Liaoxia City is just north of Liucheng, with several small villages between them, less than a hundred miles away. She didn't bring anything except a few pieces of painted paper on Yuwen Chengdu. She kept working all the way and arrived by noon.

This city has extremely important strategic significance. To be precise, the four cities around Liucheng are like this. They either stockpile food, heavy weapons, or seasonal clothes. Liaoxia City is to build a city that stockpile weapons.

After the two went straight to the prefect, they ordered people to prepare a banquet and then they asked someone to call the masters who were proficient in smelting steel.

Those people were naturally flattered when they learned that the county magistrate was going to host a banquet for them and others. How could they dare to be negligent? They quickly put down their things and went straight to the prefect.

Nearly a hundred people arrived soon, and under the order of Yuwen Chengdu, the two of them sat in one seat. Although these blacksmiths wondered why the high-ranking county magistrates summoned them, they did not dare to ask more questions.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, seeing that everyone had eaten the same food, Yu Wen Cheng, who was the first to take out a few pieces of drawing paper from his side and handed it to everyone to circulate. After a while, he expressed his serious expression and said in a deep voice.

"You are all people who are proficient in this way. As a layman, I will not interfere. As long as there are things in the Great Sui Dynasty, you may create the things I painted in my picture and conform to the above?"

To master any craft, you need years of accumulated experience and hard research. The same is true for blacksmiths. All of these proficient blacksmiths have become the master of this after more than ten years or even decades of accumulation, so they are generally over thirty years old.

After seeing the drawings passed, they shook their heads without thinking. Nearly a hundred people were like this.

"Sir, based on my thirty years of experience in blacksmithing, this is impossible to do. It is impossible to successfully build a whole piece of steel with a ship that is often more than ten meters or even dozens of meters. Even if it is built, it cannot be used for actual combat. A large ship with all-in-one steel will undoubtedly be as heavy as Mount Tai and will definitely not float on the water, let alone take action."

The oldest man, who looked forty years old, had a swelling of blue veins, probably because he had been waving a hammer all year round. The middle-aged man with a face that looked like black charcoal was the first to refute. It was obvious that he had some say among these people.

"Is it impossible?" Yuwen Cheng looked dark after hearing this. Although he had been mentally prepared, he still felt disappointed after hearing the denial. In fact, on the way he came, he knew that this was not something that this era could do. Not to mention now, even if it was a thousand years later, the Ming and Qing dynasties that had not undergone the industrial revolution could not do it. There are already several gaps between the times.

"Since that's the case, we will settle for the second best. If we first use hard nanmu or other wood to build a warship, and then we cover the outer layer with iron plates, do you think it can be done and is it feasible?"

Despite some disappointment, the navy still needs to be created. Not creating is not enough to go to Nordic Europe to beat the Vikings, not creating is not enough to go to Central America to appreciate the wisdom of the Mayans at their heyday, and not creating is not enough to declare the strength of the Han people to the world.

But his skills are low, so he can only settle for the second best. Yuwen Cheng squinted his eyes and spoke after a while of careful consideration.

"In this case, it is somewhat feasible. We can make the edges of steel plates into extremely complex buckles, and then put them together on a warship made of wood. If the county magistrate does not understand why buckles, please look at the joint between the four legs of the table in front of you and the tabletop. However, if you want to be waterproof, we have to make buckles countless times more complex and extremely precise. This requires a lot of energy. If the size of the ship drawn on this drawing of the county magistrate, with the ability of our hundred people, it will take at least three months, or even longer to complete one."

After hearing this, another middle-aged man with extremely rich experience frowned and thought for a long time, he finally showed a confident smile.

"Three months?" Yu Wen Cheng was deeply thinking after hearing this. Three months were indeed a bit slow, because he just said that he was only a twenty-meter long and five meters wide, and at most one hundred people could only fight. The one he drew in another picture was the largest warship of the Sui Dynasty, which was more than ten meters larger than the 55-meter five-tooth warship. Wouldn't it take a year or even longer? This was something he could not accept, but there was no way, there was not enough talent!

"Three months are three months, what's your name?"

He pointed to the first old blacksmith and said.

"Mr. The villain is named Liu Tu"

"Okay, three months are three months. Now I will give you three days to settle down. Then I will go to Nangao County to set up a shipyard. You are responsible for building steel plates covering the ships. With Liu Tu as the leader, I will tell me what you need and everything is satisfied. Of course, in order to allow you to specialize in production without any worries, I will send special people to your family every month, which is enough for dozens of people to live. And I will also commend you those who perform well as you choose ten people every year, each with one or two gold, and everyone will have a share of your performance."

In order to encourage these people, this amount of money should be paid. In such an era, these people can be regarded as high-end talents, and in a sense they can even be called scientists. Yu Wen Cheng is absolutely generous to these people.

"Hmm? One or two silver taels a month? And if you perform well, you can also get an additional reward of one or two gold taels a year?"

One or two silver is already an amazing wealth for an ordinary family. One or two gold is even more like astronomical numbers. How can they not be moved?

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Under the temptation of huge money, nearly a hundred people expressed their willingness to go. Under the instructions of Yuwen Chengdu, Xu Maogong recorded their specific information and home address. There are also some dirty things among them, which are considered as mortgages with their family members. However, these simple-minded and unscheming people think that this is convenient for giving money to their wives and children every month.

This is a very positive idea and is very worthy of advocacy.

"Mr. Maogong, send me some people. No, send 10,000 Eagle cavalry to go to the open surfaces of various parts of the Sui Dynasty to post my Liaoning County to recruit blacksmiths and shipbuilders, but those who are proficient must have a lot of money."

On the way back, Yuwen Cheng felt more and more that he was not enough professional talents, so he made up his mind to recruit people vigorously.

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