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"How rude of me, how rude of me."

"It doesn't matter,"

Zhao Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

He then picked up the blueprints on the stone table and examined them carefully.

"Sir, is this a painting of a sea vessel?"

"But the shape of this ship is quite different from the ships of the Song Dynasty."

"The gentleman is from the north, so you may not know this,"

Ye Chun explained,

"The ship I painted is a sea vessel that foreigners used to travel on when they came to our Great Song Dynasty."

"Our Song dynasty ships all have sturdy sails,"

"Although it is easy to lower and raise the sails, it is not easy to take advantage of the wind."

"But the sails of these foreign ships are all made of soft cloth,"

"Although raising the sails is troublesome,"

"But this soft cloth sail can be made using ropes,"

"To control the direction of the sails against the wind."

"We Song people have seagoing ships,"

"Suitable for sailing along the coast, and those people have seagoing vessels,"

"Then it is suitable for sailing deep into the sea."

"I promised the wealthy man that I would help build ocean-going ships in Shandong,"

"I've been staying in this yard these past few days,"

"I thought we could combine the strengths of our Great Song Dynasty and the foreign seafaring vessels,"

"Let's see if we can design a new type of seagoing vessel."

"Please excuse my poor appearance, sir..."

"Sir, you are too modest,"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

"I know absolutely nothing about shipbuilding,"

"But if you can build a sea shovel boat, I think you can certainly design a new type of sea vessel as well."

"It's too early to say that the design is complete,"

Ye Chun smiled wryly.

"This is about designing a new ship,"

"We need to draw up the shape and blueprints of the new ship first,"

"Next, we need to build a scaled-down model of the ship to see if it is stable."

"Only after everything is confirmed to be in order can we begin building the real large ship,"

"Based on preliminary estimates, it will take at least six or seven years to complete..."

Chapter 1222 Buying Wood

"It doesn't matter,"

Zhao Yuan said with a smile,

"I have plenty of time, I can afford to wait."

"Sir, you can experiment however you like."

"I always keep my word."

"The shipyard can be entirely decided by you, sir."

"Thank you, sir."

Ye Chun nodded happily.

For a technician like him,

Having no worries about food and clothing,

What I like most is having a company that supports my designs.

Upon hearing Zhao Yuan's promise,

In Ye Chunde's mind,

Several more ship designs that I wanted to experiment with immediately came to mind.

"How have you been these past few days, sir?"

Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"Okay, of course that's fine,"

Ye Chun hurriedly said,

“Brother Ruan took very good care of me,”

"Whatever I need, Brother Ruan can deliver it to me very quickly."

After saying this,

Another question came to Ye Chun's lips.

During this time,

Ye Chun gradually realized that something was wrong.

The wealthy man surnamed Zhao in front of us,

Regardless of their style of doing things,

Or his subordinates,

They didn't look like ordinary merchants doing business.

prior to,

Ye Chun occasionally heard,

Ruan Xiaowu's subordinates

He was referred to as Chief Ruan.

Leader, this isn't just limited to bandit strongholds.

Is it a new name?

But judging from Ruan Xiaowu's usual behavior,

They don't seem as ruthless and vicious as bandits.

Although I had doubts in my heart

But after hesitating for a while

In the end, Ye Chun still didn't ask the question.

Firstly, Ruan Xiaowu was right next to him.

The other party was clearly a confidant of Master Zhao.

Ye Chun, as a newcomer,

Naturally, they didn't want to offend the elderly.

Furthermore, things are still uncertain.

Ye Chun didn't want to speak impulsively at this moment.

This left Zhao Yuan with the impression that he was careless in handling matters.

just,

Ye Chun, however, did not know,

I didn't know that Ruan Xiaowu was the leader of a bandit stronghold.

He got a new employer, Zhao Yuan.

He was also a notorious bandit leader!

"Mr. Ye, it's like this,"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

“Minnesota may be in a somewhat unstable situation during this period,”

"Mr. Ye must have heard about it too, right?"

"Um,"

Ye Chun quickly nodded.

"I heard it's from the bandits of Jiangnan,"

"What kind of meeting is being held in this Mingzhou city?"

"But what exactly is going on?"

"I'm not quite sure."

"During this time, in order to avoid being discovered by the Ming Cult members,"

"I've stayed in the courtyard the whole time and haven't gone out,"

"I haven't really explored Mingzhou City much."

"It wasn't just the bandits in Jiangnan; the Ming Cult also got involved,"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

"Mr. Ye, please stay here."

"They might find out about it."

"It just so happens that I have a few boats anchored off the coast of Minnesota recently,"

"I think Mr. Ye might as well stay on the ship for a couple of days,"

"After I've finished dealing with things here,"

"Shall we go back to Shandong together?"

"Hmm, I could stay on the ship,"

Ye Chun nodded and said,

"However, sir, shipbuilding also requires specially sourced timber,"

"The wealthy man is in Shandong,"

"Are you ready?"

"There isn't much timber suitable for building large ships in Shandong,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said,

"I had also planned to buy some timber suitable for shipbuilding."

"However, the south has suitable timber for shipbuilding,"

"Most of them are in that shipyard."

"Without a suitable person to introduce you, it's not easy to buy."

"Sir, you can leave this to me,"