Qin Feng did not go to Changyang County City, but rushed directly to Baoqing and came to Baoqing Port. The fastest update here is the only shipyard in the Ming Dynasty. The workers in the shipyard are all from Da Chu, which was a gift from Chu State to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

This gift is meaningful, and Qin Feng certainly understands that Cheng Wuben and Qin Feng have worked together for a long time and are naturally aware of Qin Feng's ambitions. This gift was specially sent to Qin Feng's ambitions.

Whether for the Ming Dynasty or Chu State, the current Qi State can be regarded as a giant. The navy of Chu State is powerful, but it cannot completely defeat Qi State. The navy of Qi State only continues the old capital of the Tang Dynasty. Although most of the huge warships left by the Tang Dynasty can be from the great-grandfathers, repairing and repairing them at the sea still makes Chu State helpless. What makes Chu State even more helpless is that although Qi State has sealed the sea and the navy is not valued, the navy officers and soldiers have been passed down from generation to generation, and the sons and grandsons have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have become sailors from generation to generation. These people not only inherited the professions of their ancestors, but also inherited the skills of their ancestors.

The State of Chu was able to use the navy to break through the blockade of Qi. After all, the sea was very wide, but it could not eliminate the navy in Qi, let alone use the navy to raid the coastline of Qi, because they did not have the confidence to win the Qi navy.

He gave more than a thousand ship craftsmen to Ming Dynasty. Cheng Wuben knew that Qin Feng would definitely use these craftsmen well to establish a naval army that belonged to him. As long as the navy of Ming Dynasty appeared, there would be another enemy on the sea.

Cheng Wuben's idea was correct. Qin Feng finally came from Baoqing Port, thought of the shipyard, and then sailed out of Luo Yishui, and thought that the Ming Kingdom should have a naval force of his own.

Of course, what Cheng Wuben didn't expect was that Qin Feng's original intention of building a naval army was not to compete with Qi on the sea, but to beware of enemies that might come from the sea. Or, he wanted a navy, with countless merchant ships, to find the footprints of the Tang Dynasty in the past, to conquer and make money.

Now deep in Qin Feng’s heart, making money is the most important thing. For an ordinary family, seven things to do, including food, food, food, food, and tea, and everything costs money. Not to mention a country, every day is a huge amount.

Although Changyang County is developing very well now, it is still shockingly poor. If you want to get rid of this situation as soon as possible, the most convenient way is to invest a large amount of money, but Qin Feng has no money. He wanted to build a rail car that runs across the country. Jin Shengnanguang calculated the less than 100-mile route from Feng County to Shayang County and the supporting facilities along the route, which made Qin Feng's hair stand up all over his body. This money alone made the Ming Dynasty very difficult, let alone what he wanted to build a network that runs across the country.

Don't have money, but is this road still repaired? The answer is obvious. Of course, it needs to be repaired. If there is this road, Qin Feng can mobilize troops and materials as quickly as possible. In this way, he does not need too much force and can have the spare time to deal with possible wars everywhere.

Rail car repair is very expensive, but as long as it is completed, it will be a foundation forever. In the long run, it is much cheaper than maintaining a huge army. Moreover, as long as it is completed, this road itself has the ability to make profits and can make up for some of the funds.

"Baoqing Port is much deserted than before!" Standing on the land of Baoqing Port, Qin Feng sighed: "I remember there was a fence here before. Outside, there were dense wooden houses, and many people were here to make a living."

"The situation was different at that time." Ma Xiangnan said: "At that time, thousands of Chu troops were stationed here, and in order to open up a second battlefield, the Chu State spared no effort to send strength to it. Even if the losses were huge at sea, he did not give up. There were ships to pay the port and some people came ashore, so naturally there would be business. But now, there were no troops, and there were no ships coming to the port, of course, except for some small fishing boats."

Ma Xiangnan laughed, "If the imperial court hadn't built a shipyard here, I'm afraid Baoqing Port would be abandoned again."

"There are ports, boats, and business to prosper." Qin Feng nodded: "So we need boats even more. Even if we don't go to Qi, we can still go out. Where Luo Yishui can go, can't our boats go?"

"I'm afraid there are many dangers overseas." Ma Xiangnan shook his head and said, "Emperor Li Qing also used swords and guns to conquer them first. Only then can there be a situation where all countries come to pay tribute. Now we know nothing about the outside world, and we have no way of knowing what the outside world has developed. It's too dangerous to go out rashly."

"Why didn't they call?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"According to ancient books, although overseas regions are vast, there are many countries. The most ridiculous thing is that some so-called countries are not as big as our county. It is probably difficult to gather strength in such chaos. Besides, perhaps it is because Emperor Li Qing was too famous back then, and these overseas countries had a natural fear of the Celestial Empire, but it is not certain."

Qin Feng touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Since Emperor Li Qing was able to conquer them back then, why can't we? Lord Ma, don't you want to do such a magnificent career again? Recreate the scene of the coming of all nations in the past?"

Ma Xiangnan was stunned and looked at Qin Feng for a long time and couldn't speak.

"What's wrong? Are you scared?" Qin Feng laughed loudly.

"Your Majesty, of course I was scared. When Emperor Li Qing went abroad to fight overseas, he was also after unifying the world, and gathered all the power of the world. According to historical records, when he went on the battle, tens of millions of sails covered the sky and tens of thousands of soldiers boarded the ship and went to sea, how spectacular it was? Of course, what financial resources did this require? What kind of situation is we now? Your Majesty, you must not be very happy with merit! Such a thing can never be done. If we succeed, we may not get much benefit, but once we fail, it will be a disaster."

Qin Feng flattened his mouth, "Master Ma, you must read the books, but you cannot believe them all. You said that thousands of ships went to sea and tens of thousands of soldiers were just written in a nonsense. How difficult would it be to replenish logistics at such a large scale? The sea is vast and endless. What can even tens of thousands of soldiers help?"

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with this matter. Even if I have to do it, I have to wait until Your Majesty unifies the world." Ma Xiangnan shook his head and said.

Qin Feng smiled, "What if we just go to do business?"

"This kind of overseas business without swords and guns is afraid that it will not even spit out bones." Ma Xiangnan still shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you know that pirates on the sea alone can make merchant ships die for a lifetime."

"Okay, okay, just pretend I didn't say this. We don't even have a warship!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "When we organize a fleet, let's discuss this topic again!"

"Your Majesty, you already have a warship." Ma Xiangnan looked a little strange and pointed to the place where the sun and moon flags were flying in the distance of the port. "Taiping Shipyard has built the first warship. Didn't you come here today just to cut the ribbon for him personally?"

Qin Feng slapped his forehead and laughed: "Look at my memory, I really forgot that there was already a warship. However, it has been almost a year since Taiping Shipyard was established and it has only built a ship. This is not very efficient!"

"Your Majesty, it's not easy to build a ship. In less than a year, you can build a warship. And on the basis of nothing, it is the result of the shipmakers' hard work day and night." Ma Xiangnandao.

"I really don't understand this." Qin Feng said, "Let's go and see our first battleship."

At the gate of Taiping Shipyard, Yu Cong, an old ship craftsman from Chu State, knelt at the gate with more than a thousand ship craftsmen and some auxiliary workers to welcome the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In Da Chu, they were just the lowest-level craftsmen, but even so, they were still unwilling to leave their hometowns to come to the Ming Dynasty.

But their fate was never dominated by themselves. At the order of the court, although they cried and robbed the earth, they still had to pack up their greetings, took their wives and children, and left their hometown to the Ming Dynasty. Those who had a way can also bribe the chief officials who chose people, and those who had no way or money could only accept such a fate.

But when they arrived at Daming and Baoqing Port, they found that things didn't seem that bad. Here, they had prepared houses for them to live in, and their families had also distributed land. This was in Dachu, but they could not imagine that having their own land was a dream they never dared to have.

What they didn't know was that in Changyang County, there was a shortage of people, no land, and most of them had no race.

The joy of obtaining the land diluted their misery of being away from their hometown, but the joyful events did not end there, but one after another. In the reform of the administration that swept through the Ming Dynasty, these shipwrecks from Chu, as the shipyards opened by the state, were the master craftsmen in charge, and the others became workers who received the state's salary, and their income was overjoyed.

For the first time, these shipwrecks who were originally suffering in Chu State had a sense of existence, and they rewarded the Ming Dynasty for their

The generous way is to work hard.

The Taiping Shipyard was originally just a dock used by Chu State to repair damaged ships. Although it was expanded later, there was still a big gap from a shipyard that could build warships. It was these shipwrights who worked day and night that built the first warship in less than a year.

Compared with Chu Qi's warship, this ship is very small, at most it is considered a frigate of Chu Qi's main warship, but this was built by these ship workers who overcome countless difficulties.

And today, he will officially launch.
Chapter completed!