Chapter 547: The power of one person can hold up the sky
"There are 1,080 porters in total, all of whom are unmarried women under the age of 20. Later, there were 5,191 ships of various types, with ten porters.
Eighty thousand people! Starting from Luoyang, connecting end to end, stretching for more than 200 miles..."
At the beginning, Lao Jiang was clearly talking about the dragon boat, but in the end, he still unknowingly turned to the owner of the dragon boat, Sui Emperor Yang Guang!
Perhaps remembering the grand occasion that year, tears welled up in the corners of Lao Jiang's eyes.
No matter how much the world hates that era, it will always be an unforgettable and precious memory for them, the master shipbuilders.
"Yang Guang, Yang Guang!"
Listening to Lao Jiang's gradually deeper narration, Xiao Han felt infinite emotion in his heart.
But now that the man has passed away, he doesn't want to comment on this unique emperor in history.
Perhaps, future generations will give a fair comment on all his merits and demerits.
"What happened to that huge fleet?" After a pause, Xiao Han looked at Lao Jiang and asked.
Lao Jiang took a long breath and slowly shook his head: "I don't know, maybe I'm still staying in Jiangdong, maybe... maybe no one knows."
Xiao Han was silent.
Since Yang Guang's third and final trip south, there has been no news about that unparalleled luxury fleet!
Even various historical books have no record of this. I don’t know if they have disappeared from this world along with their late owner Yang Guang.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. After all, for us, those things are too far away." Xiao Han felt sad for a moment, and quickly laughed at himself, put these things behind him, and continued to look up at the ship.
Asked Lao Jiang: "Lao Jiang, look at the workmanship of this boat. Is it still strong?"
"It's very strong! It was originally a thousand-material battleship, but the front and rear racks were removed. Otherwise, only a five-tooth battleship can defeat it on the water!" Skipping those stories and talking about his own strengths, Lao Jiang said again
Refreshed, they looked at the building together and explained to Xiao Han.
"What? Is this a battleship?" Xiao Han exclaimed in surprise. Not to mention, if Lao Jiang didn't point out its purpose, he would never have imagined that this thing turned out to be a battleship!
But it’s not Xiao Han’s fault. The warships of later generations were all narrow and long! Like the one in front of you, with such a high deck house, it is somewhat similar to the manned cruise ships of later generations.
"Building so many houses, if there was any government, they would probably be wiped out all at once!" Xiao Han secretly cursed, unable to resist judging the current things from an outsider's perspective.
"Lao Jiang, according to what you just said, the shipbuilding industry in the Sui Dynasty should be very powerful? How powerful?" Xiao Han blinked and asked.
Lao Jiang pondered for a moment, as if he was organizing his words, and then replied: "Twenty or thirty years ago, shipbuilding was really great at that time! Because at that time, the emperor gathered all the skilled craftsmen from all over the world to build dragon boats in order to visit Jiangdong by boat, so in
That should be the most prosperous time for shipbuilding!"
Xiao Han nodded and the thinker said: "Then if I want to recruit as many people as possible from the past and let them get together to study and make big ships, can I do it?"
Lao Jiang frowned and asked carefully, "Is it in the name of the Ministry of Works, or is it you yourself?"
Xiao Han looked at Lao Jiang and said: "You can think of it as the Ministry of Industry, or you can think of it as my personal operation. After all, in the future, the Ministry of Industry will not think too much about this! It's just that I personally don't want these things to happen.
Valuable skills are lost.”
"That's very difficult! It's basically impossible to achieve!" Lao Jiang thought about it seriously and decided to tell the truth!
When he thought about it, let alone Xiao Han, a young prince, even if it was ordered by the Emperor of Tang himself, this would be an impossible task!
Since ancient times, large ships have left Hongdu, so it is also the place where shipbuilders gathered most. Apart from there, only Jiangdu can rival it, and now these two places happen to not belong to the Tang Dynasty!
There is no direct ownership relationship, which means that the transfer orders of the Tang Dynasty have no ability to restrain others. They are simply lured with heavy gold, which requires more than tens of millions of gold and silver? How could the Tang Dynasty, which is surrounded by chaos nowadays, be able to offer such a huge sum?
payment?
When Xiao Han asked this question, he actually had some confidence in his heart, but seeing Lao Jiang's clean denial, he still felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
To be honest, before he saw this thousand-material battleship, he had never thought of it so far!
In other words, he never expected that he would have to start arranging future sailing plans so soon!
When he asked Yang Kai to look for ships, he really just wanted to get a few small ships to transport food! Perhaps in the longer term, he could just build a small shipyard in Hanzhong to prepare for the future deployment of Ren Qingfa to the New World.
Make some preparations.
"Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang! How can you buy back a boat? You are buying back a bottomless pit that cannot be filled!" Xiao Han sighed in his heart!
Because he comes from a later generation, Xiao Han sees farther than others! And if you see far, you will have the trouble of seeing far!
Later, countless facts told Xiao Han that it actually takes a very short time for an industry to go from glory to decline!
Especially in ancient times, due to the lack of materials and classics, the aging of craftsmen, and the interruption of inheritance, many exquisite and exquisite skills will be quickly lost in history.
If nothing else, just mention the Ming Dynasty!
Zheng He's fleet was definitely the best in the world at that time, but what happened after seven voyages to the West? By the Qing Dynasty, the huge Central Plains dynasty could not even build a decent ship! Whose fault was this?
"Lao Jiang, how old are the good shipbuilders now? How long has it been since you last built a ship?" After thinking for a long time, Xiao Han finally closed his eyes and asked slowly.
When Lao Jiang heard this, he frowned and said after a long while: "Most of them are as old as me. Since the world has been in chaos, no one will probably develop ships anymore!"
Xiao Han nodded, opened his eyes and asked seriously: "If no more ships are built in the next ten years, what do you think will happen to the world's shipbuilding industry?"
Seeing Xiao Han's seriousness, Lao Jiang stood up straight unconsciously and replied in a deep voice: "More than ten years have passed. If another ten years come, it is estimated that the essence of the Sui Dynasty will be reduced by half, and the skills will be missing at least four times."
become!"
"Ten years..." Xiao Han couldn't help but be silent after hearing this answer.
From now on, it will take more than three years for the Tang Dynasty to bring peace to the world, and another seven years to recuperate and heal the wounds of the war! By that time, Xiao Han believes that hundreds of industries will strive for glory, and the world will be prosperous! But by then, it will be too late
!
Because Xiao Han knew very well that in the past ten years, neither Datang nor the Ministry of Industry would devote huge energy to an industry where input and output are disproportionate!
Unknowingly, Xiao Han's fists were clenched, and his expression gradually changed from hesitant to strong: "Fuck grandma! No matter what, the inheritance cannot be broken! If they don't do it, I will do it! How great is it?
