After leaving the artillery test fire area, Yinzhen took the lead to the Naval Academy. From August to October 10, all the children of the royal family who went out to recruit soldiers had rushed back. The original plan was to recruit 3,000 soldiers, but because the Manchu children in the capital had 700 more, and the famous families also sent more than 300 children, but the result was more than 1,000.

Yinzhen doesn't care. Anyway, the elimination rate of the Navy is very high, and Jiang Customs also needs to train a large number of formal anti-smuggling tax officials, so it simply accepts them all. So now there are more than 4,000 students in the Naval Academy, and all other things are available, but the dormitory is a little tight, and it is not a big problem for the time being. [.]

Although the Naval Academy had not yet been fully built, the training ground was very lively. Due to the different time to arrive in Shanghai, the training progress of the recruits was not consistent, and there were all contents of the queue training. When Yinzhen came to inspect, the group of royal family members who acted as instructors made great efforts to show themselves, and they all wanted to get a good impression.

After Wu Ge and a few others, the team leader saw Yinzhen and immediately ran over to salute and greet him. Yinzhen was basically a must-visit every day. After returning the gift, he asked them to go back and continue training. Then he went to the kitchen for inspection before he turned around to inspect the construction site.

The gunpowder workshop, firearm factory, and foundry are the fastest progress, and the construction is coming to an end, while the shipyard and iron smelting plants and clothing factories are a little slower, and it is estimated that the construction will not be completed until next year.

Gu Yuan is the residence of Gu Changzuo, the richest man in Shanghai in the former Ming Dynasty. Although he had changed hands many times, Gu Yuan's name has been passed down. Because Zhang Pengsheng and Gamintu came too quickly, Songjiang Prefect Zhu Yanzhi was in a hurry and had to borrow Gu Yuan to be the place where they fell.

As soon as he entered Guyuan, Zhang Penghong waved his hand and drove away the servants he followed. While walking leisurely, he asked with a smile: "Zichang (Gamintu), what do you feel when you see him today?"

Gamintu smiled wryly and said, "It is worthy of being trained by the emperor himself. He is very scheming and skillful. What's even more rare is his vision and mind. It's only been a year since he left the capital. The Fourteenth Master gave people a completely different feeling. Thinking about it afterwards, we have been led by him in today's conversation."

"Yes." Zhang Penghong sighed softly, "I originally thought that the Fourteenth Master would disturb this case and were ready to deal with it, but unexpectedly, he made such a move, which was really light. In this way, we have no reason to find Zhang Yuanlong. I have not yet figured out why he would postpone it for a year. Will there be major changes in a year?"

Gamintu asked hesitantly: "It's not what the emperor means, right?"

"No." Zhang Penghong shook his head gently, "It's the emperor's intention. He doesn't have to worry so much, nor does he have to give me a great contribution for nothing."

Gamintu asked in confusion: "Why is the Emperor asking us to investigate this sea robbery?"

"It's just a confusion of the world and a blocking the world's population." Zhang Penghong said as he walked: "This case will sooner or later cause anger, but it has nothing to do with us. I admire the Fourteenth Master's distraction. I won't talk about the timing of this secret order. The merit he gave alone has several meanings. One is to repay his kindness, the other is to use this to divert the emperor's attention, and the third is to use your and my hands to slap the swear words in the face."

After taking two more steps, Zhang Penghong continued, "I am already sixty-two this year, but Zichang, you have just passed by forty-gritty. You might as well get closer to the Fourteenth Master."

When Gamintu heard this, he couldn't help but pause. He put the ready-made hot stove of the Prince and the Eighth Master without burning it, and went to burn the 14th Master's cold stove?

On November 20, two new ships from Zhang Yuanlong Shipyard were launched.

When the news came out, the entire Shanghai county town was in full swing and rushed to the river to see it. Shanghai had not seen a large ship with thousands of materials for many years. Yinzhen had already received a report from Zhang Yuanlong several days ago and rushed to the dock early in the morning. Yinzhen came to the dock once every once in a while, and had long been familiar with it.

Two of four boats are 1,500 pieces, and two of them are 2,000 pieces. The two that were launched today are 1,500 pieces, 42 meters long, 8.6 meters wide, 4.5 meters draft, five masts and ten sails, three main masts are 4 meters high, and they are hanged hard sails. Two auxiliary masts can be undulating and movable, soft cloth sails are hung at the stern. A stern flagpole can be hung at the aft, which can be hung at the general flag or at the stern sail. The bow is equipped with two 4-claw iron anchors each weighing 1,500 kilograms, and the four-claw dragon sign is carved at the outer end of the bow.

After Yinzhen easily resolved a family disaster, he learned from his daughter that Yinzhen wanted to train him into the richest businessman in Jiangnan. Zhang Yuanlong made up his mind and followed Yinzhen wholeheartedly. He followed Yinzhen closely at this time and explained to him from time to time.

Yinzhen was excitedly looking at the new ship from different angles, but a noise came from the dock door. When he turned his head to look, he saw two white men being stopped by their personal guards and arguing with their personal guards. He couldn't help but frown slightly. Zhang Yuanlong hurriedly came forward to explain, "Those two foreign devils are from you, the Fourteenth Master."

Yinzhen glanced at Dachun and said, "Check it out and let them come."

The two white men soon came to the front, and after bent down and bowed, the white man in his forties said bluntly: "His Royal Highness, it is a great honor to see you here. I am a Dutch boatman named do

iendeboe

They all called me Bai Dibao, this is my partner. Bai Shangtian, your shipbuilding technology is too backward. Such a ship cannot install a large number of cannons, and can only be used for merchant ships."

When Zhang Yuanlong heard this, his face immediately sank. How could these foreigners say this? If they don’t slap people in the face, they wouldn’t say in front of me that my ship was not good. Besides, I built a merchant ship.

The Dutch ship craftsman, Yinzhen, couldn't help but lit up his eyes. Although the sea coachman was defeated by Britain, they were still the best in the world in terms of shipbuilding technology. He asked anxiously: "Can you build warships?"

Bai Dibao shook his head, "We don't know how to design, but I have worked in the shipyard for more than 20 years and have handled countless warships. If a ship like you is loaded with thirty cannons, it will fall apart after a few volleys."

Yinzhen didn't know the ship, but he knew that dozens of artillery fired a salvo would produce huge recoil. Considering that the warships had never loaded so many artillery before, they really had no experience in this regard. The possibility that Bai Dibao said existed, and he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Bai Dibao continued: "Your Highness, although we don't know how to design, we all know a lot of things. If you can find a warship from us, I will definitely be able to imitate it."

This is a good idea. The copycat version is our country's strength. He nodded, "Are you the only two of you who can build ships?"

Bai Dibao smiled and said, "I know, we are only the two of us."

"Okay, I'll give you two, a monthly salary of twenty taels of silver per month. You should build my ship with your heart." Yinzhen smiled, "Of course, you have to help me take my apprentice, you two can't build warships."

When Bai Dibao heard this, he hurriedly pulled Bai Shangtian to bow to Yinzhen, "Thank you for your generosity, we will satisfy you."
Chapter completed!