Sun Chengzong felt a little embarrassed and helpless. On the one hand, his own people's performance was really too bad, and on the other hand, the pressure from His Majesty was too great, making the ministers very nervous.
This time, the people who followed Zhu Youxiao were also very nervous.
"Alright, excuse me." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, "Let everyone in Denglai excuse themselves."
This place itself was not Zhu Youxiao's goal, and he had never thought about what to do here.
To be honest, this place isn't a developed area at all. The officials here are just doing their job properly. There's nothing to praise, and nothing to punish. I didn't come here to see them, so it didn't matter.
Zhu Youxiao's attitude made all the officials in Denglai feel relieved. It was great that His Majesty couldn't see us.
After entering Denglai City, Zhu Youxiao's men took the opportunity to receive and take charge of the defense.
This has become the first thing Zhu Youxiao has to do after entering the city. No matter what the circumstances, having his own people can always make people feel more at ease.
After settling down, Zhu Youxiao left Denglai City the next day and headed directly to Qingdao.
The name Qingdao was given by Zhu Youxiao. Before that, this place had no name and was just a military town under Denglai.
But now it’s different, because there is a shipyard, this place has a name, and a large number of troops are stationed here.
In addition to the original military garrisons, there were also a number of naval forces, all of whom were recruited by Zhu Youxiao from various places.
These people were trained by officers drawn from coastal defense forces in various places, who were sent here for training and operation; among them were also some people who were supplemented by the Royal Academy.
The leader was also very famous, his name was Zhao Lujiao, and he was recommended to Zhu Youxiao by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli.
When Zhu Youxiao arrived in Qingdao, people from Qingdao were already waiting there.
In addition to Zhao Lujiao and others, the leaders also included people from the shipyard.
There are two people in charge of this shipyard, they are the Song brothers, the eldest brother Song Yingsheng and the second brother Song Yingxing.
The Song brothers were considered outstanding representatives of the Royal Academy's graduates. After some training, Zhu Youxiao sent them here.
In addition, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory was also present in the shipyard. The eunuch in charge of the East Factory was here to supervise these people. Of course, this was not his main responsibility. His most important responsibility was to appease the Portuguese.
As for how to appease them, we at Dadongchang have our own ways.
Zhu Youxiao had recruited many of these people over the years. Back in Macau, Zhu Youxiao was willing to spend a fortune. High salaries were always the best way to recruit people, and besides, weren't these people coming to the Ming Dynasty to make a fortune?
So there are many Portuguese here. In addition to those who are good at shipbuilding, there are also those who are good at sailing. Some merchants even sell sea charts. For these people, there is nothing they dare not do.
The Age of Exploration was a chaotic time. Pirates were rampant, governments sponsored them, and even navy officers engaged in piracy. Naturally, anyone would do anything to get rich.
Many Portuguese from the Macau Cannon Factory have been brought to Beijing in recent years. Zhu Youxiao used to care about these people and put a lot of thought into them, but now he doesn’t care anymore. He has squeezed out everything he needs from them.
Zhu Youxiao wanted other things, but they were either too difficult to obtain or he had to develop them himself.
Under such circumstances, Qingdao's shipyards were basically controlled by the Ming people.
Song Yingsheng and Song Yingxing have done a great job here in the past two years.
This time Zhu Youxiao came here to take a look at his own shipyard. This made Zhu Youxiao unable to resist, after all, the ships here would be of great use in the future.
Apart from that, I just want them to study it carefully with the people from Baigong Academy to see if there is anything that needs to be changed.
After all, the original artillery cannot be installed on these warships. The original artillery is too backward and new artillery needs to be installed.
If there is anything that needs to be changed on the warship, or if new artillery needs to be developed, these things need to be communicated.
On this point, Zhu Youxiao was never stingy with money.
You should know that in later generations, Zhu Youxiao was a member of the Duota Sect.
The Multi-Tower Cult, also known as the Multi-Turret Cult, advocates that more is better, bigger is beautiful, range is truth, and caliber is justice.
If you fail, it means you don't have enough turrets, your caliber is not big enough, and your range is not far enough.
In the Ming Dynasty, the fleet Zhu Youxiao wanted to build had to have large enough warships, enough warships, and enough artillery. The artillery had to be powerful enough and have a long enough range.
Now the guns are ready, all that remains is for the ship.
After meeting Zhu Youxiao, the Song brothers felt a mixture of emotions.
They have not seen His Majesty for several years since arriving in Qingdao.
Speaking of which, they had quite a deep connection with His Majesty. After all, they had known His Majesty before they became officials. At that time, His Majesty had given them a very good impression, and the feeling had only gotten better over the years.
Now that they had met the emperor, they naturally wanted to show their achievements to Zhu Youxiao.
After they saluted, Zhu Youxiao walked over with a smile and reached out to help the two Song brothers up.
Zhu Youxiao looked the two men up and down before saying with a smile, "You've gotten darker, but you look a lot stronger. You've been working here for a few years, and I know a lot about the news. I have to say you've done a good job."
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