Chapter 80 Small Leap Forward

"I heard that Wei was rich and prosperous, but now it seems that we have seriously underestimated King Wei."

Pang Yukun stood beside Xiao Ming, the shadow of the sailing warship flashed in his eyes, revealing a faint worry.

"Not only King Wei, no vassal king will be as low as this king, but we don't have to belittle ourselves. As long as we are down-to-earth and surpass them, it is only a matter of time." Xiao Ming said confidently.

100,000 slaves, 3 million stone of food, this is another catalyst for him, enough to quickly advance his plan.

Pang Yukun opened his mouth, originally wanting to say that what is lacking most now is time, but the words stopped again, the future is unpredictable, who can say what.

If God bless King Qi, the future will be smooth sailing.

This time, Chen Qi and Chen Wenlong both came over, and Zhang Liang was also there. At this time, Zhang Liang said, "These warships are all warships built by the Ding Family Shipyard in Jinling City. When my father was reborn, we went there to see it. However, it is indeed larger than our shipyard, and there are many craftsmen who are proficient in the construction of warships."

"Don't grow other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige. The warship blueprints this king gave you are not weak." Xiao Ming said.

"Your Highness is right." Zhang Liang is still amazed by Xiao Ming's warship drawings, "This time, His Highness has allocated 10,000 slaves to the shipyard. Our manpower is really enough. I promise to launch five ships this year A Galen ship."

Xiao Ming nodded, "That's fine."

When the shipyard was restored, Xiao Ming did not provide too much labor for the shipyard, but gave a large number of slaves to the workshop area. In his opinion, only the production capacity of the workshop area can be improved. The shipyard provides ample spare parts.

Now that 100,000 slaves have entered Qingzhou, and the labor in his hands is sufficient, he immediately allocated it to the shipbuilding workshop. During this time, Zhang Liang's research and development of the Galen ship has basically been completed, and the technical backbone is now available. The following is the construction stage.

Ten thousand people build five Galen ships a year, and the coordination of the workshop area is basically no problem.

After receiving the first batch of supplies and slaves, Xiao Ming and Zhang Liang went to the shipbuilding workshop. For so long, Zhang Liang and others have been restoring the facilities in the shipbuilding workshop.

At the shipyard in the lower reaches of the Tuojiang River, Xiao Ming saw some craftsmen making the keel of the Galen ship, which is the main support structure of the Galen ship, similar to the function of the beams of the house.

Seeing the craftsmen busy running on the river bank, Xiao Ming suddenly remembered something, he said: "There is something that this king forgot, our shipyard still lacks something?"

"Please also express your Highness." Zhang Liang said puzzled.

Xiao Ming said slowly, "Dry dock."

"Dry dock?" Zhang Liang was startled.

Xiao Ming didn't expect Zhang Liang to understand, so he explained that this dry dock is actually a building structure similar to a production workshop.

It's just that this structure is used to produce sailing warships. It is closed on three sides and one side is adjacent to the water. The ships are built in dry dock and can also be used for future maintenance.

By setting various construction equipment on both sides of the dry dock, the construction can be carried out conveniently. Even in modern times, the dry dock is still an indispensable facility for building ships.

Xiao Ming naturally does not expect to be able to build a modern level dry dock, but it is rudimentary.

Zhang Liang's family has built ships for generations. He immediately understood the concept and said excitedly: "Your Highness, if this kind of dry dock is built, it can be standardized and mass-produced Galen ships."

"That's right, each tonnage of sailing warships requires different dry docks. So, come to me when you are free, and I will teach you some shipbuilding knowledge." Xiao Ming said.

Zhang Liang nodded, looking excited. Xiao Ming showed him unprecedented shipbuilding techniques. For him, this was a new page in the history of shipbuilding.

The shipyard in Dayu is actually a simple shed with some woodworking equipment inside. Xiao Ming is really not interested in such a shipyard.

After a brief look, he left. He also asked Zhang Liang to go to Bo Wen Tang to study. Now that he has enough manpower, his various plans can be implemented. Otherwise, like the Galen ship, it will be delayed again.

When he arrived at the palace, Xiao Ming did not sit idle, but wrote down the knowledge in his mind and turned it into textbooks one after another.

These textbooks include mathematics, chemistry, physics, and various technical materials.

He wants to use these technical materials to make Bo Wen Tang the first modern comprehensive university in Dayu Country, and provide Qingzhou with a steady stream of talents.

All these materials Xiao Ming is written in the vernacular. The students of Bo Wenxue Tang not only need to understand the Dayu script, but also the vernacular script. Teaching the vernacular.

In the next few days, the slaves that King Wei promised to Xiao Ming arrived one after another. Xiao Ming divided 70,000 of these slaves to the workshop area, and the remaining 20,000 to the mine.

With the arrival of 100,000 slaves, coupled with the slaves that Liang Dahai continued to sell, the workshop area that received a lot of labor began to expand under Xiao Ming's instructions.

The first is that the steel workshop expanded its production scale. Xiao Ming increased the number of workers in the steel workshop to 30,000, which is already the number of workers in a large steel mill in modern times.

But here, the production capacity formed by these 30,000 people is only equivalent to a small steel mill, but for Xiao Ming, this is enough for the time being.

Of the remaining 40,000 people, most of them were given to lathe workshops, and the rest were given to breweries, perfume workshops, cement workshops and other workshops.

After the allocation of 100,000 people was completed, the industrial park was immediately expanded under the leadership of Chen Wenlong, and a large-scale industrial park will slowly rise to the north of Qingzhou.

"His Royal Highness, these slaves are mixed, and they were sent by the King of Wei. I am afraid that there will inevitably be people who are restless." It is very rare for the 100,000 people to build the workshop area in full swing.

There was a lot of movement this time, and Pang Yukun, who had always been uninterested in the workshop area, also came over.

"Of course I know this." Xiao Ming looked at the slaves who were pushing the sand and cement the factory building and said, "The guards on the left and right have arranged for people to monitor these slaves. Anyone who is restless will be killed to ensure that he will not be able to leave the workshop. Area."

Pang Yukun nodded, Xiao Ming's methods are getting more and more ruthless, but this is the quality that a hero should have, be generous to his own people, and cruel to the enemy.

"By the way, Your Highness, I have already thought of the location of the Bowen Hall. The only place in Qingzhou City that is suitable for building the Bowen Hall is Liuyunfang in the west of the city. There are only a few households in that place. ."