While walking, Governor Shen said: "The lower officials have already written a notice and sent people to each shipyard to preach it. The owners of each shipyard have also made appointments. The merchants here in the south of the Yangtze River have always followed the orders of the prince. Yes, I heard that your Excellency is the younger brother of the prince, so I am very enthusiastic about it."
Wei Shilei said: "We are relatives. Brother Shen, please don't be polite. Just call me by my name or Chengyuan."
Chengyuan was the name given to him by the old prince. It was just because Tang Shijin was used to calling him Lei'er, so everyone in his family followed suit and didn't call him Lei'er.
Governor Shen didn't show any politeness anymore and said with a smile: "Chengyuan."
Wei Shilei nodded and said: "I have already written a letter to the emperor. When the time comes, I will ask for a warrant to select two or three shipyards here and work with me over there. The emperor means to build a fleet, and we must slow down first." Slowly make a few ship models and try them out. Once all aspects are perfected, then build them in large quantities."
Shen Jishi said: "Yes, yes, just tell me what you want to do now."
As the group talked, they arrived at the beach. President Hu brought people over to pay their respects.
Wei Shilei returned the favor with a smile, joking at the same time: "My sister is still the president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce. She is also familiar with Chairman Hu and Chairman Xu. We only treat each other as friends, and there is no need to be polite."
President Hu and his brothers were both members of Tang Shijin, so President Hu took the lead and said with a smile: "That's right, we are all still blessed with the prince's wealth!"
After making this joke, the atmosphere became much more relaxed, and everyone got down to business.
Because Zhezhou has the West Lake, which many great poets have written about, and is well-known, there have always been many tourists. It is much more prosperous than a third-party zone like Minzhou, so the shipbuilding industry is also developed, and it really has a lot of advanced experience.
The scribes who were brought over recorded the records separately, and Wei Shilei took the manpower and went directly to the shipyard.
There are four Everbright shipyards here, and there are also several small and medium-sized ones. Among them, "Suifengsong" is only owned by the defunct Poseidon Shipyard. In Tang Shijin's words, it is a technology patent. After it went bankrupt, although all seagoing ships were discounted, Developed shipyards, but the technology was not provided.
But President Hu is a real local snake. They are all businessmen, and it is easier for them to find their own people. They actually found the boss of Poseidon Shipyard and three old shipwrights at that time.
And it was a coincidence that one of them was the father of the person Xu Lingmiao and his daughter had met back then.
Wei Shilei talked with them personally, and then directly decided to take these people back to Minzhou with a man-made "send with the wind" ship, and also picked two families here.
One of them specializes in building boats, including catching boats, fishing boats, etc. Another one can build Guangzhou boats.
The Guangzhou ship was made of ironwood. Compared with the current Fuzhou ship, which was made of pine and cedar, it was more durable and resistant to insects. It is said that if the Guangzhou ship and the Fuzhou ship collided in the sea, the Guangzhou ship would be destroyed. The ship was smashed into pieces, showing how strong it was.
But the cost is also high, and ironwood is rare, so it cannot be used as the main ship type, but a few can be built just in case, which is equal to maritime safety and adds another layer of guarantee.
Moreover, in addition to these two shipyards, the experience of the experienced shipwrights in other shipyards is also a treasure. Many shipyards have many exclusive secrets. Just talk about ship nails. After screws, spade nails were also discovered. Shovel nails, leech nails, etc., make the hull of the ship more solid.
Coming back this time was really a worthwhile trip.
Wei Shilei was very excited. He originally only planned to stay for two or three days, but now he has stayed for ten days and is still reluctant to leave. He wears a coarse robe every day and spends time in the shipyard, asking for advice from these old shipwrights. Within a few days, he has become one with these people. .
During this period, Yan Baiwei received his letter and issued another imperial edict.
The imperial edict could not arrive for a while, so a letter was sent over first, and the governor of Fujian and Guangdong was changed to the governor of Zhenhai, and Zhejiang was also included in it. Officials in the three places were required to obey the order.
In addition, the Minzhou Naval Guard was renamed Zhenhai Guard, and upper, middle and lower posts were set up in three locations in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Each naval post had a maximum manpower of 10,000, and the Governor of Zhenhai was ordered to recruit them one after another.
In this way, Governor Shen officially became his subordinate official, making it easier and more legitimate for Wei Shilei to do things.
Wei Shilei simply signed the three major shipyards he had acquired into the Navy. It was equivalent to them being like the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, specializing in building ships for the Navy. In this way, the money was actually more convenient, and they could pay regularly. Like before, I was just waiting for the rice to be cooked.
It is also a good thing for these shipyards and shipwrights. It would not be good in troubled times, because it means working in vain, but now that the Mingjun is in power and the God of Wealth has come to the world, is there still a shortage of money?
This is just like a temporary worker being turned into a full-time employee. How about getting royal food? How about honoring your ancestors?
So everyone was happy.
Wei Shilei and Xu Wanghai were so busy every day that they talked about everything while eating.
At this moment, Paramesura and his party had just arrived in the capital.
A few days later, news came again that Parameswara had been crowned king, took the imperial edict, and left the capital.
That night, Wei Shilei received Tang Shijin's fiercely worded letter.
However, this was too far for Wei Shilei. There were no ships at the moment, let alone a fleet. It was too early to talk about how to establish diplomatic relations.
Wei Shilei couldn't help complaining to Deng Xian: "I just talked about forming a fleet, but I didn't even get a tael of silver. All my sister's money was used. Is this the Daqing Navy or the God of Wealth Navy??"
Deng Xian said: "Maybe after the fleet is built, the emperor will give it the name 'God of Wealth Fleet' with a stroke of his pen, so the money will not have to be paid back. The God of Wealth spends money like water, so he got a name."
Wei Shilei: "..."
He felt that his brother-in-law could really do this!!
The heart of an emperor is dirty, especially when the emperor is poor! He borrows money and refuses to repay it! Shameless!!
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of wind on their clothes. They looked up together and saw a figure passing by at the eaves. Seeing that he was still wearing a very gorgeous brocade robe, Wei Shilei shouted: "Who!"
"Why are you nervous!" Deng Xian said: "You haven't seen Yan Ji and the others move? This means they are members of our own family."
Wei Shilei said: "Why do you wear such clothes? And why do you hide your head and show your tail?"
"You don't care what clothes people wear!" Deng Xian said: "Ignore this, I'm telling you, you can't be confused about this, he is shameless... Well, I mean, you have to be more shameless than him Face, you give him a discount every quarter, which is to clearly state how much money was spent on building the ship, and who paid for the money. Turn the account over to the bright side and let everyone know what the God of Wealth has done, otherwise the ministers , I thought you got so much advantage!"
Wei Shilei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can do it."
The two walked away talking and laughing. Xu Lingmiao, who was hiding under the eaves, took a deep breath, straightened up, saluted and thanked the shadow guard on the eaves, and slipped back into the room.