When they heard Li Yan's words, not only those boatmen, but also Yan Bei and Zhao Fu also looked into the box curiously. When they saw what was inside, they were immediately surprised. They saw that there were two extremely exquisite miniature sailboats in the box.

I saw that these two ships were only about a foot long, but the workmanship was extremely fine. The masts, sails, ropes on them were all complete, and they looked like real big ships. Moreover, the shapes of these two ships were very strange. Among them, Yanbei was just fine, and I had never seen many ships in such a big time, but Zhao Fu was an official in Dengzhou for many years and had seen countless ships, but he had never seen such a strange sailing ship.

In addition to Gu, the two shipwrecks who came to Xu, when they saw the two ships, their eyes widened, looked up and down carefully several times, and then frowned and thought about something. Even Gu and Xu were no exception. In fact, they were not only the managers of the shipyard, but also the most proficient shipbuilders in the two shipyards.

With Li Yan's gesture, Wei Heizi stepped forward and held out the two ship models in both hands, fixed them on the desk in front of Li Yan, and then turned to the colleagues behind him and introduced: "Please see, this is a new craft that Your Highness has invented. First, make the ship we are going to build into this kind of ship model. The structure inside is the same as the real ship. If there are any errors, you can modify it at any time. After the ship is fixed, it will be enlarged according to the proportion of the ship model. The ship made in this way will definitely not have major mistakes."

"Mire... Miao!" After listening to Wei Heizi's introduction, Gu Zhushi took the lead in raising his hands and praised him. He had built a ship for his whole life, but never thought of this idea. Although it seemed that it would add a procedure to build a ship, it reduced the probability of errors in the future. In this way, it actually saved a lot of time than before.

"Well, a good idea. If you make the ship into a ship model in the future, it will not only reduce the chance of error, but also even ordinary boatmen can build ships as they are in their hands. In this way, as long as there is enough manpower, our shipyard can build more ships at the same time, instead of guiding each ship like now." Master Xu was younger and his mind turned faster. He immediately thought of a more important benefit.

When the boatmen around him heard the words of the two officials, they immediately nodded, and discussed the advantages of this ship model one by one, not to see that they were timid in front of Li Yan just now. But when they talked about professional knowledge, these people immediately let go, and they all talked loudly and argued, throwing three senior officials, Li Yan, Yan Bei, and Zhao Fu, aside.

Seeing the lively scene in front of him, Li Yan smiled slightly and greeted Yan Bei and Zhao Fu. The three of them quietly left the room. Wei Heizi would have the next thing. As for how to build those two types of ships? Of course, there are insiders like them to take care of them. Li Yan, the layman, will not be involved.

"Your Highness, what are the two kinds of sailboats? Why are they so weird in shape?" As soon as he left the room, Zhao Fu asked impatiently. In fact, he was not interested in shipbuilding, but he knew a man who was devoted to the shipbuilding. That man liked the novel shape of the ship the most, so he wanted to ask for that person.

"Oh, one of those two sailing ships is called the Fu Ship and the other one is called the Garen Ship. Among them, the Fu Ship is a hard sailing ship. The Garen Ship is a soft sailing ship. These two ships have their own advantages and disadvantages. It is really hard to explain for a while." Li Yan explained with a smile that the Fu Ship and the Garen Ship are the two most classic types of sailing ships. One is the peak of Chinese local shipbuilding, and the other is the peak of European shipbuilding.

The reason why Li Yan knew the structure of these two ships was thanks to the wood carving shop he opened in his previous life. There were two ship models made in the proportion of real ships, and they could be split into parts. When Li Yan was idle, he liked to disassemble the two ships and assemble them bit by bit to kill time. After he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, he immediately realized the importance of these two ship models, so he had already made them and allowed Wei Heizi to understand both ship models thoroughly.

Although Zhao Fu didn't understand Li Yan's explanation, he still kept it silently in his heart. Yan Bei was very interested in shipbuilding, and pulled Li Yan to walk around the shipyard a few times. At the same time, he thought in his mind that if he built one according to the scale of the shipyard in front of him, how much money would it cost to do it?

After Li Yan returned after a few rounds, the discussion in the house finally came to an end. The reason why he discussed it for so long was that while Wei Heizi disassembled the two ship models, he also introduced the characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of the two ships to everyone. Then everyone would discuss what difficulties would be if he wanted to build these two new ships?

"Wednesday, what are you discussing?" Li Yan and the other two returned to the house, sat down and asked Wei Heizi with a smile.

"Your Highness, you are almost the same as the villain's guess in Chang'an. With Dengzhou's shipbuilding ability, you can build two ships!" Wei Heizi replied with a happy look. He had estimated in Chang'an that the shipbuilding ability of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be able to build these two new ships. However, because the shipbuilding ability in various places is high and low, he was not sure whether the shipbuilding ability of Dengzhou could be built before coming to Dengzhou. Therefore, he had to discuss it with local craftsmen like Guzhushi and others to confirm it.

"Hahaha~, OK, it's true that I am a skilled craftsman in the Tang Dynasty!" Li Yan laughed happily when he heard this good news. The Tang Dynasty's navigation technology was still in its infancy. For example, the current navigation is only near-sea sailing and dare not stay away from the coast. One of the big reasons is that sea ships cannot adapt to long-sea sailing. The Galen ship that Li Yan brought out today is an extremely excellent ocean ship, and once promoted, it will definitely make the Tang Dynasty's development of the ocean a big step forward.

Hearing Li Yan's praise, not only Wei Heizi was happy, but also Dengzhou ship craftsmen were very excited, and they all expressed that they would do their best to build the two ships. It was almost noon, and Li Yan was intrigued and simply asked someone to buy some wine and food in the city, intending to invite these ship craftsmen to have a meal together, which made everyone even more flattered.

Before the wine and food were bought, the workers in the shipyard outside were all ready to eat. Li Yan was curious and walked over to take a look. He found that the lunch of ordinary workers was only two black steamed buns, and the soup had meat, but it was also the cheapest sea fish in Dengzhou City. The chef chopped it and added some salt to cook it in a pot. The fish soup smelled even a fishy smell unique to seafood.

"Works eat this every day?" Li Yan pointed to the wooden barrels that were holding fish soup and the steamed buns on the hill boat next to him. He asked Gu with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Highness, this kind of food is already good. The factory only cares about this lunch meal at noon, and usually drinks porridge. Today, because you are here, you have improved the food for the workers. In the private shipyards around, the workers can't even afford porridge. They only give two steamed buns and a bowl of white water every day." Director Gu boldly defended. Although he saw that His Highness King Qi was dissatisfied, what he said was the fact that in this shipyard, the most common shipyard was their official shipyard.

"Yeah~" After hearing the words of Chief Gu, Li Yan's face darkened. He looked at the workers who were lined up in front of him with steamed buns and fish soup, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

Today, he had seen these workers' work with their own eyes, carrying wood, carrying heavy objects, climbing up and down. It was not easy anyway. Such high-intensity work, but they only ate two fist-sized steamed buns and a bowl of porridge. Drinking this kind of fish soup that doesn't taste like improving food? This is impossible for an adult who does heavy work to eat enough. Even Li Yan saw with his own eyes that some older workers actually ate only one steamed bun, and the rest was stuffed into their arms. It was probably to take it home for their children and grandchildren. It was so sad to think about it.

Looking at the dark and thin workers in front of him, Li Yan suddenly realized that their complexion was actually stronger than the last time he saw the farmers and fishermen outside Dengzhou City. This discovery made Li Yan's face worse, which means that farmers and fishermen outside the city usually eat worse than these workers.

Thinking of this, Li Yan suddenly woke up. Under the strong appearance of the Tang Dynasty, many ordinary people had not even solved the problem of eating. In fact, it is not a big deal that Li Yan was so aware of it. He was a prince when he traveled through time and was always in contact with high officials and nobles. Occasionally, he could see some poor families in Chang'an, but he had never observed them closely, so he was not deeply touched. Until today, he saw the food of these workers in the shipyard with his own eyes, which made him, a person who had never been hungry in his previous life or now, realize that feudal society was not as beautiful as he looked like.

When they saw the food of these workers, when they invited the boatmen of the Gu Commander to have dinner, they saw them eating voraciously. I guess even if they were higher than ordinary workers, they would definitely not eat much better than workers on weekdays, otherwise they would not have lost their composure in front of him, the King of Qi.

"It seems that my plan must be grasped quickly. If this plan is completed, it will not only solve the problem of food and clothing, but also make the people of Dengzhou more prosperous and strong in one fell swoop, and the follow-up plan will be better completed." Li Yan said softly to himself, and at the same time he also looked at the civilian shipyard next to the military shipyard.

At the same time, Wang Xijun had asked someone to set up a recruitment stall in Dengzhou City and began to recruit qualified workers. This matter was also ordered by Li Yan. Although it was also out of no way and did not tell herself what he was going to do, but since the night of the study, Xijun has had a blind trust in Li Yan. As long as it was his order, she would do it without asking the reason. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!