"Yan Cui, the governor of Donghai County, has met the national magistrate!"

"We will pay homage to the national teacher."

After Jiang Hao got off the car, the Donghai County Magistrate came over to greet Jiang Hao. Jiang Hao nodded and smiled, "You don't have to be polite. This place is hundreds of miles away from the county seat Tancheng. I'm sorry to come here to welcome you."

The county magistrate smiled flatteringly, "It's not hard or hard, this is what we should do. The county magistrate must go to Tancheng to cultivate for a few days before going to Haicheng. We can also entertain a few more people."

Jiang Hao shook his head, "This place is only more than one hundred miles away from Haicheng, but it is a long way to go to Tancheng. It is better to go directly to Haicheng, so as to make plans early to avoid misleading His Majesty's arrangements."

"We will follow the arrangements of the national master." Hearing that Jiang Hao moved out of the First Emperor, the county magistrate immediately bowed and responded.

The team set out again and finally arrived in Haicheng two days later. The location of Haicheng was probably Lianyungang in later generations and an important port of the Qin Dynasty.

In fact, the Qin Dynasty was not as backward as later generations imagined. Maritime transportation had begun. The Maritime Silk Road was also opened in this era. There were harbors in Langya, Haicheng, Guangzhou and other places. Xu Fu went to sea to set off from Langya.

The Maritime Silk Road was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, developed in the Three Kingdoms and Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and changed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the oldest known maritime route. Before the land Silk Road, the Maritime Silk Road had already existed.

Of course, the Qin Dynasty's sea route was basically followed by the coastline, and people were still full of awe of the sea.

When the team arrived at Haicheng, the county magistrate here had already prepared a villa for Jiang Hao and others to live in. As for the guards, craftsmen and slaves, they lived in an open space outside the city. Of course, these were temporary. Tomorrow, Jiang Hao would take the guards and craftsmen to the seaside shipyard, where they were their garrison.

Before the evening rest, Jiang Hao said to Lu Zhi and Susu: "I will take people to the shipyard tomorrow. You can stay in Haizhou. I think it will take several days to come back."

"Zhi'er, we have to live here for a while and build a manor outside the city. It doesn't have to be luxurious but practical. In the future, if you buy female slaves and orphans, you will be responsible for managing it." Jiang Hao said.

"Zhi'er understands, I'll do it."

"What about me, Brother Jiang?" Su Su asked with her big eyes open, looking very expectant.

"You, the task is also very heavy. We are still too short of doctors now. There will be no less than a hundred large ships when we arrive at sea in the future. We must have a doctor on each ship. There are still too few doctors. In the future, you will find ways to get more doctors, whether you train yourself or cheat from other places, in short, the more people, the better." Jiang Hao said.

After hearing Jiang Hao's words, Su Su nodded solemnly, "Su Su will work hard to do it."

Jiang Hao stretched and yawned, "Oh, it's night, let's go to bed."

When Lu Su heard this, his ears turned red immediately, and he jumped out, leaving a sentence, "Sister, I'm going to bed." Then he disappeared.

Jiang Hao smiled, the little girl was still too shy.

When he turned around and saw Lu Zhi, he found that Lu Zhi rolled his eyes at him and said in a faint voice: "Mr. Zhi'er is afraid that her sister will be timid when she sleeps alone, so she will accompany her tonight."

Lu Zhi said and left the house.

“Oh~~~”

Why are they all gone?

Isn’t this letting myself stay alone in the empty room? I am lonely and cold.

The next day.

Jiang Hao traveled another thirty miles with two thousand guards and five thousand craftsmen, and finally came to the beach. Looking from a distance, he found a huge shipyard next to a wide bay. It covers a very wide area, with many houses on both sides, and countless huge woods were piled up on the open space. In some open spaces, countless workers were laying keels to build large ships.

This is the largest shipyard in Daqin.

When he walked into the shipyard, Jiang Hao looked around and Yan Cui, the governor of Donghai County, followed by, "Master National Master, most of the craftsmen in this shipyard came to Lu, Yue, Chu and other places. The shipbuilding skills in these three places were also the best. Xu Fu helped His Majesty go out to sea to find elixirs. The so-called ship was built here, but it was more than ten feet long."

"After Your Majesty swept across Liuhe, the domestic war stopped, and the warships were useless, and the work here was temporarily suspended. After receiving His Majesty's order a few months ago, the officials immediately took people here and summoned the original craftsmen again. Time was short, and only more than 1,200 people were summoned. Three months later, and now only 20 large ships have been built, which is still a big gap from the hundreds required by the national teacher."

After Yan Cui finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Hao with a little nervousness. If this national master sued him in front of His Majesty, he would probably end up moving with his head.

Jiang Hao was not angry. It was rare to build 20 large ships in three months.

Moreover, Jiang Hao is not very satisfied with the current ship. A ship worth more than 30 meters is the highest technological product for this era, but Jiang Hao wants to build a bigger and better ship. Jiang Hao has drawn several pictures on the way here, and he is preparing to build a new big ship.

"Let me see the well-built ships first." Jiang Hao said.

Yan Cui immediately said to his subordinate beside him, "Go, call Jiangtou Lu Zhou and accompany the adults to check the new ship."

Soon, he brought a man of 40. His face was dark, his national character face, thick hands and feet, and his body was as tall as Jiang Hao. This man looked at the county magistrate and Jiang Hao, and immediately bowed: "Lu Zhou has met the national magistrate and the county magistrate."

This Luzhou is the manager of the shipyard and has a good shipbuilding skills. It is said that it is from the Luban lineage of Lu State and is the best shipbuilder.

"No gifts, take me to see the built ship." Jiang Hao said.

"Abide by the order!"

The crowd came to the beach. It was a small bay. The bay was not big, but it was a natural shelter, just for mooring boats. Jiang Hao saw a row of large ships floating in the bay, and the wood on the hull was shining with new colors. He knew at a glance that he had never experienced any storms.

Everyone boarded a boat, and Jiang Hao patted the thick boat gang, "Introduce me about the situation of these boats."

Lu Zhou immediately bowed, "Returning to the national army, these ships were fourteen zhang long, four zhang wide, ten zhang high, and cloth sails, and can sail downwind and side wind. Six to ten oars were set on both sides, and one tail oar and rudder. The bow was a large cable-type stone anchor as the anchor. There were three layers on the cabin deck, the lower two floors, and each floor was divided into five to seven cabins. A ship could carry a total of one hundred and fifty people."

Jiang Hao calculated in his mind that the Qin Dynasty's ten zhang was 2.25 meters, the 14 meters were 31.5 meters, and the 4 meters wide was 9 meters. This data is similar to the archaeological records in later generations. This kind of ship was indeed the most advanced ship in this era.

Even after 1,700 years, Columbus discovered the New World, and it was recorded that the flagship ship "Santa Maria" used by humans crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time was only 23.66 meters long, 7.84 meters wide, and 120 tons of water displacement.

Perhaps the structure is different, but now these ships need not be a big problem if they want to cross the Sea of ​​Japan, the South China Sea and other waters.

So it is very likely that Xu Fu can go to Japan.

Of course, Jiang Hao would not be satisfied with such a ship. He wanted to build larger, stronger and more suitable for sea navigation.

technology?

Jiang Hao has it himself and draws perfect drawings. I believe that these skillful craftsmen cannot be troubled.

Worker?

Although there are only more than 1,000 people here, Jiang Hao also brought more than 5,000 craftsmen of all kinds. Don’t underestimate a craftsman. They often do not only master a number of skills, but many of them can do several craftsmanship. There is no way to live a better life.

The Zheng He treasure ship, which later spanned the ocean, was 124 meters long and more than 40 meters wide, comparable to today's destroyers. One ship can pull more than two thousand people and countless supplies.

The European large spinning sailboats are more sturdy and more suitable for resisting the impact of waves and faster. They have no idea about the past and present, both in China and abroad, in the east and the west, and Jiang Hao has no idea of ​​anything that can be used with good use. They will be honest and unceremonious.

"How many more recreated ones?" Jiang Hao continued to ask.

"The construction of 10 ships is started at the same time, and it is estimated that it will be completed in one month." Lu Zhou replied.

“How about the wood?”

Lu Zhou looked at Jiang Hao in surprise and answered honestly, "Return to the national teacher, our shipyard has sufficient wood preparation. We have been preparing wood for a few years before. Now it has been dry, and it is just right for shipbuilding, and there are wood for three or five hundred ships."

Jiang Hao nodded and said, "After these ten ships are built, don't build such ships anymore. I have a new ship for you to build. You can prepare a group of the best shipbuilders. Wherever you go, I have something to tell you."

When the National Master asked for something, Lu Zhou did not dare to neglect and immediately bowed to answer the order.

Jiang Hao looked at Cao Shen who was following him again and said, "Cao Shen, from today on, you will be responsible for the specific things in the shipyard. You will be able to place the five thousand craftsmen as soon as possible."

Cao Shen immediately bowed, "I understand."

Jiang Hao finally turned to look at Yan Cui, the governor of Donghai County, and his face became much warmer, "Mr. Yan, I'm very satisfied with the matter here, but there are still a few things to order."

Yan Cui immediately bowed, "Please say, I will do my best."

Yan Cui received the order of the First Emperor. Donghai County must fully meet all the requirements of the national teacher. The supply of money and grain is indispensable. Your Majesty is crazy about seeking immortality, and National Master Jiang is a true immortal. Now no one in the entire Qin Dynasty knows that Your Majesty favors the national teacher. So as soon as Jiang Hao arrived in Donghai County, Yan Cui ran out to greet him for hundreds of miles, for fear that negligence would anger Jiang Hao.

Now that Jiang Hao has a request, how dare he not continue? He has already thought about it. No matter how difficult the request is, he will agree first and then think of a solution himself.

"The shipyard is guaranteed to have sufficient money and food."

"Your Majesty has given me instructions, and I will definitely be satisfied with all my strength!"

"If you have a boat, you need a seafarer who knows how to run the boat."

"Ah, the official understands. After returning, he will help the national teacher summon the seafarers."

"I have instructed my servants to buy female slaves and collect orphans in several surrounding counties. County Governor Yan also asks for help."

"It must be ~~~!"

"I'm useful to draw a ten-mile land by the surrounding sea."

“It’s absolutely fine.”

These requests made by Jiang Hao were not difficult, Yan Cui naturally agreed. After waiting for a while, he saw that Jiang Hao stopped talking, and asked timidly: "Master National Master, is that all?"

Jiang Hao looked at Yan Cui, "Do you want me to make any requests?"

Yan Cui was shocked and immediately said, "Ah, no."

Jiang Hao smiled and said, "Okay, that's all for the time being. If you have any requests, I will find you at any time. If you still have official duties, I won't keep you. I'm afraid I will stay in Haicheng for a year and go to sea next year. Please take care of County Governor Yan during this period."

"I dare not, but the national teacher has requirements, Yan must do his best." Yan Cui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yan Cui said goodbye with his people and left. Cao Shen was organizing the five thousand people to build his own house. The entire cabin suddenly became enthusiastic. Jiang Hao came to the house he prepared for him. At this moment, Lu Zhou had already summoned more than a dozen shipbuilders to come.

"I have a few ship pictures here, so you can see if they can be made." Jiang Hao said, taking out a few scrolls from his sleeve.

More than a dozen shipbuilders spread out the drawings. After seeing them, someone immediately exclaimed, "Is this a new ship picture?"

"This, this is too big. This ship is actually 50 meters long and 18 meters wide."

"Look at this one, the boat is 30 meters long, and there are actually three masts, and these sails are unprecedented."

"It's indeed a bit complicated. With so many masts and cables, it should be very troublesome to control them." Someone said.

This person was looking at the drawings of Western sailing ships. He was worthy of being a good shipbuilder and could see the biggest problem of these ships at a glance.

There are many advantages of multi-masted sailboats, fast speed, adapt to new strengths at sea, and when there are disadvantages, it is troublesome to control. Sometimes when encountering big winds and waves, it is easy to roll sails. So there are many scenes in the movie where crew members brave the winds and waves to climb up the mast and unbutton the cables and soft sails.

At this time, Lu Zhou asked: "Master National Master, I have never seen these ships before. Could it be that they were designed by Master National Master?"

Jiang Hao nodded, "Yes, these new ships were designed by me. Now you can study whether they can be made. It is best to build a few models and test them. If they are feasible, build them accordingly."

These great craftsmen were shocked. The national teacher was really a god-like man. He could design such a huge ship.

"I'll start experimenting now," Lu Zhou said.

When these people left, Jiang Hao came out with his guards again and walked to the harbor where the sea boats were moored. The 20 large ships that had been built were parked there. The waves slammed and the hull shook slightly. Jiang Hao looked at the sea in the distance again, thinking to himself that the other side of the sea was Goguryeo, not far away, it was time to go to Goguryeo to take a look.

Yu Shu was still waiting for him.

But now the world has become unrecognizable. I don’t know what kind of scene it will be when I see Yu Shu again.
Chapter completed!