One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin replied: "The princes are all raised in the deep palace and have little contact with the outside world. They don't know the sufferings of the world and have never tasted the various aspects of life. They have been raised in the gentle countryside since they were born. How can such people manage the country well?" , so the children of my Li family must not be such people."

Liang Hongyu asked again: "What about their safety if they go to school outside? As descendants of the royal family, they often appear in public, and it will be very dangerous if someone knows about it."

Li Xin said: "That's why I want them to hide their identities, not only for their safety but also to prevent them from doing anything wrong because of their identities. Of course, I will definitely send someone to protect them secretly. Madam will pass on this matter." Tell them clearly that this matter is a rule of my Li family and will always be passed down."

Liang Hongyu sighed: "Okay, the slave family knows."

After explaining to Liang Hongyu, Li Xin went out and walked towards the shipyard. Since the construction of two new types of ships, the Gonggong Type and the Flying Shear Type , Xinghancheng Shipyard began to turn all its energy to Dayu Type , Dayu Type , and Dayu Type . The research and development work on three new ships of the Flying Shear III type has been going on for four years. As the tonnage of the new ships becomes larger and larger, the technical difficulty is gradually increasing, so the development time of the new ships is getting longer and longer. So far, the finalization work of the -ton Dayu Type is finally completed. Dayu Type and Flying Shear Type still need more time to complete.

Walking into the shipyard, Li Xin's mood gradually surged when he looked at the Dayu Type sailing battleship, a fourth-level sailing battleship. Even though it was only a -ton fourth-level sailing battleship, when he walked in and saw that it was not big at all, Small.

Dayu Type 50, 7-ton fourth-level sail battleship, with a total length of 26 meters and a draft of 20 meters. The ship has forty-eight guns and two gun decks. The lower gun deck has thirty-jin class guns and the upper gun deck has guns. There are two twenty-kilogram-class cannons and two ten-jin-class cannons at the front of the battleship. There are no cannons on the open deck. The whole ship has a capacity of people. These are all the data of the Dayu Type .

Li Xin walked along the entire ship, looking here and touching that. Old man Liu saw Li Xin looking around and said, "Master, we are in the final inspection stage before Dayu Type is finalized. It will be ready in a few days." It’s officially finalized.”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, what is the maximum speed that the Dayu Type can reach?"

Old Man Liu replied: "After our experiments, under good wind conditions, the maximum speed can reach 22 kilometers per hour, and the normal average speed is about 18 kilometers per hour."

Li Xin said thoughtfully: "Well, you have done a good job. After Dayu is finalized, I will give awards to all the staff of your shipyard."

Old Man Liu sighed with emotion: "Oh, it's not easy to build this ship. This is the first time in my life that I have built a ship with such a complex structure. Although there are models for reference, it actually takes more than a few hundred tons to build." It's very complicated. To be honest, the little old man didn't really contribute much in the whole process of Dayu Type construction. It was all the efforts of the students and the shipwrights. The master should reward them as much as he wants. Those children are still young and ruthless, but they are working day and night to build the new ship, which makes the little old man feel distressed just looking at them."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, Uncle Liu, I understand. Once Dayu is finalized, let them rest for a few days before starting."

Old man Liu replied: "Okay, I understand."

Li Xin added: "After Dayu has finalized the first model, he asked the Jilong Shipyard to build sixty ships first."

Old Man Liu nodded and said, "Okay."

Li Xin asked again: "How is the construction status of Gonggong Type and Flying Shear Type ?"

Old Man Liu replied: "One hundred Gonggong Type ships were all completed and delivered to the Navy last year, and the Flying Shear Type ships are still short of completion. If all the slipways are reserved for the Flying Shear Type ships, by the end of this year It will all be done.”

Li Xin shook his head and said: "No, leave half of the slipway for the Flying Shear Type II, and the remaining half of the slipway is ready to start building the Dayu Type I."

Old man Liu cupped his fists and said, "I understand, little old man."

After leaving the shipyard, Li Xin calculated in his mind that now, in the entire Xinghan Island plus Jeju Island, Li Xin's Ma Infantry Army has reached people after several years of development. In addition to the infantry troops stationed on Jeju Island, there are infantry troops stationed on Jeju Island. The cavalry is trained on Jeju Island, and the rest are on Xinghan Island. Compared with the more than people under Li Xin's control, the infantry with more than horses is not much, but don't forget that there is also a navy, Li Xin Xin had Gonggong Type warships and Gonggong Type warships. The number of naval troops occupied by these two types of warships alone reached , almost as many as Li Xin's men. The number of horse and infantry troops was equal, and although the rest were all transport ships, based on thirty sailors per ship, six or seven hundred transport ships would have about sailors. In other words, the navy under Li Xin increased. The Army now has nearly people.

These more than people cost million yuan each year in military pay plus various equipment consumption. In addition to the annual construction investment of the two islands, resettlement of refugees, and the wages of various personnel under Li Xin, Li Xin estimated that each year would be about It consumes million strings, which is a huge number at first glance.

But a closer look shows that due to the promotion of sweet potatoes in Xinghan Island, there is basically no need to worry about Xinghan Island's grain output, and grain prices are also very stable. Of course, in order to enrich the people's diet, a lot of grain is imported from the Song Dynasty every year, but It is much better than before with only going out but not entering. With the development of agriculture and commerce, the agricultural tax and commercial tax collected by Li Xin on Xinghan Island last year has exceeded one million yuan, which is spread on every person on Xinghan Island. Personally, I only have two dollars a year. Of course, commercial tax must account for the majority. Commercial tax accounts for nearly % of the one million tax, while agricultural tax is only %. The entire Xinghan Island is currently large and small. The number of merchants has reached .

After excluding the one million guan in taxes, the remaining million guan will depend on Li Xin's property in the Song Dynasty. Every state capital south of the Yangtze River has a Tianxiang Tower, and there are almost forty or fifty Tianxiang Towers. The bar, plus the shops, mainly sell soap. Since the fall of the Cai family, Li Xin can be said to have monopolized the soap market in the entire Song Dynasty. After the fall of the Cai family, it is not that no one has taken the idea of ​​​​Li Xin soap, but After several years of training, Li Xin has a good relationship with local government officials and exports a lot of profits every year. However, the senior officials of the Song Dynasty are still in chaos and have no time to care about soap. In other words, they have not realized it yet. The soap market is huge, so Li Xin is still relatively stable now. Of course, it will be difficult to say when the Song Dynasty court stabilizes, but by then the Song Dynasty will have changed, and Li Xin will not have to worry about it. All these The combined industries can now basically earn Li Xin million yuan in wealth a year. In other words, Li Xin's industries in the Song Dynasty alone can support the financial needs of Xinghan Island and Jeju Island, and he is also rich. Yu, don't forget that Li Xin still has salt in his hand, which is a big killer. He has just started. With the addition of salt, Li Xin doesn't have to worry. In addition to salt, the local gold mines on Xinghan Island have also been mined for several years, and they have already been saved for Li Xin. After buying three tons of gold, Li Xin was able to sit back and relax when it came to money.