Sima Qian raised his head and looked at the person who spoke. This person was Wen He, the son of the left prisoner of the building of the Anton Governor's Mansion.
His father, Wen Wei, was the former official of Zuocang of the Yan State. He was the same official of the Yan State's granary who wanted to cry when he saw one hundred thousand stones of rice, and begged his grandfather and grandma everywhere to find someone to take over.
At the beginning, because Chen Jiao got the Japanese slaves, she raised a literary guard and digested the one hundred thousand shi and rice for him. From then on, the old Wen family regarded Chen Jiao as their reincarnated parent and benefactor, kneeling and licking them endlessly.
Chen Jiao was very satisfied with the continuous flattery over the years, so she transferred him to Anton and gave him a job as the left prisoner of the building, which looked inconspicuous, but was actually so rich that it made people drool!
The rank of this position is not comparable to that of Eight Hundred Stones, but it can be said to be one of the most important subordinate officials in the Andong Protectorate!
Because it manages all civilian inland ships in the entire Andong region, and is responsible for auditing and guiding state-owned, government-owned and private shipyards.
In order to encourage and develop the local shipbuilding industry, today's emperor has issued an edict to return a portion of the whaling and fishing proceeds to the shipbuilding industry in various places every year.
This amount of money amounts to tens of millions every year!
Half of it eventually returned to the accounts of the Anton Protectorate, and was distributed by the left supervisor of Louchuan.
The allocation principle is based on the scale, output and technology of the shipyard as reference standards.
Generally speaking, only the top five largest shipyards in the Andong region are eligible to share this rebate.
In addition, in order to build larger, faster, stronger and more flexible ships, the whaling giants and shipbuilding yamen headed by Chen Jiao also invest part of their profits in subsidizing the shipbuilding industry every year.
This directly led to the leap-forward development of Anton's shipbuilding industry.
In the fourth year of Yuande, when the whaling industry began, the largest ship that could be built in the Andong region was a canoe on the inland river...
Moreover, the Anton area does not even have the technology to repair and maintain building ships!
At that time, if the building ships stationed at Andong Port were unfortunately damaged, they could only wait to be towed to western Liaoning or even Qilu for maintenance...
As for large whaling ships, once they are damaged or malfunction, they will basically be scrapped!
Because if these giant ships are towed to their manufacturing areas, the cost may be more than building a new one!
The large ship fleet and the whaling industry suffered greatly from the weakness of Andong's shipbuilding industry, so they vowed to establish and improve a shipbuilding industry in Andong that was not inferior to or even surpassed that of Jiangdu!
Now, after several years of development, Anton now has dozens of shipyards, large and small.
Incheon Shipyard, the largest and most technologically advanced shipyard, has the capability to repair and maintain all large ships.
Last year, Incheon Shipyard even produced a heavy-duty ship!
This is really terrifying!
This is also regarded by Anton people as evidence of the miracle of money - as long as you have enough money, nothing is impossible in this world!
The fact that Anton's shipbuilding industry caught up with Jiangdu and Qilu's shipbuilding technology in just five years is proof of this!
Chen Jiao even said that she would build a super ship that neither Jiangdu nor Qilu could surpass!
This ship will be more powerful than ever before!
Not only will it be as big as a small island, but it will also have the ability to kill, dismember, and refine all the processes of whales in the ocean!
At this moment, Wen He suddenly mentioned Chen Jiao and his whaling fleet, which made Sima Qian have to wonder if that super ship was launched?
Anton has no shortage of conditions for manufacturing giant ships. The giant trees that have been growing for decades or even centuries in the primeval forests are the biggest support for Anton's shipbuilding industry.
As for the so-called skills, as long as you have enough opportunities to practice and have enough time to hone your skills, you can always develop them!
What's more, Chen Jiao and Anton's shipbuilding industry directly used Jin Yuan's magical power to poach more than half of the famous shipbuilding craftsmen in Qilu and Jiangdu!
"Has the giant ship been launched?" Sima Qian asked.
Wen He wanted to tell Sima Qian specifically about this. When he heard this, he smiled and said: "Exactly, ten days ago, this huge ship named Kuafu was launched at the Incheon Shipyard..."
"The giant ship is more than forty feet long and ten feet wide. With three sails as oars, it can travel hundreds of miles a day and night when the wind is favorable! It is not afraid of storms or bumps, and can sail thousands of miles without relying on boats.
At the port, Marquis Longlu was overjoyed and said to the people around him: If we get this ship, we can reach the land of Fusang, and the land of poisonous bodies can be expected!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Thanks to the development of Chi You Opera and various legends and stories, everyone knew about the land of Fusang.
According to Chi You's play and various legends, the Fusang Continent is far away from China, tens of thousands of miles away from the sea. When the Yin Shang Dynasty was destroyed, some survivors, under the guidance of gods, crossed the sea to the Fusang Continent on the coast of Qilu.
It is said that at that time, the god turned into a Kunpeng, spread his wings and soared for thirty thousand miles, and breathed out a breath that froze the sea area ten thousand miles, causing an ice road to appear in the ocean. The survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties walked on the ice road opened by the god for three years.
, finally arrived at Fusang.
Unfortunately, when the survivors arrived at Fusang, the God-man also died of exhaustion. His body turned into a mountain, blocking and hiding the entire Fuso continent behind the mountains. His last breath turned into a storm that swept over the ocean all year round.
From then on, Fuso Continent had no contact with China.
However, if any Xia gentleman can overcome the ocean, overcome the storm, reach the Fusang Continent, and welcome back the Xia remnants lost in this barbaric land, then God will reward and bless him.
Let him become a god after his death, listed as a star, and live forever!
Today's Emperor also made a promise: Anyone who can help Fusang gain the remnants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, I will reward him with the title of King Fusang!
Now, Chen Jiao has actually built a giant ship that can sail thousands of miles!
If this is true, then twenty or thirty years later, it is really possible for him to travel tens of thousands of miles across the sea, find the land of Fusang, rediscover the lost survivors of the Yin Shang, and continue the friendship that existed thousands of years ago.
And he himself will become the King of Fusang, with a land of three thousand miles, and will become one of the stars, shining forever for eternity!
Everyone has an unreal feeling...Chen Jiao could actually become a star in the sky?
Sima Qian felt ridiculous whenever he thought about the possibility that there would be a star in the sky named Chen Jiao in the future.
But he couldn't ignore it, let alone not pay attention to it!
Because, whoever finds the land of Fusang will be praised and blessed by God! This is something endorsed by Sima Qian’s teacher Sima Ji! It has also gone through strict tortoise shell divination and was witnessed by many important ministers and celebrities.
fact!
In a sense, finding the land of Fusang and continuing the legacy of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, deep in the hearts of many contemporary scholar-officials and nobles, is the manifest destiny of the gentlemen of Xia!
Whoever can achieve this destiny will become the Duke of Zhou and a saint in this world!
So after Sima Qian thought for a moment, he immediately said: "Gentlemen, this is a serious matter. I will go to Incheon immediately to witness it!"
If this is true...then there is no doubt that this is very likely to be the most important turning point in contemporary history!
The call of the land of Fusang, like the poison of gold, is the ultimate goal of the Han Empire!
