Chapter 223

In front of the governor's office, there was a lot of noise because Xiao Ming came back.

Many people and merchants also stopped to wait and see. They were excited when they learned that the king of Qi had returned to Qingzhou.

They are all given by Xiao Ming now. Naturally, I hope Xiao Ming will always provide them with protection and convenience in Qingzhou.

"What happy event?"

When he was in Chang'an, the four major troubles in Fiji bothered Xiao Ming for a while. The barbarians didn't say that there were two restless neighbors in Linhai. He was really plagued by disasters. Now any good news is very important to him.

"Zhang Liang came yesterday and said that the first Galen ship was about to be completed. He came to ask his highness how many days he could come back. I didn't expect that his highness would come back today."

"The Galen is almost finished?" Xiao Ming was surprised.

"Yes."

Pang Yukun said that he didn't feel much about the galleon, but it must be very important to see Xiao Ming so excited.

"Ha ha ha That's great. This Liang said that he would hand over three galleons to Wang at the end of the year. It seems that half a year has passed. After all, it's a bit impressive. " Xiao Ming said.

Xiao Ming was so excited, not because he could sail with the Galen, but because the launch of the Galen meant that Qingzhou had the ability to build the Galen.

And then it shows that since then, there have been a group of craftsmen in Qingzhou to build large warships, which is extremely precious. With this group of craftsmen, he can formally expand and regularize the shipbuilding industry, laying the foundation for the formation of the navy fleet in the future.

At the same time, the training of naval professionals should also be put on the agenda.

During this period of time, the school of Bowen has been engaged in the recruitment of talents, but many specific courses have not been set up. After all, at that time everything was for the war of Cangzhou. Now it's time to put education on the agenda.

After all, the advantage of technology is education.

Xiao Ming was naturally excited when Galen had her eyes, but like Pang Yukun, Lu Fei and Luo Xin didn't feel much.

To them, the Galen is just a ship, and it has no special significance.

This is also the fundamental reason why the modern navy has always lagged behind and never attached importance to maritime rights and interests.

But there's no way. The northern soldiers are not good at water stations. It's a common problem, so they don't feel much about boats.

But Xiao Ming comes from modern times. He deeply knows that the ocean will bring wealth and strength to a country, and the most important one is the trade route.

Today, the silk road is occupied by barbarians, which cuts off the trade routes between Dayu and Western countries. This one is fatal to Dayu, and in this way, a sea route becomes very necessary.

After a brief exchange with a group of officials in the governor's office, Xiao Ming asked aster and lvluo to go back first, while he and Pang Yukun went directly to the shipbuilding Workshop on the lower reaches of Xiaoqing River outside the city.

Lu Fei, Luo Xin and others took the cavalry to Qingzhou camp.

Since Zhang Liang was asked to build the Galen ship, he had little to do with it except allocating slaves and providing woodworking lathes. From his point of view, he was not willing to interfere too much in the duties of his subordinates.

Because in this way, not only are they tired, but they can't really master the technology he provides by themselves.

Therefore, he only provided a set of drawings for the Galen ship, and the equipment department basically taught it in the form of teaching. The specific operations were all explored by themselves.

"Your Highness, this is the front." After riding for half an hour, they arrived at the bend of the river.

Xiaoqing river suddenly turns a bend here. The river is bulging. It is wide in the middle and narrow at both ends. Moreover, the river here seems to be very deep, which is suitable for building shipbuilding workshops.

Standing on the Bank of the river, Xiao Ming looked down. At this time, the hulls of three galleons were berthed in the bend. On the broad beach, the craftsmen were busy, and the slaves were transporting logs and rivets back and forth.

On the side near the Bank of the river is a one hundred meter long brick house with a pointed roof. Many craftsmen come in and out to lift out the processed boards. There is the sound of sawing wood inside. This is the main building of the shipbuilding workshop.

At this time, Zhang Liang was on the beach, holding the drawings against the hull, pointing out constantly in his hands, as if he was correcting some problems.

He and Pang looked at each other and walked down the bank slope.

The bodyguard guarding the shipyard saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun coming and immediately opened the door.

"Your Highness."

Zhang Liang also noticed Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun at this time. He immediately welcomed them with a smile on his face.

"Not bad. It's going to sail soon." Of the three galleons on the beach, the first is basically completed, and the builders are painting the hull with tung oil.

This wooden boat sails in the water, and the water is very corrosive to the wood. Especially, the Galen is still sailing in the sea, and the seawater is more corrosive to the wooden boat.

Therefore, after the completion of the hull, builders will brush tung oil on the hull to prevent water and prolong the service life of the ship.

"Your Highness's words make me feel guilty. It's difficult to finish the three galleons this year, but I have to finish it for your highness if I don't eat or sleep." Instead of being happy, Zhang Liang was a little frightened.As they walked around the hull, Xiao Ming didn't hope to launch the three galleons, but he couldn't say it.

Otherwise, these people will surely slack off, so we can't let go of the task.

"In that case, we have to work hard," he said

"Yes, your highness." Zhang Liang respectfully said that he was still guilty. As a slave, he did not dare to be careless.

At the bottom of the boat, Xiao Ming patted the supports on both sides of the boat.

These supports are made of wood, similar to the scaffold on the building, which is also indicated on the drawing.

In the past, wooden ladders were generally used in shipbuilding, but this was not conducive to the construction of large ships. Therefore, scaffolding was built first to facilitate the builders to climb up and down, install boards, break rivets and brush tung oil.

"Your Highness, this kind of thing called scaffold is really convenient, but it makes shipbuilding much faster." Zhang Liang said, with admiration for Xiao Ming in his heart, and he didn't know how Xiao Ming learned this way.

"That's for sure. When the tung oil is finished, these scaffolds will be dismantled and rebuilt to build the next Galen. This is called flow process, which saves materials and time."

On the beach, three galleons have all built scaffolding more than 10 meters high, but this is not a small project.

Zhang Liang nodded when he heard the speech. From the king of Qi's mouth, there were always some words that he had never heard before. It's no surprise. But this time he went to Xiao Ming not only to tell him the good news, but also some troubles.

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