After Jin Feng finished speaking, Hong Taoping quickly led the way.
Seeing Hong Taoping's cautious appearance, Jin Feng felt helpless.
In fact, he didn't doubt Hong Taoping very much in the beginning, because if the other party wanted to harm him, he wouldn't use such clumsy means.
Hong Taoping was most likely tricked by the handyman and did bad things out of good intentions.
But the consequences of that shipwreck were too serious. Regardless of whether he was unjustly accused or not, Jin Feng had to have someone investigate him.
"Sir, everything you want is here. Can you take a look?"
Hong Taoping led Jin Feng into a warehouse where various wooden boards and tools were piled.
The things Jin Feng asked Hong Taoping to prepare were all for shipbuilding and were already available in the dock.
"let me see!"
Jin Feng took out the list from his pocket and counted them one by one. After confirming that they were correct, he turned to look at Hong Taoping: "I will use this ship in the near future. Please ask everyone to stop other work and ship this ship as soon as possible."
do it!"
"OK!"
Hong Taoping nodded, looking like he was hesitating to speak.
After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't hold it back and said: "Sir, I looked at the drawings you gave me. In fact, I think if you are in a hurry, there is no need to build a new ship and replace the one we made before.
Just renovate it, which can save a lot of time.”
Although the shipyard is equipped with a gantry crane, it would take several months at the earliest to build a new ship.
This also requires all workers in the dock to work together.
Jin Feng didn't have a good way to deal with this. The smuggling plan failed and his identity was exposed. The dignitaries along the Yangtze River must have blocked the river. They couldn't take people back to Jinchuan by land, right?
With so few people guarding the dock, this idea is just a pipe dream.
When Jin Feng learned that King Wu had assembled an army in Xiaohewan, he was already mentally prepared to spend several months at the dock.
Now when I heard Hong Taoping say that it can save time, I immediately became interested and curiously asked: "How to transform it?"
"Sir, that's what I think..."
When it comes to shipbuilding, Hong Taoping seems to have changed into a different person. He picked up a branch and drew a picture on the ground to explain to Jin Feng.
Jin Feng didn't care. He squatted next to him and listened attentively. Then he picked up a branch and discussed it with Hong Taoping.
The two of them squatted on the ground and discussed for more than half an hour. They didn't stand up until their legs went numb.
"What do you think of this approach, sir?"
Hong Taoping asked expectantly while rubbing his thighs.
"I think it's okay," Jin Feng asked, "How long until this ship can be launched?"
"The main body of this ship has been completely completed. If everything goes well, it will be launched into the water in five days and will be modified according to Sir's requirements..."
Hong Taoping thought for a moment: "It will take about half a month to twenty days!"
"Okay, I will think about this plan carefully. Mr. Hong, please also prepare the things you need."
Jin Feng did not directly agree to Hong Taoping, but planned to go back and study it carefully.
"Okay!" Hong Taoping nodded, turned and left.
Jin Feng returned to the room Daqiang prepared for him and began to work hard.
After a night of demonstration, it was verified that the plan proposed by Hong Taoping was indeed feasible, so they called Hong Taoping and ordered him to modify the already built ship according to the plan.
On the third day after Jin Feng came to the dock, people from Zhong Ming's group found him.
"Sir, I found out that the handyman was temporarily arranged to board the ship by a local wealthy man who bribed the captain's cousin."
The leader of the Zhong Ming team said: "We have caught the cousin and the wealthy family head who bribed him. According to the wealthy family head, it was the Dong family in the capital who instigated them to do this, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Hong."
Hong Taoping worked hard and had excellent skills. He was considered a rare talent. Jin Feng also hoped that the results of the investigation would clear Hong Taoping's name and give an explanation to Da Liu and other bodyguards who sacrificed their lives.
Since Jin Feng had not been found before, the Zhong Ming team had no clear target for investigation and was somewhat unable to start.
Now that Jin Feng knew that the initiators of the shipwreck were the handyman and the cook, Zhong Ming's team became more targeted in their investigation.
If it hadn't taken some effort to arrest the wealthy family head, the matter would have been cleared up long ago.
After hearing the investigation results of Zhong Ming's team, Jin Feng breathed a long sigh of relief.
At noon that day, Jin Feng summoned the main executives of the escort agency and the shipyard to announce the results of the investigation.
When he learned that he had been cleared of suspicion, Hong Taoping cried on the spot.
After Jin Feng disappeared, he has been living in self-blame.
Now he is fine, and the investigation results have cleared him.
"From now on, just focus on the dockyard and no longer care about other things!"
Hong Taoping warned himself in his heart.
Perhaps because he was freed from suspicion, Hong Taoping felt relaxed and devoted himself to renovating the ship. He personally watched the ship every day for fear that something would go wrong again.
Although Daqiang did not directly arrest Hong Taoping or any dock workers before, he blocked the dock and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or exiting. Many dock workers were very dissatisfied with this.
In fact, this is also the purpose of the powerful - to sow discord!
Including their assassination of Guan Xiaorou in Xihewan, they also intended to make Guan Xiaorou and the nine princesses suspicious of each other.
It's just that the Ninth Princess knows this well and saw through their plan, otherwise Xihewan might have been in chaos now.
Daqiang did not have the wisdom of the Ninth Princess and handled the situation more bluntly, which led to serious antagonism between the shipyard workers and the bodyguards.
As Hong Taoping's suspicion was lifted, the atmosphere in the dock gradually returned to normal.
Everything is moving in a better direction.
What made Jin Feng most happy was that on the eighth day after he came to the shipyard, news came from the Zhongming team stationed in the navy camp. The fleet led by Zheng Fang and Mancang broke through the blockade of King Xiang, King Chu and King Wu.
, has arrived at the East China Sea.
Jin Feng has been worried about Zheng Fang and the others, but now he can finally feel relieved.
The next morning, Jin Feng waited all morning at the dock. At noon, he finally saw a fleet of ships flying the black flag of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau slowly approaching from the south.
He thought Zheng Fang would bring at most two or three ships, but who knew there were seven!
They are all large ships that used to transport mineral salt, and each one can haul a lot of things.
"Master..."
Wan Heming was the first to rush off the ship and rushed to Jin Feng.
Wan Yuhong and Mancang followed behind, with red eyes.
"How did you come?"
Jin Feng looked at his young apprentice in surprise.
"I was worried that your husband would not have anyone to help, so I brought Yuhong and the others."
Mancang, who came down later, said: "Heming was hidden in the box. When we found it, we had almost reached Yuzhou."
"You do have the true legacy of your master's wife!"
Jin Feng smiled and slapped Wan Heming on the head.
When Tang Xiaobei came to the East China Sea, he hid on the ship.
Wan Heming stuck out his tongue and smiled proudly.
"Sir, it's great that you're okay."
Zheng Fang stepped forward and saluted Jin Feng.
Jin Feng helped Zheng Fang up: "Are there any casualties on the road?"