A few days later, the huge fleet arrived at the waters near Chengtian Mansion in Dongfan. Zhu Cijing did not rush to cross the southeast defense line to the capital, but instead ordered the fleet to turn to the Nandaying Naval Base because he wanted to build a huge shipyard here.

Although the joint fleet formed by the Dutch ships did not pose a substantial threat to the Ming Navy, their shipbuilding speed and warship reserves did stimulate Zhu Cijiu. A small country could actually build more than 10,000 sea ships in 40 or 50 years. The Ming Empire lasted for more than two hundred years, but it left only less than 1,000 sea ships and two or three thousand small sampans. This huge gap made Zhu Cijiu feel ashamed.

Although the Ming Dynasty can now produce 100 super battleships and 50 lucky ships per year, this number is far from enough, and even half of the Dutch have not reached. In the era of navigation, if a super empire cannot reach the global leadership, it would be a huge joke. Therefore, Zhu Cijiong decided to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry. He would make the shipbuilding industry in Ming Dynasty surpass the Netherlands in terms of quality and quantity, and reach the world's first place within one or two years!

Shipbuilding, shipbuilding, I want to build ships crazily. With this thought in mind, Zhu Cijiu headed straight to Nandaying.

Zhu Cijiu rushed over so quickly, confusing the Southeast Governor Nan Juyi, because the notice he received was that the emperor's fleet would pass through the Southeast defense line in the near future, not that the emperor was visiting the Nandaying Naval Base in person, so there was almost no preparation for the Nandaying. He only organized the East China Sea Fleet to escort along the way to show respect, and nothing else was prepared!

When he led a group of officials in Chengtian Mansion to the dock, Zhu Cijiong's flagship Daming had already docked. The dock was already covered with soldiers from the First Corps of the Imperial Guards. Teams of Jinyiwei walked down from the Daming. Seeing that the emperor was about to get off the ship, Nan Juyi had to bite his teeth and take an official through the heavy guards to the dock where the Daming was docked, waiting for the emperor to get off the ship, and then step forward to apologize.

Zhu Cijiu did not show off too much, but asked Qin Liangyu and Cao Huachun to arrange some necessary guards. After the Jinyiwei got off the boat, he took a group of accompanying officials.

When Nan Juyi saw the emperor get off the boat, he immediately walked up in panic, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "I don't know that the emperor's sage will be here in person, so he has never organized anyone to accept the emperor and ask the emperor to sue him."

Zhu Cijiu looked up and looked around. Sure enough, except for the Imperial Guards and the Jinyiwei, there were only civilians watching from afar, and there was no grand welcome scene. Seeing this scene, Zhu Cijiu was not angry, but instead nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, is this good? If you mobilize a group of troops every time I come and organize everyone to welcome you, wouldn't it be a waste of the people and money? There is no need to do it. As long as you can guard the Southeast defense line and manage the Eastern Front, I will be satisfied. As for the matters on the scene, you will be exempted if you can."

When Nan Juyi heard this, he kowtowed in emotion and said, "Thank you for your forgiveness."

Zhu Cijiu smiled and stepped forward, helped him up, and said kindly: "Okay, I have said not to care about these things. Let's go and take me to the shipyard to see. I still have a lot of things to ask you."

The shipyard is not far from the dock, and Zhu Cijiu did not even get on the dragon chariot. Instead, he walked over under the guidance of Nan Juyi. The emperor could walk. Well, this is a bit strange. In fact, there is no requirement that the emperor cannot walk. However, the emperor pays attention to majesty when going on tour, so he usually sits on the dragon chariot.

It was too far, too far, and back to the point, after coming to the shipyard, Zhu Cijing looked carefully. The dock and waterway here were quite simple, which was a world apart from the Dongda Shipyard. Zhu Cijing couldn't believe that such a simple place could create a lucky ship warship. If it weren't for the keel of the lucky ship in the dock, or if there was a lucky ship warship that was about to be formed in the waterway, he would really suspect that Nan Juyi was deceiving the emperor.

He asked in surprise: "Why is this dock so simple?"

Nan Juyi quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is already quite good, much better than ordinary private shipbuilding workshops."

Zhu Cijing was even more curious, and he couldn't help but ask: "Can the people build ships?"

Nan Juyi nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, the emperor, there are many shipbuilding workshops in the people. The shipyards opened by the imperial court only build various warships and large ships. It is impossible for those small fishing boats and small merchant ships to be built. They are all made by the private shipbuilding workshops."

When Zhu Cijing heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked excitedly: "Can they make the ships for benefit? "

Nan Juyi thought about it and explained a little embarrassedly: "It's not that they can't build a lucky ship. The structure of this lucky ship is not much different from that of a small sailboat. It's just that the hull is a little larger. However, if they were asked to build it, Weichen would probably be very slow, because they don't have such a large dock and the materials are not easy to find. Weichen has also heard that some folk shipbuilding workshops in Nanzhili can benefit ships, but it would be considered powerful to build one or two ships a year."

This is not a problem for Zhu Cijiu. As long as he knows how to build, he waved his hand and said, "Then dig dozens of waterways near Nandaying, build dozens of docks, and gather all the private shipbuilding workshops here. You can buy the materials for them. I require that within two years, the Nanda Shipbuilding Factory will reach the scale of an annual production of 500 lucky ships and warships!"

To put it in modern times, it is extremely ridiculous. What a joke? Do you have to come here if you let someone come here? It’s so troublesome to take your family away from your hometown. Also, is the workshop not open? Are you not doing business anymore? You are seriously mentally ill!

However, if this is said in the Ming Dynasty and the emperor said it, it is natural. If an imperial edict is carried out, who dares to disrespect and resist the edict, then he will be beheaded!

Of course, Zhu Cijing did not want to cut off his wealth. He did not say that people would work for the court for nothing. What he proposed was only one direction, that is, to do this and achieve this effect, he didn't need to worry about how to do it and how to distribute the interests. After all, having so many officials is not a good meal. The details are naturally considered by the relevant officials, and he just needs to make the final decision.

This is indeed a big project, and it involves too many aspects. Of course, Nan Juyi knows his responsibilities. The emperor said so that he was responsible for doing this. If there are any difficulties, it would be possible to raise it. If it doesn’t raise it, it means there is no problem. He can handle it completely. In two years, he will meet the emperor’s requirements!

Can he handle such a big thing alone?
Chapter completed!