"She has been running to the shipyard a lot lately, and she is probably there now," Zhen Ji said.
Since Zhen Hui promised to build a big boat for Liu Xin, Liu Xin has been going there often.
After Liu Zhe became the shepherd of Youzhou, although he knew the importance of the navy, he was focused on developing Youzhou and the army at the time and had no time to develop the navy for the time being. He still has no airs.
But Liu Xin was different. She used to pester Liu Zhe to tell her stories since she was sensible. Liu Zhe would tell whatever he had. Many things in later generations were told to Liu Xin by Liu Zhe as stories.
Liu Xin has listened a lot and knows a lot. What interests her most is pirate treasures. Liu Xin really wants to go to sea to be a pirate and then look for the legendary treasures.
Little did they know that this was just a story that Liu Zhe told Liu Xin after watching the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Liu Xin has always wanted to have her own boat and her own little brother, and then go to sea to find treasures.
Liu Xin worked as a robber in Jizhou. Although she robbed a lot of money, she didn't have many younger brothers. Later, after Zhang Yan took refuge, a group of her subordinates took refuge in Liu Xin as their younger brothers, and Liu Xin had more younger brothers.
With more younger brothers, it is natural to build ships. Originally, Liu Xin planned to build ships by herself, but in order to thank Liu Xin, Zhen Hui specially gave money to the shipyard to build ships for Liu Xin.
The Ji Canal flows through Ji County, Quyang County, Ninghe County, and Hangu County. There is a government shipyard in Ji County, but it is very small.
Liu Xin took the "imperial edict" Liu Zhe gave him and went directly to the shipyard to build the ship. Because of its small scale, a three-story building is already the limit.
But Liu Xin didn¡¯t care. The three-story boat was many times bigger than the boat the theater gave her. Liu Xin ran to the shipyard whenever she had time.
"Uncle, why not use iron?"
¡°Uncle, can you build an aircraft carrier?¡±
"Uncle, how long will it take to build this boat?"
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Liu Xin was like a curious baby. As soon as she came to the shipyard, she kept asking questions and the craftsmen were annoyed to death by her. If she hadn't been the sister of Captain Liu Zhe, the craftsmen wouldn't have let her in at all.
When Zhen Hui found Liu Xin, Liu Xin happened to be bothering the craftsmen in the shipyard and having a great time.
When she heard Zhen Hui explain what happened in detail, Liu Xin was surprised and said, "So Master's book is so valuable?"
"Little Princess, what can you do?" Zhen Hui asked again, but he couldn't help but secretly mutter: Little Princess, don't focus on the wrong point.
After hearing what Zhen Hui said, Liu Xin answered directly without thinking: "This is really too simple."
Zhen Hui was overjoyed and admired Liu Xin even more, and asked anxiously: "Little princess, what is a good idea?"
Liu Xin said matter-of-factly: "Just use the caravan and let them transport it to various places to sell it."
After hearing this, Zhen Hui was a little disappointed. He said, "I just don't want to borrow the power of the caravan."
Liu Zhe left this matter to him, so he did not want to rely on the power of the caravan and wanted to complete it alone.
What¡¯s more, he is now on the same level as Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and the others, and borrowing their caravan means that Zhen Hui is one level lower than them, which Zhen Hui does not want to see.
After Liu Xin listened to Zhen Hui's explanation, she touched her beautiful chin that was like a crystal sculpture and said, "That's it, then this is the only way."
Zhen Hui asked: "What can we do?"
Liu Xin pointed to the huge ship in front and said calmly: "It!"
"Huh?" Zhen Hui didn't understand for a moment. In front of them was the slipway. Liu Xin's boat was on the slipway, and the keel had not been laid yet.
"Take the water route." Liu Xin said with a smile!
When Zhen Hui heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed.
The Zhen family¡¯s business network spreads across the four states of Hebei. The Central Plains is weak, and as for the south, it is completely unable to get involved.
However, there are many wealthy businessmen and scholars in Jiangnan. Books by great Confucians like Cai Yong are definitely the most popular in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
And now Liu Xin pointed a direction to Zhen Hui, and Zhen Hui knew what to do.
Since the shipyard is too small, it is impossible to build enough ships to form a fleet.
So Zhen Hui immediately went to Liu Zhe and made suggestions to expand the shipyard, and Zhen Hui even took the initiative to propose expansion.He shouldered all the shipyard's funds.
What Liu Zhe didn¡¯t know was that Liu Xin also had a share of the shipyard¡¯s funds, which she had obtained through robbery. However, Liu Xin did not dare to let Liu Zhe know about this, so she asked Zhen Hui to cover it up.
Someone gave him money, and Liu Zhe naturally wanted it, so he agreed to the proposal to expand the shipyard.
In this matter, Liu Xin is actually the happiest. As the shipyard expands, her ships will naturally be built faster and more ships can be built.
Liu Xin even wanted to take out all the New Year's money she received.
At first Zhen Hui felt a little disdainful, thinking that Liu Xin¡¯s new year¡¯s money was only a few thousand taels at most. But when Liu Xin took out the money, Zhen Hui was so surprised that her jaw almost dislocated.
Liu Xin¡¯s lucky money can be used to build a large merchant ship