The rise of the poor

Chapter 1990 Turn your elbows outward
The arrival of Lord Taishan and his two brothers-in-law made Li Shu very happy, and Zhu Pingan was also very happy.

Although Lord Taishan has a bad temper, he gives a lot.

Not only the four latest ship-borne Portuguese guns, but also the two Portuguese foreigners who knew how to repair guns.

"Dad, Zhejiang is seriously threatened by Japanese pirates, and the military is weak. Brother Zhu takes office as the governor of Zhejiang today. He is facing such a huge mess and is under great pressure. As a father-in-law, you can't just stand by and watch."

During dinner, Li Shu took the opportunity to make her father happy and tried her best to gain benefits for Zhu Ping'an.

"Shu'er, your brother and I did business with the red-haired barbarians before we came here. We exchanged two ships' worth of goods for the cannons on their ship, and also two red-haired barbarians who repaired the cannons, to help Zhu. Isn't that enough?"

When Mr. Li, the rich man, saw his little cotton-padded jacket trying to gain benefits for Zhu Ping'an, he glared at Zhu Ping'an with some jealousy.

Zhu Pingan scratched his head innocently.

"That's at most my eldest brother and second brother's." Li Shu hugged the rich man Li's arm, and said coquettishly and angrily, "Dad, as a father-in-law, you can't be stingy. I know your family background. If you are stingy, I will ignore you in the future."

"Nannan, why are you so mean?" Rich man Li looked at Li Shu with a face full of grievance.

"There's nothing wrong with turning outward. We are all family. No matter how we turn, we are turning inward." Li Shu hugged the arm of the rich man Li and shook him.

"The way you cheat, all my pension money will be siphoned into his pocket." Rich man Li held his purse tightly.

Li Shu pretended to be angry and scolded, "What do you mean by retirement money? Dad, you are not old at all. You have plenty of time to save money. Besides, there are still my elder brother, my second brother and me. I guarantee that you will live a more comfortable life than the emperor when you are old. If you save money for retirement, wouldn't it mean that my elder brother, second brother and I are unfilial? Hurry up, hurry up, I know your family background."

"Girls are really extroverted." Mr. Li looked helpless, then glared at Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an touched his nose innocently.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Li Shu shook the rich man Li's arm hard.

"Okay, okay." How could the wealthy man Li resist the attack of the little cotton jacket? He surrendered, "Zhu is the governor of Zhejiang, so he must need naval forces. I will give him five, no, three Fuzhou ships."

"How stingy! At least ten ships!" Li Shu said angrily.

"My dear girl, do you know how much silver it costs to build ten Fu ships? One Fu ship costs at least three thousand taels of silver, and there is no market for it. You should know that there are not many places in our Ming Dynasty that can build Fu ships, and there are limited craftsmen. Even if you have silver, you can't buy ready-made Fu ships and you can only wait in line. If I give Zhu boy ten Fu ships, there will be only a few ships left in my fleet." The rich man Li said with a painful look on his face.

Indeed, due to the current maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty, the shipbuilding industry has suffered a huge blow and has almost withered. Only in a few places such as Quanzhou has the shipbuilding industry survived. The Fu ship is the pinnacle technology of the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry. Its watertight bulkhead technology is the current high-end technology, which is a thousand years ahead of the West. Modern aircraft carriers, oil tankers and other large ships still use this bulkhead technology. This was also the technical guarantee for the Ming Dynasty's eunuch Zheng He to make seven voyages to the West. The ship that Zheng He took to the West was a Fu ship.

The so-called watertight bulkheads refer to the use of camphor wood and fir wood to divide the entire cabin into independent small spaces when building a ship. The gaps between the two pieces of wood are filled with silk, linen and tung oil, making the cabin highly airtight. The number of bulkheads is determined by the size of the ship, usually about ten.

With watertight bulkheads, when a ship collides, runs aground or encounters other accidents, the cabin will not be flooded as a whole and can still maintain considerable buoyancy, preventing the ship from sinking, thereby increasing safety performance. In addition, cargo can be classified and loaded in different compartments to facilitate loading and unloading. In addition, the horizontal watertight bulkheads are equivalent to adding ribs to the ship, which not only optimizes the shipbuilding process, but also increases the lateral strength of the hull.

There were not many craftsmen who mastered this technology, and after the maritime ban, there were even fewer such craftsmen.

Therefore, Mr. Li said that there are not many places where Fu boats can be built, and Fu boats are in short supply, so even if you have money, you have to queue up to wait for a boat.

"The Japanese pirates are so rampant now, it's so dangerous. Dad, don't let the merchant caravan run. Give all the ships in your fleet to Brother Zhu. You can just queue up and wait for new ships. Brother Zhu can also take this time to crack down on the Japanese pirates and create a safe business environment for you." Li Shu looked at the rich man Li and wanted him to give all the ships in their fleet to Zhu Ping'an, and then he would queue up and wait for new ships.

Mr. Li, the rich man, was stunned, wondering if he had heard it wrong. "Nannan wants me to give all the merchant ships in the fleet to Zhu Ping'an." This is more than just a betrayal by my own daughter.

This is a complete abduction.

Nannan has stolen all the ships of her own caravan in one go. She has really married a husband and forgotten her father.

Mr. Li looked at Li Shu aggrievedly, "My dear, you have to leave some foundation for your father. The Japanese pirates in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian are very fierce, but not so rampant in Guangdong and Guangxi. The small Japanese pirates came here by boat with the wind and the ocean currents, and settled in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian. Guangdong and Guangxi are farther away, so the Japanese pirates are not so fierce. There are more red-haired barbarians in Nanyang. Our caravan deals with them a lot and has many partners. The business of the caravan in Nanyang is still good."

"Okay, okay, you owe it to Brother Zhu, so you should give Brother Zhu ten large ships and five small and medium-sized ships."

Li Shu waved her hand magnanimously.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to Nannan." Rich man Li nodded quickly, fearing that Li Shu would ask him to give the entire caravan to Zhu Ping'an.

"Besides the boat, what else?" Li Shu urged.

"Aren't so many ships enough?" Mr. Li, the rich man, began to feel pain again. Girls are really extroverted.

"These few boats are just a drop in the bucket for daddy. Brother Zhu has just arrived and Zhejiang is short of everything. Daddy, you have to be more generous." Li Shu continued to spend her father's gold coins to help Ping An ask for benefits.

"There are no good horses in Jiangnan. In a few days, the caravan I sent to the north will be back. They wrote back saying that they got a batch of northern horses. When they come back, all of them will be given to Zhu."

Mr. Li glared at Zhu Ping'an and spoke slowly.

"How many are there?" Li Shu asked.

"We can always have four or five hundred horses." Mr. Li, the rich man, thought for a while and said.

"Okay then." Li Shu nodded with satisfaction.

Next, Li Shu demanded a lot of benefits for Zhu Ping'an from the rich man Li.

Food, cloth, bedding, etc.

Zhu Pingan raised his lips, and the rich man Li twitched his lips
(End of this chapter)