not want to live a mediocre life. After being tempered and strengthened on the monster hunting ship, they can generally do well in various industries when they re-enter.

Not only the Lin family, but also other foundation-building families in the Yulong Islands who own monster-hunting ships are the same.

Most of these families have multiple foundation-building monks, and they will only let the foundation-building monks who have no special skills sail out to sea to ensure that they can bear the various risks in the process of hunting monsters.

But the situation on Yundu Island is different.

On Yundu Island, most small and medium-sized foundation-building forces own monster-hunting ships, and some even own more than one ship.

For them, the demon-hunting ship is their industry and the way to make money for their survival. Making money is their ultimate goal.

Therefore, the monster hunting industry in Yundu Island and the monster hunting industry in Yulong Islands are two completely different industries developed based on two completely different basic logics.

Of course, it’s not that we can’t learn this set of skills. It wasn’t suitable in the past, but it will be suitable in the future, especially since the dozen or so new foundation-building families that have arrived recently are/will all be monster-hunting forces.

The Lin family can learn from the Zhang family's management experience and its entire set of supporting industries, and then make some modifications when the time comes.

"Although the Ichthyosaur Islands aren't very close to the various hunting grounds, the routes to the northern ice fields, the Dark Sea, the Cloud Island, and the Blazing Sea are relatively safe. This is one of our advantages. In the future, we might be able to replicate the model of Yundu Island, or even do better than they did."

The current carrying capacity limit of the Yulong Islands is not the real limit, but a short-term limit after balancing internal stability and the Lin family's own control.

In the future, when the Lin family becomes stronger, the twenty-four newly absorbed foundation-building forces are fully integrated into the local community, and the external waves and storms subside, the Yulong Islands should be able to usher in a large-scale expansion.

The largest restaurant on Yundu Island - Zuixianju,

This nine-story building with carved beams and painted buildings is located on a cliff next to the port.

Even though it was winter, Zuixianju was still bustling with people coming and going, and there were even many foundation-building monks among them.

The view here is excellent. Sitting upstairs, you can have a panoramic view of the entire port area. Therefore, this place has become the favorite information exchange place for the monster hunting monks on Yundu Island.

"Have you heard?"

A monk in rough clothing drank some wine, pointed to the north, and said:
"The monster resources in the north have reached an unprecedented level of abundance. Never before seen, understand?"

"Yeah! I heard that because of this massive beast tide, the northeastern defense line only intercepted monsters above level three, and those unorganized and undisciplined level one and two monsters were basically let through."

"The northeastern defense line isn't a real city wall. We can't stop the endless stream of little demons. There's nothing we can do if we don't let them pass!"

"Who cares! Next year will definitely be a good year. Cheers!"

"My fellow Daoists, I have a question. Is it possible that a third-level demon king could have sneaked in?"

Suddenly someone asked such an inappropriate question, and the originally lively atmosphere suddenly stagnated, and the laughter of the crowd also stopped abruptly. The third-level demon king was not joking.

"This possibility does exist! The demon kings that can be stopped by the defense line are mostly those who are organized, disciplined, or have clan ties. However, those wild demon kings who are truly unscrupulous and do not obey the orders of the Demon Emperor may indeed sneak in."

A foundation-building cultivator who came from the outer sea and had some understanding of the defense situation spoke up and said that Yundu Island now accepted many demon-hunting cultivators from the outer sea, and some of them even had their own demon-hunting ships.

"Then when we go monster hunting, won't it be very dangerous? Remember last time..."

"Don't worry, fellow Taoists. The Zhang family's ancestor will definitely check it out first according to the usual practice!"

"Having said that, but..."

Some people hesitated to speak, thinking that Zhang Chaoyang's personal strength was really limited.
If we really run into those unscrupulous wild demon kings, we probably won't be able to gain any advantage, and we may even be unable to protect ourselves. However, this is Yundu Island, and we can't say disrespectful words.

"Perhaps the Lin family will lend a hand, what do you think?"

"That makes sense! Come, let me toast to all of you fellow Taoists!"

"Yes, now that the Zhang and Lin families have formed an alliance, if a demon king really settles in the ice field, I'm afraid he will soon become their hunting target. That's a third-level prey. Come on, let's drink!"

Lin Qianfan quietly tasted the local unique animal blood wine. As the wine entered his throat, a unique wild flavor spread in his mouth.

Looking at the falling snow outside the window, the snow scene at this time has a sense of loneliness with no trace of people on the paths.

The next day,

The Lin family inspection team settled in Yundu Shipyard.

The Zhang family also has only three second-level shipbuilders, but the output efficiency of the Yundu Shipyard is significantly higher, even twice as high.

"This place does feel a bit like a military factory. Unfortunately, the Lin family is divided into two parts, north and south, and they can't really work together. It would be difficult to completely replicate this model."

Unlike the Lin family's handicraft workshop model, Yundu Shipyard adopts a more standardized assembly line production model.

Their three second-level shipbuilders were responsible for the equipment, talismans, and formations respectively, and only worked together at critical moments.

Moreover, not all second-level work is done by them personally. As chief designers, they only need to be responsible for checking the key points.

At least half of the second-level work was directly subcontracted to ordinary second-level instrument, talisman, and formation masters. The Zhang family even used other second-level craftsmen on Yundu Island if there were not enough. In this way, the efficiency of shipbuilding was directly increased by several times.

The situation at the first level is similar. The Zhang family has introduced a large number of non-shipbuilders to engage in first-level subcontracting work.

For example, there is a large team that specializes in producing the various types of machinery that are most commonly used for lifting on ships.

The members of this large team may not be proficient in other skills, but they are extremely efficient in producing engines. They can quickly mass-produce engines of various parameters.

There are many similar teams of different sizes. They divide the work and cooperate with each other with clear goals. When they are combined together according to the design drawings, they can form most of the spirit ship.

Professional shipbuilders only need to assemble these parts together to complete the final and most important production work.

“It’s really an eye-opener!”

The first-class shipbuilders of the Lin family who were accompanying them were greatly shocked.

The Lin family has always attached great importance to the comprehensive ability training of individuals. A first-level shipbuilder can not only participate in the construction of a second-level spirit ship, but must also be able to independently build various first-level spirit ships for all-round development.

Although they have more comprehensive abilities, they often don't actually use those talents, especially the first-level shipbuilders stationed in the shipyard, a large part of their talents are wasted.

Lin Qianfan was fine, he understood all of this. The military factories of the Great Qin Dynasty adopted this model, and the division of labor was even more detailed and exaggerated.

Some people may be responsible for the unique specifications and dimensions of the same small component from the time they enter the industry to the time they retire, their entire lives.

However, this assembly line operation model also has its prerequisites, that is, the scale of the industry must be large enough and stable enough.

Only a steady stream of orders can keep such a production line running; otherwise, if production stops, they will lose their livelihood.

Because their skills are basically fixed in a single job, once the shipyard's business is down and needs to lay off employees, their ability to adapt to other jobs will be very poor and they will not be very competitive.

"The Lin family can learn some of the content and make some optimization adjustments. It should be no problem to increase production efficiency by 20% to 30%, but they can't copy it completely. The situations of the two families are different, unless the Yanglongwan and Xiancheng Lin families can be merged again."

(End of this chapter)