In the Tianjin Shipyard, everyone gradually dispersed. Only Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others were still thinking about what Liu Jin had just said.
One whale is equivalent to the beef of hundreds of cows, and the lard of thousands of fat pigs... Liu Jin's words are still echoing in the minds of Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao.
"Mr. Li~"
Here, Liu Jin came to Li Dongyang and the others with a smile on his face, and said hello to Li Dongyang with a smile. As for Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao, although they did not know each other, they saluted them as a greeting.
"Liu Jin, is this whale really what you said? One whale can be equivalent to hundreds of cows and thousands of fat pigs?"
Li Dongyang came back to his senses, looked at Liu Jin with fiery eyes and asked.
"Whether what I said is true or not, I think it will be revealed soon. When this whaling ship is built, it can go to the sea to hunt whales. At that time, I will order someone to send a whale back to the capital, and Mr. Li can personally
Went to take a look.”
Liu Jin smiled and said confidently.
"Well, I'll wait and see."
Li Dongyang nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao next to him and said: "This is Duke Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and this is Duke Zhang Mao, the British Duke."
"I have met Zhou Gong and Zhang Gong."
Liu Jin once again respectfully bowed his hands to Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao.
"Hmm~ Hearing it a hundred times is better than seeing it once. It really deserves its reputation."
Zhou Jing pinched his mustache, his eyes full of admiration for Liu Jin. Along the way, he saw the ground full of hungry people and the unique miserable scenes of the famine years. But when he arrived in Tianjin, he saw something else.
What a scene.
Everything here in Tianjin is undoubtedly inseparable from the young man in front of me. If it weren't for Liu Jin, we don't know how many victims would have starved to death. The victims would be like now, eating meat to survive.
Liu Jin also invented cement, a national artifact. Once this cement is promoted in all aspects, the Ming Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes. The significance is really great.
"Not bad, not bad~"
Zhang Mao also said with a smile and nodded to Liu Jin, which made Liu Jin confused. He didn't know what he meant by good, whether he was a good person or something else.
"Li Gong, Zhou Gong, Zhang Gong, let's sit down and talk slowly."
Liu Jin looked at the environment here in the shipyard. It was obvious that this was not a place for entertaining guests. After thinking about it, he suggested finding a place to drink tea and chat.
"No need, we are very curious about the changes here in Tianjin. How about we walk and chat here in Tianjin?"
Li Dongyang smiled and shook his head, then thought about it and suggested.
"Everything depends on Mr. Li's arrangement."
Liu Jin nodded and replied, and then everyone began to chat while walking inside the shipyard.
Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao were all very curious about everything here, so they didn't rush to talk about business. Instead, they talked about everything here first.
Zhou Jing looked at the shipyard in front of him. This shipyard was very large and had a large number of shipbuilding docks. At this time, there were ships under construction in each shipbuilding dock.
These ships are large and small. Small ships are just the size of ordinary small river boats. Large ships are smaller than Fuchuan. Some are almost ready to be built, while others only have a keel laid.
Some boats can be identified at a glance as traditional Fu boats, yellow boats, fast boats, Jianghan boats, eight-oar boats, etc. from the Ming Dynasty. There are also some boats that look very special, with the same shape as the boats from the Ming Dynasty.
The structure is quite different.
"Liu Jin, these ships have very strange shapes. What are these ships?"
Zhou Jing pointed to several ships and asked.
"This is a fishing boat developed by our Tianjin Shipyard specifically for fishing at sea. Its tail is different from ordinary boats. It adopts an opening design. This is to facilitate the fishing of sea fish.
Fish it into the fish hold."
"A fishing boat like this can catch more than 100,000 kilograms of marine fish in just one day when it goes out to sea once and uses trawl fishing."
Liu Jin explained to the three of them very proudly.
“What is trawling?”
When Zhou Jing heard this, he quickly asked again.
"Trawling is a method of fishing in which a large net is thrown into the sea and then dragged forward by a boat. To put it simply, it is a fishing net that is dragged through the sea by a boat."
"Trawling is the best way to fish in the ocean. As long as the fish enters the mouth of the net, it will never come out again."
Liu Jin kept making gestures with his hands and explained the principles of trawl fishing.
"I see. How much does your fishing boat cost? Will it be sold?"
Zhang Mao looked enlightened, then thought about it and asked, to be honest, he was excited. This trip to sea can catch more than 100,000 catties of sea fish in one day. The sea fish can be sold for two or three cents per catty. This trip to sea
That is more than 300,000 yuan, which is almost 2,000 taels when converted into silver.
Putting aside all kinds of costs, there is no problem in making half and half of one thousand taels of silver on this trip to the sea. In one year, this fishing boat can earn more than three hundred thousand taels of silver.
, there are several such fishing boats, and they can earn millions of taels of silver a year.
This was not unknown, but he was shocked. It was a project that could earn millions of dollars a year. Zhang Mao was naturally very excited, so he asked about the price.
"The cost of building this fishing boat is quite high. The wood used in it is not ordinary wood. It requires the use of big trees from previous years. In terms of materials alone, this boat requires more than two thousand taels of silver. And then
Including the labor at the shipyard, etc., if this ship is sold to the outside world, it will cost at least 20,000 taels."
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao, rolled his eyes, and quoted a sky-high price of 20,000 taels per ship.
Of course Liu Jin did not tell the truth. This shipbuilding indeed requires the use of good wood, and the best is naturally teak. However, there is no teak in the north, and we can only use local materials. Basically, fir, pine, and cypress are used.
, elm, camphor, nanmu and other common trees.
Although these woods are carefully selected and all are of old age, the purchasing power of silver in this era is extremely high. The cost of wood required to build a fishing boat will not exceed two hundred taels of silver.
The reason why Liu Jin is shouting is obviously for the sustainable development of the shipyard. The biggest expense of the shipyard is not to buy wood, but to train these shipbuilders and masters. Their treatment is very good, not only high wages, but also many benefits.
Salary, housing, etc. are allocated.
All of this requires money, and the shipyard is not a charity, and no one will be responsible for it. Naturally, it also needs to make a profit, and this ship also needs to be sold.
Since it is going to be sold, it must be sold at a high price, so that it can follow the path of high-tech enterprises in future generations. This has technical content, and things with high technological content have extraordinary prices.
Because it is necessary to sell at a high price to support these skilled workers and masters, recover the high initial investment in R&D, and accumulate funds for subsequent continuous upgrades and transformations.
If this fishing boat is not sold for 20,000 taels a piece, the shipyard will not be able to make much money, and naturally there will be no way to continue to develop.
Although the price is high, Liu Jin believes that this fishing boat will be easy to sell. Now the whole Tianjin is filled with the smell of sea fish. Some people have already noticed all this and asked the shipyard about the selling price of this fishing boat.
Since Zhang Mao in front of him could ask, he must have been moved. Liu Jin was also waiting for someone with huge influence like Zhang Mao to take the bait.
Again, only when more people profit from the ocean can we have more powerful force to push the Ming Dynasty to open the sea ban.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of interests. Since ancient times, everything has been a game between interest groups, and everything remains the same.