Zhu Yunyu has always been a light car and simple person when he left the palace. He aims to be fast. He will never be a sedan chair if he can ride a horse, let alone bring so many people.

Therefore, there were a group of twenty guards, including He Guangyi and Li Jinglong, and the Jinyiwei who was leading the way out of the palace in a casual manner. However, there was a carriage mixed in the horse team.

Needless to say, Zhu Gaochi, the person who was riding a carriage, was naturally Zhu Gaochi. He could ride a horse, but for his own good and for the sake of his horse, he would still let him ride a carriage.

It was fine when I was in the city. I couldn’t feel any bumps in the flat carriages, but as soon as I left the city, the rugged carriages began to sway, up and down.

"Damn it, fortunately I didn't have breakfast in the morning, otherwise I would have vomited all my bitter galls!" In the carriage, Zhu Gaochi's face turned pale and he complained in his heart, "Riding so fast to reincarnate!"

After riding for an hour after leaving the city, the treasure shipyard was already in sight.

The location of the treasure shipyard is outside the Dinghuai Gate of the capital, and east of the Yangtze River to the west of the Qinhuai River, so it is called Sancha River. This place is the royal forbidden area, and the second camp of the Yulin Shenwu, stationed in the Jing camp. The soldiers patrol day and night, and the idle people are not allowed to approach it.

"Well!"

Zhu Yunqiu held the horse's head in front of the checkpoint. The treasure shipyard had already learned the emperor's intention. Zhang Han, the Ministry of Works, who was managing the shipyard, and Yang Wenyi, the commander of the shipyard, had been waiting at the checkpoint.

"I'm sorry..."

"Forgive!" Zhu Yunxiu waved his hand, "Take me to the dock to see!"

After he finished speaking, his eyes happened to see Zhu Gaochi tremblingly tremblingly holding the handle of the carriage.

"You are with me!" Zhu Yunxi continued.

"I obey the order!" Zhu Gaochi agreed, raised his eyes and looked at the endless treasure shipyard in his sight, and was secretly shocked, "I didn't know this place before?"

There are countless houses in his sight, and his ears are filled with jingling and knocking. There are several large chimneys in the distance, and white smoke is emitted in the air. The air is filled with choking fireworks. There are countless cargo ships carrying materials on the edge of the Yangtze River.

"This treasure shipyard has been built since the 28th year of Hongwu! Its predecessor was the shipyard built by the Emperor to attack Chen Youliang, and it was expanded." Zhu Yunxiu held his hands behind his back and walked, "It covers an area of ​​1,200 acres, seven docks, and a total of 26,000 shipbuilders and craftsmen and servants!"

Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded, listening and looking into the distance. There were many workshops along the Yangtze River. There were large signs on each workshop, with six works, five works, and head works. I think those were shipbuilding docks.

There are two temples next to these docks, one left and one right, and on the left is the Niangniang Temple, the Guansheng Dijun Temple on the right. There are also various workshops opposite the docks, such as iron workshops, wooden workshops, cable workshops, and paint rooms. They are densely packed and make people dizzy.

The louder the further you walked, the louder the roar, and the tweets of the craftsmen were coming one after another, deafening.

"No wonder the court has so much tax revenue a year and is yelling that there is no money. It's not enough to have such a bottomless cave!" Zhu Gaochi said in his heart, "That's Zhang Feng. If anyone else had to give up the ball, he would have quit. How much money would he have lost!"

Not to mention the other person, the daily food, drinking, defecation and sensation of nearly 30,000 people is an astronomical figure, as well as various raw materials, and the cost of building various workshops, I dare not think about it or think about it...

In fact, Zhu Yunxiu had not told him completely that just west of the treasure shipyard, the more hidden place was the Ming Dynasty's Firearm Manufacturing Bureau, a confidential place with dual supervision by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Those who approached without reason would have no tokens and would be killed without mercy.

There are also tens of thousands of craftsmen and charcoal workers in the firearm manufacturing bureau, and the daily iron and charcoal consumption is astronomical.

The funds used by the two places each year are as high as more than 8 million silver dollars. It can be said that the court has given coins and the annual balances of customs in various places, and most of the annual balances are still here. This is still the case when the construction is not fully started. If the construction is fully started, the seven docks can build hundreds of ships at the same time.

This is the benefit of imperial power supremacy. If you want to do whatever you want, someone will do the best. Moreover, all kinds of raw materials are also ordered, and governments in various places will continue to deliver them, fearing that they will be negligent.

Take those woods for example, they are woods that have been in the deep mountains and forests for more than two hundred years. And each wood is carefully selected, and no one that is slightly longer and slightly crooked cannot be used.

The craftsmen used were allocated from Huguang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhili. They were divided into various departments according to their needs, and like the army, they were equipped with wing chiefs and factory A, and they were the top managers.

At the beginning, Zhu Yunxiu was a little worried about such a huge organization.

However, after the treasure shipyard was actually built and put into production, he realized that he had underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. In the entire shipyard, the division of labor between various departments was clear, which was no less than that of the large factories in later generations, and even more so in terms of quality and waste.

Each part and every process is accurate to the individual, and each piece of wood is accompanied by a craftsman's number. He is directly held accountable if he makes a mistake. Moreover, there are detailed accounts for the collection of raw materials, and it is clear where every penny is spent.

The Minister of Works, Lian Zining, gave Zhu Yun's note on the management and operation of the Bao Shipyard, was nearly 30,000 words, and it was completely missing. Even if it was a modern professional, it would not be better than those of the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Works.

After watching it, Zhu Yunxiu had only one sigh: We are not without technology, methods, and ability. But in history, we were too conservative and too contemptuous. At the same time, those in power did not have this awareness at all.

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Amid the roar, the group walked to the seventh dock by the Yangtze River, and the busy beach was clearly visible.

From a distance, the dock is as tall as a mountain, but from close up, it is hidden deep underground.

In theory, such a huge dock should be built with bricks and stones, and it should cause slopes to prevent landslides.

The dock of Kebao Shipyard has no trace of artificiality from the outside.

The craftsmen dig out the pond entrance on the river beach and manually dig down more than four meters deep. The dug out mud and sand accumulated on both sides, forming a natural embankment. Moreover, during the accumulation process, they were constantly covered with loess to compact it.

The loess is very sticky and not water-permeable, so the shore is extremely strong. Moreover, the dock mouth is connected to the Yangtze River water, and a stone gate is built in front of it. When building a ship, drain the water in the dock, wait until the warships and ships are built well, and the stone gate is pulled up, and the Yangtze River water slowly enters, the warships built can naturally be put into the river.

It can be said that from design to construction, this dock makes full use of the Yangtze River's hydraulic power and combines geographical advantages. It can definitely be said to be a masterpiece.

"Your Majesty, please wait and be careful at your feet!"

As he was about to enter the dock along the slope, Li Jinglong reminded Zhu Yunxiu on the side, and then quickly stepped forward to block Zhu Yunxiu's front, as if he wanted to use Zhu Yunxiu as a human mat.

The slope leading to the dock is oblique but not steep, and it is all made of blue bricks to make steps that can be up and down.

Zhu Yunqi walked forward from the crowd and turned around casually, but saw Zhu Gaochi standing on the shore, looking at the surroundings with an incredible look on his face, obviously shocked to the point of being a little stunned.

"There is time to see in the future. I will give you a waist card in the future, so you can go in and out at will!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled, "Now get off the dock with me first!"

"Abide by the order!" Zhu Gaochi woke up, quickly agreed, and followed.

But I don’t know if it was because I was absent-minded, but when I stepped, my feet slipped, and a thud, and I squatted hard, and I suddenly grinned in pain.
Chapter completed!