Guan Xiaorou pointed to a plate of cold kelp shreds on the table and pulled Xiaoyu to sit on the stool.
Xiaoyu looked at the Ninth Princess with some embarrassment, and when she saw the Ninth Princess nodded, she sat down.
Guan Xiaorou took the dishes very enthusiastically and gave Xiaoyu a piece of shredded kelp.
Xiaoyu picked one up and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly.
"How is it?" Guan Xiaorou asked impatiently.
"tasty!"
Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly, then picked up another chopstick of kelp.
The first time I ate this new food, the impact on my taste buds was quite strong.
Xiaoyu finished the kelp on the plate in one go before putting down her chopsticks.
At this time, she finally understood why Jin Feng, Ninth Princess Guan Xiaorou and others were excited.
The reserves of such delicious food are extremely abundant, which is indeed a timely help for Dakang.
When the Ninth Princess saw Xiaoyu put down her chopsticks, she ordered: "Xiaoyu, inform Master Tie, Master Lu, Master Xu, and the others to go to the Imperial Study Room for a meeting in half an hour. You should go too!"
"Yes!" Xiaoyu stood up and left.
Half an hour later, Tie Shixin and others rushed to the Imperial Study Room and held a small meeting under the auspices of the Ninth Princess.
There were not many participants in this small meeting, but it lasted from morning to evening.
After repeated arguments and debates, it was finally confirmed and agreed to Tang Xiaobei's proposal.
The next day, several people rushed to the imperial study room early in the morning to continue discussing possible problems with the plan and how to deal with them.
The scope of Tang Xiaobei's proposal is too wide, and problems may arise in every link. This is a very cumbersome process. Tie Shixin and others discussed it for five or six days before drafting a rough framework.
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Later, the Ninth Princess wrote back a letter to Jin Feng, telling Jin Feng the content and results of the discussion, and assured Jin Feng that she would fully support the kelp picking and fishing team in the East China Sea.
In addition to verbal guarantees, Princess Ninth also took practical actions.
On the day she received the letter from Jin Feng, Princess Ninth came to Mancang and urged him to speed up the production of building ship accessories. She also asked Mancang to form a support team and go to the East China Sea support dock to assemble the building ship.
The biggest advantage of Mancang is its strong execution ability. After receiving the order, it immediately stopped several projects that were not on deadline, organized all available manpower, and built a large team in just a few days.
support team.
While the Nine Princesses were meeting to discuss and Mancang was forming a support team, Zhenyuan No. 2 and Zhenyuan No. 3 also temporarily stopped transporting grain and docked at the dock to load shipbuilding accessories onto the ship.
When the imperial court wants to concentrate its efforts on one thing, the power and efficiency it can mobilize are first-class.
On the morning of the eighth day after Jin Feng's urgent letter was sent back, Zhenyuan 2 and Zhenyuan 3 set off carrying building ship accessories and support teams.
Early the next morning, the fleet arrived at the dock.
"Mancang, why did you bring so many people here?"
Jin Feng was a little surprised by the arrival of Mancang and the support team: "Isn't Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3 transporting grain? Why are they here too?"
From Sichuan and Sichuan to the East China Sea, you have to go down the river all the way. Cargo ships before Dakang can also run. The speed advantage of steam ships is reflected in the return journey upstream. When coming to the East China Sea, the advantage over ordinary cargo ships is not
Very big.
According to the original plan, just use the previous cargo ship to transport building ship accessories.
Jin Feng didn't expect that the Ninth Princess would send Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3 here.
"His Majesty said that kelp is the top priority of Dakang now, and all work must be compromised for this matter!"
Mancang said: "The parts of the building ship are too heavy, and the river has been fierce recently. Your Majesty is worried that there will be problems with the parts of the building ship. He is also worried that the journey to the East China Sea will be slow and delay your business, sir, so he sent Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3
coming!"
The water level of the Yangtze River has risen a lot recently, and the river water in many places has become turbulent. Ordinary cargo ships have no power and it is very difficult to adjust their direction. Passing through these places will be more dangerous.
Moreover, there are many iron parts in the accessories of the building ship, which are very heavy. After arriving in the East China Sea, if there is no south wind, I don’t know how long it will take to reach the dock by manually riding a paddle wheel.
For these reasons, arranging Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3 is the safest solution.
This batch of building ships will all be equipped with steam engines. Once manufactured, it will greatly reduce the transportation pressure of Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3, and it is also a skill to sharpen the knife and cut firewood.
"Wuyang is thoughtful," Jin Feng patted Mancang on the shoulder: "Go and talk to Mr. Hong and unload the goods as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
Mancang and Hong Taoping were also old acquaintances, so they agreed and went straight to Hong Taoping.
Hong Taoping had packed up the dock a long time ago, and immediately, together with Mancang, directed the Zhenyuan No. 2 to drive into the dock and lower the gantry to begin unloading.
From this day on, the dock became busy again.
Regardless of whether they were former workers or the support team that came later, all workers were too busy to keep their feet off the ground.
The dock workers are busy, and others are not idle either.
Except for coming back to sleep at night, Zuo Feifei spent most of the day at Golden Beach, organizing workers to build drying racks.
Under Zuo Feifei's urging, the golden beach changed almost every day. When Jin Feng went to see it today, dense pillars had been buried on the beach, and drying ropes were also stretched between the pillars.
Tang Xiaobei has stopped going fishing recently. Instead, he has arranged for people to pack up the warehouse near Jinshatan Beach to prepare for storing kelp.
In addition, she also recruited many refugees as workers and began to build new warehouses northwest of the shipyard and Golden Beach.
The assistants who stayed at the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce headquarters have also recently distributed orders to various factories and worked overtime to manufacture various daily necessities, preparing to transport them to the East China Sea to exchange for kelp with fishermen.
Even the navy who stayed near the dock was not idle. They transported huge logs one after another, and after doing waterproofing and anti-corrosion treatment, they used the ship's crane to smash them into the seabed and began to build a trestle into the sea.
Sichuan, Sichuan and the East China Sea are all glowing with prosperity.
Over at Maolang Island, the fishermen were afraid of hard times and did not dare to rest for a moment. After several days of hard work, almost all the fishing boats were filled with kelp.
Some fishermen were left to use the captured pirate ships to continue picking kelp, while Zheng Chiyuan led the navy to escort the fishermen back home.
The wet kelp was still very heavy, and almost all the fishing boats were overloaded, so the fleet moved very slowly. After several days and nights of trekking, they finally returned to the shore.
Zheng Chiyuan had already learned about the situation at Jinshatan Beach, so he did not lead the fleet to the dock. Instead, he sailed to the Jinshatan Pier in the north under the leadership of naval warships.
Jin Feng has been paying attention to Maolang Island. He calculated the time for the fleet to return today and arrived at Jinshatan Beach early in the morning to wait.
After learning that the fleet was back, he immediately rushed to the pier with Zuo Feifei and others.