The willow trees on both sides of the river beach are only left with low hanging branches.

The wind blowing from the river still brings a hint of coldness.

Officials of the Ship Division recorded pictures on the river beach.

Zhao Xu explained it in detail again, and went to every detail.

"I will send a group of masons here and send some cement here. Twelve dry docks are built on this river beach, with six on both sides of the river." Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou was happy again.

Now he felt relieved. With craftsmen who were familiar with cement, there was no big problem in the construction of this dry dock.

After giving instructions to do the dock, Zhao Xu inspected the shipbuilding workshop again.

When Chen Shouchu came, everything here is still in its prototype.

Including the craftsmen, they still live in a very simple temporary wooden shed.

This is seen in my eyes.

He understood Chen Shou's thoughts, and now he only wanted to build warships, and did not have much energy to take care of the daily life of craftsmen.

Perhaps this is a common problem for ancient officials.

They are used to using majesty and punishment to make craftsmen work, rather than working hard on their own.

Thinking that the construction of Chengdefang was basically over.

There were many bricklayers in his spare time, so he decided to go back and transfer Dong Jian'an here, just like building Chengdefang.

Build a regular dock on this land.

Even if the large shipbuilding workshop will eventually be moved to the beach in the future, merchant ships can still be made here.

After the inspection, Zhao Xu got up and wanted to go back.

Despite many dissatisfactions, these shortcomings can only be corrected little by little.

After all, you start from scratch and you always need to accumulate experience a little bit.

The officials cannot be blamed for this, after all, they are used to everything around them.

Of course, it is based on the old thinking.

Along the river, Zhao Xu arrived at Pingcheng Wharf.

He smiled as he watched boxes of Yanzhou cargo loading and being shipped to the south again.

While he was watching all this, a merchant ship gradually landed on the dock.

A young man jumped off the boat and saw Zhao Xu on the dock. The young man trotted all the way.

"Zhou Yi meets Your Highness." The young man is not someone else, but Zhou Yi.

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi looked excited, as if he thought he was here to see him.

Zhao Xu felt guilty, and this time he came, he had completely forgotten Zhou Yi.

However, as the King of Yan, sometimes you naturally have to learn to act and not let down your subordinates' hearts.

After all, Zhou Yi also received an important task of training crew members.

"I am about to send someone to find you, it's just right." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

When Zhou Yi heard this, he couldn't stop smiling, "Thank you for your concern."

Zhao Xu coughed twice and changed the topic, "You said there were trained crew members, what's going on now?"

When talking about this, Zhou Yi became even more excited. He pointed to the merchant ship behind him and said, "I just returned from Jinghai County. These were recruited by Jinghai County. Most of them came from fishermen and were familiar with water. At the same time, the officials also sent people to all county towns in Yanzhou to post notices. Only those with good water quality can come to Pingcheng."

Zhao Xu looked at the merchant ship on the river and saw hundreds of men of different ages sitting or standing on the boat.

They seemed to be curious about Pingcheng Wharf, looking at it while discussing it.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and looked serious.

It seems that Zhou Yi is really not making trouble with him this time.

He was very satisfied with the way he chose people.

People with good water properties often become qualified crew members faster.

Zhou Yi’s choice was right.

"The candidate is ready, how do you train next?" Zhao Xu asked tentatively.

He depends on what Zhou Yi has.

"I chose a lake in Pingcheng. This lake is connected to the canal. When the crew recruited almost the same, I bought a few boats to the lake, and trained them to use the wind to fight the boat every day, and then trained their warships to fight the boats on the water."

"Of course we have to train their artillery. Your Highness said that artillery can be put on the ship." Zhou Yi said in a row of cannons.

Zhao Xu looked at Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi's eyes were very serious, and he was definitely not making a fool of himself.

He nodded secretly.

As the saying goes, since ancient times, heroes have emerged as young people.

Maybe he should pay attention to Zhou Yi and give him this opportunity.

"You are right. The crew trained in this way is enough to defeat any navy of Dasong." Zhao Xu said.

Zhou Yi thought Zhao Xu was praising him, and looked excited, "Now your highness should believe it."

"It's just not enough." Zhao Xu's words stunned Zhou Yi's expression.

As long as the warship is equipped with artillery, you will naturally defeat most of the warships of Dasong.

However, his fleet is going to go out to sea to compete with rivals with equal strength.

This requires the crew to be more professional.

He said, "What you know is nothing more than some fur. You should recruit crew members first and train them to control the sails. I will give you a book in a few days. You can take it back to study it. If you don't understand, write it down and ask me."

Zhou Yi was excited when he heard this.

Although he didn't understand, he knew that these things must be very powerful.

Now that the King of Yan said he wanted to give him a book, he was naturally like he was injected with chicken blood.

Perhaps with this book, he can really train the best crew members in the world.

After talking about this, Zhao Xu remembered that he had not given Zhou Yi a formal official position or position.

So he said, "Also, from today, I will grant you the Admiral of Yanzhou."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a while after saying this.

When he came to his senses, he almost jumped up.

The King of Yan officially gave him an official position, which was equivalent to identifying with him.

From then on, he was able to serve the royal palace like other generals and officials.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I will definitely live up to your entrust and build the strongest fleet of Dasong." Zhou Yi said incoherently.

Chen Shou and other officials from the Ship Department smiled when they saw it.

Zhao Xu smiled and said to Zhou Yi in a low voice: "Although you have both official positions and office offices, you should keep a low profile now and not make a name for yourself. You should declare to the public that Yanzhou Commercial Bank trains boatmen. When the time comes, I will officially reward you."

The current number of soldiers given to him by the court is only 120,000.

However, the escorts needed by the business bank are no longer restricted.

He would tell the public that they are just protecting the business and do not belong to the royal family.
Chapter completed!