Rise From the Humble

The arrival of Master Taishan and his two brothers-in-law made Li Shu extremely happy, and Zhu Pingan was also extremely happy.

Although Mr. Taishan has a stinky face, he gives you a lot.

Not only the four latest ship-borne French cannons, but also the two Portuguese foreigners who can repair artillery.

"Dad, the Japanese invasion is serious in Zhejiang and the military is in a weak state. Brother Zhu takes office as governor of Zhejiang today. He is facing a huge mess and great pressure. As the father-in-law, you cannot just sit idly by."

During dinner, Li Shu took advantage of making her father happy and tried hard to get benefits for Zhu Ping'an.

"Shu'er, your brother and I went out of our way to do business with the Hongmao barbarians before we came here. We used two entire shipments of goods to exchange for the artillery on their ships, as well as two Hongmao barbarians who repaired the artillery, to help Mr. Zhu. Isn’t it enough?”

Rich Man Li saw his little cotton-padded jacket fighting for benefits for Zhu Pingan, and glared at Zhu Pingan with some jealousy.

Zhu Pingan scratched his head innocently.

"That's the eldest and second brother at most." Li Shu hugged Rich Man Li's arm, coquettishly and angrily, "Dad, as a father-in-law, you must not be stingy. I know your family background. If you are stingy, , I will ignore you from now on.”

"Nanny, why are you turning your elbows outward?" Rich Man Li looked at Li Shu with a look of grievance.

"Wherever we turn outward, we are all one family. No matter how we turn, we always turn inward." Li Shu hugged Rich Man Li's arm and shook it.

"With this trick of yours, my father and I will all have your pension money stolen into his pocket." Rich Man Li tightened his arms around his money bag.

Li Shu pretended to be angry and scolded, "What about pension money? Dad, you are not old at all. If you want to save money, you have plenty of time; besides, there are my eldest brother, my second brother and me. It will make your life easier when you are old." Your Majesty is still at ease. If you save your pension money, wouldn't it mean that my eldest brother and my second brother are still unfilial to me? Come on, come on, I know your family background."

"Girls are really outgoing." Rich Man Li looked helpless, and then glared at Zhu Pingan.

Zhu Pingan touched his nose innocently.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Li Shu shook Rich Man Li's arm vigorously.

"Okay, okay." Rich Man Li couldn't withstand Xiao Mianhuao's arm-waving attack, and surrendered, "When Mr. Zhu is the governor of Zhejiang, the navy will always need it. I will give him five, no, three blessing ships." Bar."

"How stingy, at least ten ships!" Li Shu said angrily.

"My dear girl, do you know how much silver is needed for ten blessing ships? One blessing ship costs at least three thousand taels of silver, and it is still very expensive. You must know that there are not many places in Ming Dynasty where we can build blessing ships. Craftsmen It's also limited. Even if you have money, you can't buy the lucky boats in stock, so you can only wait in line. If you give Zhu Xiaozi ten lucky boats, I won't have a few boats left in the fleet," Rich Man Li said with a look of pain. .

Indeed, due to the current Ming Dynasty sea ban, the shipbuilding industry has been greatly hit and has almost withered. Only a few places such as Quanzhou still have shipbuilding inheritance and survival; and Fuzhou Shipbuilding is the pinnacle technology of the Ming Dynasty ship industry, and its watertight compartment technology is currently the highest. Precision technology is a thousand years ahead of the West. Modern aircraft carriers, tankers and other large ships still use this compartment technology. This is also the technical guarantee for Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty, to be able to sail to the Western Ocean seven times. Zheng He sailed on his voyages to the Western Ocean. The boat is a lucky boat.

The so-called watertight compartment means that when building a ship, camphor and fir are used to divide the entire cabin into independent small spaces. The gaps between the two pieces of wood are filled with silk, hemp and tung oil, so that the cabin has excellent sealing. sex. The number of compartments depends on the size of the ship, usually about ten.

With watertight compartments, when a ship collides, hits a rock, or other accidents, the entire cabin will not be flooded and can still maintain considerable buoyancy, preventing the ship from sinking and increasing safety performance. In addition, cargo can be divided into different compartments. , providing convenience for loading and unloading. In addition, the transverse watertight compartments are equivalent to adding ribs to the ship, which not only optimizes the shipbuilding process, but also increases the transverse strength of the hull.

There were not many craftsmen who mastered this technology, and after the sea ban, there were even fewer such craftsmen.

Therefore, Rich Man Li said that there are not many places where you can make fortune ships. Fortune ships have a price but no market, and everyone with money has to queue up to wait for the ship.

"Japanese pirates are so rampant now, how dangerous it is. Dad, don't let the caravan run away. Give all the ships in your fleet to Brother Zhu. Just wait in line for new ships. Brother Zhu will also take this time to do some ruthless things." Crack down on the Japanese pirates and create a safe business environment for you." Li Shu asked Rich Man Li to give all the ships in his fleet to Zhu Ping'an, and he would wait in line for new ships.

Rich Man Li was stunned, wondering if he had heard wrongly. My daughter wanted me to give all the merchant ships in the fleet to Zhu Ping'an. My daughter's elbows were more than turned out.

This is where the whole person is turned off.

Nannan kidnapped all the ships of her caravan in one fell swoop. She really married a husband and forgot about her father.

Rich Man Li looked at Li Shu aggrievedly, "It's weird, girl, you have to leave some foundation for dad. The Japanese pirates are very active in the areas of Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, but the Japanese pirates are not so rampant here in Guangdong and Guangxi. The small Japanese pirates are sitting here The ship rode the wind and followed the ocean current, and settled almost in the area of ​​Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Fujian. Guangdong and Guangxi are farther away, and the Japanese pirates are not so fierce. There are more red-haired barbarians in Nanyang, so our caravan has to deal with red-haired barbarians more easily. There are many partners, and the caravan business in Nanyang is still possible. "

"Okay, okay, you owe Brother Zhu. Then you can give Brother Zhu ten large blessing ships and five small and medium-sized blessing ships."

Li Shu waved her hand generously.

"Okay, okay, listen to my daughter." Rich Man Li nodded quickly, fearing that Li Shu would ask him to give the entire caravan ship to Zhu Pingan.

"Besides boats, what else is there?" Li Shu urged.

"Aren't there enough ships?" Rich Man Li began to feel pain again. She is really an outgoing girl.

"This boat is just a drop in the bucket for dad. Brother Zhu has just arrived. Zhejiang is short of everything. Dad, you have to be more generous." Li Shu continued to explode her dad's gold coins to help Ping An claim benefits.

"There are no good horses in the south of the Yangtze River. In a few days, the caravan I sent to the north will come back. They wrote back saying that they have got a batch of big horses from the north. When they come back, all the big horses from the north will be given to Zhu boy."

Rich Man Li glared at Zhu Pingan and said slowly.

"How many horses are there?" Li Shu asked.

"There are always four to five hundred horses." Rich Man Li thought for a while and said.

"Okay then." Li Shu nodded with satisfaction.

Next, Li Shu asked Zhu Ping'an for a lot of benefits from the rich man Li.

Food, cloth, bedding, etc.

Zhu Pingan raised the corners of his lips, and Rich Man Li twitched the corners of his lips.