"The forest is big, so naturally there are all kinds of birds. Ma Gong doesn't need to worry, just talk slowly!" Jin Jingnan smiled on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes. For him, he only had laws and no favors in his heart, and even the emperor's face would not be moved by Ma Xiangnan's reputation. Of course, he did not come to Changyang County City for no reason. Originally, he arrived at Baoqing Port with him this time to supervise and review the issue of the division of the Maritime Administration.

The Maritime Administration has developed for several years. With monopoly on maritime trade and exclusively operating outside the region, the Maritime Administration has been a big business. In a few years, they used the profits they obtained from maritime trade to expand the Baoqing Shipyard and Huludao Military Port several times, and built nearly 20 third-layer warships to form the current powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty.

Just by looking at this achievement, you can know how much profit the maritime trade is. Now the Maritime Administration wants to separate the family, and the commerce is handed over to the Commerce Department, and the military power is transferred to the Ministry of War. All aspects involved are too great.

The Ming Dynasty never allowed military and political affairs to be arrested at once. The Maritime Affairs Bureau is an exception, but now, the court can no longer let it go. Not to mention anything else, just the huge profits of maritime trade, the Ministry of Revenue cannot let such a large amount of money wander outside the unified national allocation system.

It is precisely because it involves a lot of money and complicated personnel relationships that Jin Jingnan, as the secondary assistant, personally arrived at Baoqing Port to supervise this division to ensure that the interests of the Ming Dynasty court were not harmed.

When I came to Changyang County to investigate this matter, it was just a matter of beating a rabbit and beating a rabbit. Jin Jingnan naturally did not believe that Ma Xiangnan was corrupt, but Ma Xiangnan used his power to plot interests for Changyang County, which was indefinitely true. Because he wanted to plot this interest, it was understandable that he had harmed the interests of maritime merchants and caused others to complain.

Ma Xiangnan's emotions slowly calmed down, "Your Majesty knows that although the profits of the sea trade are huge, the risks are also huge. What is this risk?"

"There were winds and waves, losses, there were pirates in the past, but now the pirates should be almost beaten by us. The remaining small fish and shrimps have no ability to threaten our brigade of merchant ships." Qin Feng said.

"Yes, wind and waves, losses, but now our Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding skills are getting better and better. Merchant ships going to sea are no longer single-handed, but formed fleets. The overturned by wind and waves has been greatly reduced. Now the biggest thing is the loss on the road." Ma Xiangnan said: "It can ensure that the ship does not overturn or disappear, but under the strong wind and waves, bumps and bumps are naturally indispensable. When encountering bad weather, it is common for goods to be soaked in water. This is the most headache for marine merchants."

Jin Jingnan blinked and said, "But what does this have to do with these boxes?"

Ma Xiangnan snorted: "Mr. Jin, look at what are the characteristics of these boxes?"

Jin Jingnan tilted his head and looked at it for a while: "It looks basically the same size."

"That's it!" Ma Xiangnan shook his head, "In the past, the goods were packed by merchants, but the result was that they were all kinds of strange things, and they didn't feel anything when placed on land, but the space on the ship was limited. After their packaging was put on the ship, a lot of space wasted, which greatly reduced the amount of goods that the entire sea ship could carry. This was a shameful waste."

"So Ma Gong made these boxes that looked exactly the same, with the purpose of being able to load more goods on the ship?" Jin Jingnan said with a smile.

"This is just one of them. Now that the Ming Dynasty opens maritime trade, many merchants themselves do not have ships, so they need to rent other people's ships. Don't these fools know the same freight rate, can they load more goods? More importantly, after we package them together, we can greatly reduce the losses caused by wind and waves on the ship. Come, open this box." Ma Xiangnan patted a large wooden box in front of him and shouted to a worker in a blue uniform on the side.

The worker trotted over, inserted the crowbar in his hand into the crack, and pried open the sealed box. The first thing that caught his eye was a layer of hay. The horse stretched out his hand to open the hay on it, revealing the porcelain inside. "Look, these things are extremely fragile, but after our repackaging, their losses have dropped to an extremely low level."

Covering the box lid, Ma Xiangnan continued: "Mr. Jin also noticed that the edges of these wooden boxes are designed with anti-collision angles. When the sea is storm and waves, even if there are any collisions, the things inside will not be damaged."

"It seems that Lord Ma is really kind and is treated like a donkey." Jin Jingnan laughed.

"It's not just these!" Ma Xiangnan snorted: "We can make such a regular box, which can greatly save manpower. In the past, what do we rely on when we get on the ship was to carry the cargo on the shoulders and carry the cargo on the dock. There are countless tycoons who need to keep the docks. These are all strong men. There are not so many strong men in Changyang County to do these things that are not very valuable, so this box has another wonderful use. Do you want to see it?"

"Let's wait and see!" Jin Jingnan nodded.

"Just trying to open your eyes!" Cao Yun also said, the box was quite large, and a few people could not move him at all. It was not easy to get such a box onto the boat, not to mention that there were some fragile goods inside.

Ma Xiangnan clapped his hands, and several workers standing beside him came over. He was pushing a few things that looked like a cart in his hands. The cart looked very fast, and there were two long shovels close to the ground.

Several small cars stuck into the loading box and long shovels penetrated into the bottom of the box. Only then did everyone realize that the box was not placed directly underground. Several workers shouted and pushed the cart, and the whole box slowly moved up and walked towards the platform. They walked until a tall iron frame before stopping.

The long chains hung from the huge metal door frame, and several workers pulled the chains down and hung them on the metal hooks at the four corners of the box.

Cao Yun watched the workers operated intently. This was another new thing he had never seen before.

A worker began to pull a tiny iron chain on the side. The iron chains were clattering. Soon, the four large iron chains that hung the box straightened up, and then they swayed into the air. Several workers next to them reached out to smooth the box hanging in the air, so that he would not shake it any longer.

Cao Yun widened his eyes. When he saw the workers pushing the box, it seemed quite difficult. But now, a worker pulled such a tiny chain and hung up such a huge box, and it seemed that the man was not struggling.

The box was still rising. After reaching a certain height, a worker blew a whistle hanging around his neck. Then Cao Yun saw the box slowly moving forward in the air, until it stopped directly above the railcar.

The sound of iron chains sounded again, and the box was slowly put down from the air. Several workers stood around and carefully adjusted the angle of the box. With a gentle sound, the box completely fell down and was placed on the flat plate of a freight railcar.

Several workers stepped forward again, reached out to pull the metal on the flatbed cart, and tucked it on the metal rings on the box, and the entire box was fixed to the flatbed cart.

"My wonderful!" Jin Jingnan clapped and laughed: "This thing is well designed. In this way, we have to save a lot of people to do other things. Merchants can also save a lot of money for hiring people. Oh, Ma Gong, those who complain about the lawsuit are really ignorant of good people."

"Hmph, they only paid us a sum of money before the goods went out to sea, but they didn't know that we did these things for their own good. After they went out once, they would understand our kindness." Ma Xiangnandao.

"It's indeed a win-win situation!" Qin Feng nodded in appreciation and said, "Ma Gong, this not only solves some problems in shipping, but your box-making workshop has also brought a lot of income to Changyang County!"

Ma Xiangnan smiled and said, "Let's benefit the people. When bringing convenience to these maritime traders, find more work and make more money for the people of Changyang County. This is also the purpose of application. Your Majesty, there are not many other things in Changyang, with many mountains and trees, relying on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. Our wooden box workshop has indeed made great profits."

Qin Feng gave him a thumbs up, "It's so powerful, kitten, your Ministry of War can also consider using such a centralized loading and unloading method. These boxes can be reused and saved a lot of expenses."

"Yes, Your Majesty, after I went back, I asked the Ministry of War to study how to apply this idea to the transportation of the army. It should save a lot of manpower, financial resources, and facilitate storage. In fact, the transportation in the army is outsourced to merchants now, and the most difficult thing is to transfer the materials to soldiers stationed in various places. After all, these outsourced merchants only transport the goods to our storage warehouses, and we have to do the rest ourselves. With such things, it will be much more convenient when we distribute materials to the troops below."

In just a few words, even if something that could change the military supply system was implemented, Cao Yun sighed in his heart that this box has no technical complexity, but the thing that hung this box is probably not that simple.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if Da Mingyun is allowed to sell such things?" He stroked the huge cold metal door frame, looked at the hanging iron chains, and asked tentatively.

Qin Feng laughed loudly: "Your Highness, it's not impossible, but I have many good things in the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid you'll want everything at that time."
Chapter completed!