I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Luo Shixing said: "Yes, because the driving method has changed. Most of the ships used to rely on sails and hand cranks. This time I changed it to rely on pedals. You know the keel waterwheel? It's similar to that. Sailors use pedals It is better to drive the wheels to drive the water paddle, because of this power, so I call it a car and boat.”

Cui Shenji's eyes widened, he looked at the drawing seriously and couldn't help but said: "This... this is a good way."

The strength of the legs is always greater than that of the arms, so a boat of the same size may require fewer boatmen.

Cui Shenji looked at the drawings. Luo Shixing's drawings generally like to mark the proportions on them. Although Jiaozhou has a fixed proportion now, and everyone knows this regulation, Luo Shixing feels that they have to go out. The drawings may one day need to be given. Outsiders may not necessarily know their proportions, and it is much easier to have labels.

Now the proportions on that blueprint are converted... Cui Shenji did the calculations in his mind, and couldn't help but gasp: "This boat...isn't it three or forty feet long?"

Luo Shixing nodded: "That's right, about 35 feet long and [-] feet wide."

Converted into the units of later generations, it is about 110 meters in length and 45 meters in width.

Such a ship design is definitely a huge ship at the moment. Even the largest building ship, that is, the current warship cannot reach this size.

The design of the cargo ship is so big... can it work?

Cui Shenji was quite worried, and Luo Shixing asked, "Do you think this boat is good?"

of course?Of course it is good, Cui Shenji has never seen such a big boat in his life.

Luo Shixing put away the drawings slowly and said: "But it can't be built now. First, our port doesn't have the ability to berth such a large ship. Second, our cargo is not so much in a short period of time, so we don't need such a large ship." boat, so this is just a design of mine, and it will actually be a smaller version of this when it is actually implemented."

Although it is a reduced version, it may be similar to this in many places, but building a large ship is different from building a small ship, no matter how similar they are.

After hearing this, Cui Shenji had a regretful expression on his face, and couldn't help sighing, "I don't know if I will see such a huge ship come into the world in my lifetime."

Luo Shixing said with a smile: "Mr. Cui is of course able to see him when he is in his prime. We can take this as our goal."

Cui Shenji was very excited after hearing this. Indeed, it is much easier to have a fixed goal than to develop blindly. The most important thing for them now is to start sailing and trade, and only after making money can they build big ships.

In fact, Luo Shixing hasn't shown him the blueprint of the battleship yet. The main reason is that Luo Shixing considers that these gentlemen are not too radical. If someone provokes them, they will beat them back without saying a word, no matter whether the other party has made a move or not. .

But they definitely don't want to take the initiative to attack, and they are not that interested in developing weapons and the like.

Anyway, it is impossible to start the construction of warships in a short period of time, so let's keep it a secret.

After Cui Shenji walked out in high spirits, Luo Shixing was relieved.

He was really worried that Cui Shenji would jump with him. After all, the simultaneous construction of the port and the shipyard was a bit stressful, so he had to give Cui Shenji a piece of cake to give him some motivation.

But what surprised him was that Cui Shenji didn't protest at all. Could it be that the temptation of giant ships is really so great?

Cheng Jingwei laughed when he heard his question: "It's different, this time, although there are many projects, it's not difficult."

In the past, the projects formulated by Little Lynx were many and demanding, and the most important thing was that the construction period was short.

At that time, the little lynx was more impatient. Impatience is probably a common problem of every young person, and he always wants to achieve it in one step.

And after these years, the little lynx also understands that there are many things that cannot be rushed, so this time the goal is not high. The port only needs to be able to park small cargo ships. The shipyard also manufactured small cargo ships at the beginning, so the workload is actually not very high. It is not as big as the workload of the salt factory.

Cheng Jingwei could understand it, but Luo Shixing didn't understand it, and muttered, "The workload is not small. Could it be that the cakes you painted are really useful?"

After hearing this, Cheng Jingwei asked, "You didn't plan to build this ship?"

Luo Shixing blinked: "Who said that? Of course it has to be built, but not now, the wood needed for such a huge ship is very harsh."

Giant ships naturally also need giant wood, and the wood that can build such a huge ship generally grows in Southeast Asia. Fortunately, they are located in Southeast Asia, and they just need to find and plant them.

Therefore, giant ships will not be built in the short term, just like ports will not be built too big from the beginning.

Of course, even if it is easy to say, the construction of the port has lasted for more than four months. This is still a small port, and it will take some time to expand it into a medium-sized port on this basis.

Compared with the port, the purchase of ships is much easier, because Luo Shixing wrote a letter to the economic envoy.

The cargo ship is not a strategic material, and it is not difficult to buy it, but Luo Shixing has a lot to buy, so he made a request: he also wants to bring some craftsmen to repair it.

These days, craftsmen do not have a particularly clear division of labor. Generally, ship repairers can build ships.

Luo Shixing's writing to him was actually just doing it casually, and it's okay if he can't help.

However, the Economic Envoy attached great importance to this matter. The port of Luo Shixing was approved by the Empress Dowager. No one in the court knew that although Jiaozhou was located in a remote place, the governor of Jiaozhou was the Empress Dowager's confidant, even the confidant of her confidants.

Anyway, there is no theory that everyone has never been treated by Wu Zhao as soon as he puts forward an idea. For so many years, Luo Shixing was the only one.

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Shixing's background could be checked, everyone would have wondered if he was related to the Queen Mother.

No, it's useless even if there is a relationship. Shouldn't the empress dowager's own son be exiled or exiled?

Many people analyzed why Luo Shixing was able to do this, but they didn't seem to see what he did to please the Queen Mother.

Sending mirrors can only be regarded as what he likes. It is true that he has some skills in cultivating grain seeds, but it is not enough to make the Queen Mother look at him differently, right?

Everyone analyzed for a long time but failed to come up with any results. It can only be attributed to the fact that this child may have some nagging ability that the Queen Mother values.

The envoy did not expect that the county magistrate he promoted on a whim is now so powerful, but he did not analyze Luo Shixing like other courtiers, and he didn't want to be promoted, he just wanted to stay in office in peace, and beg for bones in two years That's it.

Of course, even so, Luo Shixing couldn't be offended. Anyway, Luo Shixing just asked for help, and the matter was not troublesome.

The economic envoy wanted to make friends with Luo Shixing, and directly gave him ten large, medium and small cargo ships, and then sent more than 100 craftsmen over.

These craftsmen are all slaves, and they are official slaves. They will go wherever the government tells them to go.

Luo Shixing didn't expect Jinglue to be so generous, so he quickly wrote a letter to thank him and sent some not particularly expensive souvenirs to him.

The strategy made it obvious that he wanted to make friends with him. If he made the calculation too clearly, it would hurt his feelings.

With these ships and people, Luo Shixing's previous arrangement can start.

He had thought before that if you want Jiaozhou's things to go out, you must first be able to sell them locally, and the first place to sell them must be selected.

Luo Shixing chose Hangzhou again and again after thinking about it. First of all, this is the starting point of the canal. The current canal has not abandoned Luoyang.

If there is this canal, it can be directly transferred from the port to the inland water system, and then transported all the way to Luoyang.

As the capital city, Luoyang has developed commerce, so it is naturally the first choice for doing business.

Secondly, he still remembered that it was said that King Luo Bin became a monk in Lingyin Temple, and Lingyin Temple was in Hangzhou.

Now he can't say that he is going to find King Luo Bin. Although he is an official, his father is indeed a traitor, and if he is found out, something will happen, so he needs to find an excuse.

Of course, it is not easy to settle in Hangzhou and Luoyang. The more developed the place, the harder it is to open up the situation, but that is for ordinary people.

There are so many big men around Luo Shixing, although it is said that the Langya Wang family has a place name, but in fact it only represents their birthplace, and the clansmen of these aristocratic families are all over the country.

They not only serve as officials, but also do business, and even many guilds in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have shadows behind them.

Now the status of these big bosses in the family is not as good as before. After all, a family cannot have no influence in the center. Seeing that these big bosses can't recover in the short term, they have to train new people.

But it's still possible to ask them to help matchmaking, Luo Shixing even plans to hand over things to these guilds to sell.

Then I encountered a problem-the ownership of rapeseed oil is not very easy to determine.

Nowadays, oil is a relatively expensive material, not everyone can afford it, so there is no guild formed at all.

After Luo Shixing knew about it, he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he smiled and said, "Since there isn't one, let's take the lead in building one."

The price of rapeseed oil is low, and it is an oil that a well-off family can afford. Even if various costs are included, the final price is twice the cost price, which is cheaper than ordinary chicken oil.

Because the breeds of pigs and chickens these days cannot provide a lot of fat, fat has become a scarce item instead.

But since he had to come by himself, Luo Shixing simply asked people to buy a store in Hangzhou and Luoyang, and set up a department store where everything was sold.

Of course, at present, we can only sell some Lingnan local specialties, such as salt, oil, soy sauce, and soy sauce. As for glass, Luo Shixing positions it as a luxury item and needs to open another shop.

The people who opened the shop have already been found. They are all Han Chinese who were exiled from Hangzhou back then. For them, they are returning to their homeland. With the help of big bosses, at least they can guarantee that they will not be bullied too hard in the local area. .

In addition, Luoyang is a little more complicated. After thinking about it, Luo Shixing decided to cooperate with Princess Taiping and Wu Chengsi.

It's just that Princess Taiping asked her to help set up the shop, no one managed it, and they sold the goods, while Wu Chengsi gave him shares and didn't let him intervene.

Luo Shixing believed in Wu Zhao's level of education for his daughter, but he didn't quite trust her nephew.

But in any case, there is absolutely no problem with these two covering them.

In addition, Luo Shixing also made a decision that puzzled many people: he planned to buy a house in Luoyang!

The bosses were all a little puzzled by his decision, but Cheng Jingwei asked thoughtfully, "I heard that recently you heard all the orders from the glass factory and are making something?"

Luo Shixing nodded: "Yes."

Cheng Jingwei nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but Li Youdao asked, "Is this a preparation for entering Beijing in the future?"

Luo Shixing nodded in response, "That's right."

Li Youdao smiled: "That's too early. After you have been governor of Jiaozhou for a few years, you should be transferred to Zhongzhou or Shangzhou, and then you will be transferred to the central government after a few years without making any mistakes."

Luo Shixing smiled and said, "It's not for this."

Li Youdao was a little strange, but Luo Shixing smiled and stopped talking.

Soon Li Youdao knew exactly what Luo Shixing was preparing for—in July, Seng Faming and others wrote four volumes of the "Da Yun Jing", saying that Tianhou is the incarnation of Maitreya Buddha who came down to earth and should be the master of the world. world.

Wu Zhao is about to ascend the throne.