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With the complete relocation of the imperial government offices, the streets of Wuchang Mansion became more and more prosperous.

After inspecting the preparations for the Wuchang Shipyard, Yu Zhu stood on the bank of the river with his hands behind his back, looking at the large and small cargo ships passing by, he couldn't help but raise his lips slightly, and turned to ask Zhang Tingyu: "Hengchen, is the matter of moving the capital to be done?" correct?"

"Go back to the emperor and move the capital to Wuchang. The merits will be in the present and the benefits will be in the future."

Even though Zhang Tingyu really wanted to object, he couldn't find a reason at all.

The facts are there.

Since the capital was moved to Wuchang Prefecture, the millions of water workers on the canal have gradually become water workers on the river.

The boat is ready-made, and the manpower is also ready-made, and they are directly replaced.

Moreover, transporting grain from the land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River to Wuchang Mansion can reach the shore in one boat.This is many times easier than sending grain to Beijing.

Caoliang goes northward along the canal, passing dozens of ship locks along the way, and the number of trackers required along the way is hundreds of thousands, which is indeed a lot of waste.

The capital is in the north, and many state capitals and market towns along the canal have become richer with the huge flow of people and goods.

After the capital was moved to Wuchang, the major prefectures along the Yangtze River, such as Jiujiang Mansion, Anqing Mansion, and Chizhou Mansion, became richer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With the British shipbuilders in place one after another, Wuchang Shipyard and Wusong Shipyard started construction almost at the same time.

In the era of wooden sailboats, on the Yangtze River, in fact, as long as it was on the river bank, shipyards could be built.

However, the British shipbuilding capitalists chose Wusongkou as the address.

It must be admitted that the British do have a sense of the ocean and have a very good vision for site selection.

Wusongkou is right next to the estuary of the Yangtze River, and the walnuts shipped from Southeast Asia can be unloaded directly in the shipyard, which saves a lot of transportation costs.

In the era of sailing battleships, the wood of European man-made ships was either oak or walnut.

The distance of oak is too far, and the transportation cost is too high, and walnut, which is abundant in Southeast Asia, has become a better choice.

However, Yuzhu is very clear that the best material for building wooden boats is actually teak.

During World War II, in order to facilitate maintenance, the aircraft carriers of Europe, America and Japan were covered with decks made of teak.

Yuzhu is located in Wuchang. In order to guide the development of the shipbuilding industry nearby, Wuchang Shipyard came into being.

Wusongkou Shipyard is a shipyard wholly owned by British businessmen, while Wuchang Shipyard is a Sino-British joint venture shipyard.

In terms of shipbuilding, the British do have unique skills.

For example, French oak is only air-dried for three years.As for the British, in addition to drying the wood for five years, they will continue to apply a special anti-corrosion grease.

What is the specific fat, the British have always kept a close eye on it, avoiding it.

However, under the deep corrosion of money + beauty, Yu Zhu knew that this oil was actually wood wax oil.

Objectively speaking, as long as local and systematic shipbuilding technicians are gradually cultivated, even if the British earn part of the shipbuilding money, it will be worth it.

Capitalists are not philanthropists. Why do people do business that does not make money?
Zhang Tingyu was in charge of the household department, and Yuzhu asked him to come, mainly for the issue of appropriation.

"Heng Chen, the transfer of money for Wuchang Shipyard must be issued on time no matter what, without any delay." Yuzhu urged Zhang Tingyu again.

After Zhang Tingyu saw the first huge ship in the shipyard with his own eyes, he already understood in his heart that it would cost money like water.

"Your Majesty, there are too many places where the imperial court needs to spend money."

The minister in charge of the household department will not complain, it is tantamount to doing nothing.

Yu Zhu smiled and said: "In addition to the military expenditure of the Imperial Army and the funding of the Imperial Naval Academy, which are the top priorities, the funding of Wuchang Shipyard must be sufficient."

This is a death order, and there is no room for bargaining, so Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to agree.

So many years of experience told Yuzhu that as long as Zhang Tingyu promised things, they were very reliable, so Yuzhu felt relieved.

In the Imperial Naval Academy, the principals and instructors are all hired British, and the teaching materials are also the existing British teaching materials.

There is no way, even if Yuzhu is a time traveler, he is completely a layman when it comes to commanding naval operations.

Professional things must be left to professionals.

After the alliance between the Wa Kingdom and the United Kingdom, the commander of the Naval Fleet of the Wa Kingdom was held by the British for a period of time.

The navy's combat thinking is broad and profound, and it is not afraid of falling behind, but it is afraid of not being willing to study hard, and then catch up, and finally completely surpass the British.

Objectively speaking, Britain was willing to export second-rate battleship-building technology to the Chinese Empire. In addition to the extremely profitable maritime trade, Yuzhu's exceptionally friendly attitude towards the British also played a vital role.

However, the British are the same as the Americans, no matter how strong the relationship is, they will keep their first-class military technology.

After Yuzhu returned to the office, he called Little Tiehammer and Xiaoxuanyu in together.

"The sudden flash flood in Qingyang County, Anhui Province broke down the embankment that had just been repaired, and caused the tragedy of thousands of people being submerged. What do you think?" Yu Zhu asked the two oldest children coldly, shaking the memorial in his hand. son.

"Returning to the emperor's father, I thought that the collapse of the embankment must be due to someone's greed for the river workers' money." Xiaoxuanyu's answer made Yuzhu very satisfied.

The river embankment, which had just been completed, was actually washed away, and the local officials were ashamed to say that it was a flash flood that happened once in a thousand years, and it was really difficult to prevent it.

"Returning to the emperor's father, I think that the corrupt officials should be killed. But what should be killed more is the supervisory office who supervises the construction of the embankment." The analysis of Xiao Tiehammer made Yuzhu nod frequently.

In order to prevent corrupt officials from cutting corners and materials, Yuzhu specially set up a supervision office mainly composed of professional and technical personnel.

However, practice has proved that the benefits of building dikes are too great, and the supervisory office is likely to work hand in hand with the river engineering office.

Well, very good, after so many years of studying and studying memorials from various places, even a fool can see all kinds of tricks in the county, right?

Xiaoxuanyu and Little Tiehammer studied the county, state, prefectural and provincial memorials step by step, and summed up a whole set of methods to see through the evils of love.

"Well, the two of you will leave immediately and go to Qingyang County together. We must find out the truth about the breach of the embankment." Yuzhu put a heavy burden on his sons without hesitation.

Why is the fourth child in history proficient in the abuses of various places?

To put it bluntly, the number of times the fourth brother went out on errands was much more than the other brothers.

The more times I went to Beijing to do business, the sufferings of the people were naturally clear.

Ask the two sons to investigate the case together. It is clear at a glance who investigates carefully and who investigates carelessly.

Moreover, with the passage of time, Yu Zhu's sons gradually became adults, and they were all able to send errands.