The warships built by Dongning Shipyard were naturally not ships of this era, but rather new types of warships that Li Xin had discovered through intelligent technology.

Three-masted sailing warship!

The three-masted sailing warship was an armed vessel that appeared in the 17th century and dominated the seas for more than two hundred years.

The ship is enormous and extremely fast!

Equipped with hundreds of cannons of various types and carrying hundreds or even thousands of people, it was the undisputed overlord of the seas!

Before the advent of the ironclad warship era, it was always a king among men!

Such a mature sailing warship system can naturally be copied entirely.

Therefore, Li Xin searched for the complete set of blueprints for the three-masted sailing warship in the intelligent technology database and refined them according to different components.

Dongning is located in the northeast and is covered with mountains and forests.

In some deep forests, trees that are decades, hundreds of years old, or even centuries old are very common.

These excellent timbers also became invaluable materials for building sailing warships!

The logging teams and the local people went into the mountains to cut down the timber, hauled it out along the ravines, loaded it onto railcars at designated locations, and transported it to the timber processing plant on the coast of Dongning.

At the timber processing plant, workers follow blueprints to produce different shapes from different types of timber, assembling various parts of a three-masted sailing warship.

There are those for making decks, cabins, keels, hulls, and masts.

Each location has its own specialized production process.

Every step of the production process is carried out strictly according to the standard dimensions of the dismantled drawings of a three-masted sailing warship.

This standardized production method also greatly increased the production and construction speed of three-masted sailing warships!

Besides timber, the textile industry also produces sails.

Even the auxiliary materials used on the three-masted sailing warships, such as hemp ropes, cords, nails, and tung oil, were produced in specialized factories.

Some people who migrated from places like Huaibei, who did not cultivate their own land, also applied for jobs in the workshops and factories of Dongning Shipyard to earn money.

Those who reclaimed land and faced the lean season also organized logging teams to go into the mountains to cut down timber.

There are many jobs available, which has provided a livelihood for these newly migrated people.

The three-masted sailing warships built by Dongning Shipyard are constructed with linden wood for key parts such as the keel, and even the hull is made of hard linden wood.

Other parts are made of birch, red pine, and other woods.

In some key locations, such as the bow, the ship was also covered with sheet metal.

Fortunately, it's Dongning, a place with deep pockets!

The country had abundant steel production, enough to cover sailing warships with sheet metal.

As a result, the strength and power of the three-masted sailing warship were greatly increased!

There are a total of five shipyards along the Dongning coast, all simultaneously producing and building three-masted sailing warships.

Those were five three-masted sailing warships!

With such a large number of three-masted sailing warships launched together, the naval strength of Dongning will be greatly enhanced!

Besides the Dongning Shipyard, there are several small shipyards on the north side of the coast.

These small shipyards were built with funding from Qingyu Trading Company, Sunji Trading Company, and others. Although they couldn't build large ships, they could still produce some merchant ships.

With Li Xin's support, the merchant ships of the trading company have also improved significantly compared to this era.

The shipbuilding industry in Dongning is booming!

In addition to shipbuilding, Li Xin also prepared supporting industries for people's livelihood in Dongning City.

A long voyage at sea can lead to scurvy if one doesn't get enough vegetables and fruits for an extended period.

This is due to a lack of vitamin C.

Therefore, it is necessary to supplement vitamin C and eat more vegetables and fruits.

These things are not suitable for long-term storage.

Therefore, after searching in the field of smart technology, Li Xin established factories for people's livelihood, such as dehydrated vegetable factories and juice factories.

In addition to making dehydrated vegetables and extracting juice, Li Xin also mobilized people in various places to make dried vegetables, pickled vegetables, salted vegetables and other easily stored foods.

These things can serve as food for long voyages!

In addition to vegetables and fruits, Li Xin also established a meat floss factory and a cannery by the sea.

Making meat floss is very simple. Just cook any leftover meat, drain it, and then pound it with a hammer to loosen it.

Meat floss was also one of the military rations for Genghis Khan's cavalry army during their westward expeditions.

Canned food is also simple to make.

Fortunately, Dongning has now established a complete glass production system.

In addition to making telescopes and glass mirrors, they can also blow glass bottles.

These glass bottles also became the best containers for canned goods.

Canned fish, canned meat, canned fruit...

With these new civilian industries, the food reserves of the entire Dongning army have also become more abundant!

These things may seem insignificant, but they are actually a powerful guarantee for whether a large army can wage a long-term war!

An army marches on its stomach!

This holds true both in this era and in future generations!

What's even more remarkable about this era is the sheer volume of grain and provisions.

Therefore, an army of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands must have several times the number of laborers to transport provisions and ensure the army's logistical support.

This is also why armies of hundreds of thousands were often dispatched in ancient times, even though the actual number of soldiers was not that many!

But things are different in Dongning now. Whether it's meat floss, canned goods, dehydrated vegetables, or other dry foods, they are smaller in size and richer in calories.

There's also more natural transportation available, and the shelf life is longer!

This also facilitates long-distance expeditions for large armies!

A supporting logistics system will be gradually established and improved.

This was also a crucial step for Li Xin to ensure that no one would dare to target Dongning!

This is also an essential step to maintain Dongning's current status!

After everything was prepared, Li Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps the biggest drawback right now is that the vast majority of Dongning's grain is purchased from other places.

However, Li Xin has been deliberately reducing the drawbacks.

That's like not putting all your eggs in one basket.

Dong Ninh province faces a huge annual food shortage, and its procurement sources have changed from the original single major domestic areas such as Jiangnan and Qiantang to multiple places including Jiangnan, Qiantang, Jiaozhi, Champa, Siam, Nanyang, Silla, and Hai.

Apart from Jiangnan and Qiantang, which were provinces under the control of the Great Gan Kingdom, the rest were independent countries.

Presumably, even if Li Ming wanted to cut off the grain transport from Jiangnan and Qiantang, he wouldn't be able to control the countries in Southeast Asia.

Perhaps the only thing that can be affected is maritime transport routes.

To ensure this, Li Xin established the Dongning Shipyard to build three-masted sailing warships!

Once the three-masted sailing warship is launched and commissioned, it will also become a guardian of Dongning's food security!

Li Xin thought to himself—

In a few more months!

In a few months, everything will be alright!

At that point, even if Li Ming wanted to provoke Dongning, Dongning would have enough courage and strength to fight back!