On the 18th of November, the preparation work for the Yang Family Shipyard was completed. Yang Sichen immediately decided to take out 500 taels of silver as a reward. After the completion of the two Clippers, he would award the best 20 workers with 25 taels of silver each. As soon as this news spread, the workers all went all out and prepared to do a big job. Twenty-five taels of silver, this was the salary of many people working for half a year! He could buy seven shekels of rice!
The next day, the first flying scissors sailboat began to lay the keels. A simple portal crane hooked onto a processed ironwood keel. More than 30 people on both sides pulled two ropes together to lift the keel. Then, after fixing the ropes, more than 30 people pushed the portal crane to the required position. After the workers on both sides adjusted it, the keel was put down. A few people used crowbars to adjust the position before lifting another piece. When the two pieces of dragon bones were transported to the designated location, the craftsmen would use iron nails to connect the two pieces of dragon bones, and the task would be completed.
Wang Dahai looked at the busy workers and then looked at Yang Sichen who was standing at the side. He sighed in his heart. The young master was really a genius. He actually thought of this method to transport the dragon bones. Originally, each dragon bone could not weigh more than 1,500 pounds. Now, they could use a dragon bone that weighed 4,500 pounds. Not only did it reduce the number of times the dragon bones were connected, but it also saved time and manpower. It also made the ship stronger and could withstand greater waves!
Yang Sichen looked at the busy scene in the dock and smiled. The business of the Yang Family Shipyard would probably be even more popular in the future. Once the workers were familiar with the production process, they could build three ships with 1,500 materials in a month!! Even if 60% of the planks were bought from other shipyards, the cost would only increase by about 15%. In the first half of the year, when all ten sets of hydraulic circular saw machines were completed... Hehe, the entire Song Jiang shipyard would be forced to death. You know, in the 43rd year of Wanli, Songjiang Prefecture only sold a total of 38 large ships with more than 1,500 materials!
Yang Sichen stayed in the shipyard for another three days, busy making sewing machines and modifying the water pump. It was not until the first ship's keels were all laid that he instructed the other dock to lay wooden tracks, connecting the wooden tracks of the two docks with an arc track. In this way, the portal crane could move back and forth between the two docks.
It wasn't until the 25th of November that Wang Dahai returned to report to Old Master Yang about the profits of the shipyard this year that Yang Sichen returned to the Yang Residence with Wang Dahai. Wang Dahai even carefully found a box to bring the dismantled ship model back to Yang Sichen.
When the carriage arrived in front of the Yang Residence, Wang Dahai got off first. However, he did not greet Yang Sichen who was in the car behind him. Instead, he ran to a man in his early forties standing at the entrance of the Yang Residence and bowed respectfully.
Yang Sichen looked at the man and realized that the man's face was somewhat similar to his. Coupled with Wang Dahai's attitude towards the man, he guessed that it was his cheap father, Yang Xingrun.
Hence, she quickly jumped off the carriage and walked over. She arrived in front of the man and knelt down. "Greetings, Father."”After saying that, he kowtowed, kowtowed again, and kowtowed three times.
Old Master Yang was at a loss. This child had grown up, but this was the first time he gave him such a big bow. After a while, she helped Yang Sichen up with both hands and said,""Sichen, what's wrong with you? Father can't accept such a big gift!"
Yang Sichen replied respectfully,""There is no way to repay the kindness of raising him. How can father not accept this gift?”
Old Master Yang looked at Yang Sichen and smiled,""When did this little brat become so sour?”As he spoke, he even fanned his nose with his hand.
Yang Sichen sized up Old Master Yang. Old Master Yang was only five feet and seven inches tall. He wore a purple gold crown with a crown embedded with treasures and a dark green robe. He had a pair of thick eyebrows and his small eyes could not hide his smile. He looked like a very amiable person.
Yang Sichen heaved a sigh of relief and said,""The teacher that Father hired for Chen 'er was even more sour than this. Fortunately, he only taught for a month before leaving. Otherwise, Chen' er would have long become a sour little old man.”
Old Master Yang slapped Yang Sichen's head and scolded him jokingly,""You little brat, the moment you meet, you beat around the bush and criticize the gentleman your father hired for you. To think that you're my son! Get in, get in! Go pay your respects to your grandfather."
Granny Zhao had already prepared hot water and a change of clothes in the inner room. She was waiting for Yang Sichen to come back and take a shower. Yanhong and Liu Lan were waiting for Yang Sichen at the side.
Yang Sichen entered the inner room and thanked Granny Zhao. He took off his clothes and stepped into the wooden bucket. Then, he pulled the purple handkerchief that was standing at the side in, intending to have a lovebirds play in the water.。。
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At three in the afternoon, Xia Zhong came to invite Yang Sichen to the Blue Sea Hall for a meal. He said that the Old Master wanted to have a meal with the whole family.
Yang Sichen followed Xia Zhong to the Blue Sea Hall alone. On the way, Yang Sichen knew that Old Master Yang had only arrived home yesterday. Because the business negotiations in the Ying Tian Prefecture were going very smoothly, he returned a few days earlier.
As soon as Yang Sichen entered the dining room of the Blue Sea Hall, Old Master Yang started shouting like an old child,""Little Chen, come over quickly! Did you get that ship model back?"
Yang Sichen smiled and greeted Old Master Yang before saying,""Yes, I did, but I tore it apart. I'm afraid it'll take some time to assemble it.”
Old Master Yang smiled." I still want to take a look. How long will it take to assemble it?"”
Yang Sichen hesitated for a moment before saying,""If the parts are not mixed up, an hour will do. If the parts are mixed up, it will take two hours.”
"Alright, you can just bring the ship model to the Vast Sea Hall to assemble it in the afternoon. Your parents and I are very interested in it.”Old Master Yang waved his hand.
Yang Sichen nodded in agreement and began to chat with Old Master Yang.
After a while, when Old Master Yang and Madam Zheng brought Sijing and Siwen over, Yang Sichen was telling Old Master Yang about what happened at the shipyard. Old Master Yang would ask some questions from time to time.
After Yang Sichen greeted his parents and the sisters greeted Old Master Yang, Old Master Yang stood up and sat down at the dining table. Old Master Yang brought his family to their seats and the servants began to serve the dishes.
When all the dishes were served, Old Master Yang raised his glass and said,"Today, our family is finally gathered together. For the prosperity of our Yang Family, drink this cup!!”
Old Master Yang, Madam Zheng, and Yang Sichen all raised their glasses and drank with Old Master Yang.
Then, Old Master Yang picked up his wine glass and stood up to say to Old Master Yang,"Father, your son is away all year round and can't be filial. I'll use this glass of wine to apologize. I hope Father can understand." After saying that, he finished the wine.
Old Master Yang took a sip of his wine and said,"Xingrun, you are running outside for the sake of our Yang family. It doesn't matter if you can be filial to your father.”
Old Master Yang nodded and drank another cup.
Yang Sichen stood up with a wine glass in his hand and said,""Grandfather, your grandson has not been able to enjoy the happiness of his children these past few days. Please forgive me, grandfather. I will borrow this cup of wine to wish grandfather a long and healthy life!”With that, he finished the wine.
Old Master Yang picked up the wine and finished a cup. He said,"Little Chen has grown up and can share the Yang family's worries. I'm very happy! Whether the Yang family can prosper in the future still depends on you.”
Yang Sichen nodded with a smile and drank another glass.
Old Master Yang picked up his chopsticks and began to call the family to eat. The Yang family's dining rules were much more relaxed than other families. Yang Sichen didn't eat much in the morning and was famished. He ate three bowls of rice before he was full, and Old Master Yang also ate two bowls of rice.
After 35 minutes, Old Master Yang saw that the family was full and said,"The seventh day of next month is Xingrun's thirty-ninth birthday. Although it's not a full birthday, it still has to be organized. Ruozhu, you should worry more and celebrate well.”
Old Master Yang said,"Father, this time I have discussed with Ruozhu." There was no need to invite too many people. Just a few of his son's best friends would do. After all, the Yang family had been attracting attention in recent years!”
Old Master Yang waved his hand and said,"Your birthday is naturally arranged by you. Since you have made arrangements, then we will follow your arrangements." However, he had to prepare for Little Chen's 14th birthday on the second day of March next year. After all, he could discuss marriage after he turned 14.”
Yang Sichen quickly smiled at Old Master Yang and said,""Grandfather, your grandson doesn't want to settle the marriage so early. It's better to let you and mother slowly choose your wife. After all, a woman who was worthy of her grandson was not a vulgar woman.”
Old Master Yang pointed at Yang Sichen and smiled at Old Master Yang,""Look, this little brat looks exactly like you back then!”
Old Master Yang couldn't keep his face and said,"Father! You're making fun of your son again! Chen 'er's daughter-in-law was still decided by Ruo Zhu. After all, that was Chen' er's lifelong event!”
Old Master Yang nodded and said," Then it's settled. We won't ask about Little Chenzi's wife. It's up to his mother to decide." We're just waiting for the wedding."
Old Master Yang smiled and nodded, agreeing.
"Thank you, Grandfather!" Yang Sichen hurriedly said. Thank you, Father!"
The family chatted for a while more before Old Master Yang left Old Master Yang to discuss matters and let the others go back.
Yang Sichen returned to the Emerald Wave Courtyard and went to bed for his afternoon nap under the care of Granny Zhao. Granny Zhao walked out of the bedroom and turned around to look at the room. She then looked at the west wing room where Zijuan lived. She sighed and closed the door.
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That afternoon, after Yang Sichen finished practicing his internal energy, he called Yanhong and Liu Lan over and said to her,""Yanhong, Liu Lan, both of you are already 17 years old. You will be 18 years old after the new year. Do you have anyone in mind? I can tell Furen then."
Yang Sichen knew that the two of them had misunderstood him, so he explained with a smile,""Get up, get up. I'm not chasing you away, but you have to get married. You can't stay by my side after you're married, right? Firstly, it's inconvenient. Secondly, the Yang family's business is so big, I can't manage everything, right? When the time comes, I'll need your help. Anyway, I don't plan to marry you off right now. However, if the two of you take a fancy to anyone, let me know. I'll tell Madam. How about this?"
When the two of them heard this, they felt relieved and kowtowed before standing up. "This servant thanks Young Master for being considerate!"”
Yang Sichen waved his hand and said with a smile,""The two of you have to pay attention in the future. I want to see who can marry the two of you.”
The two of them were embarrassed. Liu Lan blushed and said,"Young Master is making fun of this servant again. Be careful that this servant will add something to the dinner!”
Yang Sichen pretended to be very regretful and said,""How many days has this purple handkerchief been here? You've led my two servant girls astray and dared to add food to their meals!”Then, he pretended to be very cold and said,"You two dare to put something in my food! Someone come! Find a man to sell these two cheap maids to the brothel!”
"Eldest Young Master, please spare this servant! "This servant was only blinded by a moment of obsession…" Flowing Mist and Yanhong made a regretful expression.
The master and servant quarreled for a while before Yang Sichen ordered the two of them to carry the box containing the ship model into the house with him.
Liu Lan, Yan Hong, and Yang Sichen left the Jade Wave Courtyard. After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they finally arrived at the miscellaneous goods room. After he told the servant boy of his purpose of coming, the servant boy hurriedly opened the door. Seeing that the three of them were too weak to carry, the servant boy hurriedly ran to call for some servants to help him carry a big wooden box that was half a zhang long and three feet square to the Vast Sea Hall. Yang Sichen saw that the servant was smart and knew how to do things, so he asked casually,""What's your name?"
The servant turned around and replied,"Young Master, this one is called Rong De."”
"Who is Rongguang to you?" Yang Sichen asked curiously.
"Yes, this is my younger cousin." The servant respectfully replied.
Yang Sichen couldn't help but size him up a few more times. He looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his face was somewhat similar to Rongguang's. However, his eyebrows were thick and his body wasn't as strong as Rongguang's, but it was still quite sturdy. His hands were hanging by his side, and his face was humble. He looked quite honest. Yang Sichen thought to himself,"Rongguang won't be by my side often in the future. Since he's not bad, I'll have to come over and take care of my trivial matters." Anyway, it was inconvenient to not have a manservant by his side. Thus he gave Rong De a meaningful look and then led his men out of the grocery room.
Yang Sichen asked someone to place the wooden box on the open space in front of the Blue Sea Hall while he prepared to pay his respects to Old Master Yang.
Before he entered, he saw Old Master Yang practicing boxing with Old Master Yang in the courtyard. Yang Sichen could only wait at the door.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Old Master Yang finished his fist practice. He turned his head and saw Yang Sichen standing at the door. He stopped and asked,""Little Chen, you brought everything?”
Old Master Yang turned around and instructed Xia Zhong,""Xia Zhong, you and Young Master go and carry the things in. Place them in the courtyard.”
Xia Zhong nodded and accompanied Yang Sichen out. He carried the box in and placed it in the middle of the courtyard.
Old Master Yang smiled at the curious Old Master Yang and said,"Go help Little Chen. You are more familiar with ships than I am."
Old Master Yang smiled and nodded,"I haven't played with Chen 'er for a long time. Today, I'll be impudent for once.”
Yang Sichen couldn't reject them after hearing their words. He decided to let go of his thoughts and opened the box to call his father over to help.
Old Master Yang was indeed a boatman. After listening to Yang Sichen's simple introduction, he sorted out all the messy parts in less than fifteen minutes. Yang Sichen was extremely surprised. Old Master Yang only smiled and patted Yang Sichen's shoulder, indicating for him to continue working.
Yang Sichen collected his thoughts and began to assemble the ship model with Old Master Yang. The father and son used less than fifteen minutes to assemble the ship model. As the ship model continued to be completed, Old Master Yang looked at his son with more and more gratified eyes.
Yang Sichen looked at the ship model that had been reassembled and heaved a sigh of relief. He raised his head and looked into Old Master Yang's eyes, only to find that Old Master Yang's eyes were more probing and gratified. So he lowered his head and shouted,"Father!”
Old Master Yang smiled and said,"My Little Chen has grown up!" Father can rest assured in the future."
Old Master Yang patted his son's shoulder and changed the topic,"How did you come up with this ship?"
Yang Sichen replied," When my son was skimming water, he saw stones floating on the water. They could run very fast, so he wanted to build a boat to float on the water. In the end, it didn't work. We made a boat model and compared it with the fish. We found that our boat was much smaller than the fish, so we made the boat model narrower. We found that we could run faster, but the boat capsized when it encountered waves. Therefore, he increased the draft of the boat and added a pair of fins on both sides of the boat. A new problem came. After running fast, the bow of the boat rose and fell greatly. Sometimes, it was even buried in the water, but it still did not work. When testing the boat, his son found that the pointed bow could make the boat run faster, so his son increased the water part of the bow and changed the underwater part to a sharp one. There was nothing inside to make it upturn, so he got this boat shape. The long and sharp curved scissors shaped bow column was suitable for running. It could cut the waves on the sea to reduce wave resistance, so it was called flying scissors. As for sails, they were learned from Westerners. If they were of the same size, of course, our hard sails would be more resistant to the wind. However, the soft sails now were larger than the hard sails, and there were many more of them. The area was four to five times that of the hard sails, and the wind they could withstand was about three times that of the hard sails. However, the area of the Westerners 'sails was too large and difficult to control, so they combined it with our hard sails and added a few poles on the canvas to change it into a semi-hard sail. The ropes were twisted into several strands according to the purpose and tied to a set of sheaves. Five or six people could control all the sails on a mast. Using the foldable balancing rudder invented during the Song Dynasty. When the wind direction is stable and the ship is sailing for a long distance, the rudder is raised to reduce underwater resistance; When it was necessary to turn quickly, the rudder was lowered. The balance rudder had a small steering moment and could easily control the course. Such a rudder could not only adapt to long-distance sailing, but also be flexible in the complicated sea conditions with high winds and high waves. According to the experiment, the final result was: This kind of boat was 60% faster than the Fu boat, but its load was only about 80% of the Fu boat with the same number of materials.”
Old Master Yang nodded repeatedly as he listened. Old Master Yang also smiled and nodded.
At this moment, Madam Zheng also came in. After hearing Yang Sichen's explanation and looking at the assembled ship model, she asked,""Child, it's rare for you to put in so much effort for this. You must have suffered a lot, right?”
Yang Sichen smiled and said," Mother is right. The trees in my courtyard are all missing branches. It took me three months to make the boat. During the few days when I was making the sail, I almost tore the blanket apart because I couldn't get any cloth. In the end, Granny Zhao couldn't stand it anymore and went to buy a bolt of cloth.”
"No wonder I always felt that something was wrong when I went to the Green Wave Courtyard to look at those trees. "So Little Chen, you…hahahaha…" Old Master Yang laughed.
Yang Sichen scratched his head, looking at a loss.
Old Master Yang saw that it was already late, so he simply left the three of them to eat at the Blue Sea Hall.
At the dining table, the three generations of grandfather and grandson had another round of conversation. By the time Yang Sichen returned to the Jade Wave Courtyard, the moon had already filled the branches.
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