Become a feudal king from today

Only the low-hanging branches of the willow trees on both sides of the river beach remain. ReadМ

The wind blowing from the river is still cold.

Officials from the Ship Division recorded the pictures on the river beach.

Zhao Xu told it in detail again, down to every detail.

"I will send a group of masons over and some cement to build twelve dry docks on this river beach, six on each side of the river," Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou was overjoyed again.

Now he felt relieved. With craftsmen familiar with the use of cement, the construction of the dry dock would not be a big problem.

After giving instructions about the dockyard, Zhao Xu inspected the shipyard again.

When Chen Shou first arrived, everything here was still in its infancy.

Including the craftsmen, they still live in very simple temporary wooden sheds.

This is seen in the eyes.

He understood Chen Shou's thoughts. Now he only wanted to build warships and did not have much energy to take care of the daily life of the craftsmen.

Perhaps this is a common problem among ancient officials.

They used to use authority and punishment to make the craftsmen work, instead of making them work spontaneously and hard.

Thinking that the construction of Chengdefang is basically completed.

There were many masons free, so he decided to go back and transfer Dong Jian'an here, just like building Chengde Fang.

Build a formal boat dock on the land.

Even if large shipyards will eventually move to the seaside in the future, commercial ships can still be manufactured here.

After the inspection, Zhao Xu stood up to go back.

Although there are many dissatisfactions, these shortcomings can only be corrected little by little.

After all, you start from scratch, and you always need to accumulate experience little by little.

You can't blame the officials for this, after all, they are used to everything around them.

Naturally, it is based on the old thinking.

Along the river, Zhao Xu arrived at Pingcheng Pier.

He smiled as he watched boxes of Yanzhou goods being loaded onto ships and then transported to the south.

While he was watching all this, a merchant ship gradually docked.

A young man jumped off the boat and saw Zhao Xu on the dock. The young man ran over.

"Zhou Yi meets His Highness." The young man was none other than Zhou Yi.

Zhao Xu was startled for a moment, then looked at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi looked excited, as if he thought he was here specifically to see him.

Zhao Xu felt guilty for a while. He had completely forgotten about Zhou Yi this time.

However, as the King of Yan, it is natural to learn to act sometimes and not to chill the hearts of his subordinates.

After all, Zhou Yi also received the important task of training crew members.

"I was about to send someone to look for you, and they came just in time." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

When Zhou Yi heard this, he smiled from ear to ear and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Zhao Xu coughed twice and changed the subject, "You said there were training crews, how is it now?"

Mentioning this, Zhou Yi became even more excited. He pointed at the merchant ships behind him and said: "I just came back from Jinghai County. These are all recruited from Jinghai County. Most of them are from fishermen and are familiar with water properties. At the same time, Xiaguan We also sent people to post notices in all the counties in Yanzhou. Anyone with good water quality can come to Pingcheng."

Zhao Xu looked at the merchant boats on the river and saw hundreds of men of different ages sitting or standing on the boats.

They seemed to be very curious about Pingcheng Pier, looking at it and talking about it.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and looked serious.

It seems that Zhou Yi is here for real this time and is not messing around with him.

He was pleased with the way he selected people.

People with good water skills tend to become qualified crew members faster.

Zhou Yi made the right choice.

"The selection has been made, how will you train next?" Zhao Xu asked tentatively.

He wanted to see what other skills Zhou Yi had.

"I chose a lake in Pingcheng, which is connected to the canal. When the crew members are almost recruited, I will buy a few boats and go to that lake. I will train them to use the wind to maneuver the boats every day, and then train them to use the warships on the water. Formation.”

"Of course they need to train their artillery. His Highness said that the artillery can be put on the ship." Zhou Yi said rapidly.

Zhao Xu looked at Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi's eyes were serious and he was definitely not messing around.

He nodded secretly.

As the saying goes, heroes come out of youth since ancient times.

Maybe he should pay attention to Zhou Yi and give him this chance.

"You are right. The crew trained in this way is enough to defeat any navy in Dasong." Zhao Xu said.

Zhou Yi thought Zhao Xu was praising him, and looked excited, "Now His Highness should believe it."

"It's just not enough." Zhao Xu's words made Zhou Yi's expression stunned.

As long as the warships are equipped with artillery, they can naturally defeat most of the warships in Dasong.

However, his fleet was going to sea to compete with equally matched opponents.

This requires the crew to be more professional.

He said: "What you know is just superficial. You first recruit crew members and train them to operate the sails. After a while, I will give you a book. You can take it back and study it, and write down what you don't understand. Come and ask me.”

Zhou Yi was excited when he heard this.

Although he didn't understand, he knew that these things must be very powerful.

Now that King Yan said that he would give him a book, he was naturally as if he had been given a shot of blood.

Maybe with this book, he can really train the best crew members in the world.

After talking about this, Zhao Xu remembered that Zhou Yi had not yet been given a formal official position and career.

So he said: "Also, starting from today, I will make you the admiral of Yanzhou."

After saying these words, Zhou Yi was stunned for a long time.

He almost jumped when he came to his senses.

King Yan officially gave him an official position, which was equivalent to recognizing him.

From then on, he could serve the palace like other generals and officials.

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will definitely live up to His Highness's trust and build the strongest fleet in Dasong." Zhou Yi spoke incoherently.

When Chen Shou and other Ship Department officials saw him, they all smiled.

Zhao Xu smiled, and then whispered to Zhou Yi: "Although we have official positions and offices, we still need to keep a low profile and not make any noise. We will announce to the outside world that we are training boatmen for Yanzhou Trading Company. When the time comes, I will officially award the reward." you."

At present, the number of soldiers given to him by the court is only 120,000.

But the escorts needed by the trading company, such as boatmen, are not among the restrictions.

He would tell the public that they were only protecting the business and were not part of the royal family's army.

In this way, an armed fleet named Merchant Bank, secretly a fleet of the Yanzhou Navy, can legitimately exist in Yanzhou.