Become a feudal king from today

"Censor Mi is still very vigorous and resolute in his work. Read М" Zhao Xu laughed.

This is another piece of good news following the progress made in the steam engine.

Liu Fu nodded, "The first batch is coming now, with a total of 30,000 people, and there are two more batches with a total of 50,000 people."

"Isn't it a hundred thousand people?" Zhao Xu asked casually.

Liu Fu smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Your Highness, even a low-ranking official thinks this number is impossible. Even Dasong in its heyday couldn't just allocate 100,000 craftsmen. According to Mi Yushi's words, these 80,000 people are not possible. It’s the limit.”

This was the complaint of the court officials responsible for transporting the craftsmen.

Even so, these craftsmen also include many apprentices who know a little bit about carpentry.

A true craftsman does not have more than 30,000.

Zhao Xu naturally understands that he is a lion who speaks loudly.

But the circumstances were such that he had to speak.

He single-handedly attracted Beidi to Ningjin Dusi.

Don’t you even want this little thing?

Furthermore, fortunately, what he wanted was one hundred thousand. If he had asked for thirty thousand sincerely, the court would have only given ten thousand.

"Immediately send these craftsmen to Jinghai County to rebuild the shipbuilding workshop in Jinghai County." Zhao Xu said.

The location of the Pingcheng Shipyard is too narrow and cannot be expanded. The ability to build twelve warships at the same time is already the limit.

He had to find a more open place to build the ship.

There is no doubt that the previously destroyed seaside of Jinghai County is the most suitable.

Furthermore, now that he has battleships, he will also build forts near the shipyard.

The attack on the shipyard by Wufeng Island will not happen again.

Liu Fu said yes and turned around to go out. He wanted to contact the court officials and accept these craftsmen.

Let Wang Chong also go and do the work.

Zhao Xu sent people to Pingcheng again and called Chen Shou.

After delivering twelve warships, Chen Shou began the construction of the next batch of twelve warships.

However, due to the first batch of experience, the construction process went smoothly, and Chen Shou felt a lot more relaxed.

Now that the craftsman has arrived, it’s time to leave it to him to take charge.

In this way, following the twelve warships that are about to be launched, about twelve more can be launched.

Let his fleet number thirty-six ships.

In this way, he can really walk sideways on the sea.

Two days later.

Chen Shou rushed from Pingcheng to Yancheng.

When he learned that the imperial court had sent so many carpenters, he was so happy that his white beard kept trembling.

"That's enough, that's enough. It's enough to build another shipyard in Jinghai County."

In the palace meeting hall, Chen Shou said to Zhao Xu.

As if he thought of something, his smile instantly froze, he leaned forward and said cautiously: "Your Highness, these carpenters came from the capital, I'm afraid there are some informants planted by powerful people among them."

"This is the reason why I asked you to come," Zhao Xu said.

With such a good opportunity, it's really not like the powerful clan's style not to insert a few people into it.

And what he has to do now is to let their eyes come in, but not get out.

"Before building the ship, first build the walls of the shipyard and the sentry tower. I will allocate five hundred soldiers to you to patrol the surrounding area," Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou nodded and kept it in mind.

"In addition, the craftsmen in the shipyard must be named every day."

"Also, form a group of ten of them and let them supervise each other. If someone escapes, the others will also need to bear the responsibility. In short, manage them like an army." Zhao Xu finally said.

It's not that he is too cruel, but that there are extraordinary methods in extraordinary times.

After all, if these meticulous works suddenly catch fire when the ship is about to be launched, the shipbuilder's year's efforts will be in vain.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Shou nodded frequently, which was pretty much what he thought.

"Of course, these are all for detailed work, but when implemented, it will definitely make other craftsmen feel uncomfortable. In this way, give them a period of ten years in the shipyard, and then give them freedom. They can go wherever they want. Where?" Zhao Xu hesitated.

In ten years, he didn't care that the structure of these battleships was leaked.

"Your Highness is wise. You must give them some hope so that they will be more willing to work hard." Chen Shou stroked his beard and smiled.

After talking about the craftsmen, Zhao Xu and Chen Shou talked about the troop transport ship.

"With so many craftsmen coming this time, we can spare some of them to build troop transport ships." Zhao Xu said.

The troop carrier drawings he gave Chen Shou were not much different from the sailing battleships.

The gun emplacements were simply eliminated and transformed into cabins for soldiers to rest and sleep.

Such a troop transport ship can basically transport about 1,500 people at a time.

However, for the sake of safety, the gun positions were not completely canceled on the troop carrier.

There are still six gun emplacements on each side.

In this way, if you encounter an enemy, you are not completely without the ability to fight back.

Chen Shou nodded. Just from the ships that King Yan wanted to build, he could feel that this King of Yan was an ambitious man.

Throughout the dynasties, almost no emperors paid much attention to the navy.

They think the overseas world is a barbarian land and look down upon it.

But King Yan was determined to go into the ocean, and he might have a deeper purpose in building troop transport ships.

Thinking of this, he said: "This official will definitely contribute to His Highness's grand cause."

Zhao Xu smiled and said nothing.

After chatting with Chen Shou about warship construction, Chen Shou went back.

…

Jincheng.

Muller Hongzhen and Ulanba waited for several days, first waiting for the news that the Koryo Navy had been wiped out.

Today we are waiting for the news that the Wufeng Island pirates were defeated and fled in all directions.

"Hmph, this Wufeng Island brags about how powerful it is, but it's not like a chicken or a dog in front of the black shark pirates." Muller Hong's face was ashen.

Although he didn't trust Wufeng Island, he still had a glimmer of hope in this matter.

But the result still disappointed him.

Moreover, this made him realize a reality more clearly.

Juhua Island cannot be taken back, and the ocean will become Beidi's forbidden land.

"Now, we can only rely on Ivan's plan." Ulanba also felt angry towards Gao Li, as if he hated iron.

The Goryeo Navy was completely destroyed and could no longer help Beidi at sea.

Mulehon felt a little relieved, at least they still had a trump card.

For him, though, that wasn't enough.

He had just learned about Emperor Dasong's decree for the powerful clan.

Just as he expected, Dasong was showing signs of heading towards civil strife.

"Give the best war horses to the Dou family, and marry the women from our grassland to the second prince supported by the Han family." Muller Hongzhen said.

Under the current circumstances, he naturally wanted to add fuel to the fire.

The Dou family has great ambitions, but Dou Wei, an old fox, is not something he can control.

Better to nourish him and let his ambitions grow.

Choosing the Han family as a relative would allow the Han family to have some illusions about Beidi and cooperate with them to contain King Yan.

"King Yan, you can use Yan Pass to stop my Beidi army from going south, but can you stop the ambitions of the powerful clans? Hahaha..." Mule Hongzhen laughed endlessly.

Stopping his laughter, he said to Ulanba: "Find the people suffering from smallpox as soon as possible. If smallpox can spread in Dasong, it will aggravate their chaos.