In addition to the Royal Family and the other two, Qin Yu intends to support the Xiao Family in Wuhan to establish a family, and then support the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to establish a family through joint investment.

Qin Yu intends to set up three new departments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, one is the Ship Manufacturing Office, which has two shipyards under its jurisdiction, located in Wuhan and Shanghai. Wuhan is responsible for building river ships, and Shanghai is responsible for building large commercial sea ships.

He plans to divide the Shanghai Shipyard into two, half of which belong to the royal family and half to the Government Affairs Council. He can build warships and merchant ships, and then support dozens of private small shipyards in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou.

These private shipyards can develop to the scale and build whatever ships they can build, and of course, others are allowed to join the shipbuilding industry.

The other two departments are the River Transportation Office and the Sea Trade Office. As the name suggests, the River Transportation Office is responsible for managing the River Transportation Fleet, and the Sea Trade Office is responsible for conducting overseas trade.

The State Council does not allow interfering in maritime trade and is mainly responsible for management, tax collection and formulation of relevant systems.

For example, in addition to the Maritime Bureau, we must also set up a department to manage the transportation of all rivers in the world, issue operation licenses to each ship, inspect various rivers, crack down on unlicensed ships, and eliminate water bandits.

In terms of tariffs, Qin Yu also decided to reform it, otherwise it would be too unreasonable to collect it according to the current way of the State Council and there would be too many loopholes.

In the future, sea ships for sea trade will also be built according to the regulations of the court. They will be divided into five types according to the tonnage. Each type will have to pay relevant business taxes and apply for a sea license once a year.

If there is no certificate, once discovered, not only will the ship be confiscated, but the people and owners on the ship must also be sentenced for smuggling. At that time, the customs will set up a naval fleet to combat smuggling in all provinces.

In addition to operational tax, tariffs cannot be exempted. Operational taxes are collected according to the tonnage of the ship and once a year, and tariffs are collected according to the type and quantity of goods.

In order to increase efficiency, merchants must also make a box according to the size specified by the court, and in the future, they will collect tariffs according to the number of boxes.

The tariffs for each type of product are different. They are formulated based on the price and weight volume of the product itself. Each box can only hold one kind of goods. Even if it is not filled, it must pay the tax on one box. If it is found that it is mixed, it will be charged according to the most expensive goods.

At that time, the navy will intercept and conduct random inspections at sea from time to time. Once it is discovered that it is secretly sucked goods in the warehouse, it will not only impose a fine for confiscation of the cargo ship, but also pursue the merchant's smuggling crime.

There is no way. If strict criminal laws are not imposed, many merchants will probably go out to sea with only two boxes and secretly transfer the boats. After all, such a long coastline is hard to defend, so it is impossible to send people to wait at all times, not to mention that there are a large number of fishing boats going out to sea to fish, so it is impossible to check them every time.

Although this kind of wooden frame is definitely much smaller than the containers in previous lives, it is not suitable for installation as far as the current sea ships are concerned, so new commercial sea ships must be designed.

Of course, Qin Yu would not implement it immediately now. He will issue the news and relevant regulations first, and then implement it five years later. He will give maritime merchants in various places a preparation time, which should be changed, and which should be modified.

In order to centrally manage tax collection, Qin Yu only plans to open a few trading ports. In addition to Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang has established one, Fuzhou, Fujian, Guangzhou, Guangdong, and Liuzhou, Guangxi, in one province, and no more than two at most.

As for the north, it is enough to set up one in Tianjin for the time being and Qingdao Bay in the previous life, and there is no need to do so.

Another problem is that domestic transportation is offshore, such as if the same tariff is charged from Shanghai to Guangzhou to Tianjin, I am afraid no one will go through sea transportation, so the tariffs are definitely not allowed, just collecting operational taxes.

Then this is very troublesome to operate. For example, the merchant ship owner said he was going to Guangzhou, but in the end he ran to Southeast Asia. What can you do to him?

Therefore, each maritime merchant ship must have a number. When applying for an operation license, in addition to paying operation tax, a deposit must be paid.

Then, for goods shipped to China, each port and terminal must clearly count the types and quantity of goods on the ship and mark the date.

Similarly, cargo ships that are by port from other places must also be counted clearly. By checking accounts at each port every six months, you can clearly know that the cargo ship has not transported the goods to the destination, or how many baskets are missing.

In this way, we pay operational tax, deposit, and we have to build a purchase of merchant ships. With the considerable tariffs and the expenses of related sailors, it is destined that small merchants and hawkers are not able to conduct ocean trade. In fact, Qin Yu did not intend to let everyone buy broken ships and carry out maritime transportation.

Maritime trade and maritime transportation are two concepts. They can be completely separated. Merchants with financial resources can purchase a large number of sea ships and specialize in helping others transport goods. Merchants with low financial resources can entrust these merchant ships to help with transportation. They only need to purchase goods at home and develop sales overseas.

Of course, if you have money, you can also serve as both the sea and transportation. The Royal Trade Office is such a department, that is, you do maritime trade by yourself, and also help other merchants transport and earn shipping fees.

So this time, Qin Yu came to Shanghai, in addition to inspecting the port terminal and inspecting naval warships, another important purpose was to design several merchant ships specifically for transporting goods. These cargo ships not only include ocean-going cargo ships, but also river flatbeds.

Now there have been 90 warships in service, including ten 500-ton cruisers, 30 destroyers with a total of more than 300-ton destroyers and 50 frigates with a total of more than 100-ton ones, all of which were launched at the end of last year.

After two or three months of training, the Navy has initially possessed the ability to operate oceans.

The second batch of warships under construction are larger in number, not only 20 cruisers, thirty destroyers, one hundred frigates, and a 500-ton supply ship.

This supply ship was transformed from a cruiser. Since it was a template ship, only one was built.

The other three warships have been finalized and have entered the mass production stage. As long as the raw materials are sufficient and the speed is very fast, the frigate with more than 100 tons can be assembled in just two months. If you stop working with a torch at night, you can even build one in one month.

There is no way, these workshops are responsible for producing various accessories according to standard sizes, and then transporting them to the ship platform, and assemble them in sequence. Once they are proficient, the efficiency is unimaginable.

It is faster than the modular assembly of steel warships. After all, there is no need to weld between woods, and the interior decoration is not complicated. Of course, this is inseparable from the exquisite craftsmanship of Chinese carpenters and the mortise and tenon structure. However, in order for the warship structure to be more solid, copper nails are also needed to be nailed afterwards.

Even larger destroyers and cruisers can only be assembled in three or four months, and then they will be completed in just over a month after the inspection and the installation of weapons is completed.

So today's shipyards can be launched in a batch in almost half a year. As for the number of each batch, it depends entirely on the speed of processing accessories in each workshop and the staff of assembling carpenters. As for the ship platform, it is not a big deal.

However, as all three warships began to be mass-produced, dry wood was already in short supply, especially giant wood used for keels and ribs.

Among them, keels like cruisers that are sixty or seventy meters long must not only be made of solid wood, but also have to be thick with two people in diameter and cannot be too curved. These ancient trees of heaven are transported from the deep mountains and forests in the southwest.

Although he could go through water, he still needed a lot of manpower to operate, so Qin Yu came up with the idea of ​​using steel to cast keels in order to save costs and even save ballast stones.

Because for now, the cost of a keel from cutting, transporting, and finally getting it to Shanghai for processing and forming is to account for more than half of a warship. Although it is a bit outrageous, it is a fact.

Because after modular assembly, the biggest benefit is not efficiency, but the ability to make reasonable use of wood, and it does not require too many professional carpenters who know how to build ships. Ordinary carpenters can beat the processing of accessories. This is why the shipyard produces so much. There are too many ordinary carpenters in China, and they can become masters after processing one or two kinds of wood parts every day, and after working for one or two months, they will become masters.

In terms of materials, the maximum rationalization can be achieved. Good solid wood is used for keels and ribs, and it is a whole piece. Good wood is used below the waterline, and worse than above the waterline. As for doors and windows and interior decoration, it is fine.
Chapter completed!