"The first building boat at the new dock has been assembled and will be launched into the water later. I'm waiting here to see it."
Jin Feng took Tang Xiaobei's arm and answered casually.
"You can get into the water so soon?" Tang Xiaobei was stunned.
She has been so busy recently that she has not paid attention to the dock, but she knows when the accessories for the building ship will be shipped.
It’s only been a few days and it’s already been assembled?
"The parts of the building ship are all made in advance in Sichuan. All you have to do here is put them together. The warehouse is full and there are so many workers here to help, so the speed is naturally fast."
As Jin Feng was talking, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the new dock.
That was the sound of a big ship being launched into the water.
Jin Feng quickly walked to the guardrail of the high platform and turned to look in the direction of the new dock.
The building ship did not keep Jin Feng waiting for long. Following the inertia of launching, it rushed out of the dock and slowly stopped on the sea.
"Is this... such a big ship?"
Tang Xiaobei looked at Lou Chuan, his eyes suddenly widened.
Although she had seen the blueprints of the building and ship drawn by Jin Feng, she was not interested in machinery and could not understand what the dense lines and numbers on the blueprints represented.
She just heard that the shipyard had assembled one so quickly. She thought the ship was not that big.
Now that she saw the building with her own eyes, she realized that she was wrong!
Although the length and width of the building ship are not as good as Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3, there is only one floor on the deck of Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3, while the deck of the building ship has three floors.
Including the cabin below deck, there are four floors.
If the upper three floors are also filled with cargo, the overall transportation capacity of this building ship may not be much worse than the Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3.
Tang Xiaobei became even more excited when he saw the smoke spouting out of the chimney of the building ship and then moving slowly.
"Sir, a shipyard can build such a large ship in a few days. Are we going to have no shortage of ships in the future?"
"What are you daydreaming about?" Jin Feng knocked Tang Xiaobei on the head: "You only see that the building ship is assembled quickly, but you don't know how long it takes to make the accessories of the building ship!
Mancang said that all the spare parts from the steel factory have been brought over, and the next batch of spare parts will not be ready until two months at the earliest!"
"Yes, making accessories also takes time." Tang Xiaobei nodded suddenly, and then asked: "How many buildings can be built with this batch of accessories?"
"If there are no problems, we can build seven ships." Jin Feng replied.
"Seven ships... although it is a bit small, it is barely enough. At least it is much better than when there was only Zhenyuan No. 2 before!"
Tang Xiaobei held Jin Feng's arm and asked flatteringly: "Mr. sir, how many ships are you going to allocate to the chamber of commerce? Many chambers of commerce outlets are out of stock recently!"
Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce is the department most dependent on transportation under Jin Feng, and it is also the department that uses Zhenyuan No. 2 the most.
Since Jin Feng's reinforcements to Yuguan City, Zhenyuan No. 2 has been requisitioned, and the development of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce has been greatly affected.
After finally waiting for Jin Feng to get another Zhenyuan No. 3 out, it turned out that Zhenyuan No. 3 had to go to Jiangnan to transport grain, and still couldn't take care of the Chamber of Commerce.
In recent times, almost half of the documents Tang Xiaobei received were reporting on shortages.
Well now, the building ships have been built, and there will be seven of them soon. We have to get two for the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, right?
Jin Feng also knew the situation of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce. He thought for a moment and replied: "I will give you two ships for use first. When the next batch of building ships comes out, or when the kelp and Jiangnan grain are shipped, I will give you two more ships!"
"Thank you sir!"
When Tang Xiaobei heard this, he happily hugged Jin Feng, then raised his neck and winked at Jin Feng.
Jin Feng immediately understood and returned a look.
Iron Hammer standing aside looked intently, but he couldn't help but curl his lips, thinking of Wan Yuhong involuntarily.
Wan Yuhong was one of the first batch of female disciples recruited by Mancang, and she was also Wan Heming's biological sister. In addition to her good business skills, Mancang attached great importance to her. Now she has become the second-in-command of the steel factory. Jin Feng and Mancang are not here.
When she came to Jinchuan, she was in charge of the steel plant, so she didn't follow her this time, but stayed in Jinchuan.
Since Wan Yuhong can manage such a large steel factory, she is not a good person. I don't know what method she used. Anyway, since Tie Hammer started dating her, he has almost never been to a brothel.
After coming to Donghai, Iron Hammer was always on call. He didn't dare to stray too far from Jin Feng, and he didn't dare to attack the female escorts and workers around him. He lived a very miserable life.
However, Jin Feng and Tang Xiaobei were still spreading dog food in front of him...
If it weren't for Jin Feng and Tang Xiaobei, whom he couldn't afford to offend, Iron Hammer would have cursed them long ago.
Tang Xiaobei also knew the importance of kelp and Jiangnan food to Sichuan and Shu, so Tang Xiaobei was very satisfied to get two building ships. He happily leaned on Jin Feng and watched the building slowly speeding up on the sea.
Boat.
The ship had been loaded with coal in advance, and after picking up speed, it headed straight for Maolang Island, escorted by two speedboats.
Tang Xiaobei originally thought that the ship was just for a casual test and would come back after the test. However, now that the ship was getting faster and faster, running farther and farther away, with no intention of turning around and coming back, he couldn't help but became anxious: "Ms. sir, you're not
You said you would give me two ships first, why did they escape?"
"It can't just empty the boat and go back, right?" Jin Feng scratched Tang Xiaobei's nose: "When it goes to Maolang Island to bring back a boatload of seawater, and after the test shows no problems, it will return to Jinchuan."
"That's good," Tang Xiaobei finally felt relieved when he heard Jin Feng say this.
Watching the building boat running further and further away, and finally disappearing on the sea, Jin Feng took Tang Xiaobei back.
Behind them, Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3, puffing out thick smoke, left the dock one after another. Under the escort of speedboats, they started their return journey with loads of kelp.
Because the river was very fast recently and there was too much kelp being pulled in, Zhenyuan No. 2 and No. 3 did not dare to run too fast, and it took seven days to return to Jinchuan.
The Ninth Princess, like Jin Feng, is full of expectations for kelp.
Knowing that Zhenyuan No. 2 would be back on the 3rd, the Ninth Princess, who was busy with official duties, squeezed out a day and came to Jinchuan Pier in advance to wait.
Guan Xiaorou and Bei Qianxun had nothing to do at home, so they also came to join in the fun.
Several people waited at the pier until noon, and finally saw the thick smoke emitting from Zhenyuan No. 2.
At this time, Zhenyuan No. 2 was still several miles away from the dock, and to the naked eye it was just a blurry black shadow.
Princess Ninth, who has always been calm, immediately took out her telescope and pointed it at Zhenyuan No. 2 when she saw the thick smoke.
Seeing that the deck of Zhenyuan No. 2 was piled full of goods, Princess Ninth's expression was the same as that of Jin Feng in the drying yard, showing a satisfied smile. Then she put the telescope on the table and returned to the majesty that a queen should have.
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Guan Xiaorou chatted with the Ninth Princess for a while, then picked up the telescope from the table and pointed it at Zhenyuan No. 2.
"Hey, why is this kelp different from what the boss sent last time?"