Chapter 411 Dahan Naval General Administration (Thanks to [The Masked Superman from Mercury]
After many discussions, Lu Yan decided to build the shipyard beside the Yellow River.
Chenliu City is close to the Yellow River, so the shipyard can be built nearby in Chenliu County.
Lu Yan also wanted to build the shipyard directly on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River or on the Han River. As soon as the ship was ready, he could go south to fight with Liu Biao and Sun Quan.
But the problem is that Sun Quan and Liu Biao will probably not agree...
After all, their navy is not just a decoration. Maybe Lu Yan's shipyard has just started to take off, and their two navy's have already come over with their warships to burn him to pieces.
Neither Cao Cao nor Lu Yan had ships or decent naval forces, so there was no way to intercept Liu Biao or Sun Quan's navy on the river. If the shipyard was really built on these two rivers, the only way to do it was to build a shipyard on these two rivers. I'm sending firewood to people.
Of course, some people may say that they can learn from Wang Jun in the Western Jin Dynasty and go upstream to Yizhou to build ships and train naval forces, and then go straight down the river to take Jingzhou and Jiangdong. But judging from the current situation, if you want to take The difficulty of going to Shu is probably not much lower than crossing the Yangtze River.
As long as the three-masted warship is formed, the navy can sail from the Yellow River into the Bohai Sea, then enter the Yangtze River along the coast, and go upstream!
After the fleet enters the Yangtze River, whether Jiangdong or Jingzhou will be destroyed first can completely depend on the situation at that time.
The reason why many people are not in favor of placing the shipyard in the Yellow River is because the warships in ancient times could not withstand the wind and waves of the sea and could not travel thousands of miles at sea. Even approaching the sea was really difficult. But with the three-masted It's not a problem for warships and going to the ocean, let alone just offshore navigation.
After comprehensive consideration, Lu Yan finally chose the location of the shipyard along the Yellow River in Chenliu County against all opinions.
The seventh year of Jian'an, at the end of June.
Many people in Chenliu City were surprised to find that overnight, a brand new organization had appeared next to the Sheriff's Mansion in Chenliu County.
The plaque on the door of the institution is engraved with six powerful characters: "Dahan Naval Administration!"
Many people were extremely curious about this, and those who were interested passed the news back to their owners.
After the establishment of the Naval General Administration, the Naval General Administration set up a Commander-in-Chief to be in charge of all military and political affairs of the Navy...and the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy was concurrently held by Lu Yanlai.
Under the Grand Governor, there is also a naval commander, whose main responsibility is to direct the naval operations... However, this position is still vacant for the time being, and he can take up the post immediately after Gan Ning returns.
The general supervisor has recruited 1,800 craftsmen with shipbuilding experience, plus the 200 sent by Xun Yu, which just makes up a round number of 2,000.
Since most of this group of shipwrights came from the south, in order to allow these shipwrights who were far away from their hometown to take root in Chenliu in the future, Lu Yan specially held a reception banquet for these shipwrights in the residential area outside Jiangzuo Prison. We had a luxurious meal together.
At the banquet, Lu Yan clearly told the shipwrights that this area is home to the families of the craftsmen, and if they are willing, they can bring their families to settle here.
The general will create a special area for each of their family members to build houses. From now on, everyone will live together. Not only will they take care of each other, but they will also avoid the pain of missing each other.
Moreover, Lu Yan also promised that regardless of whether the warship on the drawings could be built or not, the wages of the shipwrights would be the same as the wages of ordinary craftsmen who would serve as supervisors.
But if it is built, the shipwrights' wages will immediately increase by another 50%; and at the end of the year, there will be a very considerable year-end bonus!
If there are craftsmen who have outstanding performance and can provide suggestions for improvement, there will be additional rewards...not just wages, but also promotions and even officials!
As soon as Lu Yan's promise came out, the atmosphere at the banquet instantly reached a climax.
The shipwrights were celebrating and cheering hard, while other craftsmen or family members watching the excitement looked at them with envy.
Some of the shipwrights who came early also traveled around privately after arriving in Chenliu County.
For the prosperous and prosperous times under Cao Cao's rule that surpassed their imagination, they had long since been shocked from the beginning to now admiring them.
Now, when they heard that not only would they be richly rewarded, but they could also bring their families over, their excitement and excitement were naturally indescribable.
Some people expressed their excitement in the most direct way,
"Hiccup!" An old man was so excited that he hurled it directly.
Fortunately, his brain temporarily shut down due to excessive excitement. With the help of everyone, he finally woke up slowly.
"I have been living in poverty for most of my life. I didn't expect that I would be able to enjoy happiness for once with half of my body buried in the ground..."
Speaking of this, the old man suddenly burst into tears,
"My little boy...if you can survive for another half a year, we can live a good life together!"
The old man's words brought back sadness to many people.
For a moment, the craftsmen in this area couldn't help but began to silently wipe away tears.
Accompanied by Lao Geng, Lu Yan came to the old man.
Bending down, Lu Yan and others helped the old man up and said: "The dead are gone, but the living are like this...Old man, you have to take good care of your health. You will still have a good life in the future."
"Yeah! Thank you Lu Huaqi!" After the old man stood firm, he quickly saluted Lu Yan and said, "I only regret that I didn't come under the rule of Prime Minister Cao and Lu Huaqi earlier!"
Lu Yan grinned and said, "Isn't it coming?"
"Hahaha!"
Lu Yan's words caused the people around him to laugh kindly.
When the laughter subsided, Lu Yan said to everyone: "Everyone who comes here only needs to concentrate on overcoming technical problems. As for other problems, whether they are life or financial problems, you can come to Geng Liang to solve them in the future!"
As the second-in-command in charge of supervision, Geng Liang also had a good grasp of his temperament at this time.
He has a big belly, a square face and round ears, and he is not angry and intimidating, but he has the image of an "official" in the hearts of the people.
"Everyone, I am Geng Liang. I was just like you in the early days, a poor craftsman."
"But I'm luckier than you. My whole family took refuge with Lu Xiuqi very early... Thanks to Lu Xiuqi's respect, I am now a sixth-rank official."
When they heard that Geng Liang was just a craftsman in the past, the shipwrights couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
In their hearts, craftsmen are still of low status, and they have never imagined that craftsmen who engage in low-level jobs can actually become officials!
Although Lu Yan said before that if you behave well you can become an official, no one took it seriously.
But now that a living example is in front of them, one can imagine how shocked these craftsmen are.
The benefits were promised, morale was boosted, and Lu Yan no longer needed to stay here.
All the work of establishing the shipyard will be supervised by Geng Liang and Zhuge Liang.
Lu Yan has now made up his mind. Unless he really starts building ships, he will not step out of Chenliucheng again!