Li Chen is obsessed with opening the sea ban, but it is not a matter of moving his lips a few times when he really wants to open the sea. The most important thing to open the sea is ships and silver. According to Du Bishu's report, the shipyard in Qu County has now mastered the manufacturing technology of the lucky ship and has even built a sail battleship. The sail battleship is a product of the Age of Discovery in the previous life. In the era of Daqin, it was like a giant beast.

Li Chen, who was worried about opening the sea, decided to go to Qu County after tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep for a few days. Since the establishment of Qu County Maritime Affairs Office, Li Chen has not paid attention to Qu County for a long time because of Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang's rebellion. But even though Li Chen did not put much effort into the Maritime Affairs Office, the sea salt and sea goods produced by the Qu County factory have begun to be continuously exported to the entire Qin Dynasty.

After nearly two years, Li Chen came to Qu County this time. Qu County two years later was completely different from Qu County two years ago. Qu County two years ago was a ruined county town that relied on the sea to eat. It was not so much a county town, but rather a collection of small fishing villages.

Due to the establishment of Quxian shipyards and wharfs, as well as the establishment of salt fields and large-scale factories, Quxian has gone from a small fishing village that mainly fishes to a semi-fishing and semi-industrial city. Two years ago, Quxian had a population of only 120,000, while two years later, Quxian's population had begun to develop towards the 500,000 mark. The original Quxian was too close to the sea and the saline-alkali content in the land was too high, so the grain output was very low, which also led to almost all the people in Quxian relying on fishing for a living. However, since the establishment of the Daqin Maritime Affairs Bureau, Quxian's economy has developed rapidly under the leadership of many factories. Quxian's economy has improved and has attracted a large number of immigrants in the surrounding equally poor counties.

Li Chen entered the county town of Qu County. After renovation, Qu County is considered a good county town. The streets and alleys of Qu County were originally covered with loess roads, but now they have become paved with gravel. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the bluestone roads in Xianyang City, but it is much stronger than the originally muddy loess roads. Because there is a lot of rain in Qu County, drainage ditches are also paved on both sides of the gravel roads, which can avoid water accumulation in the city during the rainy season.

Qu County, Donghai County, is Lianyungang in his previous life. Lianyungang was also a typical city with good cards in his previous life. As the only harbor city in Jiangsu, it is economically supported by Jiangsu, a major economic province. It is located eastward, facing the Bohai Sea, and across the sea from North Korea, South Korea, and Japan. However, under such circumstances, Lianyungang has been arguing with Suqian for many years. When Li Chen established the Maritime Affairs Office in Qu County, he wanted to develop this place into the No. harbor city in Qin.

"Mr. Marquis, I finally waited for you." As soon as Li Chen entered Qu County, Du Bishu's thin figure appeared in front of Li Chen.

Du Bishu was exhausted when he ran the huge Maritime Department alone. With the increasing population of Qu County, Qu County factories were established one after another. Except for Li Chen who imported a group of talents for the Maritime Department when the Maritime Department was just established, he had never taken over the Maritime Department. This small Qu County naturally could not provide any talents for the Maritime Department. Now the Maritime Department is about to split the people in half.

Looking at the sick man in front of him, Du Bishu's dark circles became heavier, the mustache on his chin was also messy, and there were a few acne on his forehead. At first glance, he thought it was too much indulgence.

"How is the progress of the Maritime Administration? Take me to see it." Li Chen asked.

"Mr. Marquis, let's go to the dock first." Du Bishu said.

Following Du Bishu, Li Chen looked at the dock in front of him. There were several lucky boats worth more than ten feet of rice paddlings parked on the dock. One or two carriages pulled the goods produced from the factory to the dock. The dock was full of open-air pile factories and some simple shed-shaped warehouses. The coolies on the dock were transported to the ship like ants moving the house. There was nothing blocked on the dock, and people were shining directly in the sun. The coolies were like cooked lobsters, and their bodies were red.

"Do you walk a lot on the sea?" Li Chen asked, looking at the lucky ship loading the cargo.

"Boats are basically traveling to the south, and the loss of sea freight is more than half less than that of land freight. We all go by land in the north, but in the south, we still go by sea in the south." Du Bishu explained.

"What are they?" Li Chen asked.

"The most is salt. Our salt factory in Qu County can produce at least tens of thousands of tons a year. Now it is not only our Daqin, but also caravans come to us to buy salt on the other side of the river. In addition to salt, there are some sea goods. The fish in the sea are much more delicious than the fish in the inland rivers." Du Bishu pointed to the piles of goods on the dock and said.

"Mr. Marquis, this wharf has no name yet. Why not give this wharf a name?" Du Bishu said immediately.

"This should not be called a wharf. The junction of the inland river is called a wharf. This should be called a port. Our first port in Daqin." Li Chen's words were full of pride and ambition. This was the first wharf in Daqin and would also become the largest wharf in Daqin. This is his industry.

"Standing here, the sea seems to be connected to the clouds in the sky. It is better to be called Lianyungang than this port." Li Chen thought for a while and said.

"Lianyungang, good name, good name." Du Bishu immediately flattered.

"Let's go, let's go and see the shipyard." After walking around the port, Li Chen said to Du Bishu.

The shipyard in Quxian is already the largest shipyard in Daqin. After two years of training, the shipyard in Quxian has made good ships like taking a picture. According to the drawings provided by Li Chen, the skilled craftsmen at Quxian Shipyard have tried to produce a sail battleship...

The shipyard in Qu County almost gathered the entire Qin Dynasty's accomplished craftsmen in shipbuilding. With these people, Li Chen provided the drawings to create sail battleships that belonged to the 17th century of the previous life. Sail battleships, like the lucky ships that were already mass-produced by shipyards, use sails as power. The sea is different from inland lakes and rivers. The sea is full of waves, and under the power of the sea, human power is almost worth mentioning. This is why it is not feasible to paddle on the sea with manpower.

"Mr. Marquis, this is our latest sail battleship." Du Bishu said, pointing to the tallest Chuan in the shipyard.
Chapter completed!