Chapter 2831: The Northern Land’s 0 Family Is More Emotional

Amid farewells on the shore, the fleet sailed north.

There is a large amount of rubber piled there, and future ships will also bring some back to Datang.

"When ships sail on long distances in the future, they must carry the majority of supplies. From one place to another, food and water must be packed three times as much."

Li Yi used his binoculars to see the excitement of the navies on other ships, worried that they were too arrogant and frantically reduced supplies in order to transport goods.

"It was written into laws and military regulations, not only in the navy, but also in the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Longji did not consult with the ministers at all. If he transported less goods, he would transport less goods. People's safety was his first priority.

Song Jing felt the sea breeze: "Sailboats should be eliminated. They are inconvenient, dangerous, and have low carrying capacity. Rent steam engines to them, and their sailboats..."

"Sell it to the barbarian merchants. The barbarian merchants need it." Su Ting gave the idea. It was a pity that the sailboat was destroyed.

"Brother Yi?" Li Longji asked others at this time.

“In addition to selling the original sailing ships, we should also organize manpower to build sailing ships next to the port specifically for barbarian merchants.

With the technology of the Yi merchants, the cost for them to manufacture a sailboat was much higher than that for us.

They don't know how to sell our sailboats to them. They want to study our sailboats and build them themselves.

We provide them with finished products, and it is obviously not cost-effective for them to make them themselves. I think there will be a naval battle in the future. "

Li Yi is afraid that others will learn the technology and imitate it. Now only the sailing ships of the Tang Dynasty are the most powerful. The Japanese are not good at all and they are all small boats.

The situation among the barbarian merchants was even worse. The technology of the Umayyad dynasty was considered advanced, and even crossing the Strait of Gibraltar was so laborious.

When everyone has more ships, the battles originally on land will inevitably enter the ocean, and they will attack you while you are transporting troops and food.

Roman fire was used to burn ships, but the ships were small. The sailing ships of the Tang Dynasty were large and had nails inside, not all mortise and tenon structures.

"Very good!" Li Longji nodded this time, he should build ships and sell them.

"What's the selling price?" Su Ting asked.

"Four times the cost." Li Yi raised four fingers, 300% profit.

At that time, the profits of bulk carriers were low, ranging from more than 4% to 6%.

Today's Datang sailing ships are equivalent to warships and liquefied gas ships at that time, high value-added things.

"If they think it's expensive, they don't have to buy it. They might even buy one, dismantle it, and learn to build it to see how much it costs."

Li Yi is confident that the boat is not that easy to build. After dismantling it, see if it can be put back together.

Part of the mortise and tenon structure on the key boat was finally locked and was not alive. When replacing it, the entire set had to be replaced.

In addition, the sailing canvas and ropes have different processing techniques, so the quality assurance is different.

Even so, you have to keep it as secret as possible, and don't let others learn from it and develop it later.

"How much does it cost to build a ship?" Yao Chong studied farming, but not shipbuilding.

"It depends on what kind of ship to build and how many ships to build. The ship is naturally more expensive than the cheaper to build. Everyone divides the work and performs flow processing. One person is only responsible for building one position and determining the size.

The steam engines on Zhuangzi are getting cheaper and cheaper, and the cost of Datang's steam ships has also been reduced. The current steam ship is less than one-third of the first one.

oops! Several shipyards should be built to build sailing ships in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Haizhou.

Just like building a steam engine ship, the combined gantry crane is cheaper and faster to build.

Transporting wood from abroad, the Tang Dynasty wood is cut down as little as possible to preserve water and soil, and has a variety of economic trees. "

Li Yi said that he wanted to sell a large number of ships, but his shipping capacity in Datang was still not enough.

There are so many good things out there, and we need others to deliver them and collect taxes on the way.

"Gangrou, do sailboats still exist on the rivers?"

Zhang Jiuling thought of the Pearl River, Yangtze River, and Yellow River. Every year, people and goods were lost when boats capsized.

"Uh..." Li Yi hesitated: "Some people have been working as a boatman for a lifetime, and suddenly they change to a steam engine ship. If they can't adapt, they will be eliminated."

"It's better to find simple jobs for them than to work for them all their lives and end up dying there," Zhang Jiuling insisted.

"Sure, from now on in the Tang Dynasty, except for river ferry boats and fishing boats, all boats will be converted into steam engines.

Recruit workers, cooperate with the manufacturing of steam engines, and distribute some with low technical requirements, otherwise there will not be enough people.

The people in Zhuangzi also need to build internal combustion engines. Internal combustion engines are smaller and more practical than steam engines. "

Li Yi frowned, what kind of job can he find for the laid-off boatmen?

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Four days later, the fleet arrived at its northern location. The locals already knew that the team was leaving, and they even knew that someone was staying to help direct it.

Pieces of rubber sheets were piled on the shore and covered with bitter cloth to avoid sunlight.

Li Longji got off the boat to meet the people here. The people's faces were full of smiles. His Majesty the Tang Dynasty came in person.

"How is your life? What's the problem?" Li Longji asked with concern.

The leader nodded repeatedly: "Okay, well, we have everything here. The ship that came first has nothing to do except transport things over there.

We fished all day long and built wooden houses that were durable and must not be damp.

It looks like we have enough fish to feed us for three years. We can eat it every day, every meal, and eat it hard.

We are going to exchange it with others. We built our own boat and can fish. net usually enough to eat.

We don't want to fight them now. They couldn't fight us before. "

As the leader spoke, he turned around and saw a man. He took a big knife from his hand, Tang Hengdao, and turned around to face Li Longji again.

When others wanted to step forward, Li Longji raised his hand to stop them.

"This knife is powerful. It can kill people one by one. We are not afraid of wild beasts. We have bows and arrows, knives, and spears."

He handed the knife to Li Longji, and he probably realized that he should not take weapons.

Li Longji took it and weighed it, then turned his head and asked, "Are you not afraid of being beheaded?"

"Your Majesty, the enemy does not have the same weapon. It is enough, and the forging speed is fast. I don't feel bad if it breaks."

A craftsman from the Li family's manor next to him said that he led people to forge it here. No matter how powerful the navy is, it can't forge it! Just use it!

The front and back weight ratio and quality of the horizontal knife made in the Tang Dynasty were directly pulled out to test the knife.

"Your Majesty, we can't chop it. Master Zhou told us that it's not as good as the good swords of our army. I've seen it, and it's indeed better than the ones of our army.

We are all willing to use this. It's fast to make, and we help blow the wind. We each have one. If there are any extra ones, we will keep them and not give them to others.

He also left us iron bars, and we will try to make tools ourselves.

Master Zhou said that he was worried that others would not teach him. We were the first to join the Tang Dynasty, and he told us because of his loyalty."

The leader thought that Li Longji was going to chop off Master Zhou's head, so he quickly stopped him and sold him out.

"Please ask for mercy, and I will spare his life."

Li Longji gave the favor, otherwise he would not have killed the people of Lijiazhuangzi.

The craftsmen of Lijiazhuangzi treasured it, but the knives they made didn't show any technical content. They must have been bought, right?

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me." Craftsman Zhou cooperated and smiled gratefully at the leader. (To be continued.)