Although Zhen Xing envied these steamships, the captain beside him shook his head and said: "This ship is small and not safe to sail on the sea, and because it needs to burn coal, the steamship's journey is very short, and each dock needs to prepare a large amount of coal to operate.
, this kind of ship is like a kite, it cannot fly very far at all, unlike our sail warship, you don’t have to worry even if it travels tens of thousands of miles across the ocean."
In Zhen Quan's opinion, this kind of boat is like a toy, a plaything for the rich, not practical and not suitable for the sea!
But Zhen Xing, who studied under Xu Wei, said: "The efficiency of steam engines will become higher and higher. Sooner or later, such steam engines will completely replace sailing ships like ours!"
Then he photographed a brand new sailing ship, a 30,000-kou seagoing ship. In this era, it was a giant on the sea, while those steamships were only about 1,000-kou. Because of the increase in speed, the ship was also extremely slender, but such a structure
Captains like Zhen Quan seem to be too unsafe. Any wave will destroy such a slender ship.
But Zhen Xing knew that it would not be long before such a behemoth would be replaced by a steam engine. Zhen Xing, who had just received the ship and was a little excited, felt an inexplicable sadness.
There are too many new things in this era, and they may even eliminate you without even saying hello. This is true for sailing ships, but it is not the same for the powerful noble families of the Han Dynasty. If you want to avoid being left behind in this era, you can only work hard.
Moved forward.
"We are almost reaching the Whale River Sea!" the sailors said excitedly.
Their ship continued to travel northeast for 10 days, and finally encountered a place with many ships. Now they could encounter fishing boats from time to time, and every time the sailors greeted them excitedly.
Zhen Quan smiled and said: "This is the place with the most fishing boats in Daqian, supplying half of Daqian's marine fish and 80% of whales. It can be said to be the fishing center of Daqian. With this treasure land, Liaodong has become my most popular place in Daqian."
It is one of the richest places, and it is said that the ruler will soon establish Liaodong as a state."
Zhen Xing looked at the fishing boats not far away. Sure enough, there were an extremely large number of them, including many extremely large whalers, which were even larger than Zhen Xing's own ships.
As the escaping ships penetrated deeper into the Whale River Sea, they encountered more and more ships, and many ships even formed fleets to catch fish. They could also see whales spraying water jets into the sky, leaving streaks of rainbows.
This is the first time for many people to see such a wonder!
Zhen Xing sighed: "There are so many fishing boats, and they are so big. I wonder how many marine fish are caught every year?"
Zhen Quan smiled and said: "Fishing in the Jingchuan Sea, small fishing boats cannot pass. After all, this place is far away from the mainland, and the caught sea fish cannot be processed immediately. It will soon become corrupt. Therefore, these fishing boats can not only
When fishing for marine fish, we have not yet processed the marine fish in the cabin. It can be said that each sea-going ship here is a small marine fish processing factory. The annual catch of marine fish alone is hundreds of millions of kilograms. The government has said that the whale ship sea is our largest fishing industry.
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Zhen Xing sighed: "No wonder the ruler has always said that the sea is a place of wealth. I originally thought that wealth was gold and silver, spices, and various precious woods, but now it seems that these sea fish are the greatest treasure of the sea.
No wonder the ruler wants to develop the shipbuilding industry even in Bingzhou. It turns out that he has already set his sights on this treasure land, and the Han Dynasty has such a treasure land and does not know it. Could it be that he is not the opponent of the ruler."
Just kidding, millions of dans of sea fish can be harvested in a year, which is equivalent to tens of millions of dans of extra food. When the Qin Dynasty was able to dominate the world, it was also because of Zheng Guoqu, a warehouse with an annual output of tens of millions of dans of grains, that it could sustain hundreds of millions of dans. The battle of thousands of armies.
After crossing the Whale River Sea, their ship continued to travel for 10 days and arrived at Izumo Country, which is outside the territory of Dagan!
Zhen Quan said to Zhen Xing: "My lord, the fleet has been sailing for more than 20 days. It needs to be replenished in Izumo Country, and the sailors also need to rest!"
Zhen Xing nodded and said: "I will give everyone 2,000 yuan to have fun in Izumo Country for a while, but everyone has to come back in the evening! I will rest in Izumo Country for three days and then set off again!"
When the sailors heard that there was a bonus of 2,000 yuan, they all said happily: "No!"
Zhen Xing's sea-going ship soon arrived at the Izumo Country's pier. At this time, the Izumo Country's pier was full of sea-going ships, so that it was difficult for Zhen Xing's sea-going ship to get to the pier!
Zhen Quan said with a helpless smile: "These are our competitors!"
The advantage of the seagoing ship Zhen Xing is that it is sturdy and large, but the disadvantage is that it is relatively slow!
It took half a day for Zhen Xing and his crew to dock their ship!
At this time, a dock worker came and said: "For a big ship like yours, the cost of docking for a day is 1,000 yuan. If you have any goods to transport, we can contact the dock workers!"
At this time Zhen Quandao said: "We have no goods to sell. We don't want to buy some grains, vegetables and other food. If there is fruit wine, we have to order 100 of them!"
In this era, it was difficult to preserve fresh water when sailing, so Zhen Xing and sailors generally drank low-alcohol wine.
The staff member shook his head and said: "Another desperate person. Let me tell you first. There have been too many fleets like yours recently. They have ordered a lot of food and alcohol here. Although we can still supply the food, the wine The supply of the category is a bit out of supply, so the price may be a little higher! This is not because we want to rip you off!"
Zhen Quan thought for a while and said: "Eldest Young Master, leave the logistics and supplies to me. My hometown has several relatives in Izumo Country. Since Young Master has come to Izumo Country, I must pay my respects!"
Zhen Xing nodded. He also wanted to visit Luojing, which is known as Little Luoyang.
At the same time, Luojing City Lord’s Mansion!
There was a letter of reprimand from Cao Cao on his desk. He said unhappyly: "Lei Gong is really getting better and better. He actually has to work so hard on tens of thousands of bolts of silk."
Xun He and others could only smile bitterly. Their lord had a lot of crooked ideas. When woolen cloth could not be sold, he found a way to force it to be sold to the people of Izumo. Later, when he sold silk, he also knew this. If the goods were of poor quality, he would ask those merchants to pass them off as silk from Da Gan.
Xun or now urged: "Ming Gong, Liu Bei is waging war in Tianzhu. Fengxiao proposed to make our silk into inner armor and sell it to Liu Bei. At the same time, we must find ways to improve the quality of silk. Soon Daqian will promulgate a trademark law. From now on The origin of the goods must be marked. If we change the reputation of the goods from Izumo Country, it will be even more difficult for us to sell the goods to the common people with big money in the future."
Cao Cao said indifferently: "You get what you pay for. Our silk is more than twice as cheap as Daqian's. As long as the price is low enough, they will buy it."