Chapter 250 Shipyard

Wang Jian looked at the copper badge and a paper ID with a watermark in his hand and wanted to throw them away, but he knew that it would be useless.

"In the Tang Dynasty, Kong Yingda wrote in his Commentary on Zuo Zhuan: China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has beautiful clothing, so it is called Hua.

This is the origin of the name of our Huaxia tribe!
The Jinyiwei represents the "Hua" in the word "Hua Xia", the military, criminal law, joint defense teams and other departments represent the "Xia" in the word "Hua Xia". Although the Jinyiwei is the dark side of the Hua Xia department, it can occupy one word all to itself, which shows how much I value the Jinyiwei.

Do your job well. If anything happens in Jiangjin County in the future, not only will each department be held responsible, but you, the Jinyiwei detectives, will also need to give explanations. If you don't know the answer to any of the questions, just wait to go mining!"

After listening to Chen Gu's explanation, Wang Jian felt like crying but had no tears. He didn't care about any big principles, he just wanted to live a comfortable life. But after getting such a badge, he was afraid that his future life would not be easy.

Chen Gu smiled and left with Zhang Zhe. He came out specifically to find Wang Jian.

There will always be a dark side in any society, just like as long as there is an object, it will block the sunlight and form a shadow.

There will also be places in the Huaxia area that are beyond the reach of the government, or there will be some bad apples in the government itself, so the Jinyiwei is necessary to exist, and even the Jinyiwei has to be divided into the light and dark sides.

Jiangjin County controls the strategic point of the Yangtze River, so it must remain stable and serve as a barrier for Chongqing's defense upstream.

In Chen Gu's opinion, no matter how many measures are deployed in Jiangjin County, they are not enough.

the next day.

Wei Yang arrived at the gate of the courtyard early in the morning to wait for Chen Gu.

Chen Gui washed up and went out, saying to Wei Yang: "Don't go to the city, let's go to Rentuo to see the shipyard!"

"Yes!"

Everyone rode out of the city on horseback, and this time Chen Guzhi brought a few guards with him.

Rentuo is a market town downstream of the county seat, about 20 miles away from the county seat. A shipyard was built in Rentuo because it is the estuary of the Qijiang River.

Qijiang River originates in Tongren, which was called Yelang in ancient times. Unfortunately, the elevation difference of Qijiang River is even greater, but the water flow is insufficient. Except for Jiangjin County and Qijiang County, even small boats cannot sail upstream.

However, there is a good deep-water dock at the mouth of the river where it flows into the Yangtze River, so Jiangjin County built a shipyard here.

There are actually many shipyards in Sichuan. There are large shipyards in Chengdu in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, Zizhou in the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River, Luzhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Nanchong in the upper reaches of the Jialing River.

There were also various small shipyards at the mouths of the other two rivers' tributaries, and even large families in the private sector could recruit people to build ships. The Qing government did not impose any restrictions on this in the past.

When it was the turn of the Huaxia tribe, Chen Gu also did not restrict private shipbuilding. However, ships had to be registered and reported to the government before they could be launched. Passenger transport was tax-free, and fishing depended on the size of the ship. Small boats were tax-free, but large ships were required to pay taxes and comply with the fishing ban during the closed season. Merchant ships were all taxed regardless of size.

Although there are many shipyards in Sichuan, there are only two shipyards directly under the official management of the Ministry of China, namely Luzhou and Zizhou, and the other one is here in Jiangjin County.

These three shipyards were established later. The two upstream shipyards were reorganized by confiscating private shipyards from local wealthy families, while the Jiangjin County Shipyard was newly built.

The express horse arrived at the destination in half an hour. Wei Yang sent someone to notify the manager of the shipyard in advance. After Chen Gu and others arrived, the gate of the shipyard was opened and several people greeted them at the door.

Seeing the leader coming to greet him, Chen Gu couldn't help but dismount and bowed, saying with a smile: "Master Nie, long time no see!" "You are the leader, a very busy man, and you have no time to see us common people!" Old Nie's temper is still so straightforward.

"Haha, we are all working for the benefit of the people. There is no distinction between leaders and common people!" Chen Gu laughed indifferently. "By the way, why did Master Nie come to the shipyard to be the chief manager?"

Old Nie had a very stubborn temper and his main job was a blacksmith. Chen Gu was really curious about how he came to be the manager of a shipyard.

Wei Yang bowed to Chen Gu and said, "It was I who invited Master Nie to come to the shipyard as the chief manager. After I took office, I inspected the Qijiang Shipyard many times and found that a lot of money was spent, but the progress of shipbuilding was not satisfactory."

"Is there anyone who is corrupt?" Chen Gu asked with a frown. The Huaxia Ministry is so large, with so many officials, both big and small. There are people who are corrupt, but they all do it very secretly. In the Zhu Gui incident at the beginning of the year, the Jinyiwei and the joint defense team cooperated in a strict investigation and cleared out a large number of corrupt officials.

After that, the official atmosphere of the entire Huaxia Department changed, and corruption was reduced by 99%.

Even during the last thorough investigation, Jiangjin County Shipyard did not seem to have found any important figures.

"No one was corrupt, at least no one was found to have done anything wrong. It was just that there were too many people and the management was a bit chaotic. I changed several managers but they were useless. Later, I heard that Master Nie was a serious person, so I went to his house several times to invite him to come out.

After Master Nie took over the shipyard, he made drastic changes to the shipyard. Now the situation has improved greatly. Now we can launch a 10-cubic-meter merchant ship and a large sampan warship every month!" Wei Yang said.

A merchant ship with a cabin of ten cubic meters is basically the largest merchant ship of that era, at least the largest merchant ship in the country.

Chen Gu didn't expect that the newly built shipyard in Jiangjin County could actually build such a large ship. It was quite a surprise.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Nie!" Chen Gu bowed to Master Nie and said with a smile.

"Aren't we all working for the benefit of the people?" Old Nie smiled and said, "How can it be hard? Besides, your salary is quite high, forty taels a month!"

"Haha, as long as Master Nie is satisfied!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

"Leader, please come in. Would you like to visit the workshop first, or go to the office for tea?" asked Old Nie.

Chen Gu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the workshop first. I have never seen how a boat is built!"

"Then please come in!" Old Nie said, turning around and leading the way.

Chen Gu thought for a moment and asked, "Is Master Nie proficient in shipbuilding?"

"I can't say I'm proficient in it, but I know everything I need to know. In the past, when those big families needed blacksmiths to build ships, they would basically come to me. I've seen a lot, so I naturally understand a little bit, and I know quite a few shipbuilders!" Old Nie explained.

Chen Gu understood what he meant. Old Nie was able to organize people to build ships, and their skills should be very high.

"Master Nie, what do you think of my Huaxia Department?" Chen Gu suddenly asked.

Old Nie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Very good!"

(End of this chapter)