Chapter 1029 The third shipyard starts construction! One hundred large docks!

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Of course, Zhang Zhun could not stay in Fujian forever, waiting for Saiviara's return. There were senior naval leaders here and there were complete plans. As long as the main Dutch fleet appeared, the Hu Ben Navy could act according to the plan. Now, he had too many things to deal with and had to leave the Fujian front for a period of time.

On the third day of September, on the morning of the third day of September, Zhang Zhun appeared on the river near Nanjing City. His boat did not have a special sign hanging, so no one knew that the Grand Governor of the Hu Ben Army had arrived in Nanjing. From the boat, he could see that both sides of the Yangtze River and the north side of Nanjing City were quiet and there was no abnormality.

The Longjiang Shipyard near Nanjing is about to be put into use, so Zhang Zhun must take a look in person. This is the third shipyard that the Hu Ben Army is preparing to put into use again, and it is related to the future development of the Hu Ben Army Navy. As the general of the Hu Ben Army, Zhang Zhun of course needs to confirm it personally and have an in-depth understanding.

With the development of the international situation, the Hu Ben Navy will face more opponents. After the Dutch, the Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the British... may all become opponents of the Hu Ben Navy. In other words, more and larger warships are needed to make these countries surrender under the artillery fire of the Hu Ben Navy.

Even if the two original shipyards started construction day and night, they could no longer meet the needs of the Hu Ben Navy, and more shipyards must be put into use. This is the basic reason for the construction of the third shipyard. The Dutch could launch more than 1,000 ships every year. The Hu Ben Navy seemed to have not met such a standard, and it was necessary to redouble its efforts.

Why choose Longjiang Shipyard as a new shipbuilding base? The main reason is that there are unique conditions here. Wood from Jiangnan and craftsmen from Jiangnan can gather in Nanjing. The endless Yangtze River can bring enough wood to the shipbuilding yard. Those wood from all over Jiangnan can be transported through water.

If the shipyard needs any other resources, it can also be transported in large quantities through water. For example, the cotton cloth required for sails, sisal for ropes, and waxed iron for iron anchors can be found around Nanjing. It is convenient to transport and has low cost. The imperial court chose this place as a shipbuilding base, which was also considered in this area.

Basically, the third shipyard covers most of the resources in the Jiangnan region. In less than 500 miles around Nanjing, all resources except wood can be found quickly. In the past, when the Longjiang Shipyard started construction, there was a complete set of supporting processes in the entire southeast half. Many parts and utensils of the ship were processed elsewhere and then transported to the Longjiang Shipyard for assembly.

Obviously, the establishment of a third shipyard can drive the development of the economy in Jiangnan. Such a huge shipyard can not only provide a large number of employment opportunities, but also provide a large amount of consumption capacity and bring a large number of small workshops. In this way, an industrial chain is formed around the shipyard.

In particular, the emergence of the third shipyard will greatly stimulate the development of the shipbuilding industry in Jiangnan. According to Zhang Zhun's experience, a large number of civilian shipyards will appear next to each military shipyard. The Hu Ben Army cleaned up the Longjiang Shipyard and put it into use. Many major merchants in Jiangnan must increase their investment in civilian shipyards.

If the Hu Ben Navy wants to dominate the world, it is not enough to have warships alone, and it also needs a large number of merchant ships to cooperate. Under normal circumstances, a warship basically requires ten merchant ships. These merchant ships can only be built by private shipyards. It seems that the private shipyards in Wulongwan area of ​​Shandong have provided great help to the Hu Ben Army.

At present, the transport ships requisitioned by the Hu Ben Army Navy are all built from the private shipyards in Wulong Bay. Seriously speaking, the construction capacity of the private shipyards in Wulong Bay is stronger than the two shipyards of the Hu Ben Army Navy. Merchant ships with a displacement of 500 tons can be launched in just half a year. But they don’t know how to build professional warships.

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban policy, there were many private shipyards in the Jiangnan area. These private shipyards could even build No. 1 Fu Ship with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and the shipbuilding technology was quite amazing. If the technical teaching of the Hu Ben Army Navy was added, they could even build merchant ships with larger displacement.

"Sir, the third shipyard is ahead."

Wang Junyu whispered.

"Um."

Zhang Zhun nodded.

He held up a thousand-mile mirror and looked at the surrounding environment carefully.

Obviously, everything he saw was completely different from what he saw here six years ago. Six years ago, the surrounding area of ​​Nanjing was quite dilapidated, looking desolate, and there were almost no figures. But now, what he saw was lush trees, full of vitality, and more pedestrians were coming and going.

What Zhang Zhun was particularly noticing was that at the pier north of Nanjing, merchant ships were constantly docking. Many merchant ships were crowded with each other, with masts standing in a spectacular state. The sailors among different merchant ships were greeting loudly. The dock was even more lively. The porters were busy back and forth like ants, and they were sweating profusely loading and unloading goods.

When these merchant ships left, they were all very well-dressed, which shows that the ships must be filled with various cargoes. If the guess is correct, these merchant ships were all ready to rush to Japan. The Hu Ben Army took over the Japanese market, as if it had opened a bottomless pit and needed a large amount of cheap and practical goods. The savvy merchants naturally seized this opportunity to make a fortune as soon as possible.

Zhang Zhun took a boat, slowly upstream, and then turned into a deep river. Inside this river, there was the former site of the Longjiang Shipyard. On both sides of the river, there were sentry ships responsible for alerting and checking the merchant ships coming and going. After inspection, Zhang Zhun took a boat and continued to move forward, and soon arrived at the special dock of the Longjiang Shipyard.

After half a year of cleaning up, the current Longjiang Shipyard has been cleaned up, and the dilapidation of the past can no longer be seen. Zhang Zhun can also see from the Qianlijing that in many corners of the Longjiang Shipyard, there are still a large number of workers busy working hard for the re-opening of the Longjiang Shipyard.

"master."

Yun Pei stood on the dock, waiting for Zhang Zhun's arrival.

Because she has been with Xue Zhidie for a long time, Yun Pei is now quite familiar with the process and process of the shipyard. If Xue Zhidie is a big expert in shipbuilding, she is a small expert in shipbuilding. Therefore, as Xue Zhidie's deputy, she was specially sent to Nanjing to preside over the reconstruction of the third shipyard.

In addition to Yun Pei, there is also a big expert who settled in the third shipyard. This person is Zhao Baolai, who is Xue Zhidie's former master. The Zheng family fleet has been disbanded, and Zhao Baolai, who was employed by the Zheng family fleet, was naturally poached by the Hu Ben Army. Zhao Baolai is very famous, but in fact he is only in his fifties and is quite strong in his body. Such talents are naturally something Zhang Zhun has targeted long ago.

As a technician who basically doesn't care about politics, Zhao Baolai certainly has no resistance to joining the Hu Ben Army. Anyway, his job is to design ships and build ships. It is also his blessing to be valued by Zhang Zhun. Therefore, he came to Longjiang Shipyard very happily and worked hard to clean up the place as soon as possible.

According to Zhang Zhun's long-range plan, after the ninth batch of sword-tooth ships were launched, the Hu Ben Navy no longer produced sword-tooth ships. Dengzhou's second shipyard and Nanjing's third shipyard were all running at full capacity and all produced Dragon God Ship.

In the future, the combat range of the Hu Ben Navy should be in the ocean. The sword-tooth ship with a displacement of only 300 tons still has some risks when sailing in the ocean. Only the Dragon God Ship with a displacement of more than 600 tons will be relatively safe. It can be said that in the next few years, the main battleship of the Hu Ben Navy will change from the sword-tooth ship to the Dragon God Ship. In terms of overall strength, it will be truly improved to a higher level.

As for the No. 1 Shipyard in Qingdao, where Xue Zhidie personally took charge, it began mass production of the King Kong ship. This giant with a displacement of more than 1,200 tons will be launched as early as the end of March next year. If it is found that there is not much technical improvement in technology, it will be mass-produced at the second Shipyard.

"Teacher Zhao!"

Zhang Zhun shook hands with Zhao Baolai with a smile.

"Du, Governor... Hello..."

Zhao Baolai is obviously a person who is not good at communicating and his speech is a little stuttering.

A master who can teach talents like Xue Zhidie is of course of excellent quality, but it is obvious that he is not suitable for such occasions. He is a bit like an old scholar in later generations, focusing only on his own research and not caring about anything else. So Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, letting Zhao Baolai be busy with his own affairs.

"Governor..."

"Governor..."

In the past, several old ship workers from Longjiang Shipyard came up to say hello.

"Hello everyone!"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Hello, Governor!"

Everyone responded enthusiastically.

Zhang Zhun pulled them and chatted casually about homework.

Duan Changfa, Yin Dafu and others were really sighing when talking about their fate in the past few years. When it comes to being moved, some people couldn't help but turn their heads quietly and use their sleeves to wipe away the tears from the corners of their eyes.

Before Zhang Zhun first arrived in Nanjing, they were so poor that they had no meals, and they almost starved to death. Now, earth-shaking changes have taken place. As the backbone of the shipyard, the families of these old boatmen are already quite wealthy. Each person earns at least a few hundred taels of silver every year.

"Master, please come here."

Yun Pei whispered in a low voice.

Accompanied by everyone, Zhang Zhun inspected each dock in the third shipyard.

According to the requirements of chief designer Xue Zhidie and Zhao Baolai's suggestion, the original Longjiang Shipyard will be greatly expanded. The new third shipyard will have 100 super-large docks to build the largest treasure ship. In other words, the ultimate warship with a displacement of 3,000 tons can be built here.

The scale of a total of 100 large shipyards is unprecedented. This means that after the third shipyard is put into use, it will be the largest shipyard under the Hu Ben Army Navy. Here, at least one hundred large warships can be launched at one time. With this super huge shipyard, as long as the Hu Ben Army has enough raw materials and enough silver, various large warships will come out continuously like children's toys.

In order to expand enough shipyards, many places around Longjiang Shipyard were expropriated and demolished. The places where Duan Changfa, Yin Dafu and others used to live had been demolished and excavated into shipyards. Fortunately, this place was originally a desolate area around Nanjing City, and basically no one lived. The third shipyard requisitioned this place could be regarded as turning waste into treasure.

As the dock was excavated, a large amount of silt was brought out. These silt were piled up nearby, and a total of seven peaks were piled up. Yun Pei named the seven peaks one by one. She also allocated some funds to convert these seven artificial peaks into parks. In the near future, this place will become a new and beautiful landscape near Nanjing City.

Now the third shipyard, when you stand on the side, you can't see the edge at all. Only by standing on the top of these seven small peaks can you see a rough look. The huge docks look down on the peaks, like ponds, neat and beautiful, pleasing to the eye.

“It’s worth the money!”

Zhang Zhun quietly muttered to himself in his heart.

In order to build the third shipyard, Zhang Zhun spent a lot of money. Almost all the money he saw was piled up with white silver. Almost half of the military expenses extorted from the Japanese royal family were invested here. Now, the large amount of white silver that had been invested finally had its effect, and he was of course happy.

These large docks will be put into use soon. It is these wide docks that the Hu Ben Navy has the qualification to confront the Dutch. The shipyard with one hundred large docks is probably not visible even in the Netherlands!

“When will it be put into use?”

Zhang Zhun asked a little urgently.

"It'll be in three days."

Yun Pei answered yes.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

The third shipyard is preparing to start construction with a hundred Dragon God Ship. The construction cycle of the Dragon God Ship is about nine months. In other words, by June next year, the third shipyard will have a total of one hundred Dragon God Ship. With the production capacity of the second shipyard, it can be launched with 150 or even 200 Dragon God Ship every year. Such a shipbuilding speed should have hope of catching up with the Dutch.

"Dry!"

"worth!"

"The Dutchman is suffocating!"

Zhang Zhun nodded in satisfaction again.

【beg***!】
Chapter completed!