The imperial court brought more than 400 craftsmen from Binjiang Prefecture in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Nanzhili to come to Beijing to build ships. The news quickly spread among the shipwrights, and everyone was talking about it.
"Xi'er, why do you think Beijing suddenly wants to build so many boats? Everyone is wondering if Hebosi wants to go fishing."
Huo Erhuai floated in the river every day, listening to all kinds of discussions.
Huo Xi laughed: "How is it possible? If the fishermen can't survive, will the court support so many fishermen? Or will they send them to dig mines?"
"Mining? Maybe this is really the case." Yang's face was full of worry.
"Sister, Nian'er doesn't want to go mining." Pi Xiaozi sat in her arms and turned to look at her with a depressed face.
Huo Xi poked him on the forehead: "Do you mine? Can you handle a pickaxe or a shovel?"
Circled him, the two siblings sat close together on the deck. After Huo Xi finished speaking, he looked at Huo Erzhun and Yang.
"The imperial court's shipbuilding has nothing to do with us fishermen. Besides, our family is not a fisherman. We are farmers on the register. So many people are suddenly sent to build ships. It should be that the Cao Army needs ships. And Shopkeeper Shen's side I went to inquire about it, and they said that the shipyard near the capital wants to build a big ship, a big fortune ship like that."
"Building a blessing ship? What is the purpose of building such a big blessing ship?"
"It is estimated that a sea ban will be imposed."
After the establishment of the Water Transport Department, it not only took charge of the water transportation of the seven provinces of the canal, but also included sea transport. However, in recent years, sea transport has been restricted and opened. It is impossible to build a fortune ship with the size of thousands of materials. It is impossible to travel in the inland river, and it can only be opened to the sea. .
Huo Zhong's ship, the Longxing, is already being arranged. Everyone knows that maritime trade makes money. If North Korea and China impose a maritime ban, it is impossible for these big merchants not to squeeze in and get a share of the pie.
Huo Xi wanted to do it too, but she couldn't afford a lucky boat. She also didn't have a captain or sailor who could go to sea.
But, is it possible to pick up the leaks?
"Mom and Dad, I plan to go to Songjiang Mansion later."
Songjiang Prefecture is an outlet to the sea, and there are many textile workshops there, including cotton, silk and all kinds of cloth. Moreover, ships going out to sea and returning from oceans will dock at Songjiang Pier, and she wanted to see it.
"Go to Songjiang?" The couple didn't know why she suddenly wanted to go to Songjiang.
"how far?"
"It takes three days to arrive by boat."
"I want to go too, I want to go too!" Huo Nian usually listened to his sister talking about Jingkou, Guazhou and Huai'an, but he couldn't follow her every time because he had long been thinking about it.
"You are still young. I will take you there when you are older." Huo Xi disagreed.
"I don't."
Huo Nian stood up directly from her arms and stomped his feet in protest: "No good thing can happen to me! Didn't you tell me a story, saying that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles? I also want to gain experience!"
"What knowledge do you have? What books have you read? You still have a long way to go."
"Huh, I'm going. Sister, don't you want to send me to school in a while? You asked Uncle Shen to find a private school for me, and I already know it. If sister takes me to Songjiang, I will go to a private school to study. "
Hey, are you still talking about conditions?
"Come here! See if I can beat you up." Huo Xi pretended to catch him.
"Don't go there!"
Pi Xiaozi immediately turned around and ran behind Yang, hugging Yang's neck for a sense of security.
Huo Erhuai and Yang looked at each other, thinking that it would take several days to go back and forth, plus the time spent in Songjiang Mansion, they would not see Huo Xi for at least ten and a half days, so they asked her to go alone. People are not worried either.
"How about dad rowing the boat and let's go together? Nian'er will go to school in a while, and I'm afraid he won't have the chance to run around anymore. It's just a good time to take him out to see things."
Huo Erhuai felt that the child had to be on his own boat to feel at ease.
Huo Xi didn't respond yet, Huo Nian jumped up happily.
She clapped her little hands and was so happy: "I like my father best and my mother the most. Huh, sister, if you don't take me there, you won't have a boat to sit on. You will have to swim, huh."
Skin boy!
Huo Xi thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, let's go together. I'll make arrangements for the shop in the next few days and then go."
When she entered the city, she found that not only the clerks in the shop were talking about the capital shipyard building a big ship, but also the wine shops and teahouses in various parts of the city.
"I heard that we need to build a big fortune ship that costs thousands of materials and can carry ten or twenty thousand people."
"Why did I hear that we were going to build a warship?"
"Warships? Now that the world is at peace, why build warships? Is there another war somewhere?"
The speaker shuddered and said, "Please don't go to war. We have only had peace for a few years." He hurriedly clasped his hands and worshiped the gods from all over the world, asking God to bless him. "Please don't go to war. Life is not easy for the people."
Someone approached with a mysterious face: "I heard that we are not going to fight, but we are going to sea to find someone. I heard that tens of thousands of soldiers were selected from the navy and taken to Taihu for training. I have a third aunt and an eighth uncle.
My brother-in-law said that his neighbor’s son, who is a soldier in the Navy, was taken away for training and said that he would go to sea with the ship in the future. His family members cried for several nights."
"Tsk, tsk, it's possible for the boat to capsize in the river. Now when we go out to sea and encounter strong winds and waves, we might not be able to come back. It's time to cry."
"You think, who are you looking for to make such a big fuss?"
Another person came over and pointed upward: "The man in front said he was dead, but there was no mourning. Maybe he really escaped and we are looking for him."
"You don't want your life!" his deskmate yelled hurriedly to stop him.
The man was also startled. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to his table. He breathed a sigh of relief. The people at the table were also silent and soon started talking about other things.
The window sash of the private room on the second floor was gently closed.
Kan Erli glanced at each other and looked at Mu Yan. His voice was only heard by the three of them: "Master, do you think the late emperor is really not dead? Your Majesty has never sent a funeral to him. Is it possible that there has been such a big deal in the court recently?"
Do you really want to go to sea to look for him?"
Mu Yan frowned: "The DPRK and China are discussing about going abroad. His Majesty said that he wants to communicate with countries outside the region and plans to send envoys to countries such as Guri, Manchuria, Java and Sumatra. In the past two years, Annan has frequently harassed the border and said
Your Majesty wants to conquer Annan southward."
"Then looking for someone..."
As soon as Kan Er opened his mouth, he shut up under Mu Yan's cold gaze.
"Since Your Majesty said he is dead, he is dead." Mu Yan said calmly.
"The rumors are getting more and more outrageous. Now that the government and the public are purged, even if that person is alive, he can't affect the government. Why are you looking for him?" Li Yi said.
"Being alive is always a threat." After Kan Er finished speaking, he glanced at the young master, fearing that the young master would scold him.
Mu Yan just glanced at him: "You are so free, why don't you take people to Songjiang Mansion to pick them up."
Kan Er chuckled: "Young master, you are the grandson of the madam. What's the point of me going to pick someone up? The madam can't beat me if she can't see the young master."
Speaking of going to Songjiang Mansion to pick up people, Li Yi looked at Mu Yan and said, "Master, will the court send someone to pick up the princess and the consort?"
Mu Yan shook his head: "Madam went to the palace and asked, and she said it would be arranged by our palace."
Kan Er clicked his tongue twice and shook his head: "This princess of ours is really unpopular. She married far away from the southwest. She couldn't adapt to the climate and has been ill for several years. She wrote to return to Beijing to recuperate. She didn't even send anyone to take care of her. She returned to Beijing.
, not even a princess mansion.”
Mu Yan said nothing, thinking about picking someone up.
