"Your Majesty, what is troubled by the shipyards now is not the technology and quantity of the craftsmen."

Zhang Guangzhe explained why there were not many warships added to the current North Sea Fleet. "The main reason is that most of the timber suitable for shipbuilding was basically cut down during this period, and it was very wet."

"The wood used by shipyards to build ships requires dry wood, so..."

He said while walking, and soon accompanied Zhu Youxiao to the distribution center where the wood was placed.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao had considered this a long time ago.

Not long ago, according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, a super-large wood drying factory had been built in the Chuanliao, and the wood harvested from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula was transported into the drying room for drying.

However, so far, these boatmen have not fully mastered the performance and drying technology of the drying room, and are still in the process of exploration and experimentation.

The first batch of wood that was experimentally dried has been removed from the drying factory.

It’s just because the craftsmen are not familiar with them and do not master the temperature well. There may be problems with the design of the drying room and the ventilation is not very good.

Therefore, some woods dry too quickly and have severe cracking, while some woods have not been completely dried and are still in a semi-dry and semi-wet state.

Therefore, only about 30% of the first batch of experimentally dried wood is considered to be relatively qualified and can be used for shipbuilding.

In addition, 40% of the wood is not dry enough, and it needs to continue to dry in the shade for a period of time before it can be used on the shipbuilding.

There are also 30% of the wood, which becomes waste because the temperature is too high or drying too fast, and cannot be used in shipbuilding. It can only be used as building materials with less demanding requirements, or simply burn charcoal.

Half a month ago, several masters in charge of shipyard management gathered craftsmen to brainstorm and make some adjustments to the furnace, vents and wood placement of the drying room.

Afterwards, a batch of new wood was sent into the drying room, which is still being dried.

After they went in from time to time to check, the drying of this batch of wood was much better than the situation of the first batch of wood, and they could leave the drying room in a few days.

If the specific effect is then, you can see the effect of the process improvement.

Zhu Youxiao has nothing to say about this. He is not an expert in this field. He can only look at these professional craftsmen in terms of technology.

Although he is a time traveler, he is not an all-rounder.

There were too many advanced technologies in later generations, and he knew very little about most of them and could not provide better advice. He could only rely on these craftsmen to explore them step by step.

The first batch of drying wood should be considered a failure, but at least this road has been proven to work. After continuous improvement, the drying room can definitely gradually master the perfect technology.

By then, the densely packed wood and large materials in the Lushun shipyard will be available in large quantities for various shipyards.

Now the Ming Empire court has occupied the entire Liaodong and Goguryeo Peninsula.

There are too many wood suitable for building warships in these two places.

It is only now that we have begun to cut down qualified shipbuilding timbers, otherwise, there would be no need to use drying.

After all, the quality of naturally air-dried wood is better than that of manual drying.

But the current situation is urgent. Whether it is Zhu Youxiao or the two major naval fleets, they are waiting for enough warships to use, and this method has to be adopted.

After the two batches of warships have been busy in the past two months, there is no need to use this quick success method to obtain enough materials to build the warships in the future.

Now Zhu Youxiao saw that many newly harvested wood have been added to the material yard.

Zhang Guangzhe accompanied Zhu Youxiao to watch the woods in the material yard, and patted the woods and said to the emperor:

"These woods are all good things. There are many adult trees and rivers here in the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula, making it very convenient to transport wood."

"These mined woods are tied together with ropes. The soldiers who are familiar with water can easily ride them and drift to the sea outlet, and then dragged them back with a boat."

"Lushun Shipyard is not far from the seaside and is close to the boathouse, making it easy to harvest. It is difficult to buy these big materials in the inland right now."

"The big trees on the inland coastal rivers and other places have been almost cut down over the past few hundred years. If you need large materials, sometimes they have to be harvested from Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou. The price is extremely high after transportation!"

"But outside the pass, there are so many large materials, enough for us to build hundreds or thousands of leopard cruisers, there is no problem! Unfortunately, these materials are still wet materials at present and cannot be used immediately. They have to be dried or air-dried!"

"Of course!" Zhu Youxiao said, "Although the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula cannot be considered wilderness, few people have come to explore it for thousands of years, so the reserves of timber resources here are naturally huge!"

"Not to mention hundreds of big ships, even thousands of big ships' wood is enough for you!"

"This is also one of the reasons why I must include the Goguryeo Peninsula in the rule of the Ming Empire."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "I just like the resources here, which are much richer than inland!"

Zhang Guangzhe nodded repeatedly and said yes, and took the opportunity to flatter His Majesty the Emperor and said a lot of good things like far-sightedness.

He has a big mouth and flatters, and he won't repeat a sentence for a long time. He speaks one after another, like a cultural person.

"Zhang Guangzhe, don't say these compliments to me."

Zhu Youxiao looked at this guy and smiled, "I know your big mouthful nature. You must remember that the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty is the absolute main force in expanding territory in the future, and you must not be careless in everything."

"I examine myself three times a day, this is my request for you."

Zhu Youxiao felt a little funny. Looking at the most famous truant king in the new army of the Ming Dynasty, he just chuckled.

There are many such strange generals among the various legions of the Royal New Army of the Ming Dynasty, which is also a major feature of the New Army.

However, people who have always been capable have their own unique characteristics and unique personalities.

As long as you have the ability, no matter if you are a verbal tyrant, a bandit, or a sinister tyrant... Zhu Youxiao dares to use you.

The only requirement is to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and not to do anything that would harm the interests of the Ming Empire.

Otherwise, Zhu Youxiao is not a good scumbag and will definitely beat you to the end, no matter who you are!
Chapter completed!