In April, spring is bright, from mountains to sea, from canyon to lakes, every place exudes vitality, making people feel refreshed.

On that day, the flags of Nandaying New Port were waving and colorful flags were flying. A group of officials from Fengtian Prefecture and officials from the Ministry of Works sent to the shipyard to renovate the shipyard were waiting respectfully at Pier No. 1, which was very conspicuous. This was a big shot.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, ten super battleships arrived at Nandaying New Port in an orderly formation. The scale did not seem to be very large, but the people who came down from the battleship had a considerable position.

This person is the favorite minister of the emperor today, a first-rank official of the dynasty, Minister of Works and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet Bi Maokang.

Behind him was a lot of officials from the Ministry of Works, and his attitude seemed to be moving the Ministry of Works to Dongfan!

What's going on?

It turned out that Zhu Cijing arranged a task that day, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to transform the Dongda Shipyard and Nandaying into large shipyards that produce armored warships within the year, and also the samples of the armored warships must be trial-made as soon as possible.

This task is quite heavy. The shipyard cannot be modified by changing it. The armored warship is even more of a super-heavy behemoth. A armored warship weighs at least thousands of tons, and it cannot be done by doing it.

At this time, Dongda Shipyard was manufacturing super battleships, and Nanda Shipyard was just in the process of renovating it. Bi Maokang decided to first renovate the Nanda Shipyard, create samples, and then go back to transform the Dongda Shipyard.

Now, Dongda Shipyard produces 100 super battleships every six months. In other words, within three months, he will transform the Nanda Shipyard and create samples. Time is very tight.

So, he brought all the relevant officials of the Ministry of Works here, and in the past three months, he had been squatting here.

The emperor said that you can put down anything else first, because with the armored warship, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible!

From the time the emperor said this, Bi Maokang's heart became extremely hot. He could make the world invincible through his own efforts. Even if he was exhausted, he would be willing.

At this time, he had only one thought, that is, to build ships, shipbuilding, and to build iron armored warships as soon as possible!

As soon as he got off the battleship, he thought about how to start construction. He just said a few perfunctory words about the officials greeted by the dock, and then asked them to lead the way and go to the shipyard to take a look.

This man, not many people in the Ming Dynasty, can afford to offend him, so the officials of Nandaying are naturally even more unaffected. He will say whatever he says.

So, a group of people stopped eating the prepared feast and walked directly to the shipyard.

When Bi Maokang came, he decided to make a draft. He knew a lot about shipbuilding. He also had a rough plan for how to make an iron-armored warship.

The first thing he saw was the steel mill in Nandaying. After some field investigation, the scale of the steel mill simply did not meet the requirements.

This place was originally just providing steel for the naval guns of the Armed Fu Ship. The amount was very small, and it was understandable that the steel mill was not large enough.

He had long expected this, and even professionals who built steel furnaces brought it. If the scale was not enough, then expand it.

He directly ordered the Ministry of Works Yu Heng Qing Lishu to be responsible for the construction of a new steel mill, with at least ten steelmaking furnaces added, and the construction must be completed within two months!

Immediately afterwards, he walked around the periphery of the steel mill and found a place. He pointed his domineering finger and directly ordered the Qingli Department of the Ministry of Industry to build a large rolling plate factory here, specializing in the production of marine steel plates.

As for the rolling mill, he didn't need to be used by the Qingli Department of the Military Landing Department. He had already ordered it with the Royal Machinery Group of the Ming Dynasty and would be delivered in a month.

After arranging the matter of the rolling plant, he moved to the nearby artillery factory.

The Nandaying Artillery Factory just built some howitzers for the armed Fu Ship, and the scale was naturally not much larger. There was no way, so it had to be expanded.

He directly ordered the Ministry of Works to be the chief of the Qingli Department to be responsible for the expansion of the artillery factory. According to the scale of the Dongdaying Artillery Factory, what there is, what must be there here.

After dealing with the matters of the steel mill, the rolling mill and the cannon factory, Bi Maokang finally led a large group of officials to the direction of the Nanda Shipbuilding Factory.

However, halfway through the way, he could just see the shadow of the shipyard from afar, and he stopped again.

A large power plant, precision machine tools, new hoisting equipment, workshop lighting and other things must be built here, but electricity is required.

The machine tools in Nandaying are basically old-fashioned steam machine tools, and only some electricity is needed for workshop lighting. The original steel mill and gun factory installed a small generator in the factory, and it was done, but now it is not possible.

He stood there and looked around, then pointed to an open space not far away, and ordered the Ministry of Works Dushuiqing Lishu to be responsible for building a large power plant here.

As for large generators, it is up to two professionals, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi. They are still developing electric hoists and welding machines in Beijing now, but those two things will not take much time. I believe that they will be able to come after the power plant is built here.

In the end, the shipyard was left. Bi Maokang decided to go to the battlefield in person, supervise the work here, and rebuild the shipyard.

The original dock of the shipyard must not be used anymore and must be rebuilt.

Of course, the original dock could not be dismantled and thrown away. Zhu Cijiu also explained this before he came. The original dock would be bought as a whole for a private shipyard. In the future, the Fu Shipbuilding Department would not be built, and all were made by the private sector. The Fu Shipbuilding Trading was also decided by them, but the artillery was produced by the Ministry of Industry.

In other words, the people built ordinary blessing ships in the future. If they want to be converted into armed blessing ships, they must be reported to the court and will be modified by the Ministry of Works.

As for the original waterway, the length and width are enough, but they must be deepened. Fortunately, the water pumping equipment has been developed early in the morning. Just drain the water inside and dig it deeper.

After arranging all the matters, it was almost time for dinner, and the already hungry officials were able to have a full meal.

The next morning, with Bi Maokang's order, the steelmaking plant, plate rolling plant, gun casting plant, power plant and shipyard were started, and the entire Nandaying inside and outside was suddenly busy.

There was a first-rank official of the dynasty and the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, so the progress everywhere was naturally rapid.

Factory buildings rose from the ground, equipment gathered one after another, huge docks slowly took shape, and long waterways were dug deeper and deeper. With Zhu Cijing's investment at any cost, the new shipyard in Nandaying was emerging at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A month later, the first new dock was completed. Bi Maokang moved his residence directly into the dock and personally supervised the construction of the first armored battleship.

The first armored warship he chose was the battleship because its internal structure was not very different from the original battleship. It was just that there was a giant sealed cabin below, and the skilled workers worked overtime and could be made soon.

In less than half a month, a terrifyingly large steel ship appeared in the new dock of the Nanda Shipbuilding Factory. Although it has not been completed and is not equipped with artillery, its terrifying appearance alone is enough to make people intimidate.

Once such giant monsters appear on the sea in groups, who can compete with this world!
Chapter completed!