Shipbuilding is a big project.
Especially for the current Tang Dynasty, because this is the first ironclad ship, both the previous shipbuilders and shipbuilding tools must be innovated.
Shaanxi's water system has two water systems leading to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.
It is divided by the Qinling Mountains. The area to the north of the Qinling Mountains flows into the Yellow River, and the area to the south of the Qinling Mountains flows into the Yangtze River.
If you want to go directly to East Vietnam, naturally the fastest way is to take the Yangtze River system.
But Li Shimin did not choose the Yangtze River system this time.
Firstly, the Yangtze River system is quite far away from Chang'an, and secondly, it would be too obvious if we take the Yangtze River system.
Therefore, the shipyard was chosen on the edge of the Wei River flowing through Chang'an.
The entire shipyard was immediately closed. Except for the officials from the Ministry of Industry and the craftsmen inside, no one knew what this huge building on the banks of the Weishui River was used for.
The entire process will be carried out in secret until the first boat is launched.
Officials at the Ministry of Industry need not worry. They are now making a lot of money from Datang and the Patent Act. No one will betray Datang to do something that will ruin their own jobs.
As for the craftsmen, the selection will be stricter.
"Tang Shangshu, we don't have enough craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry."
"How many more people are left?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei has transferred a batch of them, and the rest are all sent to the shipyard. There will be at least one or two hundred people missing in order to catch up with our expected progress."
Tang Ping nodded. The Ministry of Industry has recruited a lot of craftsmen in recent years. It can be said that they all have special skills, but they cannot cope with the rapid development of Datang.
Nowadays, mechanization is not yet widespread, and most of the time we still rely on manual work by craftsmen, so it is even more stretched.
"Let's go to the Craftsmen's Association!" Tang Ping thought for a moment and said. The place with the most craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty was not the Ministry of Industry, but the Craftsmen's Association.
It's just that the craftsmen of the Craftsmen Association are generally a little worse than those of the Ministry of Industry in terms of craftsmanship, but it is not absolute. The saying that masters are among the people is not wrong.
Many craftsmen like to have more freedom, and there are also many people from Chang'an who come to place orders in various chambers of commerce of craftsmen associations, and their earnings are no less than those in the Ministry of Industry.
In addition, if the craftsmen of the Craftsmen Association have an invention, as long as it is reported for certification, they will also receive patent dividends, so the number of craftsmen in the Craftsmen Association is also very large.
Tang Ping led people to the Craftsmen Association, which is now very formal. It is a hall with various sections such as order receiving area, payment area, and after-sales area.
Of course, Tang Ping didn't have to go to the counter when he came. He went directly to the registration office of the Craftsmen Association on the second floor. This place, unlike the first floor, was dedicated to dealing with craftsmen's issues.
Walking on the stairs on the second floor, I heard an urgent voice saying: "Brother, please, please give me a star upgrade! Look, I have been in the Craftsmen Association for so long and I am still a three-star craftsman. It is very embarrassing." !Also, why were all the patents I applied for rejected?"
The Craftsmen Association has a relatively strict grading system, and each star represents the craftsmanship and service attitude of the craftsmen. Of course, it will also be directly linked to their income. The money paid to hire a one-star craftsman and a five-star general are completely different.
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Four-star and five-star craftsmen can apply to join the Ministry of Works if they wish.
To be honest, the Samsung craftsmen in Chang'an now are at least very skilled in craftsmanship. One person also applied for several patents, which made Tang Ping even more curious.
After listening to his words, Tang Ping thought that he had been treated unfairly, so he took two steps faster and walked over.
When I arrived at the door of the registration office, I saw a man who looked like a savage with long and messy beard and hair being pushed out.
"Old Geng, I told you, can't you just do something honestly? Can those things of yours be called inventions?"
"Hey, let me tell you, you can insult me as a person, but you can't insult my inventions? No one has ever done the things I made before, so why can't they be considered my inventions?"
"What's going on?" Tang Ping frowned and asked, "Why were all his invention patents rejected?"
"Ping Guo Gong! Ah... Lord Shangshu!" The staff member was originally an official from the Ministry of Industry. When he saw Tang Ping, he quickly saluted and heard some blame in Tang Ping's words. He said aggrievedly: "Master Shangshu, this Those inventions of Master Geng..."
After glancing at the craftsman named Geng, he said directly: "Why don't you let him introduce it to you himself?"
Master Geng's eyes lit up when he looked at Tang Ping: "Hello, Mr. Pingguo, hello, I'm yours... Yes, you said you are a fan, right? I am your fan! Many of my things are The inspiration came from you, but they just didn’t approve my patent.”
Tang Ping looked at the excited Master Geng with amusement, shook his head and said, "Tell me about your invention. If they deliberately embarrass you, I will make the decision for you."
"Okay!" Master Geng said, flipping through the big backpack on his back and grabbing a bunch of messy drawings from it. After flipping through it, he found one and said, "Ping Guogong, look at this!"
"What is this?" Tang Ping picked up the drawing and looked at it for a while, then asked with some uncertainty: "Muyu?"
"Hey, why don't you tell me that I am your fan!" Master Geng said excitedly: "Yes, this is a wooden fish, but it is not an ordinary wooden fish."
There were indeed a lot of messy parts on the drawing, but because it was so messy, Tang Ping really couldn't tell what they were.
"This is a wooden fish that can knock automatically!" Master Geng pointed to his drawing excitedly: "Look here, it is connected to a windmill here. As long as there is wind, there will be power. Of course, if there is no It doesn’t matter if the wind blows, you can blow it with your mouth.”
"Then I added a device like this here, which can keep the mallet hitting the wooden fish at a relatively average speed."
While he was talking, he was digging around in his big bag, and finally he took out a bag of scattered parts, and then saw his hands putting the parts together very flexibly.
A black-red jujube wooden fish has a small mallet hanging on it, and then a device and a windmill are connected to the back.
"Pingguo Gong, watch it." As he said that, he puffed up his cheeks and blew hard at the windmill. The rotation of the windmill drove the pulley to rotate, and then slowly, the wooden fish was really knocked.
Looking at this familiar style, Tang Pingren was a little dumbfounded: "What use is this thing... of yours?"
"Of course there is. There is a monk in Xiangguo Temple who is a former veteran. His arms are broken, but with this, he can knock wooden fish!"
Master Geng said proudly.
Okay, there is a picture. Tang Ping can already imagine a monk blowing himself until he is almost out of oxygen.
After looking at the staff member of the Craftsmen Association on the side, the staff member spread his hands helplessly. Tang Ping finally understood why the Craftsmen Association did not approve his patent.
"And this is not the only invention I have!" Master Geng said and began to pack his own things again.
"I also built a stall for a luthier who wanted to set up a barbecue stall in the food court. He can play the piano and grill barbecue at the same time. It is in the food city in the south of the city. Mr. Pingguo can try it out if he has the opportunity. Although he is not good at playing the piano. No matter what, the roasted lamb is really amazing!"
That's right, it smells like that. Tang Ping asked uncertainly: "What's Master Geng's name? Does he have any nickname, such as handmade Geng or something?"
"Nickname?" Master Geng shook his head: "No, but this handmade Geng seems pretty good, hahaha, many people have their own nicknames, so from now on I will be called Handmade Geng, thanks to the name given by Duke Xie Ping! "
"Oh, and my name also has a handsome character, called Geng Shuai!"
As he spoke, he shook his hair coquettishly.
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