Ke Zhenhuai was sent by the court, Wang Yining was sent by Yuan Keli, and the Jinyiwei in the departments of supervision and reconnaissance. This is all the ears and ears. Someone or several people must have the right to report secretly.

"If the general is in a dilemma, he will be the military member of the last general." Shen Shikui observed Mao Wenlong's expression and said, "If ordinary people do business, no one will talk nonsense, chew maggots indiscriminately, right?"

I don’t want to fight and make money and make a fortune. I just said I wanted to generate income for the Dongjiang Army, but now I have to keep it in my pocket.

Mao Wenlong glanced at his father-in-law and couldn't speak in depth, so he said perfunctorily: "I only care about military affairs, and this civil affairs requires Lord Wang to approve it."

After pausing, Mao Wenlong comforted again: "The people of Dongjiang Town do business and pay taxes normally, so Lord Wang must not care. With your connections, it is not difficult to purchase mountain goods from the Liao people."

Shen Shikui was a little disappointed. He originally thought that he would rely on his son-in-law's status in Dongjiang Town, and that no taxes would be taxed, but he would do business without any capital.

Seeing that his father-in-law didn't say anything, Mao Wenlong had to speak more explicitly, which was both a reminder and a warning, and not to mess with him.

"There are civil servants and generals sent by the court in Dongjiang Town, as well as Jinyiwei who supervises the salary, reconnaissance, and uses spies." Mao Wenlong strengthened his tone and bowed to the west, "The emperor is wise and has no doubts of insight."

Shen Shikui blinked his eyes, understanding what his son-in-law was worried about.

That's right, although Dongjiang Town is remote and overseas, it has the imperial teacher Yuan Keli's restraint, and there are many ears and ears, and it seems that it can reach the heavenly listening.

"The last general understands." Shen Shikui stood up and bowed, saying, "Then let's do as the Grand Marshal wants. Let's go through the normal channel. With the friendship between Grand Marshal and Lord Wang, can you not take care of this little thing?"

Mao Wenlong nodded, and while agreeing, he stood up to see him off.

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In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it was the last period when the sandbanks on Chongming Island merged and continuity, that is, the last stage when Chongming Island became a complete form in later generations.

Because it is located in the estuary of the Yangtze River, Chongming Island is also known as the "Gateway of the Yangtze River and the Yingzhou of the East China Sea". It is the largest alluvial island in the estuary of the river and the largest sand island in China.

Although it has not yet taken shape, most places on Chongming Island have a flat terrain and fertile land, which has development value.

Building Chongming Island into a "land of fish and rice" is another plan of Zhu Youxiao, which is being implemented.

With the arrival of Shen Yourong's military ships and the large ships carrying Liao people, Chongming Island became lively and busy.

Build houses and reclaim wasteland, resettle Liao people; set up villages and station troops, buy grain and store goods, and recruit ship craftsmen...

Shen Yourong's work is busy and fulfilling, but he is looking forward to the arrival of another official, Jianba, in his heart.

On this day, dozens of ships of all sizes came to the dock, and Shen Yourong hurried to greet them.

"The Ministry of Revenue Langzhong and Chongming Hudong Shipyard have recommended Shen Tingyang and met Lord Shen." On the dock, Shen Tingyang saw Shen Youkong who was coming in a hurry at first sight, and went up to pay homage.

Shen Yourong looked at the young and quite heroic official in front of him, bowed and returned the favor, and smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, there is no need to be too polite. The young talent of the Supreme Master Jianba is indeed very angry, which makes Shen so envious."

"After the emperor was promoted, the subordinates were frightened." Shen Tingyang said humbly: "I just want to do my job wholeheartedly to repay you."

"I should do it, I should do it." Shen Yourong glanced at the people who were dragging their families to get off the boat and asked, "Are these shipwrecks recruited by Dr. Shen?"

Chen Tingyang said: "There are 3,600 shipbuilders selected by Xiaguan from Qingjiang Shipyard and Longjiang Shipyard. There are 3,600 shipbuilders, all of whom are experienced and very honest and willing to work hard. This is the first batch of craftsmen recruited from Guangdong and Fujian, and they will have to wait for a few days."

The state-owned shipyards in the Ming Dynasty include Nanjing Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, Fuzhou Changle, Huai'an Qingjiang Shipyard, and Linqing Weihe Shipyard.

Since the voyage to the West was suspended, the demand for sea ships has dropped sharply, and Longjiang Bao Shipyard's business has gradually shrunk. The one who replaced its central position in the shipbuilding industry was the Huai'an Qingjiang Supervisor Shipyard, which specializes in inland river vessels.

Since Qingjiang Shipyard merged with the eighteen branches of Weihe Shipyard, the annual shipbuilding volume has increased to more than 630 ships, becoming the only state-owned canal shipbuilding yard in the Ming Dynasty.

The Qingjiang Shipyard now has four general factories, including Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard, and 82 branches, with more than 500 ships built annually, including about 55 ships in the Chayanghai Sea, and the others are flat-bottomed inland rivers.

It seems to be a large scale, but Qingjiang Shipyard is like the Weihe Shipyard that was laid off. The corruption is getting worse and worse, and it cannot change the long-standing shortcomings of direct operation by the state.

Moreover, the ability of Qingjiang Shipyard to build sea ships is becoming increasingly weak. There were very few so-called "high-rise ships" that were used to be shipped out, and they were old-fashioned and could only barely sail near the sea.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Youxiao simply started a new job and transferred skilled craftsmen from the Qingjiang and Longjiang shipyards to recruit ship craftsmen from Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang to build a new Chongming Hudong Shipyard.

In Chongming, there is a relatively strong shipbuilding foundation, and it is not a waste of money. The sand ship, one of the four ancient ships in China, was derived from Chongming.

The hull of a sand boat is long, flat, shallow and wide, flat bottom, square head and tail, tall ship, low center of gravity, few constructions on the surface of the boat, small resistance to wind, sail smoothly, and even stranding will not damage or overturn.

Under the fusion of sail, rudder and double-stringed slumber plate, sand boats can also sail against the wind and zigzag, which is especially suitable for the northern coastal areas. In the Yuan Dynasty, sand boats are often used.

Chongming was not only able to build sand ships, but also produced sailors. Among Zheng He's fleet of voyages to the West, many Chongming sailors participated.

Taking into account so many favorable conditions, Zhu Youxiao ordered Chen Yourong Town and Cai Jian Ba ​​Shen Tingyang to build a factory in Chongming to build a ship, and began an attempt to transport water by sea.

As for Chen Tingyang, he was a celebrity and hero in history. Even Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were his subordinates and had raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, Chen Tingyang is now a humble official and has only been grateful to serve Jian Ba’s reusable emperor.

In fact, even Chen Tingyang, who was a student, did not expect that his self-recommendation and the "Please Advocate the First-Small Trial of the Sea Transportation Memorial" would be so valued by the emperor, and he would be promoted to the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue and the fifth rank.

You should know that Chen Tingyang was from Chongming and a family of merchants. He once sailed with his father and brother on sand boats in Tianjin, Qingdao, and traveled to the top of the country, and made a lot of profits in transportation. Such a background was also quite discriminated against in the Imperial College.

But it is precisely because of this experience that he knows the sea channel well, can see the benefits of sea transportation, and is willing to sail and trial shipping in person.

Moreover, when he was summoned by the emperor, he expressed with great confidence: If the imperial court is damaged, the sacred and the sacred gangs will be defeated, and if he is not a small test, he will dare to make a big move.

Zhu Youxiao also simply handed over the important task of building sea ships and trying to transport sea to Chen Tingyang, which led to the Second Shen meeting Chongming, which opened the prelude to the Ming Dynasty revitalizing its majesty.
Chapter completed!