Nikan left after lingering in Hanhai University for a few days. He led his own guard to walk east from the land.

At this time, three roads have been built around Vladivostok, one is to go straight to Hunchun, and the other is the one Nikan is currently walking on.

The remaining one is naturally the one from Shuangchengzi, who is north.

The group first walked about seventy miles northward, then turned east, about thirty miles later, then turned south, then walked seventy miles southward, then turned west, and then walked seventy miles westward, a vast bay appeared before everyone.

Folin Bay, later in Russia's Nakhodeka Bay, its port in the southwest corner, was called Folin Port in this life, and later in later in life, which was called Nakhodeka Port, which was Russia's largest port in the Far East. If the entrance and exit of its bay were not too wide (twenty miles) and inconvenient to defend, its superiority was still above Vladivostok.

Due to the influence of Japanese warm currents, there were only some thin ice layers in later generations, even in the coldest January. In this era, due to the influence of the Little Ice Age, there is still a layer of floating ice that is about two centimeters later in winter. Such ice layers can actually be eliminated by artificial means.

Influenced by later Vladivostok, Nikan did not pay attention to this place at first. Later, he saw that whether it was Heicheng, Boli, or Vladivostok on Heilongjiang, the freezing period in winter was too long, which was completely unfavorable to the navigation and construction of ships.

Finally, at Sun Jiaji's suggestion, he turned his attention to Folin Port again.

This shot went out of control.

The Folin River originated from Mount Xihote, about 200 miles long. The forests along the way were dense, spruce, cold pine and fir. At this time, the development level of the residents of Mount Xihote, namely the Jurchens in the East China Sea, which were all small and small, after experiencing several countries such as Goguryeo, Bohai, Liao, Jin, etc., was already much better than the Indians at one end of the ocean - at least they began to use iron tools.

Even so, they have very little use of the large amount of high-quality wood all over Sihout Mountain.

Yes, a tree with a bust of one meter or a height of twenty or thirty meters cannot be shaken by the short sword in their hands.

Not to mention that for the Daxia Empire, which had a big axe specifically used for logging and a big saw with oil, nothing was a problem.

After discovering Folin Port, the Ministry of Works also traced the source northward along the mouth of the Folin River to the source, and to the source, with a large amount of ships spread on both sides of the river, which is 200 miles long. According to the shipyard carpenter, it is not a problem to build a fleet of ten like the First Fleet (nine large ships).

What's more, you can also use the Folin River waterway that is no less than Suifenhe to discharge.

So, three years ago, Nikan planned to move most of the shipyards of Heicheng and Boli to this place. Originally, Heicheng and Boli had nearly 1,800 ship workers, but in the end, only 150 were left in each of the two places. Of course, they were also relocated one after another.

In three years, no large ship was built here, all of which were used to build a dock and reserve wood. This year, in Heicheng, Boli's last Albatross-class ships were launched, all the ship owners who should have relocated in Heicheng and Boli's shipyard have been moved here.

In the once stormy Heicheng, Boli Shipyard inevitably declined. The remaining more than 100 shipwrecks built some ships for inland river transportation, as well as ships traveling to Heilongjiang for repair and maintenance.

However, the decline of Black City and Boli does not represent the decline of the empire's shipbuilding industry, but rather witnesses the rise of Folin Port again.

At present, on the five-mile-long pier, in addition to the berths of the ships, fifteen docks have been opened, and ten of them are being "built" - ten albatross-class ships are being built nervously.

There were 1,500 ship workers, one hundred and fifty people per ship, and a large number of Jurchens who came here to "work" from all sizes on Mount Siehoth. There were almost two hundred people serving it on each ship.

Speaking of the East China Sea Jurchens, there is another story here.

As of now, Nikan has occupied a vast area east of Changbai Mountain for almost ten years. The Jurchens who had originally hid on Mount Xihot to avoid Huang Taiji's capture were scattered in the mountains about 2,000 miles from north to south and about 400 miles from east to west. In such a vast mountainous area, it is still the place with the largest number of Siberian tigers, and there are only more than 3,000 households in total.

The 200,000 square kilometers of mountain land is only more than 3,000 households, and it is definitely vast and sparsely populated. However, because Mount Siehoth is too rich, there are all kinds of wood, beasts, ginseng and wild fruits, and there are more than a dozen rivers flowing to the sea that attract amazing and migrating salmon, these people hardly have to worry about their livelihoods.

However, not having to worry about making a living does not mean that you don’t want to live a good life.

Nearly ten years after the actual establishment of the empire, due to the large-scale acquisition of fur, the value of fur gradually declined, not to mention that in the coastal areas and plains, the Soren people living in food and clothing were significantly better than those in the mountains.

Over the past ten years, about 30% of people have gone down the mountain, about half of them have come to live in the areas around Xingkai Lake, some have lived in farming, some have half farming and half hunting on the edge of the forest, and half have come to this Folin Port.

Because since the Empire opened the construction of Folin Port three years ago, it has promised that you can get a set of three pieces as long as you work for a year.

Which three-piece set?

Of course, it is a set of iron tools that are very short of in the forest, a bag of salt, a piece of cloth, and a daily helper and a meal. As the value of the skin is declining, it is definitely a very tempting thing to get these three sets every year.

What's more, Folin Port promises that the top 50 people who perform well can also get an additional set of iron stoves.

This is so tempting. If you can have such a stove in Mount Siehoth, you won’t feel too comfortable in winter.

So these more than 500 Jurchens have been working in Folin Port for three years. Some of them were attracted by the people of the boat shop and simply recruited workers and became "temporary workers" of Daxia who earned wages. They worked well in the temporary workers and could still be transferred to the official position after several years.

However, for these Jurchens in the East China Sea, after working for a few years and earning enough goods and money, they still have to go back to the mountains, which is their roots.

At the same time, 60% of the people still live in the mountains and live a life of fishing and hunting, which is what Nikan is willing to see, and they are indispensable in the recruitment season every three years.

In addition, some children, soldiers, and children who are willing to go down the mountain to study represent their future. In the visible future, the empire's changes to them are happening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Less gossip. Yang Chun, the highest leader of Folin Port, is currently the former master of the Ministry of Works, and was awarded the first-class viscount when he was founded last time, heard that the emperor was coming, so he quickly took a large group of people to go out to welcome him.

When welcoming Nikan's team, Yang Chun, who was over 60 years old, was also mixed with emotion.

He was originally a small foreman on the Grand Canal of Tongzhou. He was robbed outside the pass by Huang Taiji for the first time. If Nikan had not had the first thrilling move, he would probably either farm in Liaodong or spend his whole life in the boathouse in the Qing Dynasty.

He never dreamed that he would be among the officials of the Ministry of Works and would be able to win his wife and children.

Therefore, when he saw the dust rolling up by the cavalry in the distance, Yang Chun knelt down with a "plop".

Nikan felt very uncomfortable when he saw this, but he could understand Yang Chun and the others' simple feelings. He ignored the advice of the new guard leader Ba Yefeng, the former tribe leader of the Khitan Alliance, and forced Yang Chun and the others to get up one by one.

At the same time, his cavalry also asked his extra horses to be ridden by Yang Chun and others (who have lived in the northern border for a long time and have learned to ride horses), and came to Folin Port together.

They stopped on a hill behind Folin Port, where Nikan looked at the port with a telescope while listening to Yang Chun's introduction.

"Your Majesty, the frames of the ten albatross-class ships have been set up. The difficulty of such a large ship lies in the skeleton. Once the skeleton is formed, on this basis, it will be much faster to splice the ship gangs, boat plates, and cabins. This time, the ten large ships have improved slightly compared to the previous ones."

"oh?"

"You see, the length has increased to sixteen zhang, the width has increased to four zhang, the length and width have a ratio of four to one, or a three-layer deck. In order to prevent rollover, the hem of the keel has been lengthened by three feet. The space on each floor is about six hundred materials, which adds up to one thousand eight hundred materials..."

Nikan was thinking at this moment, "Yang Chun is still using the old method to calculate. According to the new calculation method, the largest space of the ship is 48×12×2, which is about 1,000 cubic meters of space per floor. This is the largest space. In fact, due to the cabin facilities, the skeleton also occupies a certain amount of space, and the tummy of the boat gradually shrinks from large to small. Each floor averages only 800 cubic meters. According to the Ming Dynasty's algorithm, that is 800 materials. To put it in large quantities, if it is installed, it is not accurate to add up to two thousand materials."

"One thousand five hundred materials, nearly one thousand five hundred tons, can definitely be considered a large ship in this world, and the warships under its own are not that big."

Just as she was thinking, Yang Chun continued, "The keel and ribs are made of whole spruce, which are very strong. The boat plates and boat gangs are also riveted. Ship nails are rarely used. However, according to Your Majesty's request, in case of riveting, a boat nail was added to the key parts."

"The main mast is almost the same as the captain, and it is still a five-sided sail, with four sides on the head and tail. There is also a large spinnaker on the bow, oh, that is, the sail of an old ship."

"On the head mast, there are two side sails on both sides of the tail mast. After hanging, it is four sides. After running, the speed is naturally worse than that of the Swift, but it is much faster than any other ship."

Nikan nodded, pointed to a large ship and asked, "You can arrange one hundred and fifty people in a large ship, plus two hundred people in the East China Sea, is it too many?"

Yang Chun quickly replied: "Report to Your Majesty, there are not many. When installing the keel and the ribs, it seems that there are more people. At that time, the master craftsman mainly relied on the master to complete the bend, placement and calibration of the oval ribs. Others just started to do it. Now the frame is complete, and most of the remaining work is carried out in the cabin. The master craftsman will give instructions and others will install it according to the instructions."

"Besides, Your Majesty, have you said that there are still a lot of boatmen in Mai A Shui on the other side of the ocean. Even if there are too many people here, you can still send them there."

"That's good," Nikan waved his hand, preventing him from further exerting momentum. "I don't mean that. I think we can add five docks here. Well, even if there are too many people, we can add a few more docks in the future."

He asked again: "How long will it take to complete the work?"

Yang Chun lowered his head and calculated, "Your Majesty, install the ship's facilities, brush oil, fill the seams, dry them, go into the water to debug, test sailing, and rework. You can go to the other side of the ocean."

Nikan nodded. There were only six of these ten large ships belonging to the empire. Four of them were purchased by Wang Ranming's American company. The price of each ship had reached a staggering 15,000 taels of silver. However, the wealthy Jiangnan rich merchants had no intention of bargaining at all, and even received a deposit of 50% at one time.

"This guy Chen Qixin!"

Nikan cursed in his heart, but he cursed with a smile.

Since the people from the American company who came back with Sun Jiaji released the information that "a large amount of golden sand was found in multiple rivers in Yingzhou", they immediately set off a wave of gold hunting in Yingzhou in the commercial banks in Jiangnan. If it weren't for the limited ship limit, they would probably spend a lot of money for one cabin.

Nowadays, there is a myth that spreads throughout the Ming Dynasty, "The overseas fairyland Yingzhou is full of gold and silver everywhere."

For such a large ship, one floor is calculated based on a conservative area of ​​500 square meters. One person has two square meters, which means two hundred and fifty people.

What? You say that one person is ten square meters. Oh my God, it is not enough for the luxury cruise ships in later generations.

There are 750 people on the third floor. Of course, if the front and rear cabins and bottom cabins are added, some people can be stuffed, but they also need to load cargo, and sailors also need space. In this way, a ship can also carry 500 people in addition to the necessary cargo. If you squeeze in, you can also load a family.

Ten ships are five thousand people, plus four ships that have been made, these are seven thousand people, and the capacity is already amazing.

If all horses are loaded, one boat can load two hundred horses, and ten boats are two thousand horses.

If there were a thousand cavalry, Mu Ren and Sun Demao could openly take over the entire Washington State, Oregon State in the United States, and Idaho State, and even if they were discovered by the Spanish, they would not be able to take out a thousand cavalry at once.

Of course, at the beginning, we must focus on consolidation, with 500 cavalry, enough to defend Yingzhou and Oregon.
Chapter completed!