Chapter 514 Arrival

"It is still Censor Mi who is swift and decisive. Read М" Zhao Xu laughed.

This is another good news after the progress of the steam engine.

Liu Fu nodded, "Now the first batch is coming, a total of 30,000 people, and there are two more batches of 50,000 people."

"Isn't it 100,000 people?" Zhao Xu asked casually.

Liu Fu smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, even this number is impossible for me. Even in the heyday of Dasong, it is impossible to allocate 100,000 craftsmen casually. According to Censor Mi, these 80,000 people are the limit."

This is the complaint of the court officials responsible for transporting craftsmen.

Even so, these craftsmen also include many apprentices who know a little about carpentry.

The real craftsmen are no more than 30,000.

Zhao Xu naturally knew that he was asking for too much.

But he had to ask for it under the circumstances at that time.

He attracted Beidi to Ningjindusi by himself.

Is it not even worth this little thing?

Besides, he was lucky to ask for 100,000. If he honestly asked for 30,000, the court would probably only give him 10,000.

"Send these craftsmen to Jinghai County immediately to rebuild the shipyard in Jinghai County." Zhao Xu said.

The location of the Pingcheng Shipyard was too narrow and could not be expanded. It was already the limit to build twelve warships at the same time.

He had to find a wider place to build ships.

There was no doubt that the previously destroyed seaside of Jinghai County was the most suitable.

Moreover, now that he had warships, he would build a fort near the shipyard.

There would be no more attacks on the shipyard by Wufeng Island.

Liu Fu responded with a yes and turned to go out. He wanted to contact the court officials to receive this batch of craftsmen.

Let Wang Chong also go to work.

Zhao Xu sent someone to Pingcheng to call Chen Shou.

After delivering the twelve warships, Chen Shou started to build the next batch of twelve warships.

However, due to the experience of the first batch, the construction process was very smooth, and Chen Shou was much more relaxed.

Now that the craftsmen have come, they can be handed over to him for management.

In this way, after the twelve warships that will be launched, another twelve can be launched.

Let his fleet reach thirty-six ships.

In this way, he can really walk sideways on the sea.

Two days later.

Chen Shou rushed from Pingcheng to Yancheng.

When he learned that the court had sent so many carpenters, his white beard kept shaking with joy.

"Enough, enough, it is enough to build another shipyard in Jinghai County."

In the meeting hall of the palace, Chen Shou said to Zhao Xu.

As if thinking of something, his smile froze instantly, his upper body leaned forward, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, these carpenters came from the capital, I am afraid there must be spies planted by the powerful families."

"This is why I asked you to come." Zhao Xu said.

With such a good opportunity, it is really not like the style of the powerful families not to insert a few people in.

And what he has to do now is to let their spies come in, but not get out.

"Before building the ship, build the shipyard's walls and sentry towers. I will assign you 500 soldiers to patrol the area." Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou nodded and kept it in mind.

"In addition, the craftsmen in the shipyard must be called every day."

"Also, organize them into groups of ten and let them supervise each other. If someone escapes, the others will also be held responsible. In short, they should be managed like an army." Zhao Xu finally said.

It's not that he is too cruel, but there are extraordinary ways in extraordinary times.

After all, if these spies suddenly set a fire when the ship is about to be launched, the shipyard's efforts for a year will be wasted.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Shou nodded frequently, which was similar to what he thought.

"Of course, these are all aimed at spies, but when implemented, it will certainly make other craftsmen feel uncomfortable. In this way, give them a deadline. After ten years in the shipyard, they will be free and can go wherever they want." Zhao Xu hesitated.

In ten years, he didn't care that the structures of these warships were leaked.

"Your Highness is wise. We have to give them some hope so that they will be more willing to work hard." Chen Shou stroked his beard and smiled.

After talking about the craftsmen, Zhao Xu and Chen Shou talked about the troop transport ship again.

"With so many craftsmen coming this time, we can take out some of them to build troop transport ships." Zhao Xu said.

The troop transport ship drawings he gave Chen Shou were not much different from sailing warships.

It's just that the gun positions were cancelled and transformed into cabins for soldiers to rest and sleep.

Such a troop transport ship can basically transport about 1,500 people at a time.

However, for the sake of safety, the troop transport ship did not completely cancel the gun positions.

Six gun positions were still left on each side.

In this way, if they encounter an enemy, they are not completely without the ability to fight back.

Chen Shou nodded. Just from the ships that the King of Yan wanted to build, he could feel that the King of Yan was an ambitious person.

Throughout the dynasties, almost no emperor paid attention to the navy.

They thought the world overseas was a barbarian land and looked down upon it.

But the King of Yan was determined to go to the ocean, and building troop transport ships might have a deeper purpose.

Thinking of this, he said: "I will definitely contribute to your great cause."

Zhao Xu smiled, and everything was self-evident.

After talking with Chen Shou about the construction of warships, Chen Shou went back.

...

Jincheng.

Muler Hongzhen and Ulanba waited for several days, and first received the news that the Goryeo navy was annihilated.

Today, they received the news that the Wufeng Island pirates were defeated and fled.

"Humph, this Wufeng Island brags about how powerful it is, but it is still like a chicken and a dog in front of the Black Shark pirates." Muler Hongzhen's face was livid.

Although he did not trust Wufeng Island, he still had a glimmer of hope for this matter.

But the result still disappointed him.

Moreover, this made him more aware of a reality.

Chrysanthemum Island could not be taken back, and the ocean would become a forbidden area for Beidi.

"Now, we can only rely on Ivan's plan." Ulanba also had a kind of anger towards Goryeo.

The Goryeo navy was completely destroyed and could no longer help Beidi at sea.

Muler Hongzhen felt a little relieved, at least they still had a trump card.

However, for him, this was not enough.

He just learned the decree given by Emperor Dasong to the powerful clan.

As he expected, Dasong was showing signs of internal strife.

"Give the best war horses to the Dou family, and marry our grassland women to the second prince supported by the Han family." Mule Hongzhen said.

Under the current circumstances, he naturally had to add fuel to the fire.

The Dou family had great ambitions, but Dou Wei, the old fox, was not someone he could control.

It would be best to nourish him and let his ambitions continue to expand.

Choosing the Han family as a marriage partner would allow the Han family to have a little fantasy about the Beidi and cooperate with them to encircle the King of Yan.

"King of Yan, you can use the Yan Pass to stop my Beidi army from going south, but can you stop the ambitions of the powerful families? Hahaha..." Mule Hongzhen laughed non-stop.

Stopping his laughter, he said to Ulanba: "Find people with smallpox as soon as possible. If smallpox can spread in Dasong, it will aggravate their chaos.