Chapter 235 Rules!

Linqing, Shandong.

The former site of Qinghe Shipyard.

During the Xuande period, the Ming Dynasty completely withdrew its defenses, stopped Zheng He's voyages to the West, and implemented an extremely strict maritime ban policy, which caused all the major shipyards along the coast to be abandoned. Then a large number of coastal people lost their livelihoods and either fled and became refugees or tenants in the fields of gentry.

However, the Qinghe Shipyard at this moment was very lively and noisy.

In fact, the reason why Tang Hao postponed his visit to Shandong was to wait for the craftsmen to arrive here and to transfer the garrison soldiers to rotate back to Tang Mu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zuo Yidao had been ordered to come to Shandong a long time ago, and transferred a group of garrison soldiers to Jeju Horse Farm by boat, and exchanged for the two thousand soldiers led by Tang Mu and the five hundred soldiers who had been left in Ryukyu to train Ryukyu soldiers. Then Zuo Yidao came to the Qinghe Shipyard in Linqing and took the first step to deal with the basic matters.

But Tang Mu was a little dissatisfied with this, and he roared as soon as he saw Tang Hao.

"Brother Hao, you are going too far!"

"I just stayed in Jeju Island for a few more months, and you got married!"

"As the absolute confidant and right-hand man of the Marquis of Zhongshan, I am very hurt!"

Hearing Tang Mu's deliberate joke, the soldiers started to shout.

How could they not be present at their Marquis' wedding? Isn't this intentional bullying?

Tang Hao glared at Tang Mu unhappily, and then looked at the soldiers of the Beijing Army.

"Don't shout!"

"Don't worry, you will get the rewards you deserve!"

"Most of you have made military achievements this time, so promotion and wealth are inevitable!"

Tang Hao then took out a list and read it out loud.

Soon, 128 people including Wang Dabao were called out, and then Tang Hao issued an order, and they were promoted to the chief captains of the Shandong Guards.

Then there was another group of soldiers from the Beijing Army, only 64 people, who were promoted to senior officers of the Shandong Guards, including commanders, deputy commanders, and deputy commanders.

This was what Tang Hao had promised them. As long as they followed him, the Marquis of Zhongshan, and fought bravely, they would be rewarded.

Those who deserved promotion would be promoted, and those who deserved wealth would be rich. Anyway, the meritorious soldiers would not be treated unfairly!

Hearing what the Marquis of Zhongshan said, the soldiers of the three armies cheered immediately.

Even though most of them had not been promoted, they also received money rewards, and they keenly discovered that these promoted people, such as Wang Dabao, did indeed make military achievements and killed many Japanese pirates, and they were injured soldiers.

In other words, most of the promoted soldiers were disabled.

In fact, Wang Dabao had already made preparations to go home to farm after receiving a sum of money, because they were missing arms and legs, and it was impossible for them to continue to stay in the soldiers.

However, it must be admitted that even if the salary from Zhongshan Marquis was generous, it would be used up sooner or later. However, they were missing limbs and could not do heavy work at home. They would probably live a miserable life in the second half of their lives.

However, no one expected that this vicious Zhongshan Marquis would actually fulfill his original promise and never treat any meritorious soldiers unfairly, and directly promote them.

The lowest people all started as a thousand households in the garrison, which was a real officer!

The other soldiers who were not promoted saw this, so they were convinced by Tang Hao and cheered.

Because sooner or later, there will be such a day when they will face disability and retirement. How will they support their families?

Now, Zhongshan Marquis gave them the answer.

You can go to fight bravely and don’t worry about the follow-up problems!

At this moment, the army’s morale was completely solidified and the morale was high!

Tang Hao waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to be quiet.

"Those who have been promoted can go back with their families and report to the corresponding garrison in Shandong within one month."

"Those who have made a fortune can also mail the money back to their families. This marquis guarantees that it will be delivered to your families."

"The rest of the soldiers will be stationed in this Qinghe Shipyard. This place will be our base camp in the future. This marquis will be stationed here for a long time."

After receiving this order, the soldiers of the three armies were completely relieved.

Then Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao began to make arrangements and stationed more than 2,300 soldiers in the Qinghe Shipyard.

In the next half month, the craftsmen recruited from Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard and Huainan Qingjiang Shipyard also arrived one after another.

During this period, Tang Hao did not show up, and he was still studying the precious materials left by Zheng He, especially those warships.

In addition to the large number of ships, the Ming Dynasty shipbuilding has two significant characteristics: one is the increase in the hull, and the other is the variety of ship types.

The largest ship of the Ming Dynasty is the large treasure ship that Zheng He used to sail to the West, "444 feet long and 180 feet wide".

According to the system of measuring dou and chi stipulated by the Ming Dynasty, this chi is equivalent to 31 centimeters. Based on this conversion, the length and width of the treasure ship are about 138 meters and 56 meters, with a carrying capacity of about 2,500 tons and a displacement of 3,100 tons.

Gong Zhen, who accompanied Zheng He on his voyage to the West, said in his book "Records of Western Foreign Countries" that the treasure ship "has a majestic body and is invincible. It takes no less than 200 to 300 people to move the sails, anchors and rudders."

Such a huge ship is not only "unprecedented in ancient times", but also reached the peak of wooden sailing ships in the world before the 19th century!

Therefore, the famous British scientist Joseph Needham pointed out: "In terms of shipbuilding, China was far ahead of Europe."

It's a pity that with the Ming Dynasty's current shipbuilding level, even if such a treasure ship could be built by force, it would be meaningless.

The invincible fleet in Tang Hao's mind actually doesn't need such a behemoth. He cares more about practicality.

The warships of the Ming Dynasty were mainly Fu boats, a general name for a type of ship that was born on the coast of Fujian. It has a wide bottom tip, a wide tip and tail, and two raised ends. The building materials are mainly Fujian pine, fir, camphor, Phoebe.

There are six numbers in total. The lucky boats used in naval battles refer to numbers 1 and 2. The number 1 lucky boat is 90 meters long, and the number 2 lucky boat is 80 meters long.

According to Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general who had won several great victories during the Jiajing period: "Fu Chuan is as tall as a city and cannot be driven by human power. It depends on the wind. Japanese boats are naturally shorter than my little cang boat, so Fu Chuan rides the wind and goes down." Pressure is like a chariot crushing a mantis. It’s not about the strength of the ship but the strength of the mantis.”

Therefore, Tang Hao's main target is naturally on this lucky ship.

In addition to Fu boats, there are also buildings, mengchong, fighting boats, sea falcons, walking boats, yachts, etc., as well as 400-material battle boats, 400-material patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentry boats, and rowing boats. and a variety of fully functional ships.

In other words, the former Ming Navy was indeed the invincible first navy in the world!

The famous Zheng He fleet was actually just a maritime mobile fleet of the powerful Ming Empire Navy. In the 18th year of Yongle, when the Ming Navy was at its peak, the Ming Navy had 3,800 ships, one of which There are 1,350 patrol ships, 1,350 warships, 400 large ships and 400 grain transport ships stationed at the Xinjiangkou base in Nanjing, of which 250 are ocean-going treasure ships. In addition, it also has a large number of security and law enforcement ships and messenger ships that protect the ocean and patrol the rivers. Its total size is equivalent to ten Spanish Armadas!

One can imagine what a terrifying naval force this is!

For example, the voyage fleet organized by Zheng He on his voyages to the West was the earliest large-scale voyage fleet established in the world and an unprecedented maritime task force.

Zheng He's fleet consisted of more than 200 ocean-going ships of different purposes and ship types, with more than 20,000 soldiers. It was large in scale, numerous in personnel, and well-organized.

This fleet is a large-scale voyage fleet composed of treasure ships as the main body and supporting ships. The scale of its fleet, the variety and number of ships are unprecedented, and it is the largest sea-going ship in Zheng He's fleet. It's a treasure ship, the flagship of the maritime task force led by Zheng He!

During Zheng He's voyages to the West, he did fight several beautiful battles. For example, he annihilated a group of more than 5,000 pirates, which was the largest pirate group in the world at that time. They massacred or captured all the pirates. The famous "One Piece" "Chen Zuyi was captured and later escorted back to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for justice. It was a pirate group with more than 5,000 people. The battle was not easy, but Zheng He's fleet still won.

This war was recorded in detail in Zheng He's letters. Tang Hao could even feel the overwhelming domineering power of Zheng He in commanding the naval forces from these words!

Unfortunately, I was interrupted soon.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao walked in together, their expressions not very good.

"Master Hou, something happened."

Tang Mu said in a deep voice: "Someone is making trouble among the craftsmen!"

After hearing this, Tang Hao slowly put down Zheng He's letters, and then moved his eyes to Zuo Yida.

Even though he didn't speak, Zuo Yidao understood what his Lord Marquis meant.

Someone dared to cause trouble, why didn't Jin Yiwei take action?

Zuo Yidao was speechless, so he could only bite the bullet and explain: "The trouble was caused by two groups of people, Ryukyu craftsmen and Longjiang shipyard craftsmen. The two sides were competing for better houses, so they..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Hao stood up directly and walked out the door.

"Calling all craftsmen!"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao looked at each other.

After following for such a long time, both of them had a clear understanding.

Usually at this time, it means someone is going to be unlucky!

Half an hour later, all the craftsmen gathered in the open space in front of the shipyard.

Tang Hao looked at these craftsmen with his hands behind his back, but sighed secretly.

Is Ryukyu comparable to Ming Dynasty?

Really not, because Ryukyu is currently in the process of transforming from a tribal slave system to a feudal autocratic system, so most of their people eat raw hair, drink blood, and wear animal skins.

The Ming Dynasty is famous as a heavenly kingdom and a land of etiquette.

But now, the scene that greeted Tang Hao's eyes was completely the opposite.

Even though Ryukyu craftsmen are covered in animal skins, they are at least full of energy and strong in body. But what about the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty?

All of them were in ragged clothes and skinny, with panic and fear written all over their faces.

Just like those kitchen households in the past, this scene was caused by the damn household service system of the Ming Dynasty!

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang chose to inherit the Yuan Dynasty's "various household plan" household registration system, dividing the household registration into civilian households, military households, craftsman households, etc. The civilian households worked in agriculture, paid agricultural taxes and performed corvee service to the state. The obligation of military households is to serve in the army, while craftsmen households have to work for the palace, government and government-run handicraft industries, kitchen households cook salt all day long, and farmers farm fields.

Moreover, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang strictly prohibited the change of household registration. The hereditary occupations of various household registrations cannot be changed. The children of farmers have been farming for generations, the children of craftsmen have been working for generations, the children of military households have been in the army for generations, and the children of Zao households have been cooking salt for generations...

This also means that what a grandfather is is what a son is, and it will be the same for generations to come. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no chance of change in this life.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang attempted to use such a deformed system to maintain the entire Ming Empire for thousands of generations, stipulating the identity of everyone, and this identity was continued from generation to generation without any changes.

Zhu Chongba is a fool!

In essence, it is the continuation of the "scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants" class.

Craftsmen originally had a low and humble status. They had to perform labor for the palace, government and government-run handicraft industries, but received almost no compensation. Of course, the court would allocate corresponding funds, but nowadays, the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty is not two or two per day. Damn it, how could this money and food fall into the hands of these humble craftsmen? It would have been divided up layer by layer.

As a result, the craftsmen's life was very difficult and miserable, and they were even far inferior to those wealthy businessmen with millions of dollars.

Not to mention having enough food and clothing, it is difficult for them to support their families. Even their children and grandchildren will be like them, with no possibility of turning over in this life.

Looking at the group of craftsmen who looked like beggars in front of him, Tang Hao felt ten thousand grass and mud horses roaring past.

It is hard to imagine how the craftsmen in front of us managed to survive under such a premise.

Expecting such a group of craftsmen who live like beggars to create an industrial country is simply more difficult than the Ming Dynasty dominating the earth.

These are the top craftsmen who were originally important tools for a great country. If placed in any future country that values ​​industry, each of them should be as high-status as a national treasure.

But in this glorious Ming Dynasty and the prosperous age of Yongle, their lives are not as good as those of wealthy people. If things continue like this, will the armaments they produce have any quality at all?

impossible!

If a person has no hope and his descendants have no hope, then this person will become indifferent and have no ambition to make progress.

So, this is a very real problem.

Time travel, just like reincarnation, requires skill.

If you were unfortunate enough to become a merchant in the Ming Dynasty, at least in the early to middle Ming Dynasty, you would have to be a humble merchant for the rest of your life. You would be ridiculed and despised by the literati and officials, and be hostile and reviled by the common people. You could only wear coarse cloth when walking on the street. Mai.

If you are unfortunate enough to travel through time and become a kitchen household or craftsman in the Ming Dynasty, then congratulations, in the end, throughout the Ming Dynasty, except for the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty by Zhu Youxiao, the "God of War of Meishan Mountain", you will only be able to fight for the rest of your life. Iron, boil salt for a lifetime, let alone revitalize the Ming Dynasty, because you can't even leave the villages and towns, you can't even leave the workshops. If you just run away, you will lose your household registration and become a refugee!

Tang Hao was undoubtedly lucky. He accidentally rescued Zhu Houzhao as soon as he passed through, and then cheated all the way to become the Marquis of Zhongshan who now holds a heavy army!

But in this world today, there are many people with tragic and unfortunate fates!

"I am Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty!"

Upon hearing the three words "Zhongshan Hou", all the craftsmen trembled, including the Ryukyu craftsmen, and fell to their knees on the ground to express their awe for the ferocious Zhongshan Hou.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Hao announced the first rule.

"From now on in this Qinghe Shipyard, my words are orders and guidelines!"

No one refuted this point. Even if someone wanted to question it, they suppressed it.

Because according to the imperial court's previous model in these three major shipyards, they should be under the name of the Dushui Department of the Central Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry will also set up branches in major factories, and the imperial court will also set up institutions in the shipyards.

For example, the Dushui Division is in charge of inspection; the Lifting Division is in charge of shipbuilding business; the command hall is in charge of production...

But now, in this Qinghe Shipyard, there is nothing but a ferocious Zhongshan Hou!

"Secondly, Qinghe Shipyard is different from other places because I will treat you as human beings!"

"In the past, when you produced firearms in other places, your salary, money and food were deducted, so you were left with no food or clothing, but this place is different. As long as you work conscientiously and complete your tasks on time and with quality, you will be able to achieve your goals every month. You can get one stone of brown rice, which is the basic monthly salary.”

"In addition, I have always adhered to the principle of more work, more reward. The more you do, the more you will get. There will be a dedicated person responsible for counting your production volume, and bonuses will be distributed at the end of the month, so you can rest assured that no one will deduct you. You deserve the monthly salary and bonus!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao waved his hand.

The next moment, hundreds of soldiers carried a large box in front of the crowd in pairs, then violently opened the box and pushed it to the ground.

Immediately, the silver was scattered everywhere.

Then, more than 3,000 craftsmen all burst into exclamations.

Because all the boxes contained huge silver ingots!

How pitiful it is that most of them have never even seen silver ingots, but now there are boxes of silver in front of them!

Soon, someone moved, and a figure rushed out from the group of craftsmen, followed closely by another figure, frantically rushing toward the silver ingots.

Then the next moment, the soldiers suddenly drew their swords and beheaded the two ungrateful craftsmen on the spot!

Their blood spurted out and poured over the silver.

It wasn't until they smelled the pungent smell of blood that the craftsmen came back to their senses.

Looking at the two bloody heads, the craftsmen retreated in fear, their faces full of horror.

It turned out that this was not their thing.

It turned out that this Zhongshan Hou was really a madman!

"Third, anyone who disobeys orders will end up like this!"

"You can only take what I give you; you can't take what I don't give you!"

Tang Hao showed a slightly ferocious smile.

"It's the same sentence."

"The more you work, the more you get, the less you work, the less you get, and you will die if you don't work!"

"Each of you craftsmen will be numbered, and then divided into different work areas according to the number and skills."

"If there is a problem in any work area, which leads to the obstruction of the fleet plan, then I will make the people in the entire work area pay for it!"

"Now, do you understand?"