The seaside shipbuilding workshop was built together with twenty ten-meter-long fishing boats, and hundreds of craftsmen were busy.

As a mainlander, Chen Gong looked at Weishan Lake as big as it was, but compared to the sea in front of him, it was simply incomparable.

Chen Gong shook his head and sighed: "A ten-foot-long fishing boat is like a small leaf when it comes to the sea. How much can such a fishing boat catch in a day?"

"See what fish to catch, sardines, small fish like rotten water. Eight people can catch three to five thousand kilograms a day. If you catch shrimp, there will be not many crabs, just a few hundred kilograms. When fishing for such a large fishing boat, you can go a little further away from the shore and go to a nearby island dozens of miles."

In fact, fishermen have to pay taxes and fees to the government whether they buy or rent a boat. The tax rate is not low. Moreover, since the government has food to eat for the fishermen, the number of fishing boats is limited. The 20-meter-long fishing boats built now cannot be caught on the shore, and they are fishing boats slightly further away.

Chen Gong has a task this time, which is to arrange for Donghai County to cut down red pine, fir and other wood to prepare for shipbuilding.

But the wood in the shipbuilding workshop looked enough.

"Mr. Cao Jun, isn't the wood in the shipbuilding workshop enough now?"

"There is enough wood now, but the wood for shipbuilding must be thoroughly dry. For example, the trees cut down now take about two years to use. The second batch of ships will be started immediately after the Chinese New Year. These ships are twenty meters long, which is very consuming wood." Cao Fang introduced.

A twenty-foot fishing boat is still a fishing boat? Chen Gong understood, because Lu Bu said that Xuzhou would have a naval army, and he established naval army in Sheyang Lake and Weishan Lake one after another, but that was obviously not what Lu Bu wanted.

A twenty-foot boat is at least five feet wide. In Chen Gong's opinion, this is a tower ship, and only warships can be so big.

In fact, it is not a tower ship. In Lu Bu's opinion, although the tower ship is tall, it has poor stability. It is okay to run in the inland rivers. If you really want to run near the sea, you are easily damaged by sea breeze.

The navy of Xuzhou must be located in Lianyun County to have potential, because the main force of the navy of Eastern Wu is on the river. If it goes downstream to the sea, it can completely attack the three counties of Xia Pi, Donghai and Langya in Xuzhou.

Chen Gong really doesn't understand the navy army, but the rich resources of fish and shrimp in the sea opened Chen Gong's eyes, including various precious fish, crabs of all sizes, and shrimps of all sizes.

"Military advisor, lunch is arranged, let's go back to the inn to have a meal." Cao Fang came over and invited Chen Gong to go back to the inn to have a meal.

Chen Gong and Lu Bu are of the same level as Chen Gong, and the meals must not exceed four dishes and one soup.

However, I was a little stunned when I looked at the four dishes in front of me. One garlic lobster is not big, and I guess there are still ten pounds. One braised bungee fish, one steamed pike crab, one steamed sea bass, and the other is shrimp-skinned seaweed soup.

The table could not be put down, and Chen Gong held the chopsticks and was a little unhappy: "Mr. Cao County, the lord clearly stated that he should be saved and strictly prohibited extravagance and waste. This shrimp, this fish, this crab is too big, and it is too polite."

"The military advisor misunderstood that he relies on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea. There are no other things in Lianyun County, only fish and shrimp. The fish and shrimp in the sea are much larger than those in the lake, so the military advisor follows me."

Cao Fang led Chen Gong to the backyard of the inn, which had a seafood pool in the backyard, all of which were super large wooden barrels.

"There are lobsters here, the size is twenty kilograms, and the maximum one on our table is ten kilograms. Look at the big grouper, there are sixty or seventy kilograms, I specially arranged to use one of ten kilograms, so I didn't waste it. I wanted to keep a low profile, but my strength was not allowed."

Chen Gong saw the big dragon pack in the bucket, and the guy was staring at Chen Gong fiercely.

As for the sling crabs, they are all so big, and the sea bass is not outstanding.

"Okay, I've seen it a lot, the things in the sea are so big."

"These are all small fish and shrimps. In summer, a giant Kun, ten feet long, died on the shore and was divided by the fishermen and returned home to refine oil."

Seafood is OK to eat occasionally, and it tastes quite delicious, but as a mainlander, Chen Gong still feels hungry after eating seafood, and he has to eat some noodles to feel full.

Thinking of what Lu Bu said, the ocean is a treasure house, and now it seems that it is absolutely impossible to be wrong.

After dinner, Chen Gong asked about the yield of kelp and sea salt.

This is a kelp production area, but there is no saying that breeds these days, and it is all about picking wild kelp. This year, there is a yield of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of kelp. People at the seaside don’t want to eat kelp, but they are a good treasure when they go inland.

Yantian has built 8,000 acres this year, and will continue to expand next year and the year after, reaching more than 30,000 acres.

The price of salt in Xuzhou is still cheap. The official salt costing five cents per pound is far lower than the other princes’ seven or eight cents. As for the large salt bricks eaten by animals that only 20 kilograms per pound, it can be regarded as the price of conscience.

From the initial dozens of people to more than 500 people, the shipbuilding workshop has improved its skills from more than 200 fishing boats, and has already possessed the ability to build large ships.

Chen Gong coordinated with Langya County, and Donghai County transported dry wood suitable for shipbuilding to Lianyun County first, and then arranged for the two counties to choose suitable mountains and cut down big trees suitable for shipbuilding.

Cutting down big trees is a very difficult project in this year.

Chen Gong arrived in Tancheng and inspected with Hou Cheng.

I chose a large area of ​​thousands of acres of red pine forest in the southern part of Tancheng, which was lush and green, basically the same thickness as one person, and it was more than ten feet taller.

Chen Gong was stunned: "This pine forest does not look like a natural forest, it should be of human race."

Hou Cheng flattered: "The military advisor is the military advisor, his eyes are very accurate. This was planted by the father of the local wealthy man Li Taigong. It has been almost eighty years. After counting it, there are more than 8,000 trees used together, which is enough to complete our lord's shipbuilding business."

"It's very good. It's close to the main road, which is convenient for transportation, so it's definitely suitable for shipbuilding. But these 8,000 big trees are so expensive. Can you afford it?"

"This Li Taigong family has a wealth of wealth and a lot of food. When he was in trouble with the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army broke through the village and the family ran away. I sent someone to search for it and there were no immediate relatives anymore. As for those with the same clan and surname, they have no inheritance rights, which means that this forest belongs to the government now, so we don't have to spend money."

Chen Gong was relieved of his heart. Although the Yellow Turban Army had not succeeded, it destroyed many powerful families and powerful people.

Although he has opened a money minting workshop recently, Lu Bu spent money very fiercely, and the treasury is only tens of thousands of guan. The military treasury is at most 100,000 guan.
Chapter completed!