When Zhang Mao heard this, his eyes suddenly widened like bull's eyes, and then he shook his head and said.
"This is too expensive. As far as I know, the price of a fishing boat is only a few thousand taels of silver. Your fishing boat actually costs 20,000 taels. It is really too expensive."
Liu Jin smiled when he heard this and said: "This is a professional ocean fishing boat. All its designs are for ocean fishing. It can catch 100,000 kilograms of ocean fish in one day. It shouldn't be expensive to sell a boat for 20,000 taels."
Is it expensive?”
"And the shipbuilders and shipwrights in this shipyard, their monthly wages start at least five taels of silver. In addition, as long as they can reach the level of master, I will allocate houses to them. All of these have to be taken into account.
of."
"Shipbuilding is a technical job, and not all ships can travel on the sea."
"The salary is five taels of silver per month, and a house is divided..."
When Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao heard this, they were immediately speechless. The salary was too high, and the treatment was too good. In the inherent concept, these were scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, skilled carpenters, blacksmiths, etc.
His status is lower than that of a farmer. Now his salary starts from five taels of silver, and he is even given a house. This kind of treatment is simply unheard of.
"These types of ships are multi-masted sailing ships. Its characteristic is that it has multiple masts and can have multiple canvases at the same time. The more masts and canvases it has, the better its flexibility and maneuverability, and its speed.
very fast."
"The multi-masted sailboat has a very low shipbuilding and a deep draft. It is safer when encountering strong winds and waves. It is a very suitable vessel for ocean voyages."
Liu Jin looked at the expressions of the three people, smiled slightly, and pointed to a few strange ships and said, these ships were designed by Liu Jin after the European Galenic ships.
The Galenic ship is considered to be the most famous ship in the Age of Discovery, and it is also the most suitable ship for ocean voyages in this era.
However, these galenic ships in the shipyard are very small. They are just works used by the workers and masters in the shipyard to practice their skills. They cannot be used for ocean voyages.
"Multi-masted sailing ship, ocean sailing~"
Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao listened carefully. They knew too little about ships and oceans.
Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing were serious people who took the imperial examination and became officials. They read the Four Books and Five Classics and learned the Tao of Confucius and Mencius. They had so little contact with ocean matters that they didn't know how to ask.
Soon, a few people left the shipyard. The shipyard and Tianjin Port were very close, so they naturally walked towards Tianjin Port.
At this time, the Tianjin port was still very busy, and there were recruited victims everywhere. These victims were very organized in building ports, wharves, shipyards, shipyards, etc.
Because enough people have been recruited and the artifact of cement exists, a large area of the port has been built.
Walking on the flat cement road, I looked at the port buildings that were completely different from this era. Most of the buildings in the port adopted the architectural style of later generations, especially because of the artifact of cement, these houses could be built.
relatively high.
Therefore, many buildings in the port area are built with four or five floors. The tallest lighthouse is dozens of meters high. In addition, the port area was the first to use cement. Basically everything is made of cement.
It is neatly built and looks very impressive.
Looking at the huge army busy not far away, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others all stopped in their tracks, with many emotions in their hearts.
"It's incredible that such a huge project was built in such a short period of time. What's even more rare is that it just happened to help the victims. It kills two birds with one stone. Maybe this is what you call relief for work?"
Li Dongyang seemed to be inspired by this. The port in front of him had a huge amount of construction work. The huge port area was more than ten kilometers long, plus the shipyard not far away, the family community of the shipyard, etc.
If such a huge project were to be done by the imperial court, it would not only require a large amount of labor, but also a large amount of financial and material resources, and it would also take a long time to complete.
"Yes, because of the famine, the labor is very cheap. As long as they have food to eat, they are willing to work hard. In normal times, I will definitely not be able to recruit so many people, and the labor expenses will be huge.
.”
Liu Jin nodded and replied.
"Work-for-relief is a good idea. Without you Liu Jin, I don't know how many people would have starved to death."
Li Dongyang looked at the busy scene of tens of thousands of people in front of him. Tens of thousands of people were working together. When he saw it, it was a sea of people. The scene was extremely spectacular and lively.
There are a large number of people carrying stones, sand and gravel, etc., and there are also people carrying carts and carts of cement. Some are responsible for mixing, some are responsible for pouring, and some are responsible for leveling the land...
Everything has a clear division of labor. There is a team responsible for building docks, a team responsible for building houses, and a team responsible for building roads. Everything is in order, and the huge crowd completes their tasks very quickly under the leadership of each steward.
Work.
Seeing this, and thinking about the busy scene on the official road when we arrived, it was hard to imagine that these people sweating profusely and working hard with their shirts off could be victims of the disaster.
But on the way to Tianjin, he saw too many hungry people. There was a sharp contrast between the two, which made Li Dongyang couldn't help but sigh.
"Ashamed, ashamed~"
"With His Majesty's sage and wisdom above, and the wise men and women in the court, and the people below me who are hard-working, smart and diligent, we can overcome no matter how great the difficulties are. What I have done is simply insignificant, and I have even taken advantage of it.
"
When Liu Jin heard this, he shook his head and said.
"You kid, please stop being modest. We have seen your ability. I am ashamed to say that, although we, the important ministers of the court, keep shouting to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, share the worries of the emperor, dedicate ourselves to the country, and seek the welfare of the people of the world, but
It’s really shameful to be helpless in the face of this famine!”
Zhou Jing patted Liu Jin on the shoulder, and the name changed. He was obviously very satisfied with Liu Jin, otherwise he wouldn't have called him this way.
"The Duke of Zhou is humble. He is upright and upright. He dares to give direct advice. He has a reputation as a virtuous person like Zheng of the Tang and Wei Dynasties. I have already heard it like thunder, and I admire you very much."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said to Zhou Jing that Liu Jin's flattery had obviously hit the spot, which greatly benefited Zhou Jing. He touched his mustache and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He has always taken Wei Zheng as his role model, so Liu Jin compared him to Wei Zheng, which naturally made him very happy.
"Dang~dang~"
Just as a few people were chatting happily, the bell on the lighthouse in the port area rang.
"A ship has returned to port, a ship has returned to port~"
On the high lighthouse, the person in charge of the lookout shouted loudly with a loudspeaker made of iron sheets, immediately letting everyone know what had happened.
"Is there a ship back?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly looked at the sea outside the port, directly where the sea and the sky met. Several ships were looming, heading towards Tianjin Port.
