The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The chart was circulated among the ministers, and Zeng Jian's eyes were as big as eggs.

When drawing the hull structure diagram, pay attention to the overall proportion and coordination, length, width and depth of the ship, as well as the length and inclination angle of the keel.

There are strict rules for everything.

He could tell at a glance that it was exactly the same as the horse boat of the Three Treasures Eunuch recorded in the classics.

Liu Jian said in disbelief: "How did you draw it?"

This man, not an official from the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Industry, could actually draw the structural diagram of a horse boat.

In the fleet establishment of Sanbao Eunuch, the horse ship is the second largest sea ship.

Slightly smaller than the big treasure ship.

"When I was in Hanyuan, I read the records of the Sanbao eunuchs' voyages to the West.

I also spent some time observing it at Liangxiang Shipyard, and after trying it a thousand times, I finally drew it. "

Yan Chengjin's expression remained unchanged, and it was normal for Emperor Hongzhi and others to be surprised.

The structural drawings of horse boats are complicated and detailed, and officials from the Dushui Department who are good at shipbuilding may not be able to draw them.

Although the structural diagram of the ship is complicated, it was also drawn by humans.

As long as there are ready-made drawings, he can draw them.

Mastering arithmetic and physics is even easier than the ancients. It just took a lot of effort to memorize the first structural diagram of a ship.

If you really draw the second picture, you may not be able to draw it.

This was so inconsistent that the ministers looked at Yan Chengjin in confusion.

A censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate could actually draw ship structure diagrams?

It's incredible that it's like a pig crowing.

But Yan Chengjin was standing in the main hall, and they watched with their own eyes. Xiao Jing sent a pen and paper, and Yan Chengjin drew a completed picture from the outline.

This matter cannot be false.

Several chief clerks from the Ministry of Industry were a little ashamed and looked at the drawings. The ship drawings of Sanbao Eunuch would be reproduced in this way.

"You...what other pictures can you draw?"

Yan Chengjin thought for a moment and said, "If I know how to draw horse boats, I will naturally be able to draw other boats. Sea boats are similar."

Putting these words aside, if Liangxiang makes a big treasure ship one day, no one will report it to His Majesty again.

Zheng He's fleet consisted of treasure ships, horse ships and warships, with huge differences in size but very small differences in structure.

Even the materials used are the same, only the size of the wood is different.

"Does the Ministry of War still have any doubts?" Emperor Hongzhi asked.

Qin Hong shook his head slightly: "No."

Wang Hua stood in the crowd, secretly wiping tears. His son's salary was almost surpassing his, and he even received a unicorn suit from His Majesty.

"Master Wang, congratulations."

"Congratulations, I have discovered that every time Yan Chengjin recommends Wang Shouren, he will be promoted."

Wang Hua looked in the direction of Yan Chengjin, how about... coming to the old man's door later to say thank you?

Come out of Fengtian Hall.

Yan Chengjin walked down the imperial steps and prepared to leave with his hands behind his back. Wang Shouren took a few steps forward, and Liu Jin followed him with a guilty conscience.

"Brother Gao, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Yan Chengjin turned around and saw Wang Shouren bowing slightly towards him, and asked with some shame.

"Even if Bo An says so, I won't agree to it anyway."

Wang Shouren's face was slightly stiff: "Brother Gao guessed it?"

Yan Chengjin raised his finger and pointed at Liu Jin: "Brother Bo'an wants me to let Liu Jin go?"

"Exactly!"

"I have no enmity with Eunuch Liu, how can I let him go?"

No grudge, but you always want to kill us.

Liu Jin cried sadly and knelt down with a thud: "My name is Liu Jin. What's wrong with us? Master Yan, just let us live. We won't eat rice from your family while we live in this world..."

Wang Shouren bowed again in shame: "A wise man is the so-called heart of right and wrong. Everyone has it. He has it without learning, and he has it without worrying.

I will definitely teach him well and will not harm Brother Gao. "

Yan Chengjin's eyes showed surprise, this is Wang Shouren's "Conscience", which means that everyone has a conscience, but the difference is that some people can discover it and some people cannot.

Liu Jin saw the opportunity and cried at the right moment: "If you beat me to death, you won't dare to murder your lord."

Yan Chengjin's face was sometimes clouded with worry, and sometimes soothing and smooth.

After thinking for a moment, he said solemnly.

"Let's observe it for a year first."

"..." Wang Shouren was dumbfounded.

After Yan Chengjin walked away, Liu Jin turned around and kowtowed to Wang Shouren: "Godfather...it expires next year. You have to renew it for another year..."

Wang Shouren didn't like this title very much, so he helped Liu Jin up and said, "You should call me Mr. Wang."

A few days later, Emperor Hongzhi sent someone to inquire about the price of silk in Jiangnan.

The news that came back disappointed him, and the price of silk still did not rise.

"Now that the Japanese pirate rebellion in Songjiang Prefecture has been put down, how come the price of silk has not recovered yet?"

Emperor Hongzhi walked a few steps in front of the imperial court and muttered something.

Li Dongyang said: "Yan Chengjin has made tens of thousands of looms, and Liangxiang also produces a lot of raw silk. Where did Yan Chengjin go?"

Mou Bin said: "As far as I know, they are all still in Liangxiang."

Liu Jin had recovered the three large ships. Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang remembered Yan Chengjin and said that at this time, the price of silk would definitely rise.

But there is still no movement, so I can't help but worry.

Jiangnan contributed a large amount of tax money to the court every year, and the price of silk had always been extremely stable, but it would change due to Wang Shouren's suppression of Japan. Economics is really a metaphysics.

"Maybe the Yan Qing family just comforted me, but I took it seriously." Emperor Hongzhi lamented.

Yan Chengjin is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but he is extremely steady in his actions. His words, inadvertently, have the same weight as the six ministers and nine ministers.

…

East Palace,

Zhu Houzhao was always worried about the two thousand taels of silver, and asked Yan Chengjin from time to time.

"Lao Gao, why hasn't the silk price in Jiangnan risen?"

Liu Jin on the side looked strange. We just went to Songjiang Prefecture, and His Highness let Lord Yan cheat him out of two thousand taels of silver.

Regardless of whether the price goes up or not, His Highness's silver may not be returned...

However, he didn't dare to say it.

"It will go up soon. Your Highness can invest a few hundred taels of silver."

Yan Chengjin vowed and seemed very confident.

The gentry in Jiangnan should be more anxious to sell the silk. After Wang Shouren left Songjiang Prefecture, he must have made some moves.

Prince Ning also ran a silk business in Jiangnan, and according to the information he found in the Capital Investigation Institute, the scale was not small. If the price of raw silk dropped, where would he get the money to rebel?

Ten days later, Wang Bushui rushed back from Jiangnan and said happily, "Master, the price of silk has increased by two taels of silver."

Yan Chengjin was slightly surprised that the price had only increased by two taels of silver.

So he took out a piece of paper and began to draw an analysis chart. To ensure that every step was taken into consideration, he wrote keywords such as King Ning, Liangxiang, and Japanese pirates at the beginning of the white paper.

After a while, he found several seemingly insignificant factors.

Liangxiang made duck down quilts, and duck down crop workshops gradually appeared in the Jiangnan area.

In winter, the demand for silk from wealthy families decreased, and the demand for duck down textiles was even greater.

"Master, our silk can be sold." Wang Bushui didn't want to hold too much silk in his hands. Raw silk would become brittle after being stored for a long time and would be worthless.

"Wait a little longer."

Wang Bushui was a little anxious. He invested 50,000 taels. "Master, the gentry in Jiangnan are waiting to sell. If you are late, it will be worthless."

"If you don't sell it, it will go up."

Yan Chengjin wanted to open the land Silk Road in the northwest.

The price of silk sold to Hami, Daqin and Franji in the Western Regions will increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

In this way, the price of silk will increase exponentially. Jiangnan and Guangdong are far away from Chang'an and other places, so it is not cost-effective to take the Silk Road.

Liangxiang is closer to the northwest, and there are foreign merchants all year round.

This is the first step to lift the ban on sea trade, but how can I advise His Majesty?

I am late to make up for yesterday's, sorry...